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the Commission and open to public 

inspection. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Kelly 

Allen, Manager, Regulatory Affairs 

Department, Trans-Pecos Pipeline, LLC, 

1300 Main Street, Houston, Texas 

77002, or by calling (713) 989–2606 

(telephone) or (713) 989–1205 (fax) 

Kelly.Allen@energytransfer.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

5 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and 5 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

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

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on June 30, 2015. 

Dated: June 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–14740 Filed 6–15–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0803; FRL–9920–21– 

OW] 

Final National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permit for Stormwater Discharges 

From Industrial Activities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final permit issuance. 

SUMMARY: The EPA’s Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 

6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are issuing their final 

2015 National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit for stormwater discharges from 

industrial activity, also referred to as the 

Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP). 

This permit replaces the existing permit 

covering stormwater discharges from 

industrial facilities in the EPA’s Regions 

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10 that expired 

September 29, 2013, and provides 

coverage for industrial facilities in areas 

where the EPA is the NPDES permitting 

authority in the EPA’s Regions 7 and 8. 

The MSGP consists of 44 separate 

regional EPA general permits that may 

vary from each other based on state or 

tribal certifications and water qualitybased requirements. As with earlier 

permits, this permit authorizes the 

discharge of stormwater associated with 

industrial activities in accordance with 

the terms and conditions described 

therein. Industrial dischargers have the 

option to instead seek coverage under 

an individual permit. An individual 

permit may be necessary if the 

discharger cannot meet the terms and 

conditions or eligibility requirements in 

this permit. The EPA is issuing this 

permit for five years. 

DATES: The permit became effective on 

June 4, 2015. This effective date is 

necessary to provide dischargers with 

the immediate opportunity to comply 

with Clean Water Act requirements in 

light of the expiration of the 2008 MSGP 

on September 29, 2013. In accordance 

with 40 CFR part 23, this permit shall 

be considered issued for the purpose of 

judicial review on June 22, 2015. Under 

section 509(b) of the Clean Water Act, 

judicial review of this general permit 

can be requested by filing a petition for 

review in the United States Court of 

Appeals within 120 days after the 

permit is considered issued. Under 

section 509(b)(2) of the Clean Water Act, 

the requirements in this permit may not 

be challenged later in civil or criminal 

proceedings to enforce these 

requirements. In addition, this permit 

may not be challenged in other agency 

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notices of intent are provided in Part 1.2 

of the 2015 MSGP. The 2015 MSGP also 

provides additional dates for 

compliance with the terms of these 

permits. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the final NPDES 

MSGP, contact the appropriate EPA 

Regional Office listed in Section I.C., or 

Bryan Rittenhouse, EPA Headquarters, 

Office of Water, Office of Wastewater 

Management at tel.: 202–564–0577 or 

email: rittenhouse.bryan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

supplementary information is organized 

as follows: 

Table of Contents 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

B. How can I get copies of these documents 

and other related information? 

C. Who are the EPA regional contacts for 

this final permit? 

II. Background of Permit 

III. Scope and Applicability of the MultiSector General Permit 

A. Geographic Coverage 

B. Categories of Facilities Covered 

C. Summary of Significant Changes From 

the 2008 Multi-Sector General Permit 

IV. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

V. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and 

Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

VI. Analysis of Economic Impacts 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This MSGP regulates stormwater 

discharges from industrial facilities in 

the 30 sectors shown below: 

Sector A—Timber Products. 

Sector B—Paper and Allied Products 

Manufacturing. 

Sector C—Chemical and Allied Products 

Manufacturing. 

Sector D—Asphalt Paving and Roofing 

Materials Manufactures and Lubricant 

Manufacturers. 

Sector E—Glass, Clay, Cement, 

Concrete, and Gypsum Product 

Manufacturing. 

Sector F—Primary Metals. 

Sector G—Metal Mining (Ore Mining 

and Dressing). 

Sector H—Coal Mines and Coal MiningRelated Facilities. 

Sector I—Oil and Gas Extraction. 

Sector J—Mineral Mining and Dressing. 

Sector K—Hazardous Waste Treatment 

Storage or Disposal. 

Sector L—Landfills and Land 

Application Sites. 

Sector M—Automobile Salvage Yards. 

Sector N—Scrap Recycling Facilities. 

Sector O—Steam Electric Generating 

Facilities. 

Sector P—Land Transportation. 

