Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 101 / Thursday, May 28, 2009 / Notices 25531 

1 In addition, the regulations at 40 CFR 124.55(b) 

also require that EPA receive a request from a 

permittee for the deleted certification conditions to 

be removed from the permit. EPA received such 

requests to remove deleted conditions from Hyannis 

Marina, Hyannis, MA, on March 17, 2009. 

2 In addition, the permit may be found at: 

http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/msgp.cfm. 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8910–3, Docket EPA–HQ–OW–2005– 

0007] 

Notice Regarding National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) Multi-Sector General Permit 

(MSGP) for Storm Water Discharges 

Associated With Industrial Activity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: EPA previously announced 

the issuance in EPA Regions 1, 2, 3, 5, 

6, 9, and 10 of the NPDES general 

permit for stormwater discharges from 

industrial activity, also referred to as the 

2008 Multi-Sector General Permit 

(MSGP), in the Federal Register of 

September 29, 2008 (73 FR 56572). The 

permit was signed on September 29, 

2008 and became effective on 

September 29, 2008. On February 26, 

2009 (74 FR 8789), EPA issued the 

MSGP to certain states, federal facilities, 

and Indian Country located in EPA 

Region 10 after receipt of certifications 

pursuant to section 401 of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA). Today’s notice of 

availability provides notice of EPA’s 

deletion of a portion of a specific State’s 

CWA Section 401 certification condition 

from Part 9.1.2.5 of the 2008 MSGP for 

the State of Massachusetts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on this final NPDES 

general permit, contact David Gray, EPA 

Region 1, Office of Ecosystem 

Protection, Industrial Permits Branch at 

tel.: 617–918–1577, or Greg Schaner, 

EPA Headquarters, Office of Water, 

Office of Wastewater Management at 

tel.: 202–564–0721, or send questions 

via e-mail to EPA’s stormwater permit 

mailbox: SWpermit@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. General Information 

Pursuant to CWA Section 401(a) and 

EPA’s implementing regulations, EPA 

may not issue a NPDES permit 

(including the 2008 MSGP) until the 

appropriate State certifications have 

been granted or waived. 40 CFR 

124.53(a). Through the certification 

process, States were given the 

opportunity, before the 2008 MSGP was 

issued, to add conditions to the permit 

they believe are necessary to ensure that 

the permit complies with the CWA and 

other appropriate requirements of State 

law, including State water quality 

standards. 

The Massachusetts Department of 

Environmental Protection (MassDEP) 

issued its initial Section 401 

certification for the 2008 MSGP on 

February 13, 2006; with subsequent 

modifications thereto dated June 8, 2006 

and September 5, 2006. In a modified 

certification on March 27, 2009, 

MassDEP deleted tributlytin (included 

in certification condition #5) as a 

required benchmark monitoring 

parameter applicable to Sector Q (Water 

Transportation) and Sector R (Ship and 

Boat Building and Repair Yards). 

Pursuant to EPA’s implementing 

regulations at 40 CFR 124.55(b), EPA 

may, at the request of a permittee, 

modify the 2008 MSGP based on a 

modified certification received after 

final agency action on the permit ‘‘only 

to the extent necessary to delete any 

conditions based on a condition in a 

certification invalidated by a court of 

competent jurisdiction or by an 

appropriate State board or agency.’’ 40 

CFR 124.55(b). In accordance with this 

provision, EPA has removed the 

monitoring parameter from the 

appropriate certification condition for 

the 2008 MSGP.1 EPA’s letter notifying 

the requesting permittee that its request 

to delete a portion of the permit 

condition was granted, and a copy of the 

2008 MSGP reflecting the deletion, can 

be found in the docket for the 2008 

MSGP (Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2005–0007).2

B. How Can I Get Copies of These 

Documents and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2005–0007. The official public docket is 

the collection of materials, including the 

administrative record, for the final 

permit, required by 40 CFR 124.18. It is 

available for public viewing at the Water 

Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/ 

DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Although all documents in 

the docket are listed in an index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available electronically through 

www.regulations.gov and in hard copy 

at the EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room, open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744 and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is (202) 

566–2426. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the Federal Register listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through the Federal 

Docket Management System (FDMS) 

found at http://www.regulations.gov. 

