Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 135
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 135
Thursday, July 16, 2009
There are 5 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - PR. EPA. Ambient Ozone Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design Requirements
2. AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee
Teleconference of the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee
Teleconference of the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel
3. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
5. ENERGY/Nuclear - ND/Withdrawal. NRC. License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR-ISG-2006-02: Staff Guidance Regarding the Acceptance Reviews for Environmental Requirements for License Renewal Applications; Notice of Withdrawal
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 - PR. EPA. Ambient Ozone Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design Requirements
[Federal Register: July 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 135)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34525-34539]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 58
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0338; FRL-8930-7]
RIN 2060-AP15
Ambient Ozone Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design
Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to revise the monitoring network design
requirements for ozone to assist in implementing changes to the primary
and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone
that were promulgated on March 27, 2008. EPA is proposing to modify
minimum monitoring requirements in urban areas, add new minimum
monitoring requirements in non-urban areas, and extend the length of
the required ozone monitoring season in some States.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 14, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0338, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail)
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-
0338.
Fax: Fax your comments to (202) 566-9744, Attention Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0338.
Mail: Send your comments to Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0338. Please include a total of two copies. In
addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information
collection provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for
EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Hand Delivery: Deliver your comments to EPA Docket Center,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 3334, 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.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0338. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/
dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
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 http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Ambient Ozone
Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design Requirements
Docket, 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, and the
telephone number for the Ambient Ozone Monitoring Regulations:
Revisions to Network Design Requirements Docket is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions, please
contact Mr. Lewis Weinstock, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment
Division, Ambient Air Monitoring Group (C304-06), Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-3661; fax
number: (919) 541-1903; e-mail address: weinstock.lewis@epa.gov. For
general questions, please contact Ms. Lula Melton, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air
Quality Assessment Division (C304-02), Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-2910; fax number: (919)
541-4511; e-mail address: melton.lula@epa.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 34525-34539]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 58
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0338; FRL-8930-7]
RIN 2060-AP15
Ambient Ozone Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design
Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: The EPA is proposing to revise the monitoring network design
requirements for ozone to assist in implementing changes to the primary
and secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone
that were promulgated on March 27, 2008. EPA is proposing to modify
minimum monitoring requirements in urban areas, add new minimum
monitoring requirements in non-urban areas, and extend the length of
the required ozone monitoring season in some States.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 14, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0338, by one of the following methods:
instructions for submitting comments.
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-
0338.
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0338.
Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0338. Please include a total of two copies. In
addition, please mail a copy of your comments on the information
collection provisions to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for
EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503.
1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 3334, 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.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0338. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an ``anonymous access'' system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/
dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
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 http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Ambient Ozone
Monitoring Regulations: Revisions to Network Design Requirements
Docket, 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, and the
telephone number for the Ambient Ozone Monitoring Regulations:
Revisions to Network Design Requirements Docket is (202) 566-1742.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions, please
contact Mr. Lewis Weinstock, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment
Division, Ambient Air Monitoring Group (C304-06), Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-3661; fax
number: (919) 541-1903; e-mail address: weinstock.lewis@epa.gov. For
general questions, please contact Ms. Lula Melton, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air
Quality Assessment Division (C304-02), Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-2910; fax number: (919)
541-4511; e-mail address: melton.lula@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee
Teleconference of the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel
[Federal Register: July 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 135)]
[Notices]
[Page 34575-34576]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8932-1]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee
Teleconference of the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary NAAQS 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's (CASAC) Oxides of Nitrogen Primary
NAAQS Review Panel (Panel) to provide comments concerning EPA's
proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
nitrogen dioxide.
DATES: The teleconference will be held on Monday, August 10, 2009 from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the
teleconference may contact Dr. Angela Nugent, 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) 343-9981; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail
at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC can
be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.
[Notices]
[Page 34575-34576]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8932-1]
Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC); Notification of a Public Advisory Committee
Teleconference of the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary NAAQS 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's (CASAC) Oxides of Nitrogen Primary
NAAQS Review Panel (Panel) to provide comments concerning EPA's
proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for
nitrogen dioxide.
DATES: The teleconference will be held on Monday, August 10, 2009 from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the
teleconference may contact Dr. Angela Nugent, 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) 343-9981; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail
at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC can
be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
[Federal Register: July 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 135)]
[Notices]
[Page 34568-34571]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0367; FRL-8427-8]
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include
import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the
manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of
TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a
premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing
exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the
chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the
period from May 26, 2009 through June 12, 2009, consists of the PMNs
and TME, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to
manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA
section 5 during this time period.
DATES: Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number,
must be received on or before August 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0367, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA
East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0367. The DCO is open from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the DCO's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404;
e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 34568-34571]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0367; FRL-8427-8]
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include
import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the
manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of
TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a
premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing
exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the
chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the
period from May 26, 2009 through June 12, 2009, consists of the PMNs
and TME, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to
manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA
section 5 during this time period.
DATES: Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number,
must be received on or before August 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0367, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0367. The DCO is open from
8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the DCO's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404;
e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
[Federal Register: July 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 135)]
[Notices]
[Page 34571-34575]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0507; FRL-8428-4]
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include
import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the
manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of
TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a
premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing
exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the
chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the
period from June 15, 2009 through July 3, 2009, consists of the PMNs
and TMEs, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to
manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA
section 5 during this time period.
DATES: Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number,
must be received on or before August 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0507, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA
East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0507.
