[Federal Register: December 1, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 230)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
General Permit for Stormwater Discharges From Industrial Activities
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability for comment.
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SUMMARY: EPA Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10 today are proposing EPA's
NPDES general permit for stormwater discharges from industrial
activity, also referred to as the Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP).
Today's proposed permit will replace the existing permit covering
industrial sites in EPA Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 that expired
on October 30, 2005. Today's proposed permit is similar to the existing
permit and will authorize the discharge of stormwater associated with
industrial activities in accordance with the terms and conditions
described therein. EPA seeks comment on the proposed permit and on the
accompanying fact sheet.
DATES: Comments on the proposed general permit must be postmarked by
January 16, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or
through hand delivery/courier. Send written comments to: Follow the
detailed instructions as provided in Section I.B.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the
proposed NPDES general permit, contact the appropriate EPA Regional
Office listed in Section I.F, or contact Jenny Molloy, EPA
Headquarters, Office of Water, Office of Wastewater Management at tel.:
202-564-1939 or e-mail: molloy.jennifer@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information?
1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this
action under Docket ID No. OW-2005-0007. The official public docket is
the collection of materials that is available for public viewing at the
Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room B102,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Although all documents in
the docket are listed in an index, some information is not publicly
available,
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i.e, CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by
statute. Publicly available docket materials are available in hard copy
at the EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room, open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the
telephone number for the Water Docket is (202) 566-2426.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this >Federal Register
document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal
Register'' listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.
Electronic versions of the proposed permit and fact sheet are
available at EPA's stormwater Web site http://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater
.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may
use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that
are available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search'',
then key in the appropriate docket identification number.
Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets.
Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute, which is not included in the official public
docket, will not be available for public viewing in EPA's electronic
public docket. EPA policy is that copyrighted material will not be
placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access
any of the publicly available docket materials through the docket
facility identified in Section I.A.1.
Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark all of the information that you
claim to be CBI. For CBI information on computer discs mailed to EPA,
mark the surface of the disc as CBI. Also identify electronically the
specific information contained in the disc or that you claim is CBI. In
addition to one complete version of the specific information claimed as
CBI, you must submit a copy that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI for inclusion in the public document. Information so
marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set
forth in 40 CFR Part 2.
For public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is
that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic public
docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EPA's
electronic public docket. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket.
Public comments submitted on computer disks that are mailed or
delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public
docket. Public comments that are mailed or delivered to the Docket will
be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket. Where
practical, physical objects will be photographed, and the photograph
will be placed in EPA's electronic public docket along with a brief
description written by the docket staff.
B. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?
You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or through hand
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the
appropriate docket identification number in the subject line on the
first page of your comment. To ensure that EPA can read, understand and
therefore properly respond to comments, the Agency would prefer that
commenters cite, where possible, the paragraph(s) or sections in the
fact sheet or permit to which each comment refers. Please ensure that
your comments are submitted within the specified comment period.
Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked
``late''. EPA is not required to consider these late comments.
EPA seeks comment on the proposed permit and on the accompanying
fact sheet.
1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside
of any disk or CD-ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying
the disk or CD-ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further
information on the substance of your comment. EPA's policy is that EPA
will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact information
provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the
comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made
available in EPA's electronic public docket. 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.
i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to
submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for
receiving comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket
, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Once in the system, select ``search'', and then key in Docket ID No.
OW-2005-0007. The system is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means
EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail) to
ow-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. OW-2005-0007. In contrast to
EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's e-mail system is not an
``anonymous access'' system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to
the Docket without going through EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's
e-mail system automatically captures your e-mail address. E-mail
addresses that are automatically captured by EPA's e-mail system are
included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public
docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.
iii. Disk or CD-ROM. You may submit comments on a disk or CD-ROM
that you mail to the mailing address identified in Section I.B.2. These
electronic submissions will be accepted in Microsoft Word or ASCII file
format. Avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
2. By Mail. Send the original and three copies of your comments to:
Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4101T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No.
OW-2005-0007.
3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: Public
Reading Room, Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20004, Attention Docket ID No. OW-2005-0007. Such
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deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation as identified in Section I.A.1.
