Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 129, July 7, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 129
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
 
 
There are 7 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Lead; Clearance and Clearance Testing Requirements for the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Reopening of Comment Period
 
    2. AIR, CLIMATE - PR. EPA. Proposed Confidentiality Determinations for Data Required Under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and Proposed Amendment to Special Rules Governing Certain Information Obtained Under the Clean Air Act
 
    3. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Declaration of Prion as a Pest under FIFRA and Amendment of EPA's Regulatory Definition of Pests to Include Prion; Notification to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
 
    4. AIR, CLIMATE - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Nomination Application for the U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Awards; EPA ICR No. 2389.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW
 
    5. AIR - NM. EPA. Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
 
    6. ALL - NM. EPA. National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of Public Meeting and Public Comment
 
    7. ALL - ND. DOI/USGS. Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment for the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center ARRA Funded Construction Projects
   
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: TOXICS - PR. EPA. Lead; Clearance and Clearance Testing Requirements for the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; Reopening of Comment Period
 
[Federal Register: July 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 129)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 38959]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 745

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2005-0049; FRL-8836-1]
RIN 2070-AJ57

Lead; Clearance and Clearance Testing Requirements for the
Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program; 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 May 6,
2010, concerning several revisions to the 2008 Lead Renovation, Repair,
and Painting Program (RRP) rule. This document reopens the comment
period for an additional 30 days.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2005-0049, must be received on or before August 6, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES
in the Federal Register document of May 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical information contact:
Cindy Wheeler, National Program Chemicals Division, Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number:
(202) 564-0484; e-mail address: wheeler.cindy@epa.gov.
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill,
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202)
554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: AIR, CLIMATE - PR. EPA. Proposed Confidentiality Determinations for Data Required Under the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and Proposed Amendment to Special Rules Governing Certain Information Obtained Under the Clean
Air Act
 
[Federal Register: July 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 129)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 39093-39132]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 2

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0924; FRL-9171-2]
RIN 2060-AQ04

Proposed Confidentiality Determinations for Data Required Under
the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule and Proposed Amendment to
Special Rules Governing Certain Information Obtained Under the Clean
Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA proposes to determine in this action the confidentiality
status of data required to be reported under the Mandatory Greenhouse
Gas Reporting Rule. This action describes the data categories EPA has
developed for the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule data elements
and EPA's proposed confidentiality determination for each category. In
addition, this action includes EPA's proposed amendment to Special
rules governing certain information obtained under the Clean Air Act.
The proposed amendment would authorize EPA to release or withhold as
confidential reporting elements in the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Rule according to the determinations made in a final action
without taking certain additional procedural steps currently required.
This action also solicits comments on several key issues related to the
proposed confidentiality determinations and amendment.

DATES: Comments. Comments must be received on or before September 7,
2010.
    Public Hearing. EPA does not plan to conduct a public hearing
unless requested. To request a hearing, please contact the person
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section by July 14, 2010.
The hearing will be held on July 22, 2010 in the Washington, DC area
starting at 9 a.m., local time. EPA will provide further information
about the hearing on its Web page if a hearing is requested.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0924, by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: GHGReportingCBI@epa.gov.
    Fax: (202) 566-1741.
    Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0924,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA
West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal
hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carole Cook, Climate Change Division,
Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207J), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 343-9263; fax number: (202) 343-2342; e-mail address:
GHGMRR@epa.gov. For technical information, contact the Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Rule Hotline at: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/
ghgrule_contactus.htm
. Alternatively, contact Carole Cook at 202-343-
9263.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - PR. EPA. Declaration of Prion as a Pest under FIFRA and Amendment of EPA's Regulatory Definition of Pests to Include Prion; Notification to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
 
[Federal Register: July 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 129)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 38958-38959]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 152

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0427; FRL-8826-5]

Declaration of Prion as a Pest under FIFRA and Amendment of EPA's
Regulatory Definition of Pests to Include Prion; Notification to the
Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notification to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and
Human Services.

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SUMMARY: This document notifies the public that the Administrator of
EPA has forwarded to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and
Human Services a draft proposed rule under sections 21 and 25(a) of the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The draft
rule proposes to declare a prion (i.e., proteinaceous infectious
particle) a ``pest'' under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), so a product intended to reduce the
infectivity of any prion on inanimate surfaces (i.e., a ``prion
product'') is considered to be a pesticide and regulated as such. Any
company seeking to distribute or sell a pesticide product regulated
under FIFRA must obtain EPA approval before it can be distributed or
sold in the United States. This draft proposed rule would codify the
Agency's current interpretation of FIFRA, and provides interested
parties the opportunity to comment about how it is adding prion to the
list of pests in EPA's regulations. This amendment, together with the
formal declaration that a prion is a pest, will eliminate any confusion
about the status of prion products under FIFRA. Regulating prion
products under FIFRA is appropriate for protecting human health and the
environment against unreasonable adverse effects and ensuring that such
products are effective.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0427. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available in http://
www.regulations.gov
. 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 in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Kempter, Antimicrobials Division
(7510P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-5448; e-mail address: kempter.carlton@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: AIR, CLIMATE - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Nomination Application for the U.S. EPA Montreal Protocol Awards; EPA ICR No. 2389.01, OMB Control No. 2060-NEW
 
