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Proposed Land Exchange for the 

Purpose of Construction of a Road 

between Communities of King Cove 

and Cold Bay, USACE Section 10 and 

404 Permits, AK, Comment Period 

Ends: 05/18/2012, Contact: Stephanie 

Brady 907–786–3357. 

EIS No. 20120082, Final EIS, USFS, OR, 

Snow Basin Vegetation Management 

Project, Proposal to Implementing 

Commercial Harvest of Timber, Post 

Harvest Non-commercial Thinning, 

Whitman Ranger District, WallowaWhitman Forest, Baker County, OR, 

Review Period Ends: 04/30/2012, 

Contact: Dea Nelson 541–523–6391. 

EIS No. 20120083, Final Supplement, 

BLM, NV, Upper Las Vegas Wash 

Conservation Transfer Area (CTA), 

Propose to Establish a Final 

Boundary, Implementation, Clark 

County, NV, Review Period Ends: 04/ 

30/2012, Contact: Gayle Marrs-Smith 

702–515–5156. 

EIS No. 20120084, Final EIS, USFS, FL, 

City of Tallahassee Southwestern 

Transmission Line Project, Proposes 

to Construct, Operate and Maintain a 

New Overhead 230-kilovolt (kV), 

Electric Transmission Line, SpecialUse-Permit (SUP), Apalachicola 

National Forest (ANF), Leon County, 

FL, Review Period Ends: 04/30/2012, 

Contact: Harold Shenk 850–926–3561. 

EIS No. 20120085, Final EIS, USN, WA, 

Trident Support Facilities Explosives 

Handling Wharf (EHW–2), New 

Information, Construction and 

Operating, Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, 

Silverdale, WA, Review Period Ends: 

04/30/2012, Contact: Christine 

Stevenson 360–396–0080. 

EIS No. 20120086, Draft EIS, DOE, CO, 

Granby Pumping Plant Switchyard— 

Windy Gap Substation Transmission 

Line Rebuild, To Replace Existing 

Transmission Line with Double 

Circuit Transmission, Grand County, 

CO, Comment Period Ends: 05/29/ 

2012, Contact: Jim Hartman 720–962– 

7255. 

EIS No. 20120087, Draft EIS, USFS, OR, 

Eden Ridge Timber Sales, 

Implementation, Powers Ranger 

District, Rogue River-Siskiyou 

National Forest, Coos County, OR, 

Comment Period Ends: 05/14/2012, 

Contact: Wesley Crum 541–439–6200. 

EIS No. 20120088, Second Draft EIS 

(Tiering), FHWA, IL, TIER 2—Elgin 

O’Hare—West Bypass, Extending the 

Planning Period from 2030 to 2040, 

Federal Approvals and Funding, Cook 

and DuPage Counties, IL, Comment 

Period Ends: 05/14/2012, Contact: 

Norman Stoner 217–492–4600. 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s Federal Highway 

Administration and the Federal 

Aviation Administration are Joint Lead 

agencies for this project. 

EIS No. 20120089, Final EIS, USFS, CA, 

Greys Mountain Ecological 

Restoration Project, Proposed Forest 

Management Treatments to Reduce 

Fire Hazard and Restore Forest 

Health, Sierra National Forest, Bass 

Lake Ranger District, Madera and 

Mariposa Counties, CA, Review Period 

Ends: 04/30/2012, Contact: Burt 

Stalter 559–887–2218 ext. 3208. 

EIS No. 20120090, Draft EIS, USAF, AK, 

Modernization and Enhancement of 

Ranges, Airspace, and Training Areas 

in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range 

Complex, AK, Comment Period Ends: 

06/07/2012, Contact: Mark Peterson 

808–449–1078. 

The U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force 

are Joint Lead agencies for this project. 

EIS No. 20120091, Second Draft 

Supplement, BLM, AK, National 

Petroleum Reserve -Alaska (NPR–A) 

Integrated Activity Plan, To 

Determine Appropriate Management 

for BLM–Administrated Lands in the 

NPR–A, North Slope Borough, AK, 

Comment Period Ends: 05/29/2012, 

Contact: Jim Ducker 907–271–3130. 

