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registration_review. Links to earlier 

documents related to the registration 

review of these pesticide are provided 

at: http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review/butylate/, http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review/fenoxycarb/, http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review/ 

sodium_tetrathiocarbonate/, and http:// 

www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/ 

registration_review/temephos/. 

B. What is the agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 3(g) of FIFRA and 40 CFR part 

155, subpart C, provide authority for 

this action. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Registration review, Pesticides and 

pests, Butylate, Fenoxycarb, Sodium 

tetrathiocarbonate, and Temephos. 

Dated: December 21, 2011. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–212 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0933; FRL–9328–2] 

Imidacloprid, Oxamyl, and Methomyl; 

Notice of Receipt of Requests to 

Voluntarily Amend Pesticide 

Registrations To Terminate Certain 

Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 

notice of receipt of requests by 

registrants to voluntarily amend certain 

imidacloprid product registrations to 

delete use on almonds, to voluntarily 

amend oxamyl product registrations to 

delete use on soybeans, and to 

voluntarily amend methomyl product 

registrations to delete use on grapes. 

The requests would not terminate the 

last imidacloprid, oxamyl, or methomyl 

products registered for use in the United 

States. EPA intends to grant these 

requests at the close of the comment 

period for this announcement unless it 

receives substantive comments within 

the comment period that would merit 

further review of the request, or unless 

one or more of the registrants withdraws 

its request. If the Agency grants these 

requests, any sale, distribution, or use of 

products listed in this notice will be 

permitted after the uses are deleted only 

if such sale, distribution, or use is 

consistent with the terms as described 

in the final order. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 10, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0933 and 

pesticide active ingredient to which 

they pertain (imidacloprid, oxamyl, or 

methomyl), 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– 

0933, and identify the pesticide active 

ingredient (imidacloprid, oxamyl, or 

methomyl) to which they pertain. EPA’s 

policy is that all comments received 

will be included in the docket without 

change and may be made available online 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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact the appropriate Chemical 

Review Manager identified in the table 

in this unit for the pesticide active 

ingredient of interest: 

Pesticide active ingredient 

Chemical review manager’s 

name and contact information 

Imidacloprid .... Rusty Wasem, Telephone 

number: (703) 305–6979, 

email address: 

wasem.russell@epa.gov. 

Methomyl ....... Tom Myers, Telephone number: (703) 308–8589, 

email address: 

myers.tom@epa.gov. 

Oxamyl ........... Monica Wait, Telephone 

number: (703) 347–8019, 

email address: 

wait.monica@epa.gov. 

Alternatively, you can write to the 

appropriate Chemical Review Manager’s 

attention at: Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

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environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may 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 person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How do I submit comments and other 

related information? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. 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. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information 

and/or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Background on the Receipt of 

Requests To Amend Registrations To 

Delete Uses 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of requests from Bayer CropScience, 

United Phosphorus, Source Dynamics, 

IPM Resources, Makhteshim Agan, 

Sharda, and Willowood to delete the 

almond use from imidacloprid product 

registrations. This notice also 

announces receipt by EPA of requests 

from DuPont Crop Protection to delete 

the soybean use from oxamyl product 

registrations and to delete the grape use 

from methomyl product registrations. 

In letters dated February 25, 2011 

(Bayer CropScience), March 10, 2011 

(United Phosphorus, Source Dynamics, 

Willowood), March 14, 2011 (Sharda 

USA LLC), March 16, 2011 (Sharda 

Worldwide Exports PVT. LTD.), March 

17, 2011 (IPM Resources), and March 

18, 2011 (Makhteshim Agan), registrants 

requested that the EPA amend the 

respective imidacloprid product 

registrations to delete use on almonds, 

summarized in Table 1 of Unit III. These 

cancellations are not due to human 

health (dietary) issues. Imidacloprid is a 

systemic neonicotinoid insecticide used 

on food crops, ornamentals, turf, seed 

treatments, domestic pets, and 

structural pests. The deletion of these 

uses will not terminate the last 

imidacloprid products registered in the 

United States. 

