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Applicants: Midcontinent 

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Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2021–08–19_Att X Generator 

Replacement Transfer Restriction 

Reform Filing to be effective 10/19/ 

2021. 

Filed Date: 8/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210819–5128. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2719–000. 

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LLC. 

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20/2021. 

Filed Date: 8/19/21. 

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Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2720–000. 

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effective 8/20/2021. 

Filed Date: 8/19/21. 

Accession Number: 20210819–5150. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/9/21. 

The filings are accessible in the 

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fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: August 19, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18295 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R08–OW–2021–0201; FRL–8821–01– 

R8] 

Notice of Proposed Reissuance of the 

NPDES General Permits for 

Wastewater Lagoon Systems in Indian 

Country in EPA, Region 8 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed draft permits 

and request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: EPA, Region 8 (R8) is 

providing for comment the draft 2021 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permits for Wastewater Lagoon Systems 

in Indian Country in R8. These draft 

permits are renewals of existing permits 

and will authorize discharge of 

wastewater from lagoons located in R8 

Indian country in accordance with the 

terms and conditions described therein. 

EPA proposes to issue these permits for 

five (5) years and is seeking public 

comment on the draft permits. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding this 

document, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–R08–OW–2021–0201, may be 

submitted (preferred method) to the 

Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov by following the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

a. Identify the public notice, docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

b. Organize comments by referencing 

the part of the permit or fact sheet by 

section number. 

c. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

d. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

e. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

f. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

g. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

h. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified in the DATES section 

(above). 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from 

www.regulations.gov. Additionally, if 

technical difficulties are experienced 

submitting through this site, comments 

may be emailed to Alysia Tien at 

tien.alysia@epa.gov using subject line 

‘‘Region 8 Lagoon General Permit Public 

Comment’’. The EPA may publish any 

comment received to its public docket. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Refer to the 

General Information part of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

below if you intend to submit 

information considered CBI. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. EPA will generally not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e., 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). For additional submission 

methods, the full EPA public comment 

policy, information about CBI or 

multimedia submissions, and general 

guidance on making effective 

comments, please visit http://

www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets. 

Due to current office procedures 

related to the COVID–19 outbreak, at 

this time there is no opportunity to 

submit comments via regular mail. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

requests to make alternative 

arrangements for access to the docket or 

comment submission, please email or 

call: Alysia Tien, Wastewater Section, 

(303) 312–7021 or tien.alysia@epa.gov. 

Publicly available docket materials 

related to the draft permits may be 

found in the Federal Rulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov, identified 

by Docket ID No. EPA–R08–OW–2021– 

0201. 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, if applicable, 

would be available only in hard copy. 

However, to reduce the risk of COVID– 

19 transmission, for this action we do 

not plan to offer hard copy review of the 

docket. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Public Comment Information 

Any interested person may submit 

comments on the draft permits using the 


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mechanisms listed above. As of the date 

of this document, a public hearing has 

not been scheduled. Within the 

comment period, interested persons 

may also submit a request, to the contact 

listed above, that EPA hold a public 

hearing pursuant to 40 CFR 124.12, 

concerning the draft 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 (30) days after public 

notice if the Regional Administrator 

finds that response to this document 

indicates significant public interest. All 

comments and requests for public 

hearings must be received in writing by 

the close of the public comment period. 

At the time of the final decision on 

these draft permits, EPA will respond to 

all significant comments and make 

responses available in the docket after 

the PN period has closed, within the 

final fact sheet associated with the final 

permits. 

B. Submitting CBI 

Do not submit this CBI to EPA 

through http://regulations.gov or email. 

If you intend to submit CBI information, 

please email or call: Alysia Tien, 

Wastewater Section, (303) 312–7021 or 

tien.alysia@epa.gov to make 

arrangements prior to submission. When 

submitting, clearly mark the part or all 

of the information that you claim to be 

CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD 

ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD 

ROM as CBI and identify electronically 

within the disk or CD ROM the specific 

information that is claimed as CBI. In 

addition to one complete version of the 

comment that includes information 

claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment 

that does not contain the information 

claimed as CBI must be submitted for 

inclusion in the public docket. 

II. Background 

The proposed draft permits are 

similar to the existing permits and will 

authorize discharge of wastewater in 

accordance with the terms and 

conditions described therein. The fact 

sheet for the draft permits is also 

provided, in the docket listed above, 

and provides detailed information on: 

The decisions used to set limitations, 

the specific geographic areas covered by 

the draft permits, information on 

monitoring schedules, inspection 

requirements, and other regulatory 

decisions or requirements. 

