[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50769-50770]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21427]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7547-3]


Connecticut Marine Sanitation Device Standard; Notice of 
Determination for the Connecticut Portion of the Pawcatuck River, 
Little Narragansett Bay, Portions of Fishers Island Sound and All of 
Stonington Harbor

    On January 29, 2003 notice was published that the State of 
Connecticut had petitioned the Regional Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), to determine that adequate facilities for the 
safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are 
reasonably available for all waters of the ``Connecticut portion of the 
Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett Bay, portions of Fishers Island 
Sound and all of Stonington Harbor.'' The petition was filed pursuant 
to section 312 (f) (3) of Pub. L. 92-500, as amended by Pub. L. 95-217 
and 100-4, for the purpose of declaring these waters a ``No Discharge 
Area'' (NDA).
    Section 312 (f) (3) 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

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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.''
    The information submitted to me by the State of Connecticut 
certifies that there are three disposal facilities available to service 
vessels operating in the ``Connecticut portion of the Pawcatuck River, 
Little Narragansett Bay, portions of Fishers Island Sound and all of 
Stonington Harbor.'' A table with the facilities' locations, contact 
information, hours of operation, and fees is appended at the end of 
this notice.
    Based on an examination of the petition and its supporting 
information, which included site visits by EPA New England staff, I 
have determined that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary 
removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably 
available for the area covered under this determination which includes 
the ``Connecticut portion of the Pawcatuck River, Little Narragansett 
Bay, portions of Fishers Island Sound and all of Stonington Harbor.''
    The area covered under this petition extends from Wamphassuc Point 
(41[deg] 19' 40.63'' N by 71[deg] 55' 15.75'' W) due south past Noyes 
Shoal to the boundary between Connecticut and New York (41[deg] 18' 
28.99'' N by 71[deg] 55' 15.75'' W), easterly following the boundary 
between Connecticut an New York to the intersection of the Connecticut, 
New York and Rhode Island State lines (41[deg] 18' 16.69'' N by 71[deg] 
54' 27.23'' W) and following the boundary between Connecticut and Rhode 
Island to U. S. Route 1 over the Pawcatuck River and including all 
Connecticut waters seaward of U.S. Route 1.
    This determination is made pursuant to section 312 (f) (3) of Pub. 
L. 92-500, as amended by Pub. L. 95-217 and 100-4. 0000
    A Response to Comments was prepared for the nine communications EPA 
New England received during the 30 day comment period, and may be 
requested from EPA by written request to:
    Ann Rodney, U.S. EPA New England, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, 
CWQ, Boston, MA 02114-2023.

    Dated: August 12, 2003.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, Region 1.

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                                                              Hours of Operation
              Location                Contact Information        (Call Ahead)       Mean Low Water Depth    Fee
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Dodson Boatyard Stonington, CT.....  VHF CH 78 (860) 535-   Mar-Oct 8-10.........  6-7 feet.............      $5
                                      1507.
Norwest Marina Pawcatuck, CT.......  VHF CH 78 (860) 599-   Apr-Nov 8-6..........  6-7 feet.............      $5
                                      2442.
Westerly Pumpout Boat (mobile).....  VHF CH 9 (401) 348-    Apr-Oct 10-4.........  N/A..................      $5
                                      2538.
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[FR Doc. 03-21427 Filed 8-21-03; 8:45 am]
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