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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 53, Friday, March 18, 2011

Federal Register
Vol. 76, Issue 53
Friday, March 18, 2011
 
There are 7 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR, CLIMATE - FR. EPA. Final Regulation Extending the Reporting Deadline for Year 2010 Data Elements Required Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule
 
    2. ALL - PR/Comment Extension. EPA. Extension of Comment Period: EPA's Plan for Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13563
 
    3. ALL - ND. EPA. Public Availability of Environmental Protection Agency FY 2010 Service Contract Inventory
 
    4. MI/REMED - NS. EPA. Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Eugenio Painting Company
 
    5. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants (Renewal)
 
    6. MI/LAND, MI/WATER - ND. USDA/. Boundary Establishment for the Yellow Dog National Wild and Scenic River, Ottawa National Forest; Baraga and Marquette Counties, MI
 
    7. AGRICULTURE, TOXICS - ND. USDA/Agricultural Research Service. Request for Nominations to the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture
   
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: AIR, CLIMATE - FR. EPA. Final Regulation Extending the Reporting Deadline for Year 2010 Data Elements Required Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14812-14818]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 98

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0191; FRL-9283-7]
RIN 2060-AQ87

Final Regulation Extending the Reporting Deadline for Year 2010
Data Elements Required Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse
Gases Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating this final rule to extend until September
30, 2011 the reporting deadline for year 2010 data required under the
Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule. This deadline extension
will, in the first year of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, allow
time for needed refinement of the electronic data reporting system,
stakeholder testing of the reporting system and feedback to EPA, and
reporter access to the reporting system in advance of the reporting
deadline. This rule changes only the deadline for reporting for 2011;
it does not change the reporting deadline for future years and does not
change what data must be reported.

DATES: This final rule is effective on March 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://www.regulations.gov index. 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, will
be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket
materials are available either electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This
Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The telephone number for the Public
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air
Docket is (202) 566-1742.

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:
GHGReportingRule@EPA.gov.
    Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition to being available in the docket,
an electronic pre-publication copy of this final rule will also be
available through the WWW. Following the Administrator's signature, a
copy of this action will be posted on EPA's greenhouse gas reporting
rule Web site at http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgrulemaking.html.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ALL - PR/Comment Extension. EPA. Extension of Comment Period: EPA's Plan for Retrospective Review Under Executive Order 13563
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14840-14841]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapters I Through VII

[FRL-9283-9; EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0154, -0155, -0156, -0157, -0158, -0159, -
0160, -0161, -0162, -0163, -0164, -0165, -0166, -0167, -0168]

Extension of Comment Period: EPA's Plan for Retrospective Review
Under Executive Order 13563

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On February 23, 2011, EPA published in the Federal Register a
document seeking public input on the design of a plan to use for
periodic retrospective review of its regulations (76 FR 9988). This
input is being solicited in response to Executive Order 13563,
``Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review,'' wherein all federal
agencies are directed to conduct a ``retrospective analysis of rules
that may be outmoded, ineffective, insufficient, or excessively
burdensome and to modify, streamline, expand, or repeal them in
accordance with what has been learned.''

DATES: Comments should be submitted no later than April 4, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OA-2011-0154, -0155, -0156, -0157, -0158, -0159, -0160, -0161, -
0162, -0163, -0164, -0165, -0166, -0167 or -0168 by any one of the
following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: ImprovingRegulations.SuggestionBox@epa.gov
    Fax: 202-566-9744
    Mail: Send a copy of your comments and any enclosures to:
Improving Regulations Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Docket Center, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: Improving Regulations Docket, EPA/DC, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 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: For further information on this
document, please contact Stuart Miles-McLean, Office of Regulatory
Policy and Management (1803A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-6581; fax number: 202-564-7322; e-mail address:
ImprovingRegulations.SuggestionBox@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ALL - ND. EPA. Public Availability of Environmental Protection Agency FY 2010 Service Contract Inventory
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 14969]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2011-0189; FRL-9282-8]

Public Availability of Environmental Protection Agency FY 2010
Service Contract Inventory

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public availability of FY 2010 Service Contract
inventories.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117),
Environmental Protection Agency is publishing this notice to advise the
public of the availability of the FY 2010 Service Contract inventory.
This inventory provides information on service contract actions over
$25,000 that were made in FY 2010. The information is organized by
function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout
the agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with
guidance issued on November 5, 2010 by the Office of Management and
Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP's guidance
is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/service-contract-inventories-guidance-11052010.pdf.
Environmental Protection Agency has posted its inventory and a summary
of the inventory on the EPA's homepage at the following link: http://www.epa.gov/oam/inventories/inventories.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the service
contract inventory should be directed to Linear Cherry in the Office of
Acquisition Management, Headquarters Procurement Operations Division
(3803R), Business Analysis Support Staff, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-564-4403; e-mail address: cherry.linear@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: MI/REMED - NS. EPA. Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Eugenio Painting Company
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 14968]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9282-7]

Proposed CERCLA Administrative Cost Recovery Settlement; Eugenio
Painting Company

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed
administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs
concerning the Industrial Street Drum Site in Dearborn, Michigan with
the following settling party: Eugenio Painting Company. The settlement
requires the settling party to pay $20,000 to the Hazardous Substance
Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling
party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the
Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The
Agency will consider all such comments received and may modify or
withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose
facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement must be received by
EPA's designee on or before close of business on April 18, 2011 to be
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the Industrial Street Drum Site
and should be addressed to Robert H. Smith, U.S. EPA, 77 W. Jackson
Blvd (C-14J), Chicago, IL 60604-3590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert H. Smith, U.S. EPA, 77 W.
Jackson Blvd (C-14J), Chicago, IL 60604-3590, 312-886-0765. A copy of
the proposed settlement and the Agency's response to any comments
received may be obtained from the above contact as well. Additional
background information relating to the settlement is available for
review at the EPA's Region 5 Office of Regional Counsel.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Aluminum
Reduction Plants (Renewal)
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14967-14968]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0374; FRL-9282-1]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Aluminum
Reduction Plants (Renewal)

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 theOffice 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 April 18,
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2010-0374, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email 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: Learia A. Williams, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2223A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-4113; fax number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address:
williams.learia@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: MI/LAND, MI/WATER - ND. USDA/. Boundary Establishment for the Yellow Dog National Wild and Scenic River, Ottawa National Forest; Baraga and Marquette Counties, MI
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 14897]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Boundary Establishment for the Yellow Dog National Wild and
Scenic River, Ottawa National Forest; Baraga and Marquette Counties, MI

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 3(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers
Act, the USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, is transmitting the
final boundary of the Yellow Dog National Wild and Scenic River to
Congress.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Information may be obtained by
contacting Bill Baer, Recreation Program Manager, Ottawa National
Forest, E6248 US Hwy. 2, Ironwood, MI 49938, (906) 932-1330, ext. 342.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Yellow Dog Wild and Scenic River
boundary is available for review at the following offices: USDA Forest
Service, Office of the Chief, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20024; USDA Forest Service, Eastern Region, Suite 400,
626 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53202 and; Ottawa National
Forest, E6248 US Hwy. 2, Ironwood, MI 49938. A detailed legal
description is available upon request.
    The Michigan Scenic River Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102-249-March 3,
1992) designated the Yellow Dog River, Michigan, as a National Wild and
Scenic River, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. As
specified by law, the boundary will not be effective until ninety days
after Congress receives the transmittal.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: AGRICULTURE, TOXICS - ND. USDA/Agricultural Research Service. Request for Nominations to the Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14895-14896]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Research Service

Request for Nominations to the Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics.

ACTION: Notice of request for nominations to the Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture requests nominations for
qualified persons to serve as members of the Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21).

DATES: Written nominations must be received by fax or postmarked on or
before April 18, 2011.

ADDRESSES: All nomination materials should be sent to Michael
Schechtman, Designated Federal Official, Office of the Secretary, USDA,
202B Jamie L. Whitten Federal Building, 14th and Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20250. Forms may also be submitted by fax to (202)
690-4265, if they are followed by written copies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions should be addressed to
Michael Schechtman, Designated Federal Official, telephone (202) 720-
3817; fax (202) 690-4265; e-mail AC21@ars.usda.gov. To obtain form AD-
755 ONLY please contact Dianne Fowler, Office of Pest Management
Policy, telephone (202) 720-4074, fax (202) 720-3191; e-mail
dianne.fowler@ars.usda.gov.

 
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