Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 143
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 143
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
There are 4 announcements in this issue
1. ALL - FR. EPA. Acquisition Regulation: Guidance on Technical Direction
2. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; EPA's WaterSense Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2233.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0272
3. REMED - ND. EPA. Identification of Priority Classes of Facilities for Development of CERCLA Section 108(b) Financial Responsibility Requirements
4. TOXICS - ND. EPA. TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory Update; Changing Certain Chemical Substances Identities from Confidential to Non-Confidential
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: ALL - FR. EPA. Acquisition Regulation: Guidance on Technical Direction
[Federal Register: July 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 143)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37173-37176]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
48 CFR Parts 1537 and 1552
[EPA-HQ-OARM-2007-1115; FRL-8935-6]
RIN 2030-AA96
Acquisition Regulation: Guidance on Technical Direction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is amending the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to
revise the prescription for and the content of a clause that addresses
issuing technical direction in contracts. This revision incorporates
and supersedes several class deviations to the EPAAR and updates
terminology and procedures related to issuing technical direction.
DATES: This final rule is effective August 12, 2009.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OARM-2007-1115. All documents in the docket are listed on
the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 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, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically through
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Office of
Environmental (OEI) Information Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 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 OEI Docket is (202)
566-1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna S. Blanding, Policy, Training,
and Oversight Division, Office of Acquisition Management (3802R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-1130; fax number: 202-
565-2475; e-mail address: blanding.donna@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37173-37176]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
48 CFR Parts 1537 and 1552
[EPA-HQ-OARM-2007-1115; FRL-8935-6]
RIN 2030-AA96
Acquisition Regulation: Guidance on Technical Direction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is amending the EPA Acquisition Regulation (EPAAR) to
revise the prescription for and the content of a clause that addresses
issuing technical direction in contracts. This revision incorporates
and supersedes several class deviations to the EPAAR and updates
terminology and procedures related to issuing technical direction.
DATES: This final rule is effective August 12, 2009.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OARM-2007-1115. All documents in the docket are listed on
the http://www.regulations.gov Web site. 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, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either electronically through
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Office of
Environmental (OEI) Information Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 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 OEI Docket is (202)
566-1752.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna S. Blanding, Policy, Training,
and Oversight Division, Office of Acquisition Management (3802R),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-1130; fax number: 202-
565-2475; e-mail address: blanding.donna@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; EPA's WaterSense Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No.
2233.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0272
[Federal Register: July 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 143)]
[Notices]
[Page 37211-37213]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0408; FRL-8936-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; EPA's WaterSense Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No.
2233.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0272
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on January 31, 2010. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 28, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2006-0408 by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov.
Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: Public Reading Room, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301
Constitution Avenue, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara O'Hare, OW, WaterSense Program
(7324U), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-8836; fax number: 202-
501-2396; e-mail address: ohare.tara@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 37211-37213]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0408; FRL-8936-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; EPA's WaterSense Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No.
2233.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0272
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on January 31, 2010. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 28, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2006-0408 by one of the following methods:
instructions for submitting comments.
Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: Public Reading Room, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 1301
Constitution Avenue, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara O'Hare, OW, WaterSense Program
(7324U), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-8836; fax number: 202-
501-2396; e-mail address: ohare.tara@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: REMED - ND. EPA. Identification of Priority Classes of Facilities for Development of CERCLA Section 108(b) Financial Responsibility Requirements
[Federal Register: July 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 143)]
[Notices]
[Page 37213-37219]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0265; FRL-8931-7]
RIN 2050-AG56
Identification of Priority Classes of Facilities for Development
of CERCLA Section 108(b) Financial Responsibility Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ACTION: Priority notice of action.
