Thursday, October 22, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 203, October 22, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 203
Thursday, October 22, 2009
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel
 
    2. TOXIC - ND. EPA. EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office Request for Nominations of Experts for the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel
 
    3. ENERGY - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts (Standby Mode)
 
    4. WILDLIFE, WATER - PR/NM. DHS/Coast Guard. Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters
 
    5. WILDLIFE, WATER - PR/NM. DHS/Coast Guard. Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters
   
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 - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review Panel
 
[Federal Register: October 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 203)]
[Notices]              
[Page 54562-54563]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8971-7]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Ozone Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Review Panel to conduct a
consultation on EPA's draft Integrated Review Plan for the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Ozone (External Review Draft,
September 2009).

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Friday, November 13,
2009 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the teleconference may contact Dr. Holly
Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory
Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 343-
9867; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov.
General information concerning the CASAC can be found on the EPA Web
site at http:[sol][sol]www.epa.gov/casac.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXIC - ND. EPA. EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office Request for Nominations of Experts for the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel
 
[Federal Register: October 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 203)]
[Notices]              
[Page 54563-54564]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8971-8]

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office Request for Nominations
of Experts for the SAB Trichloroethylene (TCE) Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice request for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting
public nominations of experts to form an SAB Ad Hoc Panel to review
EPA's health effects assessment for Trichloroethylene (TCE).

DATES: Nominations should be submitted by November 12, 2009 per
instructions below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing
further information regarding this Request for Nominations may contact
Dr. Marc Rigas, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by
telephone/voice mail at (202) 343-9978; by fax at (202) 233-0643; or
via e-mail at rigas.marc@epa.gov. General information concerning the
EPA Science Advisory Board can be found on the EPA SAB Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/sab.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ENERGY - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts (Standby Mode)
 
[Federal Register: October 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 203)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 54445-54457]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EERE-2008-BT-TP-0007]
RIN 1904-AB77

Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Fluorescent Lamp
Ballasts (Standby Mode)

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its test
procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts under the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act. These amendments address the measurement of energy
consumption of fluorescent lamp ballasts in the standby mode. These
amendments do not address energy consumption in off mode, because DOE
has determined that these products do not operate in off mode.

DATES: This rule is effective November 23, 2009. The incorporation by
reference of certain publications listed in this rule was approved by
the Director of the Federal Register on November 23, 2009.

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of all materials related to this
rulemaking at the U.S. Department of Energy, Resource Room of the
Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 600,
Washington, DC, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards
at the above telephone number for additional information regarding
visiting the Resource Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Linda Graves, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-1851. E-mail:
Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov.
    Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General
Counsel, GC-72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.
Telephone: (202) 586-5827. E-mail: Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: WILDLIFE, WATER - PR/NM. DHS/Coast Guard. Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters
 
[Federal Register: October 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 203)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 54533-54534]

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 151

46 CFR Part 162

[USCG-2001-10486]
RIN 1625-AA32

Standards for Living Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged
in U.S. Waters

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice provides the times and locations of two public
meetings which will be held by the Coast Guard (USCG) regarding the
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) entitled ``Standards for Living
Organisms in Ships' Ballast Water Discharged in U.S. Waters'' that
published in the Federal Register on Friday, August 28, 2009.

DATES: Public meetings will be held in the Oakland, CA (October 27,
2009) and New York, NY (October 29, 2009) areas to provide
opportunities for oral comments. The comment period for the NPRM closes
on December 4, 2009. All comments and related material submitted after
a meeting must either be submitted to our online docket via http://
www.regulations.gov
on or before December 4, 2009 or reach the Docket
Management Facility by that date.

ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be held at the Marriott Oakland
City Center, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94607, on October 27, 2009,
and the Marriott New York Downtown, 85 West Street at Albany Street,
New York, NY 10006, on October 29, 2009.
    All meetings will be held from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. local time
unless otherwise noted. The meetings may conclude before the allotted
time if all matters of discussion have been addressed.
    You may submit written comments identified by docket number USCG-
2001-10486 before or after the meeting using any one of the following
methods:
    (1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
    (2) Fax: 202-493-2251.
    (3) Mail: Docket Management Facility (M-30), U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    (4) Hand delivery: Same as mail address above, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is 202-366-9329.
    To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
Our online docket for this rulemaking is available on the Internet at
http://www.regulations.gov under docket number USCG-2001-10486.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this proposed
rulemaking, call or e-mail Mr. John Morris, Project Manager,
Environmental Standards Division, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters,
telephone 202-372-1433, e-mail: John.C.Morris@uscg.mil. If you have
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Ms.
Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-
9826.

 
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