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List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: July 13, 2009. 

Martha Monell, 

Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–17725 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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Public Notice of Draft NPDES General 

Permits for Wastewater Lagoon 

Systems Located in Colorado, 

Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

Utah and Wyoming 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed issuance of 

NPDES general permits. 

SUMMARY: EPA Region 8 is hereby giving 

notice of its proposed determination to 

issue six National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permits for wastewater lagoon systems 

that are located in Indian country in 

Region 8 and that are treating primarily 

domestic wastewater. The general 

permits are grouped geographically by 

State, with the permit coverage being for 

specified Indian reservations in the 

State; 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. The permits for the States of 

Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

Utah, and Wyoming are being reissued 

and replace permits that were issued in 

2004. Those permits expire August 16, 

2009. The permit for the State of 

Colorado is being issued for the first 

time. 

The use of wastewater lagoon systems 

is the most common method of treating 

municipal wastewater in Indian country 

in CO, MT, ND, SD, UT and WY. 

Wastewater lagoon systems are also 

used to treat domestic wastewater from 

isolated housing developments, schools, 

camps, missions, and similar sources of 

domestic wastewater that are not 

connected to a municipal sanitary sewer 

system and do not use septic tank 

systems. Region 8 wants to continue 

using general permits instead of 

individual permits for permitting the 

discharges from such facilities in order 

to reduce the Region’s administrative 

burden of issuing separate individual 

permits. The administrative burden for 

the regulated sources is expected to be 

about the same under the general 

permits as with individual permits 

(however it will be much quicker to 

obtain permit coverage with general 

permits than with individual permits). 

The discharge requirements would 

essentially be the same with an 

individual permit or under the general 

permit. 

DATES: Public comments on this 

proposal must be received, in writing, 

on or before August 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be 

sent to: Ellen Bonner (8P–W–WW); U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 8; 1595 Wynkoop St.; Denver, 

CO 80202–1129. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

draft permit and the fact sheet for the 

draft permit are available for download 

at http://www.epa.gov/region8/water/ 

wastewater/download. Additional 

information may be obtained upon 

request by calling VelRey Lozano at 

(303) 312–6128 (or e-mail 

lozano.velrey@epa.gov) or by writing to 

the address listed above. The complete 

application and related documents are 

available by appointment for review and 

reproduction at the address listed above 

during the hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, Federal 

holidays excluded. To make an 

appointment to look at the documents 

call Ellen Bonner at 303–312–6371 or 

VelRey Lozano at 303–312–6128. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is 

proposed that general permits be issued 

for discharges from wastewater lagoon 

systems located in the following areas: 

Colorado: COG589### This permit 

covers the Southern Ute Reservation 

and the Ute Mountain Reservation, 

including those portions of the 

Reservation located in New Mexico and 

Utah; any land within the State of 

Colorado held in trust by the United 

States for an Indian tribe; and any other 

areas within the State of Colorado 

which are Indian country within the 

meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. 

Montana: MTG589### This permit 

covers the Blackfeet Indian Reservation 

of Montana; the Crow Indian 

Reservation; the Flathead Reservation; 

the Fort Belknap Reservation of 

Montana; the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation; the Northern Cheyenne 

Indian Reservation; the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation; any land within the State 

of Montana held in trust by the United 

States for an Indian tribe; and any other 

areas within the State of Montana which 

are Indian country within the meaning 

of 18 U.S.C. 1151. 

North Dakota: NDG589### This 

permit covers the Fort Berthold 

Reservation; the Spirit Lake Indian 

Reservation; the Standing Rock Sioux 

Reservation; the Turtle Mountain 

Reservation; any land within the State 

of North Dakota held in trust by the 

United States for an Indian tribe; and 

any other areas within the State of North 

Dakota which are Indian country within 

the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. 

This permit includes that portion of 

the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation 

and associated Indian country located 

within the State of South Dakota. It does 

not include any land held in trust by the 

United States for the Sisseton-Wahpeton 

Oyate or any other Indian country 

associated with that Tribe, which is 

covered under general permit 

SDG589###. 

