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electronic review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on
the Web site that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.

Dated: November 1, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

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**BILLING CODE 6717–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory**
**Commission**

**[Project No. 2935–026]**

**Melaver/Enterprise Mill, LLC; Enterprise Mill LLC; Notice of**  **Application for Transfer of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To**  **Intervene, and Protests**

On October 12, 2016, Melaver/ Enterprise Mill, LLC (transferor) and Enterprise Mill LLC (transferee) filed an application for the transfer of license of the Enterprise Mill Project No. 2935. The project is located on the Augusta
Canal of the Savannah River in Richmond County, Georgia. The project does not occupy federal lands.

The applicants seek Commission approval to transfer the license for the Enterprise Mill Project Melaver/ Enterprise Mill, LLC to Enterprise Mill

LLC.

Applicants Contact: For transferor: Ms. Karen Hudspeth, Melaver/ Enterprise Mill, LLC, c/o Melaver, Inc., 114 Barnard Street, Suite 1A, Savannah, GA 31401, phone: 912–236–0781. For transferee: Mr. Carlos Imery, Enterprise Mill LLC, 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1205, Coral Gables, FL 33134, phone:

561–212–8331.

FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, (202)

502–8735, patricia.gillis@ferc.gov.

Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests: 30 days from
the date that the Commission issues this notice. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, and protests using the Commission’s eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/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, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–2935–026.

Dated: November 1, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.

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**BILLING CODE 6717–01–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION**
**AGENCY**

**[FRL–9954–99–Region 10]**

**Washington State Department of Ecology Prohibition of Discharges of**  **Vessel Sewage; Receipt of Petition and Preliminary Affirmative Determination** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice—receipt of petition and preliminary affirmative determination.

**SUMMARY :**  Notice is given that, pursuant Clean Water Act Section 312(f)(3), the Washington State Department of Ecology has determined that the protection and enhancement of the quality of the waters of Puget Sound requires greater environmental protection, and has petitioned the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, for a determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for those waters, so that the State may completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not, into such waters. Washington State has proposed to establish a ‘‘No-Discharge Zone’’ (NDZ) for all marine waters of Washington State inward from the line between New Dungeness Lighthouse and the Discovery Island Lighthouse to the Canadian border, and fresh waters of Lake Washington, Lake Union, and connecting waters between and to Puget
Sound.

The western boundary of the NDZ would be the exit of the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the entrance of Admiralty Inlet. This boundary is known and visible to vessel operators as it is the line between New Dungeness Lighthouse and Discovery Island Lighthouse. The northern boundary would be the border with Canada and heading south including all marine
waters down to the south end of the
south Sound and Hood Canal. The fresh waters of Lake Washington, Union Bay, Montlake Cut, Portage Bay, Lake Union, Fremont Cut, the Lake Washington Ship Canal, and Salmon Bay (the connecting waters from Lake Washington to Puget Sound) would be included. For more information regarding the State’s planned NDZ, please go to http:// www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/ nonpoint/CleanBoating/ nodischargezone.html.

Today’s notice seeks public comment
on EPA’s tentative determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters subject to Washington’s planned NDZ.

**DATES :**  Comments regarding this
tentative determination must be received on or before December 7, 2016.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit your comments to
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or
comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Joel Salter, Oregon Operations Office, Water Program Coordinator, 805 SW Broadway, Suite 500, Portland OR 97205; telephone number: (503) 326– 2653; fax number: (503) 326–3399.;
email address: salter.joel@epa.gov,

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Notice is given that the Washington State Department of Ecology has petitioned
the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 10, pursuant to section 312(f)(3) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1322, for a


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determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Puget Sound. As described in the State’s petition, submitted to EPA on July 21, 2016, Ecology included in its application a certification that the protection and enhancement of the waters described in the petition require greater environmental protection than the applicable Federal standard along with pumpout facility information required by EPA regulations. See 40 CFR 140.4. Ecology also submitted supplemental information to EPA on October 14, 2016, regarding commercial vessel pumpout availability in Puget
Sound. EPA’s role under Section 312(f)(3) of the Clean Water Act is to determine whether adequate pumpout facilities are reasonably available, and EPA is seeking comments on this determination only.

Adequacy and Availability of Sewage Pumpout Facilities

Guidelines issued pursuant to the
Clean Vessel Act for recreational vessels recommend one pumpout station for every 300–600 boats [Clean Vessel Act: Pumpout Station and Dump Station Technical Guidelines, Federal Register

, Vol. 59, No. 47, March 10, 1994]. In its petition, the State described the recreational vessel population in Puget Sound and the pumpout facilities and mobile pumpout services that are
available for use.