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SUMMARY: Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended,
establishes certain regulatory authorities concerning financial
responsibility requirements. Specifically, the statutory language
addresses the promulgation of regulations that require classes of
facilities to establish and maintain evidence of financial
responsibility consistent with the degree and duration of risk
associated with the production, transportation, treatment, storage, or
disposal of hazardous substances. CERCLA Section 108(b) also requires
EPA to publish a notice of the classes for which financial
responsibility requirements will be first developed. To fulfill this
requirement, EPA is by this notice identifying classes of facilities
within the hardrock mining industry for which the Agency will first
develop financial responsibility requirements under CERCLA Section
108(b). For purposes of this notice, hardrock mining facilities include
those which extract, beneficiate or process metals (e.g., copper, gold,
iron, lead, magnesium, molybdenum, silver, uranium, and zinc) and non-
metallic, non-fuel minerals (e.g., asbestos, gypsum, phosphate rock,
and sulfur).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this notice,
contact Ben Lesser, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery, Mail Code 5302P, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone (703) 308-0314; or (e-mail)
Lesser.Ben@epa.gov; or Elaine Eby, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Mail Code
5304P,1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
(703) 603-844; or (e-mail) Eby.Elaine@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 37213-37219]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0265; FRL-8931-7]
RIN 2050-AG56
Identification of Priority Classes of Facilities for Development
of CERCLA Section 108(b) Financial Responsibility Requirements
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
ACTION: Priority notice of action.
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SUMMARY: Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended,
establishes certain regulatory authorities concerning financial
responsibility requirements. Specifically, the statutory language
addresses the promulgation of regulations that require classes of
facilities to establish and maintain evidence of financial
responsibility consistent with the degree and duration of risk
associated with the production, transportation, treatment, storage, or
disposal of hazardous substances. CERCLA Section 108(b) also requires
EPA to publish a notice of the classes for which financial
responsibility requirements will be first developed. To fulfill this
requirement, EPA is by this notice identifying classes of facilities
within the hardrock mining industry for which the Agency will first
develop financial responsibility requirements under CERCLA Section
108(b). For purposes of this notice, hardrock mining facilities include
those which extract, beneficiate or process metals (e.g., copper, gold,
iron, lead, magnesium, molybdenum, silver, uranium, and zinc) and non-
metallic, non-fuel minerals (e.g., asbestos, gypsum, phosphate rock,
and sulfur).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information on this notice,
contact Ben Lesser, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery, Mail Code 5302P, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone (703) 308-0314; or (e-mail)
Lesser.Ben@epa.gov; or Elaine Eby, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, Mail Code
5304P,1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
(703) 603-844; or (e-mail) Eby.Elaine@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory Update; Changing Certain Chemical Substances Identities from Confidential to Non-Confidential
[Federal Register: July 28, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 143)]
[Notices]
[Page 37224-37225]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0848; FRL-8392-4]
TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory Update; Changing Certain
Chemical Substances Identities from Confidential to Non-Confidential
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is updating the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Chemical Substance Inventory (TSCA Inventory) Master File to list 530
chemical substances as non-confidential on the TSCA Inventory that were
previously listed as confidential. This action is necessary because
these chemical substances no longer qualify for listing as confidential
on the TSCA Inventory.
DATES: This update is effective July 22, 2009.
These chemical substances will be listed on public versions of the
TSCA Inventory on or after August 3, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov.
For technical information contact: Scott Sherlock, Environmental
Assistance Division (7408M), Office Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8257; e-mail
address: sherlock.scott @epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 37224-37225]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0848; FRL-8392-4]
TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory Update; Changing Certain
Chemical Substances Identities from Confidential to Non-Confidential
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: EPA is updating the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Chemical Substance Inventory (TSCA Inventory) Master File to list 530
chemical substances as non-confidential on the TSCA Inventory that were
previously listed as confidential. This action is necessary because
these chemical substances no longer qualify for listing as confidential
on the TSCA Inventory.
DATES: This update is effective July 22, 2009.
These chemical substances will be listed on public versions of the
TSCA Inventory on or after August 3, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov.
For technical information contact: Scott Sherlock, Environmental
Assistance Division (7408M), Office Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-8257; e-mail
address: sherlock.scott @epa.gov.