South Dakota: SDG589### This 

permit covers the Cheyenne River 

Reservation; Crow Creek Reservation; 

the Flandreau Santee Sioux Indian 

Reservation; the Lower Brule 

Reservation; the Pine Ridge Reservation 

(including the entire Reservation, which 

is located in both South Dakota and 

Nebraska); the Rosebud Sioux Indian 

Reservation; the Yankton Sioux 

Reservation; any land within the State 

of South Dakota held in trust by the 

United States for an Indian tribe; and 

any other areas within the State of 

South Dakota which are Indian country 

within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1151. 

This permit includes any land in the 

State of North Dakota that is held in 

trust by the United States for the 

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate or any other 

Indian country associated with that 

Tribe. It does not include the Standing 

Rock Sioux Reservation or any 

associated Indian country, which is 

covered under general permit 

NDG589###. 

Utah: UTG589### This permit covers 

the Northwestern Band of Shoshoni 

Nation of Utah Reservation (Washakie); 

the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah 

Reservation; the Skull Valley Indian 

Reservation; Indian country lands 

within the Uintah & Ouray Reservation; 

any land within the State of Utah held 

in trust by the United States for an 

Indian tribe; and any other areas within 

the State of Utah which are Indian 

country within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 

1151. 

It does not include any portions of the 

Navajo Nation or the Goshute 

Reservation, or any land held in trust by 

the United States for an Indian tribe that 

is associated with those Reservations, or 

any other areas which are Indian 

country within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 

1151 that are associated with those 

Reservations. 


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Wyoming: WYG589### This permit 

covers the Wind River Reservation; any 

land within the State of Wyoming held 

in trust by the United States for an 

Indian tribe; and any other areas within 

the State of Wyoming which are Indian 

country within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 

1151. 

Coverage under the general permits 

will be limited to lagoon systems 

treating primarily domestic wastewater 

and will include the following three 

categories: (1) Lagoons where no 

permission is required before starting to 

discharge; (2) lagoons where permission 

is required before starting to discharge; 

and (3) lagoons that are required to have 

no discharge. The effluent limitations 

for lagoons coming under categories 1 

and 2 are based on the Federal 

Secondary Treatment Regulation (40 

CFR Part 133) and best professional 

judgement (BPJ). There are provisions in 

the general permits for adjusting the 

effluent limitations on total suspended 

solids (TSS) and pH in accordance with 

the provisions of the Secondary 

Treatment Regulation. If more stringent 

and/or additional effluent limitations 

are considered necessary to comply 

with applicable water quality standards, 

etc., those limitations may be imposed 

by written notification to the permittee. 

Lagoon systems under category 3 are 

required to have no discharge except in 

accordance with the bypass provisions 

of the permit. Self-monitoring 

requirements and routine inspection 

requirements are included in the 

permits. The permits do not authorize 

the discharge of wastewater from land 

application sites, but they do require 

that the land application of wastewater 

from the lagoon systems be done in 

accordance with a written operational 

plan for the land application of the 

wastewater. The objectives of the 

operational plan are to minimize the 

potential for the discharge of wastewater 

from the land application site and to 

avoid applying excessive amounts of 

nitrogen to the land application site. 

With the exception of the Flathead 

Indian Reservation, the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Northern Cheyenne Indian 

Reservation, and the Ute Mountain 

Indian Reservation, where the Tribes 

have Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) 

certification authority, EPA intends to 

certify that the permits comply with the 

applicable provisions of the Clean Water 

Act as long as the permittees comply 

with all permit conditions. The permits 

will be issued for a period of five years, 

with the permit effective date and 

expiration date determined at the time 

of issuance. 

Other Legal Requirements 

Economic Impact (Executive Order 

12866): EPA has determined that the 

issuance of this general permit is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

the terms of Executive Order 12866 (58 

FR 51735 (October 4, 1993)) and is 

therefore not subject to formal OMB 

review prior to proposal. 