In a letter dated October 19, 2011, 

DuPont Crop Protection requested that 

the EPA amend the respective oxamyl 

product registrations to delete use on 

soybeans, summarized in Table 1 of 

Unit III. Oxamyl is a restricted use Nmethyl carbamate (NMC) insecticide, 

acaricide, miticide, nematicide, and 

plant growth regulator registered for use 

on a variety of fruits, vegetables, and 

field crops. It is a member of the NMC 

class of chemicals that share a common 

mechanism of toxicity and inhibit 

acetylcholinesterase. Use of oxamyl on 

soybeans was removed from all oxamyl 

product labels in 2006 following the 

Oxamyl Reregistration Eligibility 

Decision. Deletion of the soybean use 

will not terminate the last oxamyl 

products registered in the United States. 

In a letter dated November 18, 2010, 

DuPont Crop Protection requested that 

the EPA amend the respective 

methomyl product registrations to 

delete use on grapes, summarized in 

Table 1 of Unit III. Methomyl is an NMC 

insecticide and miticide, registered for 

use on a variety of fruits, vegetables, and 

field crops. Deletion of the grape use 

will not terminate the last methomyl 

products registered in the United States. 

III. What action is the agency taking? 

This notice announces receipt by EPA 

of requests from registrants to delete 

almond uses of imidacloprid product 

registrations, the soybean uses of 

oxamyl product registrations, and the 

grape uses of methomyl product 

registrations. These requests terminate 

the use of imidacloprid on almonds, 

oxamyl on soybeans, and methomyl on 

grapes. The affected products and the 

registrants making the requests are 

identified in Table 1 of this unit. 

Unless a request is withdrawn by the 

registrant or if the Agency determines 

that there are substantive comments that 

warrant further review of this request, 

EPA intends to issue an order amending 

the affected registrations. 

TABLE 1—PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENT

EPA Registration No. Product name Active ingredient Uses to be deleted 

264–755 ............................ Imidacloprid Technical ................................................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

264–756 ............................ Merit 75% Concentrate Insecticide ............................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

264–1131 .......................... Gaucho 600 Flowable Concentrate ............................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

66222–156 ........................ MANA Alias 4F ............................................................ Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

66222–228 ........................ Pasada 1.6 Flowable Insecticide ................................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

70506–122 ........................ UPI Imidacloprid Technical Insecticide ....................... Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

70506–153 ........................ Imidacloprid 70 DF Agricultural Insecticide ................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

70506–154 ........................ Fist 1.6 F Insecticide ................................................... Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

81598–5 ............................ Rotam Imidacloprid Technical ..................................... Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

82542–16 .......................... Technical Imidacloprid ................................................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

82542–25 .......................... Imidacloprid 2F Insecticide .......................................... Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

82633–8 ............................ Imidacloprid Technical ................................................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

83529–6 ............................ Midash Forte Insecticide ............................................. Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 


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TABLE 1—PRODUCT REGISTRATIONS WITH PENDING REQUESTS FOR AMENDMENT—Continued 

EPA Registration No. Product name Active ingredient Uses to be deleted 

87290–14 .......................... Willowood Imidacloprid 4SC ........................................ Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

83558–34 .......................... Imidacloprid Technical Insecticide ............................... Imidacloprid ........................................ Almonds. 

352–372 ............................ Vydate L Insecticide/Nematicide ................................. Oxamyl ............................................... Soybeans. 

352–400 ............................ DuPont Oxamyl Technical 42 Insecticide/Nematicide Oxamyl ............................................... Soybeans. 

352–532 ............................ Vydate C–LV Insecticide/Nematicide .......................... Oxamyl ............................................... Soybeans. 

352–361 ............................ DuPont Methomyl Composition ................................... Methomyl ........................................... Grapes. 

352–366 ............................ DuPont Methomyl Technical ....................................... Methomyl ........................................... Grapes. 

Table 2 of this unit includes the name 

and address of record for the registrants 

of the products listed in Table 1 of this 

unit, by EPA company number. This 

number corresponds to the first part of 

the EPA registration numbers of the 

products listed in Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 2—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING

AMENDMENT

EPA Company 

No. Company name and address 

264 ................. Bayer CropScience, 2 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 

12014, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709. 

352 ................. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours 

and Co., Inc., DuPont 

Crop Protection, 1007 

Market Street, Wilmington, 

DE 19898. 

