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FERC Contact: Christiane Casey, 

christiane.casey@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 

8577. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and five copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–14593) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Dated: August 6, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9915–10–Region 10] 

Reissuance of the NPDES General 

Permit for Groundwater Remediation 

Facilities in Idaho (Permit Number 

IDG911000) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

NPDES General Permit. 

SUMMARY: The Associate Director, Office 

of Water and Watersheds, EPA Region 

10, is publishing this notice of 

availability of the final National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) General Permit for 

Groundwater Remediation Facilities in 

Idaho (the GWGP), Permit No. 

IDG911000. The GWGP authorizes 

groundwater discharges to waters of the 

United States in Idaho, as authorized by 

Section 402 of the Clean Water Act 

(CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1342. The GWGP 

contains effluent limitations and other 

requirements that ensure that these 

remediated groundwater discharges will 

not cause or contribute to impairments 

of the beneficial uses of the receiving 

waters or impair other surface water 

quality standards (WQS) codified at 

Idaho Administrative Procedures Act 

(IDAPA) 58.01.02 

DATES: The issuance date of the GWGP 

is August 28, 2014. The GWGP shall 

become effective on September 15, 

2014. New operators seeking coverage 

under the GWGP must submit a Notice 

of Intent (NOI) to discharge at least 180 

days prior to the anticipated 

commencement of a discharge. 

Operators that have administratively 

extended coverage under the 2007 

GWGP shall be authorized to discharge 

upon receipt of an EPA authorization 

letter after the GWGP becomes effective. 

These dischargers include Univar USA, 

Inc., PacifiCorp Idaho Falls Pole Yard, 

and McCall Oil and Chemical Company. 

A new facility seeking coverage, Boise 

State University (BSU), submitted an 

initial application on January 25, 2013 

and additional NOI information on 

October 25, 2013. BSU will also be 

authorized to discharge under the 

GWGP upon receipt of an EPA 

authorization letter after the GWGP 

becomes effective. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the GWGP, the 

Response to Comments document, and 

the Fact Sheet may be found on the 

Region 10 Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/region10/water/npdes/

generalpermits.html. Copies of the 

documents are also available upon 

request. Written requests for copies of 

the documents may be submitted to 

EPA, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Suite 900, OWW–130, Seattle, WA 

98101. Electronic requests may be sent 

to: washington.audrey@epa.gov. 

Requests by telephone may be made to 

Audrey Washington at (206) 553–0523. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill 

Nogi at (206) 553–1841 or nogi.jill@

epa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On June 30, 2012, the previous 

NPDES General Permit for Groundwater 

Remediation Facilities in Idaho (GWGP) 

expired. EPA solicited public comments 

on the draft GWGP in the Federal 

Register on April 3, 2014. The GWGP no 

longer provides authorization for 

groundwater discharges from mining 

operations. Those existing mining 

operations with an EPA administrative 

extension of coverage under the 2007 

General Permit may continue to operate 

under the limitations and conditions 

specified under the 2007 General Permit 

until such time as a new Permit is 

issued for those facilities. 

Notices of the draft GWGP were 

published in the Idaho Statesman and 

the Idaho Hispano newspapers on April 

3, 2014, and the City of Nampa Parks 

and Recreation Summer Activity Guide 

on April 15, 2014. An informational 

public meeting was held in Boise on 

May 1, 2014. The 45-day comment 

period closed on May 19, 2014. Changes 

have been made to the GWGP in 

response to comments received during 

the public review period. All comments, 

along with the EPA’s responses, are 

summarized in the Response to 

Comments document. 

State Certification of the Idaho 

GWGP. Pursuant to Section 401 of the 

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341, on July 

25, 2014, the State of Idaho Department 

of Environmental Quality (DEQ) 

certified that the conditions of the 

GWGP comply with State WQS at 

IDAPA 58.01.02, including the State’s 

antidegradation policy. 

Endangered Species Act. Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 

U.S.C. 1531–1544, requires federal 

agencies to consult with the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS) if their actions have the 

potential to either beneficially or 

adversely affect any threatened or 

endangered species, or designated 

critical habitat. 

EPA evaluated the GWGP and 

determined that the issuance of the 

GWGP will have no effect on any 

threatened, endangered, or candidate 

species; designated critical habitat; and 

therefore, ESA consultation was not 

required. 

Essential Fish Habitat. The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

requires EPA to consult with NOAA– 

NMFS when a proposed discharge has 

the potential to adversely affect an 

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). EPA’s EFH 

assessment concluded that the 

discharges authorized by the GWGP will 

not adversely affect EFH or those 

species regulated under a Federal 

Fisheries Management Plan. 

Executive Order 12866. The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

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requirements of Executive Order 12866 

pursuant to Section 6 of that order. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

information collection requirements of 

the GWGP are consistent with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. 5 U.S.C. 