C. Public Hearings
EPA has not scheduled any public hearings to receive public comment
concerning the proposed permit. All persons will continue to have the
right to provide written comments at any time during the public comment
period. However, interested persons may request a public hearing
pursuant to 40 CFR 124.12 concerning the proposed permit. Requests for
a public hearing must be sent or delivered in writing to the same
address as provided above for public comments prior to the close of the
comment period. Requests for a public hearing must state the nature of
the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. Pursuant to 40 CFR
124.12, EPA shall hold a public hearing if it finds, on the basis of
requests, a significant degree of public interest in a public hearing
on the proposed permit. If EPA decides to hold a public hearing, a
public notice of the date, time and place of the hearing will be made
at least 30 days prior to the hearing. Any person may provide written
or oral statements and data pertaining to the proposed permit at the
public hearing.
D. Public Meetings
EPA will hold an informal public meeting at EPA headquarters in
Washington, DC, December 20, 2005. The public meeting will include a
presentation on the draft permit and a question and answer session. In
addition, some EPA Regional offices may schedule public meetings in
their areas. Due to an informal public meeting's ability to accommodate
group discussion and question and answer sessions, public meetings have
been used for many stormwater general permits and appear to be more
valuable than formalized public hearings in helping the public
understand a draft stormwater permit and identify the issues of
concern. Written, but not oral, comments for the official permit record
will be accepted at the public meetings. Comments generated from what
was learned at a public meeting (or discussion with someone who did
attend) can be submitted any time up to the end of the comment period.
More information on these meetings will be available on the Internet at
http://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater and on the various EPA Regional Web
sites including any additional dates and locations if scheduled.
Due to limited seating, those wishing to attend EPA's public
meeting are asked to please send an e-mail message containing their
name, telephone number and organization to Lance Wills at
wills.lance@epa.gov. An e-mail message is not required, however. Anyone
wishing to may attend. Directions to the meeting site will be provided
upon receipt of your e-mail.
E. Finalizing the Permit
After the close of the public comment period, EPA will issue a
final permit decision. This decision will not be made until after all
public comments have been considered and appropriate changes made to
the permit. Responses to Comments will be included as part of the final
permit decision.
Since this permit was not reissued or replaced prior to expiration
of the MSGP 2000, MSGP is administratively continued in accordance with
the Administrative Procedure Act, and remains in force and effect. Any
facility with permit coverage prior to the October 30, 2005 expiration
date, automatically remains covered by this permit until the earliest
of:
Reissuance or replacement of the permit, at which time the
facility must submit an NOI requesting authorization to discharge under
the new permit and comply with the requirements of the new permit to
maintain authorization to discharge, or:
The facility submits a Notice of Termination, or;
Issuance or denial of an individual permit for the
facility discharges, or;
A formal permit decision by EPA not to reissue this
general permit, at which time the facility must seek coverage under an
alternative general permit or an individual permit.
F. Who Are the EPA Regional Contacts for This Proposed Permit?
For EPA Region 1, contact Thelma Murphy at tel.: (617) 918-1615 or
e-mail at murphy.thelma@epa.gov.
For EPA Region 2, contact Stephen Venezia at tel.: (212) 637-3856
or e-mail at venezia.stephen@epa.gov or for Puerto Rico, Sergio Bosques
at tel.: (787) 977-5838 or e-mail at bosques.sergio@epa.gov.
For EPA Region 3, contact Paula Estornell at tel.: (215) 814-5632
or e-mail at estornell.paula@epa.gov.
For EPA Region 5, contact Brian Bell at tel.: (312) 886-0981 or e-
mail at bell.brianc@epa.gov.
For EPA Region 6, contact Brent Larsen at tel.: (214) 665-7523 or
e-mail at: larsen.brent@epa.gov.
For EPA Region 9, contact Eugene Bromley at tel.: (415) 972-3510 or
e-mail at bromley.eugene@epa.gov.
For EPA Region 10, contact Misha Vakoc at tel.: (206) 553-6650 or
e-mail at vakoc.misha@epa.gov.
II. Background
A. Statutory and Regulatory History
Section 405 of the Water Quality Act of 1987 (WQA) added section
402(p) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), which directed the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to develop a phased approach to regulate
stormwater discharges under the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) program. EPA published a final regulation on
the first phase on this program on November 16, 1990, establishing
permit application requirements for ``stormwater discharges associated
with industrial activity''. See 55 FR 48063. EPA defined the term
``stormwater discharge associated with industrial activity'' in a
comprehensive manner to cover a wide variety of facilities. See 40 CFR
122.26(b)(14).
