Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 234
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 234
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
There are 7 announcements in this issue
1. AIR - PR. EPA. Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide
2. HAZ - PR. EPA. Withdrawal of the Emission-Comparable Fuel Exclusion Under RCRA
3. ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses to Multiple Agency Requests
4. WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Availability of ``Application of Davis-Bacon Act Wage Requirements to Fiscal Year 2010 Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Assistance Agreements''
5. LAND - ND. EPA. ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for Modeling U.S. Housing Density Growth
6. ALL/Green - ND. DOC/United States Patent and Trademark Office. Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction
7. AGRICULTURE, WATER, LAND - FR. USDA/Commodity Credit Corporation/Natural Resources Conservation Service. Agricultural Management Assistance 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 - PR. EPA. Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide
[Federal Register: December 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 234)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64809-64881]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 50, 53, and 58
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352; FRL-8984-3]
RIN 2060-A048
Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Based on its review of the air quality criteria for oxides of
sulfur and the primary national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)
for oxides of sulfur as measured by sulfur dioxide (SO2 ),
EPA is proposing to revise the primary SO2 NAAQS to provide
requisite protection of public health with an adequate margin of
safety. Specifically, EPA proposes to establish a new 1-hour
SO2 standard within the range of 50-100 parts per billion
(ppb), based on the 3-year average of the annual 99th percentile (or
4th highest) of 1-hour daily maximum concentrations. The EPA also
proposes to revoke both the existing 24-hour and annual primary
SO2 standards.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 8, 2010. Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions must be received by OMB on or before January 7, 2010.
Public Hearings: A public hearing is scheduled for this proposed
rule. The public hearing will be held on January 5, 2010 in Atlanta,
Georgia.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0352 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: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of two copies.
Hand Delivery: Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352,
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW, Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information.
Public Hearings: A public hearing is scheduled for this proposed
rule. The public hearing will be held on January 5, 2010 in Atlanta,
Georgia. The hearing will be held at the following location: Sam Nunn
Atlanta Federal Center, Conference Rooms B and C, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, GA 30303, Telephone: (404) 562-9077.
Note: All persons entering the Atlanta Federal Center must have
a valid picture ID such as a Driver's License and go through Federal
security procedures. All persons must go through a magnetometer and
all personal items must go through x-ray equipment, similar to
airport security procedures. After passing through the equipment,
all persons must sign in at the guard station and show their picture
ID.
See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION under ``Public Hearing'' for
further information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Stewart, Health and
Environmental Impacts Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code C504-06,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-7524; fax: 919-
541-0237; e-mail: stewart.michael@epa.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64809-64881]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 50, 53, and 58
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0352; FRL-8984-3]
RIN 2060-A048
Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard for Sulfur Dioxide
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Based on its review of the air quality criteria for oxides of
sulfur and the primary national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS)
for oxides of sulfur as measured by sulfur dioxide (SO
EPA is proposing to revise the primary SO
requisite protection of public health with an adequate margin of
safety. Specifically, EPA proposes to establish a new 1-hour
SO
(ppb), based on the 3-year average of the annual 99th percentile (or
4th highest) of 1-hour daily maximum concentrations. The EPA also
proposes to revoke both the existing 24-hour and annual primary
SO
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 8, 2010. Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions must be received by OMB on or before January 7, 2010.
Public Hearings: A public hearing is scheduled for this proposed
rule. The public hearing will be held on January 5, 2010 in Atlanta,
Georgia.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0352 by one of the following methods:
instructions for submitting comments.
Protection Agency, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of two copies.
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW, Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be
made for deliveries of boxed information.
Public Hearings: A public hearing is scheduled for this proposed
rule. The public hearing will be held on January 5, 2010 in Atlanta,
Georgia. The hearing will be held at the following location: Sam Nunn
Atlanta Federal Center, Conference Rooms B and C, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, GA 30303, Telephone: (404) 562-9077.
Note: All persons entering the Atlanta Federal Center must have
a valid picture ID such as a Driver's License and go through Federal
security procedures. All persons must go through a magnetometer and
all personal items must go through x-ray equipment, similar to
airport security procedures. After passing through the equipment,
all persons must sign in at the guard station and show their picture
ID.
See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION under ``Public Hearing'' for
further information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Stewart, Health and
Environmental Impacts Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code C504-06,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone: 919-541-7524; fax: 919-
541-0237; e-mail: stewart.michael@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: HAZ - PR. EPA. Withdrawal of the Emission-Comparable Fuel Exclusion Under RCRA
[Federal Register: December 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 234)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64643-64658]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 261
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0017; FRL-9089-5]
RIN 2050-AG57
Withdrawal of the Emission-Comparable Fuel Exclusion Under RCRA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to withdraw the conditional exclusion from
regulations promulgated on December 19, 2008 under subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for so-called Emission
Comparable Fuel (ECF). These are fuels produced from hazardous
secondary materials which, when burned in industrial boilers under
specified conditions, generate emissions that are comparable to
emissions from burning fuel oil in those boilers. EPA is proposing to
withdraw this conditional exclusion because ECF appears to be better
regarded as being a discarded material and regulated as a hazardous
waste. The exclusions for comparable fuel and synthesis gas fuel are
not addressed or otherwise affected by this proposed rule.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 22, 2010. Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions are best assured of having their full effect if the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) receives a copy of your comments on or
before January 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2005-0017, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov.
Fax: 202-566-9744.
Mail: RCRA Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Please include a total of two copies. We request that you also send a
separate copy of your comments to the contact person listed below (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 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: RCRA Docket, EPA Docket Center (2822T), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information. Please include a total of two copies. We request
that you also send a separate copy of each comment to the contact
person listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jackson, Materials Recovery and
Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery, Mailcode: 5304P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703)
308-8453; fax number: (703) 308-8433; e-mail address:
jackson.mary@epa.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 64643-64658]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 261
[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2005-0017; FRL-9089-5]
RIN 2050-AG57
Withdrawal of the Emission-Comparable Fuel Exclusion Under RCRA
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to withdraw the conditional exclusion from
regulations promulgated on December 19, 2008 under subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for so-called Emission
Comparable Fuel (ECF). These are fuels produced from hazardous
secondary materials which, when burned in industrial boilers under
specified conditions, generate emissions that are comparable to
emissions from burning fuel oil in those boilers. EPA is proposing to
withdraw this conditional exclusion because ECF appears to be better
regarded as being a discarded material and regulated as a hazardous
waste. The exclusions for comparable fuel and synthesis gas fuel are
not addressed or otherwise affected by this proposed rule.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 22, 2010. Under
the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions are best assured of having their full effect if the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) receives a copy of your comments on or
before January 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2005-0017, by one of the following methods:
instructions for submitting comments.
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Please include a total of two copies. We request that you also send a
separate copy of your comments to the contact person listed below (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 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.
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information. Please include a total of two copies. We request
that you also send a separate copy of each comment to the contact
person listed below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jackson, Materials Recovery and
Waste Management Division, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery, Mailcode: 5304P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (703)
308-8453; fax number: (703) 308-8433; e-mail address:
jackson.mary@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities OMB Responses to Multiple Agency Requests
[Federal Register: December 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 64686-64687]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9090-4]
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
(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 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 64686-64687]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9090-4]
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
(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 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: WATER - ND. EPA. Notice of Availability of ``Application of Davis-Bacon Act Wage Requirements to Fiscal Year 2010 Clean Water State Revolving Fund and
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Assistance Agreements''
[Federal Register: December 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 64687]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9090-6]
Notice of Availability of ``Application of Davis-Bacon Act Wage
Requirements to Fiscal Year 2010 Clean Water State Revolving Fund and
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Assistance Agreements''
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of public document.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water,
Environmental Protection Agency, has issued a memo to all EPA Regions
giving direction as to the implementation of Davis-Bacon Act
requirements included in the Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations, Public
Law 111-88, ``Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2010, and for other purposes,'' enacted on October 30, 2009.
