Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 92
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 92
Thursday, May 14, 2009
There are 6 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - FR. EPA. Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NSR): Aggregation
2. TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Use of Consumer Research in Developing Improved Labeling for Pesticide Products, EPA ICR No. 2297.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW
3. ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses to Multiple Agency Requests
4. AIR - NM. EPA. Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), 2009 Clean Air
Subcommittee Meeting
Subcommittee Meeting
5. P2 - ND. EPA. Notice To Terminate the National Environmental Performance Track Program
6. ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOE/Western Area Power Administration. Transmission Infrastructure 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: AIR - FR. EPA. Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment New Source Review (NSR): Aggregation
[Federal Register: May 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 92)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 22693-22696]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51 and 52
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0064; FRL-8904-5]
RIN 2060-AP49
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment
New Source Review (NSR): Aggregation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action on a rule that amends and delays the effective date for the rule
addressing ``aggregation'' under the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) and the nonattainment New Source Review
(nonattainment NSR) programs (collectively, ``NSR''). The ``NSR
Aggregation Amendments'' were published in the Federal Register on
January 15, 2009, and described when a source must combine nominally-
separate physical changes and changes in the method of operation for
the purpose of determining whether they are a single change resulting
in a significant emissions increase.
On January 30, 2009, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
submitted a petition for reconsideration (the ``NRDC Petition'') of the
NSR Aggregation Amendments. In response to the NRDC Petition, EPA
announced on February 13, 2009, that it would convene a reconsideration
proceeding for the NSR Aggregation Amendments and would delay the
effective date of the rule from February 17, 2009 until May 18, 2009.
On March 18, 2009, EPA proposed an additional delay of the effective
date and solicited comment on the duration of the additional delay.
By this rule, EPA is delaying the effective date of the NSR
Aggregation Amendments for an additional 12 months, which will allow
for sufficient time to conduct the reconsideration proceeding. The new
effective date of the rule is May 18, 2010.
DATES: The effective date of FR Doc. E9-815, published in the Federal
Register on January 15, 2009 (74 FR 2376), and delayed on February 13,
2009 (74 FR 7284), is further delayed to May 18, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Docket: The final rule, the petition for reconsideration,
comments on the March 18, 2009 proposal, and all other documents in the
record for the NSR Aggregation rulemaking are in Docket ID. No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0064. All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. 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, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David J. Svendsgaard, Air Quality
Policy Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (C504-
03), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, telephone (919) 541-2380, fax number (919) 541-5509, e-mail
address: svendsgaard.dave@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 22693-22696]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 51 and 52
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0064; FRL-8904-5]
RIN 2060-AP49
Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment
New Source Review (NSR): Aggregation
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final
action on a rule that amends and delays the effective date for the rule
addressing ``aggregation'' under the Prevention of Significant
Deterioration (PSD) and the nonattainment New Source Review
(nonattainment NSR) programs (collectively, ``NSR''). The ``NSR
Aggregation Amendments'' were published in the Federal Register on
January 15, 2009, and described when a source must combine nominally-
separate physical changes and changes in the method of operation for
the purpose of determining whether they are a single change resulting
in a significant emissions increase.
On January 30, 2009, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
submitted a petition for reconsideration (the ``NRDC Petition'') of the
NSR Aggregation Amendments. In response to the NRDC Petition, EPA
announced on February 13, 2009, that it would convene a reconsideration
proceeding for the NSR Aggregation Amendments and would delay the
effective date of the rule from February 17, 2009 until May 18, 2009.
On March 18, 2009, EPA proposed an additional delay of the effective
date and solicited comment on the duration of the additional delay.
By this rule, EPA is delaying the effective date of the NSR
Aggregation Amendments for an additional 12 months, which will allow
for sufficient time to conduct the reconsideration proceeding. The new
effective date of the rule is May 18, 2010.
DATES: The effective date of FR Doc. E9-815, published in the Federal
Register on January 15, 2009 (74 FR 2376), and delayed on February 13,
2009 (74 FR 7284), is further delayed to May 18, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Docket: The final rule, the petition for reconsideration,
comments on the March 18, 2009 proposal, and all other documents in the
record for the NSR Aggregation rulemaking are in Docket ID. No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0064. All documents in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index. 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, will be publicly available only in hard copy.
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center, EPA/DC, EPA West Building, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David J. Svendsgaard, Air Quality
Policy Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (C504-
03), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711, telephone (919) 541-2380, fax number (919) 541-5509, e-mail
address: svendsgaard.dave@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: TOXICS - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Use of Consumer Research in
Developing Improved Labeling for Pesticide Products, EPA ICR No. 2297.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW
[Federal Register: May 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 92)]
[Notices]
[Page 22739-22740]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0156; FRL-8905-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Use of Consumer Research in
Developing Improved Labeling for Pesticide Products, EPA ICR No.
2297.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW
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 for a new collection.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2008-0156, to (1) EPA Online to http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Cameo Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, 7506P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 305-5454; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-mail
address: smoot.cameo@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 22739-22740]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0156; FRL-8905-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Use of Consumer Research in
Developing Improved Labeling for Pesticide Products, EPA ICR No.