Issuance of these permits will cover 

discharges from wastewater lagoon 

systems located in Colorado, Montana, 

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and 

Wyoming. The draft permits are 

geographic by state, with the permit 

coverage specified by Indian 

reservations in the state [specific permit 

coverage areas below]; any land held in 

trust by the United States for an Indian 

tribe; and any other areas which are 

Indian country within the meaning of 18 

U.S.C. 1151. 

III. Summary of Draft Permits 

Coverage under the draft permits will 

be limited to lagoon systems treating 

primarily domestic wastewater and will 

include two categories of coverage; 

discharging lagoons (DIS), and lagoons 

expected to have no discharge but with 

the potential to discharge (NODIS). The 

effluent limitations for discharging 

lagoons are primarily based on the 

Federal Secondary Treatment 

Regulation (40 CFR part 133). However, 

if more stringent and/or additional 

effluent limitations were considered 

necessary to comply with applicable 

water quality standards, etc., those 

limitations and the basis for them are 

explained in the fact sheet and will be 

imposed by written notification to the 

permittee. Lagoon systems under the 

NODIS category are required to have no 

discharge except in accordance with the 

specific provisions of the permit (e.g., 

bypass). Self-monitoring, operation and 

maintenance, routine inspection and 

other requirements are also included in 

the draft permits. Where tribes have 

Clean Water Act (CWA) section 

401(a)(1) certification authority, EPA 

has requested certification that the draft 

permits comply with applicable 

provisions of the CWA and any 

currently approved tribal water quality 

standard, in accordance with processes 

outlined in 40 CFR part 124. 

Permit Coverage Has Been Designated 

as Follows for the Draft Permits 

• Colorado (COG587###): Indian 

country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, 

located in Colorado generally includes 

(1) lands within the exterior boundaries 

of the following Indian reservations 

located within Colorado, in part or in 

full: The Southern Ute Indian 

Reservation and the Ute Mountain Ute 

Reservation; (2) any land held in trust 

by the United States for an Indian tribe; 

and (3) any other areas that are ‘‘Indian 

country’’ within the meaning of 18 

U.S.C. 1151. In addition to Indian 

country in Colorado, the portion of the 

Ute Mountain Ute Reservation located 

in New Mexico and any other Indian 

country lands in New Mexico and Utah 

held in trust by the United States for the 

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe or its members. 

• Montana (MTG589###): Indian 

country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, 

located in Montana generally includes 

(1) lands within the exterior boundaries 

of the following Indian reservations 

located within Montana: The Blackfeet 

Indian Reservation, the Crow Indian 

Reservation, the Flathead Reservation, 

the Fort Belknap Reservation, the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, and the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation; (2) any land 

held in trust by the United States for an 

Indian tribe; and (3) any other areas that 

are ‘‘Indian country’’ within the 

meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. 

• North Dakota (NDG589###): Indian 

country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, 

located in North Dakota generally 

includes (1) lands within the exterior 

boundaries of the following Indian 

reservations located within North 

Dakota, in part or in full: The Fort 

Berthold Indian Reservation, the Spirit 

Lake Reservation, the Standing Rock 

Sioux Reservation, and the Turtle 

Mountain Reservation; (2) any land held 

in trust by the United States for an 

Indian tribe; and (3) any other areas that 

are ‘‘Indian country’’ within the 

meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. In addition 

to Indian country in North Dakota, the 

portion of the Standing Rock Sioux 

Reservation located in South Dakota and 

any other Indian country lands held in 

trust by the United States for the 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe or its 

members in South Dakota. 

The North Dakota draft permit covers 

the above identified Indian country 

except as provided below: Not including 

any Indian country lands in North 

Dakota held in trust by the United States 

for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe 

or its members, which are covered 

under the South Dakota general permit 

(SDG589###). 

• South Dakota (SDG589###): Indian 

country, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, 

located in South Dakota generally 

includes (1) lands within the exterior 

boundaries of the following Indian 

reservations located within South 

Dakota, in part or in full: The Cheyenne 

River Reservation, the Crow Creek 

Reservation, the Flandreau Indian 

Reservation, the Lower Brule 

Reservation, the Pine Ridge Reservation, 

the Rosebud Indian Reservation, the 

Standing Rock Reservation, and the 

Yankton Reservation (subject to federal 

court decisions removing certain lands 

from Indian country status within the 

Yankton Reservation); (2) any land held 

in trust by the United States for an 

Indian tribe; and (3) any other areas that 

are ‘‘Indian country’’ within the 

meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. In addition 

to Indian country in South Dakota, 

Indian country lands in North Dakota 

held in trust by the United States for the 

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Tribe or its 

members, and the portion of the Pine 


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Ridge Reservation of the Oglala Sioux 

Tribe located in Nebraska and any other 

Indian country lands in Nebraska held 

in trust by the United States for the 

Oglala Sioux Tribe or its members. 

