[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 73080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29978]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9233-2]
Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Public Comment Period
of Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
General Permits for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Public Comment Period
of Draft NPDES General Permits.
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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection,
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 1 (EPA), issued a Notice of
Availability of Draft NPDES general permits for discharges from small
MS4s to certain waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on November
4, 2010. The draft general permits are the Draft Small MS4 General
Permits for Massachusetts Interstate, Merrimack, and South Coastal
Watersheds. These three general permits are for the discharge of
stormwater from Small MS4s to the waters in these watersheds. The
November 4, 2010 notice included information on a public hearing. The
notice did not meet the time frames required by 40 CFR 124.10.
Therefore, EPA has rescheduled the hearing and extended the comment
permit of the draft permits. Throughout this documents the terms ``this
permit'' and ``the permit'' will refer to all three general permits.
Information on the draft permits, appendices and fact sheet is
available at: http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/stormwater/mimsc_sms4.html.
DATES: The public comment period is from the November 4, 2010 to
January 21, 2011. Interested persons may submit comments on the draft
general permit as part of the administrative record to the EPA--Region
1, at the address given below, no later than midnight January 21, 2011.
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
the effective date.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
E-mail: [email protected].
Mail: Kate Renahan, U.S. EPA--Region 1, Office of the
Regional Administrator, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, Mail Code--
ORA01-1, Boston, MA 02109-3912.
No facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
The draft permit is based on an administrative record available for
public review at EPA--Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post
Office Square--Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912. A
reasonable fee may be charged for copying requests. The November 4,
2010 Notice of Availability sets forth principal facts and the
significant factual, legal, and policy questions considered in the
development of the draft permit.
Public Meeting Information: EPA--Region 1 will hold two public
meetings to provide information about the draft general permit and its
requirements. Each public meeting will include a brief presentation on
the draft general permit and a brief question and answer session.
Written, but not oral, comments for the official draft permit record
will be accepted at the public meetings. Public meetings will be held
at the following times and locations:
Thursday--December 2, 2010
Lakeville Public Library (Large Meeting Room), 4 Precinct Street,
Lakeville, MA 02347, 10 a.m.
Wednesday--January 12, 2011
Leominster Public Library Community Room, 30 West Street, Leominster,
MA 01453, 10 a.m.--11 a.m.
The dates and times of any additional public meetings will be
posted on EPA-Region 1's Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/stormwater/mimsc_sms4.html.
Public Hearing Information: Following the January 12, 2011 public
meeting, a public hearing will be conducted in accordance with 40 CFR
124.12 and will provide interested parties with the opportunity to
provide written and/or oral comments for the official draft permit
record. The public hearing will be held at the following time and
location:
Wednesday--January 12, 2011
Leominster Public Library Community Room, 30 West Street, Leominster,
MA 01453, 11:30 a.m.--2 p.m.
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: Kate Renahan, Office of
the Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post
Office Square--Suite 100, Mail Code: ORA01-1, Boston, MA 02109-3912;
telephone: 617-918-1491; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information about the proposed permits
including background of the permit and summary of permit conditions was
previously published on the November 4, 2010 (75 FR 67960-67962).
Dated: November 19, 2010.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2010-29978 Filed 11-26-10; 8:45 am]
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