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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 75, April 21, 2009

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Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 75
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088
 
    2. AIR, ENERGY - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of a Clean Air Act Waiver Application To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent; Request for Comment
 
    3. ALL - NM. EPA. Board of Scientific Counselors, Science and Technology for Sustainability Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meetings--Winter 2009
 
    4. AIR - NM. EPA. Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting
 
    5. AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Particulate Matter Review Panel
         

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 - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088
 
[Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18226-18227]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0490; FRL-8894-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal); EPA
ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088

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 is
scheduled to expire on October 31, 2009. 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 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2005-0490, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: beauregard.dennis@epa.gov.
    Fax: (919) 541-0684.
    Mail: Consolidated Emissions Reporting (Renewal), EPA-HQ-
OAR-2005-0490, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., EPA Headquarters Library, Room 3334, EPA West Building,
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: Dennis Beauregard, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, Mail
Code C339-02, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5512; fax number: (919) 541-0684;
e-mail address: beauregard.dennis@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: AIR, ENERGY - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of a Clean Air Act Waiver Application To Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent;
Request for Comment
 
[Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18228-18230]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0211; FRL-8894-5]

Notice of Receipt of a Clean Air Act Waiver Application To
Increase the Allowable Ethanol Content of Gasoline to 15 Percent;
Request for Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On March 6, 2009, Growth Energy and 54 ethanol manufacturers
submitted an application for a waiver of the prohibition of the
introduction into commerce of certain fuels and fuel additives set
forth in section 211(f) of the Clean Air Act (``the Act''). This
application seeks a waiver for ethanol-gasoline blends of up to 15
percent by volume ethanol (``E15''). The statute directs the
Administrator of EPA to grant or deny this application within 270 days
of receipt by EPA, in this instance December 1, 2009. In this Notice,
EPA is soliciting comment on all aspects of the waiver application,
including whether a waiver is appropriate for ethanol-gasoline blends
over 10 percent and less than 15 percent.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 21, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0211, 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, Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0211, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: James W. Caldwell, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9303; fax number: (202) 343-2802; e-mail
address: caldwell.jim@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. Board of Scientific Counselors, Science and Technology for
Sustainability Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meetings--Winter 2009
 
[Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18231-18232]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0926; FRL-8894-3]

Board of Scientific Counselors, Science and Technology for
Sustainability Mid-Cycle Subcommittee Meetings--Winter 2009

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-
463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of a meeting of the Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) Science and Technology for Sustainability
Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting (teleconference call) will be held on Wednesday, May
6, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). The
meeting may adjourn early if all business is finished. Requests for the
draft agenda or for making oral presentations at the meetings will be
accepted up to one business day before the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the conference call will be by
teleconference only--meeting rooms will not be used. Members of the
public may obtain the call-in number and access code for the call from
Greg Susanke, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0926, by one of the
following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: Send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0926.
    Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-0224, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0926.
    Mail: Send comments by mail to: Board of Scientific
Counselors, Science and Technology for Sustainability Mid-Cycle
Subcommittee Meetings--Winter 2009 Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0926.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver comments to: EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-
0926. Note: this is not a mailing address. 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: The Designated Federal Officer via
mail at: Greg Susanke, Mail Drop 8104-R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice mail
at: (202) 564-9945; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at:
susanke.greg@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting
 
[Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18232]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8894-6]

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC): Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the
Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) on November 19, 1990, to
provide independent advice and counsel to EPA on policy issues
associated with implementation of the Clean Air Act of 1990. The
Committee advises on economic, environmental, technical scientific, and
enforcement policy issues.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Open meeting notice; Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2
section 10(a)(2), notice is hereby given that the Clean Air Act
Advisory Committee will hold its next open meeting on Thursday May 14,
2009 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Almas Conference Center located at
1315 K Street, NW., Washington, DC. Seating will be available on a
first come, first served basis. The Permits, New Source Review and
Toxics subcommittee will meet on May 13, 2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
The Economic Incentives and Regulatory Innovations subcommittee Work
Group will meet on May 13, 2009 from approximately 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
These meetings will be held at the Hamilton Crown Plaza at 1001 14th
Street, NW., Washington, DC, next to the Almas Center. The Clean Air
Excellence Awards Program will be presented at the Almas Conference
Center starting at 4:30 p.m. on May 13, 2009. The Mobile Source
Technical Review subcommittee meeting will be held on May 13, 2009 at
the Loews Madison Hotel, 1177 15th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005; a
separate Federal Register Notice has been created for this meeting. The
agenda for the CAAAC full committee meeting on May 14, 2009 will be
posted on the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee Web site at http://
www.epa.gov/oar/caaac/
.
    Inspection of Committee Documents: The Committee agenda and any
documents prepared for the meeting will be publicly available at the
meeting. Thereafter, these documents, together with CAAAC meeting
minutes, will be available by contacting the Office of Air and
Radiation Docket and requesting information under docket OAR-2004-0075.
The Docket office can be reached by e-mail at: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov
or FAX: 202-566-9744.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Concerning the CAAAC, please contact
Pat Childers, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA (202) 564-1082, FAX
(202) 564-1352 or by mail at U.S. EPA, Office of Air and Radiation
(Mail code 6102 A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20004. For information on the Subcommittees, please contact the
following individuals: (1) Permits/NSR/Toxics Integration--Liz Naess,
(919) 541-1892; and (2) Economic Incentives and Regulatory
Innovations--Carey Fitzmaurice, (202) 564-1667 (3) Mobile Source
Technical Review--John Guy, (202) 343-9276 Additional Information on
these meetings, CAAAC, and its Subcommittees can be found on the CAAAC
Web site: http://www.epa.gov/oar/caaac/.
    For information on access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Mr. Pat Childers at (202) 564-1082 or
childers.pat@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please
contact Mr. Childers, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting,
to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Particulate Matter Review Panel
 
[Federal Register: April 21, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 75)]
[Notices]              
[Page 18230-18231]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8894-4]

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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public teleconference of the Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee Particulate Matter Review Panel (the
CASAC PM Review Panel) to review and approve its draft letters on three
EPA documents: Integrated Science Assessment for Particulate Matter--
First External Review Draft, Dec 2008; PM NAAQS: Scope and Methods Plan
for Health 88Risk and Exposure Assessment (February 2009); and PM
NAAQS: Scope and Methods Plan for Urban Visibility Impact Assessment
(February 2009) developed for the PM National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) review.

DATES: The public teleconference will be held on Thursday May 7, 2009
from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be conducted by telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the CASAC public teleconference may
contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/
voice mail (202) 343-9867; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at
stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC can
be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.
 
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