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Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 104, June 2, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 104
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
 
 
There are 5 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - ND. EPA. Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of Three New Reference Methods and Four New Equivalent Methods
 
    2. ALL - NM. EPA. NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship
 
    3. DRINK, WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Nationwide Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American Requirement) of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for de minimis Incidental Components of Projects Financed Through the Clean or Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Using Assistance Provided Under ARRA
 
    4. DRINK, WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Nationwide Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy America Requirement) of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for Projects that Solicited Bids on or after October 1, 2008 and prior to February 17, 2009 that are Financed through the Clean or Drinking Water State Revolving Funds using Assistance Provided under ARRA
 
    5. HAZ/Nuclear - ND. DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Hazardous Materials: Request for Comments on Issues or Problems Concerning International Atomic Energy Agency Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials
   
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 - ND. EPA. Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of Three New Reference
Methods and Four New Equivalent Methods
 
[Federal Register: June 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 104)]
[Notices]              
[Page 26395-26397]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8909-9]

Office of Research and Development; Ambient Air Monitoring
Reference and Equivalent Methods: Designation of Three New Reference
Methods and Four New Equivalent Methods

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of the designation of three new reference methods and
four new equivalent methods for monitoring ambient air quality.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has designated, in accordance with 40 CFR Part 53, three
new reference methods and four new equivalent methods. The reference
methods include one for measuring carbon monoxide (CO) in ambient air
(Ecotech Serinus 30 Carbon Monoxide Analyzer) and two for measuring
PM10-2.5 in the ambient air (a Thermo Scientific
Partisol[supreg] Model 2000 sampler pair and a Partisol[supreg]-Plus
Model 2025 Sequential sampler pair). The four new equivalent methods
are two for measuring PM2.5 and two for measuring
PM10-2.5 in the ambient air (Thermo Scientific
Partisol[supreg] Model 2000-D, and Dichotomous Partisol[supreg]-Plus
Model 2025-D Sequential, air samplers).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Surender Kaushik, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD-D205-03), National Exposure Research
Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711.
Phone: (919) 541-5691, e-mail: Kaushik.Surender@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ALL - NM. EPA. NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship
 
[Federal Register: June 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 104)]
[Notices]              
[Page 26397]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8913-1]

NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463,
EPA gives notice of a meeting of the NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting
Environmental Stewardship.
    The purpose of the proposed Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental
Stewardship (SPES) of the National Advisory Council for Environmental
Policy and Technology (NACEPT) will be to advise the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) on how to promote broad, organization-wide
environmental stewardship practices in the regulated community and
other sectors, as appropriate, in order to enhance human health and
environmental protection. A copy of the meeting agenda will be posted
at http://www.epa.gov/ocem/.

DATES: The NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting Environmental Stewardship
will hold an open meeting on June 30, 2009 (9 a.m.-5 p.m.) and July 1,
2009 (9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) Eastern.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA Office of Pesticide
Programs, One Potomac Yard Conference Center (1st Floor), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. The meeting is open to the public,
with limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina Langton, Designated Federal
Officer, langton.regina@epa.gov, 202-566-2178, U.S. EPA Office of
Policy, Economics, and Innovation (MC1807T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: DRINK, WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Nationwide Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American Requirement) of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for de minimis Incidental Components of Projects Financed Through the
Clean or Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Using Assistance Provided Under ARRA
 
[Federal Register: June 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 104)]
[Notices]              
[Page 26398-26399]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8911-8]

Notice of Nationwide Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy American
Requirement) of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
for de minimis Incidental Components of Projects Financed Through the
Clean or Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Using Assistance Provided
Under ARRA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is hereby granting a nationwide waiver of the Buy
American requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of
Section 1605(b)(1) (public interest waiver) for de minimis incidental
components of eligible water infrastructure projects funded by ARRA.
This action permits the use of non-domestic iron, steel, and
manufactured goods when they occur in de minimis incidental components
of such projects funded by ARRA that may otherwise be prohibited under
section 1605(a).

DATES: Effective Date: May 22, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Dorfman, Attorney-Advisor,
Office of Wastewater Management, (202) 564-0614, or Philip Metzger,
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, (202) 564-
3776, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: DRINK, WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Nationwide Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy America Requirement) of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for Projects that Solicited Bids on or after October 1, 2008 and prior
to February 17, 2009 that are Financed through the Clean or Drinking Water State Revolving Funds using Assistance Provided under ARRA
 
[Federal Register: June 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 104)]
[Notices]              
[Page 26397-26398]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8911-9]

Notice of Nationwide Waiver of Section 1605 (Buy America
Requirement) of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
for Projects that Solicited Bids on or after October 1, 2008 and prior
to February 17, 2009 that are Financed through the Clean or Drinking
Water State Revolving Funds using Assistance Provided under ARRA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA is hereby granting a nationwide waiver of the Buy
America requirements of ARRA Section 1605 under the authority of
Section 1605(b)(1) (public interest waiver) for eligible projects that
solicited bids on or after October 1, 2008, and prior to February 17,
2009, the date of enactment of ARRA, and that did so in reasonable and
prudent, specific anticipation of ARRA funding, or any other source of
timely funding. This action permits the use of non-domestic iron,
steel, and manufactured goods in such projects funded by ARRA that may
otherwise be prohibited under section 1605(a).

DATES: Effective Date: May 22, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Dorfman, Attorney-Advisor,
Office of Wastewater Management, (202) 564-0614, or Philip Metzger,
Attorney-Advisor, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, (202) 564-
3776, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: HAZ/Nuclear - ND. DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Hazardous Materials: Request for Comments on Issues or Problems Concerning International Atomic Energy Agency Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Materials
 
[Federal Register: June 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 104)]
[Notices]              
[Page 26460-26461]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket Number PHMSA-2009-0139 (Notice No. 09-3)]

Hazardous Materials: Request for Comments on Issues or Problems
Concerning International Atomic Energy Agency Regulations for the Safe
Transport of Radioactive Materials

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) are
jointly seeking comments on issues or problems concerning requirements
in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Regulations for the
Safe Transport of Radioactive Material (referred to as TS-R-1). The
IAEA is considering revisions to the TS-R-1 regulations as part of its
periodic two-year review cycle for a 2013 Edition.

DATES: Submit comments by June 15, 2009. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so; however, we are
only able to assure consideration for proposals received on or before
this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number
(PHMSA-2009-0139) by any of the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov
. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery: To Docket Operations, Room W12-140 on the
ground floor of the West Building, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number for this notice at the beginning of the comment. Note
that all comments received will be posted without change to the docket
management system, including any personal information provided.
    Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, or DOT's Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rick Boyle, Office of Hazardous
Materials Technology, (202) 366-4545, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of any
written communications and comments received into any of our dockets by
the name of the individual submitting the document (or signing the
document, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in
the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or you
may visit http://www.regulations.gov.
 
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