Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 247
Monday, December 28, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 247
Monday, December 28, 2009
There are 4 announcements in this issue
1. AIR, TRANSPORT - PR/Reopen Comment. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: New Substitute in the Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program
2. WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Availability of Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
3. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Registration Review; Ethylene Docket Opened for Review and Comment
4. WATER, LAND - ND. EPA. Stakeholder Input; Stormwater Management Including Discharges From New Development and Redevelopment
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: AIR, TRANSPORT - PR/Reopen Comment. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: New Substitute in the Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program
[Federal Register: December 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 247)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 68558]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 82
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664; FRL-9095-6]
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: New Substitute in the Motor
Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of October
19, 2009, proposing to find HFO-1234yf acceptable, subject to use
conditions as a substitute for CFC-12 in motor vehicle air
conditioning. The proposed substitute is a non-ozone-depleting
substance and consequently does not contribute to stratospheric ozone
depletion. In response to requests from several stakeholders and to
allow comments on new supporting materials, this action reopens the
public comment period through February 1, 2010.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published October 19,
2009 (74 FR 53445), is reopened. Comments, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664, must be received on or
before February 1, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664 by one
of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
Mail: Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: Public Reading Room, Room 3334, EPA West Building,
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0664. 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 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 copyrighted 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 Air
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Sheppard, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs; Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9163; fax number,
(202)343-2338; e-mail address: sheppard.margaret@epa.gov. Notices and
rulemakings under the SNAP program are available on EPA's Stratospheric
Ozone Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/regulations.html. For
copies of the full list of SNAP decisions in all industrial sectors,
contact the EPA Stratospheric Protection Hotline at (800) 296-1996.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 68558]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 82
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664; FRL-9095-6]
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: New Substitute in the Motor
Vehicle Air Conditioning Sector Under the Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of October
19, 2009, proposing to find HFO-1234yf acceptable, subject to use
conditions as a substitute for CFC-12 in motor vehicle air
conditioning. The proposed substitute is a non-ozone-depleting
substance and consequently does not contribute to stratospheric ozone
depletion. In response to requests from several stakeholders and to
allow comments on new supporting materials, this action reopens the
public comment period through February 1, 2010.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule published October 19,
2009 (74 FR 53445), is reopened. Comments, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664, must be received on or
before February 1, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664 by one
of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
Mail: Environmental Protection Agency. EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0664, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: Public Reading Room, Room 3334, EPA West Building,
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0664. 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 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 copyrighted 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 Air
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Sheppard, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs; Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9163; fax number,
(202)343-2338; e-mail address: sheppard.margaret@epa.gov. Notices and
rulemakings under the SNAP program are available on EPA's Stratospheric
Ozone Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/regulations.html. For
copies of the full list of SNAP decisions in all industrial sectors,
contact the EPA Stratospheric Protection Hotline at (800) 296-1996.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Availability of Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan
[Federal Register: December 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 247)]
[Notices]
[Page 68599-68615]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517; FRL-9095-5]
RIN 2040-AF06
Notice of Availability of Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Clean Water Act (CWA) sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g),
304(m), and 307(b) require EPA to annually review its effluent
guidelines and pretreatment standards. This notice presents EPA's 2009 review of
existing effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards. This notice
also presents EPA's evaluation of indirect dischargers without
categorical pretreatment standards to identify potential new categories
for pretreatment standards under CWA sections 304(g) and 307(b).
Finally, this notice presents the Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan (``preliminary 2010 Plan''), which, as required under CWA
section 304(m), identifies any new or existing industrial categories
selected for effluent guidelines rulemaking and provides a schedule for
such rulemaking. EPA is soliciting comment on its preliminary 2010 Plan
and on its 2009 annual review of existing effluent guidelines and
pretreatment standards and industrial categories not currently
regulated by effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards.
DATES: If you wish to comment on any portion of this notice, EPA must
receive your comments by February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, data and information for the 2009
annual review of existing effluent guidelines and pretreatment
standards and the preliminary 2010 Plan, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517, by one of the following methods:
(1) http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
(2) E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0517.
(3) Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517. Please include a total of 3 copies.
(4) Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation and special arrangements should be
made.
The following key document provides additional information about
EPA's annual reviews and the Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan:
Technical Support Document for the Preliminary 2010
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan, EPA-821-R-09-006, DCN 06703, October
2009.
Technical Support Document for the Annual Review of
Existing Effluent Guidelines and Identification of Potential New Point
Source Categories, EPA-821-R-09-007, DCN 06557, October 2009.
Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category:
Final Detailed Study Report, EPA-821-R-09-008, DCN 06390, October 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Carey A. Johnston at (202) 566-
1014 or johnston.carey@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 68599-68615]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517; FRL-9095-5]
RIN 2040-AF06
Notice of Availability of Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Clean Water Act (CWA) sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g),
304(m), and 307(b) require EPA to annually review its effluent
guidelines and pretreatment standards. This notice presents EPA's 2009 review of
existing effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards. This notice
also presents EPA's evaluation of indirect dischargers without
categorical pretreatment standards to identify potential new categories
for pretreatment standards under CWA sections 304(g) and 307(b).
Finally, this notice presents the Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan (``preliminary 2010 Plan''), which, as required under CWA
section 304(m), identifies any new or existing industrial categories
selected for effluent guidelines rulemaking and provides a schedule for
such rulemaking. EPA is soliciting comment on its preliminary 2010 Plan
and on its 2009 annual review of existing effluent guidelines and
pretreatment standards and industrial categories not currently
regulated by effluent guidelines and pretreatment standards.
DATES: If you wish to comment on any portion of this notice, EPA must
receive your comments by February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, data and information for the 2009
annual review of existing effluent guidelines and pretreatment
standards and the preliminary 2010 Plan, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517, by one of the following methods:
(1) http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for
submitting comments.
(2) E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0517.
(3) Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517. Please include a total of 3 copies.
(4) Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0517. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation and special arrangements should be
made.
The following key document provides additional information about
EPA's annual reviews and the Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines
Program Plan:
Effluent Guidelines Program Plan, EPA-821-R-09-006, DCN 06703, October
2009.
Existing Effluent Guidelines and Identification of Potential New Point
Source Categories, EPA-821-R-09-007, DCN 06557, October 2009.
Final Detailed Study Report, EPA-821-R-09-008, DCN 06390, October 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Carey A. Johnston at (202) 566-
1014 or johnston.carey@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Registration Review; Ethylene Docket Opened for Review and Comment
[Federal Register: December 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 247)]
[Notices]
[Page 68615-68617]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0877; FRL-8803-6]
Registration Review; Ethylene Docket Opened for Review and
Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has established a registration review docket for the
pesticide ethylene (case 3071). With this document, EPA is opening the
public comment period for this registration review. Registration review
is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each
pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration,
that is, the pesticide can perform its intended function without
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment.
Registration review dockets contain information that will assist the
public in understanding the types of information and issues that the
Agency may consider during the course of registration reviews. Through
this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is
based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects
on human health and the environment. This document also announces the
Agency's intent not to open a registration review docket for
encapsulated Bacillus thuringiensis proteins. This pesticide does not
currently have any actively registered pesticide products and is not,
therefore, scheduled for review under the registration review program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0877, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide-specific information
contact: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 308-9525; fax number: (703) 308-7026; e-mail
address: Benmhend.driss@epa.gov.
For general information contact: Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5026; fax
number: (703) 308-8090; e-mail address: costello.kevin @epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 68615-68617]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0877; FRL-8803-6]
Registration Review; Ethylene Docket Opened for Review and
Comment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA has established a registration review docket for the
pesticide ethylene (case 3071). With this document, EPA is opening the
public comment period for this registration review. Registration review
is EPA's periodic review of pesticide registrations to ensure that each
pesticide continues to satisfy the statutory standard for registration,
that is, the pesticide can perform its intended function without
unreasonable adverse effects on human health or the environment.
Registration review dockets contain information that will assist the
public in understanding the types of information and issues that the
Agency may consider during the course of registration reviews. Through
this program, EPA is ensuring that each pesticide's registration is
based on current scientific and other knowledge, including its effects
on human health and the environment. This document also announces the
Agency's intent not to open a registration review docket for
encapsulated Bacillus thuringiensis proteins. This pesticide does not
currently have any actively registered pesticide products and is not,
therefore, scheduled for review under the registration review program.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0877, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For pesticide-specific information
contact: Driss Benmhend, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 308-9525; fax number: (703) 308-7026; e-mail
address: Benmhend.driss@epa.gov.
For general information contact: Kevin Costello, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5026; fax
number: (703) 308-8090; e-mail address: costello.kevin @epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: WATER, LAND - ND. EPA. Stakeholder Input; Stormwater Management Including Discharges From New Development and Redevelopment
[Federal Register: December 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 247)]
[Notices]
[Page 68617-68622]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0817; FRL-9095-3]
Stakeholder Input; Stormwater Management Including Discharges
From New Development and Redevelopment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its
plans to initiate national rulemaking to establish a comprehensive
program to reduce stormwater discharges from new development and
redevelopment and make other regulatory improvements to strengthen its
stormwater program. The purpose of this notice is to request input from
the public to help EPA shape such a comprehensive program and to
announce EPA's intent to hold several public ``listening sessions'' in
January 2010. EPA seeks input on this undertaking regarding
performance, effectiveness and cost of stormwater control measures;
ecological data, including ecological benefits from stormwater
controls; technical information on design, implementation and operation
and maintenance of stormwater control measures; suggestions for how the
existing program may be modified to better meet the goals of the Clean
Water Act; and any other information that may help EPA develop
improvements to the existing program, including better control of
pollutants in stormwater from the built environment created by
development and redevelopment.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 26,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2009-0817, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OW-2009-0817.
Fax: 202-566-9744.
Mail: Water Docket, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Mail code: 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0817.
Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center, EPA West
Building Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0817. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-
0817. 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 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. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the notice,
contact Jonathan Angier, EPA Headquarters, Office of Water, Office of
Wastewater Management at tel.: 202-564-0729 or e-mail:
angier.jonathan@epa.gov.
Public Listening Sessions: EPA will hold several informal public
listening sessions in January 2010 to gather input on possible
regulatory changes to the stormwater program. The public listening
sessions will provide a review of EPA's current regulatory approach to
permitting stormwater discharges, a summary of the recommendations from
the National Research Council report Urban Stormwater Management in the
United States (The National Academies Press, 2009), and potential
considerations for regulatory changes to strengthen the program. The
public listening sessions will afford an opportunity for the public to
provide input on regulatory actions that EPA is considering. Brief oral
comments (three minutes or less) will be accepted at the sessions, and
written statements will be accepted. The dates and locations of the
listening sessions are as follows:
January 19, 2010, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at EPA Region 5
Office, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604
January 20, 2010, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at EPA Region 9
Office, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
January 25, 2010, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at EPA Region 8
Office, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129
January 26, 2010, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at EPA Region 6
Office, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202
January 28, 2010, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at EPA HQ Office,
Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004
In order to provide adequate seating for those wishing to attend
EPA's public listening sessions, interested individuals must register
to attend by January 15, 2010 on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/
npdes/stormwater/rulemaking.
[Notices]
[Page 68617-68622]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0817; FRL-9095-3]
Stakeholder Input; Stormwater Management Including Discharges
From New Development and Redevelopment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing its
plans to initiate national rulemaking to establish a comprehensive
program to reduce stormwater discharges from new development and
redevelopment and make other regulatory improvements to strengthen its
stormwater program. The purpose of this notice is to request input from
the public to help EPA shape such a comprehensive program and to
announce EPA's intent to hold several public ``listening sessions'' in
January 2010. EPA seeks input on this undertaking regarding
performance, effectiveness and cost of stormwater control measures;
ecological data, including ecological benefits from stormwater
controls; technical information on design, implementation and operation
and maintenance of stormwater control measures; suggestions for how the
existing program may be modified to better meet the goals of the Clean
Water Act; and any other information that may help EPA develop
improvements to the existing program, including better control of
pollutants in stormwater from the built environment created by
development and redevelopment.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 26,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2009-0817, by one of the following methods:
for submitting comments.
OW-2009-0817.
Mail code: 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0817.
Building Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0817. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2009-
0817. 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 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. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center
homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on the notice,
contact Jonathan Angier, EPA Headquarters, Office of Water, Office of
Wastewater Management at tel.: 202-564-0729 or e-mail:
angier.jonathan@epa.gov.
Public Listening Sessions: EPA will hold several informal public
listening sessions in January 2010 to gather input on possible
regulatory changes to the stormwater program. The public listening
sessions will provide a review of EPA's current regulatory approach to
permitting stormwater discharges, a summary of the recommendations from
the National Research Council report Urban Stormwater Management in the
United States (The National Academies Press, 2009), and potential
considerations for regulatory changes to strengthen the program. The
public listening sessions will afford an opportunity for the public to
provide input on regulatory actions that EPA is considering. Brief oral
comments (three minutes or less) will be accepted at the sessions, and
written statements will be accepted. The dates and locations of the
listening sessions are as follows:
Office, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604
Office, 75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Office, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129
Office, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202
Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004
In order to provide adequate seating for those wishing to attend
EPA's public listening sessions, interested individuals must register
to attend by January 15, 2010 on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/
npdes/stormwater/rulemaking.
