Monday, March 9, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 44, March 9, 2009

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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 44
Monday, March 9, 2009
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Wet-Formed Fiberglass Mat Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1964.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0496
 
    2. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
 
    3. ALL - NM. EPA. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
 
    4. ENERGY/Wind - NM. DOI/FWS. Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee; Announcement of Public Meeting
 
    5. GLAKES - NM. DOT. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
  
CODES USED:  THE FOLLOWING CODES ARE USED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT & ISSUE AREA.  

REPORTING FORMAT: ISSUE CODE - TYPE CODE. AGENCY. ANNOUNCEMENT.
ISSUE CODES:  AIR - Air; ALL - Cross-Media, ecosystems, Env. Justice; CLIMATE - Climate Change, Global Warming; DRINK - Drinking Water, SDWA, Underground Injection; ENERGY - Energy; GLAKES  - Great Lakes; HAZ - Hazardous Waste, RCRA, HSWA, DOT/RSPA, Some Nuclear (NRC); LAND - Land Use, Forests; P2 - Pollution Prevention, Sustainability, Recycling, Pjt. XL; REMED - Remediation, Brownfields, Superfund; TANKS - AST, UST; TOXICS = Toxics, TRI, TSCA, Pesticides, Risks, RTK; TRANSPORT -  Transportation; SOLID - Solid Waste, RCRA Subtitle D; WATER - Surface Water, NPS, NPDES, Wetlands; WILDLIFE = Wildlife, Biodiversity, Endangered Species.
TYPE CODES: ANPR - Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking; FR - Final Rule; FRD - Direct final rule; FRI - Interim final rule; ICR - Information Collection Request; ND - Notice of data, information, reports, etc. availability; NF - Notice of Fuding Opportunity; NM - Notice of Meeting; NS - Notice of administrative/court settlement; PR - Proposed Rule; ROD - Record of decision.
 
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 1


Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Wet-Formed Fiberglass Mat Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1964.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0496
 
[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
[Notices]              
[Page 10045-10046]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0431; FRL-8779-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Wet-Formed Fiberglass
Mat Production (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1964.04, OMB Control Number
2060-0496

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0431, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 2282T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address:
schaefer.john@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - NM. EPA. Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
 
[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
[Notices]              
[Page 10046-10047]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8776-7; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0040]

Draft Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts and
Platinum Compounds: In Support of the Summary Information in the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of listening session.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a listening session to be held on March 25,
2009, during the public comment period for the external review draft
document entitled, ``Toxicological Review of Halogenated Platinum Salts
and Platinum Compounds: In Support of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)''. This listening session is
a new step in EPA's revised IRIS process, announced on April 10, 2008,
for development of human health assessments for inclusion on IRIS. The
purpose of the listening session is to allow all interested parties to
present scientific and technical comments on draft IRIS health
assessments to EPA and other interested parties during the public
comment period and prior to the external peer review meeting. EPA
welcomes the scientific and technical comments that will be provided to
the Agency by the listening session participants. The comments will be
considered by the Agency as it revises the draft assessment in response
to the independent external peer review and public comments. All
presentations will become part of the official and public record.
    The EPA's draft assessment and peer review charge are available via
the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment's
(NCEA) home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and
Publications menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea.

DATES: The listening session on the draft IRIS health assessment for
Halogenated Platinum (Pt) Salts and Pt Compounds will be held on March
25, 2009, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight
Time. If you wish to make a presentation at the listening session, you
should register by March 18, 2009, and indicate that you wish to make
oral comments at the session, and indicate the length of your
presentation. At the time of your registration, please indicate if you
require audio-visual aid (e.g., lap top and slide projector). In
general, each presentation should be no more than 30 minutes. If,
however, there are more requests for presentations than the allotted
time will allow, then the time limit for each presentation will be
adjusted accordingly. A copy of the agenda for the listening session
will be available at the meeting. If no speakers have registered by
March 18, 2009, the listening session will be cancelled. EPA will
notify those registered to attend of the cancellation.
    The public comment period for review of this draft assessment was
announced previously in the Federal Register (FR) (74 FR 6154) on
February 05, 2009. As stated in that FR notice, the public comment
period began on February 5, 2009, and ends April 6, 2009. Any technical
comments submitted during the public comment period should be in
writing and must be received by EPA by April 6, 2009, according to the
procedures outlined below. Only those public comments submitted using
the procedures identified in the February 5, 2009, FR notice by the
April 6, 2009, deadline will be provided to the independent peer-review
panel prior to the peer-review meeting. The date and logistics for the
peer-review meeting will be announced later in a separate FR notice.
    Listening session participants who wish to have their comments
available to the external peer reviewers should also submit written
comments during the public comment period using the detailed and
established procedures included in the aforementioned FR notice
(February 5, 2009). Comments submitted to the docket prior to the end
of the public comment period will be submitted to the external peer
reviewers and considered by EPA in the disposition of public comments.
Comments received in the docket after the public comment period closes
must still be submitted to the docket but will not be submitted to the
external peer reviewers.

