[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 88 (Friday, May 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25247-25249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10841]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-New England Region I--EPA-R01-OW-2010-0316; FRL-9147-1]
Massachusetts Marine Sanitation Device Standard--Receipt of
Petition
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice--Receipt of Petition.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the
Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, that
adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of
sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters of
Pleasant Bay/Chatham Harbor, MA.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by June 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-
OW-2010-0316, by one of the following methods: http://www.regulations.gov, Follow the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
E-mail: [email protected].
Fax: (617) 918-0538.
Mail and hand delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--New
England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06-1, Boston, MA
02109-3912. Deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's
normal hours of operation (8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays), and special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R01-OW-
2010-0316. 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
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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.
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 copy-righted 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 U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency--New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite
100, OEP06-01, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Regional Office is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number is (617) 918-1538.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Rodney, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency--New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite
100, OEP06-01, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Telephone: (617) 918-1538, Fax
number: (617) 918-0538; e-mail address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that a petition has
been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a
determination by the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, pursuant to Section 312(f)(3) of Public Law 92-500
as amended by Public Law 95-217 and Public Law 100-4, that adequate
facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage
from all vessels are reasonably available for Pleasant Bay/Chatham
Harbor, MA.
The proposed boundary of the Pleasant Bay/Chatham Harbor NDA
includes all of the 17 sub-embayments within the area with the
following water boundaries:
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Waterbody/general area From latitude From longitude To latitude To longitude
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Bounded on the west by mainland 41[deg]42[min]19.43[sec] N 69[deg]55[min]44.76[sec] W 41[deg]42[min]13.31[sec] N 69[deg]55[min]45.11[sec] W
Chatham, Harwich, Brewster and
Orleans; bounded on the east by
Nauset Beach (North Beach) and
North Beach Island. A line drawn
cross the mouth of the North inlet
across from Minister's Point:
From West of a line across the 41[deg]40[min]41.51[sec] N 69[deg]56[min]3.47[sec] W 41[deg]39[min]56.52[sec] N 69[deg]56[min]30.48[sec] W
mouth of the South Inlet:
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The boundaries were chosen based on easy line-of-sight locations
and generally represent all navigational waters. The area includes the
municipal waters of Chatham, Harwich, Brewster and Orleans.
Boating is one of the most popular recreational uses of Pleasant
Bay/Chatham Harbor. There are three private marinas, four boating clubs
and approximately 30 public landings/access points in the proposed
area. Massachusetts has certified that there are three pumpout
facilities within the proposed area available to the boating public. A
list of the facilities, locations, contact information, hours of
operation, and water depth is provided at the end of this petition.
Massachusetts has provided documentation indicating that the total
vessel population is estimated to be 2,160 in the proposed area. It is
estimated that 124 of the total vessel population may have a Marine
Sanitation Device (MSD) of some type. Over 90 percent of the boats in
the proposed area are 25 feet and under.
The proposed area is roughly 9,000 acres and is a state designated
Area of Critical Environment Concern (ACEC). The islands of Pochet,
Sampson, Hog, and Little Sipson are held in trust and subject to
conservation restrictions and Strong Island is owned by the town of
Chatham and the Chatham Conservation Foundation. Tern Island is owned
by the Massachusetts Audubon Society. The Nauset Barrier Beach is
within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore. There are 36
finfish species and an abundance of quahogs, softshell clams, razor
clams and scallops. This area is a popular destination for boaters due
to its natural environmental diversity and would benefit from a No
Discharge Area.
Pumpout Facilities Within Proposed No Discharge Area
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PLEASANT BAY/CHATHAM HARBOR
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Name Location Contact info. Hours Mean low water depth
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Harbormaster................... Round Cove 508-430-7532 VHF On demand........ N/A
Harwich. 60.
Harbormaster................... Ryder's Cove 508-945-1067 or M-F 8 am-5 pm, 3 ft
Chatham. 508-945-5185 VHF Sat. 9 am-1 pm.
66.
Nauset Marine East............. 37 Barley Neck 508-255-3045 VHF On demand........ 3 ft
Road, East 9.
Orleans.
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Dated: April 27, 2010.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, New England Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-10841 Filed 5-6-10; 8:45 am]
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