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Intersection of the southern tip of 

New Hanover County with Brunswick 

County at the Cape Fear River 

(33°55′43.0′′ N 77°56′13.6′′ W), 

southeastward along the extended 

intersection of the two counties, 3 nm 

into the Atlantic Ocean (33°53′07.5′′ N 

77°55′34.5′′ W). 

This petition was filed pursuant to the 

Clean Water Act, Section 312(f)(3), 

Public Law 92–500 as amended by 

Public Law 95–217 and Public Law 

100–4. A NDZ is defined as a body of 

water in which the discharge of vessel 

sewage, both treated and untreated, is 

prohibited. 

Section 312(f)(3) states: 

‘‘After the effective date of the initial 

standards and regulations promulgated under 

this section, if any State determines that the 

protection and enhancement of the quality of 

some or all of the waters within such States 

require greater environmental protection, 

such State may completely prohibit the 

discharge from all vessels of any sewage, 

whether treated or not, into such waters, 

except that no such prohibition shall apply 

until the Administrator determines that 

adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary 

removal and treatment of sewage from all 

vessels are reasonably available for such 

water to which such prohibition would 

apply.’’ 

According to DENR DWQ the 

following facilities are located in New 

Hanover County for pumping out vessel 

holding tanks: 

(1) Carolina Beach Municipal Marina, 

Carolina Beach, 910–458–2540, open 24 

hours per day, 7 days per week, 6′ draft 

at mean low tide. 

(2) Carolina Beach State Park Marina, 

Carolina Beach State Park, Carolina 

Beach, 910–458–7770, 8 AM–5:45 PM, 7 

days/week, 6′ draft at mean low tide. 

(3) Federal Point Yacht Club, 910 

Basin Road, Carolina Beach, 910–458– 

4511, only available to club members, 5′ 

draft at mean low tide. 

(4) Mona Black Marina, Carolina 

Beach, 910–458–0575, open 24/7, 20′ 

draft at mean low tide. 

(5) Joyner Marina, Carolina Beach, 

910–458–5053, open 7 AM–6 PM, 7 

days per week, 6′ draft at mean low tide. 

(6) Bridge Tender Marina, City of 

Wilmington, 910–256–6550, 7 AM– 

8 PM, 7 days/week, 10′ draft at mean 

low tide. 

(7) Creekside Yacht Club, City of 

Wilmington, 910–350–0023, 

Operational December 2009, 4′ draft at 

mean low tide. 

(8) Sea Path Yacht Club, Town of 

Wrightsville Beach, 910–256–3747, 7 

AM–7 PM, 7 days/week, 10′ draft at 

mean low tide. 

(9) Wrightsville Beach Marina & 

Transient Dock, Town of Wrightsville 

Beach, 910–256–6666, 7 AM–7 PM, 7 

days/week, 12′ draft at mean low tide. 

Two Marinas that are located within 

7 nautical miles of the proposed NDZ 

are: 

(A) Wilmington Marine Center, 910– 

395–5055, 8 AM—5 PM 7 days/week, 7′ 

draft at mean low tide. 

(B) Bald Head Island Marina, 910– 

457–7380, 8:30 AM–5:30 PM 7 days/ 

week, 8′ draft at mean low tide. 

The total vessel population for New 

Hanover County as of August 5, 2008, 

was 13,940. This number reflects active 

vessel registrations and was obtained 

from the North Carolina Wildlife 

Resources Commission. During the 

period of 2006 to 2008, the total number 

of active registered vessels increased 

nearly 15%. The result is that there are 

nearly 1,800 more pleasure boats in the 

area waters today than just two years 

ago, with the largest increase occurring 

in boats between 16′ and 25′ in length. 

It is recognized that only a percentage 

of the vessels in the coastal waters of 

New Hanover County are equipped with 

a Marine Sanitation Device (MSD). To 

estimate the number of MSDs in use, 

percentages obtained from EPA (Region 

2) were applied, and are listed below: 

Boat length Percent with 

MSDs 

<16′ ........................................... 8.3 

16′–25′ ...................................... 10.6 

26′–40′ ...................................... 78.5 

>40′ ........................................... 82.6 

This yields an estimated 2,046 MSDs 

in use by registered boats within New 

Hanover County. 