You may use the FDMS to view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the official public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once at the Web site, 

enter the appropriate Docket ID No. in 

the ‘‘Search’’ box to view the docket. 

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the docket facility 

identified in Section B.1. 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq. 

Dated: May 13, 2009. 

Ira Leighton, 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 

1. 

[FR Doc. E9–12472 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8907–6] 

State Allotment Percentages for the 

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 

Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

announcing the revised Drinking Water 

State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) 

allotments that will be provided to the 

States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 

Rico, U.S. Territories, American Indian 

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Tribes, and Alaska Native Villages if the 

President’s budget request for Fiscal 

Year 2010 is enacted. These allotments 

reflect the results from EPA’s most 

recent Drinking Water Infrastructure 

Needs Survey and Assessment, which 

was released on March 26, 2009. The 

revised State allotment percentages will 

be the basis for distributing the DWSRF 

program appropriations to the States for 

the four years from Fiscal Years 2010 

through 2013. 

DATES: This notice is effective May 28, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

inquiries, contact Travis Creighton, 

Drinking Water Protection Division, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water (4606M), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–3858; fax 

number: (202) 564–3757; e–mail 

address: Creighton.travis@epa.gov. 

Copies of this document and 

information on the Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment and the DWSRF program 

can be found on EPA’s Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 1996 

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 

Amendments established a DWSRF 

program and Congress has appropriated 

$10.3 billion, in total, for the program 

since its inception through Fiscal Year 

(FY) 2009. Congress directed that 

allotments for FY 1998 and each 

subsequent year would be distributed 

among States based on the results of an 

assessment by EPA of the relative 

infrastructure investment needs of the 

drinking water systems within each 

state (SDWA section 1452(a)(1)(D)(ii)), 

which must be conducted every four 

years. 

EPA’s Drinking Water Infrastructure 

Needs Survey and Assessment 

EPA’s first assessment, which 

reflected 1995 survey data, was released 

in February 1997; the second 

assessment, which reflected 1999 survey 

data, was released in February 2001; 

and the 2003 assessment was released in 

2005. The 2007 Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment (Needs Assessment) was 

released on March 26, 2009 (EPA 816– 

R–09–001). 

The 2007 Needs Assessment was 

completed in cooperation with the 

States. The States participated in both 

the design of the survey and in the 

collection of data. The survey examined 

the needs of water systems and used 

these data to determine the aggregate 

infrastructure investment needs of 

drinking water systems within each 

individual State. The survey included: 

All of the nation’s 584 largest systems, 

each serving over 100,000 people; a 

statistical sample of 2,266 systems, each 

serving 3,301–100,000 people; and a 

statistical sample of 600 small water 

systems, each serving fewer than 3,301 

people. 

The sample design for the survey and 

assessment produces a statistically– 

valid State–by–State bottom–line 

estimate of the total need, which reflects 

the capital costs for all drinking water 

infrastructure projects allowed for 

inclusion in the survey. The 2007 Needs 

Assessment also presents capital needs 

for each State by system size and by 

category of need (i.e., treatment, 

distribution and transmission, storage, 

source, and ‘‘other’’). 

In general, an infrastructure project 

was included in the Needs Assessment 

if project documentation demonstrated 

that meeting the need would address the 

public health objectives of SDWA. The 

total State need includes both projects 

that are currently needed and future 

projects that will be needed over the 

next 20 years. Projects to correct 

immediate public health threats (e.g., 

replacing a deteriorated filter plant) are 

given the same weight in the assessment 

as less critical needs (e.g., replacing a 

storage tank that is expected to reach the 

end of its useful life in five years). The 

Needs Assessment excluded capital 

projects that are ineligible for DWSRF 

program assistance, such as dams, 

reservoirs and projects needed solely for 

growth. 

