Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 175 / Wednesday, September 10, 2014 / Notices 53701 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/23/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–836–001. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Report Filing: 2014–09– 

02_SA 2622 Courtenay-OTP E&PJ262– 

J263_Response to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 9/2/14. 

Accession Number: 20140902–5179. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/23/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–1243–004. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Protest of Integrys Energy 

Services, Inc. 

Filed Date: 9/2/14. 

Accession Number: 20140902–5117. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/23/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–2753–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) rate filing per 

35.13(a)(2)(iii): 2028R9 Sunflower 

Electric Power Corporation NITSA NOA 

to be effective 8/1/2014. 

Filed Date: 9/2/14. 

Accession Number: 20140902–5111. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/23/14. 

Docket Numbers: ER14–2754–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) rate filing per 

35.13(a)(2)(iii): 2014–09–02_SA 2289 

Ameren-Hoopeston Wind 4th Revised 

H094 GIA to be effective 9/3/2014. 

Filed Date: 9/2/14. 

Accession Number: 20140902–5113. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/23/14. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 2, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21543 Filed 9–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER14–2759–000] 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding, of R.R. 

Donnelley & Sons Company’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

schedule, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability is September 

23, 2014. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding(s) are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an eSubscription link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 3, 2014. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21545 Filed 9–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0150; FRL–9916–37– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Final 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Small 

Vessel General Permit for Discharges 

Incidental to the Normal Operation of 

Vessels Less Than 79 Feet 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Final National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Small 

Vessel General Permit for Discharges 

Incidental to the Normal Operation of 

Vessels Less than 79 Feet’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2504.01, OMB Control No. 2040—NEW) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, 

EPA is soliciting public comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a request for approval of 

a new collection. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 10, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2011–1050, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

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, 

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Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

Faulk, Water Permits Division, Office of 

Water (4203M), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–0768; 

email address: faulk.jack@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. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), EPA is soliciting 

comments and information to enable it 

to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: In December 2003, a longstanding exclusion of discharges 

incidental to the normal operation of 

vessels from the NPDES program 

became the subject of a lawsuit in the 

U.S. District Court for the Northern 

District of California (Northwest Envtl. 

Advocates et al. v. United States EPA, 

2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5373 (N.D. Cal. 

2005). The District Court issued a final 

order in September 2006 providing that 

the blanket exemption for discharges 

incidental to the normal operation of a 

vessel, contained in 40 CFR § 122.3(a), 

shall be vacated as of September 30, 

2008. On July 23, 2008, the U.S. Ninth 

Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the 

District Court’s decision. This meant 

that, effective December 19, 2008, 

except for those vessels exempted from 

NPDES permitting by congressional 

legislation, discharges incidental to the 

normal operation of vessels that were 

excluded from NPDES permitting by 40 

CFR § 122.3(a) were subject to the Clean 

Water Act (CWA) section 301 

prohibition against discharging, unless 

authorized by an NPDES permit. 

In late July 2008, Congress enacted 

two pieces of legislation to exempt 

discharges incidental to the normal 

operation of certain types of vessels 

from the need to obtain an NPDES 

permit. 

The first of these, entitled the Clean 

Boating Act of 2008, amends the CWA 

to provide that discharges incidental to 

the normal operation of recreational 

vessels are not subject to NPDES 

permitting, and instead, creates a new 

regulatory regime to be implemented by 

EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard under the 

new 312(o) of the CWA. S. 2766, Pub. 

L. 110–188 (July 29, 2008). 

The second piece of legislation 

provided for a temporary moratorium on 

NPDES permitting for discharges, except 

for ballast water, subject to the 40 CFR 

§ 122.3(a) exclusion from (1) 

commercial fishing vessels (as defined 

in 46 U.S.C. § 2101 and regardless of 

size) and (2) from those other nonrecreational vessels less than 79 feet in 

length. S. 3298, Pub. L/10–299 (July 31, 

2008). The statute’s NPDES permitting 

moratorium ran for a two-year period 

beginning on its July 31, 2008 

enactment date, during which time EPA 

was to study the relevant discharges and 

submit a report to Congress. EPA 

finalized this Report to Congress, 

entitled ‘‘Study of Discharges Incidental 

to Normal Operation of Commercial 

Fishing Vessels and Other NonRecreational Vessels Less Than 79 Feet’’ 

in August 2010 (EPA, 2010), a copy of 

which is available on EPA’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/npdes/vessels. The 

moratorium was subsequently extended 

to December 18, 2013 by P.L. 111–215 

and further extended to December 18, 

2014 by the Coast Guard and Maritime 

Transportation Act of 2012 (H.R. 2838) 

signed on December 20, 2012 (Pub. L. 

112–213). 

On December 8, 2011, EPA published 

the draft permit in the Federal Register 

and the Agency published the final 

Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP) also 

in today’s Federal Register to ensure 

that NPDES permit coverage is available 

for those vessels currently excluded 

from permitting by that moratorium. 

This ICR calculates the burden and 

costs associated with the NPDES 

program, identifies the types of 

activities regulated under the NPDES 

program, and describes the roles and 

responsibilities of the Agency associated 

with the sVGP. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

owners/operators of commercial fishing 

vessels and non-recreational, nonmilitary vessels less than 79 feet in 

length that are operating as a means of 

transportation with incidental 

discharges to waters of the United 

States. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

required for owners/operators needing 

to obtain or retain the benefit of permit 

coverage under the sVGP. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

137,739 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once, 

annually as needed, quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: 138,597 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $5,064,298 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in estimates: This is a new 

information collection. 

Dated: August 29, 2014. 

Sheila E. Frace, 

Acting Director, Office of Wastewater 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–21402 Filed 9–9–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0150; FRL–9916–36– 

OW] 

Final National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Small 

Vessel General Permit for Discharges 

Incidental to the Normal Operation of 

Vessels Less Than 79 Feet 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of final permit issuance. 

SUMMARY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 

8, 9, and 10 are finalizing the NPDES 

Small Vessel General Permit (sVGP) to 

authorize discharges incidental to the 

normal operation of non-military and 

non-recreational vessels less than 79 

feet in length. EPA is finalizing the 

sVGP, which has an effective date of 


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