Document ID: EPA-R04-OW-2008-0179-0648
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Extension of the Period for Preparation of Regional Clean Water Act Section 404(c) Recommendation Concerning the Use of Wetlands and Other Waters in the Yazoo River Basin as Disposal Sites, Issaquena County, MS
Posted Date: 2008-05-14T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 94)]
[Notices]               
[Page 27821-27822]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R04-OW-2008-0179; FRL-8565-8]

 
Extension of the Period for Preparation of Regional Clean Water 
Act Section 404(c) Recommendation Concerning the Use of Wetlands and 
Other Waters in the Yazoo River Basin as Disposal Sites, Issaquena 
County, MS

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On March 19, 2008, EPA published in the Federal Register (73 
FR 14806) a Notice of a Proposed Determination, under Section 404(c) of 
the Clean Water Act, to prohibit or restrict the use of certain waters 
in the Yazoo River Basin in Issaquena County, Mississippi as disposal 
sites for dredged or fill material in connection with the construction 
of the proposed Yazoo Backwater Area Project. The notice established a 
public comment period, which ended on May 5, 2008. On April 17, 2008, a 
public hearing concerning the Proposed Determination was held in 
Vicksburg, Mississippi. Over 500 interested stakeholders participated 
in the five-hour hearing including approximately 65 stakeholders who 
provided oral statements. EPA has also received over 45,000 written 
comments, including substantial additional information, which needs to 
be evaluated. In order to allow full consideration of the extensive 
administrative record, the time period provided in 40 CFR 231.5(a) for 
the preparation of the Regional Recommendation, the next step in the 
404(c) process, is being extended until no later than, July 11, 2008. 
This time extension is made under authority of 40 CFR 231.8.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ronald J. Mikulak, Wetlands 
Regulatory Section, Wetlands, Coastal and Nonpoint Source Branch, Water 
Management Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, 61 
Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8960. The telephone number 
is 404-562-9233. Mr. Mikulak can also be reached via electronic mail at

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mikulak.ronald@epa.gov or Mr. William Ainslie, Wetlands Regulatory 
Section, at the same address above. The telephone number is (404) 562-
9400. Mr. Ainslie can also be reached via electronic mail at 
ainslie.william@epa.gov.

    Dated: May 7, 2008.
Lawrence E. Starfield,
Regional Decision Officer.
 [FR Doc. E8-10832 Filed 5-13-08; 8:45 am]

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