82_FR_44358 82 FR 44176 - Public Hearings: Proposal To Withdraw Proposed Determination To Restrict the Use of an Area as a Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska

82 FR 44176 - Public Hearings: Proposal To Withdraw Proposed Determination To Restrict the Use of an Area as a Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit Area, Southwest Alaska

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 182 (September 21, 2017)

Page Range44176-44177
FR Document2017-20065

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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 182 (Thursday, September 21, 2017)]
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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.

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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 Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn.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, [email protected].

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 [email protected]. 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]
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44176 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 182 / Thursday, September 21, 2017 / Notices The humpback whale and the killer hearings will be held on October 11, to withdraw the EPA Region 10 July whale (southern resident distinct 2017, from 6:00–9:00 p.m. Alaska 2014 Proposed Determination that was population segment (DPS)) are the only Daylight Time (AKDT) in Dillingham, issued pursuant to Section 404(c) of the marine mammal species listed under the Alaska, and October 12, 2017, from Clean Water Act. Senior leadership from ESA that could occur in the vicinity of 1:00–4:00 p.m. AKDT in Iliamna, EPA Headquarters and Region 10 will be WSDOT’s proposed construction Alaska. The EPA will continue to accept in attendance, along with staff from both project. Two DPSs of the humpback written public comments through the EPA Headquarters and Region 10. Any whale stock, the Mexico DPS and the close of the public comment period on person may attend the hearings and Central America DPS, are listed as October 17, 2017. submit oral and/or written statements or threatened and endangered under the DATES: Comments must be received on data and may be represented by counsel ESA, respectively. NMFS’ Office of or before October 17, 2017. or other authorized representatives. If Protected Resources has initiated ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, you would like to submit written consultation with NMFS’ West Coast identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– comments, you may do so at the public Regional Office under section 7 of the OW–2017–0369, to the Federal hearings or by one of the methods ESA on the issuance of an IHA to eRulemaking Portal: http:// described in the section of this public WSDOT under section 101(a)(5)(D) of www.regulations.gov. Follow the online notice entitled: How to Submit the MMPA for this activity. instructions for submitting comments. Comments to the Docket at In July 2017, NMFS finished Once submitted, comments cannot be www.regulations.gov. conducting its section 7 consultation The EPA will not respond to edited or withdrawn. The EPA may and issued a Biological Opinion questions/comments during the hearing. publish any comment received to its concluding that the issuance of the IHA The EPA will consider the oral and public docket. Do not submit associated with WSDOT’s Mukilteo written statements received at the electronically any information you Multimodal Project is not likely to public hearings and other written consider to be Confidential Business jeopardize the continued existence of comments submitted pursuant to the Information (CBI) or other information the endangered humpback and the instructions set forth in the section of whose disclosure is restricted by statute. this public notice entitled: How to Southern Resident killer whales. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, Submit Comments to the Docket at Authorization etc.) must be accompanied by a written www.regulations.gov. comment. The written comment is As a result of these determinations, considered the official comment and B. Background NMFS has issued an IHA to the should include discussion of all points Washington State Department of On July 19, 2017, EPA published a you wish to make. The EPA will public notice and request for comment Transportation for the Mukilteo generally not consider comments or Multimodal Construction Project in in the Federal Register, entitled comment contents located outside of the ‘‘Proposal to Withdraw Proposed Washington State, provided the primary submission (i.e. on the web, previously described mitigation, Determination to Restrict the Use of an cloud, or other file sharing system). For Area as a Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit monitoring, and reporting requirements additional submission methods, the full Area, Southwest Alaska’’ (82 FR 33123). are incorporated. EPA public comment policy, The EPA Administrator and Region 10 Dated: September 18, 2017. information about CBI or multimedia Acting Regional Administrator are Donna S. Wieting, submissions, and general guidance on requesting public comment on this Director, Office of Protected Resources, making effective comments, please visit proposal to withdraw the EPA Region National Marine Fisheries Service. http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 10 July 2014 Proposed Determination [FR Doc. 2017–20144 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] commenting-epa-dockets. that was issued pursuant to Section BILLING CODE 