FRL 758-7, Minnesota Marine Sanitation Device Standard
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33362 NOTICES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Dam No. 2 at Hastings, Minnesota Discharge Elimination System AGENCY to the Coon Rapids Dam, and for permitted facility or applied on land [FRL 758-7] vessels on the Lower Minnesota in conformance with applicable River from the mouth to the end of Federal, State and local MINNESOTA the commercial channel near requirements. The seasonal and Sakopee, Minnesota. All five daily operating times of the Marine Sanitation Device pump-out facilities cited by the stationary facilities, as certified by Standard State are on the Mississippi River; the State, are adequate. four of the five facilities (Hastings The Agency has received no On January 5, 1977, notice was Marina, Kings Cove Marina, Jolly comments in opposition to the published that the State of Roger Marina, and Hidden Harbor Minnesota petition that are based Minnesota had petitioned the Marina) service any recreational on scientific or technical merits. Administrator, U.S. Environmental craft, while the fifth facility (Twin Following a consideration of the Protection Agency, to determine City Barge and Towing in St. Paul, fact that the discharge of sewage that adequate facilities for the safe Minnesota) services commercial from all vessels will be prohibited and sanitary removal and treatment vessels primarily. Of the eighteen when the Federal Marine Sanitation of sewage from all vessels are septic tank pumpers cited by the Device Standard is fully reasonably available for the waters State, thirteen are in municipalities implemented in 1980, the State of of the Middle Mississippi River from that are either directly on or border Minnesota withdrew its petitions for Lock and Dam No. 2 at Hastings, on the Mississippi River. Of the the Upper St. Croix River from the Minnesota to the Coon Rapids remaining five septic tank pumpers Wisconsin border to Taylor Falls, Dam, for the Minnesota River from cited, one (Anoka Sewer Service in because such water is incapable of its mouth to the end of the Anoka, Minnesota) is on the navigation by vessels with installed commercial channel near Mississippi river but is marine sanitation devices, and for Shakopee, Minnesota for the St. approximately four miles north of all other interstate water, where Croix River from the Wisconsin the northern limit of the Mississippi ingress or egress to standing border to Taylors Falls, and for all addressed by the application, the waters or interstate navigation by other interstate waters except Lake second (A&B Sanitation in White vessels subject to the regulation Superior, Superior Bay, and St. Bear Lake, Minnesota) is are physically not possible. Thus, Louis Bay, the Lower Mississippi approximately twelve miles east of the applicable portions of the River from the Iowa border to Lock the Mississippi, the third (Marty Mississippi and Minnesota rivers and Dam No. 2 at Hastings, Sewer Service, in Lake Elmo, are the remaining waterways from Minnesota, the waters of the Lower Minnesota) is approximately twelve the January 6 FEDERAL St. Croix River, and the Boundary miles northeast of the Mississippi REGISTER notice requiring a Waters Canoe Area (42 FR 15079, River, the fourth (Roger P. Wierke, determination pursuant to section March 18, 1977). The petition was in Rosemount, Minnesota) is 312(f) (3). filed pursuant to section 312(f) (3) between the Mississippi River and Following an examination of the of Pub L. 92-500. Minnesota Rivers, and is petition and supporting information, Section 312(f) (3) states, “After approximately six miles from the I have determined that the effective date of the initial from the Mississippi River and an adequate facilities for the safe and standards and regulations estimated eight miles from the sanitary removal and treatment of promulgated under this regulation, Minnesota River, and the fifth (Bob sewage from all vessels are if any State determines that the Frelermuth Sanitation Service, in reasonably available to the Middle protection of some or all of the Hampton, Minnesota) is located Mississippi River from Lock and waters within such State require between the Mississippi and Dam No. 2 at Hastings, Minnesota greater environmental protection, Minnesota Rivers, and is to the Coon Rapids Dam, and for such State may completely prohibit approximately six miles from the the Minnesota River from its mouth the discharge from all vessels of Mississippi River and an estimated to the end of the commercial any sewage, whether treated or twenty miles from the Minnesota channel near Shakopee, not, into such waters, except that River. The State has certified that Minnesota, both within the State of no such prohibition shall apply until the combination of stationary Minnesota. the Administrator determines that pump-out facilities and septic tank Dated June 23, 1977 adequate facilities for the safe and pumpers will exclude no vessel sanitary removal and treatment of because of water depth. The BARBARA BLUM, sewage from all vessels are distance covered by this application Acting Administrator reasonably available for such water on the Mississippi River is 54 miles to which such prohibition would and on the Minnesota River is 22 [FR Doc. 77-18657 Filed 6-29-77. apply.” miles. 8:45 am] The information submitted to me The State of Minnesota has certifies that there are five certified that all vessel wastes stationary pump-out facilities and removed at either stationary pump- eighteen septic tank pumpers out facilities or by septic tank available to service vessels on the pumpers are required to be Middle Mississippi River from Lock disposed of at a National Pollutant.