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List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Pesticides pest, and butylate. 

Dated: July 25, 2011. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–UST–2010–0651; FRL–9447–3] 

Compatibility of Underground Storage 

Tank Systems With Biofuel Blends; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: This document contains a 

typographical correction to the guidance 

which was published in the Federal 

Register of Tuesday, July 5, 2011. The 

guidance described how owners and 

operators of underground storage tanks 

(USTs) can demonstrate compliance 

with the Federal compatibility 

requirement for UST systems storing 

gasoline greater than 10 percent ethanol 

or diesel containing greater than 20 

percent biodiesel. That guidance 

contained a typographical error which 

this action corrects. The complete, 

corrected version of the guidance can be 

found on EPA’s Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Barbery, (703) 603–7137. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of July 5, 

2011, in 76 FR 39095, on page 39100, 

in the second column, correct the fourth 

paragraph under ‘‘IV. Final Guidance’’ 

to read: 

The discussion in this document is 

intended solely as guidance. The statutory 

provisions and EPA regulations described in 

this document contain legally binding 

requirements. This document is not a 

regulation itself, nor does it change or 

substitute for those provisions and 

regulations. Thus, it does not impose legally 

binding requirements on EPA, states, or the 

regulated community. 

Dated: July 28, 2011. 

Mathy Stanislaus, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9447–2] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approvals, Commonwealth of 

Kentucky 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the Commonwealth of 

Kentucky’s request to revise certain of 

its EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

August 3, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi 

Huffer, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Environmental 

Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1697, 

huffer.evi@epa.gov, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, or Karen 

Seeh, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Environmental 

Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Under subpart 

D of CROMERR, state, tribe or local 

government agencies that receive, or 

wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D also provides standards for 

such approvals based on consideration 

of the electronic document receiving 

systems that the state, tribe, or local 

government will use to implement the 

electronic reporting. Additionally, in 

§ 3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, 

subpart D provides special procedures 

for program revisions and modifications 

to allow electronic reporting, to be used 

at the option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On December 20, 2010, the Kentucky 

Department for Environmental 

Protection (KY DEP) submitted an 

application for its Net Discharge 

Monitoring Report (NetDMR) electronic 

document receiving system for revision/ 

modification of its EPA-authorized 

programs under title 40 CFR. EPA 

reviewed KY DEP’s request to revise its 

EPA-authorized programs and, based on 

this review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program 

revisions/modifications set out in 40 

CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of 

EPA’s decision to approve Kentucky’s 

request for revision to its 40 CFR Part 

123– National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) State 

Program Requirements and part 403– 

General Pretreatment Regulations For 

Existing And New Sources Of Pollution 

EPA-authorized programs for electronic 

reporting of discharge monitoring report 

information submitted under 40 CFR 

parts 122 and 403 is being published in 

the Federal Register. 

KY DEP was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Dated: July 28, 2011. 

Arnold E. Layne, 

Acting Director, Office of Information 

Collection. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0582; FRL–8881–9] 

FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: There will be a 2-day 

consultation meeting of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA 

SAP) to consider and review scientific 

issues concerning the Two-dimensional 


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Exposure Rainfall-Runoff Assessment 

(TERRA) Watershed Model and its use 

in the FIFRA Ecological Risk 

Assessment for Antimicrobial Uses of 

Copper. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 25–26, 2011, from 

approximately 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

Comments. The Agency encourages 

that written comments be submitted by 

October 11, 2011, and requests for oral 

comments be submitted by October 18, 

2011. However, written comments and 

requests to make oral comments may be 

submitted until the date of the meeting, 

but anyone submitting written 

comments after October 11, 2011, 

should contact the Designated Federal 

Official (DFO) listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. For additional 

instructions, see Unit I.C. of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

Nominations. Nominations of 

candidates to serve as ad hoc members 

of FIFRA SAP for this meeting should 

be provided on or before August 17, 

2011. 

Webcast. This meeting may be 

webcast. Please refer to the FIFRA SAP’s 

Web site, http://www.epa.gov/scipoly/ 

SAP for information on how to access 

the webcast. Please note that the 

webcast is a supplementary public 

process provided only for convenience. 

