Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 108
Monday, June 8, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 108
Monday, June 8, 2009
There are 4 announcements in this issue
1. AIR, TRANSPORT - PR. EPA. Transportation Conformity Rule PM2.5 and
PM10 Amendments
PM
2. WILDLIFE - ND. DOI. Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Committee
3. ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. NRC Enforcement Policy Revision
4. ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2008; Dissemination of Information
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, TRANSPORT - PR. EPA. Transportation Conformity Rule PM
PM
[Federal Register: June 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 108)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27085-27087]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 93
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0540; FRL-8914-5]
RIN 2060-AP29
Transportation Conformity Rule PM2.5 and
PM10 Amendments
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the extension of the public comment period
on the proposed rule, ``Transportation Conformity Rule PM2.5
and PM10 Amendments.'' This proposed rule was published May
15, 2009 in the Federal Register (74 FR 23024), and written comments on
the proposed rule were to be submitted by June 15, 2009. EPA also
stated in the proposal that the comment period would be extended if a
public hearing was requested by a certain date. On May 26, 2009, EPA received
such a request to hold a public hearing for this proposed rule, and the
public hearing was held on June 4, 2009 at the EPA in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. As a result, EPA is notifying the public again that the
deadline to submit public comments on the proposal is now June 29,
2009.
DATES: Comments on the May 15, 2009 (74 FR 23024) proposed rule must be
received on or before June 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0540, 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) 566-9744.
Mail: Air Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0540. Please include a total of
two copies.
Hand Delivery: Air Docket, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: EPA West Building, EPA Docket Center (Room 3334),
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0540. Please include two copies. 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: Laura Berry, State Measures and
Conformity Group, Transportation and Regional Programs Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105, e-mail address: berry.laura@epa.gov, telephone number: (734)
214-4858, fax number: (734) 214-4052; or Patty Klavon, State Measures
and Conformity Group, Transportation and Regional Programs Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105, e-mail address: klavon.patty@epa.gov, telephone number: (734)
214-4476, fax number: (734) 214-4052.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 27085-27087]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 93
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0540; FRL-8914-5]
RIN 2060-AP29
Transportation Conformity Rule PM
PM
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public Comment Period.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the extension of the public comment period
on the proposed rule, ``Transportation Conformity Rule PM
and PM
15, 2009 in the Federal Register (74 FR 23024), and written comments on
the proposed rule were to be submitted by June 15, 2009. EPA also
stated in the proposal that the comment period would be extended if a
public hearing was requested by a certain date. On May 26, 2009, EPA received
such a request to hold a public hearing for this proposed rule, and the
public hearing was held on June 4, 2009 at the EPA in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. As a result, EPA is notifying the public again that the
deadline to submit public comments on the proposal is now June 29,
2009.
DATES: Comments on the May 15, 2009 (74 FR 23024) proposed rule must be
received on or before June 29, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0540, by one of the following methods:
instructions for submitting comments.
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0540. Please include a total of
two copies.
Agency, Mailcode: EPA West Building, EPA Docket Center (Room 3334),
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0540. Please include two copies. 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: Laura Berry, State Measures and
Conformity Group, Transportation and Regional Programs Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105, e-mail address: berry.laura@epa.gov, telephone number: (734)
214-4858, fax number: (734) 214-4052; or Patty Klavon, State Measures
and Conformity Group, Transportation and Regional Programs Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105, e-mail address: klavon.patty@epa.gov, telephone number: (734)
214-4476, fax number: (734) 214-4052.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: WILDLIFE - ND. DOI. Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Committee
[Federal Register: June 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 108)]
[Notices]
[Page 27162-27163]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, National Invasive Species Council.
ACTION: Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory
Committee.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, on behalf of the
interdepartmental National Invasive Species Council, proposes to
appoint new members to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC).
The Secretary of the Interior, acting as administrative lead, is
requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the
ISAC.
DATES: Nominations must be postmarked by July 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Dr. Christopher Dionigi,
Acting Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council (OS/NISC),
Regular Mail: 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240; Express Mail:
1201 Eye Street, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Brantley, Program Analyst and
ISAC Coordinator, at (202) 513-7243, fax: (202) 371-1751, or by e-mail
at Kelsey_Brantley@ios.doi.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 27162-27163]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, National Invasive Species Council.
ACTION: Request for Nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory
Committee.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, on behalf of the
interdepartmental National Invasive Species Council, proposes to
appoint new members to the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC).
The Secretary of the Interior, acting as administrative lead, is
requesting nominations for qualified persons to serve as members of the
ISAC.
