Issuance of a NPDES General Permit for Offshore Seafood Processors in Federal Waters Off the Coast of Washington and Oregon; Permit Number WAG520000, 9794-9795 [2019-05033]

Download as PDF 9794 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 52 / Monday, March 18, 2019 / Notices Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; email address: yellin.patrick@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 either 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. Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production (40 CFR part 63, subpart HHHHHHH) apply to both existing and new PVC production facilities. Area source PVC facilities are subject to 40 CFR part 63, subpart DDDDDD and not covered in this ICR. New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart HHHHHHH. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Polyvinyl chloride and copolymer production facilities that are major sources of HAP. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart HHHHHHH). Estimated number of respondents: 15 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, and semiannually. Total estimated burden: 338,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $45,500,000 (per year), which includes $7,060,000 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease in the burden hours in this VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 247001 ICR, compared to the previous ICR, due to a decrease in the number of respondents. In addition, there is an increase in operation and maintenance costs due to updated cost estimates for process vent testing, which were provided by the Vinyl Institute. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2019–05016 Filed 3–15–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9990–99–Region 10] Issuance of a NPDES General Permit for Offshore Seafood Processors in Federal Waters Off the Coast of Washington and Oregon; Permit Number WAG520000 Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Final NPDES General Permit. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 is issuing a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit to seafood processing vessels that discharge in Federal Waters off the coast of Washington and Oregon. The General Permit will authorize discharges of seafood processing waste from the vessels. This is the first issuance of this General Permit, and the first time this sector has received NPDES permit coverage off the coast of Oregon and Washington. DATES: The issuance date of the General Permit is March 18, 2019, the date of publication of this notice. The General Permit will become effective on May 1, 2019. ADDRESSES: Copies of the General Permit and Response to Comments are available upon request at the following address: USEPA Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, OWW–191, Seattle, WA 98101. Electronic requests may be mailed to: Washington.audrey@epa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical Information: Joseph Ziobro at (206) 553–2723 ziobro.joseph@epa.gov. The General Permit, Response to Comments, and supporting documents may be found on the Region 10 website at: https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/ proposed-npdes-general-permitoffshore-seafood-processors-federalwaters-coast. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General Information The NPDES General Permit authorizes discharges of seafood processing waste PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 from seafood processing vessels that discharge in Federal Waters off the coast of Washington and Oregon. Federal Waters are defined as waters that are located between 3 and 200 miles from the land or baseline. The General Permit does not authorize discharges within the State of Washington or State of Oregon waters, this includes water within three miles of the land (i.e., the State’s territorial waters). The State of Washington and the State of Oregon are the permitting authorities for these state waters. The EPA completed two public comment periods for the draft General Permit. The first comment period was from August 24, 2015 to October 8, 2015 (80 FR 51253, August 24, 2015). Based on the comments received during the public comment period, the EPA revised the draft General Permit. The EPA took comment on those revisions during a second comment period from June 6, 2017 to August 3, 2017 (82 FR 27817, June 6, 2017). This will be the first issuance of this General Permit. The offshore seafood processing operators requested NPDES permit coverage for operations discharging off the coast of Washington and Oregon, since these vessels are currently discharging without a permit in this area. The vessels that will be covered under this Permit are catcherprocessors and motherships. These vessels fish and process the fish caught concurrently. Other Legal Requirements Regulatory Action This action is not significant and was therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under Executive Orders 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and 13563, Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review. Coastal Zone Management Act—Federal Consistency Determination Beginning in 2016, the EPA began engaging with the Washington Department of Ecology (Washington) and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (Oregon) in Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) consistency review pursuant to Section 307 of the CZMA and its implementing regulations at 15 CFR part 930, subpart C. In June 2017, the EPA provided the Washington Department of Ecology and Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development with a Federal Consistency Determination for the permit action. The EPA determined that the General Permit is fully consistent E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 52 / Monday, March 18, 2019 / Notices with the enforceable polices of the approved coastal zone management programs administered by the States of Washington and Oregon. In September 2017, Ecology and Oregon sent conditional concurrences in response to the EPA’s Consistency Determination. The EPA and Ecology resolved Ecology’s conditional concurrence through the addition of monitoring requirements in the General Permit. However, the EPA and Oregon did not reach resolution; thus, Oregon’s conditional concurrence became an objection. Therefore, as required by 15 CFR 930.31(d), the EPA is notifying potential users of the General Permit that the General Permit is not available for use in the State of Oregon unless the potential user provides Oregon with a consistency certification under 15 CFR part 930, subpart D and Oregon concurs. The EPA does not anticipate that potential users of the General Permit will need to provide Oregon with a consistency certification because the General Permit does not authorize discharges within the State of Oregon, including Oregon state waters, and NOAA has not authorized Oregon to review such activities under 15 CFR part 930, subpart D. As such, the EPA anticipates that it will be able to acknowledge permit coverage for individual operations promptly after receipt of a Notice of Intent. Impact on Small Businesses After review of the facts as presented in the permit applications, fact sheets, and response to comments document, the EPA concludes that this general NPDES permit will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small entities. Moreover, this Permit does not present a significant administrative burden on regulated sources. Dated: March 1, 2019. Daniel D. Opalski, Office Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, Region 10. [FR Doc. 2019–05033 Filed 3–15–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 247001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0086; FRL–9990– 10–OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication (EPA ICR No. 2027.07, OMB Control No. 2060–0516), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through March 31, 2019. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on May 30, 2018 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 neither conduct nor 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 April 17, 2019. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2014–0086, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or 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 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: Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9795 Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; email address: yellin.patrick@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. Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing Facilities (40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFFF) apply to new and existing sinter plants, blast furnaces, and basic oxygen process furnace shops at integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) or are co-located at major sources. New facilities include those that commenced either construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They 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. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part 63, subpart FFFFF. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Flexible polyurethane foam fabrication facilities. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart MMMMM). Estimated number of respondents: 20 (total). Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, semiannually, and annually. Total estimated burden: 22,200 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). Total estimated cost: $2,560,000 (per year), which includes $34,500 in annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs. E:\FR\FM\18MRN1.SGM 18MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 52 (Monday, March 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9794-9795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05033]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9990-99-Region 10]