The 2007 Needs Assessment found 

that the total national need is $334.8 

billion (Table 1). This estimate 

represents the needs of the 

approximately 52,000 community water 

systems and 21,400 not-for-profit noncommunity water systems that are 

eligible to receive DWSRF program 

assistance. These systems are found in 

all 50 States, the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico, on American Indian lands 

and in Alaska Native Villages, and the 

Virgin Island and Pacific Island 

territories. 

TABLE 1—2007 DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS SURVEY AND

ASSESSMENT 20-YEAR NEEDS

Type of need Need 

(billions) 

States ...................................... $324.0 

Territories ................................ 0.9 

American Indian and Alaska 

Native Villages .................... 2.9 

TABLE 1—2007 DRINKING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS SURVEY AND

ASSESSMENT 20-YEAR NEEDS— 

Continued 

Type of need Need 

(billions) 

Costs for Proposed and Recent Regulations ................. 7.0 

Total National Need ........ 334.8 

Note: Numbers may not total due to 

rounding. 

The total national need also includes 

$7.0 billion in capital needs associated 

with recently promulgated and 

proposed regulations, as identified in 

EPA Economic Analyses accompanying 

the rules. Although these needs are 

included in the total national need, they 

were not apportioned to the States based 

on the unanimous recommendation of 

the State representatives who 

participated in the survey design. The 

States expressed concern that the 

methods available for allocating the 

costs of these more recent or proposed 

regulations would not yet be 

represented in the capital improvement 

plans of water systems at the time of the 

2007 survey. The total State need, 

which is the figure that EPA will use to 

calculate the State allotments, includes 

only the needs of the 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. 

The 2007 Needs Assessment estimates 

that the total State need is $324.0 

billion. 

Allocation Method 

On October 31, 1996, EPA solicited 

public comment on six options for using 

the results of the first Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment to allocate DWSRF program 

funds to the States (61 FR 56231). On 

March 18, 1997, EPA announced its 

decision to allocate DWSRF program 

funds for FYs 1998 through 2001 

appropriations based on each State’s 

proportional share of the total eligible 

needs for the States as derived from the 

1995 Needs Assessment (62 FR 12900). 

EPA used this same method when 

allocating DWSRF program funds for 

FYs 2002 through 2005, utilizing the 

results of the 1999 Needs Assessment, 

and for FYs 2006 through 2009, utilizing 

the results of the 2003 Needs 

Assessment. EPA has made the 

determination that it will continue to 

use this method for allocating DWSRF 

program funds for FYs 2010 through 

2013 appropriations, utilizing the 

results of the 2007 Needs Assessment. 

The funds available to the States will 

be the level of funds appropriated by 

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Congress, less the national set-asides, 

which includes an allocation for 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

Village water systems. Of the funds 

available to States, the SDWA includes 

specific allocations for the Pacific 

Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the 

District of Columbia. Each State will 

receive an allotment of DWSRF program 

funds based on its proportional share of 

the total State need ($324.0 billion), 

provided that each State receives a 

minimum allocation of one percent of 

the funds available to States, as required 

by the SDWA. The 2007 Needs 

Assessment found that 20 States, Puerto 

Rico, and the District of Columbia each 

had less than one percent of the total 

national need; for 2010 to 2013, each of 

these DWSRF grantees will be eligible 

for one percent of the annual DWSRF 

funds made available to States (or, in 

aggregate, 22 percent of the total 

DWSRF funds made available to States). 

President’s Request for Allotments for 

American Indian and Alaska Native 

Water Systems and for United States 

Territories 

The President’s budget request for FY 

2010 includes an increase in the 

minimum funding to be made available 

to American Indian and Alaska Native 

water systems from 1.5% to 2.0% of the 

total funding appropriated for the 

DWSRF. The President also requested 

an increase in the minimum funding to 

be made available to United States 

Territories from 0.33% to 1.5% of the 

total available to the States, the District 

of Columbia and Puerto Rico. 

