Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 44 / Tuesday, March 7, 1995 / Notices 12555

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Notice of Meetings, Open to the Public,

of the Multi-Agency Radiation Site

Investigation Manual Development

Working Group

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency, lead.

ACTION: Meetings open to the public.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is announcing that the

Department of Defense, Department of

Energy, Environmental Protection

Agency, and the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission are meeting to develop

joint Federal guidance for standardized

and consistent approaches to

accomplish structural and

environmental radiation surveys.

Relevant information will be provided

to the group by other persons present.

The guidance is being developed as a

draft document, entitled the ‘‘MultiAgency Radiation Site Investigation

Manual (MARSIM)’’, and it is

anticipated that the final product will be

a consensus document each agency can

agree upon and eventually adopt.

Meetings of the group are open to the

public on a first come, space available

basis with advance registration. During

the next meeting, representatives of the

agencies will discuss: survey planning

and design; implications of minimum

detectable activity; application of

statistics; and the schedule of future

meetings.

DATES, ADDRESSES, AND REGISTRATION: A

meeting will be held on Tuesday, March

28, 1995 from 9:00 am until about 3:00

pm. The meeting will be held at the

U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2

White Flint North, Room T–10A1,

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.

Persons wishing to attend this meeting

contact Roberta Gordon at (301) 415–

7555 to register. A future meeting is

tentatively scheduled for April 27, 1995.

The schedule, location, and registration

information for future meetings will be

posted on the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission Enhanced Participatory

Rulemaking on Radiological Criteria for

Decommissioning Electronic Bulletin

Board, (800) 880–6091; the NRC Public

Meeting Announcement System by

electronic bulletin board at (800) 952–

9676 or by recording at (800) 952–9674;

the EPA Cleanup Regulation Electronic

Bulletin Board at (800) 700–7837

outside the Washington area and (703)

790–0825 locally; and the RCRA/

Superfund Hotline at (800) 424–9346

outside the Washington area, (703) 412–

9810 locally, or by TDD at (800) 553–

7672.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons needing further information

concerning this group and the work of

developing the Multi-Agency Radiation

Site Investigation Manual should

contact Colleen Petullo, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency/

ORIA, PO Box 98517, Las Vegas, NV

89193–8517, (702) 798–2446.

Dated: March 1, 1995.

Nicholas Lailas,

Chief, Radiation Assessment Branch, EPA

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air.

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Modification of General Administrative

Compliance Order for Produced Water

Discharges Covered by NPDES

General Permits for Produced Water

and Produced Sand Discharges From

the Oil and Gas Extraction Point

Source Category to Coastal Waters in

Louisiana (LAG290000) and Texas

(TXG290000)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 6.

ACTION: Modification of General

Administrative Compliance Order.

SUMMARY: Region 6 of the United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

today modifies the General

Administrative Compliance Order that

was issued January 9, 1995, at 60 FR

2393. This Order is modified to add as

respondents to the Order those

permittees subject to General NPDES

Permit Nos. LAG290000 and

TXG290000 who discharge produced

water from new Coastal, Stripper or

Offshore Subcategory wells to ‘‘coastal ‘‘

waters of Texas or Louisiana which will

be spudded after the effective date of

NPDES permits LAG290000 and

TXG290000 and which discharge

produced water through existing

facilities that are required by this Order

to cease produced water discharges no

later than January 1, 1997.

DATES: The General Administrative

Compliance Order will become effective

on March 7, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Notifications required by

this Order should be sent to the Water

Management Division, Enforcement

Branch (6W–EA), EPA Region 6 P.O.

Box 50625, Dallas, Texas 75202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Ellen Caldwell, EPA Region 6, 1445

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202;

telephone: (214) 665–7513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

General Administrative Compliance

Order being modified today was

originally issued January 9, 1995 and

published in the Federal Register at 60

FR 2393 with an effective date of

February 8, 1995. After the Order was

issued, the Region received information

that a number of new wells are planned

to be drilled in the near future in

existing fields in Louisiana and Texas.

The discharge of produced water

associated with these new wells is not

currently covered by the Order. These

wells are ones which will discharge

their produced water through existing

treatment/discharge facilities that are

required by the Order to cease discharge

of produced water no later than January

1, 1997. Individual wells of this type

cannot normally justify a separate

injection well for a single production

well. If the Order was not modified, it

was claimed that oil and gas drilling in

coastal Louisiana and Texas would be

delayed until the planned injection

facilities are in place, which in some

cases may be nearly 2 years. The Region

has agreed to modify the Order to allow

coverage of produced water discharges

from those new wells.

Those permittees who have already

submitted an ‘‘Administrative Order

Notice’’ in connection with the General

Administrative Compliance Order

issued January 9, 1995 do not need to

resubmit an Administrative Order

Notice to be covered by today’s

modified Order.

United States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 6 in Re: NPDES Permit

Nos. LAG290000 and TXG290000

General Administrative Compliance

Order

The following Findings are made and

Order issued pursuant to the authority

vested in the Administrator of the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

by Section 309(a)(3) of the Clean Water

Act (hereinafter ‘‘the Act’’), 33 U.S.C.

1319(a)(3), and duly delegated to the

Regional Administrator, Region 6, and

duly redelegated to the undersigned

Director, Water Management Division,

Region 6. Failure to comply with the

interim requirements established in this

ORDER constitutes a violation of this

ORDER and the NPDES permits.

Findings

I

The term ‘‘waters of the United

States’’ is defined at 40 C.F.R. 122.2.

