Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 42
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Vol. 75, No. 42
Thursday, March 4, 2010
There are 11 announcements in this issue
1. MI/REMED - FR. EPA. National Priorities List, Final Rule No. 49. Adds nine sites to the NPL, all to the General Superfund Section [Includes: Gratiot County Golf Course, St. Louis, MI, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0586]
2. AIR - FR/Correction. EPA. Technical Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update; Correction
3. MI/REMED - PR. EPA. National Priorities List, Proposed Rule No. 52 [Inclueds: St. Clair Shores Drain, St. Clair Shores, MI EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-00]
4. AIR - ND. EPA. Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent Method
5. AGRICULTURE, LAND - ND. EPA. Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC); Notice of Charter Renewal
6. ALL - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Science Advisory Board; Committee on Science Integration for Decision Making
7. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Maneb; Notice of Receipt of a Request to Voluntarily Cancel a Certain Pesticide Registration
8. ENERGY - NM. DOE/Office of Fossil Energy. Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee
9. WATER - ND/Comment Extension. Council on Environmental Quality. Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the "Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies"; Initiation of Revision and Request for Comments
10. TOXICS, AGRICULTURE - ICR. DHHS/National Institutes of Health. Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Agricultural Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease Among Men and Women in Agriculture (NCI)
11. WILDLIFE, WATER - PR. DOC/NOAA. Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1
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/REMED - FR. EPA. National Priorities List, Final Rule No. 49. Adds nine sites to the NPL, all to the General Superfund Section [Includes: Gratiot County Golf Course, St. Louis, MI, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0586]
Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9782-9790]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0579, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0581, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-
0582, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0583, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0586, EPA-HQ-SFUND-
2009-0587, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0590, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0591, EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0005; FRL-9120-7]
RIN 2050-AD75
National Priorities List, Final Rule No. 49
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires
that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List
(``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the Agency'') in
determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further
investigations will allow EPA to assess the nature and extent of public
health and environmental risks associated with the site and to
determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be
appropriate. This rule adds nine sites to the NPL, all to the General
Superfund Section.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date for this amendment to the NCP
is April 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: For addresses for the Headquarters and Regional dockets, as
well as further details on what these dockets contain, see section II,
``Availability of Information to the Public'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION portion of this preamble.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Jeng, phone: (703) 603-8852, e-
mail: jeng.terry@epa.gov, Site Assessment and Remedy Decisions Branch;
Assessment and Remediation Division; Office of Superfund Remediation
and Technology Innovation (mail code 5204P); U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.; Washington, DC 20460;
or the Superfund Hotline, phone (800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810 in the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9782-9790]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0579, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0581, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-
0582, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0583, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0586, EPA-HQ-SFUND-
2009-0587, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0590, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0591, EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2005-0005; FRL-9120-7]
RIN 2050-AD75
National Priorities List, Final Rule No. 49
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act of 1980 (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires
that the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency
Plan (``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List
(``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the Agency'') in
determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further
investigations will allow EPA to assess the nature and extent of public
health and environmental risks associated with the site and to
determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be
appropriate. This rule adds nine sites to the NPL, all to the General
Superfund Section.
DATES: Effective Date: The effective date for this amendment to the NCP
is April 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: For addresses for the Headquarters and Regional dockets, as
well as further details on what these dockets contain, see section II,
``Availability of Information to the Public'' in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION portion of this preamble.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Jeng, phone: (703) 603-8852, e-
mail: jeng.terry@epa.gov, Site Assessment and Remedy Decisions Branch;
Assessment and Remediation Division; Office of Superfund Remediation
and Technology Innovation (mail code 5204P); U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.; Washington, DC 20460;
or the Superfund Hotline, phone (800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810 in the
Washington, DC, metropolitan area.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: AIR - FR/Correction. EPA. Technical Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations Consistency Update; Correction
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9780-9781]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 55
[EPA-R10-OAR-2009-0799; FRL-9123-1]
Technical Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Air
Regulations Consistency Update; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains technical corrections to the final
regulations, which were published in the Federal Register of Thursday
January 21, 2010. The regulations related to the Consistency Update of
the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations for Alaska.