The State used two methods to develop a reasonable estimate of the recreational vessel population in Puget
Sound. The first method was based on boater registration records obtained from the Washington State Department of Licensing (DOL). Using data from the DOL, the maximum estimated number
of recreational vessels in each of the Washington State counties bordering Puget Sound that might require access to pumpout facilities or services under NDZ regulations (i.e., boats larger than 21 feet) is 43,677. Vessels under 21 feet
were not included in the estimate because they typically do not have an
installed toilet. Because boater registration data may include a number of small, locally registered, commercial vessels such as fishing boats or tug boats, the total may be an overestimate.

The second method was based on the number of moorages and slips available to boaters, using Google Earth imagery captured during the summers of 2011 and 2012 to count vacant and occupied marina slips and moored vessels. Using this method, the State estimates a recreational vessel population of 23,555. The State believes that this also may be an overestimate, albeit less of an
overestimate than the number calculated using the DOL boater registration data.

The State’s petition also provided information about 173 pumpout units at 102 locations, and 21 mobile pumpout
boats available for recreational vessels in Puget Sound. Both the location and availability of these pumpout facilities and services appear to approximately
track the overall distribution of the recreational vessel population. The ongoing costs for recreational vessels to pumpout is minimal, with most pumpouts being free or $5 per pumpout. The majority of pumped sewage is sent to wastewater treatment plants; however, some is sent to onsite septic tanks that meet federal requirements.

The most conservative estimate of the ratio of pumpout facilities to
recreational vessels is 1:171 boats for each pumpout facility, not including the
mobile services. Based on DOL vessel registration data, there is a maximum of 43,677 recreation vessels in Puget Sound that could require access to pumpout facilities. As noted above, this is the State’s most conservative (high) estimate. Using a 40 percent peak occupancy rate recommended by the
Clean Vessel Act Technical Guidelines cited above, EPA has calculated that 17,471 of the 43,677 boats recreational vessels would require access to a pumpout facility during peak boating
season. The State identified 102 recreational pumpout locations, which
results in a ratio of 171 recreational vessels for each pumpout location, not including the mobile services. Applying the same 40% occupancy rate to the
lower recreational vessel estimate of 23,555 obtained from the moorage count
results in a ratio of 92 recreational vessels for each pumpout location, not including the mobile services.

Based on the number of available recreational pumpouts, which well
exceeds the recommended minimum ratio of 1:600 using the most conservative estimates, EPA tentatively determines that adequate pumpout facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage for recreational vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Puget Sound.

Puget Sound is also used by many different sizes and types of commercial vessels. The State used a study conducted by the Puget Sound Maritime Air Forum (Starcrest, 2007) to develop
a reasonable estimate of commercial vessel use of Puget Sound. The study concluded that there were 2,937 entries of large oceangoing vessels into Puget Sound in 2005, and an estimated 678 other commercial vessels that operate mostly within Puget Sound ( e.g., escort tugs) or have Puget Sound as their home port ( e.g., the fleet of fishing vessels that travels to Alaska each year). According to the State, current vessel statistics are
estimated to be similar to the data from

2005.

The large, oceangoing transient commercial vessels that are only in Puget Sound for a short period of time ( e.g., large cruise ships, freighters and tankers) have large enough holding tanks to hold their waste during the time they are in Puget Sound, with some exceptions. All Washington State Ferries (WSDOT ferries) and U.S. military vessels have holding tanks and use large-scale pumpout facilities where they are moored. Smaller commercial vessels, such as ferries, tugboats, excursion vessels, and fishing vessels
with installed toilets can use the stationary pumpouts, mobile pumpout service vessels, some of the recreational pumpouts, or shore-based pumper trucks, described in more detail below.

The State identified eight stationary pumpouts dedicated to WSDOT ferries, three dedicated to U.S. Navy vessels, one dedicated to the Victoria Clipper
vessels and one for the McNeil Island Department of Corrections vessels. The Port of Bellingham cruise terminal area also has three stationary pumpouts, one
of which is used for Alaska Marine Highway vessels and two other pumpouts that can serve other commercial vessels. Although not included in this analysis, EPA notes that two more commercial pumpouts are being installed, one in Seattle for all
commercial vessels and another at the Port of Bellingham mostly for fishing vessels. Estimated dates for completion are March and September 2017, respectively.

The State’s supplemental information identified five companies that specialize
in commercial marine work and that are capable of removing sewage from commercial vessel holding tanks. These five companies have a combined total of approximately 52 trucks (capacity ranging from 2,200–7,500 gallons each) and two mobile barges (capacity of 3,000 gallons each). These companies serve all of Puget Sound and can provide pumpout services at a variety of docks and ports for all types of commercial vessels, including tugs, fishing vessels, USCG vessels, smaller cruise ships, tankers, and other vessels.

