Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 183 / Monday, September 22, 2014 / Notices 56577 

the final permit modifications for the 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit (TXG330000) regulating 

discharges from oil and gas wells in the 

Coastal Subcategory in Texas and in the 

Stripper Subcategory which discharge 

into waters in Texas. These 

modifications would restore coverage 

eligibility for certain inland discharges 

that existed in the previous permit and 

require freshwater whole effluent 

toxicity species for discharges to 

freshwater receiving waters. 

EPA proposed the draft permit 

modification in the Federal Register on 

December 2, 2013. EPA Region 6 has 

considered all comments received and 

makes few significant changes to the 

proposed permit. A copy of the Region’s 

responses to comments and the final 

permit may be obtained from the EPA 

Region 6 internet site: http://

www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/

genpermit/index.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Evelyn Rosborough, Region 6, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

Telephone: (214) 665–7515. 

DATES: This permit modification is 

effective on September 22, 2014, and 

expires July 6, 2017. In accordance with 

40 CFR 23, this permit shall be 

considered issued for the purpose of 

judicial review on October 6, 2014. 

Under section 509(b) of the CWA, 

judicial review of this general permit 

can be held by filing a petition for 

review in the United States Court of 

Appeals within 120 days after the 

permit is considered issued for judicial 

review. Under section 509(b)(2) of the 

CWA, the requirements in this permit 

may not be challenged later in civil or 

criminal proceedings to enforce these 

requirements. In addition, this permit 

may not be challenged in other agency 

proceedings. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Changes from the proposed permit 

modification include: 

1. Add ‘‘no visible sheen’’ limit to 

produced water discharges to inland 

waters; 

2. Replace acute 48-hour toxicity 

freshwater testing with acute 24-hour 

toxicity LC–50 freshwater and remove 

the cease discharge requirement; and 

3. Set October 1, 2017, deadline to 

comply with the acute Toxicity LC–50 

limit. 

Other Legal Requirements 

A. State Certification 

Under section 401(a)(1) of the CWA, 

EPA may not issue an NPDES permit 

until the State in which the discharge 

will occur grants or waives certification 

to ensure compliance with appropriate 

requirements of the CWA and State law. 

The Railroad Commission of Texas 

issued the 401 certification on May 30, 

2014. 

B. Other Regulatory Requirements 

When EPA issued the general permit 

in 2012, EPA had conducted evaluations 

required by Coastal Zone Management 

Act, National Environmental Policy Act, 

Endangered Species Act, MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, Historic Preservation 

Act, Paperwork Reduction Act, and 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The scope of 

today’s permit modification action does 

not trigger requirements for new 

evaluations for compliance with those 

regulatory requirements. 

Dated: September 11, 2014. 

William K. Honker, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22470 Filed 9–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9916–98-Region 10] 

Re-Proposal of the NPDES General 

Permit for Oil and Gas Geotechnical 

Surveying and Related Activities in 

Federal Waters of the Beaufort and 

Chukchi Seas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Reopening of public comment 

period for the re-proposal of the 

Geotechnical General Permit. 

SUMMARY: On August 15, 2014, EPA 

provided public notice on the reproposal of a National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

General Permit for Oil and Gas 

Geotechnical Surveys and Related 

Activities in Federal Waters of the 

Beaufort and Chukchi Seas (Permit No. 

AKG–28–4300), and established a 

comment deadline of September 15, 

2014. In response to a request from the 

Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission to 

reopen the comment period deadline, 

EPA is reopening the comment period to 

September 30, 2014. 

DATES: Comments. The public comment 

period for the Geotechnical General 

Permit re-proposal is reopened until 

September 30, 2014. EPA will only 

consider comments on the re-proposed 

permit provisions. Comments submitted 

previously on the initial draft 

Geotechnical General Permit need not 

be resubmitted; comments addressing 

permit provisions or issues beyond the 

scope of this re-proposal will not be 

considered. Comments must be received 

by or post-marked no later than 

midnight Pacific Standard Time on 

September 30, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods. 

Include your name, address, telephone 

number, the General Permit number 

(AKG–28–4300) and a concise statement 

of the basis and facts supporting the 

comment. 

Mail: Send paper comments to Erin 

Seyfried, Office of Water and 

Watersheds, Mail Stop OWW–130, 1200 

6th Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 

98101–3140. 

Email: Send electronic comments to 

R10geotechpermit@epa.gov. 

Fax: Fax comments to the attention of 

Erin Seyfried at (206) 553–0165. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: Deliver 

comments to Erin Seyfried, Office of 

Water and Watersheds, Mail Stop 

OWW–191, 1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900, 

Seattle, WA 98101–3140. Call (206) 

553–0523 before delivery to verify 

business hours. 

Viewing and/or Obtaining Copies of 

Documents. A copy of the re-proposed 

Geotechnical General Permit, the Fact 

Sheet, which explains the proposal in 

detail, and the revised Ocean Discharge 

Criteria Evaluation (ODCE) may be 

obtained by contacting EPA at 1 (800) 

424–4372. Copies of the documents are 

also available for viewing and 

downloading at: http://

yosemite.epa.gov/r10/water.nsf/

npdes+permits/DraftPermitsAK http://

yosemite.epa.gov/r10/water.nsf/

npdes+permits/arctic-gp 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

other document viewing locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Seyfried, Office of Water and 

Watersheds, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 10, Mail Stop 

OWW–191, 1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900, 

Seattle, WA 98101–3140, (206) 553– 

1448, seyfried.erin@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA seeks 

public comment only on the following 

proposed changes: (1) Inclusion of 

seasonal prohibitions on wastewater 

discharges specific to the 3–25 mile 

lease deferral area in the Chukchi Sea; 

(2) Clarification of drilling fluid testing 

requirements (Discharge 001); (3) 

Clarification of Environmental 

Monitoring Program requirements and 

inclusion of language regarding preexisting baseline data; (4) Revision of 

sampling frequencies for fecal coliform 

and total residual chlorine (Sanitary 

Wastewater, Discharge 003); and (5) 


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56578 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 183 / Monday, September 22, 2014 / Notices 

Clarification of Notice of Intent 

submission requirements. 

Document Viewing Locations. 

(1) EPA Region 10 Library, Park Place 

Building, 1200 6th Avenue, Suite 900, 

Seattle, WA 98101; (206) 553–1289. 

(2) EPA Region 10, Alaska Operations 

Office, 222 W 7th Avenue, #19, Room 

537, Anchorage, AK 99513; (907) 271– 

5083. 

(3) Z. J. Loussac Public Library, 3600 

Denali Street, Anchorage, AK 99503; 

(907) 343–2975. 

(4) North Slope Borough School 

District Library/Media Center, Pouch 

169, 829 Aivak Street, Barrow, AK 

99723; (907) 852–5311. 

EPA’s current administrative record 

for the draft and re-proposed 

Geotechnical General Permit is available 

for review at the EPA Region 10 Office, 

Park Place Building, 1200 6th Avenue, 

Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101, between 

9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. Contact Erin Seyfried at 

seyfried.erin@epa.gov or (206) 553– 

1448. 

Oil Spill Requirements. Section 311 of 

the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321, prohibits the 

discharge of oil and hazardous materials 

in harmful quantities. Discharges 

authorized under the Geotechnical 

General Permit are excluded from the 

provisions of CWA Section 311, 33 

U.S.C. 1321. However, the Geotechnical 

General Permit will not preclude the 

institution of legal action, or relieve the 

permittees from any responsibilities, 

liabilities, or penalties for other 

unauthorized discharges of oil and 

hazardous materials, which are covered 

by Section 311. 

Executive Order 12866. The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

exempts this action from the review 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

pursuant to Section 6 of that order. 

Paperwork Reduction Act. EPA has 

reviewed the requirements imposed on 

regulated facilities in the Geotechnical 

General Permit and finds them 

consistent with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., a federal agency must 

prepare an initial regulatory flexibility 

analysis ‘‘for any proposed rule’’ for 

which the agency ‘‘is required by 

section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), or any other law, 

to publish general notice of proposed 

rulemaking.’’ The RFA exempts from 

this requirement any rule that the 

issuing agency certifies ‘‘will not, if 

promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ EPA has 

concluded that NPDES general permits 

are permits, not rulemakings, under the 

APA and thus not subject to APA 

rulemaking requirements or the FRA. 

Notwithstanding that general permits 

are not subject to the RFA, EPA has 

determined that the Geotechnical 

General Permit will not have a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. This 

determination is based on the fact that 

the regulated companies are not 

classified as small businesses under the 

Small Business Administration 

regulations established at 49 FR 5023 et 

seq. (February 9, 1984). These facilities 

are classified as Major Group 13—Oil as 

Gas Extraction SIC 1311 Crude 

Petroleum and Natural Gas. 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of Section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1342. I hereby 

provide notice that the public comment 

period for the Geotechnical General Permit 

re-proposal is reopened until September 30, 

2014, in accordance with 40 CFR 124.10 and 

124.13. 

Dated: September 12, 2014. 

Christine Psyk, 

Associate Director, Office of Water and 

Watersheds, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22475 Filed 9–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communication 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are 

requested concerning: Whether the 

proposed collection(s) of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Commission’s burden estimate; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection(s) of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and ways to further reduce the 

information burden for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Control 

Number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB Control 

Number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before October 22, 

2014. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Leslie F. Smith, Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC), via 

email PRA@fcc.gov or to Leslie.Smith@

fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on the 

information collection, contact Leslie F. 

Smith at (202) 418–0217. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is requesting that OMB 

approve this new information collection 

under the emergency processing 

provisions of the PRA, 5 CFR 1320.5, 

1320.8(d), and 1320.13 by November 3, 

2014. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0806. 

Titles: Universal Service—Schools 

and Libraries Universal Service 

Program, FCC Forms 470 and 471. 

Form Number: FCC Forms 470 and 

471. 

Type of Review: Revision to a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: State, local or tribal 

government public institutions, and 

other not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 82,000 respondents; 82,000 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: FCC 

Form 470 (3 hours for response; 0.5 for 

recordkeeping); FCC Form 471 (4 hours 

for response; 0.5 for recordkeeping). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

and annual reporting requirements, and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation To Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 201– 

205, 218–220, 254, 303(r), 403, and 405. 

Total Annual Burden: 334,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 


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