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The humpback whale and the killer 

whale (southern resident distinct 

population segment (DPS)) are the only 

marine mammal species listed under the 

ESA that could occur in the vicinity of 

WSDOT’s proposed construction 

project. Two DPSs of the humpback 

whale stock, the Mexico DPS and the 

Central America DPS, are listed as 

threatened and endangered under the 

ESA, respectively. NMFS’ Office of 

Protected Resources has initiated 

consultation with NMFS’ West Coast 

Regional Office under section 7 of the 

ESA on the issuance of an IHA to 

WSDOT under section 101(a)(5)(D) of 

the MMPA for this activity. 

In July 2017, NMFS finished 

conducting its section 7 consultation 

and issued a Biological Opinion 

concluding that the issuance of the IHA 

associated with WSDOT’s Mukilteo 

Multimodal Project is not likely to 

jeopardize the continued existence of 

the endangered humpback and the 

Southern Resident killer whales. 

Authorization 

As a result of these determinations, 

NMFS has issued an IHA to the 

Washington State Department of 

Transportation for the Mukilteo 

Multimodal Construction Project in 

Washington State, provided the 

previously described mitigation, 

monitoring, and reporting requirements 

are incorporated. 

Dated: September 18, 2017. 

Donna S. Wieting, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20144 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R10–OW–2017–0369; FRL9968–06– 

Region 10] 

Public Hearings: Proposal To 

Withdraw Proposed Determination To 

Restrict the Use of an Area as a 

Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit Area, 

Southwest Alaska 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Announcement of public 

hearing dates. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will hold two public 

hearings to obtain public testimony and 

comment on its proposal to withdraw 

the EPA Region 10 July 2014 Proposed 

Determination that was issued pursuant 

to the Clean Water Act. The public 

hearings will be held on October 11, 

2017, from 6:00–9:00 p.m. Alaska 

Daylight Time (AKDT) in Dillingham, 

Alaska, and October 12, 2017, from 

1:00–4:00 p.m. AKDT in Iliamna, 

Alaska. The EPA will continue to accept 

written public comments through the 

close of the public comment period on 

October 17, 2017. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 17, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OW–2017–0369, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. 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. 

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. The 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/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit 

www.epa.gov/bristolbay or contact a 

Bristol Bay-specific phone line, (206) 

553–0040, or email address, 

r10bristolbay@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Public Hearings 

The EPA will hold two public 

hearings on its proposal to withdraw the 

EPA Region 10 July 2014 Proposed 

Determination. The hearing dates and 

locations are as follows: 

October 11, 2017—6:00–9:00 p.m. 

AKDT, Dillingham Middle School 

Gym, Dillingham, Alaska 

October 12, 2017—1:00–4:00 p.m. 

AKDT, Iliamna Community Center, 

Iliamna, Alaska 

Additional hearing details and any 

changes to the schedule are available at 

www.epa.gov/bristolbay. The purpose of 

the public hearings is to obtain public 

testimony and comment on the proposal 

to withdraw the EPA Region 10 July 

2014 Proposed Determination that was 

issued pursuant to Section 404(c) of the 

Clean Water Act. Senior leadership from 

EPA Headquarters and Region 10 will be 

in attendance, along with staff from both 

EPA Headquarters and Region 10. Any 

person may attend the hearings and 

submit oral and/or written statements or 

data and may be represented by counsel 

or other authorized representatives. If 

you would like to submit written 

comments, you may do so at the public 

hearings or by one of the methods 

described in the section of this public 

notice entitled: How to Submit 

Comments to the Docket at 

www.regulations.gov. 

The EPA will not respond to 

questions/comments during the hearing. 

The EPA will consider the oral and 

written statements received at the 

public hearings and other written 

comments submitted pursuant to the 

instructions set forth in the section of 

this public notice entitled: How to 

Submit Comments to the Docket at 

www.regulations.gov. 

B. Background 

On July 19, 2017, EPA published a 

public notice and request for comment 

in the Federal Register, entitled 

‘‘Proposal to Withdraw Proposed 

Determination to Restrict the Use of an 

Area as a Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit 

Area, Southwest Alaska’’ (82 FR 33123). 

