[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25215-25216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11681]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5206-1]
South Carolina and Georgia Marine Sanitation Device Standard;
Petition
Notice is hereby given that a petition has been received from the
States of South Carolina and Georgia requesting a determination by the
Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, pursuant to
Section 312(f)(3) of Pub. L. 92-500 as amended [[Page 25216]] by Pub.
L. 95-217 and Pub. L. 100-4, that adequate facilities for the safe and
sanitary removal and treatment of sewage from all vessels are
reasonably available for Hartwell Lake to qualify as a ``No Discharge
Area''.
Section 312(f)(3) states:
After the effective date of the initial standards and regulations
promulgated under this section, if any State determines that the
protection and enhancement of the quality of some or all of the waters
within such States require greater environmental protection, such State
may completely prohibit the discharge from all vessels of any sewage,
whether treated or not, into such waters, except that no such
prohibition shall apply until the Administrator determines that
adequate facilities for the safe and sanitary removal and treatment of
sewage from all vessels are reasonably available for such water to
which such prohibition would apply.
The States of South Carolina and Georgia have certified that there
are three existing pump-out facilities and two additional facilities
planned to service vessels in Hartwell Lake.
The existing facilities, their address, telephone number, hours of
operation and draught are as follows:
A. Hartwell Marina; 1500 North Forest Avenue, Hartwell, Georgia
30643; (404)376-5441; 9 am--5 pm; seven days a week; 16 foot draught.
B. Portman Shoals Marina; Route 11, Anderson, South Carolina 29624;
(803)287-3211; 9 am--5 pm; seven days a week; 20 foot draught.
C. Western Carolina Sailing Club; 5200 Westwind Way, Anderson,
South Carolina 29624; (803)226-6561; 24 hours; seven days a week; 8
foot draught.
The marinas proposing to add pump-out facilities are:
A. Seneca Marina; Box 1591, Clemson, South Carolina 29631;
(803)653-4500.
B. Big Water Marina; Route 2, Box 133A, Big Water Road, Star, South
Carolina 29684; (803)226-3339.
The number of boats with marine sanitation devices (MSD's) using
the lake has been estimated to be 580. The ratio of boats with MSD's to
pump-out facilities is 193.
The petition notes that each of the three marinas with existing
pump-out facilities have waste treatment systems that conform with
federal law. Hartwell Marina and Portman Marina pump-out facilities
discharge into State approved and regulated septic tanks. Western
Carolina Sailing Club's facilities discharge into a large holding tank
which is picked up by a private concern that transports the sewage to
one of the Anderson County sewage treatment plants.
Comments and views regarding this request for action may be filed
on or before June 12, 1995. Such communications, or requests for
information or a copy of the applicant's petition, should be addressed
to Wesley B. Crum, Chief, Coastal Programs Section, US EPA, Region 4,
345 Courtland St. N.E., Atlanta, GA 30365. Telephone (404)347-1740
x4235.
Dated: May 3, 1995.
Patrick M. Tobin,
Acting Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-11681 Filed 5-10-95; 8:45 am]
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