Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 51, Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Federal Register
Vol. 76, Issue 51
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
 
 
There are 6 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Bacillus thuringiensis eCry3.1Ab Protein in Corn; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
 
    2. TOXICS - PR. EPA. Pesticides; Data Requirements for Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) and Certain Exemptions for PIPs; Notification to the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
 
    3. TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
 
    4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
 
    5. TOXICS - ND/CBI. EPA. GeoLogics Corporation; Transfer of Data
 
    6. ENERGY/Transport - ND/NF. DOT/Federal Railroad Administration. High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program
 
  
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 - FR. EPA. Bacillus thuringiensis eCry3.1Ab Protein in Corn; Temporary Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 14289-14293]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 174

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0609; FRL-8866-5]

Bacillus thuringiensis eCry3.1Ab Protein in Corn; Temporary
Exemption From the Requirement of a Tolerance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation extends a temporary exemption from the
requirement of a tolerance for residues of Bacillus thuringiensis
eCry3.1Ab protein in corn or on the food and feed commodities of corn;
corn, field; corn, sweet; and corn, pop, when used as a plant-
incorporated protectant in accordance with the terms of Experimental
Use Permit (EUP) No. 67979-EUP-8. Syngenta Seeds, Inc. submitted a
petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA),
requesting to extend the temporary tolerance exemption that was set to
expire on June 1, 2012. This regulation eliminates the need to
establish a maximum permissible level for residues of Bacillus
thuringiensis eCry3.1Ab protein in corn. The temporary tolerance
exemption now expires on March 1, 2013.

DATES: This regulation is effective March 16, 2011. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before May 16, 2011, and
must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR
part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0609. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at 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: Mike Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8715; e-mail
address: mendelsohn.mike@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - PR. EPA. Pesticides; Data Requirements for Plant-Incorporated Protectants (PIPs) and Certain Exemptions for PIPs; Notification to the Secretaries
of Agriculture and Health and Human Services
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14358-14359]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 152, 158, and 174

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0499; FRL-8863-5]
RIN 2070-AJ27

Pesticides; Data Requirements for Plant-Incorporated Protectants
(PIPs) and Certain Exemptions for PIPs; 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
proposed rule will propose codifying data requirements that
specifically address the registration data needs of plant-incorporated
protectants (PIPs). These data requirements are intended to provide EPA
with data and other information necessary for the registration of a PIP
or the issuance of an experimental use permit for a PIP. Also, EPA will
propose to exempt cisgenic PIPs from registration to encourage research
and development of useful biotechnology and reduce the number of PIPs
seeking registration. Cisgenic PIPs are formed when genetic material is
transferred, using bioengineering technology, between plants that could
transfer the genetic material naturally.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 15, 2011.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0499. 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: Rose Kyprianou, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-5354; e-mail address:
kyprianou.rose@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14390-14392]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0896; FRL-8864-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request

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 EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR,
entitled: Worker Protection Standard Training and Notification and
identified by EPA ICR No. 1759.06 and OMB Control No. 2070-0148, is
scheduled to expire on November 30, 2011. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 16, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0896, 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.
    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: Lily G. Negash, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8515; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-
mail address: negash.lily@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in Certain Pesticide Registrations
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14393-14394]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0248; FRL-8866-4]

Notice of Receipt of Requests for Amendments To Delete Uses in
Certain Pesticide Registrations

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 requests for amendments by registrants to delete
uses in certain pesticide registrations. Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA
provides that a registrant of a pesticide product may at any time
request that any of its pesticide registrations be amended to delete
one or more uses. FIFRA further provides that, before acting on the
request, EPA must publish a notice of receipt of any request in the
Federal Register.

DATES: The deletions are effective September 12, 2011, unless the
Agency receives a written withdrawal request on or before September 12,
2011. The Agency will consider a withdrawal request postmarked no later
than September 12, 2011. Comments must be received on or before April
15, 2011 for registrations for which the registrant requested a waiver
of the 180-day comment period.
    Users of these products who desire continued use on crops or sites
being deleted should contact the applicable registrant on or before
September 12, 2011. Comments must be received on or before April 15,
2011 for registrations for which the registrant requested a waiver of
the 180-day comment period.

