21098 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 68 / Monday, April 9, 2012 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9656–6] 

Notice of Meeting of the Environmental 

Financial Advisory Board (EFAB), and 

Transit-Oriented Development 

Workshop 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Environmental Financial 

Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a 

meeting on May 22–23, 2012 and a 

Transit-Oriented Development 

Workshop on May 24, 2012. EFAB is an 

EPA advisory committee chartered 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA) to provide advice and 

recommendations to EPA on creative 

approaches to funding environmental 

programs, projects, and activities. The 

purpose of the meeting is to hear from 

informed speakers on environmental 

finance issues, proposed legislation, 

Agency priorities and to discuss 

progress with work projects under 

EFAB’s current Strategic Action 

Agenda. 

Environmental Finance topics 

expected to be discussed include: clean 

air technology; tribal environmental 

programs; transit-oriented development; 

energy efficiency; green infrastructure; 

and drinking water pricing. 

The meeting is open to the public, 

however, seating is limited. All 

members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting should register in 

advance, no later than Monday, May 14, 

2012. 

DATES: 

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 from 1 p.m.–5 

p.m., 

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 from 8:30 

a.m.–5 p.m., and 

Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 9 a.m.–5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The Westin Alexandria, 400 

Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 

22314. 

Registration and Information Contact: 

For information on access or services 

for individuals with disabilities, or to 

request accommodations for a disability, 

please contact Sandra Williams, U.S. 

EPA, at (202) 564–4999 or 

williams.sandra@epa.gov, at least 10 

days prior to the meeting, to allow as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Members of the public who would 

like to attend the meeting please register 

on or before May 14, 2012 at: 

www.epa.gov/envirofinance/ 

efabmtg.html. 

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Joseph L. Dillon, 

Director, Center for Environmental Finance. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9656–7] 

Reissuance of NPDES General Permit 

for Concentrated Animal Feeding 

Operations (CAFOs) Located in Idaho 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of final 

NPDES general permit. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of Water 

and Watersheds, EPA Region 10, is 

publishing notice of availability of the 

final National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit (IDG010000), authorizing 

discharges from CAFOs in Idaho 

including CAFOs in Indian Country. 

Unless excluded from coverage in the 

general permit, owners/operators of 

animal feeding operations that are 

defined as CAFOs, or designated as 

CAFOs by the permitting authority, are 

eligible for coverage under the general 

permit. 

DATES: The NPDES general permit shall 

become effective May 9, 2012. Facilities 

must submit a new updated Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to discharge within 90 days 

of the effective date of this permit. 

Facilities that have administratively 

extended coverage under the previous 

general permit will continue to have 

coverage under the previous permit for 

90 days after the effective date of this 

general permit or until obtaining 

coverage under the new general permit 

for those discharges. The CAFO’s 

authorization is only for discharges that 

occur after permit coverage is granted. 

ADDRESSES: The general permit, Fact 

Sheet and Response to Comments may 

be found on the Region 10 Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/region10/water/ 

npdes/generalpermits.html. Copies of 

the general permit and Response to 

Comments are available upon request. 

Written requests for copies of the 

documents may be submitted to EPA, 

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 

900, OWW–130, Seattle, WA 98101. 

Electronic requests may be sent to: 

washington.audrey@epa.gov or 

peak.nicholas@epa.gov. Requests by 

telephone may be made to Audrey 

Washington at (206) 553–0523. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicholas Peak at (208) 378–5765. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Additional Background 

On May 27, 2002, the previous 

NPDES general permit expired and was 

administratively extended. Pursuant to 

section 402 of the Clean Water Act, 33 

U.S.C. 1342, the EPA proposed to 

reissue the general permit and solicited 

comments on the draft general permit in 

the Federal Register on November 16, 

2009. The comment period ended on 

January 19, 2010. Public meetings were 

held in Pocatello, Jerome, and Nampa, 

Idaho on December 8th, 9th and 10th, 

2009, respectively. Changes have been 

made from the draft permit to the final 

permit in response to comments 

received from: Canyon County Alliance 

for Responsible Growth, Idaho 

Concerned Area Residents for the 

Environment, Idaho Cattle Association, 

Idaho Conservation League, Idaho 

Dairyman’s Association, Jean Public, 

Jerome County Planning and Zoning, 

J.R. Simplot Company, Natural 

Resources Conservation Service—Boise 

Idaho State of Idaho—Department of 

Agriculture, and Whatcom Conservation 

District. 

State Certification 

Pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean 

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341, on February 

1, 2012, the Idaho Department of 

Environmental Quality (IDEQ) certified 

that the conditions of the general permit 

comply with the Idaho State Water 

Quality Standards, including the State’s 

antidegradation policy. 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

EPA completed a Biological 

Evaluation for the general permit and 

engaged in informal Section 7 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS). EPA received concurrence in 

October 2011 from both agencies on 

EPA’s determination that the permit is 

not likely to adversely affect threatened 

or endangered species and the 

associated critical habitat. The permit 

provides coverage only if the CAFO’s 

discharge will not adversely affect 

species that are federally listed as 

endangered or threatened under ESA 

and will not result in the adverse 

modification or destruction of habitat 

that is designated as critical habitat 

under ESA. 

