[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8734-8735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing 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: Renahan.Kate@epa.gov.
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: Renahan.Kate@epa.gov.
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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