Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 182 / Friday, September 19, 1997 / Notices 49227

Protection Agency Region II, 290

Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, New

York 10006–1866,

wood.steven@epamail.epa.gov, or by

calling (212) 637–3866.

The administrative record containing

background technical information is on

file and may be inspected at the U.S.

EPA, Region II office between the hours

of 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except holidays.

Arrangements to examine the

administrative record may be made by

contacting Mr. Steven Wood.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Steven Wood, telephone (212) 637-3866.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Public Notice of Draft Decision

III. Final Determination

I. Background

A TMDL, or total maximum daily

load, is the maximum amount of the

pollutant that a waterbody can

assimilate and still meet ambient water

quality standards. TMDLs are

established for water quality-limited

segments, which are defined as ‘‘any

segment where it is known that water

quality does not meet applicable water

quality standards, and/or is not

expected to meet applicable water

quality standards, even after the

application of technology-based effluent

limitations * * *’’ (40 CFR 130.2(i)).

On January 24, 1996, EPA established

certain phased TMDLs, including waste

load allocations (WLAs) and load

allocations (LAs) for copper. (61 FR

1930). Phased TMDLs were developed

for copper because of the limited

ambient data and uncertainty in the

model calibration for the New Jersey

Harbor waters. The Phase I TMDLs

established in January 1996 required

additional data collection in the New

Jersey Harbor waters before the

establishment, as necessary, of revised

Phase II TMDLs. Phase II TMDLs were

to be established only if the additional

data and/or modeling indicated that it

was necessary to reduce point and/or

nonpoint sources of copper below Phase

I levels. The New Jersey Harbor waters

affected by this action are Newark Bay,

Hackensack River below the Oradell

Dam, Passaic River below the Dundee

Dam, Raritan River below the Fieldville

Dam and Raritan Bay.

The New Jersey Harbor Dischargers

Group (NJHDG), in cooperation with the

State of New Jersey and EPA, agreed to

undertake the required additional

monitoring and modeling. The first

phase of the monitoring was designed to

enhance the existing ambient database

and to confirm whether copper

exceeded or potentially exceeded

applicable water quality standards in

the above defined New Jersey Harbor

waters. Based on the results of this data

collection effort, it was determined that

copper does not exceed the appropriate

water quality criteria, and therefore the

Phase I copper TMDLs are being

withdrawn, for the waters mentioned

above.

For the Arthur Kill and Kill Van Kull,

the Phase I copper TMDLs are not being

withdrawn by today’s action. The

copper TMDLs for these waters remain

in effect. Additional monitoring and

modeling is currently ongoing for these

two waters, and EPA expects to review

these data and take appropriate action.

Such action may include, without

limitation, withdrawing the Phase I

copper TMDLs, establishing Phase II

copper TMDLs or taking no action to

revise the Phase I copper TMDLs. In

order to clarify EPA’s position in this

matter, EPA will, following review of

the data, publish notice in the Federal

Register of the results of its review and

what further action, if any, it intends to

take on the Arthur Kill and Kill Van

Kull copper TMDLs.

II. Public Notice of Draft Decision

EPA’s proposed withdrawal was

public noticed in the Federal Register

dated January 10, 1997 (62 FR 1454). A

30-day comment period followed,

during which EPA received five

comment letters. All comments have

been addressed in a responsiveness

summary which may be obtained by

writing or calling Mr. Steven Wood as

referenced above.

III. Final Decision

EPA is noticing its final decision to

withdraw the Phase I copper TMDLs

from the following New Jersey Harbor

waters:

—Hackensack River below the Oradell

Dam,

—Passaic River below the Dundee Dam,

—Raritan River below the Fieldville

Dam,

—Newark Bay, and

—Raritan Bay.

This action has no effect on the

TMDLs for other pollutants established

for these waters.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

William J. Muszynski,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–24944 Filed 9–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Farm Credit Administration Board;

Regular Meeting; Sunshine Act

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)), that

the October 9, 1997 regular meeting of

the Farm Credit Administration Board

(Board) will not be held. The FCA Board

will hold a meeting at 9:00 a.m. on

Wednesday, October 22, 1997. An

agenda for this meeting will be

published at a later date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Floyd Fithian, Secretary to the Farm

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4025, TDD (703) 883–4444.

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

Floyd Fithian,

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.

[FR Doc. 97–25114 Filed 9–17–97; 2:24 pm]

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Farm Credit Administration Board;

Amendment to Sunshine Act Meeting;

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Government

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C.

552b(e)(3)), the Farm Credit

Administration gave notice on

September 10, 1997 (62 FR 47667) of the

regular meeting of the Farm Credit

Administration Board (Board)

scheduled for September 11, 1997. This

notice is to amend the agenda by adding

an item to the open session of that

meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Floyd Fithian, Secretary to the Farm

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4025, TDD (703) 883–4444.

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of

this meeting of the Board were open to

the public (limited space available), and

parts of this meeting were closed to the

public. The agenda for September 11,

1997, is amended by adding the

following item:

Open Session

B. Report

—FCSBA’s Quarterly Report