DATES: Effective Date: November 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The subject memorandum may be viewed and downloaded from
EPA's homepage, http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/law.htm or
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwsrf/index.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Dorfman, Attorney-Advisor,
Municipal Support Division, (202) 564-0614, or Philip Metzger,
Attorney-Advisor, Drinking Water Protection Division, (202) 564-3776.
[Notices]
[Page 64687]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9090-6]
Notice of Availability of ``Application of Davis-Bacon Act Wage
Requirements to Fiscal Year 2010 Clean Water State Revolving Fund and
Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Assistance Agreements''
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability of public document.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water,
Environmental Protection Agency, has issued a memo to all EPA Regions
giving direction as to the implementation of Davis-Bacon Act
requirements included in the Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations, Public
Law 111-88, ``Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior,
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2010, and for other purposes,'' enacted on October 30, 2009.
DATES: Effective Date: November 30, 2009.
ADDRESSES: The subject memorandum may be viewed and downloaded from
EPA's homepage, http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/law.htm or
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwsrf/index.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jordan Dorfman, Attorney-Advisor,
Municipal Support Division, (202) 564-0614, or Philip Metzger,
Attorney-Advisor, Drinking Water Protection Division, (202) 564-3776.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: LAND - ND. EPA. ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for Modeling U.S. Housing Density Growth
[Federal Register: December 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 64687-64689]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9086-5; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0857]
ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for
Modeling U.S. Housing Density Growth
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft
tool and its documentation titled, ``ICLUS
SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for Modeling US
Housing Density Growth'' (EPA/600/R-09/143). The tool and its
documentation were prepared by the National Center for Environmental
Assessment within EPA's Office of Research and Development. This draft
tool and its documentation can be used to vary housing density and
other allocation assumptions used to run land use scenarios for the
conterminous US. ICLUS stands for Integrated Climate and Land Use
Scenarios, a project which is described in the 2009 EPA Report, ``Land-
Use Scenarios: Nation-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with
Climate Change Storylines.'' These scenarios are broadly consistent
with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and
economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to
develop projections of future climate. SERGoM is the Spatially Explicit
Growth Model used to allocate housing on the landscape in the GIS
environment. This tool and User's Guide enable users to run SERGoM with
the population projections developed for the ICLUS project and allow
users to modify the spatial allocation of housing density across the
landscape.
The public comment period and the external peer usability review,
which will occur after the public comment period, are separate
processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to
comment on the document. EPA intends to forward the public comments
that are submitted in accordance with this notice to the external peer
reviewers prior to their review for their consideration. When
finalizing the draft document, EPA intends to consider any public
comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice.
EPA is releasing this draft tool and its documentation solely for
the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable
information quality guidelines. This tool and its documentation have
not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should
not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination.
DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins December 8, 2009, and
ends January 7, 2010. Technical comments should be in writing and must
be received by EPA by January 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The draft Geographic Information System (GIS) tool and its
documentation, ``ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and
Datasets for Modeling US Housing Density Growth'' are available
primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental
Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions menu at http://
www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of paper copies of the User's Guide
are available from the Information Management Team, NCEA; telephone:
703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-8691. If you are requesting a paper
copy, please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document
title, ``ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for
Modeling US Housing Density Growth.''