Allocation of Funds 

Table 2 contains each State’s expected 

DWSRF program allotment based on an 

appropriation of $1,500,000,000 and 

national set-aside assumptions. The 

appropriation amount is based on the 

President’s budget request of 

$1,500,000,000 for FY 2010. The 

national set-asides for Fiscal Year 2010 

include funds for American Indian and 

Alaska Native Village water systems at 

the level of 2.0% percent of the total 

appropriation or $30,000,000 for FY 

2010 under the President’s budget 

request. An additional national set-aside 

for FY 2010 includes $2,000,000 for 

monitoring for unregulated 

contaminants. If funds are appropriated 

for the DWSRF program at the level of 

$1,500,000,000, the total funds available 

to the States, the District of Columbia, 

and Territories would equal 

$1,468,000,000. Because the percentages 

are based on allotting all available funds 

annually to the States regardless of the 

year in the four-year cycle, they can be 

used for general planning purposes for 

the entire four-year cycle. Once the 

appropriated amount and national setasides are known, a State’s allotment 

can be estimated by subtracting the 

national set-asides from the total funds 

available for allotment and then 

applying the appropriate percentage 

shown below. For succeeding years, 

EPA will annually notify each State of 

their allotment from a specific fiscal 

year’s appropriation after the final 

budget has been passed. 

TABLE 2—DWSRF STATE PERCENTAGES AND DOLLAR ALLOTMENTS BASED ON THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST FOR

FY 2010 AND THE 2007 NEEDS ASSESSMENT

State FY 2010 

allotment ($) 

2010 allotment 

(%) 

Alabama ........................................................................................................................................................... 18,196,000 1.24 

Alaska .............................................................................................................................................................. 14,680,000 1.00 

Arizona ............................................................................................................................................................. 29,483,000 2.01 

Arkansas .......................................................................................................................................................... 22,215,000 1.51 

California .......................................................................................................................................................... 137,318,000 9.35 

Colorado .......................................................................................................................................................... 26,038,000 1.77 

Connecticut ...................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Delaware .......................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Florida .............................................................................................................................................................. 47,932,000 3.27 

Georgia ............................................................................................................................................................ 34,688,000 2.36 

Hawaii .............................................................................................................................................................. 14,680,000 1.00 

Idaho ................................................................................................................................................................ 14,680,000 1.00 

Illinois ............................................................................................................................................................... 55,411,000 3.77 

Indiana ............................................................................................................................................................. 24,485,000 1.67 

Iowa ................................................................................................................................................................. 25,060,000 1.71 

Kansas ............................................................................................................................................................. 17,960,000 1.22 

Kentucky .......................................................................................................................................................... 21,191,000 1.44 

Louisiana .......................................................................................................................................................... 27,742,000 1.89 

Maine ............................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Maryland .......................................................................................................................................................... 22,777,000 1.55 

Massachusetts ................................................................................................................................................. 27,367,000 1.86 

Michigan ........................................................................................................................................................... 44,591,000 3.04 

Minnesota ........................................................................................................................................................ 24,635,000 1.68 

Mississippi ........................................................................................................................................................ 15,278,000 1.04 

Missouri ............................................................................................................................................................ 28,375,000 1.93 

Montana ........................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Nebraska .......................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Nevada ............................................................................................................................................................. 14,680,000 1.00 

New Hampshire ............................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

New Jersey ...................................................................................................................................................... 31,361,000 2.14 

New Mexico ..................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

New York ......................................................................................................................................................... 96,724,000 6.59 

North Carolina .................................................................................................................................................. 38,497,000 2.62 

North Dakota .................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Ohio ................................................................................................................................................................. 47,168,000 3.21 

Oklahoma ......................................................................................................................................................... 18,239,000 1.24 

Oregon ............................................................................................................................................................. 14,680,000 1.00 

Pennsylvania .................................................................................................................................................... 43,011,000 2.93 

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TABLE 2—DWSRF STATE PERCENTAGES AND DOLLAR ALLOTMENTS BASED ON THE PRESIDENT’S BUDGET REQUEST FOR

FY 2010 AND THE 2007 NEEDS ASSESSMENT—Continued 

State FY 2010 

allotment ($) 

2010 allotment 

(%) 

Puerto Rico ...................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Rhode Island .................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

South Carolina ................................................................................................................................................. 14,680,000 1.00 