Executive Order 12866 

EPA has determined that this general 

permit is not a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action’’ under the terms of Executive 


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Order 12866 and is therefore not subject 

to Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) review. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection 

requirements of this general permit were 

previously approved by the OMB under 

the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 

and assigned OMB control numbers 

2040–0086 (NPDES permit application) 

and 2040–0004 (discharge monitoring 

reports). 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., requires that EPA 

prepare a regulatory flexibility analysis 

for rules subject to the requirements of 

5 U.S.C. 553(b) that have a significant 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. However, general NPDES 

permits are not ‘‘rules’’ subject to the 

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553(b), and are 

therefore not subject to the RFA. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

Section 201 of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), Public 

Law 104–4, generally requires federal 

agencies to assess the effects of their 

‘‘regulatory actions’’ (defined to be the 

same as ‘‘rules’’ subject to the RFA) on 

tribal, state, and local governments and 

the private sector. However, the general 

permit issued today is not a ‘‘rule’’ 

subject to the RFA, and is therefore not 

subject to the UMRA. 

Appeal of Permit 

Any interested person may appeal the 

general permit in the Federal Court of 

Appeals in accordance with section 

509(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 

U.S.C. 1369(b)(1). This appeal must be 

filed within 120 days of the permit 

effective date. Persons affected by the 

permit may not challenge the conditions 

of the permit in further EPA 

proceedings (see 40 CFR 124.19). 

Instead, they may either challenge the 

permit in court or apply for an 

individual NPDES permit. 

Dated: March 29, 2012. 

Michael A. Bussell, 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

Region 10, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9656–8] 

Public Water System Supervision 

Program Approval for the State of Ohio 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the EPA has tentatively approved three 

revisions to the State of Ohio’s public 

water system supervision program. Ohio 

EPA has revised several of its rules to 

comply with the National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations, including 

the Administrative Penalty Authority 

(APA), the Radionuclides Rule, and the 

Lead and Copper Rule Minor Revisions 

(LCRMR). EPA has determined that 

these revisions are no less stringent than 

the corresponding federal regulations. 

Therefore, EPA intends to approve these 

revisions to the State of Ohio’s public 

water system supervision program, 

thereby giving Ohio EPA primary 

enforcement responsibility for these 

regulations. Ohio EPA has been 

administering the APA since October 1, 

1999, with amendments effective on 

October 17, 2003. Ohio EPA’s revised 

radionuclide requirements became 

effective on September 15, 2004, and 

Ohio EPA adopted the LCRMR into its 

lead and copper rules on July 24, 2009. 

DATES: Any interested party may request 

a public hearing. A request for a public 

hearing must be submitted by May 9, 

2012, to the Regional Administrator at 

the EPA Region 5 address shown below. 

The Regional Administrator may deny 

frivolous or insubstantial requests for a 

hearing. However, if a substantial 

request for a public hearing is made by 

May 9, 2012, EPA Region 5 will hold a 

public hearing, and a notice of such 

hearing will be given in the Federal 

Register and a newspaper of a general 

circulation. If EPA Region 5 does not 

receive a timely and appropriate request 

for a hearing and the Regional 

Administrator does not elect to hold a 

hearing on her own motion, this 

determination shall become final and 

effective on May 9, 2012. Any request 

for a public hearing shall include the 

following information: The name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

individual, organization, or other entity 

requesting a hearing; a brief statement of 

the requesting person’s interest in the 

Regional Administrator’s determination 

and a brief statement of the information 

that the requesting person intends to 

submit at such hearing; and the 

signature of the individual making the 

request, or, if the request is made on 

behalf of an organization or other entity, 

the signature of a responsible official of 

the organization or other entity. 

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to 

this determination are available for 

inspection at the following offices: Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Division of Drinking and Ground 

Waters, 50 West Town Street, Suite 700, 

Columbus, Ohio 43215, between the 

hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, and the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking 

Water Branch (WG–15J), 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 

60604, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Drake, EPA Region 5, Ground 

Water and Drinking Water Branch, at 

the address given above, by telephone at 

(312) 886–6705, or at 

drake.wendy@epa.gov. 

Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300g–2, and 

the federal regulations implementing Section 

1413 of the Act set forth at 40 CFR part 142. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Farm Credit Administration Board; 

Sunshine Act; Regular Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of 

the regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

Administration Board (Board). 

DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of 

the Board will be held at the offices of 

the Farm Credit Administration in 

McLean, Virginia, on April 12, 2012, 

from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board 

concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale 

L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883– 

4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. 

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit 

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of 

this meeting of the Board will be open 

to the public (limited space available) 

and parts will be closed to the public. 

In order to increase the accessibility to 

Board meetings, persons requiring 

assistance should make arrangements in 


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