[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11755]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6008-4]


Notice of Transfer of Jurisdiction of National Pollutant 
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit in Louisiana to 
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and in Oklahoma to 
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Transfer of Jurisdiction of NPDES General Permits.

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SUMMARY: EPA Region 6 proposed and solicited comments on NPDES General 
Permits for Discharges Resulting From Implementing Corrective Action 
Plans for Cleanup of Petroleum UST Systems in Louisiana (LAG830000) and 
in Oklahoma (OKG830000) at 61 FR 37894 (July 22, 1996). Those permits 
were subsequently issued November 14, 1997 (62 FR 61116). Today, EPA 
Region 6 gives notice that jurisdiction over NPDES General Permit No. 
LAG830000 is being transferred to LDEQ and jurisdiction over NPDES 
General Permit No. OKG830000 is being transferred to ODEQ.

DATES: The effective date of transfer of jurisdiction of these permits 
is May 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wilma Turner, EPA Region 6, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-7516.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA Region 6 and LDEQ have a Memorandum of 
Agreement (MOA), with effective date of August 27, 1996, establishing 
policies, responsibilities and procedures defining the manner in which 
the NPDES will be administered by the State of Louisiana through the 
LDEQ as the Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES) 
program. Section II of this MOA (Jurisdiction over Permits) states that 
EPA shall retain permit decision-making authority over permits which 
are currently (as of the MOA's effective date) at EPA's public notice 
stage until final permit issuance. EPA will then transfer jurisdiction 
of those permits to LDEQ. EPA has a similar MOA with ODEQ, with an 
effective date of November 19, 1996, defining the manner in which the 
NPDES will be administered by the State of Oklahoma through the ODEQ as 
the Oklahoma Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (OPDES).
    These two NPDES general permits were at the public notice stage on 
the effective dates of the Louisiana and Oklahoma MOA's; therefore, EPA 
retained decision-making authority over those permits and issued the 
final decision on the permits. EPA is now transferring jurisdiction of 
those permits to the respective State agencies.
    After the effective date of this transfer of jurisdiction, all 
subsequent notifications of intent to be covered, discharge monitoring 
reports, and other reports required by these two permits shall no 
longer be sent to EPA Region 6, but shall be sent, for LAG830000, to:

Assistant Secretary for Water, Water Pollution Control Division, 
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 82215, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70884-2215

      and, for OKG830000, to:

Director, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, 1000 NE 10th 
Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1212,
William B. Hathaway,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 98-11755 Filed 5-4-98; 8:45 am]
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