A petition has been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the Regional Administrator, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for the waters of Mount Hope Bay. DATES: ``Comments must be submitted by May 21, 2012.''
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R01- OW-2012-0200, by one of the following methods: www.regulations.gov, Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. Email: rodney.ann@epa.gov. Fax: (617) 918-0538. Mail and hand delivery: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06-1, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation (8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays), and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-R01-OW- 2012-0200. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov, or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment.
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Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06-01, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The Regional Office is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number is (617) 918-1538.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Rodney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency--New England Region, Five Post Office Square, Suite 100, OEP06-01, Boston, MA 02109-3912. Telephone: (617) 918-1538, Fax number: (617) 918-0538; email address: rodney.ann@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting a determination by the Regional Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to Section 312(f)(3) of Public Law 92-500 as amended by Public Law 95-217 and Public Law 100-4, that adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for Mount Hope Bay.
The Proposed No Discharge Area for Mount Hope Bay
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Waterbody/general area Latitude Longitude
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The northern edge of the NDA 41[deg]50'5.90'' N 71[deg]6'29.34'' W
boundary on the Taunton
River is the Center Street/
Elm Street bridge at:
The northern edge of the NDA 41[deg]44'24.87'' N 71[deg]11'12.72'' W
boundary on the Lees River
is the Route 6 bridge at:
The northern edge of the NDA 41[deg]44'47.03'' N 71[deg]12'7.81'' W
boundary on the Cole River
is the Route 6 Bridge at:
The southwestern edge of the 41[deg]42'43.94'' N 71[deg]13'34.27'' W
NDA boundary is the Rhode
Island/Massachusetts border
at Swansea at:
The southeastern edge of the 41[deg]40'30.28'' N 71[deg]11'43.86'' W
NDA boundary is the Rhode
Island/Massachusetts border
at Fall River at: