Extension of Public Notice Comment Period for the Re-proposal of the Reissuance of Two General NPDES Permits (GPs), One for Aquaculture Facilities in Idaho Subject to Wasteload Allocations Under Selected Total Maximum Daily Loads (Permit Number IDG-13-0000) and One for Fish Processors Associated With Aquaculture Facilities in Idaho (Permit Number IDG-13-2000), 37531-37532 [E7-13343]
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A. What is a TSCA Section 21 Petition?
TSCA section 21 allows citizens to
petition EPA to initiate a proceeding for
the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a
rule under TSCA sections 4, 6, or 8 or
of an order under TSCA sections 5(e) or
6(b)(2). A TSCA section 21 petition
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believes establish the need for the action
requested. EPA is required to grant or
deny the petition within 90 days of its
filing. If EPA grants the petition, EPA
must promptly commence an
appropriate proceeding. If EPA denies
the petition, EPA must publish its
reasons for the denial in the Federal
Register. Within 60 days of denial, or
expiration of the 90–day period if no
action is taken, the petitioner may
commence a civil action in a U.S.
district court to compel initiation of the
requested rulemaking proceeding.
B. What Action is Requested Under this
TSCA Section 21 Petition?
On June 6, 2007, the Sierra Club, the
Environmental Law & Policy Center, the
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s
Association, the Washington Toxics
Coalition, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, and UNITE HERE
petitioned EPA to take action under
TSCA sections 4 and 6(a). The
petitioners requested that EPA exercise
its authority under TSCA section 4 to
require manufacturers and importers to
conduct specific health and safety
studies and under TSCA section 6(a) to
require labeling on all products
containing NP and NPE and to limit the
use of NP and NPE in certain
circumstances.
Specifically, the petition requested
that EPA require testing under TSCA
section 4 for:
• ‘‘filling the gaps for chronic toxicity
of NPE oligomers;’’
• ‘‘filling the gaps regarding the
additive toxicity of NP and NPE
oligomers to [aquatic] species;’’
• ‘‘research on individual endocrine
disruption impacts and on the
relationship between individual
endocrine disruption impacts and
pollution-level impacts;’’
• ‘‘testing for vitellogen gene
expression;’’
• ‘‘testing related to levels of NP and
NPE in humans and estrogenic effects in
humans;’’
• ‘‘testing for health impacts on
workers handling the chemicals at
industrial laundries;’’ and
• ‘‘testing for determine[ing] exposure
to NPE in residential indoor air.’’
The petition also requested that EPA
take action under TSCA section 6(a) to:
• ‘‘require labeling on all products
containing the chemical;’’
• ‘‘restrict the use of the chemicals
where the user cannot verify that the
chemical will receive proper treatment
from an activated sludge treatment
process designed to nitrify;’’
• ‘‘ban the use of the chemicals in
industrial and consumer detergents;’’
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• ‘‘require pollution prevention
planning by facilities that use 2000 kg
or more of NP or NPEs.’’
C. EPA Seeks Public Comment
Under TSCA section 21, which is
applicable to requests for rulemaking
proceedings under TSCA sections 4 and
6(a), EPA must either grant or deny a
petition within 90 days. Because EPA
must respond to the requests for action
under TSCA sections 4 and 6(a) by
September 4, 2007, EPA will allow the
public until July 25, 2007 to reply with
any additional information relevant to
the issues identified in the petition, a
copy of which can be obtained from the
public docket (see ADDRESSES).
In assessing the usability of any data
or information that may be submitted,
EPA plans to follow the guidelines in
EPA’s ‘‘A Summary of General
Assessment Factors for Evaluating the
Quality of Scientific and Technical
Information’’ (EPA 100/B–03/001),
referred to as the ‘‘Assessment Factors
Document.’’ The ‘‘Assessment Factors
Document’’ published in the Federal
Register of July 1, 2003 (68 FR 39086)
(FRL–7520–2) and is available on-line
at: https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPAGENERAL/2003/July/Day-01/
g16328.htm. That document is also
available on-line at: https://
www.epa.gov/osa/spc/assess.htm.
List of Subjects
Environmental protection, Hazardous
substances.
Dated: July 2, 2007.
