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Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

site at www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary 

link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and 

enter the docket number, excluding the 

last three digits in the Docket Number 

field (i.e., CP15–492). Be sure you have 

selected an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The 

eLibrary link also provides access to the 

texts of formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at www.ferc.gov/

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–18679 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9931–44–Region 6] 

Draft National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permit for Small Municipal Separate 

Storm Sewer Systems in New Mexico 

(NMR040000) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed permit 

reissuance and notice of public 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 6 Water Quality 

Protection Division, today is proposing 

for public comment the reissuance of a 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit for storm water discharges from 

small municipal separate storm sewer 

systems (MS4s) located within the State 

of New Mexico except MS4s located in 

Indian lands, Los Alamos County, the 

Middle Rio Grande Sub-Watersheds 

described in Appendix A of the NPDES 

permit No NMR04A000, or within the 

area of another MS4 permit. This 

proposed permit offers discharge 

authorization to regulated small MS4s 

within the boundaries of the Bureau of 

the Census-designated 2000 and 2010 

Farmington, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, Las 

Cruces and El Paso Urbanized Areas and 

any other small MS4s in the State of 

New Mexico designated by the Director 

as needing a MS4 permit, other than 

those primarily located in Los Alamos. 

This permit is intended to replace the 

expired general permit NMR040000. 

The Director is also providing notice of 

public meetings to be held regarding 

today’s proposed general permit 

reissuance. 

The Region is also providing notice 

that general permits NMR04000I and 

OKR04000I (MS4s on Indian Country 

lands in New Mexico and Oklahoma, 

respectively) are not being reissued and 

are considered terminated by expiration. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before October 28, 

2015. 

Proposed Documents: The proposed 

general permit and fact sheet which sets 

forth principal facts and the significant 

factual, legal, and policy questions 

considered in the development of the 

proposed general permit, may be 

obtained via the Internet at http://

epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/sw/sms4/

index.htm. To obtain hard copies of 

these documents or any other 

information in the administrative 

record, please contact Ms. Evelyn 

Rosborough using the contact 

information provided below. 

How do I comment on this proposal? 

Comment Submittals: Submit your 

comments, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Email: rosborough.evelyn@epa.gov. 

• Mail: Ms. Evelyn Rosborough, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 

Texas 75202–2733. 

Administrative Record: The proposed 

general permit and other related 

documents in the administrative record 

are on file and may be inspected any 

time between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays, at the addresses listed for 

submission of comments. It is 

recommended that you write or call to 

the contact above for an appointment, so 

the record(s) will be available at your 

convenience. 

Public Meetings and Public Hearing: 

EPA will be holding five informal 

public meetings in the Santa Fe, 

Farmington, Los Lunas, Las Cruces and 

El Paso urbanized areas. The public 

meetings will include a presentation on 

the proposed general permit and a 

question and answer session. Written, 

but not oral, comments for the official 

permit record will be accepted at the 

public meetings. Public notice of these 

meetings will be provided in The Sun 

News, Albuquerque Journal, The Santa 

Fe New Mexican, and The Farmington 

Daily Times. 

El Paso Urbanized Area Meeting 

Date and Time: Monday September 

14, 2015 from 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m. MST. 

Location: New Mexico State 

University, Dona Ana Community 

College-Sunland Park Campus, Room 

102—Auditorium, 3365 McNutt Rd., 

Sunland Park, NM 88063. 

Las Cruces Urbanized Area Meeting 

Date and Time: Monday September 

14, 2015 from 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. MST 

Location: New Mexico State 

University, Dona Ana Community 

College-East Mesa Campus, Student 

Resource Building, 2800 N. Sonoma 

Ranch Blvd., Las Cruces, NM 88003. 

Los Lunas Urbanized Area Meeting 

Date and Time: Tuesday September 

15, 2015 from 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. MST 

Location: Holiday Inn Express Belen, 

2110 Camino del Llano, Belen, NM 

87002. 

Farmington Urbanized Area Meeting 

Date and Time: Wednesday 

September 16, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.–7:30 

p.m. MST 

Location: Courtyard by Marriott 

Farmington, 560 Scott Ave., 

Farmington, NM 87401. 

Santa Fe Urbanized Area Meeting 

Date and Time: Thursday September 

17, 2015 from 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. MST. 

Location: The Lodge at Santa Fe, 750 

N. St. Francis Dr., Santa Fe, NM 87501. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Evelyn Rosborough, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

Telephone: (214) 655–7515. Email 

address: rosborough.evelyn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. General Information 

This permit authorizes stormwater 

discharges to waters of the United States 

from small MS4s within the State of 

New Mexico except MS4s located in 

Indian lands, Los Alamos County, the 

Middle Rio Grande Sub-Watersheds 

described in Appendix A of the NPDES 

permit No NMR04A000, or within the 


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area of another MS4 permit provided 

the MS4 is located fully or partially 

within an urbanized area as determined 

by the 2000 and 2010 Decennial Census; 

is designated as a regulated MS4 

pursuant to 40 CFR 122.32; or this 

permit may also authorize an operator of 

a MS4 covered by this permit for 

discharges from areas of a regulated 

small MS4 located outside an Urbanized 

Areas or areas designated by the 

Director provided the permittee 

complies with all permit conditions in 

all areas covered under the permit. 