Paperwork Reduction Act: EPA has 

reviewed the requirements imposed on 

regulated facilities in these proposed 

general permits under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1980, 44 U.S.C. 501, et 

seq. The information collection 

requirements of these permits have 

already been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget in submissions 

made for the NPDES permit program 

under the provisions of the Clean Water 

Act. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: 

Section 201 of the Unfunded Mandates 

Reform Act (UMRA), Public Law 104–4, 

generally requires Federal agencies to 

assess the effects of their ‘‘regulatory 

actions’’ defined to be the same as 

‘‘rules’’ subject to the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA)) on tribal, state, 

local governments and the private 

sector. Since the permit proposed today 

is an adjudication, it is not subject to the 

RFA and is therefore not subject to the 

requirements of the UMRA. 

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

1251, et seq. 

Dated: July 17, 2009. 

Debra H. Thomas, 

Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, 

Office of Partnerships and Regulatory 

Assistance. 

[FR Doc. E9–17708 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 07/13/2009 Through 07/17/2009 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20090244, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, 

Santa Ana River Wash Land Use Plan 

Amendment and Land Exchange 

Project, Proposes to Exchange Land 

Located within Upper Santa Ana 

River Wash, for District-Owned Lands 

in San Bernardino County, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/08/2009, 

Contact: Michael Bennett 760–833– 

7139. 

EIS No. 20090245, Draft EIS, FHW, FL, 

Interstate 395 (I–395) Development 

and Environment Study Project, From 

I–95 to West Channel Bridges of the 

MacArthur Causeway at Biscayne 

Bay, City of Miami, Miami-Dade 

County, FL, Comment Period Ends: 

09/08/2009, Contact: Linda Anderson 

850–942–9650 Ext 3053. 

EIS No. 20090246, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, 

Eddy Gulch Late-Successional 

Reserve Fuels/Habitat Protection 

Project, To Protect Late-Successional 

Habitat used by the Northern Spotted 

Owl and Other Late-SuccessionalDependent Species, Salmon River and 

Scott River Ranger District, Klamath 

National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 09/08/2009, 

Contact: Connie Hendryx 530–468– 

1281. 

EIS No. 20090247, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, 

Comprehensive Ecosystem-Base 

Amendment 1 (CE–BA 1) for the 

South Atlantic Region, 

Implementation,, Comment Period 

Ends: 09/08/2009, Contact: Roy E. 

Crabtree, PhD 727–824–5305. 

EIS No. 20090248, Final EIS, AFS, OR, 

Farley Vegetation Management 

Project, To Conduct Timber Harvest 

Commercial and Non-Commercial 

Thinning, Fuels Treatment Prescribed 

Burning and Reforestation, Desolation 

Creek, North Fork John Day Ranger 

District, Umatilla National Forest, 

Grant County, OR, Wait Period Ends: 

08/24/2009, Contact: Janel McCurdy 

541–278–3869. 

EIS No. 20090249, Draft EIS, NOA, 00, 

Amendment 3 to the 2006 

Consolidated Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species (HMS), Fishery 

Management Plan, To Implement 

Management Measures that Prevent 

Overfishing and Rebuild Overfished 

Stocks, Implementation, Comment 

Period Ends: 09/21/2009, Contact: 

Margo Schulze-Haugen 301–713– 

2347. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20090134, Draft EIS, COE, CA, 

Newhall Ranch Resource Management 

and Development Plan (RMDP) and 

the Spineflower Conservation Plan 

(SCP), Implementation, Portion of 

Santa Clara River Valley, Los Angeles 

County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

08/25/2009, Contact: Aaron O. Allen 

805–585–2154. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 05/01/ 

2009: Extending Comment Period 

from 06/29/2009 to 08/25/2009. 

EIS No. 20090177, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, 

Lassen National Forest, Motorized 


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