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(1:1) 

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Premanufacturer Notices. 

Dated: September 16, 2010. 

Chandler Sirmons, 

Acting Director, Information Management 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9203–2] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Notice 

for the Public Review of the Draft Total 

Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the 

Chesapeake Bay 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft TMDL and request for public 

review and comment on the Draft 

TMDL. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Draft Chesapeake 

Bay (Bay) TMDL for nutrients and 

sediment for public review and 

comment and announces the 

information regarding public meetings 

on the Draft TMDL being held within 

the watershed. EPA is establishing the 

Draft TMDL for nutrients (nitrogen and 

phosphorus) and sediment for each of 

the 92 segments in the tidal portion of 

the Chesapeake Bay watershed pursuant 

to Sections 117(g) and 303(d) of the 

Clean Water Act (CWA). As such this 

Draft TMDL will contain at minimum 92 

segment specific point (wasteload) and 

non-point (load) allocations for 

nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment 

that will assure the attainment and 

maintenance of all applicable water 

quality standards for each of the 92 

segments. The Bay TMDL is a key part 

of the clean water commitment in the 

Federal Strategy developed as part of 

Executive Order 13508 on Chesapeake 

Bay Protection and Restoration. EPA 

intends to work with federal partners, 

the six watershed states, the District of 

Columbia, local governments and other 

parties to put in place a comprehensive, 

transparent and accountable set of 

commitments and actions that together 

ensure that pollution controls needed to 

restore Bay water quality are 

implemented by no later than 2025 

(Executive Order, 13508). 

To provide information to the public 

regarding the process, approach and 

implications of the Draft Bay TMDL, 

EPA will hold a series of informal 

public meetings on the dates and 

locations identified below. The goal of 

these meetings is to assist the public in 

their understanding of the Draft Bay 

TMDL and provide an overview of the 

TMDL process, especially the 

stakeholder review and comment 

process. EPA will verbally respond to as 

many questions as time permits at these 

public meetings. Formal comments that 

any stakeholder wishes to make must be 

written and submitted as described 

below and will be entered into the 

public record. By this notice, EPA is 

soliciting input from the public on the 

Draft Bay TMDL. EPA will review all 

written comments submitted during the 

public comment period and will 

consider them, as appropriate, in 

establishing the Final TMDL. Persons 

wishing to comment on the information 

contained in the TMDL are invited to do 

so in writing from September 24, 2010 

to November 8, 2010. All comments 

must be postmarked no later than 

November 8, 2010. All comments must 

be written, include the name, address 

and telephone number of the 

commenter, and should be as concise 

and as specific as possible in order for 

EPA to develop a meaningful response. 

Electronic submission of comments as 

described below is encouraged. 

Additional information on the Draft Bay 

TMDL and on the public meetings can 

be found at http://www.epa.gov/ 

chesapeakebaytmdl. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft TMDL 

must be submitted in writing to EPA on 

or before November 8, 2010. 

Viewing: The Draft TMDL can be 

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

chesapeakebaytmdl, EPA’s Docket 

Center (instructions below), in person at 

EPA Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 with proper 

arrangements made in advance with the 

Region 3 library (215–814–5254 or 

library-reg3@epa.gov) or at the EPA 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office at 410 

Severn Avenue Suite 112, Annapolis, 

MD 21403 (Contact Debbie Embleton 

410–267–9856 or 

Embleton.debbie@epa.gov). 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

OW–2010–0736, by one of the following 

methods: 

(1) http://www.regulations.gov: After 

entering the docket for this action, click 

on the Draft Bay TMDL to make a 

comment. Click the ‘‘Submit a 

Comment’’ button at the top right of the 

Web page, then follow the online 

instructions. 

(2) Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

(3) Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center 

Public Reading Room, EPA 

Headquarters West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information by 

contacting the Docket Center at 202– 

566–1744. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OW–2010– 

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comment, but, beginning September 24, 

2010 the Draft Bay TMDL is available 

for comment on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Additional 

information about the docket is 

contained below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Draft Bay TMDL, 

please contact Jennifer Sincock, USEPA, 

Region 3, Water Protection Division 

(3WP30), 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103; telephone 

number: (215) 814–5766; fax number: 

(215) 814–2318; e-mail: 

R3_ChesapeakeBay_TMDL@epa.gov. 

