Proposed Issuance of NPDES General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems Located in Indian Country in EPA Region 8, 37255-37257 [2015-16042]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 125 / Tuesday, June 30, 2015 / Notices Total estimated burden: 80,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $8,020,000 (per year), includes no annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease in the total estimated respondent labor burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. This decrease is not due to any program changes. Rather, it was due to a discrepancy identified in the previous renewal, in which the number of byproduct plants conducting daily leak inspections and bypass/bleeder stack/ flare system inspections was overestimated. EPA has revised the estimates in this ICR to reflect the appropriate number of by-product plants. The net result of this adjustment was a decrease in respondent burden hours. There is also a small adjustment increase in the number of responses due to a correction. The previous ICR did not account for the notification of reconstruction, notification of battery closure, and malfunction report in calculating the number of responses. Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2015–16031 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0928; FRL–9929–94– OEI] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Fuel Use Requirements for Great Lake Steamships (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Fuel Use Requirements for Great Lakes Steamships’’ (EPA ICR No. 2458.02, OMB Control No. 2060–0679) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2015. An agency may not conduct or sponsor and asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jun 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 31, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing the Docket ID Number listed above online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Stout, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: 734–214–4805; email address: Stout.alan@Epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA will consider the PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37255 comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted requirements for marine vessels operating in and around U.S. territorial waters to use reduced-sulfur diesel fuel. This requirement does not apply for steamships, but it would apply for steamships that are converted to run on diesel engines. A regulatory provision allows vessel owners to qualify for a waiver from the fuel-use requirements for a defined period for such converted vessels. EPA uses the data to oversee compliance with regulatory requirements, including communicating with affected companies and answering questions from the public or other industry participants regarding the waiver in question. Form Numbers: None. Estimated number of respondents: 2 (total). Frequency of response: Once Currently approved estimated burden: 14 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b) Currently approved estimated cost: $988 (per year), includes no annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: The final ICR will address all changes in the estimates over the past three years. Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2015–16038 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R08–OW–2015–0346; FRL–9929–80– Region–8] Proposed Issuance of NPDES General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems Located in Indian Country in EPA Region 8 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability for comment. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is providing for comment the draft 2015 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) lagoon general permits for SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30JNN1.SGM 30JNN1 asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 37256 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 125 / Tuesday, June 30, 2015 / Notices wastewater lagoon systems located in Indian country in Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming). These draft permits are similar to the existing permits and will authorize the discharge of wastewater from lagoons located in Region 8 Indian country in accordance with the terms and conditions described therein. EPA proposes to issue these permits for five (5) years and is seeking comment on the draft permits. DATES: Comments must be received, in writing, on or before July 30, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08– OW–2015–0346, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: VelRey Lozano, Wastewater Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P– W–WW, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. • Hand Delivery: VelRey Lozano, Wastewater Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P–W–WW, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. Such deliveries are only accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding federal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–R08–OW–2015– 0346. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or email. The https://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 https:// 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jun 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 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 instructions on submitting comments, see Section I, General Information of this document. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Wastewater Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You may view the hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VelRey Lozano, Wastewater Program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Mailcode 8P–W–WW, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129, (303) 312–6128, lozano.velrey@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through https:// regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD–ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD–ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, remember to: a. Identify the public notice and docket number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number). b. Follow directions—Organize comments by referencing the part of the permit or fact sheet by section number. c. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. d. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/ or data that you used. e. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. f. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and suggest alternatives. g. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. h. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. II. Background These draft permits are similar to the current permits and will authorize the discharge of wastewater in accordance with the terms and conditions described therein. The fact sheet for the permits is provided for download concurrently with the permits and provides detailed information on; the decisions used to set limitations, the specific geographic areas covered by the permits, information on monitoring schedules, inspection requirements, and other regulatory decisions or requirements. Issuance of the general permits will cover discharges from wastewater lagoon systems located in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The general permits are grouped geographically by state, with the permit coverage being for specified Indian reservations located within a state boundary [specific permit coverage areas below]; any land held in trust by the United States for an Indian tribe; and any other areas which are Indian country within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. III. Summary of Permits A. Colorado: COG587### This permit covers the Southern Ute Reservation and the Ute Mountain Reservation, including those portions of the Reservation located in New Mexico and Utah. E:\FR\FM\30JNN1.SGM 30JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 125 / Tuesday, June 30, 2015 / Notices B. Montana: MTG589### This permit covers the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; the Crow Indian Reservation; the Flathead Reservation; the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; the Fort Peck Indian Reservation; the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation; and, the Rocky Boy’s Reservation. C. North Dakota: NDG589### This permit covers the Fort Berthold Reservation; the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation; the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation; and, the Turtle Mountain Reservation. This permit includes that portion of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and associated Indian country located within the State of South Dakota. It does not include any land held in trust by the United States for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate or any other Indian country associated with that Tribe, which is covered under general permit SDG589###. D. South Dakota: SDG589### This permit covers the Cheyenne River Reservation; Crow Creek Reservation; the Flandreau Santee Sioux Indian Reservation; the Lower Brule Reservation; the Pine Ridge Reservation (including the entire Reservation, which is located in both South Dakota and Nebraska); the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation; and, the Yankton Sioux Reservation. This permit includes any land in the State of North Dakota that is held in trust by the United States for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate or any other Indian country associated with that Tribe. It does not include the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation or any associated Indian country, which is covered under general permit NDG589###. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES E. Utah: UTG589### This permit covers the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah Reservation (Washakie); the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Reservation; the Skull Valley Indian Reservation; and Indian country lands within the Uintah & Ouray Reservation. It does not include any portions of the Navajo Nation or the Goshute Reservation. F. Wyoming: WYG589### This permit covers the Wind River Reservation. Coverage under the general permits will be limited to lagoon systems treating primarily domestic wastewater and will include two categories of coverage; discharging lagoons (DIS), and lagoons expected to have no discharge VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:34 Jun 29, 2015 Jkt 235001 (NODIS). The effluent limitations for discharging lagoons are based on the Federal Secondary Treatment Regulation (40 CFR part 133) and best professional judgement (BPJ). If more stringent and/or additional effluent limitations are considered necessary to comply with applicable water quality standards, etc., those limitations and their basis are explained in the permit fact sheets and will be imposed by written notification to the permittee. Lagoon systems under the no discharge category are required to have no discharge except in accordance with the bypass provisions of the permit. Selfmonitoring requirements and routine inspection requirements are included in the permits. Where the Tribes have Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) certification authority; Flathead Indian Reservation, the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, and the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation; EPA has requested certification that the permits comply with the applicable provisions of the Clean Water Act and tribal water quality standards. IV. Other Legal Requirements Economic Impact (Executive Order 12866): EPA has determined that the issuance of these general permits is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under the terms of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and is therefore not subject to formal OMB review prior to proposal. Paperwork Reduction Act: EPA has reviewed the requirements imposed on regulated facilities in these proposed general permits under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 501, et seq. The information collection requirements of these permits have already been approved by the Office of Management and Budget in submissions made for the NPDES permit program under the provisions of the Clean Water Act. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: Section 201 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), Public Law 104–4, generally requires federal agencies to assess the effects of their ‘‘regulatory actions’’ defined to be the same as ‘‘rules’’ subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) on tribal, state, local governments and the private sector. Since the permit proposed today is an adjudication, it is not subject to the RFA and is therefore not subject to the requirements of the UMRA. Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq. PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37257 Dated: June 9, 2015. Darcy O’Connor, Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Partnerships and Regulatory Assistance. [FR Doc. 2015–16042 Filed 6–29–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0062; FRL–9920– 89–OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for Pesticide Active Ingredient Production (40 CFR part 63, subpart MMM) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1807.08, OMB Control No. 2060–0370) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2015. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 30, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2014–0062, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30JNN1.SGM 30JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 125 (Tuesday, June 30, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R08-OW-2015-0346; FRL-9929-80-Region-8]