Sector Q—Water Transportation. 

Sector R—Ship and Boat Building or 

Repairing Yards. 

Sector S—Air Transportation Facilities. 

Sector T—Treatment Works. 

Sector U—Food and Kindred Products. 

Sector V—Textile Mills, Apparel, and 

other Fabric Products Manufacturing. 

Sector W—Furniture and Fixtures. 

Sector X—Printing and Publishing. 

Sector Y—Rubber, Miscellaneous Plastic 

Products, and Miscellaneous 

Manufacturing Industries. 

Sector Z—Leather Tanning and 

Finishing. 

Sector AA—Fabricated Metal Products. 

Sector AB—Transportation Equipment, 

Industrial or Commercial Machinery. 

Sector AC—Electronic, Electrical, 

Photographic and Optical Goods. 

Sector AD—Reserved for Facilities Not 

Covered Under Other Sectors and 

Designated by the Director. 

Coverage under the 2015 MSGP is 

available to operators of eligible 

facilities located in areas where the EPA 

is the permitting authority and has 

made this general permit available for 

use. A list of eligible areas is included 

in Appendix C of the 2015 MSGP. 

B. How can I get copies of these 

documents and other related 

information? 

1. Docket. The EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under Docket ID Number EPA–HQ– 

OW–2012–0803. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

are available for public viewing at the 

Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 

(EPA/DC) WJC West Building, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Although all 

documents in the docket are listed in an 

index, some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available in hard copy at the EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room, 

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

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744 

and the telephone number for the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the United States 

government on-line source for federal 

regulations at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic versions of the final permit 

and fact sheet are available on the EPA’s 

NPDES Web site at http://water.epa.gov/ 

polwaste/npdes/stormwater/EPA-MultiSector-General-Permit-MSGP.cfm. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through the EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.regulations.gov to 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. For additional 

information about the EPA’s public 

docket, visit the EPA Docket Center 

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

dockets. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials at the EPA Docket Center. 

C. Who are the EPA regional contacts 

for this final permit? 

For EPA Region 1, contact David Gray 

at tel.: (617) 918–1577 or email at 

gray.davidj@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 2, contact Sergio 

Bosques at tel.: (787) 977–5838 or email 

at bosques.sergio@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 3, contact Kaitlyn 

Bendik at tel.: 215–814–2709 or email at 

bendik.kaitlyn@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 5, contact Brian Bell 

at tel.: (312) 886–0981 or email at 

bell.brianc@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 6, contact Nasim 

Jahan at tel.: (214) 665–7522 or email at 

jahan.nasim@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 7, contact Mark 

Matthews at tel. 913–551–7635 or email 

at matthews.mark@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 8, contact Gregory 

Davis at tel.: (303) 312–6314 or email at 

davis.gregory@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 9, contact Eugene 

Bromley at tel.: (415) 972–3510 or email 

at bromley.eugene@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 10, contact Margaret 

McCauley at tel.: (206) 553–1772 or 

email at mccauley.margaret@epa.gov. 

II. Background of Permit 

Section 405 of the Water Quality Act 

of 1987 added section 402(p) of the 

Clean Water Act (CWA), which directed 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) to develop a phased approach to 

regulate stormwater discharges under 

the National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) program. 

The EPA published a final regulation on 

the first phase on this program on 

November 16, 1990, establishing permit 

application requirements for 

‘‘stormwater discharges associated with 

industrial activity.’’ See 55 FR 48063. 

The EPA defined the term ‘‘stormwater 

discharge associated with industrial 

activity’’ in a comprehensive manner to 

cover a wide variety of facilities. See 40 

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the MSGP under this statutory and 

regulatory authority. The 2015 MSGP 

replaces the 2008 MSGP covering 

stormwater discharges from industrial 

facilities in the EPA’s Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 

6, 9 and 10 that expired September 29, 

2013, and provides coverage for 

industrial facilities in areas where the 

EPA is the NPDES permitting authority 

in the EPA’s Regions 7 and 8. 

