Thursday, December 10, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 236, December 10, 2009

 
Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 236
Thursday, December 10, 2009
 
There are 4 announcements in this issue
 
    1. MI/AIR, MI/TRANSPORT - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Exhaust Emissions of Light-duty Vehicles in Metropolitan Detroit ; EPA ICR No. 2363.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW
 
    2. WATER, DRINK, SOLID - NF. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
 
    3. ALL - NM. Office of Science and Technology Policy. Notice of Meeting: Partially Closed Meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
 
    4. GLAKES, WILDLIFE - ND. DHS/Coast Guard. Safety and Security Zone, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Romeoville, IL


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: MI/AIR, MI/TRANSPORT - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Exhaust Emissions of Light-duty Vehicles in Metropolitan Detroit ; EPA ICR No. 2363.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW
 
[Federal Register: December 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 236)]
[Notices]              
[Page 65532-65533]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0548; FRL-9091-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Exhaust Emissions of Light-duty Vehicles in
Metropolitan Detroit ; EPA ICR No. 2363.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0548, 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: (734) 214-4939.
    Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mail code
6102T, 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.
    Hand Delivery: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mail
code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 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.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0548. 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 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: Constance Hart, Assessment and
Standards Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality,
Environmental Protection Agency, AAAQMC, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann
Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4340; fax number: (734)
214-4939; e-mail address: hart.connie@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: WATER, DRINK, SOLID - NF. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
 
[Federal Register: December 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 236)]
[Notices]              
[Page 65509-65514]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) under the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for technical assistance and
training program and solicitation of applications.

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SUMMARY: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) announces the availability
of grant funds pursuant to Title I of Division A of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Public Law 111-5
(Feb. 17, 2009) with regard to the Technical Assistance and Training
Grant Program (TAT). Funds authorized by the Recovery Act are in
addition to Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 funding for this grant program. The
intent of this notice is to advise the public of the funds available
and to provide transparency as required by the Recovery Act.
Regulations for the Technical Assistance and Training Grant Program
regulations can be found at 7 CFR part 1775. Funding announced is
intended to support technical assistance and training activities that
facilitate efforts by rural communities to access Recovery Act funding
for critical water and waste disposal infrastructure projects,
particularly those communities in smaller, lower income, and persistent
poverty areas.

DATES: You may submit completed applications for TAT grants on paper or
electronically according to the following deadlines:
    Paper Submissions: Paper submission of an application must be
postmarked and mailed, shipped, or sent overnight no later than January
11, 2010 to be eligible for grant funding. Late or incomplete
applications will not be eligible for grant funding.
    Electronic Submissions: Submit electronic grant applications at
http://www.grants.gov (Grants.gov) and follow the instructions you find
on that Web site. Electronic submissions of applications must be
received by January 11, 2010 to be eligible for grant funding. Late or
incomplete applications will not be eligible for grant funding.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain application guides and materials for the
Technical Assistance and Training grants the following ways:
    The Internet at the RUS Water and Environmental Programs
(WEP) Web site: http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/.
    You may also request application guides and materials from
RUS by contacting WEP at (202) 720-9586.

Completed applications may be submitted the following ways:

    Paper applications: Send completed paper applications for Technical
Assistance and Training grants to the Rural Utilities Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Room 2233, STOP
1570, Washington, DC 20250-1570.

Applications should be marked ``Attention: Assistant Administrator,
Water and Environmental Programs.''

    Electronic applications: Electronic grant applications may be
submitted at http://www.grants.gov/ (Grants.gov), following the instructions you
find on that Web site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Saulnier, Branch Chief,
Portfolio Management Branch, Water & Environmental Programs, Rural
Utilities Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Room 2231
South Building, Stop 1570, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC
20250-1570. Telephone: (202) 690-2526, FAX: (202) 690-0649, E-mail:
steve.saulnier@wdc.usda.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ALL - NM. Office of Science and Technology Policy. Notice of Meeting: Partially Closed Meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
 
[Federal Register: December 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 236)]
[Notices]              
[Page 65552-65553]

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

    Notice of Meeting: Partially Closed Meeting of the President's
Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

ACTION: Public notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and summary agenda for a
partially closed meeting of the President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology (PCAST), and describes the functions of the
Council. Notice of this meeting is required under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App.

