[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51458-51459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20706]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9191-6]


Notice of Extended Availability of Draft National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Residually 
Designated Discharges in Milford, Bellingham and Franklin, 
Massachusetts; and Notice of Extended Availability of Proposed 
Amendments to the Preliminary Residual Designation Issued by EPA on 
November 12, 2008

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Extended Availability of Draft NPDES General Permit.

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SUMMARY: On April 20, 2010, the Director of the Office of Ecosystem 
Protection, Environmental Protection Agency-Region 1 (EPA), issued a 
Notice of Availability of a draft NPDES general permit for storm water 
discharges in the Charles River watershed within Milford, Bellingham 
and Franklin, Massachusetts, from sites that are proposed for final 
designation for NPDES permitting pursuant to EPA's residual designation 
authority, and a Notice of Availability of Proposed Amendments to the 
Preliminary Residual Designation issued by EPA on November 12, 2008 
(see FRL-9139-4). Today EPA is extending the public comment period for 
the draft permit and proposed Residual Designation until September 30, 
2010. The draft general permit, appendices, and fact sheet are 
available at: http://www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/stormwater.

DATES: The public comment period is extended to September 30, 2010. 
Interested persons may submit comments on the draft general permit

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and the proposed Residual Designation to EPA-Region 1, at the address 
given below, no later than midnight September 30, 2010. Those comments 
will be placed in the administrative record for the designation and 
permit. The general permit shall be effective on the date specified in 
the Federal Register publication of the Notice of Availability of the 
final general permit. The final general permit will expire five years 
from its effective date.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01-OW-2010-
0292 by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Mail: Mark Voorhees, US EPA--Region 1, 5 Post Office 
Square--Suite 100, Mail Code--OEP 06-4, Boston, MA 02109-3912.
    No facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning the 
draft permit may be obtained between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
Monday through Friday excluding holidays from: Mark Voorhees, Office of 
Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post Office 
Square--Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-3912; telephone: 617-918-1537; e-
mail: [email protected].

    Dated: August 12, 2010.
Ira Leighton,
Acting Spalding, Regional Administrator, Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2010-20706 Filed 8-19-10; 8:45 am]
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