Thursday, April 30, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 82, April 30, 2009

 
Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 82
Thursday, April 30, 2009
 
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR, TOXICS - FR. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2009 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
 
    2. REMED - ND. EPA. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Addendum to Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grantees
 
    3. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval
   
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, TOXICS - FR. EPA. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2009 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
 
[Federal Register: April 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 82)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 19878-19900]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 82

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0009; FRL-8899-5]
RIN 2060-AO78

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2009 Critical Use
Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule authorizes uses of methyl bromide that qualify
for the 2009 critical use exemption and the amount of methyl bromide
that may be produced, imported, or supplied from existing pre-phaseout
inventory for those uses in 2009. EPA is taking action under the
authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect a consensus decision taken at
the Nineteenth Meeting of by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

DATES: This rule is effective on April 30, 2009.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action identified
under EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0009. All documents in the docket are listed on
the http://www.regulations.gov site. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., 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 only through http://www.regulations.gov or in
hard copy. To obtain copies of materials in hard copy, please call the
EPA Docket Center at (202) 564-1744 between the hours of 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. E.S.T., Monday-Friday, excluding legal holidays, to schedule an
appointment. The EPA Docket Center's Public Reading Room address is EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Arling by telephone at (202)
343-9055, or by e-mail at arling.jeremy@epa.gov or by mail at U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division,
Stratospheric Program Implementation Branch (6205J), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. You may also visit the Ozone
Depletion Web site of EPA's Stratospheric Protection Division at http:/
/www.epa.gov/ozone/strathome.html for further information about EPA's
Stratospheric Ozone Protection regulations, the science of ozone layer
depletion, and related topics.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2

Subject: REMED - ND. EPA. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) Addendum to Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) Grantees
 
[Federal Register: April 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 82)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19954-19956]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8899-1]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)
Addendum to Supplemental Funding for Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund
(RLF) Grantees

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA published a notice on April 10, 2009 regarding plans to
make available approximately $40 million in Recovery Act funding to
supplement Revolving Loan Fund capitalization grants previously awarded
competitively under section 104(k)(3) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). The
purpose of this notice is to notify eligible RLF grantees that
Supplemental Funding for Brownfields RLF grantees provided under the
April 10, 2009 notice will be subject to the Buy American provisions
for activities defined as infrastructure by the Agency.

DATES: This action is effective April 30, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debi Morey, U.S. EPA, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Brownfields and Land
Revitalization, (202) 566-2735 or the appropriate Brownfields Regional
Contact.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3

Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval
 
[Federal Register: April 30, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 82)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19956-19957]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0401; FRL-8409-5]

Pesticide Product Registrations; Conditional Approval

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces Agency approval of applications
submitted by Syngenta Seeds, Incorporated - Field Crops - NAFTA, to
conditionally register the pesticide products, MIR162 Maize, Bt11 x
MIR162 Corn, and Bt11 x MIR162 x MIR604 Corn, containing a new active
ingredient not included in any previously registered products pursuant
to the provisions of section 3(c)(7)(C) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannine Kausch, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8920; e-mail
address: kausch.jeannine@epa.gov.
 
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Posted by at

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 81, April 29, 2009

 
Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 81
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
 
 
There are 8 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit for active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 in several states
 
    2. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses
 
    3. TOXICS - NM. DHHS. National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative Toxicological Methods (SACATM)
 
    4. ENERGY, WATER - FR/FEIS. DOI/MMS. Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf
 
    5. WILDLIFE, WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports; Notice of availability; response to comments
 
    6. DRINK - NF. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of Application Deadlines and Funding
 
    7. ENERGY, CLIMATE - NM. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting
 
    8. ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
  
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. Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit for active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 in several states
 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19557]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0161; FRL-8410-9]

Issuance of an Experimental Use Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has granted an experimental use permit (EUP) to the
following pesticide applicant. An EUP permits use of a pesticide for
experimental or research purposes only in accordance with the
limitations in the permit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanaz Bacchus, Biopesticides and
Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8097; e-mail
address: bacchus.shanaz@epa.gov. . . 

