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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 126
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 126
Thursday, July 2, 2009
There are 9 announcements in this issue
1. DRINK - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for Annual Public Water Systems Compliance Report
2. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Request for National Emission Standards for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units; EPA ICR No. 2362.01
3. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Auto Body Compliance Assessment Pilot Project (New); EPA ICR No. 2344.01, OMB Control No. 2020-NEW
4. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2023.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0513
5. REMED - ND. EPA. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Clarification of April 30, 2009 Addendum to Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grantees
6. TOXICS - ND. DOE. Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury
7. ENERGY - NM. DOE. Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
8. ENERGY, TRANSPORT - ND/PR. DOT/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Consumer Assistance To Recycle and Save Act of 2009
9. LAND, AGRICULTURE - FRI. USDA/Commodity Credit Corporation. Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
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: DRINK - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for Annual Public Water
Systems Compliance Report
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 31730-31732]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket ID Numbers EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0280; FRL-8925-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on
Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for Annual Public Water
Systems Compliance Report
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 EPA is planning to submit the
following existing, approved, continuing Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the purpose of
renewing the ICRs. Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for review and
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the
information collections as described below in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 31, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or
through hand delivery/courier service. Follow the detailed instructions
as provided under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section A.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The contact individual for the ICR is
listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section II.C.
[Notices]
[Page 31730-31732]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket ID Numbers EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0280; FRL-8925-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on
Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for Annual Public Water
Systems Compliance Report
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 EPA is planning to submit the
following existing, approved, continuing Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the purpose of
renewing the ICRs. Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for review and
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the
information collections as described below in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 31, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted electronically, by mail, or
through hand delivery/courier service. Follow the detailed instructions
as provided under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section A.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The contact individual for the ICR is
listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section II.C.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Request for National Emission Standards
for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units; EPA ICR No. 2362.01
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 31725-31728]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234; FRL-8925-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Information Request for National Emission Standards
for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units; EPA
ICR No. 2362.01
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 action announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 31, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0234, 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.
Fax: (202) 566-1741.
Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 22821T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation Docket and Information
Center, U.S. EPA, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., 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: William Maxwell, Energy Strategies
Group, Sector Policies and Program Division, (D243-01), Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-5430; fax number: (919) 541-5450; e-mail
address: maxwell.bill@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 31725-31728]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0234; FRL-8925-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Information Request for National Emission Standards
for Coal- and Oil-fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units; EPA
ICR No. 2362.01
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 action announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 31, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0234, by one of the following methods:
submitting comments.
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 22821T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Center, U.S. EPA, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., 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: William Maxwell, Energy Strategies
Group, Sector Policies and Program Division, (D243-01), Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-5430; fax number: (919) 541-5450; e-mail
address: maxwell.bill@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Auto Body Compliance Assessment Pilot Project (New); EPA ICR No. 2344.01, OMB Control No. 2020-NEW
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 31729-31730]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0124; FRL-8925-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Auto Body Compliance Assessment
Pilot Project (New); EPA ICR No. 2344.01, OMB Control No. 2020-NEW
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 for a new
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 August 3,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA HQ-OECA-
2009-0124, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 28221T, 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: Kenneth Harmon, Office of Compliance,
(2224A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7049; fax number:
(202) 564-7083; e-mail address: harmon.kenneth@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 31729-31730]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0124; FRL-8925-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Auto Body Compliance Assessment
Pilot Project (New); EPA ICR No. 2344.01, OMB Control No. 2020-NEW
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 for a new
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 August 3,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA HQ-OECA-
2009-0124, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 28221T, 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: Kenneth Harmon, Office of Compliance,
(2224A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7049; fax number:
(202) 564-7083; e-mail address: harmon.kenneth@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Clay Ceramics
Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2023.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0513
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 31728-31729]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0369; FRL-8925-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Clay Ceramics
Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2023.04, OMB Control Number
2060-0513
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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 3,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2008-0369, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Sounjay Gairola, Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance, Mail Code 2242A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564-4003; e-mail address: gairola.sounjay@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 31728-31729]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0369; FRL-8925-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Clay Ceramics
Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2023.04, OMB Control Number
2060-0513
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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 3,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OECA-
2008-0369, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Sounjay Gairola, Office of Enforcement
and Compliance Assurance, Mail Code 2242A, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564-4003; e-mail address: gairola.sounjay@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: REMED - ND. EPA. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Clarification of April 30, 2009 Addendum to Supplemental Funding for
Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grantees
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 31732-31733]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8925-6]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
Clarification of April 30, 2009 Addendum to Supplemental Funding for
Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grantees
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA published a notice on April 30, 2009 concerning the
applicability of Title XVI, section 1605 of the Recovery Act (``Buy
American''), to loans and subgrants that would be made with
approximately $40 million in Recovery Act funding the Agency will use
to supplement Revolving Loan Fund capitalization grants previously
awarded competitively under section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The
April 30, 2009 notice stated that ``remediation activities conducted
with RLF supplemental funds by private sector developers, non-profit
organizations or other non-governmental borrowers or subgrantees, and
tribes, are not public buildings or public works for the purposes of
the Buy American provision of the Recovery Act as implemented at
subpart B of 2 CFR part 176.'' This notice clarifies that statement. If
a non-governmental or tribal borrower or subgrantee uses RLF
supplemental funds to remediate a public building or public work as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the
Buy American provision of the Recovery Act will apply to that loan or
subgrant.
