[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58912-58913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22082]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7823-1]


Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES General Permits for Certain 
Publicly Owned Treatment Works and Other Treatment Works in the States 
of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Indian Country Lands in the 
State of Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES General Permits MAG580000 
and NHG580000.

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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection, 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region 1, is today providing notice of 
availability for public comment the Draft National Pollutant Discharge 
Elimination System (NPDES) general permits for certain Publicly Owned 
Treatment Works (POTWs) and other treatment works treating domestic 
sewage in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Indian 
Country Lands located in the State of Massachusetts. These draft 
general permits establishes notification requirements, effluent 
limitations, standards, and prohibitions, for discharges to freshwaters 
and marine waters.
    Coverage under these general permits will be available to 
facilities classified as minor facilities in Massachusetts or 
classified as major or minor facilities in New Hampshire. Owners and/or 
operators of POTWs and other treatment works treating domestic sewage, 
including those facilities currently authorized to discharge under 
individual NPDES permits, will be eligible to apply for coverage under 
the final general permit and will receive a written notification from 
EPA whether permit coverage and authorization to discharge under one of 
the general permits is approved. The eligibility requirements, 
including the requirement that the facility have a dilution factor 
equal to or greater than 50 in the receiving water, are discussed in 
detail in the fact sheet and general permits. These general permits do 
not cover new sources as defined under 40 CFR 122.2.

DATES: Comments must be received or postmarked by midnight on November 
1, 2004. Interested persons may submit comments on the draft general 
permits as part of the administrative record to the EPA--Region 1 at 
the address given below. Within the comment period, interested persons 
may also request in writing a public hearing pursuant to 40 CFR 124.12 
concerning the draft general permits. All public comments or requests 
for a public hearing must be submitted to the address below.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be hand delivered or mailed to: EPA-
Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection (CPE), 1 Congress Street, 
Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 and also sent via e-mail 
to [email protected]. No facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. The 
draft permits are based on an administrative record available for 
public review at EPA-Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection (CPE), 1 
Congress Street, Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023. Copies 
of information in the record are available upon request. A reasonable 
fee may be charged for copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning the 
draft permits may be obtained between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
Monday through Friday excluding holidays from: William Wandle, Office 
of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, 1 Congress 
Street, Suite 1100 (CPE), Boston, MA 02114-2023, telephone: (617) 918-
1605, e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft general permit may be viewed over 
the Internet via the EPA--Region 1 Web site for dischargers in 
Massachusetts at http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/mass.html and for 
dischargers in New Hampshire at http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/newhampshire.html. The draft general permits include the freshwater and 
marine acute toxicity protocols, sludge guidance, standard permit 
conditions in Part II and the fact sheet which sets forth principal 
facts and the significant factual, legal, and policy questions 
considered in the development of the draft permits and provides the 
facilities eligible for permit coverage. To obtain a paper copy of the 
documents, please contact William Wandle using the contact information 
provided above. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying requests.
    When the general permits are issued, the notice of final issuance 
will be published in the Federal Register. The general permits shall be 
effective on the date specified in the notice of final issuance of the 
general permits published in the Federal Register and will expire five 
years from the effective date.


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    Dated: August 23, 2004.
Robert W. Varney,
Regional Administrator, Region 1.
[FR Doc. 04-22082 Filed 9-30-04; 8:45 am]
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