Issuance of a NPDES General Permit for Offshore Seafood 
Processors in Federal Waters Off the Coast of Washington and Oregon; 
Permit Number WAG520000

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Final NPDES General Permit.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 is issuing 
a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General 
Permit to seafood processing vessels that discharge in Federal Waters 
off the coast of Washington and Oregon. The General Permit will 
authorize discharges of seafood processing waste from the vessels. This 
is the first issuance of this General Permit, and the first time this 
sector has received NPDES permit coverage off the coast of Oregon and 
Washington.

DATES: The issuance date of the General Permit is March 18, 2019, the 
date of publication of this notice. The General Permit will become 
effective on May 1, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the General Permit and Response to Comments are 
available upon request at the following address: USEPA Region 10, 1200 
Sixth Avenue, Suite 155, OWW-191, Seattle, WA 98101. Electronic 
requests may be mailed to: Washington.audrey@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Technical Information: Joseph Ziobro 
at (206) 553-2723 ziobro.joseph@epa.gov. The General Permit, Response 
to Comments, and supporting documents may be found on the Region 10 
website at: https://www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/proposed-npdes-general-permit-offshore-seafood-processors-federal-waters-coast.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Information

    The NPDES General Permit authorizes discharges of seafood 
processing waste from seafood processing vessels that discharge in 
Federal Waters off the coast of Washington and Oregon. Federal Waters 
are defined as waters that are located between 3 and 200 miles from the 
land or baseline. The General Permit does not authorize discharges 
within the State of Washington or State of Oregon waters, this includes 
water within three miles of the land (i.e., the State's territorial 
waters). The State of Washington and the State of Oregon are the 
permitting authorities for these state waters.
    The EPA completed two public comment periods for the draft General 
Permit. The first comment period was from August 24, 2015 to October 8, 
2015 (80 FR 51253, August 24, 2015). Based on the comments received 
during the public comment period, the EPA revised the draft General 
Permit. The EPA took comment on those revisions during a second comment 
period from June 6, 2017 to August 3, 2017 (82 FR 27817, June 6, 2017).
    This will be the first issuance of this General Permit. The 
offshore seafood processing operators requested NPDES permit coverage 
for operations discharging off the coast of Washington and Oregon, 
since these vessels are currently discharging without a permit in this 
area. The vessels that will be covered under this Permit are catcher-
processors and motherships. These vessels fish and process the fish 
caught concurrently.

Other Legal Requirements

Regulatory Action

    This action is not significant and was therefore not submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review under Executive 
Orders 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and 13563, Improving 
Regulation and Regulatory Review.

Coastal Zone Management Act--Federal Consistency Determination

    Beginning in 2016, the EPA began engaging with the Washington 
Department of Ecology (Washington) and the Oregon Department of Land 
Conservation and Development (Oregon) in Coastal Zone Management Act 
(CZMA) consistency review pursuant to Section 307 of the CZMA and its 
implementing regulations at 15 CFR part 930, subpart C. In June 2017, 
the EPA provided the Washington Department of Ecology and Oregon 
Department of Land Conservation and Development with a Federal 
Consistency Determination for the permit action. The EPA determined 
that the General Permit is fully consistent

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with the enforceable polices of the approved coastal zone management 
programs administered by the States of Washington and Oregon. In 
September 2017, Ecology and Oregon sent conditional concurrences in 
response to the EPA's Consistency Determination. The EPA and Ecology 
resolved Ecology's conditional concurrence through the addition of 
monitoring requirements in the General Permit. However, the EPA and 
Oregon did not reach resolution; thus, Oregon's conditional concurrence 
became an objection. Therefore, as required by 15 CFR 930.31(d), the 
EPA is notifying potential users of the General Permit that the General 
Permit is not available for use in the State of Oregon unless the 
potential user provides Oregon with a consistency certification under 
15 CFR part 930, subpart D and Oregon concurs. The EPA does not 
anticipate that potential users of the General Permit will need to 
provide Oregon with a consistency certification because the General 
Permit does not authorize discharges within the State of Oregon, 
including Oregon state waters, and NOAA has not authorized Oregon to 
review such activities under 15 CFR part 930, subpart D. As such, the 
EPA anticipates that it will be able to acknowledge permit coverage for 
individual operations promptly after receipt of a Notice of Intent.

Impact on Small Businesses

    After review of the facts as presented in the permit applications, 
fact sheets, and response to comments document, the EPA concludes that 
this general NPDES permit will not have a significant impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. Moreover, this Permit does not 
present a significant administrative burden on regulated sources.

    Dated: March 1, 2019.
 Daniel D. Opalski,
Office Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2019-05033 Filed 3-15-19; 8:45 am]
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