Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 144, July 29, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 144
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FRs [7 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance: Alkyl Alcohol Alkoxylate Phosphate and Sulfate Derivatives; Ethylene Oxide Adducts of 2,4,7,9–tetramethyl–5–decynediol, the Thylene Oxide Content Averages 3.5, 10, or 30 Moles; N,N,N′,N′′,–Tetrakis–(2–Hydroxypropyl) Ethylenediamine; N–alkyl (C–C) Primary Amines and Acetate Salts; Sodium monoalkyl and dialkyl (C–C) phenoxybenzenedisulfonates and related acids; Sodium N–oleoyl–N–methyl taurine; and Sodium salts of N–alkyl (C–C)–beta–iminodipropionic acid
 
    2. TOXICS - FRs [3 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Pesticide Tolerances; and Exemptions: Fenpyroximate; S–Abscisic Acid; and Dichlormid
 
    3. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088
 
    4. AIR - ND. EPA. Final Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
 
    5. AGRICULTURE, LAND - FRI. USDA/Natural Resources Conservation
Service. Commodity Credit Corporation
   
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 - FRs [7 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance: Alkyl Alcohol Alkoxylate Phosphate and Sulfate Derivatives; Ethylene Oxide Adducts of 2,4,7,9–tetramethyl–5–decynediol, the Thylene Oxide Content Averages 3.5, 10, or 30 Moles; N,N,N′,N′′,–Tetrakis–(2–Hydroxypropyl) Ethylenediamine; N–alkyl (C–C) Primary Amines and Acetate Salts; Sodium monoalkyl and dialkyl (C–C) phenoxybenzenedisulfonates and related acids; Sodium N–oleoyl–N–methyl taurine; and Sodium salts of N–alkyl (C–C)–beta–iminodipropionic acid
 
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1. Alkyl Alcohol Alkoxylate Phosphate and Sulfate Derivatives [TEXT]  [PDF]
2. Ethylene Oxide Adducts of 2,4,7,9–tetramethyl–5–decynediol, the Thylene Oxide Content Averages 3.5, 10, or 30 Moles [TEXT]  [PDF]
3. N,N,N′,N′′,–Tetrakis–(2–Hydroxypropyl) Ethylenediamine [TEXT]  [PDF]
4. N–alkyl (C–C) Primary Amines and Acetate Salts [TEXT]  [PDF]
5. Sodium monoalkyl and dialkyl (C–C) phenoxybenzenedisulfonates and related acids [TEXT]  [PDF]
6. Sodium N–oleoyl–N–methyl taurine [TEXT]  [PDF]
7. Sodium salts of N–alkyl (C–C)–beta–iminodipropionic acid [TEXT]  [PDF]
 


ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - FRs [3 Separate Announcements]. EPA. Pesticide Tolerances; and Exemptions: Fenpyroximate; S–Abscisic Acid; and Dichlormid
 
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1. Fenpyroximate [TEXT]  [PDF]
2. S–Abscisic Acid [TEXT]  [PDF]
3. Dichlormid [TEXT]  [PDF]
 

ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting
Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088
 
[Federal Register: July 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 144)]
[Notices]              
[Page 37704-37705]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0490; FRL-8936-8]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting
Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088

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. 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 28,
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2005-0490, to: (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation,
2822T, 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: Dennis Beauregard, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, Mail
Code C339-02, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5512; fax number: (919) 541-0684;
e-mail address: beauregard.dennis@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: AIR - ND. EPA. Final Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
 
[Federal Register: July 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 144)]
[Notices]              
[Page 37705-37706]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352; FRL-8936-9]

Final Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Sulfur Dioxide
(SO2)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of final report.

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SUMMARY: On or about July 31, 2009, the Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is making available a final report, Risk
and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the SO2
Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Final Report. This
document presents the approaches taken to assess exposures to ambient
SO2 and to characterize associated health risks, and
presents the results of those assessments. This document also contains
a staff policy assessment regarding the adequacy of the current
SO2 NAAQS and potential alternative primary SO2
standards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Stewart, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (Mail Code C504-06), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; e-mail:
stewart.michael@epa.gov; telephone: 919-541-7524; fax: 919-541-0237.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: AGRICULTURE, LAND - FRI. USDA/Natural Resources Conservation
Service. Commodity Credit Corporation
 
[Federal Register: July 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 144)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 37499-37519]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

7 CFR Part 1470

RIN 0578-AA43

Conservation Stewardship Program

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comment.

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SUMMARY: Section 2301 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
(the 2008 Act) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to establish the
Conservation Stewardship Program. The purpose of the Conservation
Stewardship Program is to encourage producers to address resource
concerns in a comprehensive manner by undertaking additional
conservation activities, and improving, maintaining and managing
existing conservation activities. This interim final rule, with request
for comment, sets forth the policies, procedures, and requirements
necessary to implement the Conservation Stewardship Program as
authorized by the 2008 Act amendments.

DATES: Effective Date: This interim final rule is effective July 29,
2009.
    Comment Date: Submit comments on or before September 28, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments (identified by Docket Number NRCS-IFR-
09004) using any of the following methods:
    Government-wide rulemaking Web site: Go to http://
regulations.gov
and follow the instructions for sending comments
electronically;
    E-mail directly to NRCS: CSP2008@wdc.usda.gov;
    Mail: Gregory Johnson, Director, Financial Assistance
Programs Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5237-S,
Washington, DC 20250-2890;
    Fax: (202) 720-4265;
    Hand Delivery Room: USDA South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 5237-S, 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) 720-4527 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: Gregory Johnson, Director, Financial
Assistance Programs Division, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
5237-S, Washington, DC 20250; Phone: (202) 720-1845; Fax: (202) 720-
4265; or e-mail CSP2008@wdc.usda.gov.
 
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