Maps of 2010 Census urbanized areas 

are available online at: http://

water.epa.gov/polwaste/npdes/

stormwater/Urbanized-Area-Maps-forNPDES-MS4-Phase-II-StormwaterPermits.cfm. 

At the time the general permit 

NMR040000 was issued, permit 

coverage was actually provided by three 

legally separate and distinctly 

numbered permits (NMR040000, 

NMR04000I, OKR04000I). NMR04000I 

was issued for MS4s on Indian Country 

in New Mexico, general permit 

OKR04000I was issued for MS4s on 

Indian Country lands in Oklahoma. MS4 

General Permit OKR04000I expired June 

30, 2012, without any MS4s submitting 

a Notice of Intent to be covered. Since 

no MS4 operators took advantage of the 

authorization offered by that permit 

during its five year term and there are 

no administratively continued 

permittees covered by the permit, EPA 

Region 6 considers the permit 

terminated as of the expiration date and 

is not proposing to reissue MS4 General 

Permit OKR04000I at this time. Any 

MS4 operators on Indian Country lands 

in Oklahoma requiring permit coverage 

should contact EPA Region 6 for 

information on how to obtain permit 

coverage. 

B. Statutory and Regulatory History 

The overall intent of the permit 

conditions is to support the statutory 

goals of Section 101 of the Clean Water 

Act (CWA) to restore and maintain the 

chemical, physical and biological 

integrity for the Nation’s waters. The 

1987 Water Quality Act (WQA) 

amended the CWA by adding section 

402(p) which requires that NPDES 

permits be issued for various categories 

of storm water discharges. Section 

402(p)(2) requires permits for five 

categories of storm water discharges, 

commonly referred to as Phase I of the 

NPDES Storm Water Program. Included 

in Phase I are discharges from large 

municipal separate storm sewer systems 

(MS4s) (systems serving a population of 

250,000 or more). Phase I regulations 

published November 16, 1990 (55 FR 

47990) addressed discharges from large 

MS4s. 

Section 402(p)(6) of the CWA requires 

permitting for certain additional storm 

water discharges (Phase II of the storm 

water program) to protect water quality. 

EPA promulgated final Phase II storm 

water regulations on December 8, 1999 

(64 FR 68722). These regulations set 

forth the additional categories of 

discharges to be permitted and the 

requirements of the program. The 

additional discharges to be permitted 

included small MS4s located in 

Urbanized Areas designated by the 

Bureau of the Census and those 

designated by the Director on a case-bycase basis to protect water quality. This 

proposed permit offers coverage to 

Phase II regulated MS4s in the 

Farmington, Santa Fe, Los Lunas, Las 

Cruces, and El Paso UAs into a single 

general permit. 

The discharge control conditions 

established by this permit are based on 

Section 402(p)(3)(B) of the Act which 

mandates that a permit for discharges 

from Phase II MS4s must effectively 

prohibit the discharge of nonstormwater to the MS4 and require 

controls to reduce pollutants in 

discharges from the MS4 to the 

maximum extent practicable (MEP) 

including management practices, 

control techniques and system design 

and engineering methods, and such 

other provisions as the Administrator 

deems appropriate for the control of 

pollutants. MS4 permits requiring 

implementation of Best Management 

Practices (BMPs) addressing the Six 

Minimum Control Measures at 40 CFR 

122.34(b) are generally deemed to be an 

appropriate means of meeting the MEP 

standard. Protection of water quality 

and compliance with Total Maximum 

Daily Loads (TMDLs) are addressed 

through the CWA 402(p)(3)(B)(iii) 

authority for ‘‘other such provisions as 

the Administrator deems appropriate for 

the control of pollutants.’’ 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection required 

by this permit will reduce paperwork 

significantly by implementation of 

electronic reporting requirements. EPA 

is working on an electronic notice of 

intent (eNOI) system so applicants will 

file their NOIs online. EPA estimates 

that it takes 10 to 15 minutes to fill up 

all information required by eNOI for 

each lease block. And it takes much less 

time to add, delete, or modify eNOI. 

EPA will also incorporate an electronic 

discharge monitoring report (NetDMR) 

requirement in the permit. The time for 

NetDMR preparation will be much less 

than that for paper DMR. The electronic 

filing systems will also significantly 

reduce the mailing cost. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 

U.S.C. 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. As indicated below, the permit 

reissuance proposed today is not a 

‘‘rule’’ subject to the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

Dated: July 20, 2015. 

William K. Honker, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2015–18720 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0039; FRL–9931– 

58–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NSPS for 

Nonmetallic Mineral Processing (40 CFR 

part 60, subpart OOO) (Renewal)’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 1084.13, OMB Control No. 

2060–0050) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through July 31, 2015. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register (79 FR 30117) 

on May 27, 2014 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An Agency may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 31, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2014–0039, to (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 


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