Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the Navajo Nation, 53365-53366 [2020-19005]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 168 / Friday, August 28, 2020 / Notices representatives’’ based on the extent to which each such group’s emissions exceeded the group’s share of the state’s assurance level. For the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program, the procedures are set forth at 40 CFR 97.802 (definitions of ‘‘common designated representative,’’ ‘‘common designated representative’s assurance level,’’ and ‘‘common designated representative’s share’’), 97.806(c)(2), and 97.825. Applying the procedures in the regulations for the 2019 control period for Mississippi, EPA completed calculations preliminarily indicating that responsibility for surrendering 946 additional allowances should be apportioned entirely to the group of units operated by Mississippi Power Company, all of which are represented by one common designated representative. On May 15, 2020, EPA published a document in the Federal Register providing notice of the data relied on to determine the amount of the exceedance of the Mississippi assurance level and the preliminary calculations of the amounts of additional allowances that the owners and operators of certain Mississippi units must surrender as a result of the exceedance and describing the process for submitting any objections (85 FR 29445). In response to the May 15, 2020 notice, EPA received one written submission which supported EPA’s proposed administration of the assurance provisions.1 Accordingly, in this document, EPA is providing notice of the final calculations of the amounts of additional allowances that must be surrendered, which are unchanged from the preliminary calculations. Each set of owners and operators identified pursuant to this notice of the final calculations must hold the required additional allowances in an assurance account by November 2, 2020. The data and final calculations are set forth in an Excel spreadsheet entitled ‘‘2019_CSAPR_assurance_provision_ calculations_final.xlsx’’ available at https://www.epa.gov/csapr/csaprassurance-provision-nodas. The spreadsheet contains data for the 2019 control period showing, for each Mississippi unit identified as affected under the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program, the amount of NOX emissions reported by the unit and the amount of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 allowances allocated to 1 The submission also contained statements generally advocating for more stringent regulatory requirements. These additional statements are outside the scope of this ministerial action to administer the assurance provisions in the existing CSAPR regulations. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:16 Aug 27, 2020 Jkt 250001 the unit, including any allowances allocated from a new unit set-aside. The spreadsheet also contains calculations for the 2019 control period showing the total NOX emissions reported by all such units and the amount by which the total reported NOX emissions exceeded the state’s assurance level under the program. Finally, the spreadsheet also includes calculations for the 2019 control period showing, for each common designated representative for a group of such units in the state, the common designated representative’s share of the total reported NOX emissions, the common designated representative’s share of the state’s assurance level, and the amount of additional CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 allowances that the owners and operators of the units in the group must surrender. Authority: 40 CFR 97.825(b). Reid P. Harvey, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and Radiation. [FR Doc. 2020–18933 Filed 8–27–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10013–99–Region 9] Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the Navajo Nation revised its approved Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting the Arsenic Rule, Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule, Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (FBRR), Lead and Copper Rule—Minor Revisions (LCR–MR), and Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts (DBP) Rule. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that these revisions by the Navajo Nation are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations and otherwise meet applicable SDWA primacy requirements. Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these revisions to the Navajo Nation’s PWSS Program. DATES: Request for a public hearing must be received on or before September 28, 2020. ADDRESSES: Information submitted by the Navajo Nation relating to this SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 53365 determination are available for inspection on https:// www.navajoepa.org. If there are issues with accessing the website, contact Yolanda Barney, Navajo PWSS Program, via telephone at (928) 871–7715; or via email at ybarney@ navajopublicwater.org. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bessie Lee, EPA Region 9, Drinking Water Section (WTR–4–1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; via telephone at (415) 972–3776; or via email address at lee.bessie@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background. The EPA approved the Navajo Nation’s original application for PWSS Program primary enforcement authority on October 23, 2000 (65 FR 66541). Primacy states such as the Navajo Nation must adopt and submit for approval to EPA all new and revised national primary drinking water regulations. Since that initial approval, EPA has worked with the Navajo Nation to review and approve various revisions to Navajo’s primacy program. For the revisions covered by this action, EPA published the latest iteration of the Arsenic Rule in the Federal Register on January 22, 2001 (66 FR 6976) and promulgated this rule at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart G; published the CCR Rule on August 19, 1998 (63 FR 44512) and promulgated this rule at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart O; published the FBRR on June 8, 2001 (66 FR 31086) and promulgated this rule at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart P; published the LCR–MR to the 1991 Lead and Cooper Rule on January 12, 2000 (65 FR 1950) and promulgated at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart I; and published the Stage 1 DBP Rule on December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69390) and promulgated this rule at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart L. The Navajo Nation has incorporated these federal drinking water rules by reference into its Navajo Nation Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NNPDWRs), and therefore they parallel the federal requirements. The relevant citations to the NNPDWRs are: Part IV for the Arsenic Rule, Part XII for the CCR Rule, Part VIII for the FBRR, Part VII for the LCR–MR, and Part XI for the Stage 1 DBP Rule. These are the primacy revisions that the EPA Region 9 tentatively approves as part of the Navajo PWSS Program. Public Process. Any interested party may request a public hearing on this determination. A request for a public hearing must be submitted by September 28, 2020, to the Regional Administrator (RA) of EPA Region 9, to the address shown above. Please note on the mailing envelope ‘‘Request for E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1 53366 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 168 / Friday, August 28, 2020 / Notices Public Hearing’’. The RA may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests for a hearing. If a substantial request for a public hearing is made by September 28, 2020, EPA Region 9 will hold a public hearing. Any request for a public hearing shall include the following information: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) a brief statement of the requesting person’s or organization’s interest in the RA’s determination and a brief statement of the information that the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; and (3) the signature of the individual making the request, or, if the request is made on behalf of an organization or other entity, the signature of a responsible official of the organization or other entity. If EPA Region 9 does not receive a timely and substantive request for a hearing and the RA does not elect to hold a hearing on his own motion, the determination at issue in this notice, the EPA’s approval shall become final and effective on September 28, 2020, and no further public notice will be issued. EPA Region 9 will provide public notice of any public hearing held pursuant to a request submitted by an interested person or on EPA’s own motion. If a public hearing is held, EPA Region 9 will issue an order either affirming or rescinding the determination. If EPA Region 9 affirms the determination, it will become effective as of the date of the order. Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300g–2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations. Dated: August 19, 2020. John W. Busterud, Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9. [FR Doc. 2020–19005 Filed 8–27–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER–FRL–9052–5] Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information 202– 564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). Filed August 17, 2020, 10 a.m. EST Through August 24, 2020, 10 a.m. EST. Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:16 Aug 27, 2020 Jkt 250001 Notice Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA make public its comments on EISs issued by other Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters on EISs are available at: https:// cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ action/eis/search. EIS No. 20200172, Final, UDOT, UT, Parley’s Interchange; I–80/I–215 Eastside, Contact: Naomi Kisen 801– 965–4000. Pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), UDOT has issued a single FEIS and ROD. Therefore, the 30-day wait/review period under NEPA does not apply to this action. EIS No. 20200173, Final Supplement, GSA, DC, St. Elizabeth’s Master Plan Amendment 2, Review Period Ends: 09/28/2020, Contact: Paul Gyamfi 202–440–3405. EIS No. 20200174, Draft, USDA, MT, Mid-Swan Landscape Restoration and Wildland Urban Interface Project, Comment Period Ends: 10/13/2020, Contact: Joseph Krueger 406–758– 5243. EIS No. 20200175, Second Draft Supplement, USACE, MS, Draft Supplement II (SEIS II) to the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Mississippi River and Tributaries (MR&T) Project, Mississippi River Mainline Levees and Channel Improvement of 1976 (1976 EIS), as updated and supplemented by Supplement No. 1, Mississippi River and Tributaries Project, Mississippi River Mainline Levee Enlargement and Seepage Control of 1998 (1998 SEIS), Comment Period Ends: 10/13/ 2020, Contact: Mike Thron 901–544– 0708. EIS No. 20200176, Final, USACE, FL, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project, Review Period Ends: 09/28/2020, Contact: Dr. Gretchen Ehlinger 904–232–1682. Amended Notice EIS No. 20200067, Draft, NRC, NM, Holtec International’s License Application for a Consolidated Interim Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Waste, Comment Period Ends: 09/22/2020, Contact: Jill Caverly 301–415–7674. Revision to FR Notice Published 3/20/ 2020; Extending the Comment Period from 5/22/2020 to 9/22/2020. EIS No. 20200169, Final, USAF, TX, F– 35A Operational Beddown—Air Force Reserve Command, Review Period Ends: 09/21/2020, Contact: Mr. Hamid Kamalpour 210–925–2738. Revision to FR Notice Published 08/21/2020; Correction to Lead Agency Contact PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Phone Number from 210–925–273 to 210–925–2738. Dated: August 25, 2020. Candi Schaedle, Acting Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 2020–18984 Filed 8–27–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0280; FRL–10013– 84–Region 5] Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Notice of Issuance of Title V Federal Operating Permit to Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final action. AGENCY: This notice announces that the Environmental Protection Agency issued a final permit decision under Title V of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC (Veolia) for the operation of Veolia’s Sauget, Illinois, hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility. DATES: EPA issued Title V Permit to Operate No. V–IL–1716300103–2014–10 to Veolia on June 17, 2019 under 40 CFR part 71. EPA issued the final permit decision as to the contested portions of this permit on August 10, 2020. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, judicial review of EPA’s final permit decision, to the extent it is available, may be sought by filing a petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit by October 27, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Ogulei, Environmental Engineer, Air Permits Section, Air Programs Branch (AR–18J), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–0987, Ogulei.david@ epa.gov. SUMMARY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document whenever ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean EPA. This supplementary information section is arranged as follows: I. How can I get copies of this document and other related information? Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA–R05–OAR–2014–0280. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 168 (Friday, August 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53365-53366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19005]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10013-99-Region 9]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the Navajo 
Nation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Navajo Nation revised its 
approved Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Program under the 
federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) by adopting the Arsenic Rule, 
Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) Rule, Filter Backwash Recycling Rule 
(FBRR), Lead and Copper Rule--Minor Revisions (LCR-MR), and Stage 1 
Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts (DBP) Rule. The Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that these revisions by the 
Navajo Nation are no less stringent than the corresponding Federal 
regulations and otherwise meet applicable SDWA primacy requirements. 
Therefore, the EPA intends to approve these revisions to the Navajo 
Nation's PWSS Program.

DATES: Request for a public hearing must be received on or before 
September 28, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Information submitted by the Navajo Nation relating to this 
determination are available for inspection on https://www.navajoepa.org. 
If there are issues with accessing the website, contact Yolanda Barney, 
Navajo PWSS Program, via telephone at (928) 871-7715; or via email at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bessie Lee, EPA Region 9, Drinking 
Water Section (WTR-4-1), 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; 
via telephone at (415) 972-3776; or via email address at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background. The EPA approved the Navajo Nation's original 
application for PWSS Program primary enforcement authority on October 
23, 2000 (65 FR 66541). Primacy states such as the Navajo Nation must 
adopt and submit for approval to EPA all new and revised national 
primary drinking water regulations. Since that initial approval, EPA 
has worked with the Navajo Nation to review and approve various 
revisions to Navajo's primacy program. For the revisions covered by 
this action, EPA published the latest iteration of the Arsenic Rule in 
the Federal Register on January 22, 2001 (66 FR 6976) and promulgated 
this rule at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart G; published the CCR Rule on 
August 19, 1998 (63 FR 44512) and promulgated this rule at 40 CFR part 
141 Subpart O; published the FBRR on June 8, 2001 (66 FR 31086) and 
promulgated this rule at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart P; published the LCR-
MR to the 1991 Lead and Cooper Rule on January 12, 2000 (65 FR 1950) 
and promulgated at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart I; and published the Stage 1 
DBP Rule on December 16, 1998 (63 FR 69390) and promulgated this rule 
at 40 CFR part 141 Subpart L. The Navajo Nation has incorporated these 
federal drinking water rules by reference into its Navajo Nation 
Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NNPDWRs), and therefore they 
parallel the federal requirements. The relevant citations to the 
NNPDWRs are: Part IV for the Arsenic Rule, Part XII for the CCR Rule, 
Part VIII for the FBRR, Part VII for the LCR-MR, and Part XI for the 
Stage 1 DBP Rule. These are the primacy revisions that the EPA Region 9 
tentatively approves as part of the Navajo PWSS Program.
    Public Process. Any interested party may request a public hearing 
on this determination. A request for a public hearing must be submitted 
by September 28, 2020, to the Regional Administrator (RA) of EPA Region 
9, to the address shown above. Please note on the mailing envelope 
``Request for

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Public Hearing''. The RA may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests 
for a hearing. If a substantial request for a public hearing is made by 
September 28, 2020, EPA Region 9 will hold a public hearing. Any 
request for a public hearing shall include the following information: 
(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the individual, 
organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) a brief 
statement of the requesting person's or organization's interest in the 
RA's determination and a brief statement of the information that the 
requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; and (3) the 
signature of the individual making the request, or, if the request is 
made on behalf of an organization or other entity, the signature of a 
responsible official of the organization or other entity.
    If EPA Region 9 does not receive a timely and substantive request 
for a hearing and the RA does not elect to hold a hearing on his own 
motion, the determination at issue in this notice, the EPA's approval 
shall become final and effective on September 28, 2020, and no further 
public notice will be issued. EPA Region 9 will provide public notice 
of any public hearing held pursuant to a request submitted by an 
interested person or on EPA's own motion. If a public hearing is held, 
EPA Region 9 will issue an order either affirming or rescinding the 
determination. If EPA Region 9 affirms the determination, it will 
become effective as of the date of the order.

    Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 
U.S.C. 300g-2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the National Primary 
Drinking Water Regulations.

    Dated: August 19, 2020.
John W. Busterud,
Regional Administrator, EPA Region 9.
[FR Doc. 2020-19005 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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