Public Meeting Dates and Locations 

• Wednesday, September 29, 2010: 

DC Watershed meeting and webinar 

from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Washington 

National Zoo Visitor Center Auditorium, 

3001 Connecticut Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. 

• Monday, October 4, 2010: VA 

Watershed meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at 

the Grafton Theatre, James Madison 

University, 281 Warren Service Drive, 

Harrisonburg, VA. 

• Tuesday, October 5, 2010: VA 

Watershed meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at 

Northern Virginia Community College, 

Annandale Campus, Ernst Community 

Cultural Center, 8333 Little River 

Turnpike, Annandale VA. 

• Wednesday, October 6, 2010: VA 

Watershed meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at 

the Robins Pavilion Jepson Alumni 

Center, University of Richmond, 28 

Westhampton Way, Richmond, VA. 

• Thursday, October 7, 2010: VA 

Watershed webinar from 1 to 3 p.m. 

• Thursday, October 7, 2010: VA 

Watershed meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at 

the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina 

Hotel, 700 Settlers Landing Road, 

Hampton, VA. 

• Monday, October 11, 2010: DE 

Watershed meeting and webinar from 5 

to 7 p.m. at the Delaware Tech Owens 

Campus, Arts and Science Center 

Theatre, Route 18, Georgetown, DE. 

• Tuesday, October 12, 2010: MD 

Watershed meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. at 

The Easton Club 28449 Clubhouse 

Drive, Easton, MD. 

• Wednesday, October 13, 2010: MD 

Watershed meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. at 

the Sheraton Annapolis, 173 Jennifer 

Road, Annapolis, MD. 

• Thursday, October 14, 2010: MD 

Watershed meeting and webinar from 2 

to 4 p.m. Hagerstown Hotel and 

Convention Center, 1901 Dual Highway, 

Hagerstown, MD. 

• Monday, October 18, 2010: PA 

Watershed meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. at 

the Best Western Eden Resort, 222 Eden 

Road, Lancaster, PA. 

• Tuesday. October 19, 2010: PA 

Watershed meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. at 

the Knights of Columbus, 850 Stratford 

Drive, State College, PA. 

• Wednesday, October 20, 2010: PA 

Watershed meeting and webinar from 2 

to 4 p.m. at Lycoming College, The 

Academic Center Wendle Hall, 700 

College Place, Williamsport, PA. 

• Thursday, October 21, 2010: PA 

Watershed meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. at 

Bentley’s, 2300 Route 309, Ashley, PA. 

• Tuesday, October 26, 2010: NY 

Watershed meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at 

the Riverview Holiday Inn, 760 East 

Water Street, Elmira, NY. 

• Wednesday, October 27, 2010: NY 

Watershed meeting and webinar from 2 

to 4 p.m. at the Binghamton Regency 

Hotel, 225 Water Street, Binghamton, 

NY. 

• Wednesday, November 3, 2010: WV 

Watershed meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at 

the Comfort Inn, 1872 Edwin Miller 

Blvd, Martinsburg, WV. 

• Thursday, November 4, 2010: WV 

Watershed meeting and webinar from 6 

to 8 p.m. at the South Branch Inn, Route 

50 East, Romney, WV. 

• Please check the Web site http:// 

www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdl to 

confirm the meeting or webinar date 

and time. Alternately, you may also 

contact Jennifer Sincock by telephone at 

(215) 814–5766 or by e-mail at 

R3_ChesapeakeBay_TMDL@epa.gov 

• To register for the webinars, please 

go to the following link and follow the 

webinar registration instructions, 

http://www.epa.gov/ 

chesapeakebaytmdl. Webinars are open 

to all interested stakeholders not just 

residents within the jurisdiction that the 

webinar is held. Registration is only 

required to attend the meetings via 

webinar. Attending the public meetings 

in person does not require registration. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the CWA requires that each 

state identify those waters within its 

boundaries for which existing 

technology-based and other pollution 

controls required by the CWA are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

state water quality standards. A TMDL 

must be established for each of those 

‘‘impaired’’ waters. TMDLs are pollution 

budgets designed to identify necessary 

reductions of pollutant loads to the 

impaired waters so that the appropriate 

water quality standards are met, 

including designated uses like fishing or 

swimming and water quality criteria for 

parameters such as dissolved oxygen 

and water clarity. 

