Notice of Availability of Final NPDES General Permits for Discharges at Hydroelectric Generating Facilities in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Tribal Lands in the State of Massachusetts, 64074-64075 [E9-29074]
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operators of perchloroethylene dry
cleaning facilities. The affected entities
are subject to the General Provisions of
the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart
A, and any changes, or additions to the
General Provisions specified at 40 CFR
part 63, subpart M. Owners or operators
of the affected facilities must submit a
one-time-only report of any physical or
operational changes, initial performance
tests, and periodic reports and results.
Owners or operators are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. Reports, at a minimum, are
required semiannually.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 50 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Owners or operator of
perchloroethylene dry cleaning
facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30,459.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
occasionally, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,531,851.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$150,708,638, which includes
$149,772,225 in labor costs, annualized
capital/startup costs of $582,500, and
O&M costs of $353,913.
Changes in the Estimates: In this ICR,
the burden has increased somewhat due
to a revision to the standard. However,
this increase is more than offset by a
decrease in burden associated with a
reduction in the number of respondents.
Therefore, the overall burden has
decreased for this renewal. There is also
a reduction the capital/startup and O&M
costs. In the previous ICR which
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addressed a revision to the standard, a
large number of respondents were
required to purchase monitoring
equipment. For this renewal, only new
respondents must purchase monitors.
Therefore, the capital/startup and O&M
costs are reduced.
Dated: November 24, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Notice of Availability of Final
Modification of National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) General Permit for Offshore
Oil and Gas Exploration, Development
and Production Operations Off
Southern California
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of final
NPDES general permit modification.
SUMMARY: EPA Region 9 is today issuing
certain final modifications of its general
NPDES permit (permit No. CAG280000)
for discharges from offshore oil and gas
exploration, development and
production facilities located in Federal
waters off the coast of Southern
California. Region 9 proposed the
permit modifications on April 3, 2009
(74 FR 15267), and the public comment
period for the proposal concluded on
May 4, 2009.
During the public comment period,
Region 9 received written comments
from four parties concerning the
proposed modifications. Region 9 has
prepared a separate document
(‘‘Response to Public Comments’’) that
discusses the comments in more detail
and Region 9’s responses to the
comments. The final permit
modifications differ only slightly from
the proposed modifications. The
changes from the proposal are discussed
in more detail in the Addendum to Fact
Sheet and in the Response to Public
Comments.
The final modified general permit
establishes effluent limitations,
prohibitions, and other conditions on
discharges from facilities authorized by
this general permit. These conditions
are based on the administrative record.
DATES: The effective date of the permit
modification is November 30, 2009. The
permit modification is being issued
pursuant to 40 CFR 124.15.
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ADDRESSES: The final modified general
permit and other related documents in
the administrative record are on file and
may be inspected any time between 8:30
a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays, at the
following address: U.S. EPA, Region 9,
NPDES Permits Office (WTR–5), 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105–3901.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Eugene Bromley, EPA, Region 9, NPDES
Permits Office (WTR–5), 75 Hawthorne
Street, San Francisco, California 94105–
3901, or telephone (415) 972–3510.
Copies of the final general permit
modification, the Addendum to Fact
Sheet and the Response to Public
Comments will be provided upon
request, and are also available on EPA,
Region 9’s Web site at: https://
www.epa.gov/region09/water/.
Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq.
Dated: November 24, 2009.
Alexis Strauss,
Director, Water Division, EPA Region 9.
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Notice of Availability of Final NPDES
General Permits for Discharges at
Hydroelectric Generating Facilities in
the States of Massachusetts and New
Hampshire and Tribal Lands in the
State of Massachusetts
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of final
NPDES general permits MAG360000
and NHG360000.
SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of
Ecosystem Protection, Environmental
Protection Agency-Region 1, is today
providing notice of availability of the
final National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) general
permits for specific discharges at
Hydroelectric Generating Facilities in
the States of Massachusetts and New
Hampshire and Tribal Lands located in
the State of Massachusetts. These
discharges include equipment related
cooling water, equipment and floor
drain water, backwash strainer water,
certain maintenance related waters, and
combinations of the preceding
discharges. The general permits
establish notification requirements,
permit eligibility requirements, effluent
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limitations, standards, prohibitions and
best management practice plans.
Owners and/or operators of
hydroelectric generating facilities with
these discharges, including those
facilities currently authorized to
discharge under individual NPDES
permits, are eligible to apply for
coverage. Facilities will receive a
written notification from EPA whether
permit coverage and authorization to
discharge under one of the general
permits is approved. These general
permits do not cover new sources as
defined under 40 CFR 122.2.
DATES: These general permits shall be
effective on December 7, 2009 and will
expire five years from the effective date.
The required notification
information to obtain permit coverage is
provided for each general permit. This
information shall be submitted to EPA–
Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection
(CMP), 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100,
Boston, Massachusetts 02114–2023 and
to the appropriate State Agency.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information concerning the
final permits may be obtained between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday
through Friday excluding holidays from:
William Wandle, Office of Ecosystem
Protection, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100
(CMP), Boston, MA 02114–2023,
telephone: 617–918–1605, e-mail:
wandle.bill@epa.gov.
