Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 114, June 16, 2009

 
Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 114
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. REMED - FR. EPA. Inclusion of CERCLA Section 128(a) State Response Programs and Tribal Response Programs
 
    2. HAZ/Nuclear - PR. EPA. Intent To Evaluate Whether the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Continues To Comply With the Disposal Regulations and Compliance Criteria
 
    3. AIR - PR. EPA. Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program
 
    4. ALL - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards Committee
 
    5. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Unconventional Resources Technology 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: REMED - FR. EPA. Inclusion of CERCLA Section 128(a) State Response Programs and Tribal Response Programs
 
[Federal Register: June 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 114)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 28443-28444]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 35

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0144; FRL-8919-3]
RIN 2050-AG53

Inclusion of CERCLA Section 128(a) State Response Programs and
Tribal Response Programs

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule revises regulations to include State Response
Programs and Tribal Response Programs under Section 128(a) of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act
(CERCLA) as among the Environmental Program Grants eligible for
inclusion in a Performance Partnership Grant (PPG). The rule also adds
State Response Program and Tribal Response Program specific provisions.

DATES: This rule is effective on June 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: The mailing address of the Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, is U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., MC
5105T, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact the
U.S. EPA's Virginia Fornillo, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, at (202) 566-
2770 (fornillo.virginia@epa.gov), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0002, Mail Code
5105T.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: HAZ/Nuclear - PR. EPA. Intent To Evaluate Whether the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Continues To Comply With the Disposal Regulations and Compliance
Criteria
 
[Federal Register: June 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 114)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 28468-28471]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 191 and 194

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0330; FRL-8916-5]

Intent To Evaluate Whether the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Continues To Comply With the Disposal Regulations and Compliance
Criteria

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability; official opening of public comment
period.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to evaluate
and recertify whether or not the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
continues to comply with EPA's environmental radiation protection
standards for the disposal of radioactive waste. Pursuant to the 1992
WIPP Land Withdrawal Act (LWA), as amended, the U.S.
Department of Energy (``DOE'' or ``Department'') must submit to EPA
documentation of continued compliance with EPA's standards for disposal
and other statutory requirements every five years after the initial
receipt of transuranic waste at WIPP. EPA initially certified that WIPP
met applicable regulatory requirements on May 18, 1998, and the first
shipment of waste was received at WIPP on March 26, 1999. The first
Compliance Recertification Application (CRA) was submitted by DOE to
EPA on March 26, 2004, and the Agency's first recertification decision
was issued on March 29, 2006.
    EPA will determine whether WIPP continues to comply with EPA's
standards for disposal based on the CRA submitted by the Secretary of
Energy. DOE's 2009 recertification application was received by the EPA
on March 26, 2009, and a copy may be found on EPA's WIPP Web site and
in the public dockets (see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION & FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT sections). The Director of the Office of Radiation
and Indoor Air will make a determination as to the completeness of the
application in the near future (approximately six months) and will
notify the Secretary, in writing, when the Agency deems the application
``complete.'' EPA will evaluate the ``complete'' application in
determining whether the WIPP facility continues to comply with the
radiation protection standards for disposal. The Agency requests public
comment on all aspects of the DOE's application.

DATES: We are accepting comments in response to today's document and on
DOE's 2009 recertification application. The ending date of the public
comment period will be specified in a subsequent Federal Register
document. Announcements will be published in the Federal Register to
provide information on the Agency's completeness determination and
final recertification decision.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0330, by one of the following methods:
    www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    E-mail: to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
    Fax: 202-566-1741.
    Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. . .
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray Lee, Office of Radiation and
Indoor Air, Radiation Protection Division, Center for Radiation
Information and Outreach, Mail Code 6608J, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-343-9463; fax number: 202-343-2305; e-mail
address: lee.raymond@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: AIR - PR. EPA. Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program
 
[Federal Register: June 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 114)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 28451-28466]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 51, 60, 61 and 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531; FRL-8917-3]
RIN 2060-AP23

Restructuring of the Stationary Source Audit Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The action proposes amendments to the General Provisions to
allow accredited providers to supply stationary source audit samples
and to require sources to obtain and use these samples from the
accredited providers instead of from EPA, as is the current practice.
In addition, this proposed rule incorporates by reference Volume 3,
``General Requirements for Environmental Proficiency Test Providers''
adopted December 22, 2007, as an example of an acceptable accredited
proficiency test sample provider (APTSP) technical criteria document.
This document outlines the criteria an accredited provider program must
meet for the samples to be acceptable.
    Requirements pertaining to the audit samples have all been moved to
the General Provisions and have been removed from the test methods
because the current language in the test methods regarding audit
samples is inconsistent from method to method. Therefore, deleting all
references to audit samples in the test methods eliminates any possible
confusion and inconsistencies. Under this proposed amendment, the
requirement to use an audit sample during a compliance test will apply
to all test methods for which a commercially available audit exists.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 16, 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 July 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0531, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail)
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-
0531.
    Fax: Fax your comments to: 202-566-9744, Attention Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531.
    Mail: Send your comments to: Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0531. 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 or Courier: Deliver your comments to: EPA
Docket Center, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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: For questions concerning today's
proposed rule, contact Ms. Candace Sorrell, U.S. EPA, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division,
Measurement Technology Group (E143-02), Research Triangle Park, NC
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-1064; fax number: (919) 541-0516; e-
mail address: sorrell.candace@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards Committee
 
[Federal Register: June 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 114)]
[Notices]              
[Page 28492]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8919-4]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of an Upcoming
Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a closed meeting of the
SAB's Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee
to recommend to the Administrator the recipients of the Agency's 2009
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards.

DATES: The meeting dates are Monday and Tuesday, August 17 and 18, 2009
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), and Wednesday, August
19, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time).

ADDRESSES: The closed meeting will be held at the U.S. EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office Conference Room, Third Floor, Suite 3700,
1025 F Street NW., Suite 3700, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding this announcement may contact Mr.
Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone: (202) 343-9946
or e-mail at hanlon.edward@epa.gov. The SAB mailing address is: U.S.
EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460. General
information about the SAB as well as any updates concerning the meeting
announced in this notice may be found in the SAB Web site at http://
www.epa.gov/sab
.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee
 
[Federal Register: June 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 114)]
[Notices]              
[Page 28492]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Unconventional Resources Technology Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Unconventional
Resources Technology Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat.770) requires that notice of these meetings be
announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EST).

ADDRESSES: TMS, Inc., 955 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW., Suite 1500,
Washington, DC 20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elena Melchert, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Washington, DC 20585. Phone:
202-586-5600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Purpose of the Committee: The purpose of the Unconventional
Resources Technology Advisory Committee is to provide advice on
development and implementation of programs related to onshore
unconventional natural gas and other petroleum resources to the
Secretary of Energy; and provide comments and recommendations and
priorities for the Department of Energy Annual Plan per requirements of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Title IX, Subtitle J, Section 999D.
 
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