Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 83 / Friday, April 28, 2000 / Notices 24957

II. What Action is EPA Taking?

EPA is extending the public comment

period on the proposal for a public

participation process for pesticide

tolerance reassessment and

reregistration. This proposed public

participation process was developed

with USDA.

Public comment received as a result

of this notice will be considered by EPA

and USDA and a final public

participation process will be developed

and released to the public in a notice

published in the Federal Register.

Implementation of the final public

participation process will begin

according to a schedule established and

published in the final notice.

III. Do Any Regulatory Assessment

Requirements Apply to this Action?

No. This action is not a rulemaking,

it merely extends the date by which

public comments must be submitted to

EPA on a proposed pesticide public

participation process that previously

published in the Federal Register of

March 15, 2000 (65 FR 14199) (FRL–

6496–2).

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Pesticides and pests.

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Joseph J. Merenda Jr.,

Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–10590 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6586–6]

Draft General NPDES Permit for

Seafood Processors in Alaska in

Waters of the United States; General

NPDES Permit No. AK–G52–0000

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 10.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 10, published a

document in the Federal Register of

April 21, 2000, concerning a notice of a

draft general NPDES permit. The

document contained an incorrect

number for the total allowable residues

of offal to be discharged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Florence Carroll, 206–553–1760.

Correction

In the Federal Register issue of April

21, 2000, in FR Doc. 00–10037, on page

21432, in the third column, correct the

last sentence in the third paragraph of

the SUMMARY section to read:

The total allowable residues of offal for

permittees covered under the proposed

permit must not exceed ten million pounds

per year (based on deposition modeling using

EPA’s Water Quality Analysis Simulation

Program).

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Randall F. Smith,

Director, Office of Water.

[FR Doc. 00–10646 Filed 4–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6213–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6586–9]

Notice of Availability of Letter From

EPA to the State of New York Pursuant

to Section 118 of the Clean Water Act

and the Water Quality Guidance for the

Great Lakes System

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

letter written from Region 2 of the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to the State of New York finding that for

the most part the State has adopted

water quality standards and National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(NPDES) permits program revisions

which are consistent with section 118(c)

of the Clean Water Act and 40 CFR part

132. However, there are certain

provisions adopted as part of the State’s

water quality standards and NPDES

permits programs that are inconsistent

with section 118(c) of the Clean Water

Act and 40 CFR part 132. EPA’s findings

are described in a letter dated April 11,

2000 to New York State. EPA invites

public comment on all aspects of this

letter, particularly on the findings in the

letter and on the course of action that

EPA proposes to take if the State fails to

adequately address EPA’s findings.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing by June 12, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be

submitted to Wayne F. Jackson,

Community and Ecosystems Protection

Branch, Division of Environmental

Planning and Protection, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 2, 290 Broadway, New York,

New York, 10007. In the alternative,

EPA will accept comments

electronically. Comments should be sent

to the following Internet E-mail address:

jackson.wayne@epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted in an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

EPA will print electronic comments in

hard-copy paper form for the official

administrative record. EPA will attempt

to clarify electronic comments if there is

an apparent error in transmission.

Comments provided electronically will

be considered timely if they are

submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m.

(Eastern time) June 12, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne F. Jackson, Community and

Ecosystems Protection Branch, Division

of Environmental Planning and

Protection, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region 2, 290

Broadway, New York, New York, 10007,

or telephone him at (212) 637–3807.

Copies of the April 11, 2000 letter

described above are available upon

request by contacting Mr. Jackson. The

April 11, 2000 letter and materials

submitted by New York in support of its

submission that EPA relied upon in

preparing the letter (i.e., the docket) are

available for review by appointment at:

EPA, Region 2, 290 Broadway, New

York, New York (telephone 212–637–

3807); and the New York State

Department of Environmental

Conservation, 50 Wolf Road, Room 310

C, Albany, New York. To access the

docket material in New York, call Mr.

Jackson at (212) 637–3807 between 8

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time)

(Monday–Friday); in Albany, New York,

call Teresa Deihsner at 518–457–7937

between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Eastern

time) (Monday–Friday).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

23, 1995, EPA published the Final

Water Quality Guidance for the Great

Lakes System (Guidance) pursuant to

section 118(c)(2) of the Clean Water Act,

33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(2). (March 23, 1995,

60 FR 15366). The Guidance, which was

codified at 40 CFR part 132, requires the

Great Lakes States to adopt and submit

to EPA for approval water quality

criteria, methodologies, policies and

procedures that are consistent with the

Guidance. 40 CFR 132.4 & 132.5. EPA is

required to approve of the State’s

submission within 90 days or notify the

State that EPA has determined that all

or part of the submission is inconsistent

with the Clean Water Act or the

Guidance and identify any necessary

changes to obtain EPA approval. If the

State fails to make the necessary

changes within 90 days, EPA must

publish a notice in the Federal Register

identifying the approved and

disapproved elements of the submission

and a final rule identifying the

provisions of Part 132 that shall apply

for discharges within the State.