This
general permit and the response to
comments may be viewed over the
Internet via the EPA-Region 1 Web site
for dischargers in Massachusetts at
https://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/
mass.html and for dischargers in New
Hampshire at https://www.epa.gov/ne/
npdes/newhampshire.html. The general
permits include the requirements for the
notice of intent information and best
management practices plan, and the
standard permit conditions. To obtain a
paper copy of the documents, please
contact William Wandle using the
contact information provided above. A
reasonable fee may be charged for
copying requests.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: November 10, 2009.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
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Notice of Final Residual Desigination
of Certain Storm Water Discharges in
the State of Maine Under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System of the Clean Water Act
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
The Regional Administrator
of the Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) New England Regional
Office is providing notice of a final
residual designation determination
made on October 28, 2009 in accordance
with Section 402(p) of the Clean Water
Act, and implementing regulations in 40
CFR 122.26(a)(9)(i)(D). The final
determination requires that storm water
discharges from impervious areas equal
to or greater than one acre in the Long
Creek watershed (South Portland,
Westbrook, Scarborough, and Portland,
Maine) be authorized by a permit under
the federal Clean Water Act because
those discharges contribute to a
violation of water quality standards in
Long Creek. Copies of the final residual
designation and other materials are
available for inspection online as
described elsewhere in this notice
document.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennie Bridge, EPA New England
Region, One Congress Street, Suite 1100,
Mail Code CWQ, (617) 918–1685,
bridge.jennie@epa.gov.
A copy of
the final determination, the Record of
Decision for the preliminary residual
determination, and EPA’s response to
public comments may be viewed at the
following Web sites: https://
www.regulations.gov: Type in the key
words ‘‘residual designation’’ and then
search for docket ID No. EPA–R01–OW–
2008–0910; https://www.epa.gov/
region01/npdes/stormwater/assets/pdfs/
LongCreekRD.pdf; https://www.epa.gov/
region01/npdes/stormwater/
(scroll to ‘‘Residual Designations’’/
‘‘Long Creek’’).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: November 23, 2009.
Ira Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
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Adequacy Status of the Washington
County, OH and the Ohio Portion of the
Huntington/Ashland KY/WV/OH Area
Submitted Annual Fine Particulate
Matter Attainment Demonstration for
Transportation Conformity Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that we have made
insignificance findings through the
transportation conformity adequacy
process for directly emitted fine
particulate matter (PM2.5) and oxides of
nitrogen (NOX) in Washington County,
Ohio (part of the Parkersburg/Marietta
annual PM2.5 nonattainment area) and
the Ohio portion of the Huntington/
Ashland annual PM2.5 nonattainment
area. Ohio submitted the attainment
demonstration State Implementation
Plan (SIP) for annual PM2.5 initially on
July 16, 2008, and subsequently
submitted the public hearing results on
December 5, 2008. As a result of our
finding, Washington County, Ohio and
the Ohio portion of the Huntington/
Ashland area are no longer required to
perform a regional emissions analysis
for either directly emitted PM2.5 or NOX
as part of future PM2.5 conformity
determinations for the 1997 annual
PM2.5 air quality standard.
DATES: This finding is effective
December 22, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patricia Morris, Environmental
Scientist, Criteria Pollutant Section
(AR–18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, United States
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8656,
morris.patricia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Throughout this document, whenever
‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean
EPA.
Background
Today’s notice is simply an
announcement of a finding that we have
already made. On October 23, 2009,
EPA Region 5 sent a letter to the Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency
stating that we have made insignificance
findings for PM2.5 and NOX as the state
requested in its PM2.5 attainment
demonstration submittal, a finding we
made through the transportation
conformity adequacy process. Receipt of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8984-5]
Notice of Availability of Final NPDES General Permits for
Discharges at Hydroelectric Generating Facilities in the States of
Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Tribal Lands in the State of
Massachusetts
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of final NPDES general permits MAG360000
and NHG360000.
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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection,
Environmental Protection Agency-Region 1, is today providing notice of
availability of the final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NPDES) general permits for specific discharges at Hydroelectric
Generating Facilities in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire
and Tribal Lands located in the State of Massachusetts. These
discharges include equipment related cooling water, equipment and floor
drain water, backwash strainer water, certain maintenance related
waters, and combinations of the preceding discharges. The general
permits establish notification requirements, permit eligibility
requirements, effluent
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limitations, standards, prohibitions and best management practice
plans.
Owners and/or operators of hydroelectric generating facilities with
these discharges, including those facilities currently authorized to
discharge under individual NPDES permits, are eligible to apply for
coverage. Facilities will receive a written notification from EPA
whether permit coverage and authorization to discharge under one of the
general permits is approved. These general permits do not cover new
sources as defined under 40 CFR 122.2.
DATES: These general permits shall be effective on December 7, 2009 and
will expire five years from the effective date.
ADDRESSES: The required notification information to obtain permit
coverage is provided for each general permit. This information shall be
submitted to EPA-Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection (CMP), 1
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 and to
the appropriate State Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning the
final permits may be obtained between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Monday through Friday excluding holidays from: William Wandle, Office
of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, 1 Congress
Street, Suite 1100 (CMP), Boston, MA 02114-2023, telephone: 617-918-
1605, e-mail: wandle.bill@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This general permit and the response to
comments may be viewed over the Internet via the EPA-Region 1 Web site
for dischargers in Massachusetts at https://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/mass.html and for dischargers in New Hampshire at https://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/newhampshire.html. The general permits include the
requirements for the notice of intent information and best management
practices plan, and the standard permit conditions. To obtain a paper
copy of the documents, please contact William Wandle using the contact
information provided above. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying
requests.
Dated: November 10, 2009.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
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