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Review Question), as noted above. EPA 

will acknowledge receipt of 

nominations and will refer all 

nominations to the contractor for 

evaluation. The names and biosketches 

of qualified nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

notice, along with additional experts 

identified by the contractor, will be 

posted on the SC–GHG TSD peer review 

website and will be available for public 

comment. The process for public 

comment on the pool of nominees, as 

well as the date and location of public 

meetings related to this peer review, 

will be announced on the SC–GHG TSD 

peer review website, and through the 

SC–GHG TSD peer review contact list. 

Dated: January 19, 2022. 

Albert McGartland, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Economics. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2022–0097; FRL–9455–01– 

OW] 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Industrial 

Stormwater Fact Sheet Series 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public input. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is 

seeking public input on updating the 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Industrial 

Stormwater Fact Sheet Series 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘the fact 

sheets’’). EPA’s industrial stormwater 

program has 29 fact sheets currently 

posted online for each sector covered 

under the 2021 Multi-Sector General 

Permit (MSGP) for stormwater 

discharges from industrial activity. Each 

fact sheet describes the types of 

facilities included in the sector, typical 

stormwater pollutants associated with 

the sector, and types of stormwater 

control measures (SCMs) that may be 

used to minimize the discharge of the 

pollutants. EPA is seeking public input 

on the fact sheets, particularly focused 

on updating: Common activities, 

pollutant sources, and associated 

pollutants at facilities in each sector; 

and SCMs or best management practices 

(BMPs), including source control and 

good housekeeping/pollution 

prevention measures for potential 

pollutant sources at facilities in each 

sector. In updating the fact sheets, EPA 

will consider input received in response 

to this notice as well as any relevant 

comments related to the content of the 

fact sheets that the Agency received 

during the public comment period for 

the proposed 2021 MSGP. The fact 

sheets can be found in the docket and 

at https://www.epa.gov/npdes/ 

stormwater-discharges-industrialactivities-fact-sheets-and-guidance. 

DATES: Comments on the fact sheets 

must be received on or before March 28, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2022–0097, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov/. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Participation’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Out of an abundance of 

caution for members of the public and 

our staff, the EPA Docket Center and 

Reading Room are open to the public by 

appointment only to reduce the risk of 

transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket 

Center staff also continues to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. Hand deliveries 

and couriers may be received by 

scheduled appointment only. For 

further information on EPA Docket 

Center services and the current status, 

please visit us online at https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katelyn Amraen, EPA Headquarters, 

Office of Water, Office of Wastewater 

Management (MC 4203M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

2740; email address: amraen.katelyn@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2022– 

0097, at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from the docket. The 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. EPA will generally 

not consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

II. Background 

EPA’s industrial stormwater program 

has 29 fact sheets currently posted 

online for each sector covered under the 

MSGP and 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 

Mining-Related 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 

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1The ‘‘NRC Study’’ refers to a study funded by 

EPA and conducted by the National Academies of 

Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s National 

Research Council (NRC) that was completed in 

February of 2019. The NRC study can be found at 

the following website: https://www.nap.edu/ 

catalog/25355/improving-the-epa-multi-sectorgeneral-permit-for-industrial-stormwaterdischarges. 

Sector AA—Fabricated Metal 

Products. 

Sector AB—Transportation 

Equipment, Industrial or Commercial 

Machinery. 

Sector AC—Electronic, Electrical, 

Photographic and Optical Goods. 

Each fact sheet describes the types of 

facilities included in the sector, typical 

stormwater pollutants associated with 

the sector, and types of SCMs that may 

be used to minimize the discharge of the 

pollutants. The fact sheets are used by 

permittees, industrial stormwater 

stakeholders, and state/territory NPDES 

permitting authorities on a voluntary 

basis as a reference tool and 

informational resource. EPA currently 

does not mandate the use of the fact 

sheets for permit compliance or 

otherwise under the NPDES industrial 

stormwater program. 

As part of a 2016 MSGP settlement 

agreement, EPA agreed to and proposed 

the following changes in the proposed 

2021 MSGP: 

• Review and revise ‘‘the MSGP’s 

sector-specific fact sheets to incorporate 

emerging SCMs that reflect BAT [Best 

Available Technology Economically 

Achievable] and BCT [Best 

Conventional Pollutant Control 

Technology], as revealed by current 

industry practice and as may be 

reflected in the NRC Study, as EPA 

deems appropriate.’’ 1

• Propose, as part of Additional 

Implementation Measures (AIM) Tier 2, 

‘‘the operator must implement all 

feasible control measures in the relevant 

sector-specific fact sheet . . .’’ 