If difficulties arise resulting in 

webcasting outages, the meeting will 

continue as planned. 

Special accommodations. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, and to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Center, Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 

Comments: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0582, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility ’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011– 

0582. If your comments contain any 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected, please contact 

the DFO listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT to obtain special 

instructions before submitting your 

comments. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available on-line at http:// 

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 regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, 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 EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. 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, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

Nominations, requests to present oral 

comments, and requests for special 

accommodations: Submit nominations 

to serve as ad hoc members of FIFRA 

SAP, requests for special seating 

accommodations, or requests to present 

oral comments to the DFO listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Jenkins, Jr., DFO, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–3327; fax number: (202) 564– 

8382; e-mail address: 

jenkins.fred@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing of chemical 

substances under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act, FIFRA, and the 

Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 

(FQPA). Since other entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the DFO 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

When submitting comments, 

remember to: 

1. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

2. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

3. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

4. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

5. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

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6. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

7. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

8. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

C. How may I participate in this 

meeting? 

You may participate in this meeting 

by following the instructions in this 

unit. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

it is imperative that you identify docket 

ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0582 in 

the subject line on the first page of your 

request. 

1. Written comments. The Agency 

encourages that written comments be 

submitted, using the instructions in 

ADDRESSES, no later than October 11, 

2011, to provide FIFRA SAP the time 

necessary to consider and review the 

written comments. Written comments 

are accepted until the date of the 

meeting, but anyone submitting written 

comments after October 11, 2011, 

should contact the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Anyone 

submitting written comments at the 

meeting should bring 30 copies for 

distribution to FIFRA SAP. 

2. Oral comments. The Agency 

encourages that each individual or 

group wishing to make brief oral 

comments to FIFRA SAP submit their 

request to the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT no later 

than October 18, 2011, in order to be 

included on the meeting agenda. 

Requests to present oral comments will 

be accepted until the date of the meeting 

and, to the extent that time permits, the 

Chair of FIFRA SAP may permit the 

presentation of oral comments at the 

meeting by interested persons who have 

not previously requested time. The 

request should identify the name of the 

individual making the presentation, the 

organization (if any) the individual will 

represent, and any requirements for 

audiovisual equipment (e.g., overhead 

projector, 35 mm projector, chalkboard). 

Oral comments before FIFRA SAP are 

limited to approximately 5 minutes 

unless prior arrangements have been 

made. In addition, each speaker should 

bring 30 copies of his or her comments 

and presentation slides for distribution 

to the FIFRA SAP at the meeting. 

3. Seating at the meeting. Seating at 

the meeting will be open and on a firstcome basis. 

4. Request for nominations to serve as 

ad hoc members of FIFRA SAP for this 

meeting. As part of a broader process for 

developing a pool of candidates for each 

meeting, FIFRA SAP staff routinely 

solicits the stakeholder community for 

nominations of prospective candidates 

for service as ad hoc members of FIFRA 

SAP. Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals to be considered as 

prospective candidates for a specific 

meeting. Individuals nominated for this 

meeting should have expertise in one or 

more of the following areas: Watershed 

modeling, pesticide exposure modeling, 

environmental fate science including 

hydrology, soil science and chemistry, 

Geographic Information Systems, and 

urban pesticide exposure modeling. 

Nominees should be scientists who have 

sufficient professional qualifications, 

including training and experience, to be 

capable of providing expert comments 

on the scientific issues for this meeting. 

Nominees should be identified by name, 

occupation, position, address, and 

telephone number. Nominations should 

be provided to the DFO listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or 

before August 17, 2011. The Agency 

will consider all nominations of 

prospective candidates for this meeting 

that are received on or before this date. 

However, final selection of ad hoc 

members for this meeting is a 

discretionary function of the Agency. 

