{"abstract":"The State of Maine has submitted a request for approval of the Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (MEPDES) Program pursuant to section 402 of the Clean Water Act. If EPA approves the MEPDES program, the State will administer this program, which regulates the discharges of point sources to navigable waters, subject to continuing EPA oversight and enforcement authority, in place of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program now administered by EPA in Maine. On December 30, 1999 (64 FR 73552) EPA published a notice requesting comments on the Maine application by February 29, 2000. Today, EPA is extending the comment period on the State's request until July 28, 2000 solely for the purposes of taking comment on the question of whether EPA should approve the State's application to administer its program in the lands or territories of the Indian Tribes in Maine. EPA will determine whether to approve or disapprove the State's application as to Indian lands and territories and as to all other areas in the State of Maine after considering all comments it receives.","action":"Notice; extension of public comment period on Application for Approval of the Maine Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/06/28/00-16365.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"65 FR 39899","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2000-07-28","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"EPA Region I will take written comments solely on the question of whether EPA should approve the State's application to operate its program in the lands or territories of the Indian Tribes in Maine through July 28, 2000 at its office in Boston, MA. EPA requests that copies of such written comments also be provided to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MEDEP).","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["FRL-6725-9"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-16365","effective_on":null,"end_page":39900,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/06/28/00-16365.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/06/28/00-16365/state-program-requirements-application-to-administer-the-national-pollutant-discharge-elimination","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-16365?publication_date=2000-06-28","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-06-28/00-16365/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":17,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-06-28/pdf/00-16365.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-06-28","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/06/28/00-16365.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":39899,"subtype":null,"title":"State Program Requirements; Application to Administer the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program; Maine","toc_doc":"Maine","toc_subject":"Water pollution; discharge of pollutants (NPDES):","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":65}