Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 128, July 6, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 128
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
 
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. WATER, HAZ, TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plans (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1664.07, OMB Control No. 2050-0141; Section 311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), requires a Product Schedule (the Schedule), identifying ``dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating devices and substances, if any, that may be used in carrying out'' the National Contingency Plan (NCP)
 
    2. ALL - NM. EPA. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
 
    3. TOXICS - ND. Office of Science and Technology Policy. NNI Strategic Plan 2010; Request for Information
 
   
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: WATER, HAZ, TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plans (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1664.07, OMB Control No. 2050-0141; Section 311(d)(2)(G) of the Clean Water Act (CWA), requires a Product Schedule (the Schedule), identifying ``dispersants, other chemicals, and other spill mitigating devices and substances, if any, that may be used in carrying out'' the National Contingency Plan (NCP)
 
[Federal Register: July 6, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 128)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38809-38810]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPA-2007-0042; FRL-9171-5]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plans (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1664.07,
OMB Control No. 2050-0141

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 August 5,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPA-
2007-0042 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to superfund.docket@epa.gov or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Superfund 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: William ``Nick'' Nichols, Office of
Emergency Management, (5104A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-1970; fax number: 202-564-2625; e-mail address:
nichols.nick@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
 
[Federal Register: July 6, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 128)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38810-38811]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9171-7]

National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463,
EPA gives notice of a public teleconference of the National Advisory
Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT
provides advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of
environmental policy, technology, and management issues. NACEPT
represents diverse interests from academia, industry, non-governmental
organizations, and local, State, and tribal governments. The Council
will be discussing comments it is developing on the draft EPA FY 2011-
2015 Strategic Plan. The Council will also be discussing the workplans
it is developing to respond to EPA's request for advice on workforce
issues the Agency is facing and how EPA can best address the needs of
vulnerable populations. A copy of the agenda for the meeting will be
posted at http://www.epa.gov/ocem/nacept/cal-nacept.htm.

DATES: NACEPT will hold a public teleconference on Thursday, July 22,
2010 from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the U.S. EPA East Building, 1201
Constitution Ave., NW., Room 1132, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy New, Acting Designated Federal
Officer, new.nancy@epa.gov, (202) 564-0464, U.S. EPA, Office of
Cooperative Environmental Management (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - ND. Office of Science and Technology Policy. NNI Strategic Plan 2010; Request for Information
 
[Federal Register: July 6, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 128)]
[Notices]              
[Page 38850-38853]

OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY

NNI Strategic Plan 2010; Request for Information

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this RFI is to enhance the value of the
National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) by reaching out to the
nanotechnology stakeholder community for specific input for the next
NNI Strategic Plan to be published in December 2010. This RFI refers to
the NNI Goals identified from the 2007 Strategic Plan (http://
www.nano.gov/NNI_Strategic_Plan_2007.pdf
) as a starting point for
questions covering themes such as research priorities, investment,
coordination, partnerships, evaluation, and policy.
    RFI Response Instructions: The White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy is interested in responses that address one or more
of the following Questions below that are broadly categorized under
Goals and Objectives; Research Priorities; Investment; Coordination and
Partnerships; Evaluation; and Policy as related to the NNI. When
submitting your response, please indicate: (1) The question(s) you are
answering, and (2) which of the four NNI goals to which it applies.
Please be specific and concise.
    Responses to this RFI should be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern
Time on August 15, 2010. (Submissions prior to the July 13-14, 2010
``NNI Strategic Plan Stakeholder Workshop'' (http://www.nano.gov/html/
meetings/NNISPWorkshop/index.html
) may also inform dialogues at this
event.) Responses to this RFI must be delivered electronically in the
body of or as an attachment to an e-mail sent to NNIStrategy@ostp.gov.
Additionally, OSTP intends to stage an online public comment event July
13-August 15, 2010 to solicit input on the NNI Strategic Plan. For
details on this online event, see http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/
NNIStrategy/
.
    Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by
the Government to form a binding contract or issue a grant. Information
obtained as a result of this RFI may be used by the government for
program planning on a non-attribution basis. Do not include any
information that might be considered proprietary or confidential. . .

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any questions about the content of
this RFI should be sent to NNIStrategy@ostp.gov. Additional information
regarding this RFI is at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/NNIStrategy/.
Questions and responses may also be sent by mail (please allow
additional time for processing) to the address: Office of Science and
Technology Policy, ATTN: Nano RFI, Executive Office of the President,
725 17th Street, Room 5228, Washington, DC 20502. Phone: (202) 456-
7116, Fax: (202) 456-6021.
 
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