    EPA has issued the following EUP:
    82608-EUP-1. Issuance. AgroGreen, Biological Division, Minrav
Infrastructures (1993) Ltd., 3 Habossem Str, P.O. Box 153, Ashdod,
77101, Israel, represented by SciReg, Inc., 12733 Director's Loop,
Woodbridge, VA 22192, USA. This EUP allows the use of 85.84 pounds (39.
02 kilograms) of the end-use product BAFI SDN (100%), containing the
active ingredient Bacillus firmus isolate I-1582 for treating seeds to
be planted on 7,478.25 acres of corn, cotton, and soybean to evaluate
the control of nematodes. The program is authorized only in the States
of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, and North
Carolina for seed treatments and in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, and Wisconsin for planting treated seeds. Untreated seeds are to
be planted as controls on approximately 1,496 acres concurrently with
the planting of treated seeds in the specified states. The EUP is
effective from April 8, 2009 to April 8, 2011.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2

Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses
 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19558-19559]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0615; FRL-8410-2]

Endosulfan; Petitions Requesting Cancellation of All Uses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice asks the public to comment on requests from the
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Pesticide Action
Network North America (PANNA) that EPA cancel all uses of the
organochlorine pesticide endosulfan.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES:  Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0615, 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: Melanie Biscoe, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 703-305-7106; fax number:
703-308-8090; e-mail address: biscoe.melanie@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3

Subject: TOXICS - NM. DHHS. National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative
Toxicological Methods (SACATM)
 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19562-19563]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Toxicology Program (NTP); Office of Liaison, Policy and
Review; Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Alternative
Toxicological Methods (SACATM)

AGENCY: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH).

ACTION: Meeting announcement and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is hereby given of a
meeting of SACATM on June 25-26, 2009, at the Hilton Arlington Hotel,
950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203. The meeting is open to
the public with attendance limited only by the space available. SACATM
advises the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of
Alternative Methods (ICCVAM), the NTP Interagency Center for the
Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM), and the
Director of the NIEHS and NTP regarding statutorily mandated duties of
ICCVAM and activities of NICEATM.

DATES: The SACATM meeting will be held on June 25 and 26, 2009. The
meeting is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 25 and 8:30 a.m.
until adjournment on June 26, 2009. All individuals who plan to attend
are encouraged to register online at the NTP Web site (http://
ntp.niehs.nih.gov/go/7441) by June 17, 2009. In order to facilitate
planning, persons wishing to make an oral presentation are asked to
notify Dr. Lori White, NTP Executive Secretary, via online
registration, phone, or e-mail by June 17, 2009 (see ADDRESSES below).
Written comments should also be received by June 17, 2009, to enable
review by SACATM and NIEHS/NTP staff before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The SACATM meeting will be held at the Hilton Arlington
Hotel, 950 North Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22203 [hotel: (703)
528-6000)]. Public comments and other correspondence should be directed
to Dr. Lori White (NTP Office of Liaison, Policy and Review, NIEHS,
P.O. Box 12233, MD K2-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone:
919-541-9834 or e-mail: whiteld@niehs.nih.gov). Courier address: NIEHS,
530 Davis Drive, Room 2136, Durham, NC 27713. Persons needing
interpreting services in order to attend should contact 301-402-8180
(voice) or 301-435-1908 (TTY). Requests should be made at least 7 days in advance of the meeting.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4

Subject: ENERGY, WATER - FR/FEIS. DOI/MMS. Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf
 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 19637-19871]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Parts 250, 285, and 290

[Docket ID: MMS-2008-OMM-0012]
RIN 1010-AD30

Renewable Energy and Alternate Uses of Existing Facilities on the
Outer Continental Shelf

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Final rule; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental
Assessment.

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SUMMARY: The MMS is publishing final regulations to establish a program
to grant leases, easements, and rights-of-way (ROW) for renewable
energy project activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), as well
as certain previously unauthorized activities that involve the
alternate use of existing facilities located on the OCS; and to
establish the methods for sharing revenues generated by this program
with nearby coastal States. These regulations will also ensure the
orderly, safe, and environmentally responsible development of renewable
energy sources on the OCS.
    The MMS prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzing
this rule. The EA incorporates by reference the Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement for Alternative Energy Development and Production and
Alternate Use of Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf, Final
Environmental Impact Statement, October 2007. The EA was prepared to
assess any impacts of this rule. The Final EA is available on the MMS
Web site at: http://www.mms.gov/offshore/AlternativeEnergy/
RegulatoryInformation.htm.

DATES: Effective Date: This final rule is effective on June 29, 2009.
The incorporation by reference of the publication listed in the
regulation is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of
June 29, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Final rule: Maureen Bornholdt, Program Manager, Office of
Alternative Energy Programs, at (703) 787-1300 or
maureen.bornholdt@mms.gov; or Amy C. White, Regulations and Standards
Branch, at (703) 787-1665 or amy.white@mms.gov.
    Environmental Assessment: James F. Bennett, Chief, Branch of
Environmental Assessment, at (703) 787-1660 or James.F.Bennett@mms.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5

Subject: WILDLIFE, WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports; Notice of availability; response to comments
 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19530-19536]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XL62

Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports

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

ACTION:  Notice of availability; response to comments.

