Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 230, December 2, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 230
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
 
 
There are 6 announcements in this issue
 
    1. DRINK - FR/Correction. EPA. Expedited Approval of Alternative Test Procedures for the Analysis of Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures
 
    2. AIR - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing
 
    3. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Fenpyroximate; Pesticide Tolerances
 
    4. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances
 
    5. TRANSPORT, ENERGY - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Focus Group and Consumer Survey Research for Improving Fuel Economy Label Design and Content; EPA ICR No. 2343.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW
 
    6. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Dicloran; Notice of Receipt of a Request to Voluntarily Amend To Terminate a Use of DCNA Pesticide Registrations
           

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: DRINK - FR/Correction. EPA. Expedited Approval of Alternative Test Procedures for the Analysis of Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking Water Act; Analysis and Sampling Procedures
 
[Federal Register: December 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 230)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 63069-63070]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 141

[EPA-HQ-OW-2009-0707; FRL-8979-5]
 
Expedited Approval of Alternative Test Procedures for the
Analysis of Contaminants Under the Safe Drinking Water Act; Analysis
and Sampling Procedures

Correction

    In rule document E9-27044 beginning on page 57908 in the issue of
November 10, 2009, make the following correction:
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: AIR - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area Sources: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing
 
[Federal Register: December 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 230)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 63235-63266]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0027; FRL-8983-6]
RIN 2060-AO94

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Area
Sources: Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating national emissions standards for the
control of emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from the asphalt
processing and asphalt roofing manufacturing area source category.
These final emissions standards for new and existing sources are based
upon EPA's final determination as to what constitutes the generally
available control technology or management practices (GACT) for the
source category.

DATES: This final rule is effective on December 2, 2009.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0027. All documents in the docket are listed in the
Federal Docket Management System index at http://www.regulations.gov.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., confidential business information or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically through http://
www.regulations.gov
or in hard copy at the EPA Public Reading Room
under the heading ``Area Source National Emission Standards for
Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Asphalt Processing and Asphalt
Roofing Manufacturing.'' The Public Reading Room is located at EPA/DC,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC and is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is
(202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is (202)
566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Warren Johnson, Outreach and
Information Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (MC-
C404-05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-5124; fax number:
(919) 541-0242; e-mail address: johnson.warren@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - FR. EPA. Fenpyroximate; Pesticide Tolerances
 
[Federal Register: December 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 230)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 63074-63079]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0556; FRL-8799-2]

Fenpyroximate; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues
of fenpyroximate and its Z-isomer in or on berry, low growing, subgroup
13-07G, at 1.0 part per million (ppm). Nichino America, Inc. requested
this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective December 2, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before February 1, 2010,
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0556. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at http://
www.regulations.gov
. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Rosanna Louie, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-0037; e-mail address: louie.rosanna@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: TOXICS - FR. EPA. Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances
 
[Federal Register: December 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 230)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 63070-63074]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0330; FRL-8799-9]

Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues
of hexythiazox in or on potato. The Interregional Research Project
Number 4 (IR-4) requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective December 2, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before February 1, 2010,
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0330. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at http://
www.regulations.gov
. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI)
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain
other material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the
Internet and will be publicly available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are available in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Madden, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-6463; e-mail address: madden.barbara@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: TRANSPORT, ENERGY - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Focus Group and Consumer Survey Research for Improving Fuel Economy Label Design and Content; EPA ICR No. 2343.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW
 
[Federal Register: December 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 230)]
[Notices]              
[Page 63149-63151]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0865; FRL-9088-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Focus Group and Consumer Survey Research for Improving
Fuel Economy Label Design and Content; EPA ICR No. 2343.01, OMB Control
No. 2060-NEW

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 EPA is planning to
submit a request for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0865 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 Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0865
    Hand Delivery: Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0865. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0865. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of
any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the
EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roberts French, Compliance and
Innovative Strategies Division, Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Dr., Ann
Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4380; fax number: (734)
214-4869; e-mail address: French.Roberts@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Dicloran; Notice of Receipt of a Request to Voluntarily Amend To Terminate a Use of DCNA Pesticide Registrations
 
[Federal Register: December 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 230)]
[Notices]              
[Page 63151-63153]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0265; FRL-8800-4]

Dicloran; Notice of Receipt of a Request to Voluntarily Amend To
Terminate a Use of DCNA Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of a request by the registrant to voluntarily amend
their DCNA registrations to terminate a certain use. The request would
terminate dicloran (DCNA) use in or on carrots. The request would not
terminate the last DCNA product registered for use in the United
States. EPA intends to grant this request at the close of the comment
period for this announcement unless the Agency receives substantive
comments within the comment period that would merit its further review
of the request, or unless the registrant withdraws the request within
this period. Upon acceptance of this request, any sale, distribution,
or use of products listed in this notice will be permitted only if such
sale, distribution, or use is consistent with the terms as described in
the final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 4, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0265, 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: James Parker, Pesticide Re-evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 306-0469; fax number: (703) 308-7070; e-
mail address: parker.james@epa.gov.

 
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