[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55855-55856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19064]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7973-7]


Notice of Availability of Final NPDES General Permits for Certain 
Publicly Owned Treatment Works and Other Treatment Works Treating 
Domestic Sewage in the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and 
Indian Country Lands in the State of Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Final NPDES General Permits MAG580000 
and NHG580000.

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SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of Ecosystem Protection, 
Environmental Protection Agency-Region 1, is today providing notice of 
availability of the final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination 
System (NPDES) general permits for certain Publicly Owned Treatment 
Works (POTWs) and other treatment works treating domestic sewage in the 
States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and Indian Country Lands 
located in the State of Massachusetts. These general permits establish 
notification requirements, permit eligibility conditions, effluent 
limitations, standards, and prohibitions for discharges to fresh and 
marine waters.
    Coverage under these general permits is available to facilities in 
Massachusetts classified as minor facilities and to facilities in New 
Hampshire classified as major or minor facilities. Owners and/or 
operators of POTWs and other treatment works treating domestic sewage, 
including those facilities currently authorized to discharge under 
individual NPDES permits, are eligible to apply for coverage under the 
final general permit and will receive a written notification from EPA 
whether permit coverage and authorization to discharge under one of the 
general permits is approved. The eligibility requirements, including 
the requirement that the facility have a dilution factor equal to or 
greater than 50:1 in the receiving water, are provided in the general 
permits. These general permits do not cover new sources as defined 
under 40 CFR 122.2.

DATES: These general permits shall be effective on September 23, 2005 
and will expire five years from the effective date.

ADDRESSES: The required notification information to obtain permit 
coverage is provided for each general permit. This information shall be 
submitted to EPA-Region 1, Office of Ecosystem Protection (CMP), 1 
Congress Street, Suite 1100,

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Boston, Massachusetts 02114-2023 and to the appropriate State Agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information concerning the 
final permits may be obtained between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. 
Monday through Friday excluding holidays from: William Wandle, Office 
of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental Protection Agency, 1 Congress 
Street, Suite 1100 (CMP), Boston, MA 02114--2023, telephone: 617-918-
1605, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f382e212b232a612d2623230f2a3f2e61282039"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6d1c7c8c2cac388c4cfcacae6c3d6c788c1c9d0">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This general permit and the response to 
comments may be viewed over the Internet via the EPA-Region 1 Web site 
for dischargers in Massachusetts at http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/mass.html and for dischargers in New Hampshire at http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/newhampshire.html. The general permits include the freshwater 
and marine acute toxicity protocols; guidance documents for endangered 
species, historic properties, and sludge compliance; and standard 
permit conditions. To obtain a paper copy of the documents, please 
contact William Wandle using the contact information provided above. A 
reasonable fee may be charged for copying requests.

    Dated: September 15, 2005.
Ira W. Leighton,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.
[FR Doc. 05-19064 Filed 9-22-05; 8:45 am]
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