80_FR_21314 80 FR 21240 - New York State Prohibition of Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Proposed Determination

80 FR 21240 - New York State Prohibition of Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Proposed Determination

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 74 (April 17, 2015)

Page Range21240-21242
FR Document2015-08807

By petition dated May 19, 2014 and submitted pursuant to 33 CFR 1322(f)(3) and 40 CFR 140.4(a), the State of New York certified that the protection and enhancement of the waters of Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, the Seneca River and tributaries thereto requires greater environmental protection than the applicable Federal standards provide and petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 2, for a determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for those waters, so that the State may completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not, into such waters. Upon consideration of the petition, EPA proposes to make the requested determination and hereby invites the public to comment on the proposed determination.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9925-75-Region 2]


New York State Prohibition of Discharges of Vessel Sewage; 
Proposed Determination

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed determination.

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SUMMARY: By petition dated May 19, 2014 and submitted pursuant to 33 
CFR 1322(f)(3) and 40 CFR 140.4(a), the State of New York certified 
that the protection and enhancement of the waters of Seneca Lake, 
Cayuga Lake, the Seneca River and tributaries thereto requires greater 
environmental protection than the applicable Federal standards provide 
and petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 2, for 
a determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary 
removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably 
available for those waters, so that the State may completely prohibit 
the discharge from all vessels of any sewage, whether treated or not, 
into such waters. Upon consideration of the petition, EPA proposes to 
make the requested determination and hereby invites the public to 
comment on the proposed determination.

DATES: Comments relevant to this proposed determination are due by May 
18, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``Comments on Proposed 
Determination on Seneca Lake/Cayuga Lake NDZ Petition'' in the subject 
line of the message.
     Mail and Hand Delivery/Courier: Moses Chang, U.S. EPA 
Region 2, 290 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10007-1866. Deliveries 
are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours of 
operation (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding federal 
holidays), and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Moses Chang, (212) 637-3867, email 
address: [email protected] .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Petition: To receive a copy of the petition, please contact Moses 
Chang at (212) 637-3867 or email at [email protected].

The Proposed No Discharge Zone

    New York proposes to establish a vessel waste No Discharge Zone 
(NDZ) covering the approximately 150 square miles of connected waters 
and tributaries of Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and the Seneca River.

Certification of Need

    New York's petition contains a certification by the Commissioner of 
the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) 
that the protection and enhancement of Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, the 
Seneca River and the navigable tributaries thereto, requires greater 
environmental protection than the applicable Federal standards provide. 
The certification states that Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake are water 
bodies of unique ecological, economic and public health significance, 
as well as drinking water sources. Pathogens and chemicals contained in 
the currently-lawful effluent from discharging marine sanitation 
devices (MSDs) threaten public health and the environment and 
contravene the State's ongoing efforts to control point and non-point 
source pollution from municipal discharges, combined sewer overflows 
and stormwater runoff. A NDZ designation covering the waters of each 
lake represents one component of a comprehensive approach to water 
quality management. Protecting Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake warrants 
this greater level of environmental protection in order to maintain 
excellent water quality, prevent future degradation and speed the 
recovery of impaired segments. Seneca Lake is the largest and deepest 
of all the Finger Lakes at 4.2 trillion gallons in volume and 291 feet 
in average depth. The maximum depth of the lake is 618 feet. The Seneca 
Lake Watershed comprises 14% of the greater Oswego River Watershed. 
While the water quality of the lake is generally good, the lake is on 
the NYSDEC Priority Waterbody List (PWL) as a Water with Minor Impacts. 
This means that the current uses of the lake are fully supported but 
some negative water quality impacts have been observed and action must 
be taken to ensure that the water will continue to support its uses in 
the future. Pollutants that negatively impact the lake include 
pathogens and oxygen demand from the Watkins Glen wastewater treatment 
plant and general lakeside activities as well as sediment from eroding 
stream banks and steep slopes surrounding the lake. As part of its 
broader efforts to protect and enhance the water quality of Seneca 
Lake, New York seeks to eliminate the discharge of pathogens and 
chemicals from all vessels using the lake.
    Cayuga Lake has a maximum depth of 435 feet and a volume of about 
2.5 trillion gallons. The Cayuga Lake Watershed comprises 15% of the 
greater Oswego River Watershed. While the water quality of Cayuga Lake 
is generally good, the northern to mid-south portions of the lake are 
on the NYSDEC Priority Waterbody List (PWL) as Threatened Segments 
because of the lake's significant value as a drinking water resource. 
As part of its broader effort to preserve and enhance water quality to 
maintain the lake's use as drinking waters with minimal required 
treatment, New York seeks to eliminate the discharge of pathogens and 
chemicals from all vessels using the lake.