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SUMMARY:  As required by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS
has incorporated public comments into revisions of marine mammal stock
assessment reports (SARs). These reports for 2008 are now final and
available to the public.

ADDRESSES:  Electronic copies of SARs are available on the Internet as
regional compilations and individual reports at the following address:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/sars/. You also may send requests for
copies of reports to: Chief, Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226, Attn:
Stock Assessments.
    Copies of the Alaska Regional SARs may be requested from Robyn
Angliss, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way, BIN
15700, Seattle, WA 98115.Copies of the Atlantic Regional SARs may be
requested from Gordon Waring, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166
Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543.
    Copies of the Pacific Regional SARs may be requested from Jim
Carretta, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 8604 La Jolla
Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-1508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Tom Eagle, Office of Protected
Resources, 301-713-2322, ext. 105, e-mail Tom.Eagle@noaa.gov; Robyn
Angliss, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 206-526-4032, email
Robyn.Angliss@noaa.gov; Gordon Waring, Northeast Fisheries Science
Center, email Gordon.Waring@noaa.gov; or Jim Carretta, Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, 858-546-7171, email Jim.Carretta@noaa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6

Subject: DRINK - NF. USDA/Rural Utilities Service. Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of Application Deadlines and Funding

 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19503]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Household Water Well System Grant Program Announcement of
Application Deadlines and Funding

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of funding availability and solicitation of
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) announces the availability of $993,000 in grant
funds for the Household Water Well System (HWWS) Grant Program for
fiscal year (FY) 2009, to be competitively awarded. A notice of funding
availability and solicitation of applications was published in the
November 20, 2008 Federal Register, 73 FR 70315, prior to passage of a
final appropriations bill identifying a definite funding amount. For
information and other requirements on how to apply for HWWS Grant
Program funds, please refer to the November 20, 2008 issue of the
Federal Register.
    The HWWS Grant Program is authorized under Section 306E of the
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT), 7 U.S.C. 1926e.
The CONACT authorizes USDA Rural Development to make grants to
qualified private nonprofit organizations to establish lending programs
for household water wells. The non-profit organizations will use the
grants to make loans to individual homeowners to construct or upgrade a
household water well system for an existing home. The organizations
must contribute an amount equal to at least 10 percent of the grant
request to capitalize the loan fund. Applications may be submitted in
paper or electronic format. The HWWS Grant Program regulations are
contained in 7 CFR part 1776.

DATES: The deadline for completed applications for a HWWS grant is May
31, 2009. Applications in either paper or electronic format must be
postmarked or time-stamped electronically on or before the deadline.
Late applications will be ineligible for grant consideration.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic grant applications through http://
www.grants.gov (Grants.gov), following the instructions on that Web
site. Submit completed paper applications to the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, Mail Stop 1570, Room
2233-S, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20250-1570.
Applications should be marked ``Attention: Water and Environmental
Programs.'' Application guides and materials for the HWWS Grant Program
may be obtained electronically through http://www.usda.gov/rus/water/
index.htm. Call (202) 720-9589 to request paper copies of application
guides and materials from the Water and Environmental Programs staff.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cheryl Francis, Loan Specialist, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development Programs, Water and
Environmental Programs, telephone: (202) 720-1937, fax: (202) 690-0649,
e-mail: cheryl.francis@wdc.usda.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7

Subject: ENERGY, CLIMATE - NM. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting
 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19536]

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee Meeting

    This is to give notice that the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission's Energy Markets Advisory Committee will conduct a public
meeting on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The meeting will take place in the
first floor hearing room of the Commission's Washington, DC
headquarters, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington,
DC 20581 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss energy and environmental market issues. The meeting will be
chaired by Commissioner Bart Chilton, who is Chairman of the Energy and
Environmental Markets Advisory Committee.
    The agenda will consist of the following:
    (1) Call to Order and Introduction;
    (2) Current Market and Regulatory Developments;
    (3) Environmental Commodity Markets: The CFTC and a Carbon-
Constrained World;
    (4) Energy Price Volatility and Consumers;
    (5) Discussion of Future Meetings and Topics;
    (6) Adjournment.
    The meeting is open to the public. Any member of the public who
wishes to file a written statement with the committee should mail a
copy of the statement to the attention of: Energy Markets Advisory
Committee, c/o Commissioner Bart Chilton, Commodity Futures Trading
Commission, Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW., Washington,
DC 20581, before the meeting. Members of the public who wish to make
oral statements should inform Commissioner Chilton in writing at the
foregoing address at least three business days before the meeting.
Reasonable provision will be made, if time permits, for oral
presentations of no more than five minutes each in duration.
    For further information concerning this meeting, please contact
Commissioner Bart Chilton at 202-418-5060.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 8

Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
 
[Federal Register: April 29, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 81)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19546]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the State Energy Advisory
Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463; 86
Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced
in the Federal Register.