DATES: Nominations must be postmarked by July 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent to Dr. Christopher Dionigi,
Acting Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council (OS/NISC),
Regular Mail: 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240; Express Mail:
1201 Eye Street, NW., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelsey Brantley, Program Analyst and
ISAC Coordinator, at (202) 513-7243, fax: (202) 371-1751, or by e-mail
at Kelsey_Brantley@ios.doi.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. NRC Enforcement Policy Revision
[Federal Register: June 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 108)]
[Notices]
[Page 27191-27192]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0497]
NRC Enforcement Policy Revision
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability of revised draft supplements and request
for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: On September 15, 2008 (73 FR 53286), the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) published a notice of availability and request for
comments on its draft proposed revised Enforcement Policy (Enforcement
Policy). A corrected proposed revised Enforcement Policy was published
on October 16, 2008 (73 FR 61442). The public comment period for the
revised Enforcement Policy ended on November 14, 2008. The NRC is now
soliciting written comments from interested parties including public
interest groups, States, members of the public and the regulated
industry (i.e., reactor and materials licensees, vendors, and
contractors), on additional proposed revisions to Section 6.0,
Supplements-Violation Examples, of the proposed revised Enforcement
Policy. This Notice of Availability and request for comments apply only
to new proposed revisions to Section 6.0 of the proposed revised
Enforcement Policy.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 8, 2009. Comments received
after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received
on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Comments will be made available to the public in their
entirety; personal information, such as your name, address, telephone
number, e-mail address, etc. will not be removed from your submission.
You may submit comments by any one of the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov; search on
docket ID: NRC-2008-0497.
Mail Comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and
Directives Branch, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, Division of Administrative
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
You can access publicly available documents related to this notice
using the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Documents related to this notice,
including public comments, are accessible at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching on docket ID: NRC-2008-0497.
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS): The
revised draft Supplements of the proposed revised Enforcement Policy
are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS Accession Number
(ML091520156). From this site, the public can gain entry into ADAMS,
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. In
addition, revised draft Supplements of the proposed revised Enforcement
Policy will be available at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
enforcement/public-involvement.html. If you do not have Internet access
or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS,
contact the PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by
e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Starkey, Office of Enforcement,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555;
Doug.Starkey@nrc.gov, 301-415-3456.
[Notices]
[Page 27191-27192]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2008-0497]
NRC Enforcement Policy Revision
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of availability of revised draft supplements and request
for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: On September 15, 2008 (73 FR 53286), the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) published a notice of availability and request for
comments on its draft proposed revised Enforcement Policy (Enforcement
Policy). A corrected proposed revised Enforcement Policy was published
on October 16, 2008 (73 FR 61442). The public comment period for the
revised Enforcement Policy ended on November 14, 2008. The NRC is now
soliciting written comments from interested parties including public
interest groups, States, members of the public and the regulated
industry (i.e., reactor and materials licensees, vendors, and
contractors), on additional proposed revisions to Section 6.0,
Supplements-Violation Examples, of the proposed revised Enforcement
Policy. This Notice of Availability and request for comments apply only
to new proposed revisions to Section 6.0 of the proposed revised
Enforcement Policy.
DATES: Submit comments on or before July 8, 2009. Comments received
after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the
Commission is able to assure consideration only for comments received
on or before this date.
ADDRESSES: Comments will be made available to the public in their
entirety; personal information, such as your name, address, telephone
number, e-mail address, etc. will not be removed from your submission.
You may submit comments by any one of the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov; search on
docket ID: NRC-2008-0497.
Mail Comments to: Michael T. Lesar, Chief, Rulemaking and
Directives Branch, Mail Stop: TWB-05-B01M, Division of Administrative
Services, Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001.
You can access publicly available documents related to this notice
using the following methods:
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Documents related to this notice,
including public comments, are accessible at http://
www.regulations.gov, by searching on docket ID: NRC-2008-0497.
NRC's Public Document Room (PDR): The public may examine and have
copied for a fee, publicly available documents at the NRC's PDR, Public
File Area O-1F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike,
Rockville, Maryland.