Dischargers choosing to be covered by 

the MSGP must certify in their Notice of 

Intent (NOI) that they meet the requisite 

eligibility requirements described in 

Part 1 of the permit. In addition, 

dischargers must install and implement 

control measures to meet the effluent 

limits required in Part 2 and any sectorspecific effluent limits in Part 8, and 

develop a stormwater pollution 

prevention plan (SWPPP) consistent 

with Part 5 describing their control 

measures used to achieve the effluent 

limits. The MSGP requires dischargers 

to conduct routine facility inspections 

(Part 3.1) and quarterly visual 

assessments of stormwater discharges 

(Part 3.2). Dischargers are also required 

to review and revise, as necessary, their 

SWPPP in order to meet the permit’s 

effluent limits when certain triggering 

conditions occur (Part 4). Dischargers 

subject to benchmark monitoring are 

required to submit to the EPA quarterly 

benchmark monitoring results (Part 

6.2.1). The EPA notes that Part 6.2.1 

emphasizes that the benchmark 

thresholds used for monitoring are not 

effluent limits themselves, but rather 

information that is primarily for the use 

of the industrial facility to determine 

the overall effectiveness of its control 

measures and to assist in understanding 

when corrective action(s) may be 

necessary. Where applicable, 

dischargers must also submit to the EPA 

stormwater effluent data relating to 

impaired waters (Part 6.2.4) and 

compliance with numeric effluent 

limitations guidelines (Part 6.2.2). In 

addition, dischargers are required to 

submit an annual report containing 

permit compliance information 

generated from the past calendar year 

(Part 7.5). 

III. Scope and Applicability of the 

Multi-Sector General Permit 

A. Geographic Coverage 

The 2015 MSGP provides coverage for 

sectors of industrial point source 

discharges that occur in areas not 

covered by an approved state or tribal 

NPDES program. The geographic 

coverage of the 2015 MSGP is listed in 

Appendix C of the permit, and includes 

the states of Idaho, Massachusetts, New 

Hampshire, and New Mexico as well as 

all Indian Country lands (except in 

Region 4), and facilities operated by a 

federal operator in selected states. 

Permit coverage is also provided in 

Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, 

and the Pacific Island territories. The 

EPA notes that, unlike the 2008 MSGP, 

facilities located in certain areas in the 

EPA’s Regions 7 and 8 may be covered 

by this permit. 

Because certifications required by 

Section 401 of the Clean Water Act were 

not received in time, operators of 

industrial facilities in the following 

areas are not yet eligible for coverage 

under the 2015 MSGP: 

• The State of Idaho (except Indian 

country); 

• The State of Washington (except 

Indian country) if operated by a federal 

operator; and 

• Spokane Tribe of Indians lands. 

The EPA will announce the 

availability of coverage under the 2015 

MSGP for these areas in separate 

Federal Register notice(s) as soon as 

possible after the certifications are 

completed. In the meantime, existing 

dischargers in these areas that were 

authorized for coverage under the 2008 

MSGP will remain covered under the 

2008 MSGP until the 2015 MSGP has 

been issued. Once the permit is 

available, existing dischargers will be 

given 90 days to file an NOI for coverage 

under the 2015 MSGP. 

B. Categories of Facilities Covered 

This permit regulates stormwater 

discharges from industrial facilities in 

30 sectors, as shown above in section 

I.A. 

C. Summary of Significant Changes 

from the 2008 Multi-Sector General 

Permit 

The 2015 MSGP replaces the 2008 

MSGP, which was issued for a five-year 

term on September 29, 2008 (see 73 FR 

56572) and expired September 29, 2013. 

The 2015 MSGP is similar to the 2008 

MSGP, and is structured in nine parts: 

General requirements that apply to all 

facilities (e.g., eligibility of discharges, 

effluent limitations, stormwater 

pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) 

requirements, monitoring and reporting 

requirements) (Parts 1–7), industrial 

sector-specific conditions (Part 8), and 

specific requirements applicable to 

facilities within individual states or 

Indian country (Part 9). Additionally, 

the appendices provide forms for the 

submittal of a paper Notice of Intent, 

Notice of Termination, Conditional No 

Exposure Exclusion, Discharge 

Monitoring Report, and annual report, 

as well as step-by-step procedures for 

determining eligibility with respect to 

protecting historic properties and 

threatened and endangered species, and 

for calculating site-specific, hardnessdependent benchmarks. 

This 2015 MSGP includes several new 

or modified requirements from the 2008 

MSGP. These changes are summarized 

below and are discussed in more detail 

in the 2015 MSGP fact sheet. 

