Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 82
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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.
[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.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
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.
[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.
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.
[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.
