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waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

state water quality standards and for 

which total maximum daily loads 

(TMDLs) must be prepared. 

On February 6, 2009, EPA approved 

and disapproved New Mexico’s 2008 

Section 303(d) submittal. Specifically, 

EPA approved New Mexico’s listing of 

338 water body-pollutant combinations 

and associated priority rankings. EPA 

disapproved New Mexico’s decisions 

not to list one water quality limited 

segments (or one water body-pollutant 

combination) and to list two water 

quality limited segments (or two water 

body-pollutant combinations). For the 

disapproval decision not to list one 

water quality limited segment, EPA 

identified this additional water body 

and pollutant along with priority 

ranking for inclusion on New Mexico’s 

2008 Section 303(d) List. 

EPA is providing the public the 

opportunity to review its final decisions 

to both list and de-list waters and 

pollutants to New Mexico’s 2008 

Section 303(d) List, as required by 

EPA’s Public Participation regulations 

(40 CFR part 25). EPA will consider 

public comments and if necessary 

amend its final action on the listing and 

de-listing of water bodies and pollutants 

identified on New Mexico’s Final 2008 

Section 303(d) List. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before April 17, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the decisions 

should be sent to Diane Smith, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Water Quality Protection Division, U. S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 

75202–2733, telephone (214) 665–2145, 

facsimile (214) 665–7373, or e-mail: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. Oral comments 

will not be considered. Copies of the 

Record of Decision which explains the 

rationale for EPA’s decisions can be 

obtained at EPA Region 6’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/ 

npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or by writing or 

calling Ms. Smith at the above address. 

Underlying documents from the 

administrative record for these 

decisions are available for public 

inspection at the above address. Please 

contact Ms. Smith to schedule an 

inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires that each state identify those 

waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

state water quality standards. For those 

waters, states are required to establish 

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 

according to a priority ranking. 

EPA’s Water Quality Planning and 

Management regulations include 

requirements related to the 

implementation of Section 303(d) of the 

CWA (40 CFR 130.7). The regulations 

require states to identify water quality 

limited waters still requiring TMDLs 

every two years. The list of waters still 

needing TMDLs must also include 

priority rankings and must identify the 

waters targeted for TMDL development 

during the next two years (40 CFR 

130.7). 

Consistent with EPA’s regulations, 

New Mexico submitted to EPA its listing 

decisions under Section 303(d) on 

August 12, 2008. On February 6, 2009, 

EPA approved New Mexico’s listing of 

338 water body-pollutant combinations 

and associated priority rankings. EPA 

disapproved New Mexico’s decisions 

not to list one water quality limited 

segments (or one water body-pollutant 

combination) and to list two water 

quality segments (or two water bodypollutant combinations). EPA solicits 

public comment on its listing one water 

to New Mexico’s 2008 Section 303(d) 

List and the de-listing of two waters 

from New Mexico’s 2008 Section 303(d) 

List. 

Dated: February 10, 2009. 

James R. Brown, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E9–5853 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R01–OW–2008–0921; FRL–8778–7] 

Massachusetts Marine Sanitation 

Device Standard—Notice of 

Determination 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Determination. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator 

of the Environmental Protection 

Agency—New England Region, has 

determined that adequate facilities for 

the safe and sanitary removal and 

treatment of sewage from all vessels are 

reasonably available for the State waters 

of Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Nahant, and 

Swampscott. 

ADDRESSES: Docket: All documents in 

the docket are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically in 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Rodney, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency—New England Region, One 

Congress Street, Suite 1100, COP, 

Boston, MA 02114–2023. Telephone: 

(617) 918–0538. Fax number: (617) 918– 

1505. E-mail address: 

rodney.ann@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 5, 2009, EPA published a notice 

that the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts had petitioned the 

Regional Administrator, Environmental 

Protection Agency, to determine that 

adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available for the State waters of Revere, 

Saugus, Lynn, Nahant, and Swampscott. 

Eighty-one comments were received on 

this petition. There were eighty 

comments in support of the designation 

and one comment in opposition. The 

response to comments can be obtained 

utilizing the above contact information. 