1. NEPA Review for Dischargers 

Subject to any New Source Performance 

Standards (NSPS). For the issuance of 

the 2015 MSGP, the EPA prepared an 

Environmental Assessment (EA)/finding 

of no significant impact (FONSI) that 

analyzed the potential environmental 

impacts of the permit. The EA 

considered the potential environmental 

impacts from the discharge of new 

source pollutants in stormwater 

discharges associated with industrial 

facilities where the EPA is the 

permitting authority (see the permit’s 

docket for a copy of the EPA’s EA and 

FONSI). 

2. Information Required for Notices of 

Intent. The 2015 MSGP revises the 

information required in NOIs to provide 

the EPA with more complete 

information to determine eligibility and 

to enable the EPA to inform the operator 

of its specific monitoring requirements. 

Operators now need to include in their 

NOI location information for each 

stormwater outfall they discharge from, 

whether the facility discharges to 

saltwater, the hardness of the receiving 

water (if subject to benchmark 

monitoring for metals), whether the 

facility discharges to a federal 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) site identified in 

Appendix P, as well as general 

information from their SWPPP if the 

SWPPP is not posted online. The EPA 

NPDES electronic Reporting Tool (NeT) 

will use latitude and longitude 

information for each outfall to 

automatically determine the receiving 

waters the facility discharges to and the 

receiving water’s or waters’ impairment 

status. 

3. Electronic Reporting Requirements. 

Electronic reporting is required in the 

2015 MSGP. Electronic reporting will 

create efficiencies and burden reduction 

regarding information submittal to the 

Agency. Recognizing there may be cases 

that make electronic submittals of 

information not possible, the EPA has 

included a waiver that an operator can 

receive from their EPA Regional Office. 

Waivers must be approved by the EPA 

Regional Office on a case-by-case basis 

and are not intended to cover 

information submittals for the entire 

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4. Threatened and Endangered 

Species Requirements. The EPA has 

finalized changes to the procedures 

operators must follow to establish their 

eligibility with regard to protection of 

threatened and endangered species and 

critical habitat (Appendix E) as a result 

of the EPA’s consultation under Section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 

These changes are necessary to ensure 

that the endangered and threatened 

species eligibility criteria in Part 1.1.4.5 

are adequately protective of such 

species, and to ensure that operators are 

making accurate determinations of 

which eligibility criterion they qualify 

under. 

5. Effluent Limit Clarifications. 

Several of the effluent limits in Part 2 

of the 2015 MSGP include a greater 

level of specificity in order to make the 

requirements more clear and 

transparent. These clarifications will 

help permittees better understand how 

to comply with the effluent limits. The 

effluent limits in Part 2 for which the 

EPA has made clarifications include 

requirements for minimizing exposure, 

good housekeeping, maintenance, spill 

prevention and response procedures, 

and employee training. 

6. Inspections. The EPA has 

consolidated the comprehensive site 

inspection and routine facility 

inspection procedures into one set of 

procedures to eliminate redundancies. 

7. Corrective Actions. Although the 

2008 MSGP required corrective actions, 

the EPA has provided greater detail 

about how these actions are to be 

handled. In the 2015 MSGP, the EPA 

clarified which conditions require a 

SWPPP review, modified the deadlines 

to further specify the EPA’s expectations 

for what actions must be taken by the 

deadlines, and rewrote and clarified the 

reporting requirements following 

corrective actions. 

8. SWPPP Documentation. To reduce 

permittee burden, the EPA identified 

the effluent limit requirements in Part 

2.1.2 that are the most straightforward, 

i.e., the ones that do not involve the sitespecific selection of a control measure 

or are specific activity requirements 

(e.g., ‘‘Plainly label containers . . . that 

could be susceptible to spillage or 

leakage to encourage proper handling 

and facilitate rapid response if spills or 

leaks occur’’). Permittees can comply 

with the documentation requirements 

regarding these particular effluent limits 

by including the effluent limits verbatim 

in their SWPPP without providing 

additional information, thereby 

reducing the burden associated with 

SWPPP development (see Part 5.2.4). 

Requirements that involve activities that 

are done infrequently or are direct and 

simple may be identified in the SWPPP 

as written in the permit to be executed 

effectively. 