ADDRESSES: Submit your withdrawal request, identified by docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0248, by one of the
following methods:
    Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
    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's telephone number is (703) 305-5805.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Green, Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0367; e-mail
address: green.christopher@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: TOXICS - ND/CBI. EPA. GeoLogics Corporation; Transfer of Data
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14392-14393]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0038; FRL-8865-6]

GeoLogics Corporation; Transfer of Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide related information
submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information
that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI)
by the submitter, will be transferred to GeoLogics Corporation in
accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). GeoLogics
Corporation has been awarded a contract to perform work for OPP, and
access to this information will enable GeoLogics Corporation to fulfill
the obligations of the contract.

DATES: GeoLogics Corporation will be given access to this information
on or before March 21, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mario Steadman, Information Technology
and Resources Management Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 305-8338; e-mail address:
steadman.mario@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: ENERGY/Transport - ND/NF. DOT/Federal Railroad Administration. High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14443-14457]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) Program

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of funding availability for high-speed and intercity
passenger rail projects.

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SUMMARY: This notice details the application requirements and
procedures for obtaining funding under FRA's High-Speed Intercity
Passenger Rail (HSIPR) program. The funding opportunities described in
this notice are available under Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) number 20.319.
    Notice to Applicants: FRA recommends applicants read this notice in
its entirety prior to preparing application materials. There are
several administrative prerequisites that applicants must comply with
in order to submit an application (see Section 4 of this notice), which
can take up to ten days to process.

DATES: Applications for funding under this solicitation are due no
later than 8 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 4, 2011, and must be submitted
through http://www.grantsolutions.gov. See Section 4 for additional
information regarding the application process. FRA reserves the right
to modify this deadline.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information regarding this
notice and the HSIPR program, please contact the FRA HSIPR Program
Manager via e-mail at HSIPR@dot.gov, or by mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, MS-20, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590 Attn: HSIPR Program.
 
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 50, Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Federal Register
Vol. 76, Issue 50
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. ENERGY/Biomass - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Petition From the Government of Canada for Application of the Renewable Fuel Standard Aggregate Compliance Approach
 
    2. ENERGY - NMs. DOE. International Energy Agency Meetings
 
    3. ENERGY/OilSpill - NM. DOC/NOAA. Gulf Spill Restoration Planning; Public Scoping Meetings for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Correction
 
   
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: ENERGY/Biomass - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Petition From the Government of Canada for Application of the Renewable Fuel Standard Aggregate Compliance Approach
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14007-14009]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0199; FRL-9280-6]

Notice of Receipt of Petition From the Government of Canada for
Application of the Renewable Fuel Standard Aggregate Compliance
Approach

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing notice of receipt of a petition for EPA to
authorize the use of an aggregate approach for compliance with the
Renewable Fuel Standard renewable biomass provisions. This petition was
submitted by the Government of Canada. The petition requests that EPA
determine that an aggregate compliance approach will provide reasonable
assurance that planted crops and crop residue from Canada meet the definition of
renewable biomass. EPA has previously determined that the aggregate
compliance approach is applicable in the United States. If the petition
is approved, crops and crop residue from Canada would not be subject to
individual recordkeeping and reporting requirements. This determination
could change if EPA later determined, through its annual evaluation of
the aggregate compliance approach, that the number of acres of
agricultural land in Canada exceeded a baseline number of acres
determined to be available under the Act for the production of crops
and crop residue meeting the definition of renewable biomass. In this
notice, EPA is soliciting comment on all aspects of the petition.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 16, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2011-0199, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
    Fax: (202)566-1741.
    Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460. Please include a total of two copies.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA
West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20460. 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: Meg McCarthy, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
(202)343-9968; fax number: (202)343-2802; e-mail address:
mccarthy.meg@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ENERGY - NMs. DOE. International Energy Agency Meetings
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14003-14004]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

International Energy Agency Meetings

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy
Agency (IEA) will meet on March 22, 2011, at the headquarters of the
IEA in Paris, France, in connection with a joint meeting of the IEA's
Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA's Standing
Group on the Oil Market (SOM) on March 22; and on March 23 and March 24
in connection with a meeting of the SEQ on March 23 and March 24.

DATES: March 22-24, 2011.

ADDRESSES: 9, rue de la F[eacute]d[eacute]ration, Paris, France.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana D. Clark, Assistant General for
International and National Security Programs, Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, 202-586-3417.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ENERGY/OilSpill - ND. DOC/NOAA. Gulf Spill Restoration Planning; Public Scoping Meetings for the Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Correction
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 13985]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA222

Gulf Spill Restoration Planning; Public Scoping Meetings for the
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public scoping meetings; correction.

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SUMMARY: In a March 2, 2011, Federal Register notice, the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced the public scoping meeting dates,
times, and locations for the Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. There is a date change
for the meeting in Washington, DC.

DATES: The public scoping meeting in Washington, DC will begin at 7:30
p.m. (local time) and doors will open at 6:30 p.m.

 
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Monday, March 14, 2011

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 49, Monday, March 14, 2011

Federal Register
Vol. 76, Issue 49
Monday, March 14, 2011
 
 
There are 3announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources
 
    2. TOXICS - PR/Supplemental. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury Emissions From Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
 
    3. TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
 
  
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 - FR. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 13514-13515]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334; FRL-9279-8]
RIN 2060-AQ89

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for
Chemical Manufacturing Area Sources

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is issuing this final rule to stay the requirement for
certain affected sources to comply with the title V permit program
during the pendency of the reconsideration process. On June 15, 2010,
EPA notified Petitioners that the Agency intended to initiate the
reconsideration process in response to their request for
reconsideration of certain provisions in the National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Manufacturing Area
Sources. Among the provisions EPA is reconsidering is a requirement
that certain affected sources obtain a permit.
    On December 14, 2010, EPA issued a 90-day stay of the requirement
for certain affected sources to comply with the title V permit program.
Because we believed that the reconsideration process would not be
completed within 90 days, we concurrently proposed to stay the
provision requiring certain sources to obtain a permit until the final
reconsideration rule is published in the Federal Register. After
considering the comments received, EPA is promulgating the stay of
compliance through this final rule.

DATES: This final rule is effective on March 14, 2011.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0334. All documents in the docket are listed on the
http://www.regulations.gov Web site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., confidential business
information 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 either
electronically through http://www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at
the EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal
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: Mr. Nick Parsons, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Refining and Chemicals Group (E143-01), Environmental Protection
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-
5372; fax number: (919) 541-0246; e-mail address: parsons.nick@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - PR/Supplemental. EPA. National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury Emissions From Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13852-13878]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0017; FRL-9278-5]
RIN 2060-AN99

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mercury
Emissions From Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Supplemental proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: This action proposes amendments to the national emission
standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for mercury emissions
from mercury cell chlor-alkali plants (Mercury Cell NESHAP). On June
11, 2008, EPA proposed amendments to this NESHAP in response to a
petition for reconsideration filed by the Natural Resources Defense
Council (NRDC). This action is a supplement to the June 11, 2008,
proposal. Specifically, this action proposes two options for amending
the NESHAP for mercury emissions from mercury cell chlor-alkali plants.
The first option would require the elimination of mercury emissions and
thus encourage the conversion to non-mercury technology. The second
option would require the measures proposed in 2008. These measures,
which included significant improvements in the work practices to reduce
fugitive emissions from the cell room, would result in near-zero levels
of mercury emissions while still allowing the mercury cell facilities
to continue to operate. We are specifically requesting comment on which
of these options is more appropriate, and may finalize either option or
a combination of elements from them. In addition, this action proposes
several amendments that would apply regardless of which option we
select. These proposed amendments are provisions of the existing NESHAP
that would apply to periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction
(SSM), and corrections to compliance errors in the currently effective
rule.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 13, 2011. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions must be received by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on or before April 13, 2011.
    Public Hearing. If anyone contacts EPA by March 29, 2011 requesting
to speak at a public hearing, EPA will hold a public hearing on April
13, 2011. If a public hearing is held, it will be held at EPA's Campus
located at 109 T.W. Alexander Drive in Research Triangle Park, NC, or
an alternate site nearby. Contact Virginia Hunt at (919) 541-0832 to
request a hearing, to determine if a hearing will be held, or to
determine the hearing location. If no one contacts EPA requesting to
speak at a public hearing concerning this proposed rule by March 29,
2011, the hearing will be cancelled without further notice.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0017, by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov:
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
    Agency Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/oar/docket.html.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the EPA Air and
Radiation Docket Web site.
    E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. Include Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2002-0017 in the subject line of the message.
    Fax: (202) 566-9744.
    Mail: National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants for Mercury Cell Chlor-alkali Plants Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation
Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460. Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a
copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
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: Sharon Nizich, Sector Policies and
Programs Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (D243-
02), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711, telephone number: (919) 541-2825; fax number: (919)
541-5450; e-mail address: nizich.sharon@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - NM. EPA. Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC)
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 13615]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9279-9]

Notice of Meeting of the EPA's Children's Health Protection
Advisory Committee (CHPAC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the next meeting of
the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) will be
held March 30 and 31 at the Arlington Court Suites Hotel, 1200 North
Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA. The CHPAC was created to advise the
Environmental Protection Agency on science, regulations, and other
issues relating to children's environmental health.

DATES: The CHPAC will meet March 30 and 31, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Arlington Court Suites Hotel, 1200 North Courthouse Road,
Arlington, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Berger, Office of Children's
Health Protection, USEPA, MC 1107T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2191, berger.martha@epa.gov.

 
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Friday, March 11, 2011

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 76, Issue 48, Friday, March 11, 2011

 
Federal Register
Vol. 76, Issue 48
Friday, March 11, 2011
 
 
There are 7 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Announcement of Availability of Literature Searches for IRIS Assessments
 
    2. ENERGY - PR. DOE. Procedures for Submitting to the Department of Energy Trade Secrets and Commercial or Financial Information That Is Privileged or Confidential
 
    3. MI/LAND - ND. USDA/Forest Service. Ontonagon Resource Advisory Committee
 
    4. HAZ, TRANSPORT - PR. DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Loading and Unloading Operations
 
    5. ENERGY/Biofuels - ND. USDA. Notice of Contract Proposal (NOCP) for Payments to Eligible Advanced Biofuel Producers
 
    6. ENERGY/Biofuels. ND. USDA. Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Repowering Assistance Payments to Eligible Biorefineries
 
    7. ENERGY/Biofuels - ND. USDA. Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Biorefinery Assistance Program
   
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 - ND. EPA. Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Announcement of Availability of Literature Searches for IRIS Assessments
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13402-13403]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9279-5; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0664]

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS); Announcement of
Availability of Literature Searches for IRIS Assessments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Announcement of availability of literature searches for IRIS
assessments; request for information.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing
the availability of literature searches for cobalt (CASRN 7440-48-4)
and inorganic cobalt compounds, vanadium pentoxide (CASRN 1314-62-1),
vinyl acetate (CASRN 108-05-4), and Libby Amphibole asbestos. EPA is
requesting scientific information on health effects that may result
from exposure to these chemical substances. EPA's IRIS is a human
health assessment program that evaluates quantitative and qualitative
risk information on effects that may result from exposure to specific
chemical substances found in the environment.

DATES: EPA will accept information related to the specific substances
included herein as well as any other compounds being assessed by the
IRIS Program. Please submit any information in accordance with the
instructions provided below.

ADDRESSES: Please submit relevant scientific information identified by
docket ID number EPA-HQ-ORD-2007-0664, online at http://www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method); by e-mail to
ord.docket@epa.gov; mailed to Office of Environmental Information (OEI)
Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery
or courier to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Information on a disk or CD-
ROM should be formatted in Word or as an ASCII file, avoiding the use
of special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to
the mailing address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the IRIS program,
contact Karen Hammerstrom, IRIS Program Deputy Director, National
Center for Environmental Assessment, (mail code: 8601D), Office of
Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (703) 347-8642, facsimile: (703) 347-
8689; or e-mail: FRNquestions@epa.gov.
    For general questions about access to IRIS, or the content of IRIS,
please call the IRIS Hotline at (202) 566-1676 or send electronic mail
inquiries to hotline.iris@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ENERGY - PR. DOE. Procedures for Submitting to the Department of Energy Trade Secrets and Commercial or Financial Information That Is Privileged or
Confidential
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13300-13304]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Parts 600, 603, 609, and 611

RIN 1990-AA36

Procedures for Submitting to the Department of Energy Trade
Secrets and Commercial or Financial Information That Is Privileged or
Confidential

AGENCY: Office of the General Counsel, Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: DOE proposes to standardize across its various programs
procedures for the submission and protection of trade secrets and
commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential,
where such information is submitted by applicants for various forms of
DOE assistance (including financial assistance such as grants,
cooperative agreements, and technology investment agreements, as well
as loans and loan guarantees). The procedures that would be established
across DOE programs are modeled after existing procedures DOE uses to
process loan applications submitted to DOE's Advanced Technology
Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program.

DATES: Comments on these proposed procedures must be postmarked by
April 11, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments, identified by
Regulation Identifier Number (RIN) 1990-AA36, by any of the following
methods:
    1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the instructions for submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: 1990-AA36@hq.doe.gov. Include RIN 1990-AA36 in the
subject line of the message.
    3. Postal Mail: Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of
Energy, Room 6A-245, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Please submit one signed paper original and include RIN
1990-AA36 on your submission.
    4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Office of the General Counsel, U.S.
Department of Energy, Room 6A-245, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-5281. Please submit one
signed paper original and include RIN 1990-AA36 on your submission.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Cohen, Assistant General
Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and Energy Efficiency, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20585-0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9523. E-mail: 1990-AA36@hq.doe.gov.
Include RIN 1990-AA36 in the subject line of the message.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: LAND - ND. USDA/Forest Service. Ontonagon Resource Advisory Committee
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13344-13345]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Ontonagon Resource Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Ontonagon Resource Advisory Committee will meet in
Rockland, Michigan. The Committee is meeting as authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-
343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
purpose is to review and make recommendations on Title II Projects
submitted by the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on April 8, 2011, and will begin at 9
a.m. (EST).

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Rockland Township Office,
National Ave., Rockland, Michigan. Written comments should be sent to
Lisa Klaus, Ottawa National Forest, E6248 U.S. Hwy. 2, Ironwood, MI
49938. Comments may also be sent via e-mail to lklaus@fs.fed.us or via
facsimile to 906-932-0122.
    All comments, including names and addresses when provided, are
placed in the record and are available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect comments received at Ottawa National
Forest, E6248 U.S. Hwy. 2, Ironwood, MI 49938.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Klaus, RAC coordinator, USDA,
Ottawa National Forest, E6248 U.S. Hwy. 2, Ironwood, MI, (906) 932-
1330, ext. 328; e-mail lklaus@fs.fed.us.
    Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through
Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. The
following business will be conducted: (1) Review and approval of
previous meeting minutes. (2) Review and make recommendations for Title
II Projects previously submitted by the public. (3) Public comment.
Persons who wish to bring related matters to the attention of the
Committee may file written statements with the Committee staff before
or after the meeting.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: HAZ, TRANSPORT - PR. DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Loading and Unloading Operations
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 13313-13327]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

39 CFR Parts 172 and 177

[Docket Number PHMSA-2007-28119 (HM-247)]
RIN 2137-AE37

Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicle Loading and
Unloading Operations

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: In this NPRM, PHMSA is proposing to amend the Hazardous
Materials Regulations to require each person (i.e., carrier or
facility) who engages in cargo tank loading or unloading operations to
perform a risk assessment of the loading and unloading operation and
develop and implement safe operating procedures based upon the results
of the risk assessment. The proposed operational procedures include
requirements to address several aspects of loading and unloading,
including provisions for facilities to develop maintenance testing
programs for transfer equipment (i.e., hose maintenance programs) used
to load or unload cargo tank motor vehicles (CTMVs). In addition, PHMSA
is proposing to require each employee who engages in cargo tank loading
or unloading operations to receive training and be evaluated on the
employee's qualifications to perform loading or unloading functions.
PHMSA is proposing these amendments to reduce the risk associated with
the loading and unloading of cargo tank motor vehicles that contain
hazardous materials.

DATES: Submit comments by May 10, 2011. To the extent possible, PHMSA
will consider late-filed comments as a final rule is developed.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number
(PHMSA-2007-28119) by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery: To Docket Operations, Room W12-140 on the
ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice at the beginning of the comment. Note
that all comments received will be posted without change to the docket
management system, including any personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, or DOT's Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any
written communications and comments received into any of our dockets by
the name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or you
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Eichenlaub or Dirk Der Kinderen,
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ENERGY/Biofuels - ND. USDA. Notice of Contract Proposal (NOCP) for Payments to Eligible Advanced Biofuel Producers
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13345-13349]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

Notice of Contract Proposal (NOCP) for Payments to Eligible
Advanced Biofuel Producers

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities Service,
USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the acceptance of applications to enter
into Contracts to make payments to eligible advanced biofuel producers
under the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels to support and ensure
an expanding production of advanced biofuels. To be eligible for
payments, advanced biofuels must be produced from renewable biomass,
excluding corn kernel starch, in a biofuel facility located in a State.
The Notice announces the availability of up to $85 million to make
payments to advanced biofuel producers for the production of eligible
advanced biofuels in Fiscal Year 2011.

DATES: Applications for participating in the Advanced Biofuel Payment
Program for Fiscal Year 2011 will be accepted from March 11, 2011
through May 10, 2011. Applications received after May 10, 2011,
regardless of their postmark, will not be considered for Fiscal Year
2011 funds. If the actual deadline falls on a weekend or a Federally-
observed holiday, the deadline is the next Federal business day.

ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for addresses concerning
applications for the Advanced Biofuel Payment Program for Fiscal Year
2011 funds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the Fiscal Year
2011 applications and for Advanced Biofuel Payment Program assistance,
please contact a USDA Rural Development Energy Coordinator, as provided
in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this Notice, or Diane
Berger, USDA Rural Development, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Room
6865, STOP 3225, Washington, DC 20250. Telephone: (202) 260-1508. Fax:
(202) 720-2213. E-mail: diane.berger@wdc.usda.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: ENERGY/Biofuels. ND. USDA. Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Repowering Assistance Payments to Eligible Biorefineries
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13349-13351]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Repowering Assistance
Payments to Eligible Biorefineries

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities Service,
USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This Notice announces the acceptance of applications for
payments to eligible biorefineries to encourage the use of renewable
biomass as a replacement fuel source for fossil fuels used to provide
process heat or power in the operation of these eligible biorefineries.
To be eligible for payments, biorefineries must have been in existence
on June 18, 2008. The Notice announces the availability of at least $25
million to make payments to eligible biorefineries in Fiscal Year 2011,
in addition to any carry-over funds from Fiscal Year 2010.

DATES: Applications for participating in this program for Fiscal Year
2011 will be accepted from March 11, 2011 through June 9, 2011.
Applications received after June 9, 2011, regardless of their postmark,
will not be considered for Fiscal Year 2011 payments. If the actual
deadline falls on a weekend or a Federally-observed holiday, the
deadline is the next Federal business day.

ADDRESSES: Application materials may be obtained by contacting USDA,
Rural Development-Energy Division, Program Branch, Attention:
Repowering Assistance Program, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop
3225, Washington, DC 20250-3225.
    Submit applications to USDA, Rural Development-Energy Division,
Program Branch, Attention: Repowering Assistance Program, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 3225, Washington, DC 20250-3225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information on this
payment program, please contact Fred Petok, USDA, Rural Development,
Business Programs Energy Division, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
6870, STOP 3225, Washington, DC 20250-3225. Telephone: 202-720-1400. E-
mail: frederick.petok@wdc.usda.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: ENERGY/Biofuels - ND. USDA. Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the Biorefinery Assistance Program
 
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13351-13353]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) Inviting Applications for the
Biorefinery Assistance Program

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service and Rural Utilities Service,
USDA.

ACTION: Notice on funding availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the acceptance of applications for funds
available under the Biorefinery Assistance Program (the ``Program'') to
provide guaranteed loans for the development and construction of
commercial-scale biorefineries or for the retrofitting of existing
facilities using eligible technology for the development of advanced
biofuels. For Fiscal Year 2011, there is only one round of competition.
Applications must be received by May 10, 2011 to compete for Fiscal
Year 2011 program funds. The Notice announces the availability of
approximately $129 million in mandatory budget authority to support
guaranteed loans under this Program in Fiscal Year 2011, in addition to
any carry-over funds from Fiscal Year 2010. This budget authority
represents approximately $463 million in program funds.

DATES: Applications must be received in the USDA Rural Development
National Office no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on May 10, 2011, to
compete for Fiscal Year 2011 program funds. Any application received
after 4:30 p.m. local time on May 10, 2011, regardless of the
application's postmark, will not be considered for Fiscal Year 2011
program funds. If the actual deadline falls on a weekend or a
Federally-observed holiday, the deadline is the next Federal business
day.

ADDRESSES: Applications and forms may be obtained from:
    U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy
Branch, Attention: BioRefinery Assistance Program, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., STOP 3225, Washington, DC 20250-3225.
    Agency Web site: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_Biorefinery.html. Follow instructions for obtaining the application and
forms.
    Submit an original completed application with two copies to USDA's
Rural Development National Office: Energy Branch, Attention:
BioRefinery Assistance Program, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP
3225, Washington, DC 20250-3225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelley Oehler, Energy Branch,
Biorefinery Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Mail Stop 3225, Washington, DC 20250-3225.
Telephone: 202-720-6819. E-mail: kelley.oehler@wdc.usda.gov.

 
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