66222 ............. Makhteshim Agan of North 

America, Inc., 4515 Falls 

of Neuse Road, Suite 300, 

Raleigh, NC 27609. 

70506 ............. United Phosphorus, Inc., 630 

Freedom Business Center, 

Suite 402, King of Prussia, 

PA 19406. 

81598 ............. IPM Resources LLC, 4032 

Crockers Lake Blvd., Suite 

818, Sarasota, FL 34238. 

82542 ............. Source Dynamics, Inc., 

10039 E. Troon North 

Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 

85262. 

82633 ............. Sharda Worldwide Exports, 

7460 Lancaster Pike, Suite 

9, Hockessin, DE 19707. 

83529 ............. Sharda USA LLC., 7460 

Lancaster Pike, Suite 9, 

Hockessin, DE 19707. 

83558 ............. Celsius Property B.V. Amsterdam (NL), c/o 

Makhteshim Agan of North 

America, Inc., 4515 Falls 

of Neuse Road, Suite 300, 

Raleigh, NC 27609. 

87290 ............. Willowood, LLC, 1600 NW 

Garden Valley Blvd., Suite 

130, Roseburg, OR 97471. 

IV. What is the agency’s authority for 

taking this action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be canceled or 

amended to terminate one or more uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

in the Federal Register. Section 

6(f)(1)(B) of FIFRA requires that before 

acting on a request for voluntary 

cancellation, EPA must provide a 30- 

day public comment period on the 

request for voluntary cancellation or use 

termination. In addition, FIFRA section 

6(f)(1)(C) requires that EPA provide a 

180-day comment period on a request 

for voluntary cancellation or 

termination of any minor agricultural 

use before granting the request, unless: 

1. The registrants request a waiver of 

the comment period, or 

2. The EPA Administrator determines 

that continued use of the pesticide 

would pose an unreasonable adverse 

effect on the environment. 

The imidacloprid and methomyl 

registrants associated with this action 

have requested EPA waive the 180-day 

comment period. The oxamyl 

registrant’s request to delete the soybean 

use does not constitute a minor 

agricultural use, and as such, the 180- 

day comment period does not apply. 

Accordingly, EPA will provide a 30-day 

comment period on the proposed 

imidacloprid, oxamyl, and methomyl 

requests. 

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Requests 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for product cancellation or use 

deletion should submit the withdrawal 

in writing to the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, no later 

than 30 days from publication of this 

notice. If the products have been subject 

to a previous cancellation action, the 

effective date of cancellation and all 

other provisions of any earlier 

cancellation action are controlling. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products that are 

currently in the United States and that 

were packaged, labeled, and released for 

shipment prior to the effective date of 

the action. If the requests for 

amendments to delete uses are granted, 

the Agency intends to publish the 

cancellation order in the Federal 

Register. 

In any order issued in response to 

these requests for amendments to delete 

uses, EPA proposes to include the 

following provisions for the treatment of 

any existing stocks of the products 

listed in Table 1 of Unit III. 

For imidacloprid, the registrants 

listed in Table 1 will be permitted to 

sell and distribute existing stocks of 

products under the previously approved 

labeling for a period of 18 months after 

publication of the cancellation order in 

the Federal Register. Thereafter, 

registrants will be prohibited from 

selling or distributing the products 

whose labels include the deleted uses 

identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except 

for export consistent with FIFRA section 

17 or for proper disposal. 

Persons other than the registrant may 

sell, distribute, or use existing stocks of 

products (including those of (24c) 

Special Local Needs Registration) whose 

labels include the deleted uses until 

such stocks are exhausted, provided that 

such sale, distribution, or use is 

consistent with the terms of the 

previously approved labeling on, or that 

accompanied, the deleted uses. 

Once EPA has approved amended 

imidacloprid product labels reflecting 

the requested amendments to delete 

almond uses, registrants will be 

permitted to sell or distribute products 

under the previously approved labeling 

for a period of 18 months after the date 

of Federal Register publication of the 

cancellation order, unless other 

restrictions have been imposed. 

Thereafter, registrants will be prohibited 

from selling or distributing the products 

whose labels include the deleted uses 

identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except 

for export consistent with FIFRA section 

17 or for proper disposal. 

