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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8503 Filed 4–6–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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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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