EIS No. 20120092, Final EIS, USACE, 

LA, Louisiana Coastal Area Barataria 

Basin Barrier Shoreline Restoration, 

To Restore the Barrier Shoreline 

Ecosystem and Significantly Reduce 

the Loss of Estuarine and Freshwater 

Wetlands, Caminada Headland in 

Lafourche and Jefferson Parishes and 

Shell Islands in Plaquemines Parish, 

LA, Review Period Ends: 04/30/2012, 

Contact: Dr. William P. Klein, Jr. 504– 

862–2540. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20110440, Revised Draft EIS, 

USFS, ID, Idaho Panhandle National 

Forests, Land Management Plan, 

Revises the 1987 Forest Plan, 

Implementation, Boundary, Bonner, 

Kootenai, Benewah, and Shoshone 

Counties, ID and Pend Oreille County, 

WA, Comment Period Ends: 05/07/ 

2012, Contact: Mary Farnsworth 208– 

765–7223. Revision to FR Notice 

Published 01/13/2012; Extending 

Comment Period from 04/4/2012 to 

05/07/2012. 

EIS No. 20110441, Revised Draft EIS, 

USFS, MT, Kootenai National Forest 

Land Management Plan, Revises the 

1987 Forest Plan, Implementation, 

Lincoln, Sanders, Flathead Counties, 

MT and Bonner and Boundary 

Counties, ID, Comment Period Ends: 

04/04/2012, Contact: Paul Bradford 

406–293–6211. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 01/ 

06/2012; Extending Comment Period 

from 04/04/2012 to 05/07/2012. 

EIS No. 20120028, Draft EIS, USACE, 

CA, Clearwater Program, To Meet the 

Wastewater Management Needs of the 

Joint Outfall System (JOS) Through 

the Year 2050, Near San Pedro, 

Section 404 Permit, Los Angeles 

County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

04/10/2012, Contact: Dr. Aaron O. 

Allen 805–585–2148. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 

2/10/2012; Comment Period Ends 04/ 

10/2012. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7690 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9650–8] 

Draft NPDES General Permit for 

Discharges From the Oil and Gas 

Extraction Point Source Category to 

Coastal Waters in Texas (TXG330000) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposal of NPDES General 

Permit Renewal. 

SUMMARY: EPA Region 6 today proposes 

a National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit regulating discharges from oil 

and gas wells in the Coastal Subcategory 

in Texas and in the Stripper 

Subcategory which discharge into 

coastal waters in Texas. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

May 14, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to: Ms. Diane Smith (6WQ–NP), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 

Texas 75202–2733. 

Comments may also be submitted via 

EMAIL to the following address: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. 

Public Meeting/Public Hearing 

Information 

A public meeting and a public hearing 

on the proposed permit will be held at 

the times and place below. The meeting 

will include a presentation on the 

proposed permit followed by the 

opportunity for questions and answers. 

The public hearing will be held in 

accordance with the requirements of 40 

CFR 124.12. At the public hearing, any 

person may submit oral or written 

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statements and data concerning the 

proposed permit. Any person who 

cannot attend the public hearing may 

still submit written comments, which 

have the same weight as comments 

made at the public hearing, through the 

end of the public comment period. 

Date: April 11, 2012. 

Time: Public meeting starts at 2 p.m. 

and public hearing starts at 3:30 p.m. 

Place: Houston Marriott South Hobby 

Airport, Galveston Room, 9100 Gulf 

Freeway, Houston, TX 77017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diane Smith, Region 6, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

Telephone: (214) 665–2145. 

A complete draft permit and a fact 

sheet more fully explaining the proposal 

may be obtained online from the Web 

site below or from Ms. Smith. In 

addition, the Agency’s current 

administrative record on the proposal is 

available for examination at the Region’s 

Dallas offices during normal working 

hours after providing Ms. Smith 24 

hours advance notice. A copy of the 

proposed permit, fact sheet, and this 

Federal Register Notice may be found 

on the EPA Region 6 Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/ 

npdes/genpermit/index.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

permit prohibits the discharge of 

drilling fluid, drill cuttings, produced 

sand and well treatment, completion 

and workover fluids. Discharges of 

dewatering effluents from reserve pits 

are also proposed to be prohibited. 