601 et seq., requires that EPA prepare a 

regulatory flexibility analysis on rules 

subject to the requirements of the 

Administrative Procedures Act [APA, 5 

U.S.C. 553] that have a significant 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. However, EPA has concluded 

that NPDES General Permits are not 

rulemakings under the APA, and are 

therefore not subject to APA rulemaking 

requirements or the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA). 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

Section 201 of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act (UMRA), Public Law 104–4, 

generally requires federal agencies to 

assess the effects of their regulatory 

actions (defined to be the same as rules 

subject to the RFA) on tribal, state, and 

local governments and the private 

sector. However, the Idaho GWGP is not 

subject to the RFA, and are therefore not 

subject to the UMRA. 

Appeal of Permit. Any interested 

person may appeal the Idaho GWGP in 

the Federal Court of Appeals in 

accordance with section 509(b)(1) of the 

Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1369(b)(1). 

This appeal must be filed within 120 

days of the Permit issuance date. 

Persons affected by the Permit may not 

challenge the conditions of the Permit 

in further EPA proceedings (see 40 CFR 

124.19). Instead, they may either 

challenge the Permit in court or apply 

for an individual NPDES Permit. 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of Section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1342. I hereby provide public 

notice of the final Permit action in 

accordance with 40 CFR 124.15(b). 

Dated: August 4, 2014. 

Christine Psyk, 

Associate Director, Office of Water & 

Watersheds, Region 10, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2014–0581; FRL–9915–07– 

ORD] 

Notice of Availability of the Risk 

Assessment Forum White Paper: 

Probabilistic Risk Assessment 

Methods and Case Studies and 

Probabilistic Risk Assessment To 

Inform Decision Making: Frequently 

Asked Questions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of ‘‘Risk Assessment Forum 

White Paper: Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment Methods and Case Studies’’ 

and its companion document 

‘‘Probabilistic Risk Assessment to 

Inform Decision Making: Frequently 

Asked Questions.’’ The drafts were 

released for public comment, and 

externally peer reviewed by experts 

from academia, industry, environmental 

groups, and other government agencies. 

DATES: The document will be available 

for use by EPA risk assessors and other 

interested parties on August 12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The Risk Assessment Forum 

White Paper: Probabilistic Risk 

Assessment Methods and Case Studies 

and Probabilistic Risk Assessment to 

Inform Decision Making: Frequently 

Asked Questions are available 

electronically through the EPA Web site 

at http://epa.gov/raf/prawhitepaper/ 

index.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 

S. Schoeny, Office of the Science 

Advisor, Mail Code 8105R, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number (202) 566– 

1127; fax number (202) 565–2911; or 

email: schoeny.rita@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PRA 

began playing an increasingly important 

role in Agency risk assessments 

following the 1997 release of EPA’s 

Policy for Use of Probabilistic Analysis 

in Risk Assessment at the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

publication of the Guiding Principles for 

Monte-Carlo Analysis. PRA was a major 

focus in an associated review of EPA 

risk assessment practices by the Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) (Letter from M. 

G. Morgan and R. T. Parkin, Science 

Advisory Board, to S. Johnson, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. 

February 28, 2007. EPA/SAB–07/003). 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/55E1B2C78C60

85EB8525729C00573A3E/$File/sab-07- 

003.pdf). Both this white paper and the 

companion FAQ document address 

recommendations on risk assessment 

processes described in the U.S. National 

Research Council’s (NRC) report Science 

and Decisions: Advancing Risk 

Assessment. The white paper and FAQ 

documents were released for public 

comment in September 2009 and 

underwent external peer review in May 

2010. 

PRA is a group of techniques that 

incorporate variability and uncertainty 

into the risk assessment process. PRA 

provides estimates of the range and 

likelihood of a hazard, exposure, or risk, 

rather than a single point estimate. It 

can provide a more complete 

characterization of risks, including 

uncertainties and variability, to protect 

more sensitive or vulnerable 

populations and lifestages. The 

information obtained from a PRA can be 

used by decision makers to weigh risks 

from decision alternatives, or to invest 

in research with the greatest impact on 

risk estimate uncertainty. 

These documents describe how PRA 

can be applied to enhance the scientific 

foundation for decision making across 

the Agency. They were created in 

response to recommendation of 

numerous advisory bodies, including 

the SAB and NRC; these groups 

recommended that EPA incorporate 

probabilistic analyses into Agency 

decision-making processes. This white 

paper and accompanying FAQ explain 

how EPA can use probabilistic methods 

to address data, model, and scenario 

uncertainty and variability by 

capitalizing on the wide array of tools 

and methods that comprise PRA. 

Both documents address issues such 

as variability and uncertainty, their 

relevance to decision making, and the 

PRA goal of providing quantitative 

characterization of the uncertainty and 

variability in estimates of hazard, 

exposure, or risk. The difference 

between the white paper and the FAQs 

document is the level of detail provided 

about PRA concepts and practices and 

the intended audience (e.g., risk 

assessors for the white paper vs. 

decision makers) for the FAQ document. 

Dated: July 31, 2014. 

Robert Kavlock, 

Interim EPA Science Advisor. 

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