Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 20/09/1995

Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf; Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit

The Regional Administrator, Region 10, is proposing to issue a draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) general permit for oil and gas stratigraphic test and exploration wells on the Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in addition to exploration, production and development wells in offshore and coastal waters of the State of Alaska. A general NPDES permit (51 FR 35460, 10/03/86) was issued September 4, 1986, for all areas offered for lease by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) in Federal Lease Sales 55 (Gulf of Alaska) and 60 (Cook Inlet) and all Cook Inlet blocks offered for lease by the State of Alaska in Lease Sales 32, 33, 35, 40, 46A, and 49. The permit issued in 1986 also covered areas offered under state lease sales held during the effective period of the permit (i.e., 10/10/86-10/10/91). The permit proposed today will not cover areas outside of Cook Inlet (i.e., Federal Lease Sale 55). When issued, the proposed permit will establish effluent limitations, standards, prohibitions, and other conditions on discharges from facilities in the general permit area. These conditions are based on the administrative record. EP