[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50883-50884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19601]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 8767-01-R3]


Clean Water Act: No-Discharge Zones for Vessel Sewage in Maryland 
and Virginia; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice--final determination; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a 
notice of final determination published on May 11, 2021. EPA determined 
that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and 
treatment of sewage from all vessels were reasonably available to 
support the State's prohibition of vessel sewage discharges in thirteen 
waterbodies in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, but has since identified 
errors in the geographic coordinates that correspond to the boundaries 
of the no-discharge zones as described in the earlier notice. This 
notice simply corrects those geographic coordinate errors; it does not 
otherwise change EPA's May 11, 2021 final determination.

DATES: This correction is effective on September 13, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ferry Akbar Buchanan, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency--Region III. Telephone: (215) 814-2570; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 2021 (86 FR 25856), EPA published 
a notice of final determination, ``Clean Water Act: No-Discharge Zones 
for Vessel Sewage in Maryland and Virginia.'' The notice explained 
EPA's determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary 
removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably 
available for the thirteen waterbodies located in Anne Arundel County 
for which Maryland sought to establish a no-discharge zone for vessel 
sewage under Clean Water Act section 312(f)(3). The document also 
provided one of the geographic coordinates from an existing no-
discharge zone for Perrin River, Virginia, published at 85 FR 59796 on 
September 23, 2020.

Need for Correction

    As published, the notice of the final determination misidentified 
the geographic coordinates of the no-discharge zone boundaries for 
Bodkin Creek, Magothy and Little Magothy Rivers, Podickory Creek, Sandy 
Point/Mezick Pond, Severn River, Fishing Creek, and South River 
waterbodies. The notice explained these boundaries in narrative terms; 
the earlier-published geographic coordinates did not correspond to the 
narrative descriptions of the boundaries for which EPA made the 
determination. Upon identifying the errors, EPA confirmed the correct 
geographic coordinates with Maryland. EPA finds that there is good 
cause to make this correction without prior notice and opportunity to 
comment on the basis that notice and comment is unnecessary and would 
not be in the public interest. The change merely conforms numeric 
geographic coordinates to the clear narrative descriptions and detailed 
maps of the no-discharge zone boundaries that were included in 
Maryland's application and upon which EPA's approval was based. As 
such, this correction does not alter EPA's earlier determination. EPA 
further determines that good cause exists to make the change effective 
upon publication, rather than delay the effective date, because the 
narrative boundary descriptions are clear, rendering a delayed 
effective date unnecessary. In addition, public interest requires 
prompt confirmation of the correct numeric geographic coordinates 
further describing the no-discharge zone boundaries.

Correction to Previously Published Table

    In the Federal Register of May 11, 2021 (86 FR 25856), in FR Doc. 
2021-09957, the information identifying the no discharge zone 
waterbodies and

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boundaries, in the first untitled table that begins with ``Waterbody 
Limits'' column, which appears on pages 25856 through 25857, is 
corrected to read as follows:

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           Waterbody                 Waterbody/Limits      Area (acres)
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Stony Creek....................  39.1723[deg] N,                     677
                                  76.5171[deg] W to
                                  39.1725[deg] N,
                                  76.5126[deg] W.
Rock Creek.....................  39.1614[deg] N,                     524
                                  76.5004[deg] W to
                                  39.1625[deg] N,
                                  76.4862[deg] W.
South Shore, Patapsco River....  39.1472[deg] N,                       2
                                  76.4589[deg] W to
                                  39.1471[deg] N,
                                  76.4588[deg] W.
Bodkin Creek...................  39.1346[deg] N,                     609
                                  76.4398[deg] W to
                                  39.1320[deg] N,
                                  76.4384[deg] W.
Magothy and Little Magothy       39.0592[deg] N,                   5,879
 Rivers.                          76.4332[deg] W to
                                  39.0462[deg] N,
                                  76.4295[deg] W.
Podickory Creek................  39.0328[deg] N,                       9
                                  76.4040[deg] W to
                                  39.0318[deg] N,
                                  76.4049[deg] W.
Sandy Point/Mezick Ponds.......  39.0087[deg] N,                      47
                                  76.4032[deg] W to
                                  39.0086[deg] N,
                                  76.4037[deg] W.
Whitehall Bay..................  38.9748[deg] N,                   1,599
                                  76.4547[deg] W to
                                  38.9871[deg] N,
                                  76.4268[deg] W.
Severn River...................  38.9747[deg] N,                   7,497
                                  76.4547[deg] W to
                                  38.9411[deg] N,
                                  76.4504[deg] W.
Oyster Creek...................  38.9274[deg] N,                      34
                                  76.4638[deg] W to
                                  38.9273[deg] N,
                                  76.4634[deg] W.
Fishing Creek..................  38.9148[deg] N,                     228
                                  76.4591[deg] W to
                                  38.9073[deg] N,
                                  76.4602[deg] W.
South River....................  38.9073[deg] N,                   5,904
                                  76.4602[deg] W to
                                  38.8850[deg] N,
                                  76.4910[deg] W.
West and Rhode Rivers..........  38.8850[deg] N,                   4,370
                                  76.4910[deg] W to
                                  38.8531[deg] N,
                                  76.4959[deg] W.
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    Total Area.................  .......................          27,379
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    Dated: September 2, 2021.
Diana Esher,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
[FR Doc. 2021-19601 Filed 9-10-21; 8:45 am]
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