[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 42 (Thursday, March 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10465-10466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5381]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6237-7]


No Discharge Zone Determinations for Broad Creek, Lake Keowee, 
Lake Murray, Lake Thurmond, and Lake Wylie

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has 
received petitions from the State of South Carolina requesting a 
determination that adequate and reasonably available pump out 
facilities exist for Broad Creek, Lake Keowee, Lake Murray, Lake 
Thurmond, and Lake Wylie. The purpose of this petition is to enable 
these water bodies to qualify for No Discharge Zone (NDZ) designation. 
The State of Georgia concurs with this determination for Lake Thurmond 
(known as Clarks Hill Lake in Georgia), and the State of North Carolina 
concurs with this determination for Lake Wylie.
    The EPA Regional Administrator for Region 4 concurs with the State 
of South Carolina's determination. This action is taken pursuant to 
section 312(f)(3) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and 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 of sewage from all vessels 
are reasonably available for these water bodies to qualify as NDZs.
    EPA's action allows prohibition regarding discharge from vessels to 
be applied by these States. Specifically, section 312(f)(3) of the CWA 
states:

    After the effective date of the initial standards and 
regulations promulgated under this section, if any State determines 
that the protection and enhancement of the quality of some or all of 
the waters within such States require greater environmental 
protection, such State may completely prohibit the discharge from 
all vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not into such waters, 
except that no such prohibition shall apply until the Administrator 
determines that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary 
removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably 
available for such water to which such prohibition would apply.

    According to the State of South Carolina, the following facilities 
and conditions exist for these five water bodies.

Broad Creek

    Broad Creek is located on the Island of Hilton Head just north of 
Calibogue Sound. It is a shallow estuary extending across much of the 
island in a northeast to southwest direction, from its headwaters not 
far from the Atlantic Ocean to the mouth at Calibogue Sound. Its 
surface waters cover an area of 1.08 square miles (approximately 692 
acres) in Beaufort county, South Carolina.
    The facilities available for pumping out vessel holding tanks, 
addresses, telephone number, hours of operation, and vessel drafts are 
as follows:

    (1) Palmetto Bay Marina; 164-D Palmetto Bay Road, Hilton Head, 
South Carolina 29928; 843-785-3910; 8 AM-6:30 PM (summer) 8 AM-5:30 
PM (winter); 22' draft.
    (2) Wexford Lock Harbor Marina; Wexford Plantation, Hilton Head, 
South Carolina 29928; 843-686-8805; 8 AM-5 PM year round; 8' draft.
    (3) Shelter Cove Marina; PO Box 5628, Hilton Head, South 
Carolina 29938; 843-842-7001; 7:30 AM-7 PM (summer) 7:30 AM-5PM 
(winter); 9' draft.

Marine toilet waste from all of these facilities will be treated in 
municipal wastewater treatment plants. It is estimated that 395 vessels 
in this area are equipped with Marine Sanitation Devices (MSD). 
Therefore the ratio of boats with MSDs to pump out facilities is 132 
boats per pump out facility.

Lake Thurmond

    Lake Thurmond (Clarks Hill Lake in Georgia) straddles the Georgia 
South Carolina Border. The dam is located approximately 10 miles north 
of Augusta, Georgia. This lake is a reservoir of approximately 70,000 
acres with 1,200 miles of shoreline.
    The facilities available for pumping out vessel holding tanks, 
addresses, telephone number, hours of operation, and vessel drafts are 
as follows:

    (1) Plum Branch Yacht Club; PO Box 370, Plum Branch, South 
Carolina 29845; 864-443-1380; 9 AM-9 PM (summer) 10 AM-2 PM 
(winter); 15' draft.
    (2) Tradewinds Marina; 5577 Marina Parkway, Appling, Georgia 
30802; 706-541-1380; 9 AM-5:30 PM year round; 30' draft.

    Marine toilet waste from these marinas will be treated in state 
approved septic tank systems. It is estimated that 74 vessels in this 
area are equipped with MSDs. Therefore, the ratio of boats with MSDs to 
pump out facilities is 37 boats per pump out facility.

