Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 79 / Monday, April 27, 2009 / Notices 19081 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8897–9] 

Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES 

General Permits MAG640000 and 

NHG640000 for Discharges From 

Potable Water Treatment Facilities in 

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

(Including Both Commonwealth and 

Indian Country Lands) and the State of 

New Hampshire: the Potable Water 

Treatment Facility General Permit 

(PWTF GP) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft 

NPDES General Permits MAG640000 

and NHG640000. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, EPA—New 

England, is issuing a notice of 

availability of the draft National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) general permits for potable 

water treatment facility (PWTF) 

discharges to certain waters of the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts 

(included both Commonwealth and 

Indian country lands) and the State of 

New Hampshire. These General Permits 

replace the previous PWTF GP, which 

expired on November 15, 2005. 

The draft PWTF GP establishes Notice 

of Intent (NOI) requirements, effluent 

limitations, standards, prohibitions, and 

management practices for facilities with 

discharges from potable water treatment 

facilities. Owners and/or operators of 

these facilities, including those 

currently authorized to discharge under 

the expired General Permit, will be 

required to submit an NOI to be covered 

by the PWTF GP to both EPA—New 

England and the appropriate state 

agency. After EPA and the State have 

reviewed the NOI, the facility will 

receive a written notification from EPA 

of permit coverage and authorization to 

discharge under the General Permit. The 

purpose of this document is to solicit 

public comments on the proposed 

General Permits. 

Public Comment Period: Interested 

persons may submit written comments 

on the draft General Permits to the 

EPA—Region I at the address listed 

below. Within the comment period, 

interested persons may also request, in 

writing, that EPA hold a public hearing 

pursuant to 40 CFR Section 124.12, 

concerning the draft General Permits. 

Such requests shall state the nature of 

the issues proposed to be raised at the 

hearing. A public hearing may be held 

at least thirty days after public notice 

whenever the Regional Administrator 

finds that response to this notice 

indicates significant public interest. In 

reaching a final decision on this draft 

permit, the Regional Administrator will 

respond to all significant comments and 

make responses available to the public 

at EPA’s Boston office. All comments 

and requests for public hearings must be 

postmarked or delivered before 

midnight May 27, 2009, the close of the 

public comment period. All public 

comments or requests for a public 

hearing must be submitted to the 

address below. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

draft General Permit may be hand 

delivered or mailed to Ms. Sara Green, 

EPA—Region 1, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, CIP, 1 Congress Street, Suite 

1100, Boston, Massachusetts 02114– 

2023, or sent via e-mail to 

green.sara@epa.gov. No facsimiles 

(faxes) will be accepted. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Ms. Green at 

617/918–1574, between the hours of 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding holidays. The draft 

General Permits are based on an 

administrative record available for 

public review at EPA—Region 1, Office 

of Ecosystem Protection, 1 Congress 

Street, Suite 1100, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02114–2023, Monday– 

Friday from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. The draft 

General Permits and a Fact Sheet may 

also be viewed over the Internet via the 

EPA—Region 1 Web site. The Fact Sheet 

and General Permit for dischargers in 

Massachusetts are at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/mass.html. The 

Fact Sheet and General Permit for 

dischargers in New Hampshire are at 

http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/ 

newhampshire.html. To obtain a paper 

copy of the documents, please contact 

Ms. Green using the contact information 

provided above. A reasonable fee may 

be charged for copying requests. 

Dated: April 17, 2009. 

Ira Leighton, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1. 

[FR Doc. E9–9577 Filed 4–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8896–9] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 

State Approved Program Revision/ 

Modification Approval: State of 

Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval, under regulations for CrossMedia Electronic Reporting, of the State 

of Louisiana’s request to revise/modify 

their EPA-authorized National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

State Program Requirements and 

General Pretreatment Regulations for 

Existing and New Sources of Pollution 

programs to allow electronic reporting 

for those programs. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective April 

27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi 

Huffer, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Environmental 

Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1697, 

huffer.evi@epa.gov, or David Schwarz, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Environmental Information, 

Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

(202) 566–1704, 

schwarz.david@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as Part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Under Subpart 

D of CROMERR, State, tribal or local 

government agencies that receive, or 

wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and get EPA approval. Subpart 

D also provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the State, tribal, or local 

government will use to implement the 

electronic reporting. Additionally, in 

§ 3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR Part 3, 

Subpart D provides special procedures 

for program revisions and modifications 

to allow electronic reporting, to be used 

at the option of the State, tribal or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the 

Subpart D procedures must show that 

the State, tribal or local government has 

sufficient legal authority to implement 

the electronic reporting components of 

the programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 


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