Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 90, May 12, 2009

 
Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 90
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - PR. EPA. Stay of Clean Air Interstate Rule for Minnesota only; Stay of Federal Implementation Plan To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone for Minnesota
 
    2. TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Partial Update of the TSCA Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports; EPA ICR No. 1884.04, OMB Control No. 2070-0162
 
    3. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Modification of Secondary Treatment Requirements for Discharges Into Marine Waters (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0138.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0088
 
    4. ALL - NM. EPA. Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting--June 2009
 
    5. ALL - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board; EPA's research budget for Fiscal Year 2010
           

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 - PR. EPA. Stay of Clean Air Interstate Rule for Minnesota only; Stay of Federal Implementation Plan To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate
Matter and Ozone for Minnesota
 
[Federal Register: May 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 90)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 22147-22151]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 51 and 52

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0021; FRL-8766-3]

Stay of Clean Air Interstate Rule for Minnesota; Stay of Federal
Implementation Plan To Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate
Matter and Ozone for Minnesota

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to stay the effectiveness, in the State of
Minnesota only, of two final rules issued under section 110 of the
Clean Air Act (CAA) related to the interstate transport of pollutants.
On May 12, 2005, EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). In
CAIR, EPA required Minnesota and other states to submit State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions to limit nitrogen oxides
(NOX) and sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions for the
purpose of reducing the contributions these emissions make to
particulate matter and ozone transport across state boundaries in the
eastern half of the U.S. On April 28, 2006, EPA published Federal
Implementation Plans (CAIR FIPs) containing requirements to serve as a
backstop until replaced by an approved SIP.
    Subsequently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held
that EPA had not properly addressed possible errors in the analysis
supporting EPA's decision that Minnesota should be included in the CAIR
region for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). EPA is proposing
to stay the effectiveness of CAIR and the CAIR FIP with respect to
sources in Minnesota only, while EPA conducts a notice-and-comment
rulemaking addressing this issue and its impact on the inclusion of
Minnesota in CAIR.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 11, 2009. If anyone
contacts us requesting a public hearing by May 22, 2009, we will hold a
public hearing approximately 30 days after publication in the Federal
Register. Additional information about the hearing would be published
in a subsequent Federal Register notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0021, by one of the following methods:
    www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0021.
    Fax: (202) 566-9744. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0021.
    Mail: EPA Docket Center, EPA West (Air Docket), Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0021, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (Air Docket), Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0021, Environmental Protection Agency,
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 3334; Washington, DC. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
  
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim Smith, Air Quality Planning
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code C539-04,
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711; telephone number: 919-541-4718; fax number: 919-541-0824; e-mail
address: smith.tim@epa.gov.
    To request a public hearing, please contact Pam Long, Air Quality
Planning Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail
Code C504-03, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711; telephone number: 919-541-0641; fax number: 919-
541-5509 no later than May 22, 2009 to request a hearing.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Partial Update of the TSCA
Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports; EPA ICR No. 1884.04, OMB Control No. 2070-0162
 
[Federal Register: May 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 90)]
[Notices]              
[Page 22163-22164]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0504; FRL-8903-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Partial Update of the TSCA
Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports; EPA ICR
No. 1884.04, OMB Control No. 2070-0162

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 Supporting Statement, Partial Update of the TSCA
Section 8(b) Inventory Data Base, Production and Site Reports. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information
collection activity and its expected burden and costs.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 11, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OPPT-2008-0504 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to:
Document Control Office (DCO), Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Barbara Cunningham, Director,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408-M, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Modification of Secondary
Treatment Requirements for Discharges Into Marine Waters (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0138.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0088
 
[Federal Register: May 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 90)]
[Notices]              
[Page 22162-22163]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0033; FRL-8903-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Modification of Secondary
Treatment Requirements for Discharges Into Marine Waters (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 0138.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0088

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. This 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 June 11, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OW-2003-0033, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans and Coastal
Protection Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, (Mail
Code 4504T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1266; fax
number: (202) 566-1337; e-mail address: fox-norse.virginia@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting--June 2009
 
[Federal Register: May 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 90)]
[Notices]              
[Page 22164-22165]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0266; FRL-8903-8]

Board of Scientific Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting--June
2009

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Executive Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 4, 2009, from 8:15
a.m. to 5 p.m., and will continue on Friday, June 5, 2009, from 8:15
a.m. until 12 noon. All times noted are Central Standard Time. The
meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the
draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meeting will be
accepted up to one business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA Office of Research and
Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, 6201
Congdon Boulevard, Duluth, Minnesota 55804. Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0266, by one of the
following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0266.
    Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0266.
    Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific
Counselors, Executive Committee Meeting--June 2009 Docket, Mailcode:
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC, 20460, Attention
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0266.
    Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver comments to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-
0266. Note: this is not a mailing address. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via
mail at: Lorelei Kowalski, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice
mail at: (202) 564-3408; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at:
kowalski.lorelei@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board; EPA's research budget for Fiscal Year 2010
 
[Federal Register: May 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 90)]
[Notices]              
[Page 22165-22166]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8903-9]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the Chartered Science Advisory Board to
discuss EPA's research budget for Fiscal Year 2010.

DATES: The teleconference date is Thursday, May 28, 2009, from 1 p.m.
to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing to
obtain general information concerning this public teleconference should
contact Mr. Thomas O. Miller, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington,
DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9982; fax: (202) 233-
0643; or e-mail at miller.tom@epa.gov. General information concerning
the EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the SAB Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/sab.
 
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