The term ‘‘coastal’’ is defined in NPDES

Permits LAG290000 and TXG290000

and includes facilities which would be

considered ‘‘Onshore’’ but for the

decision in API v. EPA 661 F.2 340 (5th

Cir. 1981). The term ‘‘existing well’’
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means a well spudded prior to the

effective date of NPDES Permits

LAG290000 and TXG290000. The term

‘‘new well’’ means a well spudded after

the effective date of NPDES Permits

LAG290000 and TXG290000 whose

associated produced water will be

discharged through an existing

treatment/discharge facility required by

this Order to cease discharge of

produced water no later than January 1,

1997.

II

Pursuant to the authority of Section

402(a)(1) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1342,

Region 6 issued National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

Permits No. LAG290000 and

TXG290000 with an effective date of

February 8, 1995. These permits

prohibit the discharge of produced

water and produced sand derived from

Oil and Gas Point Source Category

facilities to ‘‘coastal’’ waters of

Louisiana and Texas in accordance with

effluent limitations and other conditions

set forth in Parts I and II of these

permits. Facilities covered by these

permits include those in the Coastal

Subcategory (40 CFR 435, Subpart D),

the Stripper Subcategory (40 CFR 435,

Subpart F) that discharge to ‘‘coastal’’

waters of Louisiana and Texas, and the

Offshore Subcategory (40 CFR 435,

Subpart A) which discharge to ‘‘coastal’’

waters of Louisiana and Texas.

III

Respondents herein are permittees

subject to General NPDES Permit Nos.

LAG290000 and/or TXG290000 and

who:

A. Discharge produced water derived

from an existing Coastal, Stripper or

Offshore Subcategory well or wells to

‘‘coastal’’ waters of Texas or Louisiana,

or will discharge produced water

derived from a new Coastal, Stripper or

Offshore Subcategory well or wells to

‘‘coastal’’ waters of Texas or Louisiana.

B. Discharge produced water derived

from an existing Coastal Subcategory

well or wells located in Louisiana or

Texas to waters of the United States

outside Louisiana or Texas ‘‘coastal’’

waters, or will discharge produced

water derived from a new Coastal

Subcategory well or wells located in

Louisiana or Texas to waters of the

United States outside Louisiana or

Texas ‘‘coastal’’ waters.

C. Are required by Permits No.

LAG290000 or TXG290000 to meet the

requirement of No Discharge of

produced water and are taking

affirmative steps to meet that

requirement.

D. Have submitted an ‘‘Administrative

Order Notice’’. Such Notices shall be

sent to: Enforcement Branch (6W–EA),

Region 6, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, P.O. Box 50625, Dallas, TX

75270. Upon submission of such an

Administrative Order Notice, a

permittee shall be a Respondent under

this General Administrative Order. The

terms of each Administrative Order

Notice submitted shall be considered

terms of this Order and shall be

enforceable against the Respondent

submitting the Administrative Order

Notice. Each Administrative Order

Notice must include:

1. Identification of the facility by

name and its location (by lease, lease

block, field or prospect name), the name

and address of its operator, and the

name, address and telephone number of

a contact person.

2. A certification signed by a person

meeting the requirements of Part II,

Section D.9 (Signatory Requirements) of

Permits LAG290000 and TXG290000

stating that a Compliance Plan has been

prepared for the facility in accordance

with this Order. A copy of this plan

shall not be included with the

Administrative Order Notice, but shall

be made available to EPA upon request.

3. A Compliance Plan shall include a

description of the measures to be taken,

along with a schedule, to cease

discharge of produced water to waters of

the United States as expeditiously as

possible.

IV

To maintain oil and gas production

and comply with the permits’

prohibition on the discharge of

produced water, a significant number of

Respondents will have to reinject their

produced water. A lack of access to the

finite number of existing Class II

disposal wells, state UIC permit writers,

and drilling contractors may cause noncompliance for a significant number of

Respondents. In addition, time will be

required for some Respondents to

reroute produced water collection lines

to transport the produced water to

injection wells.

V

Respondents may reasonably perform

all actions necessary to cease their

discharges of produced water no later

than January 1, 1997.

VI

For new wells as defined by this

ORDER, coverage under this ORDER

shall begin immediately after the

discharge of the associated produced

water begins.

Order

Based on the foregoing Findings, it is

ordered That Respondents:

A. Fully comply with all conditions of

NPDES Permits No. LAG290000 and

TXG290000 except for the prohibition

on the discharge of produced water and

except for the requirement that all

discharges of produced water be

reported within twenty-four hours.

B. Complete all activities necessary to

attain full and continuous compliance

with NPDES Permits No. LAG290000

and TXG290000 as soon as possible, but

in no case later than January 1, 1997.

C. Operate and maintain all existing

pollution control equipment, including

existing oil/water separation equipment,

in such a manner as to minimize the

discharge of pollutants contained in

produced water at all times until such

time as respondents cease their

discharges of produced water.

D. Submit notice to the Water

Enforcement Branch of EPA Region 6

when produced water discharges subject

to this Order have ceased.

E. Subject to NPDES Permit

LAG290000 comply at all times with

Part I. Section C.1.b of said permit,

requiring that Respondents meet any

more stringent requirements contained

in Louisiana Water Quality Regulation,

LAC: 33,IX,7.708.

Nothing herein shall preclude

additional enforcement action.

The effective date of this ORDER shall

be March 7, 1995.

Dated: February 24, 1995.

Myron O. Knudson,

Director, Water Management Division (6W).

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

[Public Notice 23]

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB

Review

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank.

ACTION: In accordance with the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980, Eximbank has submitted a

proposed collection of information in

the form of a survey to the Office of

Management and Budget for review.

PURPOSE: The proposed Export-Import

Bank Questionnaire of City/State

Partners to exporters and banks is to be

completed by U.S. banks and exporters

familiar with Eximbank’s programs as a

means of providing an evaluation of the

effectiveness, utility, strengths and

weaknesses of, and means to improve