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from the Potomac and just West of the 

CSX railroad bridge. 

(b) The regulations. (1) All persons, 

vessels, or other craft are prohibited 

from entering, transiting, drifting, 

dredging, or anchoring within the 

restricted area without the permission of 

the Commander, MCB Quantico or his/ 

her designated representatives. 

(2) The restriction will be in place 24 

hours a day, seven days a week. 

(3) Licensed commercial fisherman 

will be authorized controlled access to 

the restricted area after registering with 

MCB Quantico officials and following 

specific access notification procedures. 

However, no vessels will be allowed in 

the Chopawamsic Creek channel. 

Warning signs/buoys will be placed at 

500-foot intervals along the boundary to 

notify individuals of the restricted area 

and that entry is prohibited. 

Additionally, floating, lighted, small 

craft intrusion barriers will be placed 

across the Chopawamsic Creek channel 

at the entrance to the channel from the 

Potomac and just west of the CSX 

railroad bridge. 

(c) Enforcement. The restricted area 

will be enforced by the Commander, 

MCB Quantico. Enforcement will 

include 24/7 shoreline observation by 

security personnel and electronic 

monitoring systems. USMC boats with 

law enforcement personnel will 

randomly patrol the restricted area and 

provide a response capability. All 

persons, vessels, or other craft are 

prohibited from entering, transiting, 

drifting, dredging, or anchoring within 

the restricted area without the 

permission of the Commander, MCB 

Quantico or his/her designated 

representative. 

Dated: August 23, 2010. 

Michael G. Ensch, 

Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil Works. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21756 Filed 8–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army, Corps of 

Engineers 

33 CFR Part 334 

United States Army Restricted Area, 

Designated Portions of Eagle Bay and 

Eagle River, Fort Richardson, AK 

AGENCY: United States Army Corps of 

Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers is proposing to revise its 

regulations to establish a restricted area 

to change the navigability status of a 

portion of Eagle River within the 

boundaries of Fort Richardson, Alaska 

as well as an adjacent portion of Eagle 

Bay in the Knik Arm. More specifically, 

the restricted area is to include all 

waters of Eagle River downstream from 

the Bravo Bridge as well as the portion 

of Eagle Bay east of a demarcation line 

to extend from two points of Fort 

Richardson land along northern and 

southern shores of the Bay. This 

amendment would prohibit vessels and 

persons from entering affected waters of 

Eagle Bay and Eagle River in order to 

enhance safety and security. This 

portion of Eagle River runs through an 

active military range munitions impact 

area. This portion of Eagle Bay could be 

subjected to hazardous levels of noise 

during certain training exercises; Army 

control of this area is also necessary to 

prevent unauthorized access into the 

impact area. The restricted area is 

necessary to protect the public from 

entering an extremely hazardous area. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted by September 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number COE– 

2010–0031, by any of the following 

methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

E-mail: david.b.olson@usace.army. 

mil. Include the docket number, COE– 

2010–0031, in the subject line of the 

message. 

Mail: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Attn: CECW–CO (David B. Olson), 441 

G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20314– 

1000. 

Hand Delivery/Courier: Due to 

security requirements, we cannot 

receive comments by hand delivery or 

courier. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket number COE–2010–0031. All 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available on-line at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless the commenter indicates that the 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI, or otherwise 

protected, through regulations.gov or 

e-mail. The regulations.gov Web site is 

an anonymous access system, which 

means we will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail directly to the 

Corps without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic comment, we recommend 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If we cannot read your 

comment because of technical 

difficulties and cannot contact you for 

clarification, we may not be able to 

consider your comment. Electronic 

comments should avoid the use of any 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. All documents in 

the docket are listed. Although listed in 

the index, some information is not 

publicly available, such as CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Olson, Headquarters, Operations 

and Regulatory Community of Practice, 

Washington, DC at 202–761–4922 or Ms. 

Serena Sweet, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Alaska District, Regulatory 

Division, at 907–753–2819. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

response to a request from the 

Department of the Army and pursuant 

to its authorities in Section 7 of the 

River and Harbor Act of 1917 (40 Stat. 

266; 33 U.S.C. 1) and Chapter XIX, of 

the Army Appropriations Act of 1919 

(40 Stat. 892; 33 U.S.C. 3) the Corps is 

proposing to amend the restricted area 

regulations in 33 CFR part 334 to 

establish a restricted area to the east of 

a demarcation line bisecting Eagle Bay 

and extending up Eagle River to Bravo 

Bridge within Fort Richardson. The 

restricted area is necessary to protect the 

public against hazardous noise impacts 

and to prevent vessels and persons from 

entering an active military range 

munitions impact area. 

Procedural Requirements 

a. Review Under Executive Order 12866 

This proposed rule is issued with 

respect to a military function of the 

Defense Department and the provisions 

of Executive Order 12866 do not apply. 


