Draft NPDES General Permit for Discharges From the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category to Coastal Waters in Texas (TXG330000), 19043-19044 [2017-08255]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 78 / Tuesday, April 25, 2017 / Notices [FRL–9961–64–OAR] Meeting of the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act notice is hereby given that the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS) will meet on May 31, 2017. The MSTRS is a subcommittee under the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee. This is an open meeting. The meeting will include discussion of current topics and presentations about activities being conducted by EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality. The preliminary agenda for the meeting and any notices about change in venue will be posted on the Subcommittee’s Web site: https://www2.epa.gov/caaac/mobilesources-technical-review-subcommitteemstrs-caaac. MSTRS listserv subscribers will receive notification when the agenda is available on the Subcommittee Web site. 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Background on the work of the Subcommittee is available at: https:// www.epa.gov/caaac/mobile-sourcestechnical-review-subcommittee-mstrscaaac Individuals or organizations wishing to provide comments to the Subcommittee should submit them to Ms. McCubbin at the address above by May 17, 2017. The Subcommittee expects that public statements presented at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or written statements. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:42 Apr 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 During the meeting, the Subcommittee may also hear progress reports from some of its workgroups as well as updates and announcements on activities of general interest to attendees. For Individuals With Disabilities: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Ms. McCubbin (see above). To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Ms. McCubbin, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Dated: April 5, 2017. Christopher Grundler, Office Director, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. 2017–08254 Filed 4–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9960–17–Region 6] Draft NPDES General Permit for Discharges From the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category to Coastal Waters in Texas (TXG330000) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposal of NPDES general permit renewal. AGENCY: EPA Region 6 today proposes a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit regulating discharges from oil and gas wells in the Coastal Subcategory in Texas which discharge into coastal waters in Texas. DATES: Comments must be received by June 9, 2017. ADDRESSES: Comment: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R06–OW–2017–0160 to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19043 on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Evelyn Rosborough, Region 6, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. Telephone: (214) 665–7515. A complete draft permit and a fact sheet more fully explaining the proposal may be obtained online from the Federal eRulemaking Portal accessing the Docket listed above or from Ms. Rosborough. In addition, the Agency’s current administrative record on the proposal is available for examination at the Region’s Dallas offices during normal working hours after providing Ms. Rosborough 24 hours advance notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The permit prohibits the discharge of drilling fluid, drill cuttings, produced sand and well treatment, completion and workover fluids. Discharges of dewatering effluents from reserve pits are also proposed to be prohibited. Produced water discharges are prohibited. The discharge of deck drainage, formation test fluids, sanitary waste, domestic waste and miscellaneous discharges is authorized. More stringent requirements are proposed to regulate discharges to water quality-impaired waterbodies. Pursuant to the section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), monitoring requirements for cooling water intake structures for new facilities are also proposed in this permit. Proposed changes include clarification of miscellaneous discharges and electronic reporting requirements. Rationales for those changes are described in the fact sheet. To obtain discharge authorization, operators of such facilities must submit a new Notice of Intent (NOI). To determine whether your facility, company, business, organization, etc. is regulated by this action, you should carefully examine the applicability criteria in Part I, Section A.1 of this permit. If you have questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Other Legal Requirements State certification under section 401 of the CWA; consistency with the Texas Coastal Management Program; and E:\FR\FM\25APN1.SGM 25APN1 19044 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 78 / Tuesday, April 25, 2017 / Notices compliance with National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Historic Preservation Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, and Regulatory Flexibility Act requirements are discussed in the fact sheet to the proposed permit. Dated: March 2, 2017. William K. Honker, Director, Water Division, EPA Region 6. [FR Doc. 2017–08255 Filed 4–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9960–18–Region 6] Proposed Issuance of the NPDES General Permit for Discharges From the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category—Stripper Subcategory in Texas (TXG350000) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposal of NPDES General Permit Renewal. EPA Region 6 today proposes a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit regulating discharges from oil and gas wells in the Stripper Subcategory which discharge into waters in Texas. DATES: Comments must be received by June 9, 2017. ADDRESSES: Comment: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R06–OW–2017–0161 to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:42 Apr 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 Ms. Evelyn Rosborough, Region 6, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. Telephone: (214) 665–7515. A complete draft permit and a fact sheet more fully explaining the proposal may be obtained online from the Federal eRulemaking Portal accessing the Docket listed above or from Ms. Rosborough. In addition, the Agency’s current administrative record on the proposal is available for examination at the Region’s Dallas offices during normal working hours after providing Ms. Rosborough 24 hours advance notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The current permit authorizes discharges of produced water from wells in the Stripper Subcategory located east of the 98th meridian whose produced water comes from the Carrizo/Wilcox, Reklaw or Bartosh formations in Texas as authorized by the expiring permit. EPA is soliciting comments whether to expand the permit coverage to include all stripper wells in Texas. The permit proposes to authorize discharges of produced water, well field drainage, and chemical-free miscellaneous discharges. More stringent requirements are proposed to regulate discharges to water quality-impaired waterbodies. Proposed changes include (1) removal of authorization for sanitary waste, domestic waste, and miscellaneous discharges which are unrelated to stripper well operations; (2) removal of authorization of direct discharge to coastal waters; (3) revision of the toxicity monitoring requirement and removal of the ion-imbalance exemption; (4) the addition of electronic filing requirements for Notices of Intent (NOIs); and (5) the addition of a ‘‘sufficiently sensitive method’’ requirement for analysis. Rationales for those changes are described in the Fact Sheet. To obtain discharge authorization, operators of such facilities must submit a new NOI. To determine whether your facility, company, business, organization, etc. is regulated by this action, you should carefully examine the applicability criteria in Part I, Section A.1 of this permit. If you have questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: SUMMARY: comments, please visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Other Legal Requirements State certification under section 401 of the CWA; compliance with Endangered Species Act, Historic Preservation Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, and Regulatory Flexibility Act requirements are discussed in the fact sheet to the proposed permit. Dated: March 2, 2017. William K. Honker, Director, Water Division, EPA Region 6. [FR Doc. 2017–08256 Filed 4–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2016–0511; FRL–9959–33] Certain New Chemicals or Significant New Uses; Statements of Findings for December 2016 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Section 5(g) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in the Federal Register a statement of its findings after its review of TSCA section 5(a) notices when EPA makes a finding that a new chemical substance or significant new use is not likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. Such statements apply to premanufacture notices (PMNs), microbial commercial activity notices (MCANs), and significant new use notices (SNUNs) submitted to EPA under TSCA section 5. This document presents statements of findings made by EPA on TSCA section 5(a) notices during the period from December 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact: Greg Schweer, Chemical Control Divison (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 202–564–8469; email address: schweer.greg@epa.gov. For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? This action is directed to the public in general. As such, the Agency has not E:\FR\FM\25APN1.SGM 25APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19043-19044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08255]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9960-17-Region 6]