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Adequacy of Sewage Removal and Treatment Facilities

    In determining whether adequate facilities exist for the safe and 
sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels using a water 
body, EPA relies on the ``Clean Vessel Act: Pumpout Station and Dump 
Station Technical Guidelines,'' (59 FR 11290, March 10, 1994) published 
by the Department of the Interior (DOI), which provides that at least 
one pumpout station should be provided for every 300 to 600 boats over 
16 feet in length. The guidance also provides that approximately 20% of 
boats between 16 and 26 feet, 50% of boats between 26 and 40 feet and 
all vessels over 40 feet in length can be assumed to have an installed 
toilet with some type of MSD. Vessels below 16 feet in length are 
generally presumed not to have an MSD onboard.

Estimated Vessel Population

    In support of its petition, New York provided information on the 
vessel population in the proposed NDZ. The population of recreational 
vessels using Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and the Seneca River was 
estimated based on the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and 
Historic Preservation's 2012 Boating Report (OPRHP Report) for the 
counties of Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Stueben, Tompkins and 
Yates, which surround the lakes. While it is very unlikely that every 
single vessel registered in these counties will operate in the proposed 
NDZ simultaneously, the state took a conservative approach and 
considered all boats registered in these counties as part of the 
overall recreational vessel population of the proposed NDZ. According 
to the OPRHP Report, in the seven counties surrounding the proposed 
NDZ, there are 16,740 registered boats between 16 and 25 feet long, 
1161 boats between 26 and 40 feet long and 71 boats over 40 feet long. 
Applying the percentages in the DOI guidance yields an estimate of 
3,967 recreational vessels with MSDs that operate in the proposed NDZ.
    The population of commercial vessels using Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake 
and the Seneca River was estimated based on information provided by the 
Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Board and the Finger Lakes 
Institute as well as information obtained from the Internet.
    According to these sources, the majority of commercial vessels 
operating in the proposed NDZ are chartered fishing boats. There are at 
least 18 charter services that operate primarily in Seneca Lake and 
Cayuga Lake, as well as 11 cruise companies. These companies own 
anywhere from one to three vessels. A conservative assumption of 40 
companies (18 charter companies + 11 cruise companies + 11 unlisted 
business) with 3 vessels each yields a total of 120 commercial vessels 
that operate in the proposed NDZ. As an additional conservative 
assumption, all 120 commercial vessels are assumed to have MSDs. 
Therefore, there are approximately 4,090 vessels with MSDs operating in 
the proposed NDZ.

Available Pumpout Facilities

    In further support of its petition, New York provided information 
on the number of pumpout facilities available to the recreational and 
commercial vessels in the proposed NDZ. The federal Clean Vessel Act of 
1992 made grants available to states for construction, replacement and 
renovation of recreational vessel pumpouts. New York applied for the 
first federal grant in 1994 and initiated a statewide program known as 
the Clean Vessel Assistance Program (CVAP), managed and administered by 
New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) that has 
helped establish and support 17 pumpout facilities serving Seneca Lake 
and Cayuga Lake, of which two are pumpout boats and 15 are dockside 
pumpouts. EPA independently updated and verified these pumpout 
information and concluded that two pumpout boats are out of operation 
and only 14 dockside pumpouts are operational. An additional 3 pumpout 
facilities are available to the public but are not funded through CVAP. 
All these current 17 pumpout (14 CVAP + 3 non-CVAP pumpouts = 17 
pumpouts) facilities either discharge to a holding tank, to a municipal 
wastewater treatment plant or to an on-site septic system.
    While some commercial shipping vessels are so large as to require 
special docking accommodations or mobile pumpouts to access pumpout 
services, the commercial vessels that operate in the proposed NDZ are 
all small enough to use the same pumpouts that the recreational vessels 
use. Therefore, the total number of pumpout facilities available for 
use by the vessels that operate in the proposed NDZ is 17. A list of 
pumpout facilities, phone numbers, locations, hours of operation, water 
depth and fees is provided below:

                                               Pumpout Facilities
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                                     Location Lat./        Contact      *Days and hours   Water depth
      #               Name                Long.          information     of  operation       (feet)       Fee
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1............  Cayuga-Seneca--     Seneca Lake State     315-789-2331  April 1-September            6      $2.00
                Lock CS1-4.         Park, 42.870575/-                   30, 24 hours.
                                    76.939667.
2............  Cayuga Lake.......  Allan H Treman.       607-273-3440  May 1-October 15,            7       2.00
                                    State Marine                        24 hours.
                                    Park, 42.458467/-
                                    76.513033.
3............  Cayuga Lake.......  Frontenac Harbor,     315-889-5532  April 1-October              4       5.00
                                    42.839778/-                         15, 9:00 a.m.-
                                    76.695769.                          4:30 p.m..
4............  Seneca Lake.......  Barret Marine,        315-789-9513  Year round, 8:00             5       0.00
                                    Inc.--Stationary,                   a.m.-7:00 p.m..
                                    42.874176/-
                                    76.935906.
5............  Seneca Lake.......  Village Marina,       607-535-7910  June -October,               5       5.00
                                    42.384630/-                         11:00 a.m.-6:00
                                    76.87871697.                        p.m..
6............  Seneca Lake.......  Stivers (GPJ)         315-789-5520  May 1--Labor Day,            6       5.00
                                    Seneca Marine,                      8:00 a.m.-8:00
                                    Inc., 42.868925/-                   p.m..
                                    76.939064.
7............  Cayuga Lake.......  Johnson Boat Yard     607-272-5191  April 1-November             6       0.00
                                    (dba)--Pierce                       1, 9:00 a.m.-
                                    Cleveland, Inc.,                    5:00 p.m..
                                    42.452369/-
                                    76.510231.
8............  Seneca Lake.......  Montour Falls-V       607-210-4124  May 2-October 15,          4.5       5.00
                                    Municipal Marina,                   7:00 a.m.-7:00
                                    42.354167/-                         p.m..
                                    76.853333.
9............  Cayuga Seneca--     Oak Island Marine     315-539-9131  April 1-October              8       0.00
                Lock CS1-4.         Facility,                           1, 24 hours.
                                    42.900983/-
                                    76.866894.
10...........  Cayuga Lake.......  Hibiscus Harbor,      315-889-5086  April 1-November            12       5.00
                                    42.856781/-                         1, 24 hours.
                                    76.706081.

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11...........  Seneca Lake.......  Frog Hollow           607-535-2671  April 15-November            5       5.00
                                    Marina, 42.370636/                  15, 9:00 a.m.-
                                    -76.859106.                         5:00 p.m..
12...........  Seneca Lake.......  Seneca Falls-V,       315-568-2316  May 1-November 1,           20       2.00
                                    42.909675/-                         24 hours.
                                    76.795868.
13...........  Cayuga-Seneca--     Waterloo Harbor,      315-539-8848  May 1-September             10       5.00
                Lock CS1-4.         42.540172/-                         30, 24 hours.
                                    76.524237.
14...........  Seneca Lake.......  Glen Harbor           607-535-2751  April 15-October             6       0.00
                                    Marina, 42.383099/                  15, 10:00 a.m.-
                                    -76.861575.                         5:00 p.m..
15...........  Cayuga Lake.......  Eagles Landing        315-834-6829  April 15-October       Unknown       0.00
                                    Marina, 42.072211/                  15.
                                    -76.548915.
16...........  Cayuga Lake.......  Taughannock Falls     607-387-6739  March 1-October              6       0.00
                                    State Park,                         15.
                                    42.547636/-
                                    76.595714.
17...........  Seneca Lake.......  Sampson State Park    315-585-6392  April 15-October       Unknown       0.00
                                    Marina, 42.4247/-                   20.
                                    76.9119.
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* Please note that the actual days of operation depend on the weather.


  Ratio of Pumpouts Facilities to Vessels Operating in the Proposed NDZ
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                                                      Total      Boat:
             Total boat registrations                pumpout    pumpout
                                                   facilities    ratio
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4,090............................................          17      241:1
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    Based on a total vessel population of 4,090 and 17 currently 
available pumpout facilities, the ratio of boats to pumpouts is 241:1, 
which means there are significantly more pumpouts than the recommended 
range of 300-600:1. Also, the pumpouts are evenly distributed between 
the lakes (7 in Cayuga Lake and 10 in Seneca Lake). Therefore, EPA 
proposes to issue a determination that adequate pumpout facilities for 
the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage for all vessels 
are reasonably available for the waters of Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and 
the Seneca River.
    A 30-day period for public comment has been opened on this matter 
and EPA invites any comments relevant to its proposed determination. 
If, after the public comment period ends, EPA makes a final 
determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary 
removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably 
available for the waters of Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and the Seneca 
River, the State may completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels 
of any sewage, whether treated or not, into such waters.