Through the use of a marina survey, 

the number of transient boats serviced 

by marinas in New Hanover County was 

calculated to be approximately 180 per 

month. This figure was arrived at by 

using the peak season transient boat 

figures from each marina. Using the 

figures for both county and transient 

boats, the total number of MSDs in the 

New Hanover County waters is 

estimated to be 2,194. There are 9 

marinas within New Hanover County 

and this yields a ratio of about 244 boats 

per pumpout facility. This figure does 

not include the two marinas that are 

located within 7 nautical miles of this 

proposed NDZ area. 

All vessel pumpout facilities that are 

described either discharge into State 

approved and regulated septic tanks or 

State approved on-site waste treatment 

plant, or the waste is collected into a 

large holding tank for transport to a 

sewage treatment plant. Thus all vessel 

sewage will be treated to meet existing 

standards for secondary treatment. 

Based on the examination of this 

petition, its supporting documentation, 

and public response, EPA concurs with 

the State of North Carolina’s 

determination that adequate and 

reasonably available facilities for the 

safe and sanitary removal and treatment 

of sewage from all vessels are present in 

New Hanover County North Carolina, 

and therefore this area is designated as 

a NDZ. 

Dated: January 29, 2010. 

J. Scott Gordon, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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RIN 2050–ZA05 

Guidance on Recommended Interim 

Preliminary Remediation Goals for 

Dioxin in Soil at CERCLA and RCRA 

Sites; Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment; 

extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: In response to requests from 

the public, the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is providing an 

additional 35 days for the public to 

provide its comments on the draft 

recommended interim preliminary 

remediation goals (PRGs) developed in 

the draft Guidance on Recommended 

Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals 

for Dioxin in Soil at Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) and Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) Sites. In 

EPA’s initial notice, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 7, 2010 (75 FR 984), the 

deadline for the public to provide its 

comments was February 26, 2010. The 

purpose of this notice is to provide 

additional time until April 2, 2010. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Provide your comments, 

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following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

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the OSWER Docket, EPA West, Room 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Berg, Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology 

Innovation, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Mail Code: 5204P, Washington, 

DC 20460; by telephone/voicemail at 

(703) 603–8701; Fax: (703) 603–9112; or 

via e-mail at berg.marlene@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

extending the deadline for interested 

parties to submit their comments by 35 

days in response to a request from the 

American Chemistry Council’s Chlorine 

Council for more time to submit 

comments on the draft recommended 

interim PRGs. The initial deadline 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 7, 2010 (75 FR 984), was for 50 

days. Therefore, the new deadline will 

now be April 2, 2010. 

Dated: February 12, 2010. 

Mathy Stanislaus, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public notice for the chartered SAB to 

hold a public teleconference on March 

24, 2010 to conduct quality reviews of 

three draft reports. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on March 24, 2010 from 1 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information concerning this 

public teleconference should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone/voice mail (202) 343– 

9981; fax (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can be found on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is 

hereby given that the EPA Science 

Advisory Board will hold a public 

teleconference to conduct quality 

reviews of three draft SAB Panel 

reports: (1) The SAB Drinking Water 

Committee’s draft Review of EPA’s 

Microbial Risk Assessment Protocol; (2) 

the SAB Ecological Processes and 

Effects Committee’s draft Review of 

Empirical Approaches for Nutrient 

Criteria Derivation; and (3) the draft 

Report of the Risk and Technology 

Methods Review Panel. The SAB was 

established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee under FACA. The 

SAB will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

Background: (1) The SAB Drinking 

Water Committee’s Draft Review of 

EPA’s Microbial Risk Assessment 

Protocol. EPA’s Office of Water (OW) 

conducts microbial risk assessments 

(MRA) as part of its responsibility for 

protecting human health and the 

environment from contaminants in 

water. OW has requested the SAB 

conduct a review of the draft ‘‘Protocol 

for Microbial Risk Assessment for 

Support Human Health Protection for 

Water-Based Media’’ and provide 

recommendations on how to improve 

the overall approach, the applicability 

of the protocol, the reasonableness of 

the protocol, the clarity of the protocol, 

the completeness and robustness of the 

protocol, and the ease of use of the 

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