Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Water Act

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency [EPA-HQ-OGC-2022-0292; FRL_9650-01-OGC] AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator's October 16, 2017 Directive Promoting Transparency and Public Participation in Consent Decrees and Settlement Agreements, the agency is providing notice of a proposed settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed by Diné Citizens Against Ruining the Environment, Amigos Bravos, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and Center for Biological Diversity (“Petitioners”), in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On January 22, 2021 the Petitioners filed a lawsuit seeking review of the 2020 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the Arizona Public Service Company for discharges from the Four Corners Power Plant. Under the proposed settlement agreement, the parties would seek to stay the associated case for at least 15 months. DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreements must be received by April 20, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-OGC-2022-0292, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method). For comments submitted at www.regulations.gov , please follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be ed…