[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8734-8735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3380]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9266-8]


Notice of Public Hearing and Extension of Public Comment Period 
of Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 
General Permits for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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ACTION: Notice of public hearing and extension of public comment period 
of draft NPDES general permits.

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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection, 
Environmental Protection Agency-Region 1 (EPA), issued a Notice of 
Availability of Draft NPDES general permits for discharges from small 
MS4s to certain waters of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on November 
4, 2010. A subsequent notice of a public hearing was published on 
November 29, 2011. Due to inclement weather, the public meeting and 
hearing for the Draft Massachusetts Interstate, Merrimack and South 
Coastal Small MS4 General Permit in Leominster, MA on January 12, 2011 
were cancelled. EPA has rescheduled the hearing and extended the 
comment permit of the draft permits.
    Information on the draft permits, appendices and fact sheet is 
available at: http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/stormwater/mimsc_sms4.html.

DATES: The public comment period is now from the November 4, 2010 to 
March 11, 2011. Interested persons may submit comments on the draft 
general permit as part of the administrative record to the EPA-Region 
1, at the address given below, no later than midnight March 11, 2011. 
The general permit shall be effective on the date specified in the 
Federal Register publication of the Notice of Availability of the final 
general permit. The final general permit will expire five years from 
the effective date.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected].
     Mail: Kate Renahan, US EPA-Region 1, Office of the 
Regional Administrator, 5 Post Office Square--Suite 100, Mail Code--
ORA01-1, Boston, MA 02109-3912.
No facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.
    The draft permit is based on an administrative record available for 
public review at EPA-Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post 
Office Square--Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912. The 
following SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section sets forth principal facts 
and the significant factual, legal, and policy questions considered in 
the development of the draft permit. A reasonable fee may be charged 
for copying requests.
    Public Meeting Information: EPA-Region 1 will hold a public meeting 
to provide information about the draft general permit and its 
requirements. This public meeting will include a brief presentation on 
the draft general permits and a brief question and answer session. 
Written, but not oral, comments for the official draft permit record 
will be accepted at the public meeting. A Public meeting will be held 
at the following time and locations:

Wednesday--March 9, 2011

    Leominster Public Library Community Room, 30 West Street, 
Leominster, MA 01453, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
    Public Hearing Information: Following the March 9, 2011 public 
meeting, a public hearing will be conducted in accordance with 40 CFR 
124.12 and will provide interested parties with the opportunity to 
provide written and/or oral comments for the official draft permit 
record. The public hearing will be held at the following time and 
location:

Wednesday--March 9, 2011:

    Leominster Public Library Community Room, 30 West Street, 
Leominster, MA 01453, 11 a.m .-2 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning the 
draft permit may be obtained between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
Monday through Friday excluding holidays from: Kate Renahan, Office of 
the Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, 5 Post 
Office Square--Suite 100, Mail Code: ORA01-1, Boston, MA 02109-3912; 
telephone: 617-918-1491; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information about the proposed permits 
including background of the permit and summary of permit conditions was 
previously published on the November 4, 2010 (75 FR 67960-67962).

    Dated: February 7, 2011.
H. Curtis Spalding,
Regional Administrator, Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2011-3380 Filed 2-14-11; 8:45 am]
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