James B. Gulliford,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention,
Pesticides and Toxic Substances.
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Extension of Public Notice Comment
Period for the Re-proposal of the
Reissuance of Two General NPDES
Permits (GPs), One for Aquaculture
Facilities in Idaho Subject to
Wasteload Allocations Under Selected
Total Maximum Daily Loads (Permit
Number IDG–13–0000) and One for
Fish Processors Associated With
Aquaculture Facilities in Idaho (Permit
Number IDG–13–2000)
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Extension of Public Comment
Period on two draft general NPDES
AGENCY:
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permits for Idaho aquaculture facilities
and associated fish processors.
SUMMARY: On June 7, 2007, EPA Region
10 re-proposed to reissue two general
permits to cover aquaculture facilities
and associated fish processors in Idaho
(72 FR 31574). In response to a request
from the regulated community, EPA is
extending the end of public comment
period from July 9, 2007, to July 23,
2007.
DATES: The end of the public comment
period in now extended to July 23,
2007. Comments must be received or
postmarked by that date.
Public Comment: Interested persons
may submit written comments on the
draft permits to the attention of Sharon
Wilson at the address below. All
comments should include the name,
address, e-mail address (if applicable),
and telephone number of commenter
and a concise statement of comment and
the relevant facts upon which it is
based. Comments of either support or
concern, which are directed at specific,
cited permit requirements, are
appreciated. After the expiration date of
the public notice on July 23, 2007, the
Director of the EPA Region 10 Office of
Water and Watersheds will make a final
determination with respect to issuance
of the general permits. Response to
comments from both the 2006 and 2007
public comment periods will be
published with the final permits. The
requirements proposed in the draft
general permits or modified as a result
of comments will become final at least
30 days after publication of the final
permits in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed
general permits should be sent to
Sharon Wilson, USEPA Region 10, 1200
6th Avenue, OWW–130, Seattle,
Washington 98101 or by e-mail to
wilson.sharon@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Carla Fromm at 208–378–5755 or
fromm.carla@epa.gov or Sharon Wilson
at 206–553–0325 or
wilson.sharon@epa.gov. The
supplemental fact sheet for this public
comment period, as well as the draft
permits and fact sheet for the 2006
public comment period, may be found
on the Region 10 Web site at: https://
yosemite.epa.gov/R10/WATER.NSF/
NPDES+Permits/
General+NPDES+Permits#Aquaculture.
They are also available upon request
from Audrey Washington at (206) 553–
0523 or at washington.audrey@epa.gov.
For information on physical locations in
Idaho and Seattle where the documents
may be viewed, see the June 7, 2007,
notice at 71 FR 31574.
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Dated: July 2, 2007.
Michael F. Gearheard,
Director, Office of Water and Watersheds,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Public Water Supply Supervision
Program; Program Revision for the
State of Alaska
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the State of Alaska has revised its
approved State Public Water Supply
Supervision (PWSS) Primacy Program.
The state has revised its PWSS program
with respect to administrative penalty
authority and has adopted a revised
definition of public water system. It has
also adopted regulations for variances
and exemptions, the Consumer
Confidence Report, the Interim
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule, the Stage 1 Disinfectants and
Disinfection Byproducts Rule, the Lead
and Copper Rule Minor Revisions, the
Public Notification Rule, the
Radionuclides Rule, the Filter Backwash
Recycling Rule, the Long Term 1
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule, and the Arsenic Rule. EPA has
determined that these revisions are no
less stringent than the corresponding
federal regulations. Therefore, EPA
intends to approve these State program
revisions. By approving these rules, EPA
does not intend to affect the rights of
Federally recognized Indian tribes
within ‘‘Indian country’’ as defined by
18 U.S.C. 1151, nor does it intend to
limit existing rights of the State of
Alaska.
All interested parties may request a
public hearing. A request for a public
hearing must be submitted by August 9,
2007, to the Regional Administrator at
the address shown below. Frivolous or
insubstantial requests for a hearing may
be denied by the Regional
Administrator. However, if a substantial
request for a public hearing is made by
August 9, 2007, a public hearing will be
held. If no timely and appropriate
request for a hearing is received and the
Regional Administrator does not elect to
hold a hearing on her own motion, this
determination shall become final and
effective on August 9, 2007. Any request
for a public hearing shall include the
following information:
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(1) The name, address, and telephone
number of the individual, organization,
or other entity requesting a hearing; (2)
a brief statement of the requesting
person’s interest in the Regional
Administrator’s determination and a
brief statement of the information that
the requesting person intends to submit
at such hearing; (3) the signature of the
individual making the request, or, if the
request is made on behalf of an
organization or other entity, the
signature of a responsible official of the
organization or other entity.
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to
this determination are available for
inspection between the hours of 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at
the following offices: Alaska
Department of Environmental
Conservation (ADEC), 410 Willoughby,
Suite 303, Juneau, Alaska 99801; ADEC
South Central Regional Office, 555
Cordova Street, Anchorage, Alaska
99501; ADEC Northern Regional Office,
610 University Avenue Fairbanks,
Alaska 99709–3643; and between the
hours of 9 a.m.—noon and 1—2:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday at: U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 10 Library, 1200 Sixth Avenue,
Seattle, Washington 98101.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy Marshall, EPA Region 10,
Drinking Water Unit, at the Seattle
address given above; telephone (206)
553–1890, e-mail
marshall.wendy@epa.gov.
Authority: Section 1420 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended (1996), and
40 CFR Part 142 of the National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations.
Dated: June 25, 2007.
Elin D. Miller,
Regional Administrator. Region 10.
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Subcommittee Committee on
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Notice of Meeting—Public
Consultation on the National
Aeronautics Research and Development
Plan and Related Infrastructure Plan.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Aeronautics Science and
Technology Subcommittee (ASTS) of
the National Science and Technology
Council’s (NSTC) Committee on
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8338-2]
Extension of Public Notice Comment Period for the Re-proposal of
the Reissuance of Two General NPDES Permits (GPs), One for Aquaculture
Facilities in Idaho Subject to Wasteload Allocations Under Selected
Total Maximum Daily Loads (Permit Number IDG-13-0000) and One for Fish
Processors Associated With Aquaculture Facilities in Idaho (Permit
Number IDG-13-2000)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Extension of Public Comment Period on two draft general NPDES
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permits for Idaho aquaculture facilities and associated fish
processors.
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SUMMARY: On June 7, 2007, EPA Region 10 re-proposed to reissue two
general permits to cover aquaculture facilities and associated fish
processors in Idaho (72 FR 31574). In response to a request from the
regulated community, EPA is extending the end of public comment period
from July 9, 2007, to July 23, 2007.
DATES: The end of the public comment period in now extended to July 23,
2007. Comments must be received or postmarked by that date.
Public Comment: Interested persons may submit written comments on
the draft permits to the attention of Sharon Wilson at the address
below. All comments should include the name, address, e-mail address
(if applicable), and telephone number of commenter and a concise
statement of comment and the relevant facts upon which it is based.
Comments of either support or concern, which are directed at specific,
cited permit requirements, are appreciated. After the expiration date
of the public notice on July 23, 2007, the Director of the EPA Region
10 Office of Water and Watersheds will make a final determination with
respect to issuance of the general permits. Response to comments from
both the 2006 and 2007 public comment periods will be published with
the final permits. The requirements proposed in the draft general
permits or modified as a result of comments will become final at least
30 days after publication of the final permits in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed general permits should be sent to
Sharon Wilson, USEPA Region 10, 1200 6th Avenue, OWW-130, Seattle,
Washington 98101 or by e-mail to wilson.sharon@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Carla Fromm at 208-378-5755 or
fromm.carla@epa.gov or Sharon Wilson at 206-553-0325 or
wilson.sharon@epa.gov. The supplemental fact sheet for this public
comment period, as well as the draft permits and fact sheet for the
2006 public comment period, may be found on the Region 10 Web site at:
https://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/WATER.NSF/NPDES+Permits/
General+NPDES+Permits#Aquaculture. They are also available upon request
from Audrey Washington at (206) 553-0523 or at
washington.audrey@epa.gov. For information on physical locations in
Idaho and Seattle where the documents may be viewed, see the June 7,
2007, notice at 71 FR 31574.
Dated: July 2, 2007.
Michael F. Gearheard,
Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency.
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