III. Scope and Applicability of the 2006 Multi-Sector General Permit
The 2000 Multi-Sector General Permit expired at midnight, October
30, 2005.
A. Geographic Coverage
EPA can only provide permit coverage for classes of discharges that
are outside the scope of a state's NPDES program authorization. EPA
notes that unlike the 2000 MSGP, facilities located in Regions 4 and 8
will not be covered by this permit. The geographic coverage of today's
proposed permit is listed in Appendix C of the proposed 2006 MSGP.
B. Categories of Facilities Covered
Today's proposed MSGP regulates stormwater discharges from
industrial facilities in 29 categories, shown in Table III-1, in the
five states and other areas where EPA remains the permitting authority.
See Appendix D of the proposed MSGP 2006 and the MSGP fact sheet for
more complete information.
Sector A--Timber Products
Sector B--Paper and Allied Products Manufacturing
Sector C--Chemical and Allied Products Manufacturing
Sector D--Asphalt Paving and Roofing Materials Manufactures and
Lubricant Manufacturers
Sector E--Glass, Clay, Cement, Concrete, and Gypsum Product
Manufacturing
Sector F--Primary Metals
Sector G--Metal Mining (Ore Mining and Dressing)
Sector H--Coal Mines and Coal Mining-Related Facilities
Sector I--Oil and Gas Extraction and Refining
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Sector J--Mineral Mining and Dressing
Sector K--Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage or Disposal
Sector L--Landfills and Land Application Sites
Sector M--Automobile Salvage Yards
Sector N--Scrap Recycling Facilities
Sector O--Steam Electric Generating Facilities
Sector P--Land Transportation
Sector Q--Water Transportation
Sector R--Ship and Boat Building or Repairing Yards
Sector S--Air Transportation Facilities
Sector T--Treatment Works
Sector U--Food and Kindred Products
Sector V--Textile Mills, Apparel, and other Fabric Products
Manufacturing
Sector W--Furniture and Fixtures
Sector X--Printing and Publishing
Sector Y--Rubber, Miscellaneous Plastic Products, and Miscellaneous
Manufacturing Industries
Sector Z--Leather Tanning and Finishing
Sector AA--Fabricated Metal Products
Sector AB--Transportation Equipment, Industrial or Commercial Machinery
Sector AC--Electronic, Electrical, Photographic and Optical Goods
Sector AD--Reserved for Facilities Not Covered Under Other Sectors and
Designated by the Director
B. Summary of Significant Changes From 2000 Multi-Sector General Permit
This permit replaces the previous Multi-Sector General Permit that
was issued for a five-year term on October 30, 2000 (65 FR 64746). The
MSGP 2000 was subsequently corrected on January 9, 2001 (66 FR 1675-
1678) and March 23, 2001 (66 FR 16233-16237). On April 16, 2001 (66 FR
19483-19485) EPA re-issued the permit, as corrected, for facilities in
certain areas of Regions 8 and 10.
The proposed permit is structured in five sections: general
requirements that apply to all facilities (e.g., eligibility of
discharges, storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) requirements,
and monitoring requirements), industry sector-specific conditions, and
specific requirements applicable to individual States or Tribes.
Additionally, the appendices provide information on Endangered Species
Act and National Historic Properties Act procedures, the Notice of
Intent (NOI), the Notice of Termination (NOT), and the Conditional No
Exposure Exclusion.
The organization and numbering of today's draft MSGP has been
revised from the 2000 MSGP to more clearly present permittee
responsibilities. EPA made changes to the discharge authorization time
frame, training, monitoring, reporting, recordkeeping, inspections, and
some sector-specific provisions to ensure that receiving waters will be
adequately protected. The significant changes are summarized below.
These changes are discussed in more detail in the MSGP fact sheet.
Discharge Authorization Time Frame
EPA has instituted a 30-day public comment period for facilities
that have correctly completed NOI applications. The period begins after
EPA posts the facility's NOI on the eNOI Web site. Authorization to
discharge is granted at the end of the 30 day period unless EPA has
substantive reason to delay or deny authorization.
Monitoring and Reporting
Several changes to MSGP-reporting and monitoring requirements are
listed below.
Inactive and unstaffed sites may exercise a Benchmark
Monitoring waiver as long as there are no industrial materials or
activities exposed.