DATES: Effective on March 22, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasha Greaves, Federal and Delegated
Air Programs Unit, Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mail Stop:
AWT-107, Seattle, WA 98101; telephone number: (206) 553-7079; e-mail
address: greaves.natasha@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9780-9781]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 55
[EPA-R10-OAR-2009-0799; FRL-9123-1]
Technical Amendment to the Outer Continental Shelf Air
Regulations Consistency Update; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains technical corrections to the final
regulations, which were published in the Federal Register of Thursday
January 21, 2010. The regulations related to the Consistency Update of
the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations for Alaska.
DATES: Effective on March 22, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasha Greaves, Federal and Delegated
Air Programs Unit, Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mail Stop:
AWT-107, Seattle, WA 98101; telephone number: (206) 553-7079; e-mail
address: greaves.natasha@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: MI/REMED - PR. EPA. National Priorities List, Proposed Rule No. 52 [Inclueds: St. Clair Shores Drain, St. Clair Shores, MI EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-00]
69
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9843-9850]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0068, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0069, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-
0070, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0072, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0073, EPA-HQ-SFUND-
2010-0074, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0075, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0076; FRL-9120-6]
RIN 2050-AD75
National Priorities List, Proposed Rule No. 52
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that
the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List
(``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the Agency'') in
determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further
investigations will allow EPA to assess the nature and extent of public
health and environmental risks associated with the site and to
determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be
appropriate. This rule proposes to add eight sites to the General
Superfund section of the NPL.
DATES: Comments regarding any of these proposed listings must be
submitted (postmarked) on or before May 3, 2010.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9843-9850]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 300
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0068, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0069, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-
0070, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0072, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0073, EPA-HQ-SFUND-
2010-0074, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0075, EPA-HQ-SFUND-2010-0076; FRL-9120-6]
RIN 2050-AD75
National Priorities List, Proposed Rule No. 52
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (``CERCLA'' or ``the Act''), as amended, requires that
the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
(``NCP'') include a list of national priorities among the known
releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants throughout the United States. The National Priorities List
(``NPL'') constitutes this list. The NPL is intended primarily to guide
the Environmental Protection Agency (``EPA'' or ``the Agency'') in
determining which sites warrant further investigation. These further
investigations will allow EPA to assess the nature and extent of public
health and environmental risks associated with the site and to
determine what CERCLA-financed remedial action(s), if any, may be
appropriate. This rule proposes to add eight sites to the General
Superfund section of the NPL.
DATES: Comments regarding any of these proposed listings must be
submitted (postmarked) on or before May 3, 2010.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: AIR - ND. EPA. Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent
Method
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9894]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9121-6]
Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring
Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent
Method
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of the designation of one new equivalent method for
monitoring ambient air quality.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has designated, in accordance with 40 CFR part 53, one new
equivalent method for measuring concentrations of lead (Pb) in total
suspended particulate matter (TSP) in the ambient air.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Surender Kaushik, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD-D205-03), National Exposure Research
Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711.
Phone: (919) 541-5691, email: Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 9894]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9121-6]
Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring
Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent
Method
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of the designation of one new equivalent method for
monitoring ambient air quality.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has designated, in accordance with 40 CFR part 53, one new
equivalent method for measuring concentrations of lead (Pb) in total
suspended particulate matter (TSP) in the ambient air.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Surender Kaushik, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD-D205-03), National Exposure Research
Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711.
