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review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will be placed in the 

public records of the project. 

Dated: June 15, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2018–0378; FRL–9979–73– 

OGC] 

Proposed Stipulated Order of Partial 

Dismissal, Endangered Species Act 

Claims 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed stipulated 

order of partial dismissal; request for 

public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Administrator’s October 16, 2017, 

Directive Promoting Transparency and 

Public Participation in Consent Decrees 

and Settlement Agreements, notice is 

hereby given of a proposed stipulated 

order of partial dismissal to address 

several claims in a lawsuit filed by the 

Northwest Environmental Advocates 

(‘‘Plaintiff’’) in the United States District 

Court for the Western District of 

Washington: Northwest Environmental 

Advocates v. United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, No. 

2:14–cv–0196. On September 1, 2015, 

Plaintiff filed an amended complaint 

alleging, inter alia, that the United 

States Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) failed to perform duties 

mandated by the Endangered Species 

Act (‘‘ESA’’) to consult with the Fish & 

Wildlife Service and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (collectively 

‘‘the Services’’) regarding water quality 

standards adopted by Washington and 

approved by the EPA. The proposed 

stipulated order of partial dismissal 

would set a deadline for EPA to 

complete an ESA effects determination 

for its February 11, 2008, approval of 

Washington’s revisions to the State’s 

ammonia criteria and, as appropriate, 

request initiation of any necessary ESA 

consultation with the Services. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed stipulated order of partial 

dismissal must be received by July 23, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2018–0378, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). For comments submitted at 

www.regulations.gov, follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from 

www.regulations.gov. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA generally 

will not consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Glazer, Water Law Office 

(7426N), Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone: (202) 564–0908; email 

address: Glazer.Thomas@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Stipulated Dismissal 

On February 10, 2014, Plaintiff filed 

suit in the federal district court for the 

Western District of Washington. 

Plaintiff’s original Complaint brought 

five claims alleging violations of ESA 

section 7, CWA section 303(c), and the 

Administrative Procedures Act 

(‘‘APA’’). Following EPA’s motion to 

partially dismiss on statute of 

limitations grounds, NWEA filed an 

Amended Complaint on September 1, 

2015, which alleges four broad sets of 

claims. Plaintiff’s first claim alleges that, 

on February 11, 2008, EPA approved 

revised State of Washington Department 

of Ecology (Washington) water quality 

standards involving metals conversion 

factors and ammonia criteria without 

initiating consultation under ESA 

section 7(a)(2) in contravention of the 

ESA. Plaintiffs’ second claim alleges 

that the listing of new species, 

designation of new critical habit, and 

Washington’s completion of a 2009 

study regarding dissolved oxygen all 

triggered an obligation for EPA to 

reinitiate consultation on various 

natural conditions criteria provisions 

pertaining to temperature and dissolved 

oxygen that EPA approved on February 

11, 2008. 

The proposed stipulated order of 

partial dismissal would resolve these 

ESA claims. As described in paragraph 

three of the proposed stipulated order of 

dismissal, within three years, EPA will 

complete an ESA effects determination 

pursuant to 50 CFR 402.14(a) for its 

February 11, 2008 approval of 

Washington’s revisions to the State’s 

ammonia criteria and, as appropriate, 

request initiation of any necessary ESA 

consultation with the Services. If during 

that time, Washington submits revisions 

to the ammonia criteria and EPA 

intends to approve, EPA will complete 

an effects determination and, if 

appropriate, request initiation of any 

necessary ESA consultation with the 

Services within one year of submission 

or three years of the Court’s approval of 

the stipulated order of dismissal, 

whichever is later. Portions of claims 

three and four would also be dismissed 

in exchange for commitments by 

Washington, but EPA is not taking 

comment on those aspects of the 

proposed stipulated order of partial 

dismissal. See the proposed stipulated 

order of partial dismissal for specific 

details. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the resolution of 

the ESA claims contained in the 

proposed stipulated order of partial 

dismissal from persons who are not 

named as parties or intervenors to the 

litigation in question. If so requested, 

EPA will also consider holding a public 


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hearing on whether to enter into the 

proposed stipulated order of partial 

dismissal. EPA or the Department of 

Justice may withdraw or withhold 

consent to the proposed stipulated order 

of partial dismissal if the comments 

disclose facts or considerations that 

indicate that such consent is 

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or 

inconsistent with the requirements of 

the Act. Unless EPA or the Department 

of Justice determines that consent to this 

proposed stipulated order of partial 

dismissal should be withdrawn, the 

terms of the proposed stipulated order 

of partial dismissal will be affirmed and 

entered with the Court. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Stipulated Order of Partial Dismissal 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

stipulated order of partial dismissal? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC– 

2018–0378) contains a copy of the 

proposed stipulated order of partial 

dismissal. The official public docket is 

available for public viewing at the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The EPA Docket Center Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number 

for the Public Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available on EPA’s website at 

[Insert URL] and also through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ It is important to note that 

EPA’s policy is that public comments, 

whether submitted electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. 

EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov 

website to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: June 11, 2018. 

Steven Neugeboren, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13572 Filed 6–21–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0234; FRL–9979– 

30–OECA] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) issued a document in the 

Federal Register of May 30, 2018, 

concerning EPA’s planned submission 

of 73 existing Information Collection 

Requests (ICRs) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and renewed approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Item 

number 37, entitled: ‘‘NESHAP for 

Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 63, 

subpart CC)’’ and identified by EPA ICR 

No. 1692.10 and OMB Control No. 

2060–0340, represents the renewal of an 

existing ICR that is scheduled to expire 

on May 31, 2019. There was an error in 

the Docket ID Number. This document 

corrects that typographical error. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of May 30, 

2018, in FR Doc. 2018–11583, on page 

24790, in the first column, 31st line, 

entry ‘‘[37]’’ to read: 

[37] Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0234; Title: NESHAP for 

Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 63, 

subpart CC) (Renewal); EPA ICR 

Number 1692.10; OMB Control Number 

2060–0340; Expiration Date: May 31, 

2019. 

Dated: May 30, 2018. 

Martha Segall, 

Acting Director, Monitoring, Assistance and 

Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13468 Filed 6–21–18; 8:45 am] 

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