ADDRESSES: The listening session on the draft Halogenated Platinum
Salts and Platinum Compounds assessment will be held at the EPA offices
at Two Potomac Yard (North Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 2733 South
Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. To attend the listening
session, register by March 18, 2009, via the Internet at https://
www2.ergweb.com/projects/conferences/peerreview/register-platinum.htm
.
You may also register via e-mail at e-mail: meetings@erg.com (subject
line: Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds Listening
Session), by phone: 781-674-7374 or toll free at 800-803-2833, or by
faxing a registration request to 781-674-2906 (please reference the
``Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds Listening Session''
and include your name, title, affiliation, full address and contact
information). Please note that to gain entrance to this EPA building to
attend the meeting, attendees must have photo identification with them
and must register at the guard's desk in the lobby. The guard will
retain your photo identification and will provide you with a visitor's
badge. At the guard's desk, attendees should give the name Christine
Ross and the telephone number, 703-347-8592, to the guard on duty. The
guard will contact Ms. Ross who will meet you in the reception area to
escort you to the meeting room. Upon your exit from the building please
return your visitor's badge and you will receive the photo
identification that you provided.
    A teleconference line will also be available for registered
attendees/speakers. The teleconference number is 866-299-3188 and the
access code is 7033478503, followed by the pound sign (). The
teleconference line will be activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be
asked to identify yourself and your affiliation at the beginning of the
call. . .
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public
listening sessions, please contact Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National
Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), (8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-
8592; facsimile: 703-347-8689; or e-mail: ross.christine@epa.gov. If you have questions about the draft Halogenated Platinum Salts and Platinum Compounds
assessment, contact Andrew A. Rooney, IRIS Staff, National Center for
Environmental Assessment, U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, B243-01,
Durham, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-1492; facsimile: 919-541-0245; or
e-mail: rooney.andrew@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
 
[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
[Notices]              
[Page 10047]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8778-9]

National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463,
EPA gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to
the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental policy,
technology, and management issues. NACEPT is a committee of individuals
who represent diverse interests from academia, industry, non-
governmental organizations, and local, state, and tribal governments.
To mark NACEPT's 20th anniversary and its achievements over the last
two decades, a project was initiated to: (1) Identify the issues and
challenges that EPA will face and should focus on over the next 10
years; (2) Review NACEPT's operations and accomplishments; and (3)
Develop a strategic framework for how NACEPT can best serve EPA based
on the prospective and retrospective findings. The purpose of the
meeting is to discuss the prospective and retrospective reports, and to
develop a strategic framework for the Council. A copy of the agenda for
the meeting will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/ocem/nacept/cal-
nacept.htm
.

DATES: NACEPT will hold a two-day meeting on Wednesday, March 25, 2009,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, March 26, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gaylord National Resort and
Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745.
The meeting is open to the public, with limited seating on a first-
come, first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonia Altieri, Designated Federal
Officer, altieri.sonia@epa.gov, (202) 564-0243, U.S. EPA, Office of
Cooperative Environmental Management (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: ENERGY/Wind - NM. DOI/FWS. Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee; Announcement of Public Meeting
 
[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
[Notices]              
[Page 10064-10065]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R9-FHC-2008-N0058; 94300-1122-0000-Z2]

Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee; Announcement of
Public Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), will host a
Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee) meeting on March
24-26, 2009. The meeting is open to the public. The meeting agenda will
include reports from the Subcommittees on Incentives, Legal, Science
Tools & Procedures, and Synthesis, and discussion of the draft
Recommendations to the Secretary.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for March 24-26, 2009, from 11 a.m. to
5:30 p.m. on March 24, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on March 25, and 8 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. on March 26.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Rooms
200 A & B, Arlington, VA 22203. For more information, see ``Meeting
Location Information.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rachel London, Division of Habitat and
Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of
the Interior, (703) 358-2161.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: GLAKES - NM. DOT. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
 
[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
[Notices]              
[Page 10125-10126]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation

Advisory Board; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App. I), notice is hereby given of a meeting
of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
Corporation (SLSDC), to be held from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EDT) on
Thursday, April 23, 2009, via conference call at the Corporation's
Administration Headquarters, Suite W32-300, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC. The agenda for this meeting will be as follows:
Opening Remarks; Consideration of Minutes of Past Meeting; Quarterly
Report; Old and New Business; Closing Discussion; Adjournment.
    Attendance at the meeting is open to the interested public but
limited to the space available. With the approval of the Administrator, members of the
public may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing
further information should contact, not later than Friday, April 17,
2009, Anita K. Blackman, Chief of Staff, Saint Lawrence Seaway
Development Corporation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590; 202-366-0091.
    Any member of the public may present a written statement to the
Advisory Board at any time.
 
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