[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 69629-69630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28662]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 147

[EPA-HQ-OW-2015-0372; FRL-9936-90-OW]


Request for Comment: Kentucky Underground Injection Control (UIC) 
Program; Primacy Approval

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public comment period and opportunity to request a 
public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby gives 
public notice that the EPA has received a complete application from the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky requesting approval of its Underground 
Injection Control (UIC) Program for Class II injection wells. The EPA 
has determined the application contains all the required elements; see 
the ADDRESSES section for information on how to access the application 
documents. Public comments are requested and any member of the public 
may request a public hearing. This application would allow the Kentucky 
Division of Oil and Gas to regulate all Class II injection wells in 
Kentucky.

DATES: Comments will be accepted on or before December 23, 2015. 
Requests for a public hearing must be received by December 9, 2015. 
Requests for a hearing should be mailed to Nancy Marsh (see the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). The EPA will determine by 
December 11, 2015, whether there is sufficient interest to warrant a 
public hearing. If determined to be warranted, the public hearing will 
be held on December 16, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in Conference Room #D16 at 
the Department for Natural Resources, #2 Hudson Hollow, Frankfort, KY 
40601. For additional information regarding the public hearing, please 
contact Nancy Marsh.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2015-0372 to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets. Comments should also be sent to Nancy Marsh (see the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section).

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    Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the following 
locations:
    (1) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Library, 9th 
Floor, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. The Library is 
open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The telephone number for the Library is (404) 562-8190.
    (2) Kentucky Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and 
Gas 1025 Capital Center Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. The Office is 
open from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Please contact Marvin Combs 
at (502) 573-0147.
    (3) Kentucky Underground Injection Control Program, Primacy 
Approval: EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC. 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, and the telephone number for the 
OW Docket is (202) 566-2426.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Marsh, GW & UIC Section, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303; telephone number: (404) 562-9350; fax number: 
(404) 562-9439; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commonwealth of Kentucky has submitted 
an application to regulate Class II injection wells in the State. The 
application was determined to be complete because it contained all of 
the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 
145.22(a), including: A letter from the Governor requesting program 
approval; a complete description of the State Underground Injection 
Control program; a statement of legal authority; a memorandum of 
agreement between the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the EPA, Region 4; 
copies of all applicable rules and forms; and a showing of the state's 
public participation process prior to program submission.

    Dated: November 3, 2015.
Heather McTeer Toney,
Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2015-28662 Filed 11-9-15; 8:45 am]
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