Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 154 / Friday, August 9, 2013 / Proposed Rules 48639 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2013–0280; FRL–9845–3] 

40 CFR Part 147 

North Dakota Underground Injection 

Control Program Revision Application 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period and opportunity to request a 

public hearing. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 40 CFR 

section 145.32(b)(2), the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) hereby gives 

public notice that the EPA has received 

a complete program revision package 

from the State of North Dakota 

requesting approval of a revision to its 

section 1422 Underground Injection 

Control (UIC) program to include Class 

VI primacy; that the EPA has 

determined the application contains all 

the required elements; that the 

application is available for inspection 

and copying at the address appearing 

below and public comments are 

requested and any member of the public 

may request a public hearing. 

This revision would allow the North 

Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) to 

issue UIC permits for carbon geosequestration facilities as Class VI wells 

under the UIC program. 

DATES: Comments will be accepted until 

September 9, 2013. Any member of the 

public can request a public hearing on 

this matter. A public hearing will only 

be held if requests indicate there is 

significant public interest. Request for a 

public hearing will be accepted until 

September 9, 2013. Requests for a public 

hearing may be mailed to: Craig 

Boomgaard EPA Region 8, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, MSC 8P–W–UIC, 

Denver, Colorado, 80202. For additional 

information regarding the public 

hearing, please contact Craig Boomgaard 

(303) 312–6794 or 

boomgaard.craig@epa.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2013–0280, by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Boomgaard.Craig@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (303) 312–7084. 

• Mail: North Dakota Underground 

Injection Control Program Revision 

Application to add Class VI wells to its 

§ 1422 program, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC) EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Requests for a public 

hearing may be mailed to Craig 

Boomgaard, Underground Injection 

Control Unit, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop 

Street, MSC 8P–W–UIC, Denver, 

Colorado 80202. Direct your comments 

to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2013– 

0280. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means the EPA will not know 

your identity or contact information 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. Electronic files should 

avoid the use of special characters, any 

form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses. For additional 

information about the EPA’s public 

docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 

homepage at http://www.epa.gov/ 

epahome/dockets.htm or the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov and http:// 

www2.epa.gov/region8/undergroundinjection-control or in hard copy at the 

following locations: 

(1) Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 8, Library, 2nd Floor, 1595 

Wynkoop Street Denver, Colorado 

80202. The Library is open from 9:00 

a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 

p.m. Monday through Thursday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Library is (303) 312– 

7226. 

(2) North Dakota Industrial 

Commission, Oil and Gas Division 1016 

East Calgary Avenue, Bismarck, North 

Dakota 58503. 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 

Kevin Connors at (701) 328–8020. 

(3) North Dakota Underground 

Injection Control Program Revision 

Application to add Class VI wells to its 

§ 1422 program: 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: 

Craig Boomgaard, Underground 

Injection Control Unit, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 8, MSC 8P– 

W–UIC, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado 80202; telephone number: 

(303) 312–6794; fax number: (303) 312– 

7084; email address: 

boomgaard.craig@epa.gov. Comments 

should also be sent to this address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UIC 

program revision package from the State 

of North Dakota includes a description 

of the State Underground Injection 

Control program, copies of all 

applicable rules and forms, a statement 

of legal authority, a Memorandum of 

Agreement between the State of North 

Dakota and the Region 8 office of the 

Environmental Protection Agency, and a 

MOU between the North Dakota 

Industrial Commission and the 

Department of Health. 

Dated: July 22, 2013. 

Shaun L. McGrath, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

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