Comments may be submitted electronically via http://
www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, contact Britta Bierwagen, NCEA;
telephone: 703-347-8613; facsimile: 703-347-8694; or e-mail:
bierwagen.britta@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 64687-64689]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9086-5; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0857]
ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for
Modeling U.S. Housing Density Growth
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day public comment period for the draft
tool and its documentation titled, ``ICLUS
SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for Modeling US
Housing Density Growth'' (EPA/600/R-09/143). The tool and its
documentation were prepared by the National Center for Environmental
Assessment within EPA's Office of Research and Development. This draft
tool and its documentation can be used to vary housing density and
other allocation assumptions used to run land use scenarios for the
conterminous US. ICLUS stands for Integrated Climate and Land Use
Scenarios, a project which is described in the 2009 EPA Report, ``Land-
Use Scenarios: Nation-Scale Housing-Density Scenarios Consistent with
Climate Change Storylines.'' These scenarios are broadly consistent
with global-scale, peer-reviewed storylines of population growth and
economic development, which are used by climate change modelers to
develop projections of future climate. SERGoM is the Spatially Explicit
Growth Model used to allocate housing on the landscape in the GIS
environment. This tool and User's Guide enable users to run SERGoM with
the population projections developed for the ICLUS project and allow
users to modify the spatial allocation of housing density across the
landscape.
The public comment period and the external peer usability review,
which will occur after the public comment period, are separate
processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to
comment on the document. EPA intends to forward the public comments
that are submitted in accordance with this notice to the external peer
reviewers prior to their review for their consideration. When
finalizing the draft document, EPA intends to consider any public
comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice.
EPA is releasing this draft tool and its documentation solely for
the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable
information quality guidelines. This tool and its documentation have
not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should
not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination.
DATES: The 30-day public comment period begins December 8, 2009, and
ends January 7, 2010. Technical comments should be in writing and must
be received by EPA by January 7, 2010.
ADDRESSES: The draft Geographic Information System (GIS) tool and its
documentation, ``ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and
Datasets for Modeling US Housing Density Growth'' are available
primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental
Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions menu at http://
www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of paper copies of the User's Guide
are available from the Information Management Team, NCEA; telephone:
703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-8691. If you are requesting a paper
copy, please provide your name, your mailing address, and the document
title, ``ICLUS SERGoM v3 User's Manual: ArcGIS Tools and Datasets for
Modeling US Housing Density Growth.''
Comments may be submitted electronically via http://
www.regulations.gov, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/
courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public comment
period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket;
telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
For technical information, contact Britta Bierwagen, NCEA;
telephone: 703-347-8613; facsimile: 703-347-8694; or e-mail:
bierwagen.britta@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 6
Subject: ALL/Green - ND. DOC/United States Patent and Trademark Office. Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas Reduction
[Federal Register: December 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 234)]
[Notices]
[Page 64666-64669]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-P-2009-0038]
Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas
Reduction
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
implementing a pilot program in which an applicant may have an
application advanced out of turn (accorded special status) for
examination, for applications pertaining to green technologies
including greenhouse gas reduction (applications pertaining to
environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable
energy resources or greenhouse gas emission reduction). Currently, an
application pertaining to environmental quality, or energy
conservation, development of renewable energy resources or greenhouse
gas reduction will not be advanced out of turn for examination unless
it meets the requirements of the accelerated examination program. Under
the Green Technology Pilot Program, applications pertaining to
environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable
energy, or greenhouse gas emission reduction, will be advanced out of
turn for examination without meeting all of the current requirements of
the accelerated examination program (e.g., examination support
document). The USPTO will accept only the first 3,000 petitions to make
special in previously filed new applications, provided that the
petitions meet the requirements set forth in this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: December 8, 2009.
