Monday, November 23, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 224, November 23, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 224
Monday, November 23, 2009
 
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. CLIMATE, TOXICS - PR. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2010 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
 
    2. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1969.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0533
 
    3. TOXICS - NM. DHHS/CDCP. National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR); Notice of National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures Leadership Council Meeting
 
  
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: CLIMATE, TOXICS - PR. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2010 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
 
[Federal Register: November 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 224)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 61078-61096]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 82

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0351; FRL-8982-7]
RIN 2060-AP62

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2010 Critical Use
Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing uses that qualify for the 2010 critical use
exemption and the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced,
imported, or supplied from existing pre-phaseout inventory for those
uses in 2010. EPA is taking action under the authority of the Clean Air
Act to reflect a recent consensus decision taken by the Parties to the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer at the
Twentieth Meeting of the Parties. EPA is seeking comment on the list of
critical uses and on EPA's determination of the amounts of methyl
bromide needed to satisfy those uses.

DATES: Comments must be submitted by December 23, 2009. Any party
requesting a public hearing must notify the contact person listed below
by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on November 30, 2009. If a hearing is
requested it will be held on December 8, 2009 and comments will be due
to the Agency January 7, 2010. EPA will post information regarding a
hearing, if one is requested, on the Ozone Protection Web site http://
www.epa.gov/ozone/strathome.html
. Persons interested in attending a
public hearing should consult with the contact person below regarding
the location and time of the hearing.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0351, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
    Fax: 202-566-1741.
    Mail: Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0351, Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Mail code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0351, Air and
Radiation Docket at EPA West, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Room B108,
Mail Code 6102T, Washington, DC 20460. 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: For further information about this
proposed rule, contact Jeremy Arling by telephone at (202) 343-9055, or
by e-mail at arling.jeremy@epa.gov or by mail at U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, Stratospheric
Program Implementation Branch (6205J), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. You may also visit the Ozone Depletion Web site
of EPA's Stratospheric Protection Division at http://www.epa.gov/ozone/
strathome.html
for further information about EPA's Stratospheric Ozone
Protection regulations, the science of ozone layer depletion, and
related topics.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1969.04, OMB Control
Number 2060-0533
 
[Federal Register: November 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 224)]
[Notices]              
[Page 61146-61147]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0401; FRL-8983-9]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Miscellaneous Organic
Chemical Manufacturing (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1969.04, OMB Control
Number 2060-0533

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 December 23,
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0401, to (1) EPA online using 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: Learia Williams, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2223A,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4113; fax number:
(202) 564-0050; e-mail address: williams.learia@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - NM. DHHS/CDCP. National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR); Notice of National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures Leadership Council
Meeting
 
[Federal Register: November 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 224)]
[Notices]              
[Page 61159]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH/ATSDR); Notice of National
Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures Leadership Council
Meeting

    Time and Date: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Friday, December 11, 2009.
    Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20008.
    Status: Open to the public, on a first come, first served basis,
limited by the space available. An opportunity for the public to listen
to the meeting by phone may be provided; see ``Contact for Additional
Information'' below.
    Purpose: This is the first meeting of the National Conversation on
Public Health and Chemical Exposures Leadership Council. The National
Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures is a collaborative
initiative through which many organizations and individuals are helping
develop an action agenda for strengthening the nation's approach to
protecting the public's health from harmful chemical exposures. The
Leadership Council provides overall guidance to the National
Conversation project and will be responsible for issuing the final
action agenda. For additional information on the National Conversation
on Public Health and Chemical Exposures, visit this Web site: http://
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/nationalconversation/
.
    Meeting Agenda: The meeting will provide an overview of the
National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures, the
status of project activities to date, and the project timeline. The
meeting then will focus on discussions of the National Conversation
Operating Procedures and the charges for the six National Conversation
Work Groups.
    Contact for Additional Information: If you would like to receive
additional information on attending the meeting or the potential
opportunity to listen to the meeting by phone, please contact:
nationalconversation@cdc.gov or Ben Gerhardstein at 770-488-3646.
 
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