Phone: (919) 541-5691, email: Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: AGRICULTURE, LAND - ND. EPA. Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC); Notice of Charter Renewal
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9894]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9121-7]
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal
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The Charter for the Environmental Protection Agency's Farm, Ranch,
and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) will be renewed for an
additional two-year period, as a necessary committee which is in the
public interest, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2. The purpose of the FRRCC
is to provide advice to the Administrator of EPA on environmental
issues and policies that are of importance to agriculture and rural
communities. It is determined that the FRRCC is in the public interest
in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Agency by
law. Inquiries may be directed to Alicia Kaiser, U.S. EPA, (mail code
1101-A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone
(202) 564-7273, or kaiser.alicia@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 9894]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9121-7]
Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal
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The Charter for the Environmental Protection Agency's Farm, Ranch,
and Rural Communities Advisory Committee (FRRCC) will be renewed for an
additional two-year period, as a necessary committee which is in the
public interest, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2. The purpose of the FRRCC
is to provide advice to the Administrator of EPA on environmental
issues and policies that are of importance to agriculture and rural
communities. It is determined that the FRRCC is in the public interest
in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Agency by
law. Inquiries may be directed to Alicia Kaiser, U.S. EPA, (mail code
1101-A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone
(202) 564-7273, or kaiser.alicia@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board; Committee on Science Integration for Decision Making
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9895]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9122-2]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board; Committee on Science Integration
for Decision Making
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB
Committee on Science Integration for Decision Making.
DATES: The meeting dates are March 30, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
March 31, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Science Advisory Board
Conference Center, 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3705, Washington, DC
20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting must contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Dr. Nugent may be contacted
at the EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
or via telephone/voice mail; (202) 343-9981; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General information about the EPA SAB,
as well as any updates concerning the public meeting announced in this
notice, may be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
[Notices]
[Page 9895]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9122-2]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board; Committee on Science Integration
for Decision Making
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB
Committee on Science Integration for Decision Making.
DATES: The meeting dates are March 30, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
March 31, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Science Advisory Board
Conference Center, 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3705, Washington, DC
20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting must contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Dr. Nugent may be contacted
at the EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
or via telephone/voice mail; (202) 343-9981; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-
mail at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General information about the EPA SAB,
as well as any updates concerning the public meeting announced in this
notice, may be found on the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab.
ANNOUNCEMENT 7
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Maneb; Notice of Receipt of a Request to Voluntarily Cancel a Certain Pesticide Registration
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9896-9897]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0778; FRL-8813-5]
Maneb; Notice of Receipt of a Request to Voluntarily Cancel a
Certain Pesticide Registration
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 cancel
their pesticide registration.
DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by April 5, 2010 for the
registration for which the registrant requested a waiver of the 180-day
comment period, orders will be issued canceling this registration. The
Agency will consider withdrawal requests postmarked no later than April
5, 2010, whichever is applicable. Comments must be received on or
before April 5, 2010, for those registrations where the 180-day comment
period has been waived.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments and your withdrawal request, identified
by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0778, 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; Written Withdrawal Request,
Attention: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P).
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: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8177; e-mail address:
Briscoe.Barbara@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 9896-9897]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0778; FRL-8813-5]
Maneb; Notice of Receipt of a Request to Voluntarily Cancel a
Certain Pesticide Registration
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 cancel
their pesticide registration.
DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by April 5, 2010 for the
registration for which the registrant requested a waiver of the 180-day
comment period, orders will be issued canceling this registration. The
Agency will consider withdrawal requests postmarked no later than April
5, 2010, whichever is applicable. Comments must be received on or
before April 5, 2010, for those registrations where the 180-day comment
period has been waived.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments and your withdrawal request, identified
by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0778, by one of
the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; Written Withdrawal Request,
Attention: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P).
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: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8177; e-mail address:
Briscoe.Barbara@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 8
Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE/Office of Fossil Energy. Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9886-9887]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Methane Hydrate
Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86
Stat. 770) requires that notice of these meetings be announced in the
Federal Register.
DATES: Friday, March 26, 2010, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Daylight
Time).
ADDRESSES: TMS, Inc., 955 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW., Suite 1500,
Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edith Allison, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Washington, DC 20585. Phone:
202-586-1023.
[Notices]
[Page 9886-9887]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Methane Hydrate
Advisory Committee. Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86
Stat. 770) requires that notice of these meetings be announced in the
Federal Register.
DATES: Friday, March 26, 2010, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Daylight
Time).