Duration: The Green Technology Pilot Program will run for twelve
months from its effective date. Therefore, petitions to make special
under the Green Technology Pilot Program must be filed before December
8, 2010. The USPTO may extend the pilot program (with or without
modifications) depending on the feedback from the participants and the
effectiveness of the pilot program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pinchus M. Laufer and Joni Y. Chang,
Senior Legal Advisors, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of
the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by telephone
at 571-272-7726 or 571-272-7720; by facsimile transmission to 571-273-
7726, marked to the attention of Pinchus M. Laufer; or by mail
addressed to: Mail Stop Comments Patents, Commissioner for Patents,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
[Notices]
[Page 64666-64669]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
United States Patent and Trademark Office
[Docket No. PTO-P-2009-0038]
Pilot Program for Green Technologies Including Greenhouse Gas
Reduction
AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
implementing a pilot program in which an applicant may have an
application advanced out of turn (accorded special status) for
examination, for applications pertaining to green technologies
including greenhouse gas reduction (applications pertaining to
environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable
energy resources or greenhouse gas emission reduction). Currently, an
application pertaining to environmental quality, or energy
conservation, development of renewable energy resources or greenhouse
gas reduction will not be advanced out of turn for examination unless
it meets the requirements of the accelerated examination program. Under
the Green Technology Pilot Program, applications pertaining to
environmental quality, energy conservation, development of renewable
energy, or greenhouse gas emission reduction, will be advanced out of
turn for examination without meeting all of the current requirements of
the accelerated examination program (e.g., examination support
document). The USPTO will accept only the first 3,000 petitions to make
special in previously filed new applications, provided that the
petitions meet the requirements set forth in this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: December 8, 2009.
Duration: The Green Technology Pilot Program will run for twelve
months from its effective date. Therefore, petitions to make special
under the Green Technology Pilot Program must be filed before December
8, 2010. The USPTO may extend the pilot program (with or without
modifications) depending on the feedback from the participants and the
effectiveness of the pilot program.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pinchus M. Laufer and Joni Y. Chang,
Senior Legal Advisors, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of
the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by telephone
at 571-272-7726 or 571-272-7720; by facsimile transmission to 571-273-
7726, marked to the attention of Pinchus M. Laufer; or by mail
addressed to: Mail Stop Comments Patents, Commissioner for Patents,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.
ANNOUNCEMENT 7
Subject: AGRICULTURE, WATER, LAND - FR. USDA/Commodity Credit Corporation/Natural Resources Conservation Service. Agricultural Management Assistance Program
[Federal Register: December 8, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 234)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 64591-64601]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
7 CFR Part 1465
RIN 0578-AA50
Agricultural Management Assistance Program
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, United States Department of Agriculture
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule sets forth the policies and procedures
implementing the Agricultural Management Assistance Program (AMA). The
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), on behalf of the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), published an interim final rule
with request for comment on November 20, 2008 (73 FR 70245). NRCS
issues this final rule to address public comments received during the
60-day public comment period and to clarify policies to improve program
implementation.
DATES: Effective Date: The rule is effective December 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: This final rule may be accessed via the Internet at: http://
www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2008/index.html, or the government-
wide rulemaking Web site: at http://www.regulations.gov, (identified by
Docket Number NRCS-FR-09050).
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact
the USDA TARGET Center at: (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Johnson, Director, Financial
Assistance Programs Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5241 South Building, Washington, DC
20250; Telephone: (202) 720-1844; Fax: (202) 720-4265.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 64591-64601]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
7 CFR Part 1465
RIN 0578-AA50
Agricultural Management Assistance Program
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, United States Department of Agriculture
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule sets forth the policies and procedures
implementing the Agricultural Management Assistance Program (AMA). The
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), on behalf of the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), published an interim final rule
with request for comment on November 20, 2008 (73 FR 70245). NRCS
issues this final rule to address public comments received during the
60-day public comment period and to clarify policies to improve program
implementation.
DATES: Effective Date: The rule is effective December 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: This final rule may be accessed via the Internet at: http://
www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2008/index.html, or the government-
wide rulemaking Web site: at http://www.regulations.gov, (identified by
Docket Number NRCS-FR-09050).
Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for
communication (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact
the USDA TARGET Center at: (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Johnson, Director, Financial
Assistance Programs Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5241 South Building, Washington, DC
20250; Telephone: (202) 720-1844; Fax: (202) 720-4265.
