

[Federal Register: January 30, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 19)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 4223-4224]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 35

[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0765; FRL-8274-7]

 
Proposed NPDES Permit Fee Incentive for Clean Water Act Section 
106 Grants--Allotment Formula; Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency hereby gives notice that 
it will conduct one public meeting on the proposed regulatory revision: 
NPDES Permit Fee Incentive for Clean Water Act Section 106 Grants; 
Allotment Formula. This proposed rule was published in the Federal 
Register on January 4, 2007 (72 FR 293), under the title ``NPDES Permit 
Fee Incentive for Clean Water Act Section 106 Grants; Allotment 
Formula.''
    The purpose of the meeting is to enhance public understanding of 
the proposed regulation and to provide the public with an opportunity 
to provide oral and written comments to EPA regarding the proposed 
regulation. Oral comments given during the public meeting will be 
transcribed and included in the docket. Written comments will be 
submitted to the docket as well. The meeting provides a mechanism for 
submitting formal comments on the proposal. The meeting will consist of 
a presentation by EPA officials on the proposed regulation followed by 
a public comment session. Each commenter will be allowed a set amount 
of time to provide oral comments to EPA. Where appropriate, EPA will 
provide clarification regarding the proposed rule. Participants are 
encouraged to familiarize themselves with the basic aspects of the 
proposed regulation prior to the public meeting. Advance registration 
is not required.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on February 21, 2007.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST in

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Washington, DC at EPA Headquarters, EPA East Building, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Conference Room 1153.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information, please 
visit the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/npdes-permit-fee.htm
, or contact Lena Ferris, Office of Water, Office of 

Wastewater Management (4201M), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
(202) 564-8831; fax number: (202) 501-2399; e-mail address: 
ferris.lena@epa.gov.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a sixty-day comment 
period for the proposed rule. The comment period ends on March 5, 2007. 
In scheduling this public meeting, EPA wishes to provide the public the 
opportunity to be fully informed about the contents of the proposed 
rule in advance of the date by which comments must be submitted. EPA is 
utilizing its Web site, which will be updated with any changes 
pertaining to this public meeting, as the principal means of providing 
information about this public meeting. EPA recommends that those 
interested in attending the meeting check the site for any additional 
information or logistical changes, as they become available.
    Background: The proposed regulation, published in the Federal 
Register on January 4, 2007, provides a financial incentive to States 
to utilize an adequate fee program when implementing an authorized 
NPDES permit program. The Agency is proposing to revise the Section 106 
grant allotment formula to include a permit fee incentive as part of 
the allotment process.

    Dated: January 24, 2007.
Judy S. Davis,
Acting Office Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of 
Water.
 [FR Doc. E7-1420 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]

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