[Federal Register: June 21, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 118)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7774-9]
Final Issuance of General NPDES Permits for Small Publicly Owned
Treatment Works (POTWs) and Other Small Treatment Works Treating
Domestic Sewage in Alaska (NPDES Permits Nos. AKG-57-0000, and AKG-57-
1000)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final Notice of issuance of two general NPDES permits.
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SUMMARY: On September 26, 2003, EPA proposed to issue general National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for small POTWs
and other small treatment works treating domestic sewage in Alaska
pursuant to the provisions of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 33 U.S.C. 1251
et seq. One general permit is applicable to those facilities
discharging to marine waters
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(NPDES Permit Number AKG-57-1000) while the second general permit is
applicable to facilities discharging to fresh waters (AKG-57-0000).
There was a forty-five day public notice period during which written
comments on the draft permits were submitted to EPA. During the comment
period, EPA received fifteen comment letters on the general permits.
DATES: The general permits will be effective July 21, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the general permits and Response to Comments are
available upon request. Written requests may be submitted to EPA,
Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue OW-130, Seattle, WA 98101. Electronic
requests may be mailed to:
washington.audrey@epa.gov or lidgard.michael@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the general permits, Fact
Sheet and Response to Comments are available upon request. Requests may
be made to Audrey Washington at (206) 553-0523 or to Michael Lidgard at
(206) 553-1755. Requests may also be electronically mailed to:
washington.audrey@epa.gov or lidgard.michael@epa.gov. These documents
may also be found on the EPA Region 10 Web site at http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/
then click on Water Quality, Permits (under NPDES) and then
on recently issued permits under EPA Region 10 Information.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget has exempted this action from
the review requirements of Executive Order 12866 pursuant to section 6
of that order. On May 24, 2004, The State of Alaska, Department of
Environmental Conservation (ADEC), certified that the subject
discharges comply with the applicable provisions of sections 208(e),
301, 302, 306 and 307 of the Clean Water Act, and that the general
permits are in compliance with the Standards of the Alaska Coastal
Management Program.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., a
Federal agency must prepare an initial regulatory flexibility analysis
``for any proposed rule'' for which the agency ``is required by section
553 of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), or any other law, to
publish general notice of proposed rulemaking.'' The RFA exempts from
this requirement any rule that the issuing agency certifies ``will not,
if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities.'' EPA has concluded that NPDES general
permits are permits, not rulemakings, under the APA and thus not
subject to APA rulemaking requirements or the RFA.
Dated: June 9, 2004.
Robert R. Robichaud,
Associate Director, Office of Water, Region 10.
[FR Doc. 04-13935 Filed 6-18-04; 8:45 am]
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