[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 246 (Friday, December 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76285-76286]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7778]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 
General Permit for Stormwater Discharges From Industrial Activities--
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 1, 2005 (70 FR 72116) EPA noticed the availability 
of the proposed National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 
General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Industrial Activities and 
requested comments on the draft by January 16, 2006. The purpose of 
this notice is to extend this comment period to February 16, 2006.

DATES: Comments on the proposed general permit must be postmarked by 
February 16, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. OW-2005-
0007 by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: [email protected].
    Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 
4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please 
include a total of three copies.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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. OW-2005-0007. 
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 additional instructions on submitting comments, go to Unit I.B of 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of the document.
    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 Water Docket, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20004. This Docket Facility is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone number 
is (202) 566-2426. The Public Reading Room 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Molloy, Office of Wastewater 
Management, Office of Water, EPA Headquarters at tel.: 202-564-1939 or 
e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    If you have questions regarding the applicability of this action to 
a particular entity, consult the person listed in the preceding FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 
http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of 
the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk 
or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 
as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the 
specific information that is claimed as CBI). In addition to one 
complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as 
CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information 
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. When submitting comments, 
remember to:
     Identify the rulemaking by docket number and other 
identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and 
page number).
     Follow directions--The agency may ask you to respond to 
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
     Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives 
and substitute language for your requested changes.
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 
information and/or data that you used.
     If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how 
you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be 
reproduced.
     Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns, and 
suggest alternatives.
     Explain your views as clearly as possible.
     Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period 
deadline identified.

C. What Action Is Being Taken?

    The comment period for the proposed general permit for Stormwater 
Discharges from Industrial Activities is being extended for 30 days 
until February 16, 2006, at the request of Waterkeeper Alliance, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of Grays Harbor, Amigos 
Bravos: Friends of Wild Rivers, National Mining Association, Idaho 
Mining Association, Hecla Mining Company, The Colorado Mining 
Association, Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry, and Arizona 
Mining Association. After the close of

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the public comment period, EPA will issue a final permit decision. This 
decision will not be made until after all public comments have been 
considered and appropriate changes made to the permit. Responses to 
comments will be included in the final permit decision.

    Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.

    Dated: December 20, 2005.
James Hanlon,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
[FR Doc. E5-7778 Filed 12-22-05; 8:45 am]
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