Monday, January 25, 2010

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 15, January 25, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 15
Monday, January 25, 2010
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ENERGY/Efficiency - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership
 
    2. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons
 
    3. ENERGY/Wind - ND. DOI/MMS. Notice of Availability of the Revised Minerals Management Service Documentation of Section 106 Finding of Adverse Effect (Revised Finding) for the Proposed Cape Wind Energy Project Located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in Nantucket Sound, and the Opportunity for Public Comment
           

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: ENERGY/Efficiency - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration Partnership
 
[Federal Register: January 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 15)]
[Notices]              
[Page 3903-3904]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0655; FRL-9106-2; EPA ICR No. 2349.01, OMB Control No.
2060-New]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration
Partnership

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 for a new 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 24,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0655 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or y
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
2822T, 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: Keilly Witman, Environmental
Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, Office of Air and
Radiation, Mailcode: 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: 202-343-9742; fax number: 202-343-2362;
witman.keilly@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons
 
[Federal Register: January 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 15)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 3847-3856]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 440

[Docket No. EEWAP0515]
RIN 1904-AB97

Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons

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 amending the
eligibility provisions applicable to multi-unit buildings under the
Weatherization Assistance Program for Low-Income Persons. As a result
of today's final rule, if a multi-unit building is under an assisted or
public housing program and is identified by the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and included on a list published
by DOE, that building will meet certain income eligibility
requirements, and will also satisfy one or both of the procedural
requirements to protect against rent increases and undue or excessive
enhancement of the weatherized building, as indicated by the list,
under the Weatherization Assistance Program without the need for
further evaluation or verification. The preamble of today's final rule
also provides guidance to States with respect to addressing the
requirement that the benefits of weatherization assistance in
connection with such rental units,
including units where the tenants pay for their energy through their
rent, will accrue primarily to the low-income tenants residing in such
units. If a multi-unit building includes units that participate in the
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Program, identified by HUD, or
includes units that participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Rural Housing Service's Multifamily Housing Programs, and is
included on a list published by DOE, that building will meet the income
eligibility requirements of the Weatherization Assistance Program
without the need for further evaluation or verification. Today's final
rule will reduce the procedural burdens on evaluating applications from
buildings that are part of HUD assisted and public housing programs,
the Federal LIHTC programs, and the USDA Rural Development program.

DATES: This final rule is effective February 24, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Claire Broido Johnson, U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program, EE-2K, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-1510, e-mail:
Claire.Johnson@ee.doe.gov, or Chris Calamita, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the General Counsel, Forrestal Building, GC-72, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-9507, e-mail:
Christopher.Calamita@hq.doe.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ENERGY/Wind - ND. DOI/MMS. Notice of Availability of the Revised Minerals Management Service Documentation of Section 106 Finding of Adverse Effect (Revised Finding) for the Proposed Cape Wind Energy Project Located on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in Nantucket Sound, and the Opportunity for Public Comment
 
[Federal Register: January 25, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 15)]
[Notices]              
[Page 3922]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

[Docket ID MMS-2010-OMM-0002]

Notice of Availability of the Revised Minerals Management Service
Documentation of Section 106 Finding of Adverse Effect (Revised
Finding) for the Proposed Cape Wind Energy Project Located on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) in Nantucket Sound, and the Opportunity for
Public Comment

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The MMS has prepared a revised version of its Section 106
Finding of Adverse Effect document related to the proposed Cape Wind
Energy Project pursuant to implementing regulations for Section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act (36 CFR Part 800). The original
Finding of Adverse Effect for this project was dated January 29, 2009.
The Finding of Adverse Effect is being revised in response to new
information that five additional properties within the Area of Adverse
Effect for the project have now been found to be eligible for inclusion
in the National Register of Historic Places.

DATES: The comment period for the Revised Finding document closes
February 12, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Poojan Tripathi, Minerals
Management Service, Cape Wind Project Manager, at (703) 787-1738.
 
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