Notice2023-00191
Notice of Availability of Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS) for Vessels of the Armed Forces-Phase III Batch Two
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Published
January 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Defense Department
Abstract
DoD has developed internal regulations on the design, construction, installation, and use of marine pollution control devices (MCPDs) to meet performance standards for 11 discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces into the navigable waters of the United States, the territorial seas, and the contiguous zone, and is making them publicly available.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1368-1369]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00191]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Availability of Uniform National Discharge Standards
(UNDS) for Vessels of the Armed Forces--Phase III Batch Two
AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Sustainment, Department of Defense (DoD).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: DoD has developed internal regulations on the design,
construction, installation, and use of marine pollution control devices
(MCPDs) to meet performance standards for 11 discharges incidental to
the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed Forces into the navigable
waters of the United States, the territorial seas, and the contiguous
zone, and is making them publicly available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Pletke; Chief of Naval Operations
(N45), 2000 Navy Pentagon (Rm 2D253), Washington DC 20350-2000; (703)
695-5184; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f02060c070e0a03411d411f030a1b040a410c06192f1a1c41010e191641020603"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7914101a11181c15570b5709151c0d121c571a100f390c0a5717180f0057141015">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 312 of the Clean Water Act (CWA), as
amended by Section 325 of the National Defense Authorization Act of
1996, requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and DoD to
develop Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS) to control certain
discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel of the Armed
Forces. The EPA and DoD have already issued required joint rules (64 FR
25126 (May 10, 1999) and 85 FR 43465 (July 17, 2020), 40 CFR part
1700). This notice announces that DoD is also issuing a DoD-only
internal regulation as part of this requirement. Although issued by DoD
alone, the regulation will apply (by agreement with the Department of
Homeland Security) not only to DoD but also to the U.S. Coast Guard (at
all times, including when it is a Service in the Department of Homeland
Security).
Section 312(n)(4) of the CWA requires DoD, in consultation with EPA
and the Secretary of the Department in which the U.S. Coast Guard is
operating, to promulgate regulations governing the design,
construction, installation, and use of MPCDs necessary to meet the
discharge performance standards established in the EPA-DoD joint rules.
The DoD internal regulations are issued under the authority of the
Secretary in DoD Manual 4715.06, Volume 4, ``Regulations on Vessels
Owned or Operated by the Department of Defense: Discharges Incidental
to Normal Operations,'' which can be found at: <a href="https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/471506_vol4.PDF">https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodm/471506_vol4.PDF</a>. There is no
notice and comment requirement for the DoD internal regulations because
they are internal to the Department and to the Coast Guard and
otherwise exempt by 5 U.S.C. 553 (a)(1) and (2). Furthermore, EPA and
DoD provided for notice and comment during the promulgation of the
joint EPA-DoD regulations, as required by the CWA.
Because EPA and DoD determined that the joint EPA-DoD regulations,
once finalized, would have federalism implications, they had several
rounds of consultations with state and local governments during the
promulgation of the joint EPA-DoD regulations, as described in the
final rule at 85 FR 43465, July 17, 2020.
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Dated: January 4, 2023.
Kayyonne T. Marston,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 2023-00191 Filed 1-9-23; 8:45 am]
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