Friday, January 8, 2010

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 5, January 8, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 5
Friday, January 8, 2010
 
 
There are 8 announcements in this issue
 
    1. HAZ - FR. EPA. Revisions to the Requirements for: Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Wastes Between OECD Member Countries, Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries, Submitting Exception Reports for Export Shipments of Hazardous Wastes, and Imports of Hazardous Wastes
 
    2. TOXICS - PR/Reopen Comment. EPA. Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances; Reopening of Comment Period
 
    3. HAZ, SOLID - ND/CBI. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial Economics, Incorporated; All sections of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
 
    4. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Surface Coating of
Plastic Parts for Business Machines, EPA ICR Number 1093.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0162
 
    5. AIR, TRANSPORT - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0297
 
    6. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1128.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0080
 
    7. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products (Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, Microwave Ovens, and Electric and Gas Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) and for Certain
Commercial and Industrial Equipment (Commercial Clothes Washers)
 
    8. ENERGY, LAND - ND. NRC, BLM. Notice of Availability of a Memorandum of Understanding Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Bureau of Land Management
 
   
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: HAZ - FR. EPA. Revisions to the Requirements for: Transboundary Shipments of Hazardous Wastes Between OECD Member Countries, Export Shipments of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries, Submitting Exception Reports for Export
Shipments of Hazardous Wastes, and Imports of Hazardous Wastes
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 1235-1262]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, and 271

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0018; FRL-9098-7]
RIN 2050-AE93

Revisions to the Requirements for: Transboundary Shipments of
Hazardous Wastes Between OECD Member Countries, Export Shipments of
Spent Lead-Acid Batteries, Submitting Exception Reports for Export
Shipments of Hazardous Wastes, and Imports of Hazardous Wastes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule amends certain existing regulations promulgated
under the hazardous waste provisions of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) regarding hazardous waste exports from and imports
into the United States. Specifically, the amendments implement recent
changes to the agreements concerning the transboundary movement of
hazardous waste among countries belonging to the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), establish notice and
consent requirements for spent lead-acid batteries intended for
reclamation in a foreign country, specify that all exception reports
concerning hazardous waste exports be sent to the International
Compliance and Assurance Division in the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance's Office of Federal Activities in Washington, DC,
and require U.S. receiving facilities to match EPA-provided import
consent documentation to incoming hazardous waste import shipments and
to submit to EPA a copy of the matched import consent documentation and
RCRA hazardous waste manifest for each import shipment.

DATES: This final rule is effective July 7, 2010. The incorporation by
reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the
Director of the Federal Register as of July 7, 2010.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0018. All documents in the docket are listed on
the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 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 either
electronically through http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the RCRA Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room 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 RCRA Docket is (202) 566-0270).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Coughlan, Materials Recovery and
Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery
(5304P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703) 308-0005; fax
number: (703) 308-0514; e-mail address: coughlan.laura@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - PR/Reopen Comment. EPA. Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances; Reopening of Comment Period
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 1024]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 721

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0252; FRL-8804-3]
RIN 2070-AB27

Proposed Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical
Substances; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA issued a proposed rule in the Federal Register of November
6, 2009, concerning proposed significant new use rules for certain
chemical substances. EPA has received a request to extend the comment
period. This document reopens the comment period for 30 days.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2008-0252, must be received on or before February 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES
in the Federal Register document of November 6, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov
.
    For technical information contact: Jim Alwood, Chemical Control
Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8974; e-mail
address: alwood.jim@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: HAZ, SOLID - ND/CBI. EPA. Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial Economics, Incorporated; All sections of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Notices]              
[Page 1053]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9101-5]

Access to Confidential Business Information by Industrial
Economics, Incorporated

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Access to Data and Request for Comments.

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SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its contractor, Industrial Economics,
Incorporated (IEc) to access Confidential Business Information (CBI)
which has been submitted to EPA under the authority of all sections of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended.
EPA has issued regulations that outline business confidentiality
provisions for the Agency and require all EPA Offices that receive
information designated by the submitter as CBI to abide by these
provisions.

DATES: Access to confidential data submitted to EPA will occur no
sooner than January 19, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaShan Haynes, Document Control
Officer, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, (5305P), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, 703-605-0516.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Surface Coating of
Plastic Parts for Business Machines, EPA ICR Number 1093.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0162
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Notices]              
[Page 1053-1054]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0417; FRL-9101-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Surface Coating of
Plastic Parts for Business Machines, EPA ICR Number 1093.09, OMB
Control Number 2060-0162

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 February 8,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0417, 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
2801T, 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: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address:
schaefer.john@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: AIR, TRANSPORT - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0297
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Notices]              
[Page 1055-1057]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0525; FRL-9101-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-
Effects Research Requirements for Manufacturers (Renewal); EPA ICR No.
1696.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0297

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 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 information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 8,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0525, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: James W. Caldwell, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mail code: 6406J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: (202) 343-2802; e-mail
address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters (Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1128.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0080
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Notices]              
[Page 1054-1055]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0418; FRL-9101-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NSPS for Secondary Lead Smelters
(Renewal); EPA ICR Number 1128.09, OMB Control Number 2060-0080

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 February 8,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0418, to (1) EPA online using http://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: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address:
schaefer.john@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products (Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, Microwave Ovens, and Electric and Gas Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) and for Certain
Commercial and Industrial Equipment (Commercial Clothes Washers)
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 1121-1178]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 431

[Docket Number EERE-2006-STD-0127]
RIN 1904-AB93

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Certain Consumer Products (Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, Microwave Ovens,
and Electric and Gas Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) and for Certain
Commercial and Industrial Equipment (Commercial Clothes Washers)

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 adopting amended energy
conservation standards for commercial clothes washers (CCWs). DOE has
determined that amended energy conservation standards for these types
of equipment would result in significant conservation of energy, and
are technologically feasible and economically justified.

DATES: The effective date of this rule is March 9, 2010. The standards
established in today's final rule will be applicable starting January
8, 2013.

ADDRESSES: For access to the docket to read background documents, the
technical support document, transcripts of the public meetings in this
proceeding, or comments received, visit the U.S. Department of Energy,
Resource Room of the Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza,
SW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call
Brenda Edwards at the above telephone number for additional information
regarding visiting the Resource Room. (Note: DOE's Freedom of
Information Reading Room no longer houses rulemaking materials.) You
may also obtain copies of certain previous rulemaking documents in this
proceeding (i.e., framework document, advance notice of proposed
rulemaking, notice of proposed rulemaking, supplemental notice of
proposed rulemaking), draft analyses, public meeting materials, and
related test procedure documents from the Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy's Web site at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/
buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/clothes_washers.html
.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Witkowski, U.S. Department of
Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies
Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585
Telephone: (202) 586-7463. E-mail: Stephen.Witkowski@ee.doe.gov.
    Francine Pinto, Esq. or Betsy Kohl, Esq., U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC-71/72, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585. Telephone: (202) 586-7432, (202) 586-7796.
E-mail: Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov, Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 8


Subject: ENERGY, LAND - ND. NRC, BLM. Notice of Availability of a Memorandum of Understanding Between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Bureau of Land Management
 
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)]
[Notices]              
[Page 1088]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2009-0578]

Notice of Availability of a Memorandum of Understanding Between
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Bureau of Land Management

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Alan Bjornsen, Project Manager,
Environmental Review Branch, Division of Waste Management and
Environmental Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and
Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Rockville, Maryland 20852, Telephone: 301-415-1195, fax number: 301-
415-5369; e-mail: Alan.Bjornsen@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) have finalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to
define the cooperative working relationship between the agencies in
each agency's preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
documents related to the extraction of uranium and thorium on public
lands administered by BLM. The MOU was finalized on November 30, 2009.
The MOU will improve the interagency communications, facilitate the
sharing of special expertise and information, and coordinate the
preparation of studies, reports and environmental (NEPA) documents. . .

 
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