Notice of Availability: Draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico, 15624 [05-6038]

Download as PDF 15624 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 58 / Monday, March 28, 2005 / Notices B. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments? ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to consider these late comments. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further information on the substance of your comment. 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If you send an e-mail comment directly to the Docket without going through EPA’s electronic public docket, your e-mail address is automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. [FRL–7887–9] Dated: March 18, 2005. Richard B. Ossias, Acting Associate General Counsel, Air and Radiation Law Office, Office of General Counsel. [FR Doc. 05–6039 Filed 3–25–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate jul<14>2003 15:12 Mar 25, 2005 Jkt 205001 Notice of Availability: Draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability of draft permit. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Today’s notice makes available for public comment the draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico for public review and comment. This draft permit is being published to meet one of EPA’s key action items in the Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Regulations—to issue NPDES permits to reduce risk to water quality and human health from animal feeding operations by December 2006. Please note that this Draft Permit for CAFOs in Puerto Rico has been sent to Public Notice in both an English and a Spanish Newspaper in Puerto Rico for a period of 60 days. The Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) General Permit is a single permit which covers all CAFOs that apply for coverage in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Consequently, those CAFOs which are covered by the General Permit will have identical permit language and requirements. Unique facility-specific requirements will be similarly referenced in the permit. The facilityspecific requirements are found in the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board’s regulations for Animal Feeding Operations and detailed in an Agricultural Waste Management Plan (AWMP). The AWMP is a requirement for all CAFOs. For Puerto Rico the AWMP is synonymous with a Residuals Management System. Only Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) which meet the definition of a CAFO are eligible to apply for coverage under the General Permit. AFOs which do not meet the definition are not eligible to be covered under the General Permit. To determine if your operation is a CAFO, see 40 CFR 122.23 (4) and (6) as well as Part VII of the Definitions section of the General Permit. In addition, facilities can be designated as CAFOs on a case by case basis. EPA believes that comments from a wide range of interested stakeholders is important to produce a final permit that will help EPA achieve the goal of reducing risk to water quality and human health from animal feeding operations. EPA is interested in PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 receiving comments from reviewers of the draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico, and will carefully consider this input as it prepares a final permit. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 30, 2005, to the address below. ADDRESSES: Address all comments to Karen O’Brien, U.S. EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10007. Submit electronic comments to obrien.karen@epa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen O’Brien, (212) 637–3717 or Jeff Gratz, (212) 637–3873. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico may be obtained on the Internet at: https:// www.epa.gov/owm. If you do not have Internet access, you may obtain a paper copy of the draft guidance by calling the EPA Region 2 at (212) 637–3717. The draft permit is also available in electronic format. Dated: March 10, 2005. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 58 (Monday, March 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6038]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7887-9]


Notice of Availability: Draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated 
Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft permit.

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SUMMARY: Today's notice makes available for public comment the draft 
NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico 
for public review and comment. This draft permit is being published to 
meet one of EPA's key action items in the Concentrated Animal Feeding 
Operations Regulations--to issue NPDES permits to reduce risk to water 
quality and human health from animal feeding operations by December 
2006. Please note that this Draft Permit for CAFOs in Puerto Rico has 
been sent to Public Notice in both an English and a Spanish Newspaper 
in Puerto Rico for a period of 60 days.
    The Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) General Permit is 
a single permit which covers all CAFOs that apply for coverage in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Consequently, those CAFOs which are 
covered by the General Permit will have identical permit language and 
requirements. Unique facility-specific requirements will be similarly 
referenced in the permit. The facility-specific requirements are found 
in the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board's regulations for Animal 
Feeding Operations and detailed in an Agricultural Waste Management 
Plan (AWMP). The AWMP is a requirement for all CAFOs. For Puerto Rico 
the AWMP is synonymous with a Residuals Management System.
    Only Animal Feeding Operations (AFOs) which meet the definition of 
a CAFO are eligible to apply for coverage under the General Permit. 
AFOs which do not meet the definition are not eligible to be covered 
under the General Permit. To determine if your operation is a CAFO, see 
40 CFR 122.23 (4) and (6) as well as Part VII of the Definitions 
section of the General Permit. In addition, facilities can be 
designated as CAFOs on a case by case basis.
    EPA believes that comments from a wide range of interested 
stakeholders is important to produce a final permit that will help EPA 
achieve the goal of reducing risk to water quality and human health 
from animal feeding operations. EPA is interested in receiving comments 
from reviewers of the draft NPDES Permit for Concentrated Animal 
Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico, and will carefully consider this 
input as it prepares a final permit.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted by April 30, 2005, to the 
address below.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments to Karen O'Brien, U.S. EPA Region 2, 
290 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, New York 10007. Submit electronic 
comments to obrien.karen@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen O'Brien, (212) 637-3717 or Jeff 
Gratz, (212) 637-3873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of the draft NPDES Permit for 
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations for Puerto Rico may be obtained 
on the Internet at: https://www.epa.gov/owm. If you do not have Internet 
access, you may obtain a paper copy of the draft guidance by calling 
the EPA Region 2 at (212) 637-3717. The draft permit is also available 
in electronic format.

    Dated: March 10, 2005.
Kevin Bricke,
Deputy Director, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, 
Region II.
[FR Doc. 05-6038 Filed 3-25-05; 8:45 am]
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