For methomyl, now that EPA has 

approved amended product labels 

reflecting the requested amendments to 

delete the grape use, the registrants will 

be permitted to sell or distribute 

products under the previously approved 


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labeling until June 8, 2012. Thereafter, 

registrants will be prohibited from 

selling or distributing the products 

whose labels include the deleted uses 

identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except 

for export consistent with FIFRA section 

17 or for proper disposal. For oxamyl, 

because the soybean use has not been 

included on oxamyl product labels 

since 2006, EPA and the registrant 

believe that no existing stocks period is 

needed. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Almond, 

Grape, Imidacloprid, Methomyl, 

Oxamyl, Pesticides and pests, Soybean. 

Dated: December 15, 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–OW–2011–0986; FRL–9617–1] 

EPA Workshops on Achieving Water 

Quality Through Integrated Municipal 

Stormwater and Wastewater Plans 

Under the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is holding a series of workshops 

to solicit the individual views of 

stakeholders on the use of integrated 

municipal stormwater and wastewater 

plans to meet the water quality 

objectives of the CWA. The workshops 

are intended to assist EPA in developing 

an integrated planning approach 

framework that could be used to help 

municipalities prioritize their 

infrastructure investments in order to 

maximize water quality benefits and 

consider various innovative approaches, 

such as green infrastructure, that may be 

more sustainable. The workshops will 

include a facilitated discussion with 

representatives of organizations that 

represent elected local officials, publicly 

owned treatment works (POTW), 

municipal stormwater managers, state 

NPDES permitting and enforcement 

authorities, and environmental 

advocacy groups. EPA invites other 

interested members of the public to 

observe the workshops and to offer 

verbal comments at designated times 

during the workshops. 

In addition to submitting information 

at the listening sessions, the public may 

also provide input to the Agency 

through email, fax or mail. 

DATES: EPA is asking for statements and 

input from the interested public on or 

before February 29, 2012. The dates for 

the workshops are provided below. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your statements or 

input, identified by Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2011–0986, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

input. 

• Email: OW–Docket@epa.gov, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2011–0986. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Water Docket, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

code: 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011– 

0986. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West Building 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0986. 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: Direct your input to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011– 

0986. EPA’s policy is that all input 

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 input 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 EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your input. 

If you send an email with input directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the input that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic input, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

input and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

input due to technical difficulties and 

cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 

may not be able to consider your input. 

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 EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this notice, 

contact Kevin Weiss, EPA Headquarters, 

Office of Water, Office of Wastewater 

Management at tel.: (202) 564–0742 or 

email: weiss.kevin@epa.gov. 

Workshop Dates and Addresses: The 

workshops will be held on the following 

dates at the listed locations: 

• January 31, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 4 Office, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, GA 30303; 

• February 6, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 

New York, NY 10007–1866; 

• February 13, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 10 Office, 1200 Sixth 

Avenue Seattle, WA 98101; 

• February 15, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 7 Office, 901 N. 5th 

Street Kansas City, KS 66101; and 

• February 17, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 5 Office, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604–3507. 

If you plan to participate in a 

workshop as an observer, whether or not 

you plan to make verbal comments, EPA 

requests that you preregister by January 

20, 2012 at http://www.epa.gov/npdes/ 

integratedplans. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Since the passage of the CWA, great 

progress has been made toward 

restoring the nation’s waters. Many 

more streams, rivers and bays are 

fishable and swimmable than 40 years 

ago. During this time, the overall 

number of people served by municipal 

wastewater treatment facilities that 

either do not discharge or provide at 

least secondary treatment increased 

from 84.1 million in 1972 to 222.5 

million in 2008. In addition, many 

municipalities have begun to make 

significant investments in advanced 

treatment, controlling combined sewer 

overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer 

overflows (SSOs) and are beginning to 

address water quality problems 

associated with stormwater. 

While significant progress has been 

made in reducing pollutant discharges, 

much work remains to be done to 

restore impaired waters. The challenges 

municipalities face in making additional 

water quality improvements are 

particularly complex. Providing 

advanced treatment for nutrients and 

controlling combined sewer overflows 

(CSOs), sanitary sewer overflows 


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