[Federal Register: July 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 129)]
[Notices]              
[Page 39011-39013]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0410; FRL-9171-9]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Nomination Application for the U.S. EPA Montreal
Protocol Awards; EPA ICR No. 2389.01, 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 September 7, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2010-0410 by one of the following methods:
    E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov.
    Fax: 202-566-1741.
    Mail: Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0410, Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Mail code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0410, Air and
Radiation Docket at EPA West, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room B108,
Mail Code 6102T, Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this
proposed rule, contact Jeremy Arling by telephone at (202) 343-9055, or
by e-mail at arling.jeremy@epa.gov or by mail at U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division,
Stratospheric Program Implementation Branch (6205J), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. You may also visit the U.S. EPA
Montreal Protocol Awards section of the Ozone Depletion Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/awards for further information about the
awards program that is the subject of this ICR.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
 
[Federal Register: July 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 129)]
[Notices]              
[Page 39014]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0879; FRL-8834-3]

Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) will be held for 1
day on July 27, 2010. This notice announces the location and time for
the meeting and sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 27, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One Potomac Yard (South
Building), Fourth Floor, South Conference Room (S-4370/80), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Peck, Environmental Fate and
Effects Division (7507P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8064; fax number: (703) 305-6309; e-
mail address: peck.charles@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of Public Meeting and Public Comment
 
[Federal Register: July 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 129)]
[Notices]              
[Page 39013-39014]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9172-1]

National Environmental Justice Advisory Council; Notification of
Public Meeting and Public Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notification of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public
Law 92-463, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby
provides notice that the National Environmental Justice Advisory
Council (NEJAC) will meet on the dates and times described below. All
meetings are open to the public. Members of the public are encouraged
to provide comments relevant to the specific issues being considered by
the NEJAC. For additional information about signing up for public
comment, please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Due to limited space,
seating at the NEJAC meeting will be on a first-come basis. Pre-
registration before July 16 is highly recommended (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section below for registration details).

DATES: The NEJAC meeting will convene Tuesday, July 27, 2010 from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m.; reconvene Wednesday, July 28, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m.; and Thursday, July 29, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All noted
times are Eastern Time.
    One public comment session relevant to the specific issues being
considered by the NEJAC (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION) is scheduled
for Tuesday, July 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. All noted times are
Eastern Time. Members of the public who wish to participate in the
public comment period are encouraged to pre-register by July 16, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The NEJAC meeting will be held at the Fairfax at Embassy Row
Hotel, 2100 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20008, telephone
(202) 293-2100, FAX (202) 736-1420 or toll-free: (888) 364-1200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the meeting
should be directed to Mr. Aaron Bell, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., (MC2201A), Washington, DC
20460; by telephone at (202) 564-1044, via e-mail at
Bell.Aaron@epa.gov; or by FAX at (202) 501-0936. Additional information
about the meeting is available on the following Web site: http://
www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice/nejac/meetings.html
.
    Meeting Registration: Pre-registration by July 16, 2010, for all
attendees is highly recommended. To register online, visit the Web site
above. Requests for pre-registration forms should be sent to Ms. Estela
Rosas, EPA Contractor, APEX Direct, Inc., at 877-773-0779 or
meetings@AlwaysPursuingExcellence.com. Non-English speaking attendees
wishing to arrange for a foreign language interpreter also may make
appropriate arrangements using these numbers.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: ALL - ND. DOI/USGS. Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment for the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center ARRA Funded
Construction Projects
 
[Federal Register: July 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 129)]
[Notices]              
[Page 39039-39040]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

United States Geological Survey

Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Assessment for
the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center ARRA Funded
Construction Projects

AGENCY: United States Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
of 1976, as amended, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has
prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the projects
described in this NOA. By this notice, the USGS is announcing its
availability. In addition, a Draft Environmental Assessment was
published on December 23, 2009, for a 7-day public comment period and
no comments were received.

DATES: The USGS will not issue a final decision on the proposed
projects, until after 30 days from the date this notice is published in
the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bill Hayman, Facility Mechanical
Engineer at Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, 2630 Fanta
Reed Road, La Crosse, WI 54603; (608) 781-6253 (telephone); (608) 783-
6066 (fax); or bhayman@usgs.gov (e-mail). Copies of the Environmental
Assessment for the proposed projects are available for public
inspection during regular business hours at the USGS Upper Midwest
Environmental Sciences Center (see address above).
    Before including your address and any other personal identifying
information in your comment, please be aware that your entire comment,
including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly
available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.

 
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