DATES: This action is effective July 2, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Morey, U.S. EPA, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization, (202) 566-2735 or the appropriate Brownfields Regional
Contact.
[Notices]
[Page 31732-31733]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8925-6]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
Clarification of April 30, 2009 Addendum to Supplemental Funding for
Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grantees
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA published a notice on April 30, 2009 concerning the
applicability of Title XVI, section 1605 of the Recovery Act (``Buy
American''), to loans and subgrants that would be made with
approximately $40 million in Recovery Act funding the Agency will use
to supplement Revolving Loan Fund capitalization grants previously
awarded competitively under section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The
April 30, 2009 notice stated that ``remediation activities conducted
with RLF supplemental funds by private sector developers, non-profit
organizations or other non-governmental borrowers or subgrantees, and
tribes, are not public buildings or public works for the purposes of
the Buy American provision of the Recovery Act as implemented at
subpart B of 2 CFR part 176.'' This notice clarifies that statement. If
a non-governmental or tribal borrower or subgrantee uses RLF
supplemental funds to remediate a public building or public work as
defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, the
Buy American provision of the Recovery Act will apply to that loan or
subgrant.
DATES: This action is effective July 2, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Morey, U.S. EPA, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization, (202) 566-2735 or the appropriate Brownfields Regional
Contact.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: TOXICS - ND. DOE. Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 31723-31725]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110-414), hereafter referred to as the Act, the Department of Energy
(DOE or the Department) plans to designate a facility or facilities for
the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury generated
within the United States. To this end, the Department intends to
prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 regulations of the
President's Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508)
and DOE's implementing procedures (10 CFR part 1021). This EIS will
evaluate alternatives for such a facility or facilities in order to
have the requisite capability operational by January 1, 2013, as
stipulated in the Act. The United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is a cooperating agency for this EIS.
DATES: DOE invites public comment on the scope of this EIS during a 45-
day public scoping period commencing July 2, 2009 and ending on August
17, 2009. In defining the scope of the EIS, DOE will consider all
comments received or postmarked by the end of the scoping period.
Comments received or postmarked after the scoping period end date will
be considered to the extent practicable. For dates, times and locations
of public scoping meetings, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the scope of the EIS may be submitted by
mail to: Mr. David Levenstein, EIS Document Manager, P.O. Box 2612,
Germantown, MD 20874, by toll free fax to 1-877-274-5462; or through
the EIS Web site at http://www.mercurystorageeis.com.
To be placed on the EIS distribution list, any of the methods
listed under ADDRESSES above can be used. In requesting a copy of the
Draft EIS, please specify whether the request is for a copy of the
Summary only, the entire Draft EIS, or the entire Draft EIS (which
includes the Summary) on a compact disc. In addition, the Draft EIS
will be available on the DOE NEPA Web site at http://www.gc.energy.gov/
NEPA/ and at the EIS Web site referenced above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the EIS,
please contact David Levenstein, EIS Document Manager, Office of
Regulatory Compliance (EM-10), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. For general information
concerning DOE's NEPA process, contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (GC-20), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, e-mail:
askNEPA@hq.doe.gov; telephone 202-586-4600, fax 202-586-7031, or leave
a message at 1-800-472-2756. This Notice will be available at http://
www.gc.energy.gov/NEPA/ and at http://www.mercurystorageeis.com.
[Notices]
[Page 31723-31725]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for
the Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (Pub. L.
110-414), hereafter referred to as the Act, the Department of Energy
(DOE or the Department) plans to designate a facility or facilities for
the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury generated
within the United States. To this end, the Department intends to
prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 regulations of the
President's Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 1500-1508)
and DOE's implementing procedures (10 CFR part 1021). This EIS will
evaluate alternatives for such a facility or facilities in order to
have the requisite capability operational by January 1, 2013, as
stipulated in the Act. The United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is a cooperating agency for this EIS.
DATES: DOE invites public comment on the scope of this EIS during a 45-
day public scoping period commencing July 2, 2009 and ending on August
17, 2009. In defining the scope of the EIS, DOE will consider all
comments received or postmarked by the end of the scoping period.
Comments received or postmarked after the scoping period end date will
be considered to the extent practicable. For dates, times and locations
of public scoping meetings, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the scope of the EIS may be submitted by
mail to: Mr. David Levenstein, EIS Document Manager, P.O. Box 2612,
Germantown, MD 20874, by toll free fax to 1-877-274-5462; or through
the EIS Web site at http://www.mercurystorageeis.com.
To be placed on the EIS distribution list, any of the methods
listed under ADDRESSES above can be used. In requesting a copy of the
Draft EIS, please specify whether the request is for a copy of the
Summary only, the entire Draft EIS, or the entire Draft EIS (which
includes the Summary) on a compact disc. In addition, the Draft EIS
will be available on the DOE NEPA Web site at http://www.gc.energy.gov/
NEPA/ and at the EIS Web site referenced above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the EIS,
please contact David Levenstein, EIS Document Manager, Office of
Regulatory Compliance (EM-10), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. For general information
concerning DOE's NEPA process, contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,
Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (GC-20), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, e-mail:
askNEPA@hq.doe.gov; telephone 202-586-4600, fax 202-586-7031, or leave
a message at 1-800-472-2756. This Notice will be available at http://
www.gc.energy.gov/NEPA/ and at http://www.mercurystorageeis.com.
ANNOUNCEMENT 7
Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Notices]
[Page 31725]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Science.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee (BESAC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Friday, July
10, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
ADDRESSES: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 5701
Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Perine; Office of Basic Energy
Sciences; U. S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, Independence
Avenue, Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903-6529.
[Notices]
[Page 31725]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Science.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences
Advisory Committee (BESAC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be
announced in the Federal Register.
DATES: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., and Friday, July
10, 2009, 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon.
ADDRESSES: Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, 5701
Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Perine; Office of Basic Energy
Sciences; U. S. Department of Energy; Germantown Building, Independence
Avenue, Washington, DC 20585; Telephone: (301) 903-6529.
ANNOUNCEMENT 8
Subject: ENERGY, TRANSPORT - ND/PR. DOT/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Consumer Assistance To Recycle and Save Act of 2009
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31811-31817]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Chapter V
[Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0109]
Consumer Assistance To Recycle and Save Act of 2009
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA);
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Summary of the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of
2009 and notice of upcoming rulemaking proceeding.
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SUMMARY: To inform consumers, dealers, and other interested persons
about the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (CARS Act
or the Act), this agency is publishing a brief summary of the Act's key
features in question and answer format. The Act establishes a new
program under which the government will provide $3,500 or $4,500 to
help consumers purchase or lease a new, more fuel efficient car, van,
sport utility vehicle or pickup truck from a participating dealer when
they trade in an old, less fuel efficient vehicle. This notice also
describes the steps that the agency is taking to enable it to meet its
twin responsibilities under the Act: establishing an effective program
for promptly making money available under the CARS Act for eligible
purchases and leases, and exercising due diligence in guarding against
the possibility of fraud.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain additional information
about the CARS program by calling 1-866-CAR-7891. It is dedicated to
calls about the program. For technical issues, you may contact Mr.
Frank Borris, Office of Enforcement, by telephone at (202) 366-2544.
For legal issues, you may contact Mr. David Jasinski, Office of Chief
Counsel, by telephone at (202) 366-5552.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31811-31817]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Chapter V
[Docket No. NHTSA-2009-0109]
Consumer Assistance To Recycle and Save Act of 2009
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA);
Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Summary of the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of
2009 and notice of upcoming rulemaking proceeding.
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SUMMARY: To inform consumers, dealers, and other interested persons
about the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (CARS Act
or the Act), this agency is publishing a brief summary of the Act's key
features in question and answer format. The Act establishes a new
program under which the government will provide $3,500 or $4,500 to
help consumers purchase or lease a new, more fuel efficient car, van,
sport utility vehicle or pickup truck from a participating dealer when
they trade in an old, less fuel efficient vehicle. This notice also
describes the steps that the agency is taking to enable it to meet its
twin responsibilities under the Act: establishing an effective program
for promptly making money available under the CARS Act for eligible
purchases and leases, and exercising due diligence in guarding against
the possibility of fraud.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain additional information
about the CARS program by calling 1-866-CAR-7891. It is dedicated to
calls about the program. For technical issues, you may contact Mr.