The petition was filed pursuant to 

Section 312(f)(3) of Public Law 92–500, 

as amended by Public Laws 95–217 and 

100–4, for the purpose of declaring 

these waters a No Discharge Area 

(NDA). 

Section 312(f)(3) States: 

After the effective date of the initial 

standards and regulations promulgated under 

this section, if any State determines that the 

protection and enhancement of the quality of 

some or all of the waters within such States 

require greater environmental protection, 

such State may completely prohibit the 

discharge from all vessels of any sewage, 

whether treated or not, into such waters, 

except that no such prohibition shall apply 

until the Administrator determines that 

adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary 

removal and treatment of sewage from all 

vessels are reasonably available for such 

water to which such prohibition would 

apply. 

This Notice of Determination is for 

the State waters of Revere, Saugus, 

Lynn, Nahant, and Swampscott. The 

NDA boundaries are as follows: 


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Waterbody/general area Latitude Longitude 

From the Revere and Winthrop municipal boundary (northern edge of the Boston Harbor NDA) 42°23′30′′ N ............... 70°58′50′′ W 

North along the Revere and Winthrop municipal boundary (northern edge of the Boston Harbor 

NDA).

42°24′28′′ N ............... 70°57′33′′ W 

Arc south along the Winthrop and Nahant municipal boundary ..................................................... 42°23′13′′ N ............... 70°55′28′′ W 

Arc east along the Winthrop and Nahant municipal boundary ....................................................... 42°23′04′′ N ............... 70°54′04′′ W 

Arc northeast along the Winthrop and Nahant municipal boundary ............................................... 42°23′32′′ N ............... 70°51′28′′ W 

North to the Marblehead/Swampscott town line (southern edge of the Salem Sound NDA) ........ 42°26′33′′ N ............... 70°49′05′′ W 

West along the Marblehead/Swampscott town line (southern edge of the Salem Sound NDA) ... 42°28′43′′ N ............... 70°52′45′′ W 

Inland on the Pines River, Rt. 107 Bridge ...................................................................................... 42°25′51.93′′ N .......... 70°59′50.28′′ W 

Inland on the Saugus River, Lincoln Ave. Bridge ........................................................................... 42°27′34.7′′ N ............ 70°59′20.6′′ W 

The information submitted to EPA by 

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

certifies that there are two pumpout 

facilities located within this area. A list 

of the facilities, with phone numbers, 

locations, and hours of operation is 

appended at the end of this 

determination. 

Based on the examination of the 

petition and its supporting 

documentation, EPA has determined 

that adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available for the area covered under this 

determination. 

This determination is made pursuant 

to Section 312(f)(3) of Public Law 92– 

500, as amended by Public Laws 95–217 

and 100–4. 

PUMPOUT FACILITIES WITHIN THE NO DISCHARGE AREAS

[Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Nahant, and Swampscott] 

Name Location Contact info. Hours Mean low 

water depth 

Seaport Landing Marina .......... Lynn Harbor ............................ 781–592–5821 VHF 9,13,16 .. 8am–7pm ................................

April 15–Nov. 1 .......................

20 ft. 

Revere Harbormaster .............. Revere .................................... 207–967–2511 VHF 9 ............ On Call ................................... NA. 

Dated: February 24, 2009. 

Ira W. Leighton, 

Acting Regional Administrator, New England 

Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–5878 Filed 3–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484; FRL–8782–8] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Environmental 

Research (NCER) Standing 

Subcommittee Meeting—2009 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of a 

meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) National Center for 

Environmental Research (NCER) 

Standing Subcommittee. 

DATES: The meeting (a teleconference 

call) will be held on Thursday, April 16, 

2009 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. All times 

noted are eastern time. The meeting may 

adjourn early if all business is finished. 

Requests for the draft agenda or for 

making oral presentations at the 

conference call will be accepted up to 

1 business day before the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Participation in the meeting 

will be by teleconference only—meeting 

rooms will not be used. Members of the 

public may obtain the call-in number 

and access code for the call from Susan 

Peterson, whose contact information is 

listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

ORD–2007–0484, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484. 

• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566– 

0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2007–0484. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to: 

Board of Scientific Counselors, National 

Center for Environmental Research 

(NCER) Standing Subcommittee—2007 

Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484. 

Note: This is not a mailing address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0484. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 


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