Document ID: EPA-R06-OW-2013-0221-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Ocean Dumping; Atchafalaya-West Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site Designation: Proposed rule and draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); extension of public comment period.
Posted Date: 2013-06-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 37759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14758]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 228

[EPA-R06-OW-2013-0221; FRL-9826-6]

Ocean Dumping; Atchafalaya-West Ocean Dredged Material Disposal 
Site Designation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule and draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); 
extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 21, 2013, EPA Region 6 proposed to designate the 
Atchafalaya-West Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site pursuant to the 
draft EIS, ``Designation of the Atchafalaya River Bar Channel Ocean 
Dredged Material Disposal Site Pursuant to Section 102(c) of the Marine 
Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, St. Mary Parish, 
Louisiana'' (March 2013). We are hereby extending the public comment 
period for the proposed rule and the draft EIS.

DATES: Comments. The comment period for the proposed rule and draft EIS 
published May 21, 2013 (78 FR 29687), is extended. The end of the 
public comment period is now extended to August 8, 2013. Comments must 
be received or postmarked by that date.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket No. EPA-R06-OW-
2013-0221, by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov; 
follow the online instruction for submitting comments.
     Email: Dr. Jessica Franks at franks.jessica@epa.gov
     Fax: Dr. Jessica Franks, Marine and Coastal Section (6WQ-
EC) at fax number 214-665-6689.
     Mail: Dr. Jessica Franks, Marine and Coastal Section (6WQ-
EC), Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: (6WQ-EC), 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket No. EPA-R06-OW-2013-
0221. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an email comment 
directly to EPA without going through www.regulations.gov your email 
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the 
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name and other contact information in the body of your 
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic 
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of 
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Marine and Coastal 
Section (6WQ-EC), Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 Ross Avenue, 
Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. The file will be made available 
by appointment for public inspection in the Region 6 FOIA Review Room 
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. weekdays except for legal 
holidays. Contact the person listed above under comment submittals. If 
possible, please make the appointment at least two working days in 
advance of your visit. There will be a 15 cent per page fee for making 
photocopies of documents. On the day of the visit, please check in at 
the EPA Region 6 reception area at 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 700, Dallas, 
Texas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Franks, Ph.D., Marine and 
Coastal Section (6WQ-EC), Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, 
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-8335, 
fax number (214) 665-6689; email address franks.jessica@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The proposed rule and draft EIS may both be 
obtained via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/ecopro/current_action.html or the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. To obtain hardcopies of these documents please 
contact Dr. Jessica Franks using the contact information provided 
above.

List of subjects in 40 CFR Part 228

    Environmental protection, Water pollution control.

    Dated: June 12, 2013.
Ron Curry,
Regional Administrator, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2013-14758 Filed 6-21-13; 8:45 am]
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