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80202–1129, and should reference the 

Eagle Mine Superfund Site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kayleen Castelli, Enforcement Attorney, 

Legal Enforcement Program, 

Environmental Protection Agency— 

Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF–L, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202, (303) 312–6174. 

Dated: August 1, 2018. 

Suzanne Bohan, 

Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of 

Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental 

Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region VIII. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2018–0591; FRL–9982–56– 

OGC] 

Proposed Second Interim Settlement 

Agreement, Clean Water Act Claims 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 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 Second 

Interim Settlement Agreement in a 

lawsuit filed by the West Goshen Sewer 

Authority (‘‘WGSA’’ or ‘‘Plaintiff’’) in 

the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Pennsylvania: West 

Goshen Sewer Authority v. EPA, et al. 

On September 19, 2012, Plaintiff filed a 

complaint alleging, inter alia, that the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’) exceeded its statutory 

authority and acted arbitrarily and 

capriciously when it established a ‘‘total 

maximum daily load’’ for Goose Creek 

in southeastern Pennsylvania. The 

proposed Second Interim Settlement 

Agreement would memorialize 

commitments by WGSA, among other 

things, to install a ‘‘CoMag’’ ballasted 

flocculation system at its wastewater 

treatment plant and achieve certain 

specified discharge limits for 

phosphorus. After a period of time, EPA 

would reassess the water quality of 

Goose Creek and decide whether to 

withdraw, revise or retain the Goose 

Creek TMDL. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed Second Interim Settlement 

Agreement must be received by 

September 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2018–0591, 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: Jim 

Curtin, Water Law Office (7451), Office 

of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: (202) 564–5482; email 

address: Curtin.James@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Second Interim Settlement 

Agreement 

On June 30, 2008, EPA established a 

nutrient total maximum daily load 

(‘‘TMDL’’) for the Goose Creek 

Watershed in Chester and Delaware 

Counties, Pennsylvania. EPA 

established that TMDL pursuant to the 

April 9, 1997 Consent Decree entered in 

American Littoral Society, et al., v. EPA, 

No. 96–489 (E.D. Pa.). Among other 

things, the TMDL assigned wasteload 

allocations (‘‘WLAs’’) for phosphorus to 

Goose Creek’s point source dischargers, 

WGSA’s wastewater treatment plant 

being the largest. 

WGSA filed a complaint against EPA 

on September 19, 2012, alleging that in 

establishing the Goose Creek TMDL EPA 

failed to comply with requirements of 

the Clean Water Act (CWA) and 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA). In 

July 2013, the Court granted intervener 

status to the Delaware Riverkeeper 

Network (‘‘DRN’’). 

The Court placed the case in ‘‘civil 

suspense’’ following the parties’ 

execution in January 2014 of a first 

‘‘Interim Settlement Agreement’’ (‘‘the 

2014 Agreement’’) under which EPA 

reassessed the water quality of Goose 

Creek and WGSA made voluntary 

improvements in its operations to 

achieve phosphorus reductions. The 

parties have now reached agreement on 

the terms of a ‘‘Second Interim 

Settlement Agreement’’ in which (1) 

WGSA commits, among other things, to 

install a ‘‘CoMag’’ ballasted flocculation 

system at its wastewater treatment plant 

and achieve certain specified discharge 

limits for phosphorus and (2) EPA 

commits to reassess the water quality of 

Goose Creek and decide whether to 

withdraw, revise or retain the Goose 

Creek TMDL. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

Second Interim Settlement Agreement 

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 hearing on 

whether to enter into the proposed 

Second Interim Settlement Agreement. 

EPA or the Department of Justice may 

withdraw or withhold consent to the 

proposed Second Interim Settlement 

Agreement 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 Second Interim Settlement 

Agreement should be withdrawn, the 

parties intend to sign the Agreement 

and inform the Court. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Second 

Interim Settlement Agreement 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

Second Interim Settlement Agreement? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC– 

2018–0591) contains a copy of the 

proposed Second Interim Settlement 

Agreement. 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 


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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 

www.epa.gov/dockets 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: August 10, 2018. 

Steven Neugeboren, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2006–0037; FRL–9982–33– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Exchange Network Grants Progress 

Reports (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), Exchange 

Network Grants Progress Reports (EPA 

ICR No. 2207.07, OMB Control No. 

2025–0006) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through August 31, 

2018. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

March 5, 2018 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 September 20, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OEI–2006–0037, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov, or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Mixon, Information Exchange 

Services Division, Office of Information 

Management (2823T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–2142; fax 

number: 202–566–1684; email address: 

mixon.edward@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting, are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: Under the U.S. EPA 

National Environmental Information 

Exchange Network (NEIEN) Grant 

Program, EPA collects information from 

the NEIEN grantees on assistance 

agreements that EPA has awarded. 

Specifically, for each project, EPA 

proposes to have grantees submit semiannual reports on the progress and 

current status of each goal and output, 

completion dates for outputs, and any 

problems encountered. This information 

will help EPA ensure projects are on 

schedule to meet their goals and 

produce high quality environmental 

results. New award recipients will 

complete one Quality Assurance 

Reporting Form for each award. This 

form provides a simple means for grant 

recipients to describe how quality will 


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