ADDRESSES: TMS, Inc., 955 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW., Suite 1500,
Washington, DC 20024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edith Allison, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, Washington, DC 20585. Phone:
202-586-1023.
ANNOUNCEMENT 9
Subject: WATER - ND/Comment Extension. Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the "Economic and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land Resources Implementation Studies"; Initiation of Revision and Request for Comments
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9878-9879]
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the ``Economic and
Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources Implementation Studies''; Initiation of Revision and Request
for Comments
AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality.
ACTION: Notice of the extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends the comment period on a notice published
in the Federal Register on December 9, 2009 (74 FR 65102). The original
date that the comment period would end was March 5, 2010. That date
will now be extended until April 5, 2010.
Section 2031 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Pub.
L. 110-114) directs the Secretary of the Army to revise the ``Economic
and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources Implementation Studies,'' (P&G) dated March 10, 1983,
consistent with a number of considerations enumerated in the statute.
The Administration has initiated the development of uniform planning
standards for the development of water resources that would apply to
water resources development programs and activities government-wide, to
agencies in addition to the traditional water resources development
agencies covered under the current Principles and Guidelines: the Army
Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation (Interior), Natural Resources
Conservation Service (USDA), and Tennessee Valley Authority. Therefore,
the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), in coordination with the
Office of Management and Budget, has implemented a two phase
interagency process revising the planning guidance. The first phase
focused on facilitating interagency revisions to the ``Principles and
Standards'' (Chapter I of the existing P&G) of Principles and
Guidelines for planning water resources projects. The second phase will
address revisions to the Procedures (Chapters II through IV of the 1983
P&G).
Upon approval of the revised ``Principles and Standards'' and the
future revision of the Procedures, the entire revision will apply to
Federal water resources implementation studies including project
reevaluations and modifications except those commenced prior to the
issuance of the revised guidance. The purpose of this notice is
to provide an opportunity for interested individuals and organizations
to submit comments on the revised ``Principles and Standards''. Using
these comments and those from the National Academy of Sciences, CEQ
will lead an interagency effort to finalize the Principles and
Standards and draft the Procedures sections of the Principles and
Guidelines.
Draft Document For Review: The draft ``Principles and Standards''
for review can be accessed on the Internet at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/ or, upon
request, will be provided by mail or e-mail.
DATES: CEQ is extending the written comments period, they will be
accepted through April 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing to the Council on
Environmental Quality, Attn: Terry Breyman, 722 Jackson Place, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, via e-mail to P&G@ceq.eop.gov, FAX 202-456-6546,
or submitted via the CEQ Web page at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Breyman, Deputy Associate
Director for Natural Resources, at 202-456-9721.
[Notices]
[Page 9878-9879]
COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Draft Principles and Standards Sections of the ``Economic and
Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources Implementation Studies''; Initiation of Revision and Request
for Comments
AGENCY: Council on Environmental Quality.
ACTION: Notice of the extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends the comment period on a notice published
in the Federal Register on December 9, 2009 (74 FR 65102). The original
date that the comment period would end was March 5, 2010. That date
will now be extended until April 5, 2010.
Section 2031 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Pub.
L. 110-114) directs the Secretary of the Army to revise the ``Economic
and Environmental Principles and Guidelines for Water and Related Land
Resources Implementation Studies,'' (P&G) dated March 10, 1983,
consistent with a number of considerations enumerated in the statute.
The Administration has initiated the development of uniform planning
standards for the development of water resources that would apply to
water resources development programs and activities government-wide, to
agencies in addition to the traditional water resources development
agencies covered under the current Principles and Guidelines: the Army
Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation (Interior), Natural Resources
Conservation Service (USDA), and Tennessee Valley Authority. Therefore,
the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), in coordination with the
Office of Management and Budget, has implemented a two phase
interagency process revising the planning guidance. The first phase
focused on facilitating interagency revisions to the ``Principles and
Standards'' (Chapter I of the existing P&G) of Principles and
Guidelines for planning water resources projects. The second phase will
address revisions to the Procedures (Chapters II through IV of the 1983
P&G).