Judith A. Enck,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2015-08807 Filed 4-16-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                 EPA issued the final permit for G&K                  the applicable Federal standards                      sources. Pathogens and chemicals
                                              Services, Inc.—Green Bay, permit                        provide and petitioned the                            contained in the currently-lawful
                                              number V–ON–5500900021–2014–01,                         Environmental Protection Agency                       effluent from discharging marine
                                              on March 23, 2015. Pursuant to 40 CFR                   (EPA), Region 2, for a determination that             sanitation devices (MSDs) threaten
                                              71.11(i)(2), the final permit becomes                   adequate facilities for the safe and                  public health and the environment and
                                              effective on April 22, 2015, unless                     sanitary removal and treatment of                     contravene the State’s ongoing efforts to
                                              review is requested pursuant to 40 CFR                  sewage from all vessels are reasonably                control point and non-point source
                                              71.11(i)(1).                                            available for those waters, so that the               pollution from municipal discharges,
                                                                                                      State may completely prohibit the                     combined sewer overflows and
                                              B. Appeal of the Permit
                                                                                                      discharge from all vessels of any                     stormwater runoff. A NDZ designation
                                                Pursuant to 40 CFR 71.11(l), any                      sewage, whether treated or not, into                  covering the waters of each lake
                                              person who filed comments on the draft                  such waters. Upon consideration of the                represents one component of a
                                              permit may petition the Environmental                   petition, EPA proposes to make the                    comprehensive approach to water
                                              Appeals Board for administrative review                 requested determination and hereby                    quality management. Protecting Cayuga
                                              of any condition of the permit decision.                invites the public to comment on the                  Lake and Seneca Lake warrants this
                                              Any person who failed to file comments                  proposed determination.                               greater level of environmental
                                              may petition for administrative review                  DATES: Comments relevant to this                      protection in order to maintain excellent
                                              of the permit only on changes from the                  proposed determination are due by May                 water quality, prevent future
                                              draft to the final permit or to the extent              18, 2015.                                             degradation and speed the recovery of
                                              that new grounds for a petition have                    ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                    impaired segments. Seneca Lake is the
                                              arisen that were not reasonably                         by any of the following methods:                      largest and deepest of all the Finger
                                              foreseeable during the public comment                     • Email: chang.moses@epa.gov.
                                              period on the draft permit. The 30-day                                                                        Lakes at 4.2 trillion gallons in volume
                                                                                                      Include ‘‘Comments on Proposed                        and 291 feet in average depth. The
                                              period during which a person may seek                   Determination on Seneca Lake/Cayuga
                                              review under 40 CFR 71.11(l) began on                                                                         maximum depth of the lake is 618 feet.
                                                                                                      Lake NDZ Petition’’ in the subject line               The Seneca Lake Watershed comprises
                                              March 25, 2015, the date on which EPA                   of the message.
                                              notified G&K Services, Inc. of issuance                                                                       14% of the greater Oswego River
                                                                                                        • Mail and Hand Delivery/Courier:                   Watershed. While the water quality of
                                              of the permit.                                          Moses Chang, U.S. EPA Region 2, 290                   the lake is generally good, the lake is on
                                              C. What is the purpose of this notice?                  Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY                    the NYSDEC Priority Waterbody List
                                                                                                      10007–1866. Deliveries are only                       (PWL) as a Water with Minor Impacts.
                                                 EPA is notifying the public of the
                                                                                                      accepted during the Regional Office’s                 This means that the current uses of the
                                              issuance of a title V operating permit,
                                                                                                      normal hours of operation (8 a.m. to 5                lake are fully supported but some
                                              permit number V–ON–5500900021–
                                                                                                      p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding                negative water quality impacts have
                                              2014–01, issued on March 23, 2015, to