DATES: January 7, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the National Academy of Sciences
building, 2100 C Street, NW., Lecture Room, Washington, DC.
    Type of Meeting: Open and closed.
    Proposed Schedule and Agenda: The President's Council of Advisors
on Science and Technology (PCAST) is scheduled to meet in open session
on January 7, 2010 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. with a lunch break from 12 p.m.
to 2 p.m.
    Open Portion of Meeting: During this open meeting, PCAST is
tentatively scheduled to hear presentations from representatives of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Energy, the
Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Agriculture, and the
Department of Commerce, as well as an expert in healthcare policy.
Speakers will address the following issues: Energy research,
development, and demonstration; homeland security science and
technology; agriculture research; science, technology, and innovation;
and healthcare policy. Additional information and the agenda will be
posted at the PCAST Web site at: http://www.ostp.gov/cs/pcast.
    Closed Portion of the Meeting: PCAST may hold a closed meeting of
approximately 1 hour with the President on January 7, 2010, which must
take place in the White House for the President's scheduling
convenience and to maintain Secret Service protection. This meeting
will be closed to the public because such portion of the meeting is
likely to disclose matters that are to be kept secret in the interest
of national defense or foreign policy under 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). The
precise date and time of this potential meeting has not yet been
determined.
    Public Comments: It is the policy of the PCAST to accept written
public comments of any length, and to accommodate oral public comments
whenever possible. The PCAST expects that public statements presented
at its meetings will not be repetitive of previously submitted oral or
written statements.
    The public comment period for this meeting will take place on
January 7, 2010 at a time specified in the meeting agenda posted on the
PCAST Web site [http://www.ostp.gov//pcast]. This public comment period
is designed only for substantive commentary on PCAST's work, not for
business marketing purposes.
    Oral Comments: To be considered for the public speaker list at the
January meeting, interested parties should register to speak at http://
www.ostp.gov/pcast
, no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday,
December 30, 2009. Phone or email reservations will not be accepted. To
accommodate as many speakers as possible, the time for public comments
will be limited to two (2) minutes per person, with a total public
comment period of 30 minutes. If more speakers register than there is
space available on the agenda, PCAST will randomly select speakers from
among those who applied. Those not selected to present oral comments
may always file written comments with the committee. Speakers are
requested to bring at least 35 copies of their oral comments for
distribution to the participants and public at the meeting.
    Written Comments: Although written comments are accepted until the
date of the meeting, written comments should be submitted to PCAST at
least two weeks prior to each meeting date so that the comments may be
made available to the PCAST members prior to the meeting for their
consideration. Information regarding how to submit comments and
documents to PCAST is available at http://www.ostp.gov/pcast in the
section entitled ``Connect with PCAST.''
    Please note that because PCAST operates under the provisions of
FACA, all public comments and/or presentations will be treated as public
documents and will be made available for public inspection, including
being posted on the PCAST Web site.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Further Information: Information
regarding the meeting agenda, time, location, and how to register for
the meeting is available on the PCAST Web site at: http://www.ostp.gov/
pcast
. A live video webcast and an archive of the webcast after the
event will be available at http://www.ostp.gov//pcast. The archived
video will be available within one week of the meeting. Questions about
the meeting should be directed to Dr. Deborah D. Stine, PCAST Executive
Director, at dstine@ostp.eop.gov, (202) 456-6006. Please note that
public seating for this meeting is limited and is available on a first-
come, first-served basis.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: GLAKES, WILDLIFE - ND. DHS/Coast Guard. Safety and Security Zone, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Romeoville, IL
 
[Federal Register: December 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 236)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 65439-65442]

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Coast Guard

33 CFR Part 165

[Docket No. USCG-2009-1052]
RIN 1625-AA00; 1625-AA87

Safety and Security Zone, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal,
Romeoville, IL

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.

ACTION: Temporary final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety and
security zone on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (CSSC) near
Romeoville, IL. This temporary final rule is intended to restrict all
vessels from transiting the navigable waters of the CSSC. The safety
and security zone is necessary to protect the waters, waterway users
and vessels from hazards associated with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE) electrical dispersal barrier and for the preparation
and safe application of a fish toxicant during a period of time when
the barrier will be disabled to conduct maintenance.

DATES: Effective Date: In this rule, Sec.  165.923 is suspended and a
new temporary section, Sec.  165.T09-1052, is added in the CFR
effective December 10, 2009 until 5 p.m. on December 18, 2009. This
rule is effective with actual notice for purposes of enforcement from 5
p.m. on November 30, 2009 to 5 p.m. on December 18, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Documents indicated in this preamble as being available in
the docket are part of docket USCG-2009-1052 and are available online
by going to http://www.regulations.gov, inserting USCG-2009-1052 in the
``Keyword'' box, and then clicking ``Search.'' They are also available
for inspection or copying at the 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, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions on this
temporary final rule, call CDR Tim Cummins, Deputy Prevention Division,
Ninth Coast Guard District, telephone 216-902-6045. If you have
questions on viewing the docket, call Renee V. Wright, Program Manager,
Docket Operations, telephone 202-366-9826.

 
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