The selection of scientists to serve on 

FIFRA SAP is based on the function of 

the panel and the expertise needed to 

address the Agency’s charge to the 

panel. No interested scientists shall be 

ineligible to serve by reason of their 

membership on any other advisory 

committee to a Federal department or 

agency or their employment by a 

Federal department or agency except the 

EPA. Other factors considered during 

the selection process include 

availability of the potential panel 

member to fully participate in the 

panel’s reviews, absence of any conflicts 

of interest or appearance of lack of 

impartiality, independence with respect 

to the matters under review, and lack of 

bias. Although financial conflicts of 

interest, the appearance of lack of 

impartiality, lack of independence, and 

bias may result in disqualification, the 

absence of such concerns does not 

assure that a candidate will be selected 

to serve on FIFRA SAP. Numerous 

qualified candidates are identified for 

each panel. Therefore, selection 

decisions involve carefully weighing a 

number of factors including the 

candidates’ areas of expertise and 

professional qualifications and 

achieving an overall balance of different 

scientific perspectives on the panel. In 

order to have the collective breadth of 

experience needed to address the 

Agency’s charge for this meeting, the 

Agency anticipates selecting 

approximately 10 ad hoc scientists. 

FIFRA SAP members are subject to 

the provisions of 5 CFR part 2634, 

Executive Branch Financial Disclosure, 

as supplemented by the EPA in 5 CFR 

part 6401. In anticipation of this 

requirement, prospective candidates for 

service on the FIFRA SAP will be asked 

to submit confidential financial 

information which shall fully disclose, 

among other financial interests, the 

candidate’s employment, stocks and 

bonds, and where applicable, sources of 

research support. The EPA will evaluate 

the candidates financial disclosure form 

to assess whether there are financial 

conflicts of interest, appearance of a 

lack of impartiality or any prior 

involvement with the development of 

the documents under consideration 

(including previous scientific peer 

review) before the candidate is 

considered further for service on FIFRA 

SAP. Those who are selected from the 

pool of prospective candidates will be 

asked to attend the public meetings and 

to participate in the discussion of key 

issues and assumptions at these 

meetings. In addition, they will be asked 

to review and to help finalize the 

meeting minutes. The list of FIFRA SAP 

members participating at this meeting 

will be posted on the FIFRA SAP Web 

site at http://epa.gov/scipoly/sap or may 

be obtained from the OPP Regulatory 

Public Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

II. Background 

A. Purpose of FIFRA SAP 

FIFRA SAP serves as the primary 

scientific peer review mechanism of 

EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and is 

structured to provide scientific advice, 

information and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on pesticides 

and pesticide-related issues as to the 

impact of regulatory actions on health 

and the environment. FIFRA SAP is a 

Federal advisory committee established 

in 1975 under FIFRA that operates in 

accordance with requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. FIFRA 

SAP is composed of a permanent panel 

consisting of seven members who are 

appointed by the EPA Administrator 

from nominees provided by the National 

Institutes of Health and the National 

Science Foundation. FIFRA, as 

amended by FQPA, established a 

Science Review Board consisting of at 

least 60 scientists who are available to 

the SAP on an ad hoc basis to assist in 

reviews conducted by the SAP. As a 

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provides comments, evaluations and 

recommendations to improve the 

effectiveness and quality of analyses 

made by Agency scientists. Members of 

FIFRA SAP are scientists who have 

sufficient professional qualifications, 

including training and experience, to 

provide expert advice and 

recommendation to the Agency. 

B. Public Meeting 

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

performs ecological risk assessments 

under the authority provided in FIFRA, 

as amended by the FQPA, to ensure that 

a pesticide does not pose any 

unreasonable risks to the environment. 

The Agency utilizes a combination of 

data submitted by pesticide 

manufacturers, open literature, and 

computer models to conduct risk 

assessments and to evaluate the 

potential hazards posed by a pesticide 

to non-target species and the 

environment. Models are an essential 

part of the risk assessment process 

because they allow the Agency to 

perform nationwide environmental 

exposure assessments in the absence of 

nationwide spatially explicit monitoring 

data for each chemical. 

