Notice of Termination of Environmental Impact Statement for the Comprehensive Port Improvement Plan Within the Port of New York and New Jersey (PONYNJ), 51041-51042 [05-17125]
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propose any appropriate revisions to the
standards in NSPS subpart J; and (4)
within thirty months from the date of
entry of the Consent Decree, sign a final
rule containing any appropriate
revisions to the standards in NSPS
subpart J. In addition, under the
proposed Consent Decree, EPA would
acknowledge that plaintiffs are eligible
and entitled to recover their litigation
costs in this action. On July 22, 2005,
the parties filed with the Court a notice
of lodging of the Consent Decree. This
notice informed the Court of the Decree
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for entry as it is subject to the
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For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
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comments relating to the proposed
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public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous
access’’ system, which means EPA will
not know your identity, e-mail address,
or other contact information unless you
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Dated: August 18, 2005.
Richard B. Ossias,
Acting Associate General Counsel, Air and
Radiation Law Office, Office of General
Counsel.
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AGENCY
[FRL–7961–5]
Notice of Termination of
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Comprehensive Port Improvement
Plan Within the Port of New York and
New Jersey (PONYNJ)
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), and Federal
Highway Administration (FHWA) acting
as Federal co-lead agencies.
SUMMARY: The Federal co-lead agencies,
EPA, USACE, FHWA are canceling the
preparation of an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Comprehensive
Port Improvement Plan (CPIP–EIS) for
the PONYNJ. As originally planned, the
CPIP and CPIP–EIS would define
economically viable and
environmentally sound Port facilities
and associated transportation network
improvement initiatives to the year
2060; consider separate, ongoing, and
planned environmental enhancements
to natural resources of the Port and
associated transportation network;
incorporate Green Port principles to the
maximum extent practicable; and
evaluate, avoid, minimize, and mitigate
adverse environmental effects. EPA, on
behalf of all three Federal co-lead
agencies, published a Notice of Intent to
prepare an EIS for the CPIP in the
Federal Register (68 FR 19207, April 18,
2003). The three federal co-lead
agencies conducted several public
scoping meetings in December 2003 and
January 2004.
AGENCY:
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The CPIP presents an array of
conceptual long-term port improvement
scenarios, some of which would involve
future federal activities were they to be
advanced to the status of a real project.
Any future port-improvement projects
involving federal actions, as defined
under NEPA, would be required to
undergo the applicable environmental
review process. Given the considerable
time period before the conceptual
improvements identified in the CPIP
Plan would become actual proposed
projects with sponsors, a detailed
environmental review and analysis, as
conducted in an EIS, is not warranted at
this time. As a result, the Federal colead agencies are canceling the EIS
process. In the short-term, a
programmatic analysis in the form of an
Environmental Assessment will be
prepared to identify what type of
environmental review could be
expected of any improvement projects
that may be proposed. This
programmatic Environmental
Assessment will be available for public
review in Fall 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Grace Musumeci, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, (212) 637–3738;
Bryce Wisemiller, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, (917) 790–8307; Richard E.
Backlund, Federal Highway
Administration, (212) 668–2205.
Dated: August 4, 2005.
Kathleen C. Callahan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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Environmental Protection
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ACTION: Notice of preliminary 2006
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request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under the Clean Water Act
(CWA), EPA establishes national
technology-based regulations known as
effluent guidelines and pretreatment
standards to reduce pollutant discharges
from categories of industry discharging
directly to waters of the United States or
discharging indirectly through Publicly
Owned Treatment Works (POTWs). The
CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g),
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review these effluent guidelines and
pretreatment standards. Today’s notice
first presents EPA’s 2005 review of its
existing effluent guidelines and
pretreatment standards. It also presents
EPA’s evaluation of categories of
indirect dischargers without
pretreatment standards to identify
potential new categories for
pretreatment standards. CWA section
304(m) requires EPA to biennially
publish an effluent guidelines program
plan and provide for public notice and
comment on such plan. Therefore, this
notice also presents the preliminary
2006 effluent guidelines program plan.