Produced water discharges are 

prohibited, except from wells in the 

Stripper Subcategory located east of the 

98th meridian whose produced water 

comes from the Carrizo/Wilcox, Reklaw 

or Bartosh formations in Texas as 

authorized by the expiring permit. The 

discharge of deck drainage, formation 

test fluids, sanitary waste, domestic 

waste and miscellaneous discharges is 

authorized. More stringent requirements 

are proposed to regulate discharges to 

water quality-impaired waterbodies. 

Pursuant to the section 316(b) of the 

Clean Water Act (CWA), requirements 

for new facilities are also proposed in 

this permit. Major changes also include 

definition of ‘‘operator’’, acute toxicity 

test for produced water, spill prevention 

best management practices, and 

electronic reporting requirements. 

Proposed changes and rationales for 

those changes are described in the fact 

sheet. To obtain discharge 

authorization, operators of such 

facilities must submit a new Notice of 

Intent (NOI). To determine whether 

your facility, company, business, 

organization, etc. is regulated by this 

action, you should carefully examine 

the applicability criteria in Part I, 

Section A.1 of this permit. If you have 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed in the preceding FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

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. 

EPA will seek certification from the 

Railroad Commission of Texas prior to 

issuing a final permit. 

B. Coastal Zone Management Act 

The Coastal Zone Management Act 

and its implementing regulations (15 

CFR 930) require that any Federally 

licensed or permitted activity affecting 

the coastal zone of a state with an 

approved Coastal Zone Management 

Program be consistent with that 

Program. EPA has concluded, based on 

the conditions, limitations and 

prohibitions of this permit that the 

discharges associated with this permit 

are consistent with the Texas Coastal 

Management Program goals and 

policies. EPA previously received a 

consistency determination from the 

Texas Coastal Coordination Council on 

February 7, 2007. EPA is seeking a 

consistency determination prior to 

issuing this permit reissuance. 

C. National Environmental Policy Act 

EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR part 6, 

subpart F, which implement the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C., 4331, et seq., 

provide the procedures for carrying out 

the NEPA environmental review process 

for the issuance of new source NPDES 

permits. The purpose of this review 

process is to determine if any significant 

environmental impacts are anticipated 

by issuance of NPDES permits 

authorizing discharges from new 

sources. EPA prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) in 

accordance with 40 CFR 6.604 when the 

previous permit was drafted. EPA is 

working on a supplemental information 

report (SIR) and tentatively determines, 

based on information available, that 

there will be no significant impact as 

the result of reissuing this permit. EPA 

will make the final SIR on EPA’s Web 

site http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/ 

npdes/genpermit/index.htm when it 

becomes available prior to the 

reissuance of the final permit. 

D. Endangered Species Act 

When EPA issued the previous Permit 

TXG330000, effective October 21, 1993, 

covering existing sources, but not New 

Sources, the United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS) concurred with 

EPA’s finding that the permit was 

unlikely to adversely affect any 

threatened or endangered species or 

their critical habitat. When EPA issued 

Permit TXG290000, effective February 

8, 1995, the Service also concurred with 

EPA’s finding that the permit was 

unlikely to adversely affect any 

threatened or endangered species or 

their critical habitat. The Region found 

that adding New Source coverage to the 

permit is also unlikely to adversely 

affect any threatened or endangered 

species or its critical habitat. EPA 

received written concurrence from the 

FWS on May 2, 2001, and from the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) on May 1, 2001, on that 

determination. EPA proposes to add 

more requirements, such as 

characterization study for produced 

water, intake velocity limit for cooling 

water intake structures from new 

facilities, and etc., to the current permit. 

EPA has been working on a biological 

evaluation (BE) update to evaluate the 

effects of this permitting action on 

federally listed endangered and 

threatened species. 

E. Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

The 1996 amendments to the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act set 

forth a new mandate to identify and 

protect important marine and 

anadromous fisheries habitats. The 

purpose of addressing habitat in this act 

is to further the goal of maintaining 

sustainable fisheries. Guidance and 

procedures for implementing these 

amendments are contained in National 

Marine Fisheries Service regulations 

(50 CFR 600.805–600.930). These 

regulations specify that any Federal 

agency that authorizes or proposes to 

authorize an activity which would 

adversely affect an Essential Fish 

Habitat is subject to the consultation 

provisions of the Manguson-Stevens 

Act. The Texas Coastal Subcategory 

areas covered by this general permit 

include Essential Fish Habitat 

designated under the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. 

The Region previously found that 

issuance of the general permit would be 

unlikely to adversely affect Essential 

Fish Habitat. EPA received written 

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concurrence from NMFS on that 

determination by a letter dated January 

10, 2007, when EPA reissued the 

expiring permit in 2007. Because there 

are no changes which make the permit 

less stringent through this action, EPA 

again finds that its issuance is unlikely 

to adversely affect Essential Fish 

Habitat. EPA is seeking concurrence 

with that decision from NMFS. 

F. Historic Preservation Act 

Facilities which adversely affect 

properties listed or eligible for listing in 

the National Register of Historical 

Places are not authorized to discharge 

under this permit. 

G. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection required 

by this permit has been approved by 

OMB under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq., in submission made for the 

NPDES permit program and assigned 

OMB control numbers 2040–0086 

(NPDES permit application) and 2040– 

0004 (discharge monitoring reports). 

Because this permit authorizes limited 

discharges, the reporting time for 

discharges is less than that for 

permittees discharging under the 

Territorial Seas of Texas (TXG260000) 

or to Outer Continental Shelf 

(GMG290000) permits. Also, this 

proposed permit requires electronic 

reporting for discharge monitoring 

reports, so it will save some reporting 

time and paper mailing costs. 

H. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 USC 

601 et seq, requires that EPA prepare a 

regulatory flexibility analysis for 

regulations that have a significant 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. This permit is not a ‘‘rule’’ 

subject to the Regulatory Flexibility Act. 

EPA prepared a regulatory flexibility 

analysis, however, on the promulgation 

of the Coastal Subcategory guidelines on 

which many of the permit’s effluent 

limitations are based. That analysis 

shows that compliance with the permit 

requirements will not result in a 

significant impact on dischargers, 

including small businesses, covered by 

this permit. EPA Region 6, therefore, 

concludes that the permit being 

proposed today will not have a 

significant impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7686 Filed 3–29–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9654–5] 

Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Settlement; George L. Gomez and 

Patricia A. Gomez. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(h)(1) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(h)(1), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement for 

the Terrible Mine Site, Isle Mining 

District, Custer County, Colorado with 

George L. Gomez and Patricia A. Gomez 

based upon an inability to pay 

settlement. The settlement includes a 

covenant not to sue the settling party 

pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 

42 U.S.C. 9607(a), and provides that the 

settling parties will sign and execute an 

environmental covenant on the Site. For 

thirty (30) days following the date of 

publication of this notice, the agency 

will receive written comments relating 

to the settlement. The agency will 

consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

The agency’s response to any comments 

received will be available for public 

inspection at the EPA Region 8 Records 

Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado 80202. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is 

available for public inspection at the 

EPA Region 8 Records Center, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202. A copy of the proposed 

settlement may be obtained from John 

Works, EPA Technical Enforcement 

Officer, EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop 

Street, Denver, CO 80202, 303.312.6196. 

Comments should reference the Terrible 

Mine Site, Isle Mining District, Custer 

County, Colorado and EPA Docket No. 

08–2012–0003 and should be addressed 

to John Works, EPA Technical 

Enforcement Officer, EPA Region 8, 

1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 

80202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Works, EPA Technical Enforcement 

Officer, EPA Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop 

Street, Denver, CO 80202, 303–312– 

6196. 

Dated: March 21, 2012. 

Andrew M. Gaydosh, 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of 

Enforcement and Compliance and 

Environmental Justice, U. S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 8, Denver, CO. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are 

requested concerning (a) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Commission’s burden estimate; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) ways to further reduce the 

information collection burden on 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 control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before May 29, 2012. 

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 contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

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