South Dakota ................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Tennessee ....................................................................................................................................................... 16,315,000 1.11 

Texas ............................................................................................................................................................... 93,293,000 6.36 

Utah ................................................................................................................................................................. 14,680,000 1.00 

Vermont ........................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Virginia ............................................................................................................................................................. 24,885,000 1.70 

Washington ...................................................................................................................................................... 37,477,000 2.55 

West Virginia .................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

Wisconsin ......................................................................................................................................................... 25,308,000 1.72 

Wyoming .......................................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

District of Columbia ......................................................................................................................................... 14,680,000 1.00 

U.S. Territories* ............................................................................................................................................... 22,020,000 1.50 

Total Funds Available to the States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Territories .......... 1,468,000,000 ............................

American Indian & Alaska Native Water Systems .......................................................................................... 30,000,000 ............................

Monitoring for Unregulated Contaminants ....................................................................................................... 2,000,000 ............................

Total SRF Appropriation ........................................................................................................................... 1,500,000,000 ............................

* Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

Dated: May 14, 2009. 

Paul F. Simon, 

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water. 

[FR Doc. E9–12470 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

Notice of Open Special Meeting of the 

Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory 

Committee (SAAC) of the ExportImport Bank of the United States 

(Export-Import Bank) 

SUMMARY: The Sub-Saharan Africa 

Advisory Committee was established by 

Public Law 105–121, November 26, 

1997, to advise the Board of Directors on 

the development and implementation of 

policies and programs designed to 

support the expansion of the Bank’s 

financial commitments in Sub-Saharan 

Africa under the loan, guarantee and 

insurance programs of the Bank. 

Further, the committee shall make 

recommendations on how the Bank can 

facilitate greater support by U.S. 

commercial banks for trade with SubSaharan Africa. 

Time and Place: June 3, 2009, at 9:30 

a.m. to 12 p.m. The meeting will be held 

at the Export-Import Bank in Room 

1143, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571. 

Agenda: Presentation of recently 

published ‘‘U.S.-African Trade Profile’’ 

by Department of Commerce; discussion 

and update on the 2008 committee 

recommendations to U.S. Congress 

followed by a preliminary discussion on 

this year’s recommendations including a 

possible sub-Saharan Africa special 

initiative; and an update on the Bank’s 

on-going business development 

initiatives. 

Public Participation: The meeting will 

be open to public participation, and the 

last 10 minutes will be set aside for oral 

questions or comments. Members of the 

public may also file written statement(s) 

before or after the meeting. If any person 

wishes auxiliary aids (such as a sign 

language interpreter) or other special 

accommodations, please contact, prior 

to June 3, 2009, Barbara Ransom, Room 

1241, 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20571, Voice: (202) 

565–3525 or TDD (202) 565–3377. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact Barbara 

Ransom, Room 1241, 811 Vermont 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20571, 

(202) 565–3525. 

Kamil Cook, 

General Counsel (Acting). 

[FR Doc. E9–12321 Filed 5–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[FCC 09–37] 

Notice of Debarment; Schools and 

Libraries Universal Service Support 

Mechanism 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Enforcement Bureau (the 

‘‘Bureau’’) debars Ms. Judy Green from 

the schools and libraries universal 

service support mechanism (or ‘‘E–Rate 

Program’’) for a period of ten years. The 

Bureau takes this action to protect the 

E–Rate Program from waste, fraud and 

abuse. 

DATES: Debarment commences on the 

date Ms. Judy Green receives the 

debarment letter or May 28, 2009, 

whichever date come first, for a period 

of three years. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebekah Bina, Federal Communications 

Commission, Enforcement Bureau, 

Investigations and Hearings Division, 

Room 4–C330, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. Rebekah Bina 

may be contacted by phone at (202) 

418–7931 or e-mail at 

Rebekah.Bina@fcc.gov. If Ms. Bina is 

unavailable, you may contact Ms. Vickie 

Robinson, Assistant Chief, 

Investigations and Hearings Division, by 

telephone at (202) 418–1420 and by email at vickie.robinson@fcc.gov.