Proposed Issuance of NPDES General Permits for Wastewater Lagoon 
Systems Located in Indian Country in EPA Region 8

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability for comment.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 8 is 
providing for comment the draft 2015 National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) lagoon general permits for

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wastewater lagoon systems located in Indian country in Region 8 
(Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming). 
These draft permits are similar to the existing permits and will 
authorize the discharge of wastewater from lagoons located in Region 8 
Indian country in accordance with the terms and conditions described 
therein. EPA proposes to issue these permits for five (5) years and is 
seeking comment on the draft permits.

DATES: Comments must be received, in writing, on or before July 30, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OW-2015-0346, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: VelRey Lozano, Wastewater Program, Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P-W-WW, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129.
     Hand Delivery: VelRey Lozano, Wastewater Program, 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mailcode 8P-W-WW, 1595 
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. Such deliveries are only 
accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding 
federal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R08-OW-
2015-0346. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
https://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 https://www.regulations.gov or email. The https://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 https://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. For additional instructions on submitting 
comments, see Section I, General Information of this document.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://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 https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Wastewater 
Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. EPA requests that if at all 
possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You 
may view the hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: VelRey Lozano, Wastewater Program, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Mailcode 8P-W-WW, 1595 
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-6128, 
lozano.velrey@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
https://regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the 
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as 
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
    a. Identify the public notice and docket number and other 
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and 
page number).
    b. Follow directions--Organize comments by referencing the part of 
the permit or fact sheet by section number.
    c. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and 
substitute language for your requested changes.
    d. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information 
and/or data that you used.
    e. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you 
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
    f. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
    g. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of 
profanity or personal threats.
    h. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline 
identified.

