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Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support. In 

lieu of electronic filing, please send a 

paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–2242–078. 

For further information, contact David 

Turner at (202) 502–6091. 

Dated: August 5, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9932–14–OECA; Docket ID Number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2015–0540] 

Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed 

Administrative Settlement, Penalty 

Assessment and Opportunity To 

Comment Regarding Comcast Cable 

Communications, L.L.C. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has entered into a 

Consent Agreement with Comcast Cable 

Communications, L.L.C. (Comcast or 

Respondent) to resolve violations of the 

Clean Water Act (CWA) and the 

Emergency Planning and Community 

Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and their 

implementing regulations. 

The Administrator is hereby 

providing public notice of this Consent 

Agreement and proposed Final Order 

(CAFO), and providing an opportunity 

for interested persons to comment on 

the CWA and EPCRA portions of the 

CAFO, pursuant to CWA Section 

311(b)(6)(C), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C). 

Upon closure of the public comment 

period, the CAFO and any public 

comments will be forwarded to the 

Agency’s Environmental Appeals Board 

(EAB). 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2015–0540, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: docket.oeca@epa.gov, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2015–0540. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–2015– 

0540. 

• Mail: Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket Information Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2015–0540. 

• Hand Delivery: Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket Information Center 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room B 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

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

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket is (202) 566–1927. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–2015– 

0540. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov. 

The www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through www.regulations.gov, 

your email address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

public docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, the EPA recommends that 

you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If the EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

the EPA may not be able to consider 

your comment. Electronic files should 

avoid the use of special characters, any 

form of encryption, and be free of any 

defects or viruses. For additional 

information about the EPA’s public 

docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 

homepage at http://www.epa.gov/

epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, (e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by 

statute). Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically at 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket Information Center in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1927. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

Cavalier, Special Litigation and Projects 

Division (2248–A), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: (202) 564–3271; fax: (202) 

564–0010; email: Cavalier.Beth@

epa.gov. 

Background 

This proposed settlement agreement 

is the result of voluntary disclosures of 

CWA and EPCRA violations by Comcast 

to the EPA. Comcast is among the 

largest providers of cable services in the 

United States, offering a variety of 

entertainment, information, and 

communications solutions to residential 

and commercial customers, and is 

located at 1701 John F. Kennedy 

Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19103, and 

incorporated in Delaware. The Comcast 

facilities that underwent audits 

included engineering facilities, 

customer service centers, field 

technician fulfillment offices, call 

centers, warehouses and administrative 

offices. 

On August 11, 2014, the EPA and 

Respondent entered into a corporate 

audit agreement pursuant to the 

Agency’s policy on Incentives for SelfPolicing: Discovery, Disclosure, 

Correction and Prevention of Violations 

(Audit Policy), 65 FR 19618 (Apr. 11, 


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2000), in which Respondent agreed to 

conduct a systematic, documented, and 

objective review of its compliance with 

applicable provisions of the CWA and 

EPCRA. Respondent agreed to submit a 

final audit report detailing the specific 

facilities assessed, information setting 

forth violations discovered, and 

corrective actions taken. Respondent 

ultimately audited a total of 286 

facilities, and as agreed upon with the 

EPA, Respondent submitted a final 

audit report to the EPA on January 5, 

2015. All violations discovered and 

disclosed by the Respondent are listed 

in Attachments A and B to the CAFO. 

Proposed Settlement 

The EPA determined that Respondent 

satisfactorily completed its audit and 

has met all conditions set forth in the 

Audit Policy. Comcast has agreed to pay 

a civil penalty of $28,782 for the 

violations identified in Attachments A 

and B. This figure is the calculated 

economic benefit of noncompliance 

based on information provided by 

Respondent and use of the Economic 

Benefit (BEN) computer model. Of this 

amount $22,393 is attributable to CWA 

violations, and $6,389 is attributable to 

EPCRA violations. 

The EPA and Respondent negotiated 

the Consent Agreement in accordance 

with the Consolidated Rules of Practice, 

40 CFR part 22, specifically 40 CFR 

22.13(b) and 22.18(b) (In re: Comcast 

Cable Communications, L.L.C.; 

enforcement settlement identifier 

numbers CWA–HQ–2015–8001 and 

EPCRA–HQ–2015–8001). This Consent 

Agreement is subject to public notice 

and comment under Section 

311(b)(6)(C) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 

1321(b)(6)(C). The procedures by which 

the public may comment on a proposed 

CWA Class II penalty order, or 

participate in a Class II penalty 

proceeding, are set forth in 40 CFR 

22.45. The deadline for submitting 

public comment on this proposed Final 

Order is September 10, 2015. All 

comments will be transferred to the EAB 

for consideration. The EAB’s powers 

and duties are outlined in 40 CFR 

22.4(a). 