Included in the preliminary 2006 plan
is a solicitation for comments and data
on industry categories that may be
discharging non-trivial amounts of toxic
or non-conventional pollutants and are
not currently subject to any effluent
guidelines. Finally, this notice provides
a second opportunity for public notice
and comment on the draft Strategy for
National Clean Water Industrial
Regulations (‘‘draft Strategy’’), see 67 FR
71165 (November 29, 2002).
DATES: If you wish to comment on any
portion of this notice, EPA must receive
your comments by October 28, 2005.
EPA will conduct a public meeting on
20 September 2005, from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m. Eastern Standard Time. For
information on the location of the
public meeting, see ADDRESSES section.
ADDRESSES: Identify your comments,
data and information relating to the
Agency’s draft Strategy; by Docket ID
No. OW–2002–0020. Identify all other
comments, data and information
relating to this notice by Docket ID No.
OW–2004–0032. Submit your
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of the following methods:
A. Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
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www.epa.gov/edocket. EDOCKET, EPA’s
electronic public docket and comment
system, is EPA’s preferred method for
receiving comments, data, and
information. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
C. E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov.
D. Mail: Water Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4101T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. OW–2004–0032. For
comments, data, and information on the
draft Strategy, use Docket ID No. OW–
2002–0020.
E. Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA
Docket Center, EPA West, Room B102,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID
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OW–2002–0020 for comments, data, and
information on the draft Strategy. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments,
data, and information to Docket ID No.
OW–2004–0032. For comments, data,
and information on the draft Strategy,
use Docket ID No. OW–2002–0020.
EPA’s policy is that all comments, data,
and information received will be
included in the public docket without
change and may be made available
online at https://www.epa.gov/edocket,
including any personal information
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means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through
EDOCKET or regulations.gov, your
e-mail address will be automatically
captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public
docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket visit
EDOCKET on-line or see the Federal
Register of May 31, 2002 (67 FR 38102).
For additional instructions on obtaining
access to comments, go to section I.B of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section
of this document.
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are listed in the EDOCKET index at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
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material, such as copyrighted material,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7961-5]
Notice of Termination of Environmental Impact Statement for the
Comprehensive Port Improvement Plan Within the Port of New York and New
Jersey (PONYNJ)
AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE), and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) acting as
Federal co-lead agencies.
SUMMARY: The Federal co-lead agencies, EPA, USACE, FHWA are canceling
the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the
Comprehensive Port Improvement Plan (CPIP-EIS) for the PONYNJ. As
originally planned, the CPIP and CPIP-EIS would define economically
viable and environmentally sound Port facilities and associated
transportation network improvement initiatives to the year 2060;
consider separate, ongoing, and planned environmental enhancements to
natural resources of the Port and associated transportation network;
incorporate Green Port principles to the maximum extent practicable;
and evaluate, avoid, minimize, and mitigate adverse environmental
effects. EPA, on behalf of all three Federal co-lead agencies,
published a Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the CPIP in the
Federal Register (68 FR 19207, April 18, 2003). The three federal co-
lead agencies conducted several public scoping meetings in December
2003 and January 2004.
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The CPIP presents an array of conceptual long-term port improvement
scenarios, some of which would involve future federal activities were
they to be advanced to the status of a real project. Any future port-
improvement projects involving federal actions, as defined under NEPA,
would be required to undergo the applicable environmental review
process. Given the considerable time period before the conceptual
improvements identified in the CPIP Plan would become actual proposed
projects with sponsors, a detailed environmental review and analysis,
as conducted in an EIS, is not warranted at this time. As a result, the
Federal co-lead agencies are canceling the EIS process. In the short-
term, a programmatic analysis in the form of an Environmental
Assessment will be prepared to identify what type of environmental
review could be expected of any improvement projects that may be
proposed. This programmatic Environmental Assessment will be available
for public review in Fall 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grace Musumeci, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, (212) 637-3738; Bryce Wisemiller, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, (917) 790-8307; Richard E. Backlund, Federal Highway
Administration, (212) 668-2205.
Dated: August 4, 2005.
Kathleen C. Callahan,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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