II. Background

    These draft permits are similar to the current permits and will 
authorize the discharge of wastewater in accordance with the terms and 
conditions described therein. The fact sheet for the permits is 
provided for download concurrently with the permits and provides 
detailed information on; the decisions used to set limitations, the 
specific geographic areas covered by the permits, information on 
monitoring schedules, inspection requirements, and other regulatory 
decisions or requirements.
    Issuance of the general permits will cover discharges from 
wastewater lagoon systems located in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, 
South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The general permits are grouped 
geographically by state, with the permit coverage being for specified 
Indian reservations located within a state boundary [specific permit 
coverage areas below]; any land held in trust by the United States for 
an Indian tribe; and any other areas which are Indian country within 
the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151.

III. Summary of Permits

A. Colorado: COG587###

    This permit covers the Southern Ute Reservation and the Ute 
Mountain Reservation, including those portions of the Reservation 
located in New Mexico and Utah.

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B. Montana: MTG589###

    This permit covers the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana; the 
Crow Indian Reservation; the Flathead Reservation; the Fort Belknap 
Reservation of Montana; the Fort Peck Indian Reservation; the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation; and, the Rocky Boy's Reservation.

C. North Dakota: NDG589###

    This permit covers the Fort Berthold Reservation; the Spirit Lake 
Indian Reservation; the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation; and, the 
Turtle Mountain Reservation.
    This permit includes that portion of the Standing Rock Sioux 
Reservation and associated Indian country located within the State of 
South Dakota. It does not include any land held in trust by the United 
States for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate or any other Indian country 
associated with that Tribe, which is covered under general permit 
SDG589###.

D. South Dakota: SDG589###

    This permit covers the Cheyenne River Reservation; Crow Creek 
Reservation; the Flandreau Santee Sioux Indian Reservation; the Lower 
Brule Reservation; the Pine Ridge Reservation (including the entire 
Reservation, which is located in both South Dakota and Nebraska); the 
Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation; and, the Yankton Sioux Reservation.
    This permit includes any land in the State of North Dakota that is 
held in trust by the United States for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate or 
any other Indian country associated with that Tribe. It does not 
include the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation or any associated Indian 
country, which is covered under general permit NDG589###.

E. Utah: UTG589###

    This permit covers the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation of Utah 
Reservation (Washakie); the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Reservation; 
the Skull Valley Indian Reservation; and Indian country lands within 
the Uintah & Ouray Reservation. It does not include any portions of the 
Navajo Nation or the Goshute Reservation.

F. Wyoming: WYG589###

    This permit covers the Wind River Reservation.
    Coverage under the general permits will be limited to lagoon 
systems treating primarily domestic wastewater and will include two 
categories of coverage; discharging lagoons (DIS), and lagoons expected 
to have no discharge (NODIS). The effluent limitations for discharging 
lagoons are based on the Federal Secondary Treatment Regulation (40 CFR 
part 133) and best professional judgement (BPJ). If more stringent and/
or additional effluent limitations are considered necessary to comply 
with applicable water quality standards, etc., those limitations and 
their basis are explained in the permit fact sheets and will be imposed 
by written notification to the permittee. Lagoon systems under the no 
discharge category are required to have no discharge except in 
accordance with the bypass provisions of the permit. Self-monitoring 
requirements and routine inspection requirements are included in the 
permits.
    Where the Tribes have Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) 
certification authority; Flathead Indian Reservation, the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, and the Ute 
Mountain Indian Reservation; EPA has requested certification that the 
permits comply with the applicable provisions of the Clean Water Act 
and tribal water quality standards.

IV. Other Legal Requirements

    Economic Impact (Executive Order 12866): EPA has determined that 
the issuance of these general permits is not a ``significant regulatory 
action'' under the terms of Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 
4, 1993) and is therefore not subject to formal OMB review prior to 
proposal.
    Paperwork Reduction Act: EPA has reviewed the requirements imposed 
on regulated facilities in these proposed general permits under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 501, et seq. The information 
collection requirements of these permits have already been approved by 
the Office of Management and Budget in submissions made for the NPDES 
permit program under the provisions of the Clean Water Act.
    Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: Section 201 of the Unfunded Mandates 
Reform Act (UMRA), Public Law 104-4, generally requires federal 
agencies to assess the effects of their ``regulatory actions'' defined 
to be the same as ``rules'' subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(RFA) on tribal, state, local governments and the private sector. Since 
the permit proposed today is an adjudication, it is not subject to the 
RFA and is therefore not subject to the requirements of the UMRA.

    Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.

    Dated: June 9, 2015.
Darcy O'Connor,
Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Partnerships and 
Regulatory Assistance.
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