Thursday, July 30, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 145, July 30, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 145
Thursday, July 30, 2009
 
There are 6 announcements in this issue
 
    1. HAZ, SOLID - ND/CBI. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information under RCRA, by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Eastern Research Group (ERG)
 
    2. ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on Twenty Proposed Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
 
    3. ALL - NM. EPA. NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship
 
    4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Triclosan; Product Cancellation Order
 
    5. WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. External Advisory Panel for NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative
 
    6. CLIMATE - ND. DOS. Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Preparation of Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report under UNFCCC
   
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: HAZ, SOLID - ND/CBI. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information under RCRA, by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Eastern Research Group (ERG)
 
[Federal Register: July 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 145)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38004]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8937-4]

Access to Confidential Business Information by Science
Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Eastern Research
Group (ERG)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of access to data.

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SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its contractors, SAIC and ERG to access
Confidential Business Information (CBI) which has been submitted to EPA
under the authority of all sections of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended. EPA has issued regulations (40
CFR part 2, subpart B) that outline business confidentiality provisions
for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive information
designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these provisions.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no
sooner than August 10, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaShan Haynes, Document Control
Officer, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (5305P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (703) 605-0516.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on Twenty Proposed Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
 
[Federal Register: July 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 145)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38004-38012]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Docket ID Numbers EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0522 to 0537 and 0542 to 0545, FRL-
8937-7]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments on
Twenty Proposed Information Collection Requests (ICRs)

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 twenty existing, approved, continuing Information Collection
Requests (ICRs) 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 under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 28, 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 individuals for each ICR
are listed under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, section II. C.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship
 
[Federal Register: July 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 145)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38012]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8937-6]

NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
EPA gives notice of a meeting of the NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting
Environmental Stewardship.
    The purpose of the proposed Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental
Stewardship (SPES) of the National Advisory Council for Environmental
Policy and Technology (NACEPT) will be to advise the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) on how to promote environmental stewardship
practices that encompass all environmental aspects of an organization
in the regulated community and other sectors, as appropriate, in order
to enhance human health and environmental protection. A copy of the
meeting agenda will be posted at http://epa.gov/ncei/dialogue.htm. This
Web site also includes the draft charge of the SPES, which provides
further information about the purpose of the Subcommittee.

DATES: The NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship
will hold an open meeting on August 18, 2009 (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) and August
19, 2009 (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) Eastern.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA Office of Pesticide
Programs, One Potomac Yard Conference Center (1st Floor), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. The meeting is open to the public,
with limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Langton, Designated Federal
Officer, langton.regina@epa.gov, 202-566-2178, U.S. EPA Office of
Policy, Economics, and Innovation (MC1807T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Triclosan; Product Cancellation Order
 
[Federal Register: July 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 145)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38012-38013]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0513; FRL-8428-2]

Triclosan; Product Cancellation Order

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellations,
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of
products containing the pesticide triclosan pursuant to section 6(f)(1)
of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as
amended. This cancellation order follows a April 22,2009 Federal
Register Notice of Receipt of Requests from the triclosan registrant to
voluntarily cancel all their triclosan technical grade product
registrations. These are not the last triclosan products registered for
use in the United States. In the April 22, 2009 notice, EPA indicated
that it would issue an order implementing the cancellations to
terminate uses, unless the Agency received substantive comments within
the 30-day comment period that would
merit its further review of these requests, or unless the registrant
withdrew their requests within this period. The Agency did not receive
any comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw
their requests. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a
cancellation order granting the requested cancellations. Any
distribution, sale, or use of the triclosan products subject to this
cancellation order is permitted only in accordance with the terms of
this order, including any existing stocks provisions.

DATES: The cancellations are effective July 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Garvie, Antimicrobials
Division (7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-0034; fax number: (703) 305-5620; e-
mail address: garvie.heather@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. External Advisory Panel for NOAA's Oceans and Human Health Initiative
 
[Federal Register: July 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 145)]
[Notices]              
[Page 37986-37987]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

External Advisory Panel for NOAA's Oceans and Human Health
Initiative

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation of Members for an External Advisory
Panel for the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative.

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SUMMARY: This notice responds to the Oceans and Human Health Act of
2005, Public Law 108-447, which authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
establish an Oceans and Human Health Advisory Panel (the Panel). This
Panel assists in the development and implementation of the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative, as set forth in section 903(b) of the Oceans and Human
Health Act. Nominations to the Panel are being solicited for a balanced
representation of individuals with multi-disciplinary expertise in the
marine and biomedical sciences. The Panel is not subject to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

DATES: Resumes should be sent to the address, e-mail, or fax specified
and must be received by Monday, August 31, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Senior Science and Policy Analyst, Oceans and Human Health
Initiative, National Ocean Service, NOAA, 331 Fort Johnson Road,
Charleston, SC 29412-9110, fax: 843-762-8737, e-mail:
Carolyn.Sotka@noaa.gov; cc: Juli.Trtanj@noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Sotka, NOAA, Senior Science
and Policy Analyst, National Ocean Service (NOS), NOAA, 331 Fort
Johnson Road, Charleston, South Carolina 29412-9110; Telephone: 843-
762-8944, Fax: 843-762-8737; e-mail: Carolyn.Sotka@noaa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: CLIMATE - ND. DOS. Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Preparation of Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report under UNFCCC
 
[Federal Register: July 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 145)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38078-38079]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6713]

Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs; Preparation of Fifth U.S. Climate Action Report

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The United States is a Party to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Convention sets forth
requirements for UNFCCC Parties to provide a national communication
that lists the steps they are taking to implement the Convention. In
particular, Parties are to provide: An inventory of anthropogenic
emissions by sources and removal by sinks of all greenhouse gases not
controlled by the Montreal Protocol; a detailed description of the
policies and measures adopted to implement their commitments under the
Convention; and estimates of the effects those policies and measures
will have on emissions and sinks. Subsequent guidelines further
elaborate the information that Parties are to submit periodically. The
United States submitted the first U.S. Climate Action Report (USCAR) to
the UNFCCC Secretariat in 1994, the second in 1997, the third in 2002,
and the fourth in 2007. The U.S. Government is currently preparing its
fifth national communication, which is due to the UNFCCC secretariat on
January 1, 2010. The purpose of this announcement is to notify
interested members of the public of this process and to solicit
contributions and input on the issues covered in the national
communication for the purpose of preparing the report. The State
Department intends to make available for public review a draft national
communication in fall of 2009.

DATES: Written comments should be received on or before noon, thirty
(30) days from the date of publication of this notice.

ADDRESSES: To expedite their receipt, comments should be submitted via
e-mail to: car5@state.gov. Comments may also be submitted in hard copy
to, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of Global Change (Room
2480), 2201 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20520.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maurice N. LeFranc, Jr., U.S.
Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental
and Scientific Affairs, Office of Global Change at (202) 647-6738.

 
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