Upon approval of the revised ``Principles and Standards'' and the
future revision of the Procedures, the entire revision will apply to
Federal water resources implementation studies including project
reevaluations and modifications except those commenced prior to the
issuance of the revised guidance. The purpose of this notice is
to provide an opportunity for interested individuals and organizations
to submit comments on the revised ``Principles and Standards''. Using
these comments and those from the National Academy of Sciences, CEQ
will lead an interagency effort to finalize the Principles and
Standards and draft the Procedures sections of the Principles and
Guidelines.
Draft Document For Review: The draft ``Principles and Standards''
for review can be accessed on the Internet at http://
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/ or, upon
request, will be provided by mail or e-mail.
DATES: CEQ is extending the written comments period, they will be
accepted through April 5, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in writing to the Council on
Environmental Quality, Attn: Terry Breyman, 722 Jackson Place, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, via e-mail to P&G@ceq.eop.gov, FAX 202-456-6546,
or submitted via the CEQ Web page at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/PandG/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Breyman, Deputy Associate
Director for Natural Resources, at 202-456-9721.
ANNOUNCEMENT 10
Subject: TOXICS, AGRICULTURE - ICR. DHHS/National Institutes of Health. Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Agricultural Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease Among Men and Women in Agriculture (NCI)
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 9902-9903]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Agricultural Health
Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease Among Men
and Women in Agriculture (NCI)
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: The Agricultural Health Study: A
Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease Among Men and
Women in Agriculture (NCI) (OMB: 0925-0406). Type of
Information Collection Request: Revision. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The purpose of this information collection is to
continue and complete updating the occupational and environmental
exposure information as well as medical history information for
respondents enrolled in the Agriculture Health Study. This represents a
request to continue and complete phase III (2005-2010) of the study. . .
[Notices]
[Page 9902-9903]
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Agricultural Health
Study: A Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease Among Men
and Women in Agriculture (NCI)
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment
on proposed data collection projects, the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
Proposed Collection: Title: The Agricultural Health Study: A
Prospective Cohort Study of Cancer and Other Disease Among Men and
Women in Agriculture (NCI) (OMB
Information Collection Request: Revision. Need and Use of Information
Collection: The purpose of this information collection is to
continue and complete updating the occupational and environmental
exposure information as well as medical history information for
respondents enrolled in the Agriculture Health Study. This represents a
request to continue and complete phase III (2005-2010) of the study. . .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Michael Alavanja, Dr.P.H, Occupational and
Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza South, Room
8000, 6120 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20892, or call 301-496-9093,
or e-mail your request, including your address to:
alavanjm@mail.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days
of the date of this publication.
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and
instruments, contact Michael Alavanja, Dr.P.H, Occupational and
Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Executive Plaza South, Room
8000, 6120 Executive Blvd., Rockville, MD 20892, or call 301-496-9093,
or e-mail your request, including your address to:
alavanjm@mail.nih.gov.
Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days
of the date of this publication.
ANNOUNCEMENT 11
Subject: WILDLIFE, WATER - PR. DOC/NOAA. Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1
[Federal Register: March 4, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 42)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9864-9866]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
RIN 0648-AY32
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic;
Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA); request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has
submitted CE-BA 1 which includes amendments to the following South
Atlantic fishery management plans (FMPs): the FMP for Coral, Coral
reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region
(Coral FMP); the FMP for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery off the Atlantic
States (Dolphin and Wahoo FMP); the FMP for Golden Crab of the South
Atlantic Region (Golden Crab FMP); the FMP for the Shrimp Fishery of
the South Atlantic Region (Shrimp FMP); and the FMP for the Snapper-
Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Snapper-Grouper FMP), as
prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
(Council); as well as the FMP for Coastal Migratory Pelagic (CMP)
Resources (CMP FMP); and the FMP for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the
Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (Spiny Lobster FMP), as prepared and
submitted by the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Councils.