A facility covered under MSGP 2006 must monitor quarterly
during year 1 for benchmarks. Facilities with an average of 4
monitoring events that do not exceed the benchmark qualify for a waiver
from additional benchmark monitoring for the remainder of the permit
term.
Follow-up monitoring requirements have been added when
results indicate a facility's discharge exceeds a numeric effluent
limitation, or causes and contributes to an exceedance of a water
quality standard, to verify that BMPs have been modified to protect
water quality. Facilities with follow-up monitoring exceedances are
required to report those to EPA within 30 days of receiving the
analytical data.
Benchmark Monitoring Requirements for Total Suspended
Solids (TSS) were added for each sector where they were not otherwise
included in the MSGP 2000.
Total Recoverable Chromium and Phenols were added as
Benchmark Monitoring Parameters for the Wood Preserving (SIC 2491)
Subsector of Sector A--Timber Products.
Total Recoverable Manganese was removed as a Benchmark
Monitoring Parameter for Waste Rock and Overburden Piles from Active
Ore Mining or Dressing Facilities under Sector G--Metal Mining (Ore
Mining and Dressing).
Total Recoverable Lead, Total Recoverable Nickel, Total
Recoverable Zinc, Ammonia Nitrogen, and Nitrate + Nitrite Nitrogen were
added as Benchmark Monitoring Parameters for the Oil Refining (SIC
2911) Subsector of Sector I--Oil and Gas Extraction and Refining.
Total Recoverable Lead was added as a Benchmark Monitoring
Parameter for the Tires and Inner Tubes; Rubber Footwear; Gaskets,
Packing and Sealing Devices; Rubber Hose and Belting; and Fabricated
Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified (SIC 3011-3069, rubber
manufacturing only) Subsector of Sector Y--Rubber, Miscellaneous
Plastic Products, and Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries.
Total Recoverable Lead and Total Recoverable Copper were
added as a Benchmark Monitoring Parameter for the Electronic and
Electrical Equipment and Components Except Computers (SIC 3612-3699)
Subsector of Sector AC--Electronic, Electrical, Photographic, and
Optical Goods Sector.
Electronic monitoring data reporting options will be
available for filing all monitoring data, including follow-up
monitoring data. In addition, it will be possible to file reports of
unauthorized discharges electronically. All electronic reporting will
be through the eNOI Center system.
Industry Sector-specific Requirements
The organization of Sector G--Metal Mining requirements
has been revised. Additional information has been added regarding
contaminated seeps and springs discharging from waste rock dumps; final
stabilization; management, inspection, maintenance, and cessation of
clearing, grading, and excavation activities; site map requirements;
and monitoring frequency.
Management, inspection, maintenance, and cessation
requirements for clearing, grading, and excavation activities have been
added to Sector J--Mineral Mining and Dressing.
Additional information has been added to Sector M--
Automobile Savage Yards to include the inspection of areas where
hazardous materials are stored and the proper handling of mercury-
containing automotive switches.
Added information on mercury spill kits to Sector N--Scrap
Recycling and Waste Recycling Facilities.
Added text to include illicit plumbing connections and a
SWPPP requirement to include specific good housekeeping control
measures used in each of the facility areas in Sector P--Land
Transportation and Warehousing.
Requirements have been added to Sector S--Air
Transportation for emphasizing BMPs, facility inspections, specific
good housekeeping control measures requirements, vehicle and equipment
washwater requirements, and monitoring during the deicing
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season and for describing controls used for collecting or containing
contaminated melt water from collection areas used for disposal of
contaminated snow.
Added electrical and electronic equipment and components
to Sector AC--Electronic and Electrical Equipment and Components,
Photographic and Optical Goods.
C. Permit Appeal Procedures
Within 120 days following notice of EPA's final decision for the
general permit under 40 CFR 124.15, any interested person may appeal
the permit in the Federal Court of Appeals in accordance with Section
509(b)(1) of the CWA. Persons affected by a general permit may not
challenge the conditions of a general permit as a right in further
Agency proceedings. They may instead either challenge the general
permit in court, or apply for an individual permit as specified at 40
CFR 122.21 (and authorized at 40 CFR 122.28), and then petition the
Environmental Appeals Board to review any conditions of the individual
permit (40 CFR 124.19 as modified on May 15, 2000, 65 FR 30886).
