Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 16.10.1998

Final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permits for the Eastern Portion of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG280000) and Record of Decision

The Regional Administrator (RA) of EPA Region 4 (the ``Region'') is today issuing final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permits for the Eastern Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) of the Gulf of Mexico (General Permit No. GMG280000), published at 61 FR 64876 on December 9, 1996, revised on January 7, 1998, at 63 FR 846, for discharges in the Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source Category (40 CFR part 435, subpart A). The existing permit, jointly issued by Regions 4 and 6 and published at 51 FR 24897 on July 9, 1986, authorizes discharges from exploration, development, and production facilities located in and discharging to all Federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico seaward of the outer boundary of the territorial seas. Region 6 issued a final permit (General Permit No. GMG290000) for the Western portion of the OCS of the Gulf of Mexico, published at 57 FR 54642 on November 19, 1992, for facilities in Federal waters seaward of Louisiana and Texas Waters. This notice constitutes the Agency's Record of Decision in accordance with Council on Environmental Quality regulations 40 CFR 1505.2 and EPA regulations 40 CFR 6.606.