Monday, November 16, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 219, November 16, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 219
Monday, November 16, 2009
 
 
There are 10 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - NS/Comment Request. EPA. Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; proposed Cash Creek Generating Station in Cash Creek, Kentucky
 
    2. AIR - NS/Comment Request. EPA. Proposed Consent Decree. New Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants
 
    3. AIR - NS/Comment Request. EPA. Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; Promulgate emission standards for major sources of hazardous air pollutant emissions from polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production
facilities
 
    4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticide Products; Registration Applications
 
    5. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR/ND. DOE. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers: Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document
 
    6. TOXICS, HAZ, TRANSPORT - ND. DOE. Notice of Availability of the U.S. Department of Energy Interim Guidance on Packaging, Transportation, Receipt, Management, and Long-Term Storage of Elemental Mercury
 
    7. ENERGY/Building - NF. HUD. Recovery Act--Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing, Notice of Closing of Application Solicitation
 
    8. LAND - NF. HUD. Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 2009
Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Correction
 
    9. ENERGY, WATER - ND. DOI/MMS. Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Central Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213 (2010) Environmental Assessment
 
  10. ALL - ND. DOC/NOAA. Notice of Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008
 
 
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 - NS/Comment Request. EPA. Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; proposed Cash Creek Generating Station in Cash Creek, Kentucky
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58953-58954]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8981-2]

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed consent decree, to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club and
Valley Watch, Inc. (collectively ``Plaintiffs'') in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia: Sierra Club, et al. v.
Jackson, No. 1:09-cv-00312 (D.D.C). Plaintiffs filed suit to compel the
Administrator to respond to two administrative petitions seeking EPA's
objection to a combined CAA Title V operating permit and Prevention of
Significant Deterioration permit No. V-07-017 issued by the Kentucky
Department of Environmental Protection for the proposed Cash Creek
Generating Station in Cash Creek, Kentucky. Under the terms of the
proposed consent decree, EPA has agreed to respond to the petitions by
December 14, 2009.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by December 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2009-0671, online at http://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method); by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be
formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kataoka, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-5584; fax number (202) 564-5603; e-mail address:
kataoka.mark@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: AIR - NS/Comment Request. EPA. Proposed Consent Decree. New Source Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58954-58955]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8981-5]

Proposed Consent Decree

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed consent decree to address a lawsuit filed by the Environmental
Integrity Project and Sierra Club (collectively ``Plaintiffs'') in the
United States District Court for the District of Columbia:
Environmental Integrity Project, et al. v. EPA, No. 1:09-CV-00218 (D.
D.C.). On or about February 4, 2009, Plaintiffs filed a deadline suit
alleging that EPA failed to perform a non-discretionary duty to review,
and if appropriate revise, 40 CFR part 60, subpart G, New Source
Performance Standards for Nitric Acid Plants. Under the terms of the
proposed consent decree, on or before November 15, 2010, EPA will sign
and submit for publication in the Federal Register one or a combination
of the following: (a) A proposed rule containing revisions to NSPS
Subpart G pursuant to CAA 111(b)(1)(B); and/or (b) a proposed and/or
final determination under CAA 111(b)(1)(B) not to revise NSPS Subpart
G. If EPA signs a proposed rule or proposed determination, then on or
before November 15, 2011, EPA will sign and submit for publication in
the Federal Register, one or a combination of the following: (a) A
final rule containing revisions to NSPS Subpart G pursuant to CAA
111(b)(1)(B); and/or (b) a final determination under CAA 111(b)(1)(B)
not to revise NSPS Subpart G.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by December 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2009-0854, online at http://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method); by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-
ROM should be formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of
special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the
mailing address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Jordan, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-7508; fax number (202) 564-5603; e-mail address:
jordan.scott@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: AIR - NS/Comment Request. EPA. Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit; Promulgate emission standards for major sources of hazardous air pollutant emissions from polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production
facilities
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58955-58957]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8981-1]

Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement agreement; request for public
comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed settlement agreement, to address a lawsuit filed by Mossville
Environmental Action Now, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and
Sierra Club (collectively, ``Plaintiffs'') in the United States
District Court for the District of Columbia: Mossville Environmental
Action Now, et al. v. EPA, No. 1:08-cv-01803 (D.D.C.). On October 22,
2008, Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that EPA failed to
promulgate emission standards for major sources of hazardous air
pollutant emissions from polyvinyl chloride and copolymers production
facilities (``PVC Standards'') as required under section 112(e)(1)(E)
of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7412(e)(1)(E). The proposed settlement agreement
establishes deadlines by which the Administrator must sign the proposed
and final rules for PVC Standards.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be
received by December 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2009-0848, online at http://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred
method); by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery or courier to
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM should be
formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kataoka, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-5584; fax number (202) 564-5603; e-mail address:
kataoka.mark@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticide Products; Registration Applications
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58957-58959]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0735; FRL-8797-8]

Pesticide Products; Registration Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of applications to register new
uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active
ingredients, pursuant to the provisions of section 3(c) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. EPA is
publishing this notice of such applications, pursuant to section
3(c)(4) of FIFRA.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 16, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number specified in Unit II. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 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:  A contact person is listed at the end
of each registration application summary and may be contacted by
telephone or e-mail. The mailing address for each contact person listed
is: Registration Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DCD 20460-0001.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - PR/ND. DOE. Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers: Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 58915-58918]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket No. EERE-2008-BT-STD-0012]
RIN 1904-AB79

Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Refrigerators,
Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers: Public Meeting and Availability of
the Preliminary Technical Support Document

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and availability of preliminary
technical support document.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold an informal
public meeting to discuss and receive comments on the product classes
that DOE plans to analyze for purposes of amending energy conservation
standards for residential refrigeration products; the analytical
framework, models, and tools that DOE is using to evaluate standards
for these products; the results of preliminary analyses performed by
DOE for these products; and potential energy conservation standard
levels derived from these analyses that DOE could consider for these
products. DOE also encourages written comments on these subjects. To
inform stakeholders and facilitate this process, DOE has prepared an
agenda, a preliminary Technical Support Document (TSD), and briefing
materials, which are available at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/
buildings/appliance_standards/residential/refrigerators_
freezers.html
.

DATES: The Department will hold a public meeting on December 10, 2009,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Washington, DC. Any person requesting to speak
at the public meeting should submit such request, along with an
electronic copy of the statement to be given at the public meeting,
before 4 p.m., November 25, 2009. Written comments are welcome,
especially following the public meeting, and should be submitted by no
later than January 15, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Please note that foreign nationals
participating in the public meeting are subject to advance security
screening procedures. If a foreign national wishes to participate in
the public meeting, please inform DOE of this fact as soon as possible
by contacting Ms. Brenda Edwards at (202) 586-2945 so that the
necessary procedures can be completed.
    Interested persons may submit comments, identified by docket number
EERE-2008-BT-STD-0012, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: ResRefFreez-2008-STD-0012@hq.doe.gov. Include
EERE-2008-BT-STD-0012 in the subject line of the message.
    Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, Public Meeting for
Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers, EERE-2008-BT-STD-
0012, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Phone:
(202) 586-2945. Please submit one signed paper original.
    Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant
Plaza, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Phone: (202) 586-2945. Please submit
one signed paper original.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and docket number or RIN for this rulemaking.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents, a
copy of the transcript of the public meeting, or comments received, go
to the U.S. Department of Energy, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW.,
Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda
Edwards at (202) 586-2945 for additional information regarding visiting
the Resource Room. Please note that the Department's Freedom of
Information Reading Room (formerly Room 1E-190 at the Forrestal
Building) no longer houses rulemaking materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lucas Adin, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Phone: (202) 287-1317. e-mail: lucas.adin@ee.doe.gov or
Michael Kido, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC-
72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Phone:
(202) 586-9507. e-mail: michael.kido@hq.doe.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: TOXICS, HAZ, TRANSPORT - ND. DOE. Notice of Availability of the U.S. Department of Energy Interim Guidance on Packaging, Transportation, Receipt, Management, and Long-Term Storage of Elemental Mercury
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58952-58953]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Availability of the U.S. Department of Energy Interim
Guidance on Packaging, Transportation, Receipt, Management, and Long-
Term Storage of Elemental Mercury

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This document provides general guidance with respect to
standards and procedures necessary to support the packaging,
transportation, receipt, management, and long-term storage of elemental
mercury generated in the United States (U.S.) as required by the
Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (the Act). Section 5 of the Act, Long-
Term Storage, requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to prepare
guidance that ``establishes procedures and standards for the receipt,
management, and long term storage of elemental mercury.''

ADDRESSES: Ms. Letitia O'Conor, Elemental Mercury Storage Guidance
Document Manager, Office of Environmental Compliance (EM-41), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585. The guidance document will be available at the DOE Web site at
http://www.em.doe.gov/ and http://www.mercurystorageeis.com.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the
guidance document, please contact Ms. Letitia O'Conor, Office of
Environmental Compliance (EM-41), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. You can contact Ms.
O'Conor at (202) 586-6570 or by e-mail at: letitia.o'conor@em.doe.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: ENERGY/Building - NF. HUD. Recovery Act--Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing, Notice of Closing of Application Solicitation
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58973]

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5312-N-02]

Recovery Act--Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing,
Notice of Closing of Application Solicitation

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: By notice issued May 13, 2009, HUD announced the availability
of funding for the Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing
(GRP), a program authorized by the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009, for the purpose of making, primarily, loans and grants to
facilitate utility-saving retrofits and other retrofits that produce
environmental benefits in certain existing HUD-assisted multifamily
housing. In the May 13, 2009, notice, HUD announced that it would begin
soliciting applications beginning on June 15, 2009. This notice
announces that, based on the funds remaining available, HUD will cease
accepting applications as of November 18, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Affordable Housing
Preservation, Office of Housing, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Room 6230, Washington, DC 20410-8000;
telephone number 202-708-0001 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons
with hearing or speech impairments may access this number through TTY
by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-
8339.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 8


Subject: LAND - NF. HUD. Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 2009
Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; Correction
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58973]

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5321-C-03]

Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year 2009
Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 Under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009; Correction

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and
Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On May 4, 2009, HUD posted its NSP2 NOFA at http://
www.hud.gov/nsp
and announced the availability of the NOFA on May 7,
2009 (74 FR 21377). The NSP2 NOFA announced the availability of
approximately $1.93 billion available in competitive grants authorized
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-
5, approved February 17, 2009). The NSP2 NOFA was corrected by Notice
posted on the HUD website and announced on June 11, 2009 (74 FR 28715).
Today's Federal Register publication announces that HUD has posted a
notice making further corrections to the NSP2 NOFA. Specifically, the
Notice (1) corrects an inconsistency in the NSP2 NOFA regarding when
the lead member of a consortium must enter into consortium funding
agreements with consortium members; and (2) extends the deadline for
submitting such agreements to HUD to January 29, 2010. This notice only
affects applications for funding that have already been submitted to
HUD by consortium applicants. HUD notes that the deadline for
applications was July 17, 2009, and, as a result, will not accept new
applications for funding. The notice correcting the NSP2 NOFA is
available on the HUD Web site at http://www.hud.gov/recovery.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stanley Gimont, Director, Office of
Block Grant Assistance, Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Room 7286, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410, telephone
number (202) 708-3587. Persons with hearing or speech impairments may
access this number via TTY by calling the Federal Information Relay
Service at (800) 877-8339. FAX inquiries may be sent to Mr. Gimont at
(202) 401-2044. (Except for the ``800'' number, these telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 9


Subject: ENERGY, WATER - ND. DOI/MMS. Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Central Planning Area, Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213 (2010) Environmental Assessment
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58976-58977]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Central Planning Area,
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213 (2010) Environmental Assessment

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of an environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) is issuing this notice
to advise the public, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA), as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., that MMS has
prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for proposed Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas Lease Sale 213 in the Central Gulf
of Mexico (GOM) Planning Area (Lease Sale 213) scheduled for March
2010. The preparation of this EA is an important step in the decision
process for Lease Sale 213. The proposal for Lease Sale 213 was
identified by the Call for Information and Nominations published in the
Federal Register on October 9, 2008, and was analyzed in the Gulf of
Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2007-2012; Western Planning Area
Sales 204, 207, 210, 215, and 218; Central Planning Area Sales 205,
206, 208, 213, 216, and 222--Final Environmental Impact Statement;
Volumes I and II (Multisale EIS, OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007-018), and in the
Gulf of Mexico OCS Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2009-2012; Central Planning
Area Sales 208, 213, 216, and 222; Western Planning Area Sales 210,
215, and 218--Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
(Supplemental EIS, OCS EIS/EA MMS 2008-041).
    This EA for proposed Lease Sale 213 analyzed the potential
environmental effects of the proposed lease sale and its alternatives
(excluding the unleased blocks near biologically sensitive topographic
features; excluding the unleased blocks within 15 miles of the Baldwin
County, Alabama, coast; and no action) based on any new information
regarding potential impacts and issues that were not available at the
time the Supplemental EIS was prepared. This EA for proposed Lease Sale
213 also examined the potential environmental effects of the addition
of two small areas within the Central Planning Area (CPA), located
greater than 100 miles from the coasts of Alabama and Florida, that
were not previously examined by the Supplemental EIS (OCS EIS/EA MMS
2008-041) or Multisale EIS (OCS EIS/EA MMS 2007-018) but that were
included in the OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program: 2007-2012 (5-Year
Program).
    No new significant impacts were identified for proposed Lease Sale
213 that were not already assessed in the Multisale EIS or Supplemental
EIS. As a result, MMS determined that an additional Supplemental EIS is
not required and prepared a Finding of No New Significant Impact
(FONNSI).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bruce Baird, Minerals Management
Service, Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, MS
5410, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123-2394. You may also contact Mr. Baird
by telephone at (504) 731-1489.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 10


Subject: ALL - ND. DOC/NOAA. Notice of Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008
 
[Federal Register: November 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 219)]
[Notices]              
[Page 58948-58949]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Notice of Indirect Cost Rates for the Damage Assessment,
Remediation, and Restoration Program for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008

AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of indirect cost rates for the Damage Assessment,
Remediation, and Restoration Program for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2008.

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SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's)
Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP) is
announcing new indirect cost rates on the recovery of indirect costs
for its component organizations involved in natural resource damage
assessment and restoration activities for fiscal years (FY) 2007 and
2008. The indirect cost rates for these fiscal years and dates of
implementation are provided in this notice. More information on these
rates and the DARRP policy can be found at the DARRP Web site at http:/
/www.darrp.noaa.gov
.

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