Draft NPDES General Permit for Discharges From the Oil and Gas 
Extraction Point Source Category to Coastal Waters in Texas (TXG330000)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposal of NPDES general permit renewal.

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SUMMARY: EPA Region 6 today proposes a National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) general permit regulating discharges from 
oil and gas wells in the Coastal Subcategory in Texas which discharge 
into coastal waters in Texas.

DATES: Comments must be received by June 9, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Comment: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. 
EPA-R06-OW-2017-0160 to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. EPA 
may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 
accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the 
official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish 
to make. EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents 
located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 
other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full 
EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia 
submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please 
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Evelyn Rosborough, Region 6, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-
2733. Telephone: (214) 665-7515.
    A complete draft permit and a fact sheet more fully explaining the 
proposal may be obtained online from the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
accessing the Docket listed above or from Ms. Rosborough. In addition, 
the Agency's current administrative record on the proposal is available 
for examination at the Region's Dallas offices during normal working 
hours after providing Ms. Rosborough 24 hours advance notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The permit prohibits the discharge of 
drilling fluid, drill cuttings, produced sand and well treatment, 
completion and workover fluids. Discharges of dewatering effluents from 
reserve pits are also proposed to be prohibited. Produced water 
discharges are prohibited. The discharge of deck drainage, formation 
test fluids, sanitary waste, domestic waste and miscellaneous 
discharges is authorized. More stringent requirements are proposed to 
regulate discharges to water quality-impaired waterbodies. Pursuant to 
the section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), monitoring 
requirements for cooling water intake structures for new facilities are 
also proposed in this permit. Proposed changes include clarification of 
miscellaneous discharges and electronic reporting requirements. 
Rationales for those changes are described in the fact sheet. To obtain 
discharge authorization, operators of such facilities must submit a new 
Notice of Intent (NOI). To determine whether your facility, company, 
business, organization, etc. is regulated by this action, you should 
carefully examine the applicability criteria in Part I, Section A.1 of 
this permit.
    If you have questions regarding the applicability of this action to 
a particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

Other Legal Requirements

    State certification under section 401 of the CWA; consistency with 
the Texas Coastal Management Program; and

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compliance with National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species 
Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Historic 
Preservation Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, and Regulatory Flexibility 
Act requirements are discussed in the fact sheet to the proposed 
permit.

    Dated: March 2, 2017.
William K. Honker,
Director, Water Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2017-08255 Filed 4-24-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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