Enhancing Effective Partnerships Between the EPA and the States in Civil Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Work, 34887-34888 [2019-15309]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 139 / Friday, July 19, 2019 / Notices Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dated: July 15, 2019. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [Docket No. ER19–2399–000] jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Caden Energix Hickory LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate Filing Includes Request for Blanket Section 204 Authorization [FR Doc. 2019–15376 Filed 7–18–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P This is a supplemental notice in the above-referenced proceeding of Caden Energix Hickory LLC’s application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff, noting that such application includes a request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing protests with regard to the applicant’s request for blanket authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability, is August 5, 2019. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above-referenced proceeding are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for electronic review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the website that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Jul 18, 2019 Jkt 247001 34887 There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the website that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 12, 2019. Dated: July 12, 2019. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FR Doc. 2019–15380 Filed 7–18–19; 8:45 am] [Docket Nos. EL19–84–000; QF19–1331– 001] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Clean Fuel Dane, LLC; Notice of Request for Limited Waivers and Refund Report ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Take notice that on July 11, 2019, pursuant to Rule 207 (a)(5) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(5) (2019), Clean Fuel Dane, LLC, filed a request for limited waiver of: (i) The FERC Form 556 filing requirement for its qualifying small power production facility for the period beginning March 17, 2011 and ending June 28, 2019 and (ii) any refunds that might otherwise be required, as more fully explained in the petition. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Petitioner. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [EPA–HQ–OECA–2019–0204; FRL–9996– 86–OECA] Enhancing Effective Partnerships Between the EPA and the States in Civil Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Work Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) is issuing a final policy on Enhancing Effective Partnerships Between the EPA and the States in Civil Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Work. The final policy is available for review at https:// www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/ 2019-07/documents/memoenhancing effectivepartnerships.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen H. Johnson, Senior Policy Advisor, Mail Code: 2261A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 5401; fax number: (202) 501–3842; email address: johnson.kathleen@ epa.gov. SUMMARY: In January 2018, OECA issued an Interim Guidance document to help move the Agency toward a more collaborative partnership between the EPA and states. After more than a year of implementing the Interim Guidance, states and EPA regions gained valuable experience in enhancing planning and communication on compliance work in Federal environmental programs that states are authorized, delegated, or approved to implement. OECA incorporated this experience in drafting a revised policy. On May 13, 2019, OECA solicited public SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 34888 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 139 / Friday, July 19, 2019 / Notices input on the revised policy through a Federal Register notice (84 FR 20882, May 13, 2019) for a thirty-day comment period. This final policy incorporates additional feedback collected through the public notice and sets out expectations and procedures for enhancing effective partnerships in civil enforcement and compliance assurance work between the EPA and authorized states. Although this policy is focused on the EPA’s work with states that are approved to implement Federal programs, the EPA will also strive to follow these planning and communication practices when working with federally-recognized Indian tribes, territories, and local governments that have received approval to implement Federal programs. This is an Agency planning document and would not impose any legally binding requirements on the EPA or any outside parties. Dated: July 11, 2019. Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. [FR Doc. 2019–15309 Filed 7–18–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9996–65–OW] Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Lake Charles Science Center and Educational Complex Project Modification and Finding of No Significant Impact Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal and State natural resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) have prepared the Final Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Lake Charles Science Center and Educational Complex Project Modification (Final Supplemental RP/ EA). The Final Supplemental RP/EA describes and, in conjunction with the associated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), selects the modified Lake Charles Science Center and jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:36 Jul 18, 2019 Jkt 247001 Educational Complex (SCEC) project considered by the Louisiana TIG to compensate for recreational use services lost as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Louisiana TIG evaluated project alternatives under criteria set forth in the OPA natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) regulations, and evaluated the environmental consequences of the alternatives in accordance with the NEPA. The selected project is consistent with the restoration alternatives selected in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan/Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). The Federal Trustees of the Louisiana TIG have determined that implementation of the Final Supplemental RP/EA is not a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment within the context of the NEPA. They have concluded a FONSI is appropriate, and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the approval and availability of the Final Supplemental RP/EA and FONSI. ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the Final Supplemental RP/EA at any of the following sites: • https:// www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov • https://www.la-dwh.com Alternatively, you may request a CD of the Final Supplemental RP/EA (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You may also view the document at any of the public facilities listed at https:// www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • Louisiana—Joann Hicks, 225–342– 5477 • EPA—Tim Landers, 202–566–2231 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Introduction On April 20, 2010, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, which was being used to drill a well for BP Exploration and Production, Inc. (BP), in the Macondo prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252– MC252), experienced a significant explosion, fire, and subsequent sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an unprecedented volume of oil and other discharges from the rig and from the wellhead on the seabed. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the largest off shore oil spill in U.S. history, discharging millions of barrels of oil over a period of 87 days. The Trustees conducted the natural resource damage assessment for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 United States Code 2701 et seq.). Under the OPA, federal and state agencies act as trustees on behalf of the public to assess natural resource injuries and losses, and to determine the actions required to compensate the public for those injuries and losses. The OPA further instructs the designated trustees to develop and implement a plan for the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of the equivalent of the injured natural resources under their trusteeship, including the loss of use and services from those resources from the time of injury until the time of restoration to baseline (the resource quality and conditions that would exist if the spill had not occurred) is complete. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill Trustees are: • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); • U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), as represented by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management; • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce; • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA); • State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO), Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), and Department of Natural Resources (LDNR); • State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; • State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Geological Survey of Alabama; • State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; and • State of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, General Land Office, and Commission on Environmental Quality. On April 4, 2016, the Trustees reached and finalized a settlement of their natural resource damage claims with BP in a Consent Decree approved by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent Decree, restoration projects in the Louisiana Restoration Area are now chosen and managed by the Louisiana TIG. The Louisiana TIG is composed of the following Trustees: CPRA, LOSCO, LDEQ, LDWF, LDNR, EPA, DOI, NOAA, USDA. E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34887-34888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15309]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2019-0204; FRL-9996-86-OECA]


Enhancing Effective Partnerships Between the EPA and the States 
in Civil Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Work

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) is issuing a final policy 
on Enhancing Effective Partnerships Between the EPA and the States in 
Civil Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Work. The final policy is 
available for review at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2019-07/documents/memoenhancingeffectivepartnerships.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen H. Johnson, Senior Policy 
Advisor, Mail Code: 2261A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-5401; fax number: (202) 501-3842; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In January 2018, OECA issued an Interim 
Guidance document to help move the Agency toward a more collaborative 
partnership between the EPA and states. After more than a year of 
implementing the Interim Guidance, states and EPA regions gained 
valuable experience in enhancing planning and communication on 
compliance work in Federal environmental programs that states are 
authorized, delegated, or approved to implement. OECA incorporated this 
experience in drafting a revised policy. On May 13, 2019, OECA 
solicited public

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input on the revised policy through a Federal Register notice (84 FR 
20882, May 13, 2019) for a thirty-day comment period.
    This final policy incorporates additional feedback collected 
through the public notice and sets out expectations and procedures for 
enhancing effective partnerships in civil enforcement and compliance 
assurance work between the EPA and authorized states. Although this 
policy is focused on the EPA's work with states that are approved to 
implement Federal programs, the EPA will also strive to follow these 
planning and communication practices when working with federally-
recognized Indian tribes, territories, and local governments that have 
received approval to implement Federal programs. This is an Agency 
planning document and would not impose any legally binding requirements 
on the EPA or any outside parties.

    Dated: July 11, 2019.
Susan Parker Bodine,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance.
[FR Doc. 2019-15309 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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