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b. Review Under the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule has been reviewed 

under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(Pub. L. 96–354) which requires the 

preparation of a regulatory flexibility 

analysis for any regulation that will 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

(i.e., small businesses and small 

governments). Due to the nature of the 

waterway and the minimal historic use 

of this portion of Eagle Bay for travel, 

recreation or fishing, as well as the 

availability of an alternate channel 

within Knik Arm, the Corps expects that 

the economic impact of this portion of 

the restricted area would have 

practically no impact on the public and 

no anticipated navigational hazard or 

interference with existing waterway 

traffic, and accordingly, certifies that 

this proposed rule will have no 

significant economic impact on small 

entities. 

c. Review Under the National 

Environmental Policy Act 

Due to the administrative nature of 

this action and because there is no 

intended change in the use of the area, 

the Corps expects that this regulation, if 

adopted, will not have a significant 

impact to the quality of the human 

environment and, therefore, preparation 

of an environmental impact statement, 

for the establishment of this restricted 

area, is not required. An environmental 

assessment (EA) will be prepared after 

the public notice comment period is 

closed and all comments have been 

received and considered. After it is 

prepared, it may be reviewed at the 

District office listed at the end of the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section, above. 

d. Unfunded Mandates Act 

This proposed rule does not impose 

an enforceable duty upon the private 

sector. Therefore, it is not a Federal 

private sector mandate and is not 

subject to the requirements of Section 

202 or 205 of the Unfunded Mandates 

Act. We have also found under Section 

203 of the Act, that small Governments 

will not be significantly and uniquely 

affected by this rulemaking. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 334 

Danger zones, Marine safety, 

Navigation (water), Restricted areas, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons stated in the 

preamble, the Corps proposes to amend 

33 CFR part 334 as follows: 

PART 334—DANGER ZONE AND 

RESTRICTED AREA REGULATIONS 

1. The authority citation for 33 CFR 

part 334 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 40 Stat. 266 (33 U.S.C. 1) and 

40 Stat. 892 (33 U.S.C. 3). 

2. Add § 334.1305 to read as follows: 

§ 334.1305 Eagle River Flats Weapons 

Training Range Impact Area, Fort 

Richardson, Alaska; Restricted Area. 

(a) The area. The danger zone shall 

encompass all navigable waters of Eagle 

River, as defined at 33 CFR part 329, 

beginning at Eagle River Flats Bravo 

Bridge at latitude 61°18′39.33′′ N, 

longitude 149°41′15.68′′ W on Fort 

Richardson, Alaska extending along the 

shore downstream to the river’s outflow 

to Eagle Bay in the Knik Arm, as well 

as those waters of Eagle Bay to the east 

of a demarcation line drawn from a 

point of Fort Richardson land located at 

latitude 61°22′19.195′′ N, longitude 

149°43′20.730′′ W to a point of Fort 

Richardson land located at latitude 

61°19′39.168′′ N, longitude 

149°46′32.204′′ W. 

(b) The regulations. To ensure public 

safety, the restricted area shall be closed 

to all watercraft navigation and persons 

at all times, except for vessels and 

individuals engaged in operational and 

maintenance activities authorized by the 

Commander, U.S. Army Garrison 

Alaska. 

(c) Enforcement. This regulation shall 

be enforced by the Commander, U.S. 

Army Garrison Alaska or other such 

agencies as the Commander may 

designate. 

Dated: August 13, 2010. 

Michael G. Ensch, 

Chief, Operations, Directorate of Civil Works. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21735 Filed 8–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0878; FRL–9195–5] 

RIN 2040–AD94 

National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations: Revisions to the Total 

Coliform Rule; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is extending by 30 days 

the public comment period for a 

proposed National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulation, the Revisions to the 

Total Coliform Rule (RTCR), which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 14, 2010. This extended comment 

period will afford greater opportunity to 

all interested parties to review and 

submit comments on the proposal. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by mail to: Water Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2008– 

0878. Comments may also be submitted 

electronically or through hand delivery/ 

courier by following the instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical inquiries, contact Sean 

Conley, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water (MC 4607M), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone (202) 564–1781. 

For general information, contact the 

Safe Drinking Water Hotline, Telephone 

(800) 426–4791 or e-mail: hotline-sdwa 

@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

comment period for the proposed RTCR 

now ends on October 13, 2010. This is 

an extension of 30 days beyond the 

comment period established in the 

Federal Register on July 14, 2010. 

Anyone seeking to submit comments 

must follow the procedures specified in 

the SUMMARY section of the proposal as 

published in the Federal Register (75 

FR 40926, July 14, 2010). The RTCR 

applies to all public water systems. The 

proposed revisions require systems that 

have an indication of coliform 

contamination in the distribution 

system to assess the problem and take 

corrective action that may reduce cases 

of illnesses and deaths due to potential 

fecal contamination and waterborne 

pathogen exposure. This proposal also 

establishes criteria for systems to qualify 

for and stay on reduced monitoring, 

thereby providing incentives for 

improved water system operation. 

See the proposal as published in the 

Federal Register (75 FR 40926, July 14, 

2010) for additional information 

regarding public health concerns, 

proposed regulatory requirements, 

implementation schedules, estimated 

costs and benefits, implementation 

tools, and other issues. 


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