Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 86, May 6, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 86
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
 
Note: Some pesticide registration and petition notices omitted (click here).
 
There are 6 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Morpholine 4-C6-12 Acyl Derivatives; Exemption from
the Requirement of a Tolerance
 
    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Novaluron; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
 
    3. AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry
 
    4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. EPA Impact Assessments on Endosulfan; Request for Comments and Additional Information on Importance of Use
 
    5. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Organic Arsenicals; Amendment to Reregistration Eligibility Decision
 
    6. ENERGY/Biofuels - NM. DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee
   
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: TOXICS - FR. EPA. Morpholine 4-C6-12 Acyl Derivatives; Exemption from
the Requirement of a Tolerance
 
[Federal Register: May 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 86)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 20883-20887]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0105; FRL-8409-1]

Morpholine 4-C6-12 Acyl Derivatives; Exemption from
the Requirement of a Tolerance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement
of a tolerance for residues of Morpholine 4-C6-12 Acyl
derivatives (CAS Reg. No. 887947-29-7), herein referred to in this
document as morpholine amide when used as the inert ingredient in
pesticide formulations applied in or on growing crops. Huntsman
Corporation submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), requesting an exemption from the requirement
of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a
maximum permissible level for residues of morpholine amide.

DATES: This regulation is effective May 6, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before July 6, 2009, and
must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR
part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0105. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at http://
www.regulations.gov
. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alganesh Debesai, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8353; e-mail address:
debesai.alganesh@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - FR. EPA. Novaluron; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
 
[Federal Register: May 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 86)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 20887-20892]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0166; FRL-8409-8]

Novaluron; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for
residues of novaluron in or on strawberry. This action is in response
to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under section 18 of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing
use of the pesticide on strawberries. This regulation establishes a
maximum permissible level for residues of novaluron in this food
commodity. The time-limited tolerance expires and is revoked on
December 31, 2011.

DATES: This regulation is effective May 6, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before July 6, 2009, and
must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR
part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0166. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available in http://
www.regulations.gov
. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Ertman, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-9367; e-mail address: ertman.andrew@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: AIR - PR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry
 
[Federal Register: May 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 86)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 21135-21192]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60 and 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0051; FRL-8898-1]
RIN 2060-AO15

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From the
Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing amendments to the current National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from the Portland
Cement Manufacturing Industry. These proposed amendments would add or
revise, as applicable, emission limits for mercury, total hydrocarbons
(THC), and particulate matter (PM) from kilns and in-line kiln/raw
mills located at a major or an area source, and hydrochloric acid (HCl)
from kilns and in-line kiln/raw mills located at major sources. These
proposed amendments also would remove the following four provisions in
the current regulation: the operating limit for the average hourly
recycle rate for cement kiln dust; the requirement that cement kilns
only use certain type of utility boiler fly ash; the opacity limits for
kilns and clinker coolers; and the 50 parts per million volume dry
(ppmvd) THC emission limit for new greenfield sources. EPA is also
proposing standards which would apply during startup, shutdown, and
operating modes for all of the current section 112 standards applicable
to cement kilns.
    Finally, EPA is proposing performance specifications for use of
mercury continuous emission monitors (CEMS), which specifications would
be generally applicable and so could apply to sources from categories
other than, and in addition to, portland cement, and updating
recordkeeping and testing requirements.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2009. If any one
contacts EPA by May 21, 2009 requesting to speak at a public hearing,
EPA will hold a public hearing on May 26, 2009. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on the information collection provisions are
best assured of having full effect if the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) receives a copy of your comments on or before June 5,
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0051, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
    Fax: (202) 566-9744.
    Mail: U.S. Postal Service, send comments to: EPA Docket
Center (6102T), National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutant
From the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry Docket, Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0051, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460. Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a
copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
    Hand Delivery: In person or by courier, deliver comments
to: EPA Docket Center (6102T), Standards of Performance (NSPS) for
Portland Cement Plants Docket, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0877, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information. Please include a total of two copies.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Keith Barnett, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Metals and Minerals Group (D243-02), Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5605; fax
number: (919) 541-5450; e-mail address: barnett.keith@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. EPA Impact Assessments on Endosulfan; Request for Comments and Additional Information on Importance of Use
 
[Federal Register: May 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 86)]
[Notices]              
[Page 20942-20944]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0262; FRL-8411-1]

EPA Impact Assessments on Endosulfan; Request for Comments and
Additional Information on Importance of Use

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice requests public comment on the Agency's endosulfan
impact assessments for eight crops (potato, tomato, cotton, apple,
cucumber, squash, pumpkin and melons) and additional information on the
importance of endosulfan use in agriculture.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 6, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2002-0262, by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Biscoe, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-7106; fax
number: (703) 308-8090; e-mail address: biscoe.melanie@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Organic Arsenicals; Amendment to Reregistration Eligibility Decision
 
[Federal Register: May 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 86)]
[Notices]              
[Page 20944-20945]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0191; FRL-8407-7]

Organic Arsenicals; Amendment to Reregistration Eligibility
Decision

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's decision to modify certain
provisions of the 2006 Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) for
the organic arsenical pesticides monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA),
disodium methanearsonate (DSMA), calcium acid methanearsonate (CAMA),
and cacodylic acid and its sodium salt. EPA has reached an agreement in
principle with the technical registrants of these pesticides to
implement the 2006 RED, which is being revised in part under the terms
of the agreement for these pesticides. The Agency's revisions to the
organic arsenicals RED reflect public comments received during the
comment period on the RED and new data and information submitted by the
registrants and other stakeholders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Myers, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8589; fax
number: (703) 308-8005; e-mail address: myers.tom@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: ENERGY/Biofuels - NM. DOE/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee
 
[Federal Register: May 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 86)]
[Notices]              
[Page 20942]

 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Biomass Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces an open meeting of the Biomass Research
and Development Technical Advisory Committee under Section 9008(d) of
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. The Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that agencies
publish these notices in the Federal Register to allow for public
participation. This notice announces the meeting of the Biomass
Research and Development Technical Advisory Committee.
    Dates and Times: June 2, 2009 at 12:30 pm to 5:30 pm; June 3, 2009
at 8 am to 3 pm.

ADDRESSES: Four Points by Sheraton--Franklin Room CD, 1201 K Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Valri Lightner, Designated Federal
Official for the Committee, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; (202) 586-0937 or T.J. Heibel at (410) 997-7778
ext. 223; E-mail: theibel@bcs-hq.com.

 
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