Management actions proposed in CE-BA 1 include the establishment of
deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (CHAPCs) to protect
what is currently thought to be the largest distribution (>23,000
square miles) of pristine deepwater coral ecosystems in the world.
Actions in the amendment would prohibit the use of bottom damaging
fishing gear and allow for the creation of allowable fishing zones
within the CHAPCs in the historical fishing grounds of the golden crab
and deepwater shrimp fisheries while extending protection for deepwater
coral ecosystems. CE-BA 1 would also amend the Coral, Shrimp, Coastal
Migratory Pelagics, Golden Crab, Spiny Lobster, Dolphin-Wahoo, and
Snapper-Grouper FMPs to provide spatial information on previously
designated essential fish habitat (EFH).
DATES: Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., eastern time, on
May 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments on CE-BA 1, identified by 0648-AY32, may be
submitted by any one of the following methods:
Electronic submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal rule-making portal: www.regulations.gov
Mail: Karla Gore, NMFS, Southeast Regional Office, 263
13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Fax: (727) 824-8308 Attn: Karla Gore.
Instructions: No comments will be posted for public viewing until
after the comment period is over. All comments received are a part of
the public record and will generally be posted to www.regulations.gov
without change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example,
name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
Copies of CE-BA 1, which includes a final environmental impact
statement, a regulatory impact review, a regulatory flexibility
analysis, and a fishery impact statement are available from the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone 843-571-4366; fax 843-769-4520; e-mail
safmc@safmc.net.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karla Gore, telephone: 727-824-5305;
fax: 727-824-5308; e-mail: Karla.Gore@noaa.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 9864-9866]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
RIN 0648-AY32
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic;
Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 1
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability (NOA); request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has
submitted CE-BA 1 which includes amendments to the following South
Atlantic fishery management plans (FMPs): the FMP for Coral, Coral
reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the South Atlantic Region
(Coral FMP); the FMP for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery off the Atlantic
States (Dolphin and Wahoo FMP); the FMP for Golden Crab of the South
Atlantic Region (Golden Crab FMP); the FMP for the Shrimp Fishery of
the South Atlantic Region (Shrimp FMP); and the FMP for the Snapper-
Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region (Snapper-Grouper FMP), as
prepared and submitted by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
(Council); as well as the FMP for Coastal Migratory Pelagic (CMP)
Resources (CMP FMP); and the FMP for the Spiny Lobster Fishery of the
Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic (Spiny Lobster FMP), as prepared and
submitted by the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Councils.
Management actions proposed in CE-BA 1 include the establishment of
deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (CHAPCs) to protect
what is currently thought to be the largest distribution (>23,000
square miles) of pristine deepwater coral ecosystems in the world.
Actions in the amendment would prohibit the use of bottom damaging
fishing gear and allow for the creation of allowable fishing zones
within the CHAPCs in the historical fishing grounds of the golden crab
and deepwater shrimp fisheries while extending protection for deepwater
coral ecosystems. CE-BA 1 would also amend the Coral, Shrimp, Coastal
Migratory Pelagics, Golden Crab, Spiny Lobster, Dolphin-Wahoo, and
Snapper-Grouper FMPs to provide spatial information on previously
designated essential fish habitat (EFH).
DATES: Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m., eastern time, on
May 3, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments on CE-BA 1, identified by 0648-AY32, may be
submitted by any one of the following methods:
comments via the Federal rule-making portal: www.regulations.gov
13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
Instructions: No comments will be posted for public viewing until
after the comment period is over. All comments received are a part of
the public record and will generally be posted to www.regulations.gov
without change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example,
name, address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be
publicly accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous comments. Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
Copies of CE-BA 1, which includes a final environmental impact
statement, a regulatory impact review, a regulatory flexibility
analysis, and a fishery impact statement are available from the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone 843-571-4366; fax 843-769-4520; e-mail
safmc@safmc.net.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karla Gore, telephone: 727-824-5305;
fax: 727-824-5308; e-mail: Karla.Gore@noaa.gov.