9. SWPPP Availability. To provide 

greater access to the SWPPP for the 

public, the EPA, and the Fish and 

Wildlife Service and National Marine 

Fisheries Services (the Services), the 

2015 MSGP requires that permittees 

either provide a URL for their SWPPP 

on the NOI form, or provide selected 

information from the SWPPP on the NOI 

form. The selected information from the 

SWPPP that would have to be included 

in the NOI form includes: Onsite 

industrial activities exposed to 

stormwater, including potential spill 

and leak areas (see Parts 5.2.3.1, 5.2.3.3 

and 5.2.3.5); pollutants or pollutant 

constituents associated with each 

industrial activity exposed to 

stormwater that could be discharged in 

stormwater and any authorized nonstormwater discharges listed in Part 

1.1.3 (see Part 5.2.3.2); control measures 

employed to comply with the nonnumeric technology-based effluent 

limits required in Part 2.1.2 and Part 8, 

and any other measures taken to comply 

with the requirements in Part 2.2 Water 

Quality-Based Effluent Limitations (see 

Part 5.2.4); a schedule for good 

housekeeping and maintenance (see Part 

5.2.5.1); and a schedule for all 

inspections required in Part 3 (see Part 

5.2.5.2). 

10. Benchmark Monitoring. For the 

2015 MSGP, the EPA has included 

additional non-hardness dependent 

metals benchmarks for facilities that 

discharge into saline waters. The 

addition of these benchmarks provide 

an appropriate indicator of the 

performance of the measures taken to 

meet the effluent limitations contained 

in the permit where stormwater is 

discharged into saline waters. 

Benchmark values in the 2008 MSGP for 

these metals were based on acute or 

chronic aquatic life freshwater criteria. 

These additional saline benchmark 

values are based on available acute 

ambient water quality criteria for 

arsenic, cadmium, copper, cyanide, 

lead, mercury, nickel, selenium, silver 

and zinc. 

11. Industry Sector-specific 

Requirements. The following changes 

were made to Part 8 of the MSGP, which 

describes requirements specific to 

particular industry sectors: 

Sector A, Timber Products— 

Discharges resulting from 

uncontaminated spray down or 

intentional wetting of logs at wet deck 

storage areas is an allowed nonstormwater discharge provided the 

effluent limitation in Part 8.A.7 is met. 

To accommodate situations where 

facilities use water from a waterbody 

that they intend to return to the 

waterbody following spraying/wetting, 

the permit contains an allowance or 

credit for pollutants originally in the 

waterbody prior to use and discharge. 

Sector G, Metal Mining—As with the 

2008 MSGP, this permit provides 

coverage to operators for earthdisturbing activities conducted prior to 

active mining activities. Before 2008 

those activities were required to be 

covered separately under the 

Construction General Permit (CGP) or an 

individual construction stormwater 

permit. To facilitate such coverage, 

additional requirements have been 

added that are consistent with limits 

from the Construction & Development 

(C&D) Effluent Limitation Guideline 

(ELG) (for earth-disturbing activities 

associated with the construction of 

staging roads and the construction of 

access roads conducted prior to active 

mining), and for mine site preparation 

earth disturbances, revised limits based 

on EPA’s best professional judgement 

(BPJ)). 

Sector H, Coal Mining—Additional 

requirements have been added that are 

consistent with changes made to Sector 

G. 

Sector J, Mineral Mining and 

Dressing—Additional requirements 

have been added that are consistent 

with changes made to Sector G. 

Sector S, Air Transportation—The 

EPA has added requirements based on 

the final effluent limitation guidelines 

for airplane and airport deicing 

operations. Also, the EPA has included 

clarifications regarding airport 

operators’ responsibilities and the 

permit requirements that airport 

authorities may conduct on behalf of 

airport tenants. 

IV. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

Under Executive Order (EO) 12866 

(58 FR 51735 (October 4, 1993)) this 

action is a ‘‘significant regulatory 

action.’’ Accordingly, the EPA 

submitted this action to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review under Executive Orders 12866 

and 13563 and any changes made in 

response to OMB recommendations 

have been documented in the docket for 

this action. 

V. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

In compliance with Executive Order 

13175, the EPA has consulted with 

tribal officials to gain an understanding 


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of and, where necessary, to address 

tribal implications of the MSGP. In the 

course of this consultation, the EPA 

undertook the following activities: 

• December 11, 2012—EPA presented 

an overview of the 2008 MSGP and 

potential changes for the renewal of the 

MSGP to the National Tribal Caucus. 

• December 12, 2012—EPA presented 

an overview of the current MSGP and 

potential changes for the renewal of the 

MSGP to the National Tribal Water 

Council. 