The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the DCO's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404;
e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 34571-34575]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0507; FRL-8428-4]
Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires
any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include
import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to
notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisions pertaining to the
manufacture of new chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 5(d)(3) of
TSCA, EPA is required to publish a notice of receipt of a
premanufacture notice (PMN) or an application for a test marketing
exemption (TME), and to publish periodic status reports on the
chemicals under review and the receipt of notices of commencement to
manufacture those chemicals. This status report, which covers the
period from June 15, 2009 through July 3, 2009, consists of the PMNs
and TMEs, both pending or expired, and the notices of commencement to
manufacture a new chemical that the Agency has received under TSCA
section 5 during this time period.
DATES: Comments identified by the specific PMN number or TME number,
must be received on or before August 17, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0507, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
East Bldg., Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC.
Attention: Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0507.
The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the DCO's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics (7408M), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404;
e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: ENERGY/Nuclear - ND/Withdrawal. NRC. License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR-ISG-2006-02: Staff Guidance Regarding the Acceptance Reviews for Environmental Requirements for License Renewal Applications; Notice of Withdrawal
[Federal Register: July 16, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 135)]
[Notices]
[Page 34597-34598]
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0313]
License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR-ISG-2006-02: Staff
Guidance Regarding the Acceptance Reviews for Environmental
Requirements for License Renewal Applications; Notice of Withdrawal
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is withdrawing its proposed License Renewal Interim
Staff Guidance (LR-ISG), LR-ISG-2006-02, ``Staff Guidance on Acceptance
Review for Environmental Reports for License Renewal Applications,''
which was noticed in the Federal Register (72 FR 7694 on February 16,
2007). This proposed LR-ISG was intended to aid NRC staff in conducting
environmental acceptance reviews, and identify information to include
in environmental reports (ERs). The proposed LR-ISG also provided an
acceptance review checklist.
The staff informed NEI and other stakeholders of the opportunity to
comment on the proposed LR-ISG-2006-02 by letter dated February 8, 2007
(ADAMS Accession No. ML063190440). The staff noted that the guidance in
this proposed LR-ISG would be incorporated into a future update of
Environmental Standard Review Plan (ESRP), NUREG-1555, ``Standard
Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants.'' NEI
provided comments on the proposed LR-ISG in a letter dated April 16,
2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071090137). No other stakeholders provided
comments.
The NRC is currently preparing a proposed rule to amend its
regulations in Part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
regarding findings on environmental impacts related to license renewal.
Specifically, the proposed rule will reestablish the scope of the
environmental impact issues which must be addressed in conjunction with
the review of applications for license renewal. As part of this
rulemaking, the NRC staff will issue for comments a revised Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants. Concurrent with this update, the staff will also publish a
revised Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for
License Renewal Applications, and a revised Environmental Standard
Review Plan, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for
Nuclear Power Plants. Consequently, the staff has determined that
ongoing efforts to update the aforementioned documents will obviate the
need for LR-ISG-2006-02. Comments received to date on LR-ISG-2006-02
will be appropriately considered as part of such efforts to update
existing guidance.
ADDRESSES: Documents created or received after November 1, 1999, are
available electronically at the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on
the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this
site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS). If you do not have access to the
Internet or if there are any problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room reference staff
at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ian Spivack, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-2564; or e-
mail Ian.Spivack@nrc.gov.
[Notices]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[NRC-2009-0313]
License Renewal Interim Staff Guidance LR-ISG-2006-02: Staff
Guidance Regarding the Acceptance Reviews for Environmental
Requirements for License Renewal Applications; Notice of Withdrawal
AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
ACTION: Notice of withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The NRC is withdrawing its proposed License Renewal Interim
Staff Guidance (LR-ISG), LR-ISG-2006-02, ``Staff Guidance on Acceptance
Review for Environmental Reports for License Renewal Applications,''
which was noticed in the Federal Register (72 FR 7694 on February 16,
2007). This proposed LR-ISG was intended to aid NRC staff in conducting
environmental acceptance reviews, and identify information to include
in environmental reports (ERs). The proposed LR-ISG also provided an
acceptance review checklist.
The staff informed NEI and other stakeholders of the opportunity to
comment on the proposed LR-ISG-2006-02 by letter dated February 8, 2007
(ADAMS Accession No. ML063190440). The staff noted that the guidance in
this proposed LR-ISG would be incorporated into a future update of
Environmental Standard Review Plan (ESRP), NUREG-1555, ``Standard
Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for Nuclear Power Plants.'' NEI
provided comments on the proposed LR-ISG in a letter dated April 16,
2007 (ADAMS Accession No. ML071090137). No other stakeholders provided
comments.
The NRC is currently preparing a proposed rule to amend its
regulations in Part 51 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations
regarding findings on environmental impacts related to license renewal.
Specifically, the proposed rule will reestablish the scope of the
environmental impact issues which must be addressed in conjunction with
the review of applications for license renewal. As part of this
rulemaking, the NRC staff will issue for comments a revised Generic
Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS) for License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants. Concurrent with this update, the staff will also publish a
revised Regulatory Guide 4.2, Preparation of Environmental Reports for
License Renewal Applications, and a revised Environmental Standard
Review Plan, Standard Review Plans for Environmental Reviews for
Nuclear Power Plants. Consequently, the staff has determined that
ongoing efforts to update the aforementioned documents will obviate the
need for LR-ISG-2006-02. Comments received to date on LR-ISG-2006-02
will be appropriately considered as part of such efforts to update
existing guidance.
ADDRESSES: Documents created or received after November 1, 1999, are
available electronically at the NRC's Public Electronic Reading Room on
the Internet at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this
site, the public can gain entry into the NRC's Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System (ADAMS). If you do not have access to the
Internet or if there are any problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC Public Document Room reference staff
at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by e-mail at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ian Spivack, Division of License
Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-2564; or e-
mail Ian.Spivack@nrc.gov.
