55194 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 160 / Thursday, August 18, 2016 / Notices 

Dated: August 10, 2016. 

Michael Goodis, Acting, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2016–19758 Filed 8–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9950–79–Region 1] 

Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES 

General Permits for Remediation 

Activity Discharges in Massachusetts 

and New Hampshire: The Remediation 

General Permit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of DRAFT 

NPDES General Permits MAG910000 

and NHG910000. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency— 

Region 1 (EPA), is providing a notice of 

availability of draft National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

general permits for discharges from sites 

engaged in certain remediation activities 

to certain waters of the Commonwealth 

of Massachusetts and the State of New 

Hampshire. The draft NPDES general 

permits establish Notice of Intent (NOI), 

Notice of Change (NOC), and Notice of 

Termination (NOT) requirements, 

effluent limitations and requirements, 

standard and special conditions and 

best management practice (BMP) 

requirements for sites that discharge 1.0 

million gallons per day or less in 

Massachusetts and New Hampshire. 

These general permits replace the 

Remediation General Permit (RGP) that 

expired on September 9, 2015. 

DATES: Comment on the draft general 

permits must be received on or before 

September 19, 2016. 

Public Hearing Information: EPA will 

hold a public hearing, if necessary, in 

accordance with 40 CFR 124.12 and will 

provide interested parties with the 

opportunity to provide written and/or 

oral comments for the official 

administrative record. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the draft RGP 

shall be submitted by one of the 

following methods: (1) Email: 

little.shauna@epa.gov; or (2) Mail: U.S. 

EPA Region 1, Attn: Shauna Little, 5 

Post Office Square, Suite 100, Mail Code 

OEP06–4, Boston, MA 02109–3912. No 

facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

The draft RGP is based on an 

administrative record available for 

public review at EPA–Region 1, Office 

of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post Office 

Square, Suite 100, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02109–3912. A 

reasonable fee may be charged for 

copying requests. The fact sheet for the 

draft RGP sets forth principal facts and 

the significant factual, legal, 

methodological and policy questions 

considered in the development of the 

draft general permit and is available 

upon request. A brief summary is 

provided as supplementary information 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

draft general permits may be obtained 

between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

holidays, from Shauna Little, U.S. EPA 

Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100, Mail Code OEP06–4, Boston, MA 

02109–3912.; telephone: 617–918–1989; 

email: little.shauna@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information: EPA is 

proposing to reissue two general permits 

for discharges from sites engaged in 

remediation activities from eight general 

categories: (1) Petroleum-related site 

remediation; (2) Non-petroleum-related 

site remediation; (3) Contaminated/

formerly contaminated site dewatering; 

(4) Pipeline and tank dewatering; (5) 

Aquifer pump testing; (6) Well 

development/rehabilitation; (7) 

Dewatering/remediation of collection 

structures; and (8) Dredge-related 

dewatering. While the draft general 

permits are two distinct permits, for 

convenience, EPA has grouped them 

together in a single document and has 

provided a single fact sheet. This 

document refers to the draft general 

‘‘permit’’ in the singular. The draft 

general permit, appendices and fact 

sheet are available at: http://

www.epa.gov/region1/npdes/rgp.html. 

The draft general permit includes 

effluent limitations and requirements 

based on technology-based 

considerations, best professional 

judgment (BPJ), and water quality 

considerations. The effluent limits 

established in the draft general permit 

assure that the surface water quality 

standards of the receiving water(s) are 

attained and/or maintained. The permit 

also contains BMP requirements in 

order to ensure EPA has the information 

necessary to ensure compliance and to 

ensure discharges meet water quality 

standards. 

Obtaining Authorization: In order to 

obtain authorization to discharge, 

operators must submit a complete and 

accurate NOI containing the information 

in Appendix IV—Part 1 of the draft 

general permit. Operators with existing 

discharges must submit a NOI within 90 

days of the effective date of the final 

general permit. Operators with new 

discharges must submit a NOI at least 30 

days prior to initiating discharges and 

following the effective date of the final 

general permit. The effective date of the 

final general permit will be specified in 

the Federal Register publication of the 

Notice of Availability of the final 

permit. Operators must meet the 

eligibility requirements of the general 

permit prior to submission of a NOI. An 

operator will be authorized to discharge 

under the general permit upon receipt of 

written notice from EPA following 

EPA’s web posting of the submitted 

NOI. EPA will authorize the discharge, 

request additional information, or 

require the operator to apply for an 

alternative permit or an individual 

permit. 

Other Legal Requirements: 

Endangered Species Act (ESA): EPA has 

updated the provisions and necessary 

actions and documentation related to 

potential impacts to endangered species 

from facilities seeking coverage under 

the RGP. EPA has requested 

concurrence from the appropriate 

federal services (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service and National Marine Fisheries 

Service) in connection with this draft 

general permit. 

National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA): In accordance with NHPA, 

EPA has established provisions and 

documentation requirements for sites 

seeking coverage under the RGP to 

ensure that discharges or actions taken 

under this general permit will not 

adversely affect historic properties and 

places. 

Authority: This action is being taken under 

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. 

Dated: August 9, 2016. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2016–19541 Filed 8–17–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2016–0422; FRL–9949–85] 

Lambda-Cyhalothrin; Receipt of 

Application for Emergency Exemption, 

Solicitation of Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Washington 

State Department of Agriculture to use 

the pesticide lambda-cyhalothrin (CAS 


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