Lake Murray

    Lake Murray is located just north of the City of Columbia, South 
Carolina. This lake is a reservoir of approximately 78 square miles 
(50,000 acres) with 520 miles of shoreline.
    The facilities available for pumping out vessel holding tanks, 
addresses, telephone number, hours of operation, and vessel drafts are 
as follows:

    (1) Dreher Island State Park; 3677 State Park Road, Prosperity, 
South Carolina 29127; 803-364-4152; 6 AM-9 PM (summer) 6 AM-6 PM 
(winter); 12' draft.
    (2) Jakes Landing; 220 Jakes Landing Road #2, Lexington, South 
Carolina 29072; 803-359-9268; 9 AM-8 PM (summer) 9 AM-5 PM (winter); 
8' draft.
    (3) Lake Murray Marina; 1600 Marina Road, Ballentine, South 
Carolina 29002; 803-781-1585; 8 AM-7 PM (summer) 8 AM-5 PM (winter); 
15' draft.
    (4) Lighthouse Marina; 1925 Johnson's Marina Road, Chapin, South 
Carolina 29026; 8 AM-8 PM (summer) 8 AM-5 PM (winter); 8' draft.
    (5) Night Harbor; 824 Yacht Club Point, PO Box 107, Ballentine, 
South Carolina 29002; hours of operation not available; 13' draft.
    (6) Robisons Lakeside Marina; 3072 Hwy 378, Leesville, South 
Carolina 29070; 803-532-4231; 9 AM-6 PM (summer) 9 AM-5 PM (winter); 
5' draft.
    (7) Windward Point Yacht Club; PO Box 327, Irmo, South Carolina 
29063; 803-781-2285; open 24 hours year round; 5' draft.

    Marine toilet waste from these marinas will be treated as follows:

Dreher Island State Park--.06 mgd package plant (NPDES Permit 
SC0026048).
Jakes Landing, Lake Murray Marina, Windward Point--state approved 
septic tank Lighthouse Marina--public wastewater collection and 
treatment system.
Night Harbor, Robison's Lakeside Marina--holding tank which is hauled 
to a municipal treatment facility.

    It is estimated that 256 vessels in this area are equipped with 
MSDs. Therefore, the ratio of boats with MSDs to pump out facilities is 
37 boats per pump out facility.

Lake Keowee

    Lake Keowee is located in the northwest corner of South Carolina, 
approximately 30 miles west of Greenville, South Carolina. The surface

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waters of this reservoir/lake cover 18,400 acres and its shoreline is 
about 300 miles.
    The facilities available for pumping out vessel holding tanks, 
addresses, telephone, hours of operation, and vessel drafts are as 
follows:

    Lake Keowee Marina; 150 Keowee Marina Drive, Seneca, South 
Carolina 29679; 864-882-2047; 8 AM-8 PM (summer) 9 AM-5 PM (winter) 
closed Mondays; 20' draft.

    Marine toilet waste from this facility is treated in a state 
approved and regulated septic tank.
    It is estimated that there are 92 vessels in this area that are 
equipped with MSDs.

Lake Wylie

    Lake Wylie straddles the North Carolina--South Carolina border near 
Charlotte, North Carolina. The surface waters of this lake/reservoir 
cover 12,455 acres and its shoreline is about 327 miles.
    The facilities available for pumping out vessel holding tanks, 
addresses, telephone, hours of operation, and vessel drafts are as 
follows:

    (1) Harbortowne Marina; PO Box 6122, Charlotte, North Carolina 
28207; 704-347-4224; 9 AM-7 PM (summer) 10 AM-4 PM (winter); 10' 
draft.
    (2) River Hills Marina Club; 12 Executive Place, Lake Wylie, 
South Carolina 29710; 803-831-0758; 18' draft.

    Marine toilet waste from Harbortowne Marina is treated by a state 
approved and regulated septic tank. Marine toilet waste from River 
Hills Marina Club is treated in a public waste water treatment system.
    It is estimated that there are 188 vessels in this area that are 
equipped with MSDs. Therefore the ratio of boats with MSDs to pumpout 
facilities is 94 boats per pump out facility.
    Comments concerning this action may be filed on or before 30 days 
from the date of this document. Such communication should be addressed 
to Wesley B. Crum, Chief, Coastal Programs and Surface Water Quality 
Grants Section, EPA, Region 4, Sam Nunn Federal Center, 61 Forsyth 
Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-3104. Telephone 404-562-9352.
A. Stanley Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 99-5381 Filed 3-3-99; 8:45 am]
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