Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2012 / Notices 47381 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diane Smith, Region 6, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

Telephone: (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

permit prohibits the discharge of 

drilling fluid, drill cuttings, produced 

sand and well treatment, completion 

and workover fluids. Discharges of 

dewatering effluents from reserve pits 

are also prohibited. Produced water 

discharges are prohibited, except from 

wells in the Stripper Subcategory 

located east of the 98th meridian whose 

produced water comes from the Carrizo/ 

Wilcox, Reklaw or Bartosh formations in 

Texas as authorized by the previous 

permit. Discharges of produced waters 

from new stripper wells to an impaired 

waterbody that is impaired for dissolved 

oxygen are prohibited. The discharge of 

deck drainage, formation test fluids, 

sanitary waste, domestic waste and 

miscellaneous discharges is authorized. 

More stringent requirements are 

established to regulate discharges to 

water quality-impaired waterbodies. 

Pursuant to section 316(b) of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA), requirements for new 

facilities are also established in the final 

permit. Major changes also include 

definition of ‘‘operator’’, acute toxicity 

test for produced water, spill prevention 

best management practices, and 

electronic reporting requirements. To 

obtain discharge authorization, 

operators of such facilities must submit 

a new Notice of Intent (NOI). To 

determine whether your facility, 

company, business, organization, etc. is 

regulated by this action, you should 

carefully examine the applicability 

criteria in Part I, Section A.1 of this 

permit. 

Other Legal Requirements: State 

certification under section 401 of the 

CWA; consistency with the Texas 

Coastal Management Program; and 

compliance with National 

Environmental Policy Act, Endangered 

Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

Historic Preservation Act, Paperwork 

Reduction Act, and Regulatory 

Flexibility Act requirements are 

discussed in the Region’s responses to 

comments. 

Dated: July 31, 2012. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19398 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9713–6] 

Proposed Settlement Agreement, 

Clean Air Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Settlement 

Agreement; Request for Public 

Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is 

hereby given of a proposed settlement 

agreement to address a lawsuit filed in 

the United States District Court for the 

Middle District of Louisiana: Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network v. EPA, 

No. 3:12–cv–00088–JTT–JDK (M.D. La). 

On or about February 15, 2012, 

Louisiana Environmental Action 

Network filed a complaint that EPA 

failed to perform its nondiscretionary 

duty pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the 

Act, 42 U.S.C. 7661d(b)(2), to grant or 

deny, within 60 days after it was filed, 

a petition requesting that EPA object to 

a proposed title V operating permit for 

the Noranda Alumina, LLC alumina 

processing facility in Gramercy, St. John 

the Baptist Parish, Louisiana issued by 

the Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality (‘‘LDEQ’’). 

Under the terms of the proposed 

settlement agreement, EPA would be 

required to sign its response to 

Plaintiff’s petition by December 15, 

2012. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed settlement agreement must be 

received by September 7, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2012–0573, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gretchen Graves, Esq., Air and 

Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of 

General Counsel, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: (202) 564–5581; fax number 

(202) 564–5603; email address: 

graves.gretchen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed settlement agreement 

would settle Plaintiff’s claims in a title 

V deadline suit concerning a petition to 

object to a permit issued by the 

Louisiana Department of Environmental 

Quality for the Noranda alumina 

processing facility. The proposed 

settlement agreement would require 

EPA to sign its response to Plaintiff’s 

petition by December 15, 2012. Once 

EPA grants or denies the petition, EPA 

would be required to expeditiously 

deliver notice of its response to Plaintiff. 

Under the settlement agreement, once 

EPA has met these obligations, Plaintiff 

shall file a motion for voluntary 

dismissal, with prejudice. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will receive written 

comments relating to the proposed 

settlement agreement from persons who 

were not named as parties or 

intervenors to the litigation in question. 

EPA or the Department of Justice may 

withdraw or withhold consent to the 

proposed settlement agreement if the 

comments disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that such 

consent is inappropriate, improper, 

inadequate, or inconsistent with the 

requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or 

the Department of Justice determines 

that consent to the settlement agreement 

should be withdrawn, the terms of the 

agreement will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Settlement Agreement 

A. How can I get a copy of the 

settlement agreement? 

Direct your comments to the official 

public docket for this action under 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2012– 

0573 which contains a copy of the 

settlement agreement. The official 

public docket is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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, 


wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
47382 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2012 / Notices 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use the 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

appropriate docket identification 

number. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: August 1, 2012. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19427 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

[Public Notice 2012–0345] 

Application for Final Commitment for a 

Long-Term Loan or Financial 

Guarantee in Excess of $100 Million; 

25 Day Comment Period 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is to inform the 

public, in accordance with Section 

3(c)(10) of the Charter of the ExportImport Bank of the United States (‘‘ExIm Bank’’), that Ex-Im Bank has received 

an application for final commitment for 

a long-term loan or financial guarantee 

in excess of $100 million (as calculated 

in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of 

the Charter). Comments received within 

the comment period specified below 

will be presented to the Ex-Im Bank 

Board of Directors prior to final action 

on this Transaction. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 4, 2012 to be 

assured of consideration before final 

consideration of the transaction by the 

Board of Directors of Ex-Im Bank. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted through 

WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Reference: AP084728XX. 

Purpose and Use: 

Brief description of the purpose of the 

transaction: 

To support the export of US 

manufactured nuclear reactor 

components and US supplied 

engineering services to the United Arab 

Emirates. 

Brief non-proprietary description of 

the anticipated use of the items being 

exported: 

To generate electrical power in Abu 

Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for the 

national grid. 

To the extent that Ex-Im Bank is 

reasonably aware, the items being 

exported are not expected to produce 

exports or provide services in 

competition with the exportation of 

goods or provision of services by a 

United States industry. 

Parties: 

Principal Supplier: Westinghouse 

Electric Company LLC. 

Obligor: Barakah One Project Co. 

Guarantors: Emirates Nuclear Energy 

Corporation (backed by the Government 

of Abu Dhabi, acting through the Abu 

Dhabi Department of Finance) and 

Korea Electric Power Corporation. 

Description of Items Being Exported: 

Component design and equipment 

supply for the Nuclear Steam Supply 

System, including reactor coolant 

pumps, reactor vessel internals, control 

element drive mechanism and manmachine interface system; licensing 

support; training; and technical support 

services. 

Information on Decision: Information 

on the final decision for this transaction 

will be available in the ‘‘Summary 

Minutes of Meetings of Board of 

Directors’’ on http://www.exim.gov/ 

articles.cfm/board%20minute. 

Confidential Information: Please note 

that this notice does not include 

confidential or proprietary business 

information; information which, if 

disclosed, would violate the Trade 

Secrets Act; or information which 

would jeopardize jobs in the United 

States by supplying information that 

competitors could use to compete with 

companies in the United States. 

Sharon A. Whitt, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–19388 Filed 8–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 


wreier-aviles on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES