Notice2021-19601
Clean Water Act: No-Discharge Zones for Vessel Sewage in Maryland and Virginia; Correction
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Published
September 13, 2021
Effective
September 13, 2021
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a notice of final determination published on May 11, 2021. EPA determined that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels were reasonably available to support the State's prohibition of vessel sewage discharges in thirteen waterbodies in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, but has since identified errors in the geographic coordinates that correspond to the boundaries of the no-discharge zones as described in the earlier notice. This notice simply corrects those geographic coordinate errors; it does not otherwise change EPA's May 11, 2021 final determination.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50883-50884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-19601]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL 8767-01-R3]
Clean Water Act: No-Discharge Zones for Vessel Sewage in Maryland
and Virginia; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice--final determination; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is correcting a
notice of final determination published on May 11, 2021. EPA determined
that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and
treatment of sewage from all vessels were reasonably available to
support the State's prohibition of vessel sewage discharges in thirteen
waterbodies in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, but has since identified
errors in the geographic coordinates that correspond to the boundaries
of the no-discharge zones as described in the earlier notice. This
notice simply corrects those geographic coordinate errors; it does not
otherwise change EPA's May 11, 2021 final determination.
DATES: This correction is effective on September 13, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ferry Akbar Buchanan, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency--Region III. Telephone: (215) 814-2570;
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4302282122310136202b222d222d6d052631313a032633226d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b8f9d3dad9cafacddbd0d9d6d9d696feddcacac1f8ddc8d996dfd7ce">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 2021 (86 FR 25856), EPA published
a notice of final determination, ``Clean Water Act: No-Discharge Zones
for Vessel Sewage in Maryland and Virginia.'' The notice explained
EPA's determination that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary
removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably
available for the thirteen waterbodies located in Anne Arundel County
for which Maryland sought to establish a no-discharge zone for vessel
sewage under Clean Water Act section 312(f)(3). The document also
provided one of the geographic coordinates from an existing no-
discharge zone for Perrin River, Virginia, published at 85 FR 59796 on
September 23, 2020.
Need for Correction
As published, the notice of the final determination misidentified
the geographic coordinates of the no-discharge zone boundaries for
Bodkin Creek, Magothy and Little Magothy Rivers, Podickory Creek, Sandy
Point/Mezick Pond, Severn River, Fishing Creek, and South River
waterbodies. The notice explained these boundaries in narrative terms;
the earlier-published geographic coordinates did not correspond to the
narrative descriptions of the boundaries for which EPA made the
determination. Upon identifying the errors, EPA confirmed the correct
geographic coordinates with Maryland. EPA finds that there is good
cause to make this correction without prior notice and opportunity to
comment on the basis that notice and comment is unnecessary and would
not be in the public interest. The change merely conforms numeric
geographic coordinates to the clear narrative descriptions and detailed
maps of the no-discharge zone boundaries that were included in
Maryland's application and upon which EPA's approval was based. As
such, this correction does not alter EPA's earlier determination. EPA
further determines that good cause exists to make the change effective
upon publication, rather than delay the effective date, because the
narrative boundary descriptions are clear, rendering a delayed
effective date unnecessary. In addition, public interest requires
prompt confirmation of the correct numeric geographic coordinates
further describing the no-discharge zone boundaries.
Correction to Previously Published Table
In the Federal Register of May 11, 2021 (86 FR 25856), in FR Doc.
2021-09957, the information identifying the no discharge zone
waterbodies and
[[Page 50884]]
boundaries, in the first untitled table that begins with ``Waterbody
Limits'' column, which appears on pages 25856 through 25857, is
corrected to read as follows:
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Waterbody Waterbody/Limits Area (acres)
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Stony Creek.................... 39.1723[deg] N, 677
76.5171[deg] W to
39.1725[deg] N,
76.5126[deg] W.
Rock Creek..................... 39.1614[deg] N, 524
76.5004[deg] W to
39.1625[deg] N,
76.4862[deg] W.
South Shore, Patapsco River.... 39.1472[deg] N, 2
76.4589[deg] W to
39.1471[deg] N,
76.4588[deg] W.
Bodkin Creek................... 39.1346[deg] N, 609
76.4398[deg] W to
39.1320[deg] N,
76.4384[deg] W.
Magothy and Little Magothy 39.0592[deg] N, 5,879
Rivers. 76.4332[deg] W to
39.0462[deg] N,
76.4295[deg] W.
Podickory Creek................ 39.0328[deg] N, 9
76.4040[deg] W to
39.0318[deg] N,
76.4049[deg] W.
Sandy Point/Mezick Ponds....... 39.0087[deg] N, 47
76.4032[deg] W to
39.0086[deg] N,
76.4037[deg] W.
Whitehall Bay.................. 38.9748[deg] N, 1,599
76.4547[deg] W to
38.9871[deg] N,
76.4268[deg] W.
Severn River................... 38.9747[deg] N, 7,497
76.4547[deg] W to
38.9411[deg] N,
76.4504[deg] W.
Oyster Creek................... 38.9274[deg] N, 34
76.4638[deg] W to
38.9273[deg] N,
76.4634[deg] W.
Fishing Creek.................. 38.9148[deg] N, 228
76.4591[deg] W to
38.9073[deg] N,
76.4602[deg] W.
South River.................... 38.9073[deg] N, 5,904
76.4602[deg] W to
38.8850[deg] N,
76.4910[deg] W.
West and Rhode Rivers.......... 38.8850[deg] N, 4,370
76.4910[deg] W to
38.8531[deg] N,
76.4959[deg] W.
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Total Area................. ....................... 27,379
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Dated: September 2, 2021.
Diana Esher,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region III.
[FR Doc. 2021-19601 Filed 9-10-21; 8:45 am]
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