2297.01, OMB Control No. 2070-NEW
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 for a new collection.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 15, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2008-0156, to (1) EPA Online to http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP)
Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 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: Cameo Smoot, Field and External
Affairs Division, 7506P, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 305-5454; fax number: (703) 305-5884; e-mail
address: smoot.cameo@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses to Multiple Agency Requests
[Federal Register: May 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 92)]
[Notices]
[Page 22740-22741]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8904-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's
(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Westlund (202) 566-1682, or e-
mail at westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer to the appropriate EPA
Information Collection Request (ICR) Number.
[Notices]
[Page 22740-22741]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8904-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Office of Management and Budget's
(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance requests, in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). An agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Westlund (202) 566-1682, or e-
mail at westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer to the appropriate EPA
Information Collection Request (ICR) Number.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), 2009 Clean Air
Subcommittee Meeting
[Federal Register: May 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 92)]
[Notices]
[Page 22741]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0225; FRL-8904-4]
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), 2009 Clean Air
Subcommittee Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), announces the cancellation of a meeting of the Board
of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Clean Air Subcommittee. This meeting, a
teleconference on April 30, 2009, was announced in a Federal Register
Notice published on April 8, 2009 (74 FR 15967). The purpose of this
meeting was to provide an overview of ORD and the Clean Air program,
and to prepare for the June 8-10, 2009 face-to-face meeting of the
subcommittee. The proposed agenda topics will be covered during the May
21, 2009 meeting (telecon).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via
mail at: Heather Drumm, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice
mail at: (202) 564-8239; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at:
drumm.heather@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 22741]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0225; FRL-8904-4]
Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC), 2009 Clean Air
Subcommittee Meeting
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), announces the cancellation of a meeting of the Board
of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Clean Air Subcommittee. This meeting, a
teleconference on April 30, 2009, was announced in a Federal Register
Notice published on April 8, 2009 (74 FR 15967). The purpose of this
meeting was to provide an overview of ORD and the Clean Air program,
and to prepare for the June 8-10, 2009 face-to-face meeting of the
subcommittee. The proposed agenda topics will be covered during the May
21, 2009 meeting (telecon).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Designated Federal Officer via
mail at: Heather Drumm, Mail Code 8104-R, Office of Science Policy,
Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice
mail at: (202) 564-8239; via fax at: (202) 565-2911; or via e-mail at:
drumm.heather@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: P2 - ND. EPA. Notice To Terminate the National Environmental Performance Track Program
[Federal Register: May 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 92)]
[Notices]
[Page 22741-22742]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8904-8]
Notice To Terminate the National Environmental Performance Track
Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to terminate
the National Environmental Performance Track Program.
DATES: The Performance Track Program is terminated effective May 14,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Kent, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation, 202-566-2805 or by e-mail at
Kent.Chuck@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 22741-22742]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8904-8]
Notice To Terminate the National Environmental Performance Track
Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to terminate
the National Environmental Performance Track Program.
DATES: The Performance Track Program is terminated effective May 14,
2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chuck Kent, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation, 202-566-2805 or by e-mail at
Kent.Chuck@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOE/Western Area Power Administration. Transmission Infrastructure Program
[Federal Register: May 14, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 92)]
[Notices]
[Page 22732-22738]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Transmission Infrastructure Program
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Program.
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SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Administration (Western) hereby
announces its Transmission Infrastructure Program (Program). The
Program implements section 402 of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for the purpose of
constructing, financing, facilitating, planning, operating,
maintaining, or studying construction of new or upgraded electric power
transmission lines and related facilities with at least one terminus
within the area served by Western, and for delivering or facilitating
the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources
constructed or reasonably expected to be constructed after the date
this section was enacted. The Program will use authority granted under
this section to borrow funds from the U.S. Treasury Department to
accomplish these purposes.
DATES: The Program is effective upon May 14, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Transmission
Infrastructure Program, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box
281213, Lakewood, CO 80228-8213, e-mail txprogram@wapa.gov. The Program
is also available on Western's Web site at http://www.wapa.gov/
recovery.
[Notices]
[Page 22732-22738]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Transmission Infrastructure Program
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Program.
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SUMMARY: The Western Area Power Administration (Western) hereby
announces its Transmission Infrastructure Program (Program). The
Program implements section 402 of the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) for the purpose of
constructing, financing, facilitating, planning, operating,
maintaining, or studying construction of new or upgraded electric power
transmission lines and related facilities with at least one terminus
within the area served by Western, and for delivering or facilitating
the delivery of power generated by renewable energy resources
constructed or reasonably expected to be constructed after the date
this section was enacted. The Program will use authority granted under
this section to borrow funds from the U.S. Treasury Department to
accomplish these purposes.
DATES: The Program is effective upon May 14, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please contact Transmission
Infrastructure Program, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box
281213, Lakewood, CO 80228-8213, e-mail txprogram@wapa.gov. The Program
is also available on Western's Web site at http://www.wapa.gov/
recovery.