Frank Borris, Office of Enforcement, by telephone at (202) 366-2544.
For legal issues, you may contact Mr. David Jasinski, Office of Chief
Counsel, by telephone at (202) 366-5552.
ANNOUNCEMENT 9
Subject: LAND, AGRICULTURE - FRI. USDA/Commodity Credit Corporation. Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
[Federal Register: July 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 126)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 31578-31581]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
7 CFR Part 1491
RIN 0578-AA46
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Commodity
Credit Corporation (CCC), United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Interim final rule; correction with reopening of public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published in
the Federal Register of January 16, 2009, an interim final rule with
request for comment amending the program regulations for the Farm and
Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) to incorporate programmatic
changes authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(2008 Act). The public comment period closed March 17, 2009.
The January 16, 2009, interim final rule identified the contingent
right of enforcement as an acquisition of a real property right. This
correction to the January 16, 2009, interim final rule clarifies that
the right of enforcement is a condition placed upon the award of
financial assistance and, therefore, does not constitute an
acquisition. NRCS is also using the opportunity presented by this
rulemaking to ask for public input on key programmatic implementation
questions. Finally, this document reopens the public comment period for
the January 16, 2009, interim final rule, as amended, upon publication
until August 3, 2009.
DATES: Effective Date: The rule is effective July 2, 2009.
Comment date: Submit comments on or before August 3, 2009. The
comment period for the FRPP interim final rule published on January 16,
2009 (74 FR 2317), as changed by this rulemaking, is reopened. Comments
must be received on or before August 3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments (identified by Docket Number NRCS-IFR-
08013) using any of the following methods:
Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending comments
electronically.
Mail: John Glover, Acting Director, Easements Programs
Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program Comments, Post Office
Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013.
Fax: (202) 720-9689.
Hand Delivery: USDA South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 6819, Washington, DC 20250, between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Please ask the
guard at the entrance to the South Building to call (202) 720-1854 in
order to be escorted into the building.
This interim final rule may be accessed via the Internet.
Users can access the NRCS homepage at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/; select
the Farm Bill link from the menu; select the Interim final link from
beneath the Final and Interim Final Rules Index title. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for communication (Braille,
large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact the USDA TARGET Center
at: (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Glover, Acting Director, Easement
Programs Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Post Office Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013-2890;
Phone: (202) 720-1854; Fax: (202) 720-9689; or e-mail:
FRPP2008@wdc.usda.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 31578-31581]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
7 CFR Part 1491
RIN 0578-AA46
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program
AGENCY: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Commodity
Credit Corporation (CCC), United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Interim final rule; correction with reopening of public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) published in
the Federal Register of January 16, 2009, an interim final rule with
request for comment amending the program regulations for the Farm and
Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP) to incorporate programmatic
changes authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(2008 Act). The public comment period closed March 17, 2009.
The January 16, 2009, interim final rule identified the contingent
right of enforcement as an acquisition of a real property right. This
correction to the January 16, 2009, interim final rule clarifies that
the right of enforcement is a condition placed upon the award of
financial assistance and, therefore, does not constitute an
acquisition. NRCS is also using the opportunity presented by this
rulemaking to ask for public input on key programmatic implementation
questions. Finally, this document reopens the public comment period for
the January 16, 2009, interim final rule, as amended, upon publication
until August 3, 2009.
DATES: Effective Date: The rule is effective July 2, 2009.
Comment date: Submit comments on or before August 3, 2009. The
comment period for the FRPP interim final rule published on January 16,
2009 (74 FR 2317), as changed by this rulemaking, is reopened. Comments
must be received on or before August 3, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments (identified by Docket Number NRCS-IFR-
08013) using any of the following methods:
www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending comments
electronically.
Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program Comments, Post Office
Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013.
Avenue, SW., Room 6819, Washington, DC 20250, between 9 a.m. and 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. Please ask the
guard at the entrance to the South Building to call (202) 720-1854 in
order to be escorted into the building.
Users can access the NRCS homepage at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/; select
the Farm Bill link from the menu; select the Interim final link from
beneath the Final and Interim Final Rules Index title. Persons with
disabilities who require alternative means for communication (Braille,
large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact the USDA TARGET Center
at: (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Glover, Acting Director, Easement
Programs Division, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, Post Office Box 2890, Washington, DC 20013-2890;
Phone: (202) 720-1854; Fax: (202) 720-9689; or e-mail:
FRPP2008@wdc.usda.gov.
