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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 122, June 26, 2009

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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 122
Friday, June 26, 2009
 
 
There are 7 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - CFR Correction. EPA. Ambient Air Quality Surveillance
 
    2. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Chlorantraniliprole; Pesticide Tolerances
 
    3. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Metolachlor, S-Metolachlor, Bifenazate, Buprofezin, and 2,4-D; Proposed Tolerance Actions
 
    4. TOXICS - ND/CBI. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information by Computer Sciences Corporation's Identified Subcontractor
 
    5. ENERGY/Battery - ND. DOE. Variance for Certain Requirements for the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative Under the Department of Energy's National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures
 
    6. CLIMATE - NM. DOC/International Trade Administration. Department of Commerce: Industry Outreach for Climate Change Negotiations Under the UNFCCC
   
    7. MI/LAND - ND. EPA. Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
        

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 - CFR Correction. EPA. Ambient Air Quality Surveillance
 
[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 30469-30470]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 58

Ambient Air Quality Surveillance

CFR Correction

    In Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 53 to 59,
revised as of July 1, 2008, on page 271, in appendix G to part 58,
Table 2 is corrected to read as follows:

Appendix G to Part 58--Uniform Air Quality Index (AQI) and Daily
Reporting
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - FR. EPA. Chlorantraniliprole; Pesticide Tolerances
 
[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 30470-30475]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0770; FRL-8413-6]

Chlorantraniliprole; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
chlorantraniliprole in or on almonds; nut, tree, crop group 14, and
pistachios. E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). This
regulation also establishes time-limited rotational crop tolerances for
residues of chlorantraniliprole in or on cowpeas, forage and hay; field
peas, vines and hay; forage, fodder and straw of cereal grains, crop
group 16; grass forage, fodder and hay, crop group 17; leaves of root
and tuber vegetables, crop group 2, leeks, nongrass animal feeds
(forage, fodder, straw and hay), crop group 18; okra; onions, green;
onions, Welsh; peanuts, hay; shallots; soybeans, forage and hay;
strawberries and sugarcane, sugar. The time-limited tolerances expire
on April 25, 2010.

DATES: This regulation is effective June 26, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before August 25, 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-2008-0770. 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: Kable Bo Davis, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 306-0415; e-mail address: davis.kable@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - PR. EPA. Metolachlor, S-Metolachlor, Bifenazate, Buprofezin, and 2,4-D; Proposed Tolerance Actions
 
[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 30487-30493]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0239; FRL-8411-5]

Metolachlor, S-Metolachlor, Bifenazate, Buprofezin, and 2,4-D;
Proposed Tolerance Actions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to modify, establish and revoke certain
tolerances for the herbicides metolachlor and S-metolachlor and correct
the tolerance guava (from guave) on bifenazate and buprofezin and 2,4-D
on cranberry. The regulatory actions proposed in this document are in
follow-up to the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and tolerance
reassessment program under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA), section 408(q).

DATES: Comments must be received on or before August 25, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0239, 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: Jane Smith, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0048; e-mail
address: smith.jane-scott@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: TOXICS - ND/CBI. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information by Computer Sciences Corporation's Identified Subcontractor
 
[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Notices]              
[Page 30568-30569]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2003-0004; FRL-8424-3]

Access to Confidential Business Information by Computer Sciences
Corporation's Identified Subcontractor

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized a subcontractor, of its prime contractor,
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Chantilly, VA, to access
information which has been submitted to EPA under all sections of the
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the information may be
claimed or determined to be Confidential Business Information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data will occur no sooner than July
6, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov
.
    For technical information contact: Scott Sherlock, Information
Management Division (7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8257; fax
number: (202) 564-8251; e-mail address: Scott Sherlock@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ENERGY/Battery - ND. DOE. Variance for Certain Requirements for the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative Under the Department of Energy's National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures
 
[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Notices]              
[Page 30558-30559]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Variance for Certain Requirements for the Electric Drive Vehicle
Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative Under the Department of
Energy's National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of variance.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the Department of Energy's (DOE's)
decision, pursuant to 10 CFR 1021.343(c), that it is in the interest of
public welfare to grant a variance from certain requirements of its
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Procedures (10
CFR part 1021) in regard to the review of applications under the
Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative
funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery
Act). The variance is limited to certain requirements identified in 10
CFR 1021.216, Procurement, Financial Assistance, and Joint Ventures.
The variance in no way affects the requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or environmental impact statement for any
application selected for funding. The merit review of applications in
response to this funding opportunity will include consideration of the
potentially significant environmental impacts of the projects proposed
for funding that are within the competitive range. By providing this
variance, DOE can reduce the time needed to select applications for
possible future funding consistent with the sense of urgency
underpinning the Recovery Act.

DATES: Effective date: June 26, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. R. Paul Detwiler, Director, Office
of Project Facilitation and Compliance, National Energy Technology
Laboratory, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, P.O. Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA
15236-0940 or Ralph.Detwiler@netl.doe.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: CLIMATE - NM. DOC/International Trade Administration. Department of Commerce: Industry Outreach for Climate Change Negotiations Under the UNFCCC
 
[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Notices]              
[Page 30523]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Department of Commerce: Industry Outreach for Climate Change
Negotiations Under the UNFCCC

AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) will host a half-day
roundtable for industry participants during which senior U.S.
government officials will outline the draft negotiation text of a new
agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), provide updates on recent developments, and solicit
individual input from participants. The purpose of the industry
roundtable is to allow private sector stakeholders, particularly
industry and trade associations, to advise U.S. officials on the impact
a new UNFCCC agreement could have on their respective operations and on
associated commercial opportunities. The DOC anticipates additional
outreach events will be held throughout the United States.

DATES: July 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: To apply to participate in the roundtable, please contact
Brian O'Hanlon, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries; Room
4053; U.S. Department of Commerce; 14th & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.;
Washington, DC 20230; 202-482-3492; brian.ohanlon@mail.doc.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: MI/LAND - ND. EPA. Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability
 
[Federal Register: June 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 122)]
[Notices]              
[Page 30569-30571]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ER-FRL-8594-7]

Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

    Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General
Information (202) 564-1399 or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

Weekly
receipt of Environmental Impact Statements filed 06/15/2009
through 06/19/2009 pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
 
[INCLUDES:] EIS No. 20090200, Draft EIS, AFS, MI, Niagara Project, To Address Site-Specific Vegetation and Transportation System Needs in the Project
Areas, Hiawatha National Forest, St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie Ranger
Districts, Mackinac and Chippewa Counties, MI, Comment Period Ends: 08/
10/2009, Contact: Martha Sjogren 906-643-7900 Ext. 117.
 
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