Disclosed and Corrected Violations 

CWA 

Respondent disclosed that it failed to 

prepare and implement a Spill 

Prevention, Control, and 

Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan in 

violation of CWA Section 311(j), 33 

U.S.C. 1321(j), and the implementing 

regulations found at 40 CFR part 112, at 

10 facilities located in Alabama, 

Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, and 

Tennessee, identified in Attachment B. 

Under CWA Section 311(b)(6)(A), 33 

U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(A), any owner, 

operator, or person in charge of a vessel, 

onshore facility, or offshore facility from 

which oil is discharged in violation of 

CWA Section 311(b)(3), 33 U.S.C. 

1321(b)(3), or who fails or refuses to 

comply with any regulations that have 

been issued under CWA Section 311(j), 

33 U.S.C. 1321(j), may be assessed an 

administrative civil penalty of up to 

$177,500 by the EPA. Class II 

proceedings under CWA Section 

311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), are 

conducted in accordance with 40 CFR 

part 22. As authorized by CWA Section 

311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), the EPA 

has assessed a civil penalty for these 

violations. 

Pursuant to CWA Section 

311(b)(6)(C), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C), the 

EPA will not issue an order in this 

proceeding prior to the close of the 

public comment period. 

EPCRA 

Respondent disclosed that it violated 

EPCRA Section 302(c), 42 U.S.C. 

11002(c), and the implementing 

regulations found at 40 CFR part 355, at 

six facilities listed in Attachment A 

when it failed to notify the State 

Emergency Response Commission 

(SERC) and/or the Local Emergency 

Planning Committee (LEPC) that these 

facilities are subject to the requirements 

of Section 302(c) of EPCRA. These 

facilities are located in Alabama, South 

Carolina, and Tennessee. 

Respondent disclosed that it violated 

EPCRA Section 311(a), 42 U.S.C. 

11021(a), and the implementing 

regulations found at 40 CFR part 370, at 

22 facilities listed in Attachment A 

when it failed to submit a Material 

Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for hazardous 

chemicals and/or extremely hazardous 

substances or, in the alternative, a list of 

such chemicals, to the LEPCs, SERCs, 

and the fire departments with 

jurisdiction over these facilities. These 

facilities are located in Alabama, 

California, Georgia, South Carolina, 

Mississippi, and Tennessee. 

Respondent disclosed that it violated 

EPCRA Section 312(a), 42 U.S.C. 

11022(a), and the implementing 

regulations found at 40 CFR part 370, at 

26 facilities listed in Attachment A 

when it failed to prepare and submit 

emergency and chemical inventory 

forms to the LEPCs, SERCs, and the fire 

departments with jurisdiction over these 

facilities. These facilities are located in 

Alabama, California, Georgia, South 

Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee. 

Under EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C. 

11045, the Administrator may issue an 

administrative order assessing a civil 

penalty against any person who has 

violated applicable emergency planning 

or right-to-know requirements, or any 

other requirement of EPCRA. 

Proceedings under EPCRA Section 325, 

42 U.S.C. 11045, are conducted in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 22. The 

EPA, as authorized by EPCRA Section 

325, 42 U.S.C. 11045, has assessed a 

civil penalty for these violations. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection. 

Dated: August 4, 2015. 

Andrew R. Stewart, 

Acting Director, Special Litigation and 

Projects Division, Office of Civil Enforcement, 

Office of Enforcement and Compliance 

Assurance. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R08–OW–2015–0415; FRL–9932–13– 

Region 8] 

Request for Information: Great Salt 

Lake Mercury Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for information. 

SUMMARY: As part of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) review of Utah’s 2012–2014 Clean 

Water Act section 303(d) list, we 

deferred action on Utah’s decision not 

to list the Great Salt Lake as impaired. 

We are seeking data from the Great Salt 

Lake for consideration. While we are 

seeking all available mercury 

concentration data (any medium) from 

the Great Salt Lake we are particularly 

interested in obtaining mercury 

concentration data in avian: tissue 

(particularly liver tissue), blood, diet, 

and eggs. Ideally, we would like raw 

data and any available quality assurance 

metadata and quality criteria. Reports 

and publications are also desirable. 

DATES: Data must be received on or 

before September 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your data, identified 

by Docket ID No. EPA–R08–OW–2015– 

0415, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

data. 

• Email: bunch.william@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (303) 312–7206 (please alert 

the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing 

data). 


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