Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 80
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Vol. 75, No. 80
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
There are 8 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - ND. EPA. Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent Method
2. AIR - ND. EPA. Notice of Data Availability Concerning 2010 CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program New Unit Set-Aside Allowance Allocations Under the Clean Air Interstate Rule Federal Implementation Plan
3. ALL - ND. EPA. Notice of Availability of ``Award of Special Appropriations Act Project Grants Authorized by the Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act''
4. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR/Correction. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters
5. ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination Concerning the Potential for Energy Conservation Standards for High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps
6. ALL - NF. DOI/Bureau of Indian Affairs. Grant Program To Assess, Evaluate and Promote Development of Tribal Energy and Mineral Resources
7. ALL - ND. President. Presidential Documents. Proclamation 8503 of April 21, 2010, Earth Day, 2010
8. MI/LAND, MI/TRANSPORT - ND. DOT/Surface Transportation Board. Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Ontonagon and Houghton Counties, MI
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 - ND. EPA. Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of One New Equivalent
Method
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Notices]
[Page 22126-22127]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9142-1]
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 ozone (O3 )
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, e-mail: Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 22126-22127]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9142-1]
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 ozone (O
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, e-mail: Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: AIR - ND. EPA. Notice of Data Availability Concerning 2010 CAIR NOX Ozone Season Trading Program New Unit Set-Aside Allowance Allocations Under the
Clean Air Interstate Rule Federal Implementation Plan
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Notices]
[Page 22127-22128]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9142-3]
Notice of Data Availability Concerning 2010 CAIR NOX Ozone Season
Trading Program New Unit Set-Aside Allowance Allocations Under the
Clean Air Interstate Rule Federal Implementation Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of data availability (NODA).
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SUMMARY: EPA is administering--under the Clean Air Interstate Rule
(CAIR) Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs)--the CAIR NOX
Ozone Season Trading Program (CAIROS) new unit set-aside allowance
pools for Delaware and the District of Columbia. The CAIROS FIPs
require the Administrator to determine each year by order the allowance
allocations from the new unit set-aside for units in these
jurisdictions whose owners and operators requested these allocations
and to provide the public with the opportunity to object to the
allocation determinations. In this NODA EPA is making available to the
public the emissions data and other information upon which the
allocations, or denial of allocations, are based and the CAIROS new
unit set-aside allowance allocation (if any) for each individual unit.
DATES: Objections must be received by May 27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your objections by one of the following methods:
A. E-mail: CAIR--NOX--Ozone--;NUSA@epamail.epa.gov.
B. Mail: Robert L. Miller, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
CAMD (6204J), Attn: 2010 CAIROS New Unit Set-aside, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Instructions: If you submit an objection, include your name and
other contact information in the body of your objection. If EPA is
unable to read your objection and contact you for clarification due to
technical difficulties, EPA may not be able to consider your objection.
Electronic files should not have special characters and any form of
encryption and should be free of any defects or viruses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action
should be addressed to Robert L. Miller, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, CAMD (6204J), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, telephone (202) 343-9077, and e-mail miller.robertl@epa.gov. If
mailing by courier, address package to Robert L. Miller, 1310 L St.,
NW., Room 254B, Washington, DC 20005.
[Notices]
[Page 22127-22128]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9142-3]
Notice of Data Availability Concerning 2010 CAIR NOX Ozone Season
Trading Program New Unit Set-Aside Allowance Allocations Under the
Clean Air Interstate Rule Federal Implementation Plan
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of data availability (NODA).
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SUMMARY: EPA is administering--under the Clean Air Interstate Rule
(CAIR) Federal Implementation Plans (FIPs)--the CAIR NO
Ozone Season Trading Program (CAIROS) new unit set-aside allowance
pools for Delaware and the District of Columbia. The CAIROS FIPs
require the Administrator to determine each year by order the allowance
allocations from the new unit set-aside for units in these
jurisdictions whose owners and operators requested these allocations
and to provide the public with the opportunity to object to the
allocation determinations. In this NODA EPA is making available to the
public the emissions data and other information upon which the
allocations, or denial of allocations, are based and the CAIROS new
unit set-aside allowance allocation (if any) for each individual unit.
DATES: Objections must be received by May 27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your objections by one of the following methods:
A. E-mail: CAIR--NOX--Ozone--;NUSA@epamail.epa.gov.
B. Mail: Robert L. Miller, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
CAMD (6204J), Attn: 2010 CAIROS New Unit Set-aside, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Instructions: If you submit an objection, include your name and
other contact information in the body of your objection. If EPA is
unable to read your objection and contact you for clarification due to
technical difficulties, EPA may not be able to consider your objection.
Electronic files should not have special characters and any form of
encryption and should be free of any defects or viruses.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action
should be addressed to Robert L. Miller, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, CAMD (6204J), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, telephone (202) 343-9077, and e-mail miller.robertl@epa.gov. If
mailing by courier, address package to Robert L. Miller, 1310 L St.,
NW., Room 254B, Washington, DC 20005.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: ALL - ND. EPA. Notice of Availability of ``Award of Special Appropriations Act Project Grants Authorized by the Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act''
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Notices]
[Page 22128-22129]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9142-4]
Notice of Availability of ``Award of Special Appropriations Act
Project Grants Authorized by the Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act''
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of a memorandum entitled
``Award of Special Appropriations Act Project Grants Authorized by the
Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act.'' This memorandum provides
information and guidelines on how EPA will award and administer grants
for the special projects identified in the State and Tribal Assistance
Grants (STAG) account of the Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act (Pub.
L. 111-88). The STAG account provides budget authority for funding
identified water, wastewater and groundwater infrastructure projects.
Each grant recipient will receive a copy of this document from EPA.
ADDRESSES: The subject memorandum may be viewed and downloaded from
EPA's homepage, http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/law.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Ames, (202) 564-0661 or
ames.george@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 22128-22129]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9142-4]
Notice of Availability of ``Award of Special Appropriations Act
Project Grants Authorized by the Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act''
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of a memorandum entitled
``Award of Special Appropriations Act Project Grants Authorized by the
Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act.'' This memorandum provides
information and guidelines on how EPA will award and administer grants
for the special projects identified in the State and Tribal Assistance
Grants (STAG) account of the Agency's FY 2010 Appropriations Act (Pub.
L. 111-88). The STAG account provides budget authority for funding
identified water, wastewater and groundwater infrastructure projects.
Each grant recipient will receive a copy of this document from EPA.
ADDRESSES: The subject memorandum may be viewed and downloaded from
EPA's homepage, http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/law.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Ames, (202) 564-0661 or
ames.george@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - FR/Correction. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21981]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Number EE-2006-BT-STD-0129]
RIN 1904-AA90
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters
Correction
In rule document 2010-7611 beginning on page 20112 in the issue of
Friday, April 16, 2010 make the following correction:
On page 20113, in the third column, in the first full paragraph, in
the ninth line, ``April 15, 2013'' should read ``April 16, 2013''.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 21981]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 430
[Docket Number EE-2006-BT-STD-0129]
RIN 1904-AA90
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters
Correction
In rule document 2010-7611 beginning on page 20112 in the issue of
Friday, April 16, 2010 make the following correction:
On page 20113, in the third column, in the first full paragraph, in
the ninth line, ``April 15, 2013'' should read ``April 16, 2013''.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - PR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination Concerning the Potential for Energy Conservation Standards for High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22031-22043]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[Docket No. EE-DET-03-001]
RIN 1904-AA86
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination Concerning
the Potential for Energy Conservation Standards for High-Intensity
Discharge (HID) Lamps
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Proposed determination.
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SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA or the Act), as
amended, requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to issue a final
determination by June 30, 2010, as to whether energy conservation
standards for HID lamps are warranted. Pursuant to court order, this
final determination must be made by June 30, 2010. This document
informs interested parties of the analysis underlying this proposal,
which examines the potential energy savings and whether a future energy
conservation standard for this equipment would be technologically
feasible and economically justified. In this document, DOE also
announces the availability of a preliminary technical support document
(TSD), which provides additional analysis in support of the
determination. The preliminary TSD is available from the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Web site at http://
www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/high_
intensity_lamps.html.
DATES: Written comments on this document and the preliminary TSD are
welcome and must be submitted no later than May 27, 2010. For detailed
instructions, see section IV ``Public Participation.''
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments, identified by docket
number EE-DET-03-001 and/or Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1904-
AA86, by any of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
2. E-mail: hid.determination@ee.doe.gov. Include docket number EE-
DET-03-001 and/or RIN 1904-AA86 in the subject line of the message.
3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, Technical Support Document for
High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps, docket number EE-DET-03-001 and/
or RIN 1904-AA86, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Please submit one signed paper original.
4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Program, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza,
SW., Washington, DC 20024. Please submit one signed paper original.
For additional instruction on submitting comments, see section IV,
``Public Participation.''
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents, the
preliminary TSD, or comments received, go to the U.S. Department of
Energy, Resource Room of the Building Technologies Program, Sixth
Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC
20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards at the
above telephone number for additional information about visiting the
Resource Room. You may also obtain copies of certain documents in this
proceeding from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's
Web site at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/
commercial/high_intensity_lamps.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Linda Graves, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-1851. E-mail: Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6111. E-mail:
Jennifer.Tiedeman@hq.doe.gov.
For further information on how to submit or review public comments,
contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-2J,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone
(202) 586-2945. E-mail: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 22031-22043]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 431
[Docket No. EE-DET-03-001]
RIN 1904-AA86
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain
Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Proposed Determination Concerning
the Potential for Energy Conservation Standards for High-Intensity
Discharge (HID) Lamps
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Proposed determination.
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SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA or the Act), as
amended, requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to issue a final
determination by June 30, 2010, as to whether energy conservation
standards for HID lamps are warranted. Pursuant to court order, this
final determination must be made by June 30, 2010. This document
informs interested parties of the analysis underlying this proposal,
which examines the potential energy savings and whether a future energy
conservation standard for this equipment would be technologically
feasible and economically justified. In this document, DOE also
announces the availability of a preliminary technical support document
(TSD), which provides additional analysis in support of the
determination. The preliminary TSD is available from the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Web site at http://
www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/commercial/high_
intensity_lamps.html.
DATES: Written comments on this document and the preliminary TSD are
welcome and must be submitted no later than May 27, 2010. For detailed
instructions, see section IV ``Public Participation.''
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments, identified by docket
number EE-DET-03-001 and/or Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1904-
AA86, by any of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
2. E-mail: hid.determination@ee.doe.gov. Include docket number EE-
DET-03-001 and/or RIN 1904-AA86 in the subject line of the message.
3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, Technical Support Document for
High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps, docket number EE-DET-03-001 and/
or RIN 1904-AA86, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Please submit one signed paper original.
4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Program, 6th Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza,
SW., Washington, DC 20024. Please submit one signed paper original.
For additional instruction on submitting comments, see section IV,
``Public Participation.''
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents, the
preliminary TSD, or comments received, go to the U.S. Department of
Energy, Resource Room of the Building Technologies Program, Sixth
Floor, 950 L'Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington, DC
20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards at the
above telephone number for additional information about visiting the
Resource Room. You may also obtain copies of certain documents in this
proceeding from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's
Web site at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/
commercial/high_intensity_lamps.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Linda Graves, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-1851. E-mail: Linda.Graves@ee.doe.gov.
Ms. Jennifer Tiedeman, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the
General Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 287-6111. E-mail:
Jennifer.Tiedeman@hq.doe.gov.
For further information on how to submit or review public comments,
contact Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, EE-2J,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone
(202) 586-2945. E-mail: Brenda.Edwards@ee.doe.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: ALL - NF. DOI/Bureau of Indian Affairs. Grant Program To Assess, Evaluate and Promote Development of Tribal Energy and Mineral Resources
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Notices]
[Page 22153-22159]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Grant Program To Assess, Evaluate and Promote Development of
Tribal Energy and Mineral Resources
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Solicitation of proposals.
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SUMMARY: The Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) provides
funding to Indian tribes with the mission goal of assessing,
evaluating, and promoting energy and mineral resources on Indian trust lands for
the economic benefit of Indian mineral owners. To achieve these goals,
the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic
Development (IEED), through its Division of Energy and Mineral
Development (DEMD) office, is soliciting proposals from tribes. The
Department will use a competitive evaluation process to select several
proposed projects to receive an award.
DATES: Submit grant proposals on or before June 28, 2010. We will not
consider grant proposals received after this date.
ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-carry grant proposals to the Department of the
Interior, Division of Energy and Mineral Development, Attention: Energy
and Mineral Development Program, 12136 W. Bayaud Avenue, Suite 300,
Lakewood, CO 80228, or e-mail to Robert Anderson at
robert.anderson@bia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the EMDP
program, or have technical questions about the commodity you wish to
assess or develop, please contact the appropriate DEMD persons listed
below:
General Questions about the EMDP Program and Submission
Process: Robert Anderson, Tel: (720) 407-0602; e-mail:
robert.anderson@bia.gov;
For Additional Copies of the Proposal Writing Guidelines
Manual: Tahnee KillsCrow, Tel: (720) 407-0655; e-mail:
tahnee.killscrow@bia.gov;
Mineral Projects (Precious Metals, Sand and Gravel): Lynne
Carpenter, Tel: (720) 407-0605, e-mail: lynne.carpenter@bia.gov, or
David Holmes, Tel: (720) 407-0609, e-mail: david.holmes@bia.gov;
Conventional Energy Projects (Oil, Natural Gas, Coal): Bob
Just, Tel: (720) 407-0611, e-mail: robert.just@bia.gov;
Renewable Energy Projects (Biomass, Wind, Solar): Winter
Jojola-Talburt, Tel: (720) 407-0668, e-mail: winter.jojola-
talburt@bia.gov;
Geothermal Energy: Roger Knight, Tel: (720) 407-0613, e-
mail: roger.knight@bia.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 22153-22159]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Grant Program To Assess, Evaluate and Promote Development of
Tribal Energy and Mineral Resources
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Solicitation of proposals.
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SUMMARY: The Energy and Mineral Development Program (EMDP) provides
funding to Indian tribes with the mission goal of assessing,
evaluating, and promoting energy and mineral resources on Indian trust lands for
the economic benefit of Indian mineral owners. To achieve these goals,
the Department of the Interior's Office of Indian Energy and Economic
Development (IEED), through its Division of Energy and Mineral
Development (DEMD) office, is soliciting proposals from tribes. The
Department will use a competitive evaluation process to select several
proposed projects to receive an award.
DATES: Submit grant proposals on or before June 28, 2010. We will not
consider grant proposals received after this date.
ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-carry grant proposals to the Department of the
Interior, Division of Energy and Mineral Development, Attention: Energy
and Mineral Development Program, 12136 W. Bayaud Avenue, Suite 300,
Lakewood, CO 80228, or e-mail to Robert Anderson at
robert.anderson@bia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about the EMDP
program, or have technical questions about the commodity you wish to
assess or develop, please contact the appropriate DEMD persons listed
below:
Process: Robert Anderson, Tel: (720) 407-0602; e-mail:
robert.anderson@bia.gov;
Manual: Tahnee KillsCrow, Tel: (720) 407-0655; e-mail:
tahnee.killscrow@bia.gov;
Carpenter, Tel: (720) 407-0605, e-mail: lynne.carpenter@bia.gov, or
David Holmes, Tel: (720) 407-0609, e-mail: david.holmes@bia.gov;
Just, Tel: (720) 407-0611, e-mail: robert.just@bia.gov;
Jojola-Talburt, Tel: (720) 407-0668, e-mail: winter.jojola-
talburt@bia.gov;
mail: roger.knight@bia.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 7
Subject: ALL - ND. President. Presidential Documents. Proclamation 8503 of April 21, 2010, Earth Day, 2010
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 21977-21978]
Presidential Documents
Proclamation 8503 of April 21, 2010
Earth Day, 2010
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In the fall of 1969, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson
announced plans for a national ``environmental teach-
in''--one day, each year, of action and advocacy for
the environment. His words rallied our Nation, and the
first Earth Day, as it became known, saw millions come
together to meet one of the greatest challenges of our
times: caring for our planet. What Senator Nelson and
the other organizers believed then, and what we still
believe today, is that our environment is a blessing we
share. Our future is inextricably bound to our planet's
future, and we must be good stewards of our home as
well as one another.
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, we come together
to reaffirm those beliefs. We have come far in these
past four decades. One year before the first Earth Day,
our Nation watched in horror as the polluted and
debris-choked Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught
fire. In response, a generation of Americans stepped
forward to demand progress. What Americans achieved in
the decades that followed has made our children
healthier, our water and air cleaner, and our planet
more livable.
We passed the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts,
established the Environmental Protection Agency, and
safeguarded treasured American landscapes. Americans
across our country have witnessed the impact of these
measures, including the people of Cleveland, where the
Cuyahoga River is cleaner than it has been in a
century.
We continue to build on this progress today. My
Administration has invested in clean energy and clean
water infrastructure across the country. We are also
committed to passing comprehensive energy and climate
legislation that will create jobs, reduce our
dependence on foreign oil, and cut carbon pollution.
We have more work to do, however, and change will not
come from Washington alone. The achievements of the
past were possible because ordinary Americans demanded
them, and meeting today's environmental challenges will
require a new generation to carry on Earth Day's cause.
From weatherizing our homes to planting trees in our
communities, there are countless ways for every
American, young and old, to get involved. I encourage
all Americans to visit WhiteHouse.gov/EarthDay for
information and resources to get started.
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is an opportunity for
us to reflect on the legacy we have inherited from
previous generations, and the legacy that we will
bestow upon generations to come. Their future depends
on the action we take now, and we must not fail them.
Forty years from today, when our children and
grandchildren look back on what we did at this moment,
let them say that we, too, met the challenges of our
time and passed on a cleaner, healthier planet.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim April 22, 2010, as
Earth Day. I encourage all Americans to participate in
programs and activities that will protect our environment and
contribute to a healthy, sustainable future.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 21977-21978]
Presidential Documents
Proclamation 8503 of April 21, 2010
Earth Day, 2010
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In the fall of 1969, Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson
announced plans for a national ``environmental teach-
in''--one day, each year, of action and advocacy for
the environment. His words rallied our Nation, and the
first Earth Day, as it became known, saw millions come
together to meet one of the greatest challenges of our
times: caring for our planet. What Senator Nelson and
the other organizers believed then, and what we still
believe today, is that our environment is a blessing we
share. Our future is inextricably bound to our planet's
future, and we must be good stewards of our home as
well as one another.
On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, we come together
to reaffirm those beliefs. We have come far in these
past four decades. One year before the first Earth Day,
our Nation watched in horror as the polluted and
debris-choked Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught
fire. In response, a generation of Americans stepped
forward to demand progress. What Americans achieved in
the decades that followed has made our children
healthier, our water and air cleaner, and our planet
more livable.
We passed the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts,
established the Environmental Protection Agency, and
safeguarded treasured American landscapes. Americans
across our country have witnessed the impact of these
measures, including the people of Cleveland, where the
Cuyahoga River is cleaner than it has been in a
century.
We continue to build on this progress today. My
Administration has invested in clean energy and clean
water infrastructure across the country. We are also
committed to passing comprehensive energy and climate
legislation that will create jobs, reduce our
dependence on foreign oil, and cut carbon pollution.
We have more work to do, however, and change will not
come from Washington alone. The achievements of the
past were possible because ordinary Americans demanded
them, and meeting today's environmental challenges will
require a new generation to carry on Earth Day's cause.
From weatherizing our homes to planting trees in our
communities, there are countless ways for every
American, young and old, to get involved. I encourage
all Americans to visit WhiteHouse.gov/EarthDay for
information and resources to get started.
The 40th anniversary of Earth Day is an opportunity for
us to reflect on the legacy we have inherited from
previous generations, and the legacy that we will
bestow upon generations to come. Their future depends
on the action we take now, and we must not fail them.
Forty years from today, when our children and
grandchildren look back on what we did at this moment,
let them say that we, too, met the challenges of our
time and passed on a cleaner, healthier planet.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the
United States, do hereby proclaim April 22, 2010, as
Earth Day. I encourage all Americans to participate in
programs and activities that will protect our environment and
contribute to a healthy, sustainable future.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
ANNOUNCEMENT 8
Subject: MI/LAND, MI/TRANSPORT - ND. DOT/Surface Transportation Board. Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Ontonagon and Houghton Counties, MI
[Federal Register: April 27, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 80)]
[Notices]
[Page 22174]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 415 (Sub-No. 2X)]
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company--Abandonment
Exemption--in Ontonagon and Houghton Counties, MI
On April 9, 2010, Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company (ELS)
filed with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) a petition under 49
U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to
abandon approximately 42.93 miles of rail line in Ontonagon and
Houghton Counties, Mich., extending between milepost 408.02 at
Ontonagon and milepost 365.09 at Sidnaw. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Codes 49948, 49953, and 49961, and includes
the stations of Ontonagon at milepost 408.0, Mass at milepost 388.8,
Rockland at milepost 396.1, Rosseau at milepost 383.2, Pori at milepost
381.2 and Frost at milepost 373.1.
The line does contain federally granted rights-of-way. Any
documentation in the possession of ELS will be made available promptly
to those requesting it.
The interest of railroad employees will be protected by the
conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad and The Union
Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between
Firth and Ammon, In Bingham and Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979).
By issuance of this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption
proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be
issued on or before July 28, 2010. ELS has requested that its petition
be given expedited consideration.
Any offer of financial assistance (OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2)
will be due no later than 10 days after service of a decision granting
the petition for exemption. Each OFA must be accompanied by a $1,500
filing fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
All interested persons should be aware that, following abandonment
of rail service and salvage of the line, the line may be suitable for
other public use, including interim trail use. Any request for a public
use condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail banking under
49 CFR 1152.29 will be due no later than May 12, 2010. Each trail
request must be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(27).
All filings in response to this notice must refer to Docket No. AB
415 (Sub-No. 2X) and must be sent to: (1) Surface Transportation Board,
395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001; and (2) Keith G. O'Brien,
2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. Replies
to the petition are due on or before May 12, 2010.
Persons seeking further information concerning abandonment
procedures may contact the Board's Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs and Compliance at (202) 245-0238 or refer to the
full abandonment or discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR part 1152.
Questions concerning environmental issues may be directed to the
Board's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245-0305.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
An environmental assessment (EA) (or environmental impact statement
(EIS), if necessary) prepared by SEA will be served upon all parties of
record and upon any agencies or other persons who commented during its
presentation. Other interested persons may contact SEA to obtain a copy
of the EA (or EIS). EAs in these abandonment proceedings normally will
be made available within 60 days of the filing of the petition. The
deadline for submission of comments on the EA generally will be within
30 days of its service.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 22174]
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 415 (Sub-No. 2X)]
Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company--Abandonment
Exemption--in Ontonagon and Houghton Counties, MI
On April 9, 2010, Escanaba & Lake Superior Railroad Company (ELS)
filed with the Surface Transportation Board (Board) a petition under 49
U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903 to
abandon approximately 42.93 miles of rail line in Ontonagon and
Houghton Counties, Mich., extending between milepost 408.02 at
Ontonagon and milepost 365.09 at Sidnaw. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Codes 49948, 49953, and 49961, and includes
the stations of Ontonagon at milepost 408.0, Mass at milepost 388.8,
Rockland at milepost 396.1, Rosseau at milepost 383.2, Pori at milepost
381.2 and Frost at milepost 373.1.
The line does contain federally granted rights-of-way. Any
documentation in the possession of ELS will be made available promptly
to those requesting it.
The interest of railroad employees will be protected by the
conditions set forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad and The Union
Pacific Railroad Company--Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch Between
Firth and Ammon, In Bingham and Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979).
By issuance of this notice, the Board is instituting an exemption
proceeding pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final decision will be
issued on or before July 28, 2010. ELS has requested that its petition
be given expedited consideration.
Any offer of financial assistance (OFA) under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2)
will be due no later than 10 days after service of a decision granting
the petition for exemption. Each OFA must be accompanied by a $1,500
filing fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).
All interested persons should be aware that, following abandonment
of rail service and salvage of the line, the line may be suitable for
other public use, including interim trail use. Any request for a public
use condition under 49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail banking under
49 CFR 1152.29 will be due no later than May 12, 2010. Each trail
request must be accompanied by a $250 filing fee. See 49 CFR
1002.2(f)(27).
All filings in response to this notice must refer to Docket No. AB
415 (Sub-No. 2X) and must be sent to: (1) Surface Transportation Board,
395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001; and (2) Keith G. O'Brien,
2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037. Replies
to the petition are due on or before May 12, 2010.
Persons seeking further information concerning abandonment
procedures may contact the Board's Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs and Compliance at (202) 245-0238 or refer to the
full abandonment or discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR part 1152.
Questions concerning environmental issues may be directed to the
Board's Section of Environmental Analysis (SEA) at (202) 245-0305.
Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
An environmental assessment (EA) (or environmental impact statement
(EIS), if necessary) prepared by SEA will be served upon all parties of
record and upon any agencies or other persons who commented during its
presentation. Other interested persons may contact SEA to obtain a copy
of the EA (or EIS). EAs in these abandonment proceedings normally will
be made available within 60 days of the filing of the petition. The
deadline for submission of comments on the EA generally will be within
30 days of its service.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http:/
/www.stb.dot.gov.