The State’s petition and supplemental
information also identified 21–23 mobile pumpout vessels. These mobile pumpouts primarily service recreational boats, but several have serviced
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vessels, and passenger vessels. The mobile pumpout boats have a capacity between 40 and 450 gallons and cover vast areas geographically as they are able to move to vessels, although some stay within their own marina or harbor area. In addition to the pumpouts described above, there are approximately 140 licensed or certified pumper truck companies in Puget Sound that primarily pump out septic tanks, but that can also pump out vessel sewage. The number of trucks in each company ranges from 1–13, and approximately half of these companies contacted by the State are currently, or are willing to, pump out commercial vessel sewage.

The State indicates that the number of commercial vessels that are likely to be in regular need of pumpout facilities
with a NDZ would include the nonocean going vessels that include tugboats, commercial fishing vessels, small passenger vessels, NOAA research and survey vessels, WSDOT Ferries, military and other government vessels,
excursion and other commercial vessels. Given that the WSDOT Ferries, military vessels, and Victoria Clipper vessels all have dedicated stationary pumpouts, this leaves an approximate 600 vessels that would be in need of other pumpout facilities. With the two stationary commercial pumpouts, at least 52 Sound-wide commercial pumper trucks,
and the two Sound-wide mobile commercial pumpout barges described above, this amounts to at least 56 pumpouts available for commercial vessels which results in an approximate ratio of 11:1. This estimated ratio may be conservative, given that a number of the mobile pumpout boats and pumper trucks described above may also provide commercial pumpout services. Based on this information, EPA tentatively determines that adequate pumpout facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage for commercial vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Puget Sound.

Table of Facilities

A list of pumpout facilities, phone numbers, locations, hours of operation, water depth and fees is provided at this link to the Washington Dept. of Ecology
Web site: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/ programs/wq/nonpoint/CleanBoating/ VesselPumpoutTables.pdf.

Based on the information above, EPA proposes to make an affirmative determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Puget Sound. A 30-day period for public comment has been opened on this matter, and EPA invites any comments relevant to this proposed determination. As noted above, EPA’s authority under Clean Water Act section 312(f)(3) is to determine whether adequate pumpout facilities are reasonably available and EPA is therefore seeking comments on this determination only. If, after the public comment period ends, EPA
makes a final affirmative determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Puget Sound, the State may, in accordance with CWA section 312(f)(3), completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not, into
those waters.

Dated: October 27, 2016.

Dennis McLerran, Regional Administrator, Region 10.

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**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION**
**AGENCY**

**[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0573; FRL–9954–96– OAR]** 

**California State Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Standards;**  **Malfunction and Diagnostic System Requirements and Enforcement for**  **2004 and Subsequent Model Year Passenger Cars, Light Duty Trucks,**  **and Medium Duty Vehicles and Engines; Notice of Decision** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice of Decision.

**SUMMARY :**  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting the California Air Resources Board’s (‘‘CARB’’) request
for a waiver of Clean Air Act preemption to enforce amendments to regulations entitled ‘‘Malfunction and Diagnostic System Requirements—2004 and Subsequent Model-Year PassengerCars, Light-Duty Trucks and MediumDuty Vehicles and Engines’’ (‘‘OBD II Requirements’’) and amendments to CARB’s regulations entitled
‘‘Enforcement of Malfunction and Diagnostic Systems Requirements for 2004 and Subsequent Model-Year Passenger Cars, Light-Duty Trucks, and Medium-Duty Vehicles and Engines’’ (‘‘OBD II Enforcement Regulation’’).
This decision is issued under the authority of the Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’).

**DATES :**  Petitions for review must be filed by January 6, 2017. **ADDRESSES :**  EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0573. All documents relied upon in making this decision, including those submitted to EPA by CARB, are contained in the public docket. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Headquarters Library, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open to the public on all federal government working days from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; generally, it is open Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. The Air and
Radiation Docket and Information
Center’s Web site is http://www.epa.gov/
oar/docket.html. The email address for
the Air and Radiation Docket is: a-andr-docket@epa.gov, the telephone number is (202) 566–1742, and the fax number is (202) 566–9744. An electronic version of the public docket is available through the federal government’s electronic public docket and comment system at http:// www.regulations.gov. After opening the www.regulations.gov Web site, enter EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0573 in the ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ fill-in box to view documents in the record. Although a part of the official docket, the public
docket does not include Confidential Business Information (‘‘CBI’’) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (‘‘OTAQ’’) maintains a Web page that contains general information
on its review of California waiver and authorization requests. Included on that page are links to prior waiver Federal Register notices, some of which are cited in today’s notice; the page can be
accessed at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ cafr.htm.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  David Dickinson, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. (6405J) NW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: (202) 343–9256. Fax: (202) 343–2800.
Email: dickinson.david@epa.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
I. Background

CARB initially adopted the OBD II regulation in July 1990 and has adopted a number of amendments subsequently. The OBD II regulation directs motor vehicle manufacturers to incorporate