[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 63594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25138]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
33 CFR Part 328
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 110, 112 116, 117, 122, 230, 232, 300, 302, and 401
[EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880; FRL-9918-34-OW]
RIN 2040-AF30
Definition of ``Waters of the United States'' Under the Clean
Water Act Proposed Rule; Notice of Availability
AGENCIES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), Department of the Army,
Department of Defense; and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of the Science
Advisory Board's (SAB) final peer review of the EPA's draft report
Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and
Synthesis. This document has been placed in the docket for the EPA and
the Corps proposed rule ``Definition of `Waters of the United States'
Under the Clean Water Act.''
DATES: The public comment for the proposed rule closes on November 14,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Donna Downing, Office of Water
(4502-T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number 202-566-2428; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 21, 2014, EPA and the Corps
published the proposed rule ``Definition of `Waters of the United
States' Under the Clean Water Act'' in the Federal Register (79 FR
22188). The public comment for the proposed rule closes on November 14,
2014. The independent SAB has completed a peer review of the proposed
rule's primary supporting document, EPA's draft report Connectivity of
Streams and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A Review and Synthesis. The
peer review was drafted by the SAB's Panel for the Review of the EPA
Water Body Connectivity Report and approved by the chartered SAB. The
final peer review has been placed as a supporting document in the
docket for this proposed rulemaking and is available on the SAB's Web
site, http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommittees/BOARD.
How can I get copies of this document and other related information?
1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0880; FRL-9901-47-OW. Publicly available
docket materials are available either electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 Water Docket is (202) 566-
2426.
2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document
electronically from the Government Printing Office under the ``Federal
Register'' listings at FDSys (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR).
Dated: October 14, 2014.
Benita Best-Wong,
Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Environmental
Protection Agency.
Dated: October 14, 2014.
James Hannon,
Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
[FR Doc. 2014-25138 Filed 10-23-14; 8:45 am]
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