DATES: June 23-25, 2009.

ADDRESSES: L'Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L'Enfant Plaza, SW. Washington, DC
20024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Burch, STEAB Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Commercialization and Project Management, Golden
Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,
CO 80401, Telephone 303-275-4801.

 
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Posted by at

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 80, April 28, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 80
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - FR. EPA. New Source Performance Standards Review for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants; and Amendment to Subpart UUU Applicability
 
    2. AIR, ENERGY, TRANSPORT - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With SmartWay Transport Partnership; EPA ICR No. 2265.01, OMB Control No. 2060--NEW
 
    3. AIR - NM/Correction. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter Review Panel; 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: AIR - FR. EPA. New Source Performance Standards Review for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants; and Amendment to Subpart UUU Applicability
 
[Federal Register: April 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 80)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 19293-19316]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1018; FRL-8896-7]
RIN 2060-AO41

New Source Performance Standards Review for Nonmetallic Mineral
Processing Plants; and Amendment to Subpart UUU Applicability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is finalizing amendments to the Standards of Performance
for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plant(s) (NMPP). These final
amendments include revisions to the emission limits for NMPP affected
facilities which commence construction, modification, or reconstruction
on or after April 22, 2008. These final amendments for NMPP also
include: Additional testing and monitoring requirements for affected
facilities that commence construction, modification, or reconstruction
on or after April 22, 2008; exemption of affected facilities that
process wet material from this final rule; changes to simplify the
notification requirements for all affected facilities; and changes to
definitions and various clarifications. We are not taking any final
action in this document regarding the amendment to the Standards of
Performance for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries discussed in
the proposed rule.

DATES: This final rule is effective on April 28, 2009.

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action which is Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-1018. All documents in the docket are listed in
the http://www.regulations.gov index. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center,
Standards of Performance for Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Plants
Docket, 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
Docket Center is (202) 566-1742.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Bill Neuffer; Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards; Sector Policies and Programs Division,
Metals and Minerals Group (D243-02); Environmental Protection Agency;
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5435; fax
number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address: neuffer.bill@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2

Subject: AIR, ENERGY, TRANSPORT - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With SmartWay Transport Partnership; EPA ICR No. 2265.01, OMB Control No. 2060--NEW
 
[Federal Register: April 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 80)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19221-19223]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0482; FRL-8898-3]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Information Collection Activities Associated With
SmartWay Transport Partnership; EPA ICR No. 2265.01, OMB Control No.
2060--NEW

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 for a new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 29, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0482 by one of the following methods:
    www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    E-mail: smartway_transport@epa.gov.
    Fax: 202-343-2803
    Mail: SmartWay Transport Partnership, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6406J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: Air Docket, EPA, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania 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: Denise Kearns, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105;
telephone: 734-214-4240; Fax: 734-214-4906; e-mail: kearns.denise
@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3

Subject: AIR - NM/Correction. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter Review Panel; Correction
 
[Federal Register: April 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 80)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19223]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8898-2]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Particulate Matter Review Panel; Correction

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office published a
notice in the Federal Register of April 21, 2009 concerning a public
teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC),
Particulate Matter Review Panel. The notice contained an incorrect time
of the teleconference.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal
Officer, 202-343-9867.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of April 21, 2009, in FR Doc. E9-9122, on
page 18230, in the third column, correct the ``Dates caption to read:

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Thursday, May 7, 2009
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).
 
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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 78, April 24, 2009

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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 78
Friday, April 24, 2009
 
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Penoxsulam; Pesticide Tolerances
 
    2. CLIMATE, AIR - PR. EPA. Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act
 
    3. HAZ - FR. Postal Service. Rules of Practice in Proceedings Relative to Mailing Hazardous Materials
 
    4. ENERGY - NM. DOE. National Coal Council
 
    5. ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
 
   
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. Penoxsulam; Pesticide Tolerances
 
[Federal Register: April 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 78)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 18644-18648]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0526; FRL-8411-9]

Penoxsulam; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
penoxsulam in or on almond hulls; grape; nut, tree, group 14; and
pistachio. Dow AgroSciences, LLC., requested these tolerances under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective April 24, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before June 23, 2009, 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-2008-0526. 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: Philip V. Errico, Registration
Division (7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 305-6663; e-mail address:
errico.philip@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2

Subject: CLIMATE, AIR - PR. EPA. Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act
 
[Federal Register: April 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 78)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 18885-18910]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Chapter 1

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0171; FRL-8895-5]
RIN 2060-ZA14

Proposed Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for
Greenhouse Gases Under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Today the Administrator is proposing to find that greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere endanger the public health and welfare of
current and future generations. Concentrations of greenhouse gases are
at unprecedented levels compared to the recent and distant past. These
high atmospheric levels are the unambiguous result of human emissions,
and are very likely the cause of the observed increase in average
temperatures and other climatic changes. The effects of climate change
observed to date and projected to occur in the future--including but
not limited to the increased likelihood of more frequent and intense
heat waves, more wildfires, degraded air quality, more heavy downpours
and flooding, increased drought, greater sea level rise, more intense
storms, harm to water resources, harm to agriculture, and harm to
wildlife and ecosystems--are effects on public health and welfare
within the meaning of the Clean Air Act. In light of the likelihood
that greenhouse gases cause these effects, and the magnitude of the
effects that are occurring and are very likely to occur in the future,
the Administrator proposes to find that atmospheric concentrations of
greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare within the meaning
of Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act. She proposes to make this
finding specifically with respect to six greenhouse gases that together
constitute the root of the climate change problem: carbon dioxide,
methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and
sulfur hexafluoride.
    The Administrator is also proposing to find that the combined
emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and
hydrofluorocarbons from new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle
engines are contributing to this mix of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere. Thus, she proposes to find that the emissions of these
substances from new motor vehicles and new motor vehicle engines are
contributing to air pollution which is endangering public health and
welfare under section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: Comments on this proposed action must be received on or before
June 23, 2009. If you submitted comments on the issues raised by this
proposal in dockets for other Agency efforts (e.g., the Advance Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking on Regulating Greenhouse Gases under the Clean
Air Act), you must still submit your comments to the docket for this
action (EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0171) by the deadline if you want them to be
considered.
    There will be two public hearings. One hearing will be held on May
18, 2009 in Arlington, VA. The other hearing will be on May 21, 2009 in
Seattle, WA. To obtain information about the public hearings or to
register to speak at the hearings, please see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below or go to http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
endangerment.html.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0171, by one of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: GHG-Endangerment-Docket@epa.gov.
    Fax: (202) 566-1741.
    Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center
(EPA/DC), Mailcode 6102T, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0171,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA
West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal
hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeremy Martinich, Climate Change
Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC-6207J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9927; fax number: (202) 343-2202; e-mail
address: ghgendangerment@epa.gov. Please use this contact information
for general questions only. Official comments must be submitted using
the instructions above.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3

Subject: HAZ - FR. Postal Service. Rules of Practice in Proceedings Relative to Mailing Hazardous Materials
 
[Federal Register: April 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 78)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 18630-18634]

POSTAL SERVICE

39 CFR Part 958

Rules of Practice in Proceedings Relative to Mailing Hazardous
Materials

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act requires the
Postal Service to prescribe regulations for the safe transportation of
hazardous materials in the mail, and to prescribe regulations for the
conduct of proceedings to determine the implementation of civil penalties, clean-
up costs and damages for violations of these hazardous materials
regulations. Accordingly, the Postal Service is adopting new rules of
practice for its Office of the Judicial Officer.

DATES: Effective Date: April 24, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Administrative Judge Gary E. Shapiro,
(703) 812-1910.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4

Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. National Coal Council
 
[Federal Register: April 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 78)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18704]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

National Coal Council

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the National Coal Council
(NCC). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770)
requires notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: May 15, 2009, 9 a.m.-12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The Fairmont Hotel, 2401 M Street, NW., Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Kane, Phone (202) 586-4753,
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy, Washington, DC
20585.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5

Subject: ENERGY - NM. DOE. State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)
 
[Federal Register: April 24, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 78)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18704]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB)

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a teleconference of the State Energy
Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-
463; 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these teleconferences
be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: May 20, 2009 at 1-2 p.m. EDT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Burch, STEAB Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Commercialization and Project Management, Golden
Field Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden,
CO 80401, Telephone 303-275-4801.
 