NRC's Agencywide Document Access and Management System (ADAMS): The
revised draft Supplements of the proposed revised Enforcement Policy
are available electronically at the NRC's Electronic Reading Room at
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html under ADAMS Accession Number
(ML091520156). From this site, the public can gain entry into ADAMS,
which provides text and image files of the NRC's public documents. In
addition, revised draft Supplements of the proposed revised Enforcement
Policy will be available at http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/
enforcement/public-involvement.html. If you do not have Internet access
or if there are problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS,
contact the PDR Reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737 or by
e-mail to pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Starkey, Office of Enforcement,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555;
Doug.Starkey@nrc.gov, 301-415-3456.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2008; Dissemination of Information
[Federal Register: June 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 108)]
[Notices]
[Page 27192-27196]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0208]
Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2008;
Dissemination of Information
Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-
438) defines an abnormal occurrence (AO) as an unscheduled incident or
event which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) determines to
be significant from the standpoint of public health or safety. The
Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-68)
requires that AOs be reported to Congress annually. During Fiscal Year
2008, ten events that occurred at facilities licensed or otherwise
regulated by the NRC and/or Agreement States were determined to be AOs.
The report describes five events at NRC-licensed facilities. The first
NRC-licensee event involved radiation exposure to an embryo/fetus. The
other four NRC-licensee events were medical events, as defined in Title
10, Part 35, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 35). All
five NRC-licensee events occurred at medical institutions. The report
also describes five events at Agreement State-licensed facilities.
[Agreement States are those States that have entered into formal
agreements with the NRC pursuant to Section 274 of the Atomic Energy
Act (AEA) to regulate certain quantities of AEA licensed material at
facilities located within their borders.] Currently, there are 35
Agreement States. The first Agreement State-licensee event involved
radiation exposure to an embryo/fetus. The other four Agreement State-
licensee events were medical events, as defined in 10 CFR Part 35, and
occurred at medical institutions. As required by Section 208, the
discussion for each event includes the date and place, nature and
probable consequences, the cause or causes, and the actions taken to
prevent recurrence. Each event is also being described in NUREG-0090,
Vol. 31, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year
2008.'' This report is available electronically at the NRC Web site
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/.
There are three major categories of events reported in this
document: I. For All Licensees, II. For Commercial Nuclear Power Plant
Licensees, and III. Events at Facilities Other Than Nuclear Power
Plants and all Transportation Events. The full report, available on the
NRC Web site, provides the specific criteria for determining when an
event is an abnormal occurrence (AO) and discusses ``Other Events of
Interest'' that do not meet the AO criteria but which the Commission
has determined should be included in the report. The event
identification number begins with ``AS'' for Agreement State AO events
and ``NRC'' for NRC AO events. . . .
[Notices]
[Page 27192-27196]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0208]
Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences; Fiscal Year 2008;
Dissemination of Information
Section 208 of the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-
438) defines an abnormal occurrence (AO) as an unscheduled incident or
event which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) determines to
be significant from the standpoint of public health or safety. The
Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-68)
requires that AOs be reported to Congress annually. During Fiscal Year
2008, ten events that occurred at facilities licensed or otherwise
regulated by the NRC and/or Agreement States were determined to be AOs.
The report describes five events at NRC-licensed facilities. The first
NRC-licensee event involved radiation exposure to an embryo/fetus. The
other four NRC-licensee events were medical events, as defined in Title
10, Part 35, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 35). All
five NRC-licensee events occurred at medical institutions. The report
also describes five events at Agreement State-licensed facilities.
[Agreement States are those States that have entered into formal
agreements with the NRC pursuant to Section 274 of the Atomic Energy
Act (AEA) to regulate certain quantities of AEA licensed material at
facilities located within their borders.] Currently, there are 35
Agreement States. The first Agreement State-licensee event involved
radiation exposure to an embryo/fetus. The other four Agreement State-
licensee events were medical events, as defined in 10 CFR Part 35, and
occurred at medical institutions. As required by Section 208, the
discussion for each event includes the date and place, nature and
probable consequences, the cause or causes, and the actions taken to
prevent recurrence. Each event is also being described in NUREG-0090,
Vol. 31, ``Report to Congress on Abnormal Occurrences: Fiscal Year
2008.'' This report is available electronically at the NRC Web site
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/.
There are three major categories of events reported in this
document: I. For All Licensees, II. For Commercial Nuclear Power Plant
Licensees, and III. Events at Facilities Other Than Nuclear Power
Plants and all Transportation Events. The full report, available on the
NRC Web site, provides the specific criteria for determining when an
event is an abnormal occurrence (AO) and discusses ``Other Events of
Interest'' that do not meet the AO criteria but which the Commission
has determined should be included in the report. The event
identification number begins with ``AS'' for Agreement State AO events
and ``NRC'' for NRC AO events. . . .
