Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 109 / Thursday, June 7, 2007 / Notices 31579 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8323–3] 

Final 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: Notice of NPDES General Permit 

Reissuance. 

SUMMARY: EPA Region 6 today issues a 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit regulating discharges from oil 

and gas wells in the Coastal Subcategory 

in Texas and regulating produced water 

discharges from wells in the Stripper 

and Offshore Subcategories which 

discharge into coastal waters of Texas. 

The general permit prohibits the 

discharge of drilling fluid, drill cuttings, 

produced sand and well treatment, 

completion and workover fluids. 

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. 

Monitoring for oil and grease and total 

dissolved solids is required for those 

produced water discharges. Discharge of 

dewatering effluent is prohibited, except 

from reserve pits which have not 

received drilling fluids and/or drill 

cuttings since January 15, 1997. The 

discharge of deck drainage, formation 

test fluids, sanitary waste, domestic 

waste and miscellaneous discharges is 

authorized. 

A copy of the Region’s final permit 

may be obtained from the EPA Region 

6 Internet site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

earth1r6/6wq/6wq.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diane Smith, Water Quality Protection 

Division, Region 6, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733, telephone: 

(214) 665–7191, or via e-mail at: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulated 

entities. EPA intends to use the reissued 

permit to regulate oil and gas extraction 

facilities located in the coastal waters of 

Texas, e.g., oil and gas extraction 

platforms, but other types of facilities 

may also be subject to the permit. The 

permit authorizes some produced water 

discharges from Stripper Subcategory 

wells to coastal waters. To determine 

whether your facility, company, 

business, organization, etc., may be 

affected by today’s action, you should 

carefully examine the applicability 

criteria in Part I, Section A.1 of the draft 

permit. Questions on the permit’s 

application to specific facilities may 

also be directed to Ms. Smith at the 

telephone number or address listed 

above. 

The permit contains limitations 

conforming to EPA’s Oil and Gas 

extraction, Coastal and Stripper 

Subcategory Effluent Limitations 

Guidelines at 40 CFR Part 435 as well 

as requirements assuring that regulated 

discharges will comply with Texas State 

Water Quality Standards. Specific 

information on the derivation of those 

limitations and conditions is contained 

in the fact sheet. 

Pursuant to section 402 of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA), 33 U.S.C. 1342, EPA 

proposed and solicited comments on 

NPDES general permit TXG330000 at 71 

FR 78204 (December 28, 2006). Notice 

of the proposed permit modification 

was also published in the Houston 

Chronicle on December 30, 2006 and the 

Corpus Christi Caller on January 5, 

2007. The comment period closed on 

February 20, 2007. No comments were 

received on the proposed permit; 

therefore, no changes have been made in 

the final permit. 

Dated: May 31, 2007. 

Miguel I. Flores, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E7–11034 Filed 6–6–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Farm Credit Administration Board; 

Regular Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of 

the regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

Administration Board (Board). 

DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of 

the Board will be held at the offices of 

the Farm Credit Administration in 

McLean, Virginia, on June 14, 2007, 

from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board 

concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roland E. Smith, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. 

ADDRESS: Farm Credit Administration, 

1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean, 

Virginia 22102–5090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of 

this meeting of the Board will be open 

to the public (limited space available), 

and parts will be closed to the public. 

In order to increase the accessibility to 

Board meetings, persons requiring 

assistance should make arrangements in 

advance. The matters to be considered 

at the meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• May 10, 2007 (Open and Closed). 

B. New Business 

1. Regulations 

• Capital Adequacy-Basel Accord—

12 CFR Part 615—Advance Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking. 

2. Reports 

• OMS Quarterly Report. 

• FCSBA Quarterly Report. 

Closed Sesson 

• OSMO Quarterly Report. 

Dated: June 5, 2007. 

Roland E. Smith, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

[FR Doc. 07–2867 Filed 6–5–07; 3:53 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Information 

Collection; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

the respondent is not required to 

respond to, an information collection 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. The FDIC is 

contemplating initiating a two-year pilot 

program relating to small-dollar lending 

by insured depository institutions. 

Institutions meeting threshold eligibility 

requirements may volunteer to 

participate in the pilot, and the 

collection at this first stage would 

provide certain basic information as to 

the institution and its current or 

proposed small-dollar lending program. 

Participating institutions would 

thereafter provide certain information to 

the FDIC about their ongoing experience 

with their small-dollar lending program. 

The collection at this second stage 

would provide information on the most 

effective and replicable business 

practices to incorporate affordable 

small-dollar loans into effective 

business models to reach out to 

underserved communities and to 


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