The EPA Administrator and Region 10 

Acting Regional Administrator are 

requesting public comment on this 

proposal to withdraw the EPA Region 

10 July 2014 Proposed Determination 

that was issued pursuant to Section 

404(c) of the Clean Water Act, to restrict 

the use of certain waters in the South 

Fork Koktuli River, North Fork Koktuli 

River, and Upper Talarik Creek 

watersheds in southwest Alaska as 

disposal sites for dredged or fill material 

associated with mining the Pebble 

deposit, a copper-, gold-, and 

molybdenum-bearing ore body. The 

EPA agreed to initiate this proposed 

withdrawal process pursuant to policy 

direction from EPA’s Administrator and 

as part of a May 11, 2017 settlement 

agreement with the Pebble Limited 

Partnership (PLP), whose subsidiaries 

own the mineral claims to the Pebble 

deposit. The Agency is accepting public 

comment through the aforementioned 

notice to afford the public an 

opportunity to comment on: 

• Whether to withdraw the July 2014 

Proposed Determination at this time for 

the reasons stated in the aforementioned 

notice; and 

• if a final withdrawal decision is 

made following this comment period, 


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whether the Administrator should 

review and reconsider the withdrawal 

decision. 

C. How To Submit Comments to the 

Docket 

In addition to submitting your 

comments during the hearing, you may 

also submit your comments, identified 

by Docket ID No. EPA–R10–OW–2017– 

0369, by one of the following methods: 

a. Federal eRulemaking Portal 

(recommended method of comment 

submission): Go to http://

www.regulations.gov and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

b. Email: Send email to ow-docket@

epa.gov. Include the docket number 

EPA–R10–OW–2017–0369 in the subject 

line of the message. 

c. Mail: Send your comments to: 

Water Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Attention: Docket ID No. 

EPA–R10–OW–2017–0369. 

d. Hand Delivery/Courier: Deliver 

your comments to EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Attention: Docket ID No. 

EPA–R10–OW–2017–0369. Such 

deliveries are accepted only during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday (excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

telephone number for the Water Docket 

is (202) 566–2426. 

Dated: September 13, 2017. 

Michelle Pirzadeh 

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 

10. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20065 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R10–OAR–2017–0516; FRL–9967–44– 

Region 10] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Federal 

Implementation Plans Under the Clean 

Air Act for Indian Reservations in 

Idaho, Oregon and Washington; EPA 

ICR No. 2020.06, OMB Control No. 

2060–0558 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Federal 

Implementation Plans under the Clean 

Air Act for Indian Reservations in 

Idaho, Oregon and Washington’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 2020.06, OMB Control No. 

2060–0558) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing 

so, EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension of 

the ICR, which is currently approved 

through March 31, 2018. 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 November 20, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OAR–2017–0516, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to R10-Public_

Comments@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: 

Andra Bosneag, Office of Air and Waste, 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Ave, Seattle, WA 

98101; telephone number: (206) 553– 

1226; fax number: (206) 553–0110; 

email address: bosneag.andra@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 www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: EPA promulgated Federal 

Implementation Plans (FIPs) under the 

Clean Air Act for Indian reservations 

located in Idaho, Oregon, and 

Washington in 40 CFR part 49 (70 FR 

18074, April 8, 2005). The FIPs in the 

final rule, also referred to as the Federal 

Air Rules for Indian Reservations in 

Idaho, Oregon, and Washington (FARR), 

include information collection 

requirements associated with the partial 

delegation of administrative authority to 

a Tribe in § 49.122; the rule for limiting 

visible emissions at § 49.124; fugitive 

particulate matter rule in § 49.126, the 

wood waste burner rule in § 49.127; the 

rule for limiting sulfur in fuels in 

§ 49.130; the rule for open burning in 

§ 49.131; the rules for general open 

burning permits, agricultural burning 

permits, and forestry and silvicultural 

burning permits in §§ 49.132, 49.133, 

and 49.134; the rule for emissions 

detrimental to human health and 

welfare in § 49.135; the registration rule 

in § 49.138; and the rule for non-Title V 

operating permits in § 49.139. EPA uses 

this information to manage the activities 

and sources of air pollution on the 

Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, 

and Washington. EPA believes these 

information collection requirements are 

appropriate because they will enable 

EPA to develop and maintain accurate 

records of air pollution sources and 

their emissions, track emissions trends 

and changes, identify potential air 

quality problems, allow EPA to issue 

permits or approvals, and ensure 

appropriate records are available to 

verify compliance with these FIPs. The 


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