                                                                                                      federal holidays), and special                        been observed and action must be taken
                                              G&K Services, Inc. for its source in
                                                                                                      arrangements should be made for                       to ensure that the water will continue to
                                              Green Bay, Wisconsin. The permit
                                                                                                      deliveries of boxed information.                      support its uses in the future. Pollutants
                                              becomes effective on April 22, 2015,
                                              unless review is requested pursuant to                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      that negatively impact the lake include
                                              40 CFR 71.11(i)(1).                                     Moses Chang, (212) 637–3867, email                    pathogens and oxygen demand from the
                                                                                                      address: chang.moses@epa.gov .                        Watkins Glen wastewater treatment
                                                 Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
                                                                                                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            plant and general lakeside activities as
                                                Dated: April 1, 2015.                                   Petition: To receive a copy of the                  well as sediment from eroding stream
                                              Susan Hedman,                                           petition, please contact Moses Chang at               banks and steep slopes surrounding the
                                              Regional Administrator, Region 5.                       (212) 637–3867 or email at                            lake. As part of its broader efforts to
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–08910 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am]             chang.moses@epa.gov.                                  protect and enhance the water quality of
                                              BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                  The Proposed No Discharge Zone                        Seneca Lake, New York seeks to
                                                                                                                                                            eliminate the discharge of pathogens
                                                                                                         New York proposes to establish a                   and chemicals from all vessels using the
                                              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                vessel waste No Discharge Zone (NDZ)                  lake.
                                              AGENCY                                                  covering the approximately 150 square
                                                                                                      miles of connected waters and                            Cayuga Lake has a maximum depth of
                                              [FRL–9925–75–Region 2]                                  tributaries of Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake               435 feet and a volume of about 2.5
                                                                                                      and the Seneca River.                                 trillion gallons. The Cayuga Lake
                                              New York State Prohibition of                                                                                 Watershed comprises 15% of the greater
                                              Discharges of Vessel Sewage;                            Certification of Need                                 Oswego River Watershed. While the
                                              Proposed Determination                                    New York’s petition contains a                      water quality of Cayuga Lake is
                                              AGENCY: Environmental Protection                        certification by the Commissioner of the              generally good, the northern to mid-
                                              Agency (EPA).                                           New York State Department of                          south portions of the lake are on the
                                              ACTION: Notice of proposed                              Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)                   NYSDEC Priority Waterbody List (PWL)
                                              determination.                                          that the protection and enhancement of                as Threatened Segments because of the
                                                                                                      Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, the Seneca                  lake’s significant value as a drinking
                                              SUMMARY:   By petition dated May 19,                    River and the navigable tributaries                   water resource. As part of its broader
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                                              2014 and submitted pursuant to 33 CFR                   thereto, requires greater environmental               effort to preserve and enhance water
                                              1322(f)(3) and 40 CFR 140.4(a), the State               protection than the applicable Federal                quality to maintain the lake’s use as
                                              of New York certified that the protection               standards provide. The certification                  drinking waters with minimal required
                                              and enhancement of the waters of                        states that Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake               treatment, New York seeks to eliminate
                                              Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake, the Seneca                    are water bodies of unique ecological,                the discharge of pathogens and
                                              River and tributaries thereto requires                  economic and public health                            chemicals from all vessels using the
                                              greater environmental protection than                   significance, as well as drinking water               lake.


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                                              Adequacy of Sewage Removal and                             part of the overall recreational vessel               vessels in the proposed NDZ. The
                                              Treatment Facilities                                       population of the proposed NDZ.                       federal Clean Vessel Act of 1992 made
                                                                                                         According to the OPRHP Report, in the                 grants available to states for
                                                 In determining whether adequate
                                                                                                         seven counties surrounding the                        construction, replacement and
                                              facilities exist for the safe and sanitary
                                                                                                         proposed NDZ, there are 16,740                        renovation of recreational vessel
                                              removal and treatment of sewage from
                                                                                                         registered boats between 16 and 25 feet               pumpouts. New York applied for the
                                              all vessels using a water body, EPA
                                                                                                         long, 1161 boats between 26 and 40 feet               first federal grant in 1994 and initiated
                                              relies on the ‘‘Clean Vessel Act:
                                                                                                         long and 71 boats over 40 feet long.                  a statewide program known as the Clean
                                              Pumpout Station and Dump Station                           Applying the percentages in the DOI
                                              Technical Guidelines,’’ (59 FR 11290,                                                                            Vessel Assistance Program (CVAP),
                                                                                                         guidance yields an estimate of 3,967                  managed and administered by New
                                              March 10, 1994) published by the                           recreational vessels with MSDs that
                                              Department of the Interior (DOI), which                                                                          York State Environmental Facilities
                                                                                                         operate in the proposed NDZ.                          Corporation (EFC) that has helped
                                              provides that at least one pumpout                           The population of commercial vessels
                                              station should be provided for every 300                                                                         establish and support 17 pumpout
                                                                                                         using Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and the                facilities serving Seneca Lake and
                                              to 600 boats over 16 feet in length. The                   Seneca River was estimated based on
                                              guidance also provides that                                                                                      Cayuga Lake, of which two are pumpout
                                                                                                         information provided by the Genesee                   boats and 15 are dockside pumpouts.
                                              approximately 20% of boats between 16                      Finger Lakes Regional Planning Board
                                              and 26 feet, 50% of boats between 26                                                                             EPA independently updated and
                                                                                                         and the Finger Lakes Institute as well as             verified these pumpout information and
                                              and 40 feet and all vessels over 40 feet                   information obtained from the Internet.
                                              in length can be assumed to have an                                                                              concluded that two pumpout boats are
                                                                                                           According to these sources, the                     out of operation and only 14 dockside
                                              installed toilet with some type of MSD.                    majority of commercial vessels
                                              Vessels below 16 feet in length are                                                                              pumpouts are operational. An
                                                                                                         operating in the proposed NDZ are
                                              generally presumed not to have an MSD                                                                            additional 3 pumpout facilities are
                                                                                                         chartered fishing boats. There are at
                                              onboard.                                                                                                         available to the public but are not
                                                                                                         least 18 charter services that operate
                                                                                                                                                               funded through CVAP. All these current
                                              Estimated Vessel Population                                primarily in Seneca Lake and Cayuga
                                                                                                                                                               17 pumpout (14 CVAP + 3 non-CVAP
                                                                                                         Lake, as well as 11 cruise companies.
                                                 In support of its petition, New York                                                                          pumpouts = 17 pumpouts) facilities
                                                                                                         These companies own anywhere from
                                              provided information on the vessel                                                                               either discharge to a holding tank, to a
                                                                                                         one to three vessels. A conservative
                                              population in the proposed NDZ. The                                                                              municipal wastewater treatment plant
                                                                                                         assumption of 40 companies (18 charter
                                              population of recreational vessels using                                                                         or to an on-site septic system.
                                                                                                         companies + 11 cruise companies + 11
                                              Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and the                           unlisted business) with 3 vessels each                   While some commercial shipping
                                              Seneca River was estimated based on                        yields a total of 120 commercial vessels              vessels are so large as to require special
                                              the New York State Office of Parks,                        that operate in the proposed NDZ. As an               docking accommodations or mobile
                                              Recreation and Historic Preservation’s                     additional conservative assumption, all               pumpouts to access pumpout services,
                                              2012 Boating Report (OPRHP Report) for                     120 commercial vessels are assumed to                 the commercial vessels that operate in
                                              the counties of Cayuga, Ontario,                           have MSDs. Therefore, there are                       the proposed NDZ are all small enough
                                              Schuyler, Seneca, Stueben, Tompkins                        approximately 4,090 vessels with MSDs                 to use the same pumpouts that the
                                              and Yates, which surround the lakes.                       operating in the proposed NDZ.                        recreational vessels use. Therefore, the
                                              While it is very unlikely that every                                                                             total number of pumpout facilities
                                              single vessel registered in these counties                 Available Pumpout Facilities                          available for use by the vessels that
                                              will operate in the proposed NDZ                             In further support of its petition, New             operate in the proposed NDZ is 17. A
                                              simultaneously, the state took a                           York provided information on the                      list of pumpout facilities, phone
                                              conservative approach and considered                       number of pumpout facilities available                numbers, locations, hours of operation,
                                              all boats registered in these counties as                  to the recreational and commercial                    water depth and fees is provided below:

                                                                                                                     PUMPOUT FACILITIES
                                                                                                                                            Contact          *Days and hours of     Water depth
                                                   #                   Name                           Location Lat./Long.                                                                          Fee
                                                                                                                                          information            operation            (feet)

                                              1 ..........   Cayuga-Seneca—Lock             Seneca      Lake      State   Park,         315–789–2331       April 1–September 30,              6     $2.00
                                                               CS1–4.                          42.870575/–76.939667.                                         24 hours.
                                              2 ..........   Cayuga Lake ................   Allan H Treman. State Marine Park,          607–273–3440       May 1–October 15, 24              7       2.00
                                                                                               42.458467/–76.513033.                                         hours.
                                              3 ..........   Cayuga Lake ................   Frontenac Harbor, 42.839778/–               315–889–5532       April 1–October 15,               4       5.00
                                                                                               76.695769.                                                    9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m..
                                              4 ..........   Seneca Lake ................   Barret Marine, Inc.—Stationary,             315–789–9513       Year round, 8:00 a.m.–             5      0.00
                                                                                               42.874176/–76.935906.                                         7:00 p.m..
                                              5 ..........   Seneca Lake ................   Village     Marina,     42.384630/–         607–535–7910       June –October, 11:00               5      5.00
                                                                                               76.87871697.                                                  a.m.–6:00 p.m..
                                              6 ..........   Seneca Lake ................   Stivers (GPJ) Seneca Marine, Inc.,          315–789–5520       May 1—Labor Day,                   6      5.00
                                                                                               42.868925/–76.939064.                                         8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m..
                                              7 ..........   Cayuga Lake ................   Johnson Boat Yard (dba)—Pierce              607–272–5191       April 1–November 1,                6      0.00
                                                                                               Cleveland,   Inc.,   42.452369/–                              9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m..
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                                                                                               76.510231.
                                              8 ..........   Seneca Lake ................   Montour Falls-V Municipal Marina,           607–210–4124       May 2–October 15, 7:00           4.5      5.00
                                                                                               42.354167/–76.853333.                                         a.m.–7:00 p.m..
                                              9 ..........   Cayuga Seneca—Lock             Oak     Island    Marine    Facility,       315–539–9131       April 1–October 1, 24             8       0.00
                                                               CS1–4.                          42.900983/–76.866894.                                         hours.
                                              10 ........    Cayuga Lake ................   Hibiscus     Harbor,    42.856781/–         315–889–5086       April 1–November 1, 24           12       5.00
                                                                                               76.706081.                                                    hours.



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                                              21242                                 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 74 / Friday, April 17, 2015 / Notices

                                                                                                                PUMPOUT FACILITIES—Continued
                                                                                                                                             Contact          *Days and hours of         Water depth
                                                   #                      Name                         Location Lat./Long.                                                                               Fee
                                                                                                                                           information            operation                (feet)

                                              11 ........    Seneca Lake ................    Frog Hollow Marina, 42.370636/–             607–535–2671       April 15–November 15,                  5          5.00
                                                                                               76.859106.                                                     9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m..
                                              12 ........    Seneca Lake ................    Seneca     Falls-V,   42.909675/–           315–568–2316       May 1–November 1, 24                 20           2.00
                                                                                               76.795868.                                                     hours.
                                              13 ........    Cayuga-Seneca—Lock              Waterloo    Harbor,   42.540172/–           315–539–8848       May 1–September 30,                  10           5.00
                                                               CS1–4.                          76.524237.                                                     24 hours.
                                              14 ........    Seneca Lake ................    Glen Harbor Marina, 42.383099/–             607–535–2751       April 15–October 15,                  6           0.00
                                                                                               76.861575.                                                     10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m..
                                              15 ........    Cayuga Lake ................    Eagles Landing Marina, 42.072211/           315–834–6829       April 15–October 15 .....      Unknown            0.00
                                                                                               –76.548915.
                                              16 ........    Cayuga Lake ................    Taughannock Falls State Park,               607–387–6739       March 1–October 15 ....                6          0.00
                                                                                               42.547636/–76.595714.
                                              17 ........    Seneca Lake ................    Sampson State Park Marina,                  315–585–6392       April 15–October 20 .....      Unknown            0.00
                                                                                               42.4247/–76.9119.
                                                 * Please note that the actual days of operation depend on the weather.

