35346 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 2014 / Notices 

1Notes from May 28, 2014 bi-weekly telephone 

conference call with federal cooperating agencies. 

2Summary of April 23, May 6, May 20, May 27, 

and June 3, 2014 telephone and email 

correspondence with Maryland Department of 

Natural Resources. 

3 eMail communication between FERC Staff and 

Mary Edgar. 

4Summary of May 14, 2014 conference call with 

Cheniere Creole Trail Pipeline, L.P. 

5Notes from June 12, 2014 bi-weekly telephone 

conference call with federal cooperating agencies. 

(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 

A limited number of copies are available 

for distribution and public inspection 

at: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Public Reference Room, 

888 First Street NE., Room 2A, 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary 

link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on 

‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the Docket Number field (i.e., CP12– 

509, CP12–29). Be sure you have 

selected an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at (866) 208–3676; for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary 

link also provides access to the texts of 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Dated: June 16, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14465 Filed 6–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary 

link. Enter the docket number, 

excluding the last three digits, in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, please contact 

FERC, Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Exempt: 

Docket No. Filed date Presenter or requester 

1. ER14–1386–000, ER14–1578–000, ER14–1729–000 5–20–14 Hon. Harry Reid. 

2. CP13–483–000, CP13–492–000 ................................ 5–29–14 FERC Staff.1

3. ER14–1386–000, ER14–1729–000, ER14–1578–000 6–2–14 Governors of the States California and Nevada. 

4. ER13–1380–000 ......................................................... 6–2–14 Hon. Patrick Maloney. 

5. P–459–000 .................................................................. 6–2–14 Hon. Mark Kirk. 

6. P–516–000 .................................................................. 6–3–14 Hon. Jeff Duncan. 

7. CP13–113–000 ........................................................... 6–5–14 Hon. Lisa Murkowski. 

8. P–405–106 .................................................................. 6–9–14 FERC Staff.2

9. P–14345–001 .............................................................. 6–11–14 FERC Staff.3

10. CP13–552–000, CP13–553–000 .............................. 6–11–14 FERC Staff.4

11. CP13–483–000 , CP13–492–000 ............................. 6–16–14 FERC Staff.5

Dated: June 16, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14466 Filed 6–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9015–5] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

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Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements. 

Filed 06/09/2014 Through 06/13/2014. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air 

Act requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20140171, Draft EIS,WAPA, NE, 

Interconnection of the Grande Prairie 

Wind Farm, Comment Period Ends: 

08/04/2014, Contact: Rod O’Sullivan 

720–962–7260. 

EIS No. 20140172, Draft EIS, USACE, 

OR, Double-crested Cormorant 

Management Plan to Reduce 

Predation of Juvenile Salmonids in 

the Columbia River Estuary, Comment 

Period Ends: 08/04/2014, Contact: 

Sondra Ruckwardt 503–808–4510. 

EIS No. 20140173, Final EIS, USFS, OR, 

Wolf Fuels and Vegetation 

Management Project, Review Period 

Ends: 07/28/2014, Contact: Jeff 

Marszal 541–416–6436. 

EIS No. 20140174, Final EIS, USAF, NH, 

Second Main Operating Base KC–46A 

Beddown at Alternative Air National 

Guard Installations, Review Period 

Ends: 07/21/2014, Contact: Kevin 

Marek 240–612–8855. 

EIS No. 20140175, Draft EIS, FERC, TX, 

Corpus Christi LNG Project, Comment 

Period Ends: 08/04/2014, Contact: 

Kandi Barakat 202–502–6365. 

EIS No. 20140176, Final EIS, USACE, 

LA, Calcasieu Lock, Louisiana 

Feasibility Study, Review Period 

Ends: 07/21/2014, Contact: Timothy 

K. George 314–331–8459. 

Amended Notice: 

EIS No. 20140167, Final EIS, USACE, 

HI, Honolulu Seawater Air 

Conditioning Project, Review Period 

Ends: 07/28/2014, Contact: Ryan 

Winn 808–835–4309. 