III. Executive Order 12866
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735 (October 4, 1993)) the
Agency must determine whether the regulatory action is ``significant''
and therefore subject to OMB review and the requirements of the
Executive Order. The Order defines ``significant regulatory action'' as
one that is likely to result in a rule that may: (1) Have an annual
effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a
material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity,
competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State,
local, or Tribal governments or communities; (2) create a serious
inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by
another agency; (3) materially alter the budgetary impact of
entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and
obligations of recipients thereof; or (4) raise novel legal or policy
issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or
the principles set forth in the Executive Order. OMB has exempted
review of NPDES general permits under the terms of Executive Order
12866.
IV. Regulatory Flexibility Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) generally requires an agency
to prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule subject to
notice and comment rule-making requirements under the Administrative
Procedures Act or any other statute unless the agency certifies that
the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. Small entities include small businesses,
small organizations, and small governmental jurisdictions.
Issuance of an NPDES general permit is not subject to rulemaking
requirements, including the requirement for a general notice of
proposed rulemaking, under APA section 553 or any other law, and is
thus not subject to the RFA requirements.
The APA defines two broad, mutually exclusive categories of agency
action--``rules'' and ``orders''. Its definition of ``rule''
encompasses ``an agency statement of general or particular
applicability and future effect designed to implement, interpret, or
prescribe law or policy or describing the organization, procedure, or
practice requirements of an agency * * * '' APA section 551(4). Its
definition of ``order'' is residual: ``a final disposition * * * of an
agency in a matter other than rule making but including licensing.''
APA section 551(6) (emphasis added). The APA defines ``license'' to
``include * * * an agency permit * * * '' APA section 551(8). The APA
thus categorizes a permit as an order, which by the APA's definition is
not a rule. Section 553 of the APA establishes ``rule making''
requirements. The APA defines ``rule making'' as ``the agency process
for formulating, amending, or repealing a rule.'' APA section 551(5).
By its terms, then, section 553 applies only to ``rules'' and not also
to ``orders,'' which include permits.
V. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public
Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the
effects of their ``regulatory actions'' on State, local, and tribal
governments and the private sector. UMRA uses the term ``regulatory
actions'' to refer to regulations. (See, e.g., UMRA section 201, ``Each
agency shall * * * assess the effects of Federal regulatory actions * *
* (other than to the extent that such regulations incorporate
requirements specifically set forth in law)'' (emphasis added)). UMRA
section 102 defines ``regulation'' by reference to 2 U.S.C. 658 which
in turn defines ``regulation'' and ``rule'' by reference to section
601(2) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). That section of the RFA
defines ``rule'' as ``any rule for which the agency publishes a notice
of proposed rulemaking pursuant to section 553(b) of [the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA)], or any other law. * * * ''
As discussed in the RFA section of this notice, NPDES general
permits are not ``rules'' under the APA and thus not subject to the APA
requirement to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking. NPDES general
permits are also not subject to such a requirement under the CWA. While
EPA publishes a notice to solicit public comment on draft general
permits, it does so pursuant to the CWA section 402(a) requirement to
provide ``an opportunity for a hearing.'' Thus, NPDES general permits
are not ``rules'' for RFA or UMRA purposes.
VI. Paperwork Reduction Act
EPA has reviewed the requirements imposed on regulated facilities
resulting from the proposed Multi-Sector General Permit under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. The information
collection requirements of the Multi-Sector General Permit have already
been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (OMB Control
No. 2040-0188) in previous submissions made for the NPDES permit
program under the provisions of the Clean Water Act.
Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Dated: November 16, 2005.
Linda M. Murphy,
Director, Office of Ecosystem Protection, EPA Region 1.
Dated: November 16, 2005.
Carl-Axel P. Soderberg,
Division Director, Caribbean Environmental Protection Division, EPA
Region 2.
Dated: November 15, 2005.
Jon M. Capacasa,
Director, Water Protection Division, EPA Region 3.
Dated: November 21, 2005.
Jo Lynn Traub,
Director, Water Division, EPA Region 5.
Dated: November 15, 2005.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
Dated: November 4, 2005.
Alexis Strauss,
Director, Water Division, EPA Region 9.
Dated: November 17, 2005.
Robert R. Robichaud,
Associate Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, EPA Region 10.
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