                                                RATIO OF PUMPOUTS FACILITIES TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                                        Amended Notices
                                                VESSELS OPERATING IN THE PRO- AGENCY                                                                            WITHDRAWN—EIS No. 20140277,
                                                POSED NDZ                                                                                                         Final EIS, USFS, MT, Greater Red
                                                                                                          [ER–FRL–9020–5]                                         Lodge Vegetation and Habitat
                                                                                  Total       Boat:                                                               Management Project, Contact: Amy
                                                     Total boat                 pumpout      pumpout      Environmental Impact Statements;
                                                    registrations               facilities     ratio                                                              Waring 406–255–1451.
                                                                                                          Notice of Availability                                  Revision to the FR Notice Published
                                              4,090 .........................           17       241:1      Responsible Agency: Office of Federal               09/24/2014; This document was
                                                                                                          Activities, General Information (202)                 Officially Withdrawn by the preparing
                                                Based on a total vessel population of                     564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/                       agency.
                                              4,090 and 17 currently available                            compliance/nepa/.                                        Dated: April 14, 2015.
                                              pumpout facilities, the ratio of boats to                                                                         Cliff Rader,
                                                                                                          Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
                                              pumpouts is 241:1, which means there                          Statements.                                         Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
                                              are significantly more pumpouts than                                                                              of Federal Activities.
                                                                                                          Filed 04/06/2015 Through 04/10/2015.
                                              the recommended range of 300–600:1.                                                                               [FR Doc. 2015–08924 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am]
                                              Also, the pumpouts are evenly                               Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.                            BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                              distributed between the lakes (7 in                         Notice
                                              Cayuga Lake and 10 in Seneca Lake).
                                              Therefore, EPA proposes to issue a                            Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
                                              determination that adequate pumpout                         requires that EPA make public its                     FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
                                              facilities for the safe and sanitary                        comments on EISs issued by other                      CORPORATION
                                              removal and treatment of sewage for all                     Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
                                                                                                          on EISs are available at: http://                     Sunshine Act Meeting
                                              vessels are reasonably available for the
                                              waters of Seneca Lake, Cayuga Lake and                      www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/                             Pursuant to the provisions of the
                                              the Seneca River.                                           eisdata.html.                                         ‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5
                                                A 30-day period for public comment                        EIS No. 20150103, Final EIS, DOI, UT,                 U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that
                                              has been opened on this matter and EPA                        Provo River Delta Restoration Project,              the Federal Deposit Insurance
                                                                                                            review period ends: 05/18/2015,                     Corporation’s Board of Directors will
                                              invites any comments relevant to its
                                                                                                            Contact: W. Russ Findlay 801–379–                   meet in open session at 10:00 a.m. on
                                              proposed determination. If, after the
                                                                                                            1084.                                               Tuesday, April 21, 2015, to consider the
                                              public comment period ends, EPA
                                                                                                          EIS No. 20150104, Final EIS, NPS, CA,                 following matters:
                                              makes a final determination that
                                                                                                            Channel Islands National Park Final                    Summary Agenda: No substantive
                                              adequate facilities for the safe and                                                                              discussion of the following items is
                                              sanitary removal and treatment of                             General Management Plan and
                                                                                                            Wilderness Study, review period                     anticipated. These matters will be
                                              sewage from all vessels are reasonably                                                                            resolved with a single vote unless a
                                              available for the waters of Seneca Lake,                      ends: 05/18/2015, Contact: Greg Jarvis
                                                                                                            303–969–2263.                                       member of the Board of Directors
                                              Cayuga Lake and the Seneca River, the                                                                             requests that an item be moved to the
                                              State may completely prohibit the                           EIS No. 20150105, Final EIS, USFS, MT,                discussion agenda.
                                              discharge from all vessels of any                             Greater Red Lodge Vegetation and                       Disposition of minutes of previous
                                              sewage, whether treated or not, into                          Habitat Management Project, review                  Board of Directors’ Meetings.
                                              such waters.                                                  period ends: 05/18/2015, Contact:
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                                                                                                                                                                   Memorandum and resolution re:
                                                                                                            Amy Waring 406–255–1451.                            Proposed FDIC Strategic Plan, 2015–
                                              Judith A. Enck,
                                                                                                          EIS No. 20150106, Draft EIS, FERC, LA,                2019.
                                              Regional Administrator, Region 2.
                                                                                                            Lake Charles Liquefaction Project,                     Memorandum and resolution re: Final
                                              [FR Doc. 2015–08807 Filed 4–16–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            comment period ends: 06/01/2015,                    Rule to Revise 12 CFR part 340
                                              BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                        Contact: Shannon Crosley 202–502–                   ‘‘Restrictions on Sale of Assets by the
                                                                                                            8853.                                               FDIC’’.


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Document Created: 2015-12-18 11:19:41
Document Modified: 2015-12-18 11:19:41
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of proposed determination.
DatesComments relevant to this proposed determination are due by May 18, 2015.
ContactMoses Chang, (212) 637-3867, email
FR Citation80 FR 21240 

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