The South Dakota draft permit covers 

the above identified Indian country 

except as provided below: Not including 

the portion of the Standing Rock Sioux 

Reservation located in South Dakota and 

any other Indian country lands in South 

Dakota held in trust by the United States 

for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe or its 

members, which are covered under the 

North Dakota general permit 

(NDG589###). 

• Utah (UTG589###): Indian country, 

as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151, located in 

Utah generally includes (1) lands within 

the exterior boundaries of the following 

Indian reservations located within Utah, 

in part or in full: The Goshute 

Reservation, the Navajo Indian 

Reservation, the reservation lands of the 

Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band 

of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes, 

Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian 

Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits 

Band of Paiutes), the Skull Valley 

Indian Reservation, the Uintah and 

Ouray Reservation (subject to federal 

court decisions removing certain lands 

from Indian country status within the 

Uintah and Ouray Reservation), and the 

Washakie Reservation; (2) any land held 

in trust by the United States for an 

Indian tribe; and (3) any other areas that 

are ‘‘Indian country’’ within the 

meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. 

The Utah draft permit covers the 

above identified Indian country except 

as provided below: Not including any 

Indian country lands in Utah held in 

trust by the United States for the Ute 

Mountain Ute Tribe or its members, 

which are covered under the Colorado 

general permit (COG587###). Not 

including the portions of the Goshute 

Reservation and the Navajo Indian 

Reservation in Utah, or any other Indian 

country lands in Utah held in trust by 

the United States for the Navajo Nation 

or its members or for the Confederated 

Tribes of the Goshute Reservation or its 

members, which are regulated by EPA 

Region 9. 

• Wyoming (WYG589###): Indian 

country, as defined at 18 U.S.C. 1151, 

located in Wyoming generally includes 

any lands within the exterior 

boundaries of the Wind River Indian 

Reservation (subject to Wyoming v. EPA, 

875 F.3d 505 (10th Cir. 2017), cert. 

denied, 138 S. Ct. 2677 (2018)); any land 

held in trust by the United States for an 

Indian tribe; and any other areas that are 

‘‘Indian country’’ within the meaning of 

18 U.S.C. 1151. 

IV. Other Legal Requirements 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 

subject to submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

formal review. 

B. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice (EJ) in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629 

(February 16, 1994)) establishes federal 

executive policy on EJ. Its main 

provision directs federal agencies, to the 

greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law, to make EJ part of 

their mission by identifying and 

addressing, as appropriate, 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects 

of their programs, policies, and 

activities on minority populations and 

low-income populations in the United 

States. 

EPA conducted an EJ Analysis, which 

is described in Section VII of the fact 

sheet. EPA has preliminarily 

determined that the draft permits will 

not have disproportionately high and 

adverse human health or environmental 

effects on minority or low-income 

populations based on the effluent limits 

and reporting requirements contained 

therein. EPA requests comment on this 

preliminary determination and/or any 

modifications EPA could make to the 

proposed permits to address EJ 

concerns. 

Authority: CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et 

seq. 

Dated: August 19, 2021. 

Judy Bloom, 

Manager, Clean Water Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18229 Filed 8–24–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0359; FRL 8868–01– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request Extension; Comment 

Request; Information Request for the 

Underground Injection Control 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Information Collection Request for the 

Underground Injection Control (UIC) 

program’’ (EPA ICR No. 0370.27, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0042) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described in the SUPPLEMENTAL

INFORMATION section of this document. 

This is a proposed 3-year extension of 

the ICR, which is currently approved 

through April 30, 2022. An Agency may 

not conduct or sponsor and a person is 

not required to respond to a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2014–0359 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-Docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle 

Carey, Drinking Water Protection 

Division, Office of Groundwater and 

Drinking Water, 4606M, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–2322; fax 

number: (202) 564–3756; email address: 

carey.kyle@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at https://

www.regulations.gov. The EPA is 

temporarily suspending its Docket 

Center and Reading Room for public 

visitors, with limited exceptions, to 

reduce the risk of transmitting COVID– 

19. Our Docket Center staff will 

continue to provide remote customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

We encourage the public to submit 

comments, go to https:// 


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