Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard-Receipt of Petition, 15997-15998 [2014-06381]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 56 / Monday, March 24, 2014 / Notices much time as possible to process your request. Javier Araujo, Designated Federal Officer. Brian Bond, Senior Advisor for Public Engagement, Office of the Administrator. [FR Doc. 2014–06363 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-New England Region I—EPA–R01– OW–2014–0202; FRL–9908–62-Region 1] Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard—Receipt of Petition Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice—receipt of petition. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for coastal waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. DATES: Comments must be submitted by April 23, 2014. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R01– OW–2014–0202, by one of the following methods: www.regulations.gov, Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: rodney.ann@epa.gov. • Fax: (617) 918–0538. Mail and hand delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06–1, Boston, MA 02109–3912. Deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office’s normal hours of operation (8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays), and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–R01–OW–2014– 0202. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you WREIER-AVILES on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:29 Mar 21, 2014 Jkt 232001 consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov, or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your email 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. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06– 01, Boston, MA 02109–3912. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Regional Office is open from 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number is (617) 918–1538. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Rodney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency—New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06– 01, Boston, MA 02109–3912. Telephone: (617) 918–1538, Fax number: (617) 918– 0538; email address: rodney.ann@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to Section 312 of Public Law 92–500 as amended PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15997 by Public Law 95–217 and Public Law 100–4, that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for all coastal waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The majority of Massachusetts waters have already been designated as ‘‘no discharge’’ for boat sewage. This petition covers three areas: a strip near the state-federal boundary spanning from Manchester-By-The-Sea to Marshfield, a corridor in Vineyard Sound, and a corridor in Nantucket Sound. The state wide NDA will seamlessly integrate the 20 smaller NDAs that have been designated in Massachusetts since 1991, while also incorporating the remaining undesignated coastal waters into the statewide prohibition on boat sewage disposal. The boundaries for this statewide NDA encompass all Commonwealth of Massachusetts coastal waters: from mean low water along the coast of Massachusetts, seaward to the state-federal boundary, north to the border with New Hampshire, and south to the border with Rhode Island: https:// www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/czm/ program-areas/coastal-water-quality/ ndas/). Previous NDA designations included estimates of the number of boats and number of Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs) in each region of interest. Based upon the figures provided in each of the applications, there are an estimated 23,080 vessels with MSDs using Massachusetts coastal waters. There are approximately 64 marinas, roughly 25,000 permitted public slips, and moorings. Massachusetts has certified that there are a total of 132 pumpout facilities in coastal Massachusetts: https://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/czm/ program-areas/coastal-water-quality/ clean-boating/pumpout-list.html. Boat owners spend close to $200 million per year on new boats, engines, trailers, and accessories. Massachusetts has over 500 bathing beaches covering over 727 miles of sandy coastline. The shellfish habitat supports hundreds of commercial shellfishermen with a landings value of over $27 million. Coastal tourism and recreation employs over 125,000 individuals in Massachusetts and generates over $14 billion. Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that adequate facilities for the safe and E:\FR\FM\24MRN1.SGM 24MRN1 15998 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 56 / Monday, March 24, 2014 / Notices sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the state coastal waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Dated: March 10, 2014. H. Curtis Spalding, Regional Administrator, New England Region. [FR Doc. 2014–06381 Filed 3–21–14; 8:45 am] • Report on Insured and Other Obligations • Report on Investment Portfolio • Quarterly Report on Annual Performance Plan C. 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Comments are requested concerning: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the Commission’s burden estimates; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and ways to further reduce the information collection burden on small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees. The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 PRA that does not display a valid OMB Control Number. DATES: Written PRA comments should be submitted on or before April 23, 2014. If you anticipate that you will be submitting PRA comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the FCC contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at 202–395–5167, or via the Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), via the Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. To submit your PRA comments by email, send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie F. Smith, Office of Managing Director (OMD), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), at 202–418–0217, or via the Internet at: Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control Number: 3060–0056. Title: Part 68, Connection of Terminal Equipment to the Telephone Network. 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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
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[Pages 15997-15998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06381]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-New England Region I--EPA-R01-OW-2014-0202; FRL-9908-62-Region 1]


Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard--Receipt of 
Petition

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice--receipt of petition.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the 
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that 
adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of 
sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for coastal waters of 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by April 23, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OW-2014-0202, by one of the following methods: www.regulations.gov, 
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: rodney.ann@epa.gov.
     Fax: (617) 918-0538.
    Mail and hand delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--New 
England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06-1, Boston, MA 
02109-3912. Deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's 
normal hours of operation (8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
excluding legal holidays), and special arrangements should be made for 
deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R01-OW-
2014-0202. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov, or email. 
The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email 
comment directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your 
email 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.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copy-righted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency--New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 
100, OEP06-01, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Such deliveries are only accepted 
during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation, and special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The 
Regional Office is open from 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number is (617) 918-
1538.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Rodney, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency--New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 
100, OEP06-01, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Telephone: (617) 918-1538, Fax 
number: (617) 918-0538; email address: rodney.ann@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that a petition has 
been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a 
determination by the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, pursuant to Section 312 of Public Law 92-500 as 
amended by Public Law 95-217 and Public Law 100-4, that adequate 
facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage 
from all vessels are reasonably available for all coastal waters of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    The majority of Massachusetts waters have already been designated 
as ``no discharge'' for boat sewage. This petition covers three areas: 
a strip near the state-federal boundary spanning from Manchester-By-
The-Sea to Marshfield, a corridor in Vineyard Sound, and a corridor in 
Nantucket Sound. The state wide NDA will seamlessly integrate the 20 
smaller NDAs that have been designated in Massachusetts since 1991, 
while also incorporating the remaining undesignated coastal waters into 
the statewide prohibition on boat sewage disposal. The boundaries for 
this statewide NDA encompass all Commonwealth of Massachusetts coastal 
waters: from mean low water along the coast of Massachusetts, seaward 
to the state-federal boundary, north to the border with New Hampshire, 
and south to the border with Rhode Island: https://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/czm/program-areas/coastal-water-quality/ndas/).
    Previous NDA designations included estimates of the number of boats 
and number of Marine Sanitation Devices (MSDs) in each region of 
interest. Based upon the figures provided in each of the applications, 
there are an estimated 23,080 vessels with MSDs using Massachusetts 
coastal waters. There are approximately 64 marinas, roughly 25,000 
permitted public slips, and moorings. Massachusetts has certified that 
there are a total of 132 pumpout facilities in coastal Massachusetts: 
https://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/czm/program-areas/coastal-water-quality/clean-boating/pumpout-list.html.
    Boat owners spend close to $200 million per year on new boats, 
engines, trailers, and accessories. Massachusetts has over 500 bathing 
beaches covering over 727 miles of sandy coastline. The shellfish 
habitat supports hundreds of commercial shellfishermen with a landings 
value of over $27 million. Coastal tourism and recreation employs over 
125,000 individuals in Massachusetts and generates over $14 billion.
    Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the 
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that 
adequate facilities for the safe and

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sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are 
reasonably available for the state coastal waters of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts.

    Dated: March 10, 2014.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-06381 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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