[Federal Register: December 23, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 246)]
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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--
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On December 1, 2005 (70 FR 72116) EPA noticed the availability
of the proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Industrial Activities and
requested comments on the draft by January 16, 2006. The purpose of
this notice is to extend this comment period to February 16, 2006.
DATES: Comments on the proposed general permit must be postmarked by
February 16, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. OW-2005-
0007 by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov.
Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please
include a total of three copies.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. OW-2005-0007.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change and may be made available online at http://www.regulations.gov
, including any personal information provided,
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to
be CBI or otherwise protected through http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous
access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact
information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you
send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through http://www.regulations.gov
your e-mail address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket
and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact
information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you
submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid the use of special
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the
EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
For additional instructions on submitting comments, go to Unit I.B of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the document.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov
index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Water Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20004. This Docket Facility is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number
is (202) 566-2426. The Public Reading Room is 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Molloy, Office of Wastewater
Management, Office of Water, EPA Headquarters at tel.: 202-564-1939 or
e-mail: molloy.jennifer@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does This Action Apply to Me?
If you have questions regarding the applicability of this action to
a particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk
or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM
as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the
specific information that is claimed as CBI). In addition to one
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and
page number).
Follow directions--The agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives
and substitute language for your requested changes.
Describe any assumptions and provide any technical
information and/or data that you used.
If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and
suggest alternatives.
Explain your views as clearly as possible.
Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.
C. What Action Is Being Taken?
The comment period for the proposed general permit for Stormwater
Discharges from Industrial Activities is being extended for 30 days
until February 16, 2006, at the request of Waterkeeper Alliance,
Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of Grays Harbor, Amigos
Bravos: Friends of Wild Rivers, National Mining Association, Idaho
Mining Association, Hecla Mining Company, The Colorado Mining
Association, Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry, and Arizona
Mining Association. After the close of
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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 in the final permit decision.
Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Dated: December 20, 2005.
James Hanlon,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
[FR Doc. E5-7778 Filed 12-22-05; 8:45 am]
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