58912 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2004 / Notices 

Dated: September 16, 2004. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 4.

[FR Doc. 04–22085 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7822–8] 

Valley Chemical Superfund Site Notice 

of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency is 

proposing to enter into an Agreement 

that will settle a section 106(b) Petition 

that Hercules filed in 1997 pursuant to 

section 122 of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1) 

concerning the Valley Chemical 

Superfund Site in Greenville, 

Washington County, Mississippi. In the 

Agreement, Hercules agrees to drop its 

section 106(b) Petition in exchange for 

addressing past costs at three other sites 

in Region 4. The sites are the Terry 

Creek Dredge Spoil Area/Hercules 

Outfall Superfund Site located in 

Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia; the 

Hercules 009 Landfill Superfund Site 

located in Brunswick, Glynn County, 

Georgia; and the T.H. Agriculture & 

Nutrition Company Superfund Site 

located in Albany, Dougherty County, 

Georgia. EPA will consider public 

comments on the proposed settlement 

until November 1, 2004. EPA may 

withdraw from or modify the proposed 

settlement should such comments 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate the proposed settlement is 

inappropriate, improper or inadequate. 

Copies of the proposed settlement are 

available from: Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, 

U.S. EPA, Region 4, (WMD–SEIMB), 61 

Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 

30303, (404) 562–8887, 

Batchelor.Paula@EPA.GOV.

Written comments may be submitted 

to Ms. Batchelor within 30 calendar 

days of the date of this publication.

Dated: September 20, 2004. 

Rosalind Brown, 

Chief, Superfund Enforcement & Information 

Management Branch, Waste Management 

Division.

[FR Doc. 04–22086 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7823–1] 

Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES 

General Permits for Certain Publicly 

Owned Treatment Works and Other 

Treatment Works in the States of 

Massachusetts and New Hampshire 

and Indian Country Lands in the State 

of Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft 

NPDES General Permits MAG580000 

and NHG580000. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Environmental 

Protection Agency—Region 1, is today 

providing notice of availability for 

public comment the Draft National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) general permits for certain 

Publicly Owned Treatment Works 

(POTWs) and other treatment works 

treating domestic sewage in the States of 

Massachusetts and New Hampshire and 

Indian Country Lands located in the 

State of Massachusetts. These draft 

general permits establishes notification 

requirements, effluent limitations, 

standards, and prohibitions, for 

discharges to freshwaters and marine 

waters. 

Coverage under these general permits 

will be available to facilities classified 

as minor facilities in Massachusetts or 

classified as major or minor facilities in 

New Hampshire. Owners and/or 

operators of POTWs and other treatment 

works treating domestic sewage, 

including those facilities currently 

authorized to discharge under 

individual NPDES permits, will be 

eligible to apply for coverage under the 

final general permit and will receive a 

written notification from EPA whether 

permit coverage and authorization to 

discharge under one of the general 

permits is approved. The eligibility 

requirements, including the requirement 

that the facility have a dilution factor 

equal to or greater than 50 in the 

receiving water, are discussed in detail 

in the fact sheet and general permits. 

These general permits do not cover new 

sources as defined under 40 CFR 122.2.

DATES: Comments must be received or 

postmarked by midnight on November 

1, 2004. Interested persons may submit 

comments on the draft general permits 

as part of the administrative record to 

the EPA—Region 1 at the address given 

below. Within the comment period, 

interested persons may also request in 

writing a public hearing pursuant to 40 

CFR 124.12 concerning the draft general 

permits. All public comments or 

requests for a public hearing must be 

submitted to the address below.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

hand delivered or mailed to: EPA–

Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection 

(CPE), 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100, 

Boston, Massachusetts 02114–2023 and 

also sent via e-mail to 

wandle.bill@epa.gov. No facsimiles 

(faxes) will be accepted. The draft 

permits are based on an administrative 

record available for public review at 

EPA–Region 1, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection (CPE), 1 Congress Street, 

Suite 1100, Boston, Massachusetts 

02114–2023. Copies of information in 

the record are available upon request. A 

reasonable fee may be charged for 

copying.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information concerning the 

draft permits may be obtained between 

the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday 

through Friday excluding holidays from: 

William Wandle, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1 Congress Street, Suite 1100 

(CPE), Boston, MA 02114–2023, 

telephone: (617) 918–1605, e-mail: 

wandle.bill@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

general permit may be viewed over the 

Internet via the EPA—Region 1 Web site 

for dischargers in Massachusetts at 

http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/

mass.html and for dischargers in New 

Hampshire at http://www.epa.gov/ne/

npdes/newhampshire.html. The draft 

general permits include the freshwater 

and marine acute toxicity protocols, 

sludge guidance, standard permit 

conditions in Part II and the fact sheet 

which sets forth principal facts and the 

significant factual, legal, and policy 

questions considered in the 

development of the draft permits and 

provides the facilities eligible for permit 

coverage. To obtain a paper copy of the 

documents, please contact William 

Wandle using the contact information 

provided above. A reasonable fee may 

be charged for copying requests. 

When the general permits are issued, 

the notice of final issuance will be 

published in the Federal Register. The 

general permits shall be effective on the 

date specified in the notice of final 

issuance of the general permits 

published in the Federal Register and 

will expire five years from the effective 

date.

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

Dated: August 23, 2004. 

Robert W. Varney, 

Regional Administrator, Region 1.

[FR Doc. 04–22082 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

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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.