15368 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 51 / Thursday, March 15, 2012 / Notices 

Illinois 60604, between the hours of 9 

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janet Kuefler, EPA Region 5, Ground 

Water and Drinking Water Branch, at 

the address given above, by telephone, 

at (312) 886–0123, or at 

kuefler.janet@epa.gov. 

Authority: (Section 1413 of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

300g–2 and 40 CFR part 142 of the National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations). 

Dated: March 7, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6281 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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Clean Water Act; Availability of List 

Decisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability and 

Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: This action announces the 

availability of the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed 

decision identifying water quality 

limited segments and associated 

pollutants in Oregon to be listed 

pursuant to section 303(d)(2) of the 

Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA is 

proposing to add 1004 water quality 

limited segments to Oregon’s 2010 

Section 303(d) list. EPA solicits public 

comment on these proposed listings. 

The proposed listings, together with 

additional information concerning the 

proposed listings, are available for 

review on EPA’s Web site. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Comments on 

the proposed listing action must be sent 

electronically or by mail to Jill Gable, 

303(d) Listing Program, Office of Water 

and Watersheds; USEPA Region 10; 

1200 6th Ave. Suite 900, OWW–134; 

Seattle, WA 98101; telephone (206) 

553–2582, facsimile (206) 553–0165, 

email gable.jill@epa.gov. Oral comments 

will not be considered. 

Availability for Review: Copies of the 

proposed decision concerning Oregon’s 

303(d) list which explain the rationale 

for EPA’s proposed decision can be 

obtained at EPA Region 10’s Web site at: 

www.epa.gov/region10/notices/ 

oregon303d.html, or by writing or 

calling Ms. Gable at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill 

Gable at (206) 553–2582 or 

gable.jill@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘Section 

303(d)’’) requires states to identify those 

waters within their jurisdiction for 

which effluent limitations are not 

stringent enough to implement 

applicable water quality standards, to 

establish a priority ranking for such 

waters, and to submit a listing of such 

waters to EPA (hereinafter referred to as 

a ‘‘303(d) list’’). 

EPA’s Water Quality Planning and 

Management regulations include 

requirements for implementation of 

section 303(d), at 40 CFR 130.7. 40 CFR 

130.7(d) requires states to identify water 

quality limited waters still requiring 

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 

every two years. The list of waters still 

needing TMDLs must also include 

priority rankings and must identify the 

waters targeted for TMDL development 

during the next two years. See 40 CFR 

130.7(d). 

Section 303(d)(2) also requires that 

EPA approve or disapprove lists 

submitted by States. If EPA disapproves 

a list, EPA must identify waters in the 

state that do not meet water quality 

standards. After EPA has identified 

waters not attaining water quality 

standards, EPA must issue a public 

notice seeking comments on the list. See 

40 CFR 130.7(d)(2). 

On May 24, 2011, the Oregon 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(‘‘ODEQ’’) submitted Oregon’s 2010 

Section 303(d) list of water quality 

limited segments (‘‘WQLSs’’) (‘‘Oregon’s 

2010 303(d) list’’), to EPA, as part of the 

Integrated Report submitted by the state 

to meet the requirements of sections 

303(d), 305(b), and 314 of the CWA. On 

March 15, 2012, EPA sent a letter to 

ODEQ, in which EPA approved ODEQ’s 

inclusion of 970 water quality limited 

segments to Oregon’s 303(d) list and 

ODEQ’s removal of 927 water quality 

limited segments from Oregon’s 303(d) 

list. 

In the March 15, 2012 letter to ODEQ, 

EPA also disapproved Oregon’s 

decisions not to list 1004 water quality 

limited segments as impaired, including 

321 water quality limited segments that 

Oregon identified as impaired but failed 

to list on the Section 303(d) list. EPA 

has identified these additional water 

quality limited segment for inclusion on 

the State’s 2010 Section 303(d) list. 

These water quality limited segments 

and associated pollutants as proposed 

by EPA are identified in Enclosure 3 of 

the decision document available at the 

following Web site link: www.epa.gov/ 

region10/notices/oregon303d.html. 

EPA is providing the public the 

opportunity to review its proposed 

decision to list 1004 water quality 

limited segments to Oregon’s 2010 

Section 303(d) list. EPA will consider 

and respond to public comments in 

reaching its final decision on the 

addition of the referenced water bodies 

and pollutants identified for inclusion 

on Oregon’s 2010 303(d) list. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Michael A. Bussell, 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region X. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6022 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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2012 Annual Meeting of the Ozone 

Transport Commission 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency is 

announcing the 2012 Annual Meeting of 

the Ozone Transport Commission 

(OTC). This OTC meeting will explore 

options available for reducing groundlevel ozone precursors in a multipollutant context. The Commission will 

be evaluating potential measures and 

considering actions in areas such as 

performance standards for electric 

generating units (EGUs) on high electric 

demand days, oil and gas boilers serving 

EGUs, small natural gas boilers, 

stationary generators, energy security/ 

energy efficiency, architectural 

industrial and maintenance coatings, 

consumer products, institution 

commercial and industrial (ICI) boilers, 

vapor recovery at gas stations, large 

above ground storage tanks, seaports, 

aftermarket catalysts, lightering, and 

non-road idling. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 

24, 2012 starting at 9 a.m. and ending 

at 4 p.m. 

LOCATION: Sheraton Suites Old Town 

Alexandria, 801 North Saint Asaph 

Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; (703) 

836–4700. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

documents and press inquiries contact: 

Ozone Transport Commission, 444 

North Capitol Street NW., Suite 638, 

Washington, DC 20001; (202) 508–3840; 

email: ozone@otcair.org; Web site: 

http://www.otcair.org. 


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