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 77, April 23, 2009

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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 77
Thursday, April 23, 2009
 
 
There are 3 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - FR/Correction. EPA. Performance Specification 16 for Predictive Emissions Monitoring Systems and Amendments to Testing and Monitoring Provisions
 
    2. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Surface Coating of Large Household and Commercial Appliances (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1954.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0457
 
    3. AIR, TOXICS - ND. EPA. Second Draft Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
 
        
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 - FR/Correction. EPA. Performance Specification 16 for Predictive Emissions Monitoring Systems and Amendments to Testing and Monitoring Provisions
 
[Federal Register: April 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 77)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 18474-18476]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 60 and 63

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0074; FRL-8785-4]
RIN 2060-AG21

Performance Specification 16 for Predictive Emissions Monitoring
Systems and Amendments to Testing and Monitoring Provisions

Correction

    In final rule document E9-6275 beginning on page 12575 in the issue
of Wednesday, March 25, 2009, make the following corrections:

Appendix B to Part 60 [Corrected] ...
Appendix A to Part 63 [Corrected]
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2

Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Surface Coating of Large Household and Commercial Appliances (Renewal), EPA ICR Number
1954.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0457
 
[Federal Register: April 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 77)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18572-18573]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2008-0430; FRL-8896-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for the Surface Coating of
Large Household and Commercial Appliances (Renewal), EPA ICR Number
1954.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0457

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR that is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 26, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2008-0430, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB
at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Schaefer, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Measurement Policy Group, Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-0296; fax number: (919) 541-3207; e-mail address:
schaefer.john@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3

Subject: AIR, TOXICS - ND. EPA. Second Draft Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2)
 
[Federal Register: April 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 77)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18573-18575]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352; FRL8786-5]

Second Draft Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Sulfur
Dioxide (SO2)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 
ACTION: Notice of second draft report for public review and comment.
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SUMMARY: On or about March 19, 2009, the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is making available for public review and comment a draft document titled ``Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the SO2 Primary National Ambient Air
Quality Standards: Second Draft.'' The purpose of this draft document
is to convey the approach taken to assess exposures to ambient
SO2 and to characterize associated health risks, as well as
to present the results of those assessments.

DATES: Comments on the above report must be received on or before May
20, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0352, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail)
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-
0352.
    Fax: Fax your comments to 202-566-9744, Attention Docket
ID. No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352.
    Mail: Send your comments to: Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to: EPA
Docket Center, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 3334, Washington, DC.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael Stewart, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (Mailcode C504-06), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; e-mail:
stewart.michael@epa.gov; telephone: 919-541-7524; fax: 919-541-0237.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4

Subject: MI/AIR - PR. EPA. Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Michigan; Redesignation of
the Detroit-Ann Arbor Area to Attainment for Ozone
 
[Federal Register: April 23, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 77)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 18479-18490]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 52 and 81

[EPA-R05-OAR-2009-0219; FRL-8894-9]

Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans and Designation
of Areas for Air Quality Planning Purposes; Michigan; Redesignation of
the Detroit-Ann Arbor Area to Attainment for Ozone

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to make a determination under the Clean Air
Act (CAA) that the Detroit-Ann Arbor nonattainment area has attained
the 8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). The
Detroit-Ann Arbor area includes Lenawee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe,
Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne Counties. This determination
is based on quality-assured ambient air quality monitoring data for the
2006-2008 ozone seasons that demonstrate that the 8-hour ozone NAAQS
has been attained in the area.
    EPA is proposing to approve a request from the State of Michigan to
redesignate the Detroit-Ann Arbor area to attainment of the 8-hour
ozone NAAQS. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ)
submitted this request on March 6, 2009. In proposing to approve this
request EPA is also proposing to approve, as a revision to the Michigan
State Implementation Plan (SIP), the State's plan for maintaining the
8-hour ozone NAAQS through 2020 in the area. EPA is proposing to
approve the 2005 base year emissions inventory for the Detroit-Ann
Arbor area as meeting the requirements of section 182(a)(1) of the CAA.
EPA also finds adequate and is proposing to approve the State's 2020
Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets (MVEBs) for the Detroit-Ann Arbor area.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 26, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2009-0219, by one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: (312) 692-2551.
    4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    5. Hand delivery: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 18th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal
hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The Regional Office official hours of
business are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding
Federal holidays.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen D'Agostino, Environmental
Engineer, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-1767,
dagostino.kathleen@epa.gov.
 
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