Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2004 / Notices 58913

Dated: August 23, 2004. 

Robert W. Varney, 

Regional Administrator, Region 1.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OW–2003–0064, FRL–7822–6] 

National Clean Water Act Recognition 

Awards: Presentation of Awards at the 

Water Environment Federation’s 

Technical Exposition and Conference 

(WEFTEC), and Announcement of 2004 

National Awards Winners

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency will recognize municipalities 

and industries for outstanding and 

innovative technological achievements 

in wastewater treatment and pollution 

abatement programs at the annual Clean 

Water Act Recognition Awards 

ceremony during the Water 

Environment Federation’s Technical 

Exposition and Conference (WEFTEC) 

in New Orleans, Louisiana. An 

inscribed plaque will be presented to 

first and second place winners for 

projects and programs in operations and 

maintenance at wastewater treatment 

plants, biosolids management, 

pretreatment, storm water management 

and combined sewer overflow controls. 

This action also announces the 2004 

national awards winners.

DATES: Monday, October 4, 2004, 11:30 

a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The national awards 

presentation ceremony will be held at 

the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 

900 Convention Center Boulevard, New 

Orleans, Louisiana.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maria E. Campbell, Telephone: (202) 

564–0628. Facsimile Number: (202) 

501–2396. E-Mail: 

campbell.maria@epa.gov. Also visit the 

Office of Wastewater Management’s 

webpage at http://www.epa.gov/owm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean 

Water Act Recognition Awards are 

authorized by section 501(a) and (e) of 

the Clean Water Act, and 33 U.S.C. 

1361(a) and (e). Applications and 

nominations for the national award 

must be recommended by EPA regions. 

State agencies can also provide 

recommendations to EPA regional 

offices. A regulation establishes a 

framework for the annual recognition 

awards program at 40 CFR part 105. 

EPA announced the availability of 

application and nomination information 

for this year’s awards (69 FR 13826, 

March 24, 2004). The awards program 

provides national recognition and 

encourages public support of programs 

aimed at protecting the public’s health 

and safety and the nation’s water 

quality. Programs and projects being 

recognized are in compliance with 

applicable water quality requirements 

and have a satisfactory record with 

respect to environmental quality. 

Municipalities and industries are 

recognized for their demonstrated 

achievements in five awards categories 

as follows: 

(1) Outstanding operations and 

maintenance practices at wastewater 

treatment facilities; 

(2) Exemplary biosolids management 

projects, technology/innovation or 

development activities, research and 

public acceptance efforts; 

(3) Outstanding municipal 

implementation and enforcement of 

local pretreatment programs; 

(4) Implementing outstanding, 

innovative, and cost-effective storm 

water control; and, 

(5) Outstanding combined sewer 

overflow control programs. 

The winners of the EPA’s 2004 

National Clean Water Act Recognition 

Awards are listed below by category.

Sub-category 

Operations and Maintenance Awards Category

First place: 

Dos Rios Water Reclamation Center, San Antonio Water Systems, 

San Antonio, Texas.

Large Advanced Plant. 

City of Dunbar Sanitary Board, Dunbar, West Virginia ..................... Medium Advanced Plant. 

Florence Regional Sewage District, Florence, Indiana ..................... Small Advanced Plant. 

Oceanside Treatment Plant, Southwest Ocean, Outfall and 

Westside Wet Weather Facility, San Francisco, California.

Large Secondary Plant. 

Central Davis Sewer District, Kaysville, Utah .................................... Medium Secondary Plant. 

Old Forge Sewer District, Old Forge, New York ............................... Small Secondary Plant. 

Second place: 

James C. Kirie Water Reclamation Plant, Des Plaines, Illinois ........ Large Advanced Plant. 

Iowa Hill Water Reclamation Facility, Breckenridge Sanitation District, Breckenridge, Colorado.Medium Advanced Plant. 

Beaver Estates Water Pollution Control Plant, Douglasville-Douglas 

County Water & Sewer Authority, Douglasville, Georgia.

Small Advanced Plant. 

Gautier Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pascagoula, Mississippi.Medium Secondary Plant. 

Henniker, New Hampshire Wastewater Treatment Facility, 

Henniker, New Hampshire.

Small Secondary Plant.

Biosolids Management Awards Category

First place: 

Metro Denver—Metrogro Farm, Denver, Colorado ........................... Large Operating Projects (tie). 

Parker Ag Services-NYC Program, Lamar, Colorado ....................... Large Operating Projects (tie). 

Central Davis Sewer District, Kaysville, Utah .................................... Small Operating Projects. 