3510–22–P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Visit 404(c) of the Clean Water Act, to restrict www.epa.gov/bristolbay or contact a the use of certain waters in the South Bristol Bay-specific phone line, (206) Fork Koktuli River, North Fork Koktuli ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 553–0040, or email address, River, and Upper Talarik Creek AGENCY r10bristolbay@epa.gov. watersheds in southwest Alaska as SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: disposal sites for dredged or fill material [EPA–R10–OW–2017–0369; FRL9968–06– associated with mining the Pebble Region 10] I. General Information deposit, a copper-, gold-, and Public Hearings: Proposal To A. Public Hearings molybdenum-bearing ore body. The Withdraw Proposed Determination To EPA agreed to initiate this proposed The EPA will hold two public Restrict the Use of an Area as a withdrawal process pursuant to policy hearings on its proposal to withdraw the Disposal Site; Pebble Deposit Area, direction from EPA’s Administrator and EPA Region 10 July 2014 Proposed Southwest Alaska as part of a May 11, 2017 settlement Determination. The hearing dates and agreement with the Pebble Limited locations are as follows: AGENCY: Environmental Protection Partnership (PLP), whose subsidiaries Agency (EPA). October 11, 2017—6:00–9:00 p.m. own the mineral claims to the Pebble AKDT, Dillingham Middle School deposit. The Agency is accepting public ACTION: Announcement of public Gym, Dillingham, Alaska asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES hearing dates. comment through the aforementioned October 12, 2017—1:00–4:00 p.m. notice to afford the public an SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection AKDT, Iliamna Community Center, opportunity to comment on: Agency (EPA) will hold two public Iliamna, Alaska • Whether to withdraw the July 2014 hearings to obtain public testimony and Additional hearing details and any Proposed Determination at this time for comment on its proposal to withdraw changes to the schedule are available at the reasons stated in the aforementioned the EPA Region 10 July 2014 Proposed www.epa.gov/bristolbay. The purpose of notice; and Determination that was issued pursuant the public hearings is to obtain public • if a final withdrawal decision is to the Clean Water Act. 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This is a proposed extension of the use of appropriate automated www.regulations.gov and follow the the ICR, which is currently approved electronic, mechanical, or other online instructions for submitting through March 31, 2018. An Agency technological collection techniques or comments. may not conduct or sponsor and a other forms of information technology, b. Email: Send email to ow-docket@ person is not required to respond to a e.g., permitting electronic submission of epa.gov. Include the docket number collection of information unless it responses. EPA will consider the EPA–R10–OW–2017–0369 in the subject displays a currently valid OMB control comments received and amend the ICR line of the message. number. as appropriate. The final ICR package c. Mail: Send your comments to: DATES: Comments must be submitted on will then be submitted to OMB for Water Docket, Environmental Protection or before November 20, 2017. review and approval. 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Environmental Protection Agency § 49.130; the rule for open burning in [FR Doc. 2017–20065 Filed 9–20–17; 8:45 am] Region 10, 1200 Sixth Ave, Seattle, WA § 49.131; the rules for general open BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 98101; telephone number: (206) 553– burning permits, agricultural burning 1226; fax number: (206) 553–0110; permits, and forestry and silvicultural email address: bosneag.andra@epa.gov. burning permits in §§ 49.132, 49.133, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION and 49.134; the rule for emissions SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY detrimental to human health and Supporting documents which explain in [EPA–R10–OAR–2017–0516; FRL–9967–44– detail the information that the EPA will welfare in § 49.135; the registration rule Region 10] be collecting are available in the public in § 49.138; and the rule for non-Title V docket for this ICR. The docket can be operating permits in § 49.139. EPA uses Proposed Information Collection viewed online at www.regulations.gov this information to manage the activities Request; Comment Request; Federal or in person at the EPA Docket Center, and sources of air pollution on the Implementation Plans Under the Clean WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Indian reservations in Idaho, Oregon, Air Act for Indian Reservations in Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, and Washington. EPA believes these Idaho, Oregon and Washington; EPA DC. The telephone number for the information collection requirements are ICR No. 2020.06, OMB Control No. asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For appropriate because they will enable 2060–0558 additional information about EPA’s EPA to develop and maintain accurate AGENCY: Environmental Protection public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ records of air pollution sources and Agency (EPA). dockets. their emissions, track emissions trends ACTION: Notice. 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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of public hearing dates.
DatesComments must be received on or before October 17, 2017.
ContactVisit www.epa.gov/bristolbay or contact a Bristol Bay-specific phone line, (206) 553-0040, or email
FR Citation82 FR 44176 
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