[Federal Register: July 25, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 144)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R01-OW-2008-0214; FRL-8697-8]
Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard--Notice of
Determination
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Determination.
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SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency--New England Region, has determined that adequate facilities for
the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels
are reasonably available for the state waters of Cape Cod Bay in the
municipalities of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans,
Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Sandwich and Bourne.
ADDRESSES: Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the
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 electronically in
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Rodney, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency--New England Region, One Congress Street, Suite 1100,
COP, Boston, MA 02114-2023. Telephone: (617) 918-0538. Fax number:
(617) 918-1505. E-mail address: rodney.ann@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On May 22, 2008, EPA published a notice that the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts had petitioned the Regional Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency, to determine that adequate facilities for the safe
and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are
reasonably available for the state waters of Cape Cod Bay in the
municipalities of Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans,
Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Sandwich and Bourne. Two
comments were received on this petition.
The petition was filed pursuant to Section 312(f)(3) of Public Law
92-500, as amended by Public Laws 95-217 and 100-4, for the purpose of
declaring these waters a No Discharge Area (NDA).
Section 312(f)(3) states: After the effective date of the initial
standards and regulations promulgated under this section, if any State
determines that the protection and enhancement of the quality of some
or all of the waters within such States require greater environmental
protection, such State may completely prohibit the discharge from all
vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not, into such waters, except
that no such prohibition shall apply until the Administrator determines
that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and
treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for such
water to which such prohibition would apply.
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This Notice of Determination is for the state waters of
Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Brewster, Dennis,
Yarmouth, Barnstable, Sandwich and Bourne, collectively referred to as
Cape Cod Bay. The NDA includes:
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Waterbody/general area Latitude Longitude
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Eastern Landward Boundary--Line of ................................... 70[deg]10[min]00[sec] W.
longitude.
Northeastern Seaward Boundary--West 42[deg]08[min]00[sec] N 70[deg]10[min]00[sec] W.
along State Territorial line.
Northwestern Landward Boundary--State 42[deg]09[min]00[sec] N 70[deg]42[min]00[sec] W.
Line intersection with Mean High
Water line.
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The NDA boundary includes the municipal waters of Provincetown,
Truro, Wellfleet, Eastham, Orleans, Brewster, Dennis, Yarmouth,
Barnstable, Sandwich and Bourne and extends to the boundary between
state and federal waters. Cape Cod Bay is bordered on three sides by
the geographic landforms of Cape Cod and the South Shore of
Massachusetts.
The information submitted to EPA by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts certifies that there are eight pumpout facilities located
within this area. A list of the facilities, with phone numbers,
locations, and hours of operation is appended at the end of this
determination.
Based on the examination of the petition, its supporting
documentation, and information from site visits conducted by EPA New
England staff, EPA has determined that adequate facilities for the safe
and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are
reasonably available for the area covered under this determination.
This determination is made pursuant to Section 312(f)(3) of Public
Law 92-500, as amended by Public Laws 95-217 and 100-4.
Pumpout Facilities Within the No Discharge Area
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Mean low
Name Location Contact info. Hours water depth
(ft)
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Sandwich Marina................ Sandwich................... (508) 833-0808... 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 5
VHF 9, 16........ days a week.
Barnstable Town Marina......... Barnstable................. (508) 790-6272... 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 7 4.5
VHF 9, 16........ days a week.
Northside Marina............... East Dennis................ (508) 385-3936... 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 7 8
VHF 7............ days a week.
Orleans Town Pier at Rock Orleans.................... (508) 240-3755... 8 a.m.-4 p.m., 7 4
Harbor. VHF 16, 66....... days a week.
Town of Wellfleet Marina....... Wellfleet.................. (508) 349-0320... 8 a.m.-6 p.m., 7 6
VHF 9............ days a week.
Provincetown Harbor............ Provincetown............... (508) 487-7030... 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 7 6
VHF 9, 16........ days a week.
Dennis......................... Dennis..................... (508) 385-5555... 7 days a week.... 5
VHF 9, 68........
Provincetown................... Provincetown............... (508) 489-7030... 7 days a week.... 5
VHF 68...........
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Dated: July 7, 2008.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, New England Region.
[FR Doc. E8-17101 Filed 7-24-08; 8:45 am]
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