The most recent ecological risk 

assessment for antimicrobial uses of 

copper, completed in 2010 as part of its 

reregistration process, used the ‘‘Biotic 

Ligand Model’’ to estimate aqueous 

exposures from wood preservative and 

roofing shingle uses and the ‘‘Marine 

Antifoulant Model to Predict 

Environmental Concentrations’’ (MAM– 

PEC Model; version 2) to evaluate 

exposure from antifoulant uses of 

copper. The Agency anticipates 

conducting a complete ecological risk 

assessment, including an endangered 

species assessment, for all pesticidal 

uses of copper through its registration 

review process. The Final Work Plan for 

the registration review of copper was 

published in March 2011. Documents 

related to the reregistration and 

registration review of copper can be 

found at regulations.gov in dockets 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0558 and EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2010–0212, respectively. 

The TERRAWatershed Model has 

been proposed by the American 

Chemistry Council as a refined model 

for estimating environmental exposure 

from the use of copper as an 

antimicrobial pesticide. The TERRA 

Model uses a generalized watershed 

rainfall-runoff, sediment transport, and 

contaminant transport modeling 

framework. It is a spatially distributed 

watershed model which allows for 

multiple use patterns of antimicrobial 

copper to be simulated simultaneously 

across a watershed, thereby providing a 

cumulative aqueous exposure profile 

from antimicrobial uses of copper at any 

point in the watershed. 

The purpose of the SAP Consultation 

is to obtain an independent evaluation 

of the TERRA watershed-scale model 

and to gain advice on the application of 

TERRA as a regulatory model, 

specifically as applied to the 

antimicrobial copper risk assessment. 

C. FIFRA SAP Documents and Meeting 

Minutes 

EPA’s background paper, related 

supporting materials, charge/questions 

to FIFRA SAP, FIFRA SAP composition 

(i.e., members and ad hoc members for 

this meeting), and the meeting agenda 

will be available by approximately late 

September. In addition, the Agency may 

provide additional background 

documents as the materials become 

available. You may obtain electronic 

copies of these documents, and certain 

other related documents that might be 

available electronically, at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and the FIFRA 

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

scipoly/sap. 

FIFRA SAP will prepare meeting 

minutes summarizing its 

recommendations to the Agency 

approximately 90 days after the 

meeting. The meeting minutes will be 

posted on the FIFRA SAP Web site or 

may be obtained from the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: July 19, 2011. 

Frank Sanders, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9447–5] 

Modification of the Expiration Date for 

the National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System General Permit for 

Stormwater Discharges From 

Construction Activities on Tribal Lands 

Within the Southeastern United States 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA Region 4 is modifying 

the expiration date of the National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) general permit authorizing the 

discharge of stormwater from 

construction activities on Tribal Lands 

within the states of Alabama, Florida, 

Mississippi and North Carolina. This 

modification will extend the NPDES 

construction general permit (CGP), 

hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the Region 4 

CGP,’’ so that it expires on September 1, 

2012 instead of August 31, 2011. The 

purpose of extending the expiration date 

is to ensure that there is no lapse in 

permit coverage prior to the effective 

date of the issuance of a new permit, 

hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the new 

National CGP,’’ which was proposed as 

draft for public review and comment on 

April 25, 2011. The Region 4 CGP was 

issued on September 1, 2009, and the 

modification of the expiration date 

makes it a three-year permit. By Federal 

law, no NPDES permit may be issued for 

a period that exceeds five years. The 

extension complies with this restriction. 

DATES: EPA is finalizing a modification 

to the Region 4 CGP that extends the 

permit until September 1, 2012 instead 

of August 31, 2011. The Region 4 CGP 

will now expire at midnight, on 

September 1, 2012, or on the effective 

date of the new National CGP, 

whichever is earlier. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alanna Conley or Michael Mitchell of 

the Stormwater and Nonpoint Source 

Section, Water Protection Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., 

Atlanta, GA 30303; telephone number: 

(404) 562–9443 or (404) 562–9303; fax 

number: (404) 562–8692; e-mail 

address: conley.alanna@epa.gov or 

mitchell.michael@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

If a discharger chooses to apply for 

coverage under the Region 4 CGP, the 

permit provides specific requirements 

for preventing contamination of 

waterbodies from stormwater discharges 

from the following construction 

activities: 


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