[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25215-25216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11681]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5206-1]


South Carolina and Georgia Marine Sanitation Device Standard; 
Petition

    Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from the 
States of South Carolina and Georgia requesting a determination by the 
Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to 
Section 312(f)(3) of Pub. L. 92-500 as amended [[Page 25216]] by Pub. 
L. 95-217 and Pub. L. 100-4, that adequate facilities for the safe and 
sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are 
reasonably available for Hartwell Lake to qualify as a ``No Discharge 
Area''.
    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.
    The States of South Carolina and Georgia have certified that there 
are three existing pump-out facilities and two additional facilities 
planned to service vessels in Hartwell Lake.
    The existing facilities, their address, telephone number, hours of 
operation and draught are as follows:
    A. Hartwell Marina; 1500 North Forest Avenue, Hartwell, Georgia 
30643; (404)376-5441; 9 am--5 pm; seven days a week; 16 foot draught.
    B. Portman Shoals Marina; Route 11, Anderson, South Carolina 29624; 
(803)287-3211; 9 am--5 pm; seven days a week; 20 foot draught.
    C. Western Carolina Sailing Club; 5200 Westwind Way, Anderson, 
South Carolina 29624; (803)226-6561; 24 hours; seven days a week; 8 
foot draught.
    The marinas proposing to add pump-out facilities are:
    A. Seneca Marina; Box 1591, Clemson, South Carolina 29631; 
(803)653-4500.
    B. Big Water Marina; Route 2, Box 133A, Big Water Road, Star, South 
Carolina 29684; (803)226-3339.
    The number of boats with marine sanitation devices (MSD's) using 
the lake has been estimated to be 580. The ratio of boats with MSD's to 
pump-out facilities is 193.
    The petition notes that each of the three marinas with existing 
pump-out facilities have waste treatment systems that conform with 
federal law. Hartwell Marina and Portman Marina pump-out facilities 
discharge into State approved and regulated septic tanks. Western 
Carolina Sailing Club's facilities discharge into a large holding tank 
which is picked up by a private concern that transports the sewage to 
one of the Anderson County sewage treatment plants.
    Comments and views regarding this request for action may be filed 
on or before June 12, 1995. Such communications, or requests for 
information or a copy of the applicant's petition, should be addressed 
to Wesley B. Crum, Chief, Coastal Programs Section, US EPA, Region 4, 
345 Courtland St. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30365. Telephone (404)347-1740 
x4235.

    Dated: May 3, 1995.
Patrick M. Tobin,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-11681 Filed 5-10-95; 8:45 am]
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