EPA fulfilled these terms from the 

2016 MSGP settlement agreement in the 

proposed 2021 MSGP by incorporating 

a portion of the revised fact sheets into 

the proposed permit as sector specific 

SCM checklists in permit ‘‘Appendix 

Q.’’ Ultimately, based on public 

comments, EPA did not finalize that the 

SCM checklists in Appendix Q or the 

associated requirement to implement 

the controls under AIM Tier 2, nor did 

EPA post the revised versions of the 

proposed checklists online. Instead, 

EPA retained the sector-specific fact 

sheets as guidance documents and 

revised each of them to include 

practices that operators could use to 

minimize per- and polyfluoroalkyl 

substances (PFAS) in stormwater 

discharges. For a detailed summary of 

the comments EPA received on 

Appendix Q and the Agency’s response 

to comments, please see Comment 

Response Essay 4 Proposals Not 

Finalized for ‘‘Appendix Q— 

Stormwater Control Measures’’ (page 60) 

in ‘‘Response to Public Comments EPA 

NPDES 2021 Multi-Sector General 

Permit (MSGP)’’ which can be found in 

the docket for the 2021 MSGP under 

Document ID number EPA–HQ–OW– 

2019–0372–0349 or at the following 

website: https://www.regulations.gov/ 

document/EPA-HQ-OW-2019-0372- 

0349. 

Even though EPA did not finalize 

Appendix Q, the Agency recognized the 

need to evaluate and potentially revise 

the fact sheets in the near future. In the 

final 2021 MSGP Federal Register 

Notice, EPA stated in two instances that: 

• ‘‘EPA plans to work with external 

stakeholders to thoroughly revise the 

sector-specific fact sheets’’ (86 FR 

10269, 10274, February 19, 2021), and 

• ‘‘EPA will continue to work with 

stakeholders to further update these 

sector-specific fact sheets with 

additional emerging stormwater control 

measures that could be used by 

industrial operators’’ (86 FR 10269, 

10275, February 19, 2021 (specific to 

PFAS)). 

IV. Approach To Obtain Stakeholder 

Input on Fact Sheets 

Based on EPA’s commitment in the 

final 2021 MSGP Federal Register 

Notice, EPA is now seeking feedback on 

appropriate updates and revisions to the 

29 industrial stormwater fact sheets 

related to the two main tables in each 

fact sheet: 

(1) Common activities, pollutant 

sources, and associated pollutants at 

facilities in each sector, and 

(2) SCMs or BMPs including source 

control and good housekeeping/ 

pollution prevention measures for 

potential pollutant sources at facilities 

in each sector. 

The fact sheets can be found in the 

docket and at https://www.epa.gov/ 

npdes/stormwater-dischargesindustrial-activities-fact-sheets-andguidance. 

To assist EPA in reviewing and 

evaluating public input, please consider 

the following when preparing your 

comments for the Agency: 

• Where possible, organize comments 

by referencing a specific fact sheet (e.g., 

‘‘Sector A’’) and the paragraph, table, or 

part of the fact sheet. 

• Explain as clearly as possible why 

you agree or disagree with the current 

fact sheet language. 

• Suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for any requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

In addition to considering the 

comments received in response to this 

Federal Register Notice, EPA will also 

consider the relevant comments related 

to the fact sheets that the Agency 

received during the public comment 

period for the proposed 2021 MSGP. 

Through this request for comment, EPA 

intends to afford commenters the 

opportunity to consider the full content 

of the fact sheets, rather than the subset 

of information that was proposed as 

‘‘Appendix Q’’ of the proposed 2021 

MSGP, since ‘‘Appendix Q’’ only 

contained the SCM checklist portion of 

the existing fact sheets. EPA encourages 

comment from all stakeholders, 

including smaller industry groups, 

individual permittees, and community 

and environmental groups. 

EPA will assess the public input 

received and determine what changes to 

the fact sheets are appropriate and 

warranted, and what, if any, further 

research is needed to support the 

changes. EPA will then make changes to 

the fact sheets and post the updated fact 

sheets on the industrial stormwater 

website. 

Dated: January 18, 2022. 

Andrew D. Sawyers, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management, 

Office of Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA HQ–OW–2008–0150; FRL 9350–01– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Establishing Vessel Sewage NoDischarge Zones (NDZs) Under Clean 

Water Act (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) plans to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Establishing No-Discharge Zones 

(NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section 

312 (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1791.09, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0187) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 


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