Proposed Reissuance of NPDES General Permit for Offshore Seafood Processors in Alaska (AKG524000)
| Published date | 25 March 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 11086 |
| Record Number | 2019-05661 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
11086
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 57 / Monday, March 25, 2019 / Notices
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Dated: March 19, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–05602 Filed 3–22–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9991–31–Region 10]
Proposed Reissuance of NPDES
General Permit for Offshore Seafood
Processors in Alaska (AKG524000)
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 10.
ACTION
: Notice of proposed reissuance of
NPDES General Permit and request for
public comment.
SUMMARY
: The Director, Office of Water
and Watersheds, Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10, is
proposing to reissue a National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) General Permit to Offshore
Seafood Processors in Alaska. As
proposed, the General Permit will
authorize discharges of seafood
processing waste from facilities (also
referred to as ‘‘vessels’’) that discharge
at least 3 nautical miles (NM) or greater
from the Alaska shore as delineated by
mean lower low water (MLLW) or a
closure line and which engage in the
processing of fresh, frozen, canned,
smoked, salted or pickled seafood, the
processing of mince, or the processing
of meal, paste and other secondary by-
products.
DATES
: Comments must be received by
May 9, 2019.
ADDRESSES
: You may send comments by
any of the following methods:
Comments on the draft General Permit
should be sent to Director, Office of
Water and Watersheds; USEPA Region
10; 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 155,
OWW–191; Seattle, WA 98101 and may
also be submitted by fax to (206) 553–
0165 or electronically to ziobro.joseph@
epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Permit documents may be found on the
EPA Region 10 website at: https://
www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/npdes-
general-permit-offshore-seafood-
processors-alaska. Copies of the draft
general permit and Fact Sheet are also
available upon request. Requests may be
made to Audrey Washington at (206)
553–0523 or to Joseph Ziobro at (206)
553–2723. Requests may also be
electronically mailed to:
washington.audrey@epa.gov, or
ziobro.joseph@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. General Information
There are currently fewer than 100
permitted seafood processors that
discharge effluent and operate more
than 3 NM from the Alaskan shore or
closure line. Most of the seafood
processed on the vessels are pollock and
Pacific cod. Other species have included
sablefish, arrowtooth flounder, Pacific
hake, jack mackerel, Alaska plaice,
Pacific Ocean perch, rockfish, sculpin,
lumpsucker, skate, sole, Greenland
turbot, bairdi, opilio, and king crab. The
permit authorizes the discharge of
seafood processing wastes that are
mostly waste solids (shell, bones, skin,
scales, flesh and organs), blood, body
fluids, slime, oils and fats from cooking
and rendering operations; disinfectants;
and miscellaneous wastewaters. This
Permit does not authorize the discharge
of pollutants from any shore-based
facilities, nor any pollutants from
vessels transporting seafood processing
waste solely for the purpose of dumping
materials into ocean waters. The median
annual waste discharged from a vessel
in 2014 and 2015 was 7.1 and 6.2
million pounds, respectively.
A description of the basis for the
conditions and requirements of the draft
general permit is given in the Fact
Sheet. In addition, the EPA has
completed an Ocean Discharge Criteria
Evaluation pursuant to 40 CFR Subpart
M which supports the basis for the
conditions and requirements in the draft
general permit. Facilities will receive a
written notification from the EPA
whether permit coverage and
authorization to discharge under the
general permit is approved. Major
changes from the 2009 General Permit
include the removal of the metals
monitoring requirement and the
removal of the requirement to grind
effluent except in cases when vessels
that discharge more than 10 million
pounds per annual reporting year are
discharging within Steller Sea Lion
critical habitat areas designated by the
National Marine Fisheries Service.
The EPA is preparing a Biological
Evaluation for this Permit action.
Consultations under the Endangered
Species Act between the EPA and the
National Marine Fisheries Service and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are
ongoing. Also for review in Section X of
the Fact Sheet are potential mitigation
measures provided by National Marine
Fisheries Service for vessels that are
exempt from grinding requirements in
Steller sea lion critical habitat.
II. Other Legal Requirements
This action was submitted to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review under Executive
Orders 12866, Regulatory Planning and
Review, and 13563, Improving
Regulation and Regulatory Review, and
was determined to be not significant.
Compliance with Endangered Species
Act, Essential Fish Habitat, Paperwork
Reduction Act, and other requirements
are discussed in the Fact Sheet to the
proposed permit.
Dated: March 15, 2019.
Daniel D. Opalski,
Director, Office of Water and Watersheds,
Region 10.
[FR Doc. 2019–05661 Filed 3–22–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0090; FRL–9990–83]
Potassium Chloride; Receipt of
Application for Emergency Exemption,
Solicitation of Public Comment
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: EPA has received a
quarantine exemption request from the
Maryland Department of Agriculture to
use the pesticide potassium chloride to
treat Hyde’s Quarry in Carroll County,
Maryland, to control zebra mussels. The
Applicant proposes the use of a new
chemical which has not been registered
by EPA as a pesticide. EPA is soliciting
public comment before making the
decision whether to grant the
exemption.
DATES
: Comments must be received on
or before April 9, 2019.
ADDRESSES
: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
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