Revision to the FR Notice Published 

6/13/2014; Correct Review Period from 

7/14/2014 to 07/28/214. 

Dated: June 17, 2014. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2014–14480 Filed 6–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9912–58–Region 2] 

New York State Prohibition of 

Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Final 

Affirmative Determination 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Determination. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, 

pursuant to Clean Water Act Section 

312(f)(3), the State of New York has 

determined that the protection and 

enhancement of the quality of the New 

York State (NYS or the State) area of 

Lake Erie requires greater environmental 

protection, and has petitioned the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 2, for a determination 

that adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available for those waters, so that the 

State may completely prohibit the 

discharge from all vessels of any 

sewage, whether treated or not, into 

such waters. 

NYS has proposed to establish a 

‘‘Vessel Waste No Discharge Zone’’ for 

the NYS area of Lake Erie stretching 

from the Pennsylvania-New York State 

boundary to include the upper Niagara 

River to Niagara Falls. The proposed No 

Discharge Zone encompasses 

approximately 593 square miles and 84 

linear shoreline miles, including the 

navigable portions of the Upper Niagara 

River and numerous other tributaries 

and harbors, embayments of the Lake 

including Barcelona Harbor, Dunkirk 

Harbor and Buffalo Outer Harbor, and 

other formally designated habitats and 

waterways of local, state, and national 

significance. 

On December 6, 2012, the EPA 

completed a review of NYS’s petition 

and issued a tentative affirmative 

determination in the Federal Register 

that adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels for such waters 

are reasonably available. During the 30- 

day public comment period, the EPA 

received significant comments regarding 

the availability of adequate pumpouts 

for commercial vessels. Specifically, 

two commenters submitted that the 

December 6, 2012 notice did not contain 

adequate information about the 

availability of pumpout facilities for 

large commercial vessels. Subsequently, 

the EPA and New York State collected 

additional information to demonstrate 

the reasonable availability of pumpout 

services for commercial vessels that use 

the New York area of Lake Erie. 

EPA Response to Public Comments on 

the September 27, 2013 Tentative 

Affirmative Determination 

On September 27, 2013, EPA 

published notice of its tentative 

affirmative determination (‘‘TAD’’) that 

adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available within the New York State 

waters of Lake Erie, and its approval of 

New York’s proposal to ban the 

discharge of treated and untreated 

sewage from vessels into those waters 

under Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’) 

§ 312(f)(3). (78 FR 59681) Public 

comments were solicited for 30 days 

and the comment period ended on 

October 28, 2013. 

EPA received a total of eight 

comments via letter and email. Six of 

the commenters support EPA’s tentative 

affirmative determination and two 

commenters oppose it. All of the 

relevant comments received have been 

considered, as discussed below, and 

EPA hereby issues a final affirmative 

determination that adequate facilities 

for the safe and sanitary removal and 

treatment of sewage from all vessels are 

reasonably available within the New 

York State waters of Lake Erie. 

Comment 1: Several commenters, 

including boaters, residents, NonGovernmental Organizations (NGOs) 

and community advocates, expressed 

strong support for the establishment of 

a vessel waste no discharge zone 

(‘‘NDZ’’) for the New York waters of 

Lake Erie. Some commenters pointed 

out that this action will reduce 

pathogens and chemicals, improve 

water quality and further protect 

drinking water and restore the Lake. 

Response: The petition was submitted 

under CWA § 312(f)(3), which allows 

New York to establish a vessel sewage 

no discharge zone if the state 

determines that the protection and 

enhancement of the quality of some or 

all of the waters within the state require 

greater environmental protection and if 

EPA determines that adequate facilities 

for the safe and sanitary removal and 

treatment of sewage from all vessels are 

reasonably available within those 

waters. Therefore, while these 

comments are consistent with New 

York’s determination of need, that 

determination is beyond the scope of 

EPA’s review. 

Comment 2: Two commenters stated 

that New York’s petition did not include 

the additional information about 

available commercial pumpout trucks 

that was included in the republication. 

Response: In a letter to EPA dated 

September 6, 2013, prior to the 

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