Why is a TMDL being developed for 

the Chesapeake Bay? The Chesapeake 

Bay is a national treasure constituting 

the largest estuary in the United States 

and one of the largest and most 

biologically productive estuaries in the 

world. Despite significant efforts by 

federal, state, and local governments 

and other interested parties, water 

pollution in the Chesapeake Bay 

prevents the attainment of existing state 

water quality standards. The pollutants 

that are largely responsible for 

impairment of the Chesapeake Bay are 

nutrients, in the form of nitrogen and 

phosphorus, and sediment. EPA, in 

coordination with the Bay watershed 

jurisdictions of Delaware, the District of 

Columbia, Maryland, New York, 

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 

Virginia, is establishing a nutrient and 

sediment pollution budget for the Bay 

consistent with CWA requirements to 

guide and assist Chesapeake Bay 

restoration efforts. 

When will the Bay TMDL be 

completed? The TMDL schedule calls 

for the completion of the Bay TMDL by 

December 31, 2010. EPA intends to 

collect public comments on the Draft 

TMDL between September 24 and 

November 8, 2010. EPA will establish 

the Final TMDL by December 31, 2010. 

Who is developing the Bay TMDL? 

EPA Region III Water Protection 

Division has assumed primary 

responsibility for the establishment of 

the Bay TMDL, at the request of the Bay 

jurisdictions. The Chesapeake Bay 

Program Office in EPA Region III has 

modeling and water quality expertise 

that is critical to the TMDL 

development process. EPA Region II 

also is providing guidance and technical 

support to Region III and will cosign the 

final TMDL as New York State is 

included in the Chesapeake Bay 

watershed, and sources in New York 

State (like the other jurisdictions) 

contribute nutrients and sediment to the 

Bay. EPA used the Chesapeake Bay 

Program committee structure to engage 

the watershed jurisdictions in the 

development of the TMDL, including 

the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Goal 

Implementation Team (formerly the 

Water Quality Steering Committee and 

Nutrient Subcommittee), which is 

composed of the seven Bay watershed 

jurisdictions, the Chesapeake Bay 

Commission, the Susquehanna River 

Basin Commission, the Interstate 

Commission on the Potomac River 

Basin, and EPA Regions II and III. Major 

policy input has been provided by the 

Chesapeake Bay Program Principals’ 

Staff Committee (Secretaries from each 

Bay jurisdiction, the Chesapeake Bay 

Commission Executive Director, and the 

EPA Region III Regional Administrator) 

and Executive Council (Bay watershed 

State Governors, Mayor of District of 


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Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay 

Commission Chair, and the EPA 

Administrator). 

What is the scope of the Bay TMDL? 

The Bay TMDL addresses all segments 

of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal 

tributaries. The Bay TMDL consists of 

92 TMDLs, addressing nitrogen, 

phosphorus and sediment, for each of 

the 92 segments in the Bay and tidal 

tributaries. EPA intends that the Bay 

TMDL will be established at a level 

necessary to ensure attainment of water 

quality standards in each of these 

segments. In addition, the Bay TMDL 

assigns individual and (as appropriate) 

aggregate maximum daily allowable 

point source and nonpoint source 

loadings, called wasteload allocations 

(WLAs) and load allocations (LAs), 

respectively, across all jurisdictions 

within the Bay watershed. When 

completed, the Bay TMDL will be the 

largest, most complex TMDL in the 

country, covering a 64,000 square mile 

area in six states and the District of 

Columbia. 

How will the TMDL promote nitrogen, 

phosphorus and sediment reductions? 

Under the CWA, the TMDL will 

establish the watershed pollution 

budget for nutrients and sediment 

necessary to meet water quality 

standards in the Bay. Other provisions 

of the CWA, as well as the jurisdictions’ 

Watershed Implementation Plans 

(WIPs), are intended to implement the 

TMDL. During TMDL development, 

EPA worked with its partners, the Bay 

jurisdictions, to assist them in 

developing individual jurisdictionspecific WIPs, which collectively serve 

as part of the overall TMDL 

implementation framework. Those WIPs 

are not part of the Bay TMDL itself but 

are part of the TMDL record and help 

provide reasonable assurance that the 

necessary nutrient and sediment 

reductions identified in the TMDL will 

be achieved. The WIPs identify specific 

nutrient and sediment reduction targets 

by geographic location and sector to 

achieve allowable loadings, as well as a 

description and schedule of actions that 

the jurisdictions will take to achieve 

these reductions. 

In accordance with EO 13508, EPA 

and the jurisdictions also will provide 

the next set of two-year milestone 

commitments specifying what source 

controls will be taken to reduce 

nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment 

during that period. EPA has invited 

each jurisdiction to present information 

on its WIP at the meeting(s) and/or 

webinar(s) within its jurisdiction. At 

these meetings EPA will be available to 

answer questions on the TMDL and how 

the WIPs will inform the TMDL. Any 

questions or comments regarding the 

substance of the individual WIPs, or the 

WIPs themselves should be addressed to 

the individual jurisdiction. Links to the 

WIPs are available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdl. 

For information on the jurisdictions’ 

Draft WIPs and procedures for 

submitting comments, please contact 

the jurisdiction representatives below. 

Jurisdiction WIP Contacts 

Delaware: Jennifer Volk 

(Jennifer.Volk@state.de.us). 

District of Columbia: Monir 

Chowdhury (monir.chowdhury@dc.gov). 

Maryland: TMDL Coordinator 

(tmdlcoordinator@mde.state.md.us). 

New York: Peter Freehafer 

(pbfreeha@gw.dec.state.ny.us). 

Pennsylvania: Patricia Buckley (epchesapeakebayprogram@state.pa.us). 

Virginia: VA Bay TMDL 

(vabaytmdl@dcr.virginia.gov). 

West Virginia: Jennifer Pauer 

(Jennifer.pauer@wv.gov). 

Paperwork Reduction Act: The Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) has 

previously approved the information 

collection requirements for developing 

TMDLs pursuant to Section 303(d) of 

the CWA under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq. and has assigned OMB 

control number 2040–0071. The OMB 

control numbers for EPA’s regulations 

in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? Docket: EPA has 

established a public docket for this 

Notice under Docket ID No. EPA–R03– 

OW–2010–0736. The Draft Bay TMDL is 

available in the docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Assistance and 

tips for accessing the docket can be 

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

chesapeakebaytmdl. 

Comments via e-mail are not being 

accepted. Instead, comments will be 

accepted through http:// 

www.regulations.gov and by mail. All 

comments received, including any 

personal information provided, will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and will be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information, the disclosure of which is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. It is recommended 

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 your comment cannot be 

read due to technical difficulties and we 

are unable to contact you for 

clarification, we will not 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 public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available electronically either at http:// 

www.regulations.gov as well as at the 

EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 

number for this docket is 202–566– 

2426. The 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 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. 

Certain material, such as copyrighted 

materials, will be publicly available 

only in hard copy at the Docket Center. 

Dated: September 15, 2010. 

Jon M. Capacasa, 

Water Protection Division, Region III. 

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AGENCY 

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Issuance of an Experimental Use 

Permit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has granted an 

experimental use permit (EUP) to the 

following pesticide applicant. An EUP 

permits use of a pesticide for 

experimental or research purposes only 

in accordance with the limitations in 

the permit. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8715; e-mail address: 

mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, the Agency has not 


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