Friday, October 29, 2010

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 209, October 29, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 209
Friday, October 29, 2010
 
There are 2 announcements in this issue
 
    1. WATER, GLAKES - NM. EPA. Stakeholder Input; Listening Session Seeking Suggestions for Improving the Next National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Vessels
 
    2. WATER - ND. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Nutrient Criteria Review Panel
 
   
CODES USED:  THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.  

REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES:  AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES  - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT -  Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 1


Subject: WATER, GLAKES - NM. EPA. Stakeholder Input; Listening Session Seeking Suggestions for Improving the Next National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal Operation of Vessels
 
[Federal Register: October 29, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 209)]
[Notices]              

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0828; FRL-9218-8]

Stakeholder Input; Listening Session Seeking Suggestions for
Improving the Next National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) General Permit for Discharges Incidental to the Normal
Operation of Vessels

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing plans to
hold a ``listening session'' on December 15, 2010 to obtain suggestions
from the public for improving the next Vessel General Permit (VGP). The
listening session will be held in the EPA East Building, 1201
Constitution Ave., NW., Room 1153, Washington, DC 20004. The VGP is a
Clean Water Act NPDES permit that authorizes, on a nationwide basis,
discharges incidental to the normal operation of vessels as specified
in Part 1.2.2 of the 2008 VGP. EPA seeks the views of the interested
public on the requirements currently contained in the 2008 VGP, and any
changes or additions recommended for the next VGP. The 2008 VGP expires
on December 19, 2013 and EPA has begun the process of developing the
next VGP.

DATES: The listening session will be held in Washington DC on December
15, 2010. If you would prefer to provide written comments, EPA is
asking for comments or relevant information from the interested public
to be submitted to the docket on or before December 31, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your statements or input, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0828 by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2010-0828.
    Mail: Water Docket Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. OW-2010-0828.
    Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West
Building Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0828. Such deliveries are only accepted during
the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should
be made for deliveries of boxed information.

   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the
``listening session,'' contact Shirley Fan at tel. 202-564-2425 or e-
mail CommericalVesselPermit@epa.gov. For further information on the
VGP, please contact Robin Danesi at 202-564-1846, Ryan Albert at (202)
564-0763 or e-mail commercialvesselpermit@epa.gov.
    Public Listening Session: EPA will hold a public listening session
to gather opinions from the public on changes or additions recommended
for the next VGP. Written and oral statements will be accepted at the
public listening session. Input generated from the public listening
session will be compiled and archived in Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2010-
0828 found at http://www.regulations.gov. The public listening session
will begin with an EPA discussion of the background of the current VGP.
    The date and time of the listening session is December 15, 2010, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. The listening session will conclude early if all
comments are heard. The listening session will be held at EPA HQ
Office, EPA East Building, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 1153,
Washington, DC 20004.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: WATER - ND. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Nutrient Criteria Review Panel
 
[Federal Register: October 29, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 209)]
[Notices]              
[Page 66759-66760]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9218-9 ]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Nutrient Criteria Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public meeting of the SAB Nutrient Criteria Review Panel. The Panel
will review EPA's technical support document on development of numeric
nutrient criteria for Florida's estuarine and coastal waters, and
southern canals.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, December 13, 2010, and
Tuesday, December 14, 2010, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later
than 5 p.m. (Eastern Time), each day.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the Washington Plaza
Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW., Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting may contact Ms. Stephanie
Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/voice
mail: (202) 564-2067 or via e-mail at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov.
General information about the SAB is available on the SAB Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/sab.

 
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