• December 12, 2012—EPA mailed 

notification letters to tribal leaders 

initiating consultation and coordination 

on the renewal of the MSGP. The 

initiation letter was posted on the tribal 

portal Web site at http://www.epa.gov/

tribal/consultation. 

• January 15, 2013—EPA held an 

informational teleconference open to all 

tribal representatives, and reserved the 

last part of the teleconference for official 

consultation comments. EPA also 

invited tribes to submit written 

comments on the permit renewal. The 

presentation was posted on the tribal 

portal Web site at http://www.epa.gov/

tribal/consultation. 

VI. Analysis of Economic Impacts 

The EPA expects the economic impact 

on entities covered under this permit, 

including small businesses, to be 

minimal. A copy of the EPA’s economic 

analysis, titled, ‘‘Cost Impact Analysis 

for the Multi-Sector General Permit 

(MSGP)’’ is available in the docket for 

this permit. The economic impact 

analysis indicates that while there will 

be some incremental increase in the 

costs of complying with the new permit, 

these costs will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Deborah Szaro, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 

1. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Jose ́ C. Font, 

Director, Caribbean Environmental Protection 

Division, EPA Region 2. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Jon M. Capacasa, 

Director, Water Protection Division, EPA 

Region 3. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Tinka G. Hyde, 

Director, Water Division, EPA Region 5. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

William K. Honker, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

EPA Region 6. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Karen Flournoy, 

Director, Water, Wetlands, and Pesticides 

Division, EPA Region 7. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Darcy O’Connor, 

Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, EPA 

Region 8. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Nancy Woo, 

Acting Director, Water Division, EPA Region 

9. 

Dated: June 4, 2015. 

Daniel D. Opalski, 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

EPA Region 10. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9929–20–Region–6] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition for Objection to 

State Operating Permit for Valero 

Refining—Meraux, LLC in Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act 

(CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 

70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed 

an Order, dated May 29, 2015, denying 

the petition asking EPA to object to an 

operating permit issued by the 

Louisiana Department of Environmental 

Quality for the Meraux petroleum 

refinery (Title V operating permit 

number 2500–00001–V5). The EPA’s 

May 29, 2015 Order responds to the 

petition submitted by the Concerned 

Citizens Around Murphy, represented 

by the Tulane Environmental Law 

Clinic, on April 3, 2012. Sections 307(b) 

and 505(b)(2) of the CAA provide that 

a petitioner may ask for judicial review 

of those portions of the Orders that deny 

issues raised in the petition by the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit. Any petition for 

review shall be filed within 60 days 

from the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register, pursuant to section 

307(b) of the Act. 

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of 

the final Order, the petition, and other 

supporting information at EPA Region 6, 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 

2733. 

EPA requests that if at all possible, 

you contact the individual listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section to view copies of the final 

Orders, petitions, and other supporting 

information. You may view the hard 

copies Monday through Friday, from 

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. If you wish to 

examine these documents, you should 

make an appointment at least 24 hours 

before the visiting day. Additionally, the 

final May 29, 2015 Order is available 

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

region07/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/

meraux_response2012.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kyndall Cox at (214) 665–8567, email 

address: cox.kyndall@epa.gov or the 

above EPA, Region 6 address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review, 

and object, as appropriate, to a title V 

operating permit proposed by a state 

permitting authority. Section 505(b)(2) 

of the CAA authorizes any person to 

petition the EPA Administrator, within 

60 days after the expiration of this 

review period, to object to a title V 

operating permit if EPA has not done so. 

Petitions must be based only on 

objections to the permit that were raised 

with reasonable specificity during the 

public comment period provided by the 

state, unless the petitioner demonstrates 

that it was impracticable to raise these 

issues during the comment period or 

unless the grounds for the issue arose 

after this period. 

EPA received the petition from the 

Concerned Citizens Around Murphy 

(CCAM) on April 3, 2012 (2012 

Petition), which is the second petition 

that EPA received from CCAM 

concerning this facility’s title V permit. 

EPA previously received a petition from 

CCAM regarding the 2009 Meraux Title 

V Modification Permit (2009 Permit) on 

December 10, 2009 (2009 Petition), and 

responded to that petition in a prior 

order (2011 Order) that granted in part 

and denied in part the request for an 

objection. Within 90 days after that 


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