Dr. Sally Brown, College of Forest Research, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.Research Activities. 

City of Tacoma Wastewater Management, Tacoma, Washington .... Technology/Innovation or Development Activities. 

Second place: 

Clean Water Services of Washington County, Hillsboro, Oregon ..... Large Operating Projects. 

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Sub-category 

Rockingham WWTP & Composting Facility, Rockingham, North 

Carolina.

Small Operating Projects. 

Special award: 

Orange County Sanitation District, Fountain Valley, California ......... Continued commitment to effective program planning, management, 

public outreach and stakeholder involvement, and pioneer efforts in 

developing and implementing their Biosolids Environmental Management Systems (EMS).

Pretreatment Awards Category

First place: 

Borough of Catasauqua, Catasauqua, Pennsylvania ....................... 0 to 5 Significant Industrial Users (SIUs). 

Warwick Sewer Authority, Warwick, Rhode Island ........................... 6–20 SIUs. 

East Bay Municipal Utility District, Oakland, California ..................... 21 & Greater SIUs. 

Second place: 

Kent County Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, Dover, Delaware.6–20 SIUs. 

Columbus Water Works, Columbus, Georgia ................................... 21 & Greater SIUs (tie). 

Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Virginia ............ 21 & Greater SIUs (tie).

Stormwater Management Awards Category

First place: 

Sanitation District No. 1 of Northern Kentucky, Fort Wright, Kentucky.Municipal. 

Second place: 

City of Sacramento Stormwater Quality Improvement Program, 

Sacramento, California.

Municipal.

Combined Sewer Overflow Controls

First place: 

City of Mount Clemens, Mount Clemens, Michigan .......................... Municipal. 

Second place: 

City of Port Huron, Port Huron, Michigan ......................................... Municipal. 

Dated: September 23, 2004. 

Elaine Brenner, 

Acting Director, Office of Wastewater 

Management.

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COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL 

QUALITY 

Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force

AGENCY: Council of Environmental 

Quality.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Council on 

Environmental Quality (‘‘CEQ’’) has 

formed an Interagency Ocean Policy 

Group (‘‘IOPG’’) to develop the 

President’s response to the 

recommendations in the U.S. 

Commission on Ocean Policy’s Final 

Report that was released on September 

20, 2004. In the process of developing 

the Administration response, the IOPG 

is accepting public comments on the 

Commission’s Final Report. Because the 

IOPG has access to the public comments 

submitted to the commission on its 

Preliminary Report, which was released 

on April 20, 2004, the IOPG is seeking 

specific comments on the changes 

introduced in the Final Report.

DATES: Public comments will be 

accepted beginning on Friday, October 

1, 2004. CEQ requests that comments be 

delivered to CEQ no later than the close 

of business (5:30 p.m. EST) on Monday, 

November 1, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send electronic comments 

to: finalreportcomments@noaa.gov.

Comments may be sent by facsimile to: 

(202) 456–9728. Comments may also be 

mailed to Council on Environmental 

Quality, 722 Jackson Place, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 Attention: 

Interagency Ocean Policy Group.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

‘‘Oceans Act Of 2000’’ (Pub. L. 106–256) 

established the U.S. commission on 

Ocean Policy to make recommendations 

for a coordinated and comprehensive 

national ocean policy that will promote: 

(1) Protection of life & property, (2) 

stewardship of ocean & coastal 

resources, (3) protection of marine 

environment and prevention of marine 

pollution, (4) enhancement of maritime 

commerce, (5) expansion of human 

knowledge of the marine environment, 

(6) investments in technologies to 

promote energy and food security, (7) 

close cooperation among government 

agencies, and (8) U.S. leadership in 

ocean & coastal activities. The law 

required the Commission to develop, in 

coordination with the States, a scientific 

advisory panel, and the public, a 

National Oceans Report. This Report 

makes recommendations to the 

President and Congress on ocean and 

coastal issues. The U.S. Commission on 

Ocean Policy’s Final Report was 

released on September 20, 2004, and 

may be found at http://

oceancommission.gov. Section 4 of the 

Oceans Act provides for the President to 

submit to Congress, within ninety (90) 

days of the receipt of this Report, a 

statement of proposals to implement or 

respond to the U.S. Ocean 

Commission’s recommendations for a 

coordinated, comprehensive and longrange national policy for the responsible 

use and stewardship of ocean and 

coastal resources for the benefit of the 

United States. The IOPG will assist in 

the development of the Administration’s 

response to the final recommendations. 

As Chair of the IOPG, and pursuant to