Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 195
Friday, October 9, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 195
Friday, October 9, 2009
There are 5 announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - FRD. EPA. Inert Ingredients; Extension of Effective Date of Revocation of Certain Tolerance Exemptions with Insufficient Data for Reassessment
2. ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOC/National Institute of Standards and Technology. Draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0; Request for Comments
3. ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOC/National Institute of Standards and Technology. Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements; Request for Comments
4. ENERGY - Policy Statement. DOE. Online Posting of Certain DOE Categorical Exclusion Determinations; Policy Statement
5. MIHAZ - PR. EPA. Michigan: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
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: TOXICS - FRD. EPA. Inert Ingredients; Extension of Effective Date of Revocation of Certain Tolerance Exemptions with Insufficient Data for Reassessment
[Federal Register: October 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 195)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52148-52151]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0601; FRL-8794-1]
Inert Ingredients; Extension of Effective Date of Revocation of
Certain Tolerance Exemptions with Insufficient Data for Reassessment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document moves the effective date of the revocation of
six inert ingredient tolerance exemptions as
set forth in the Federal Register on August 7, 2009 (74 FR 39543).
DATES: In the final rule published August 9, 2006 (71 FR 45415), and
delayed on August 4, 2008 (73 FR 45312), and August 7, 2009 (74 FR
39543):
1. The effective date is delayed from October 9, 2009, to February
9, 2010, for the following amendments to Sec. 180.910: 2.m., n., and
cc.
2. The effective date is delayed from October 9, 2009, to February
9, 2010, for the following amendments to Sec. 180.930: 4.t., u., and v.
Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before
December 8, 2009, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0601. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at http://
www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (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 in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Leifer, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-8811; e-mail address: leifer.kerry@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52148-52151]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0601; FRL-8794-1]
Inert Ingredients; Extension of Effective Date of Revocation of
Certain Tolerance Exemptions with Insufficient Data for Reassessment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document moves the effective date of the revocation of
six inert ingredient tolerance exemptions as
set forth in the Federal Register on August 7, 2009 (74 FR 39543).
DATES: In the final rule published August 9, 2006 (71 FR 45415), and
delayed on August 4, 2008 (73 FR 45312), and August 7, 2009 (74 FR
39543):
1. The effective date is delayed from October 9, 2009, to February
9, 2010, for the following amendments to Sec. 180.910: 2.m., n., and
cc.
2. The effective date is delayed from October 9, 2009, to February
9, 2010, for the following amendments to Sec. 180.930: 4.t., u., and v.
Objections and requests for hearings must be received on or before
December 8, 2009, and must be filed in accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0601. All documents in the
docket are listed in the docket index available at http://
www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (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 in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The Docket
Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703)
305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Leifer, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 308-8811; e-mail address: leifer.kerry@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOC/National Institute of Standards and Technology. Draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0; Request for Comments
[Federal Register: October 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 195)]
[Notices]
[Page 52181-52183]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket Number 0909291327-91328-01]
Draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards, Release 1.0; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
seeks two categories of comments on the draft NIST Framework and
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0:
(1) Comments on the overall document and the contents of all
chapters, except Chapter 4, Standards Identified for Implementation;
and
(2) Comments on the 15 additional ``Standards Identified for
Implementation'' (Chapter 4); the NIST-proposed ``Guidance for
Identifying Standards for Implementation''; and recommendations for
adding or removing standards and specifications on the list of
standards identified for implementation (Table 2), referencing relevant
guidance criteria. In addition, NIST requests comments on the standards
in Table 3--additional standards NIST has identified for further
review.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to: George Arnold, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 8100, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8100.
Electronic comments on the overall draft and the contents of
chapters 1-3 and 5-7 may be sent to: nistsgframeworkcomments@nist.gov.
Comments on the 15 additional ``Standards Identified for
Implementation'' (Chapter 4); the NIST-proposed ``Guidance for
Identifying Standards for Implementation;'' recommendations for adding
or removing standards and specifications on the list of standards
identified for implementation (Table 2), referencing relevant guidance
criteria; and comments on the standards in Table 3--additional
standards NIST has identified for further review--may be sent to:
nistsgstandardscomments@nist.gov. Comments on the standards in Table 3
should reference relevant guidance criteria.
The entire draft version of the NIST Framework and Roadmap for
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0 (Draft), is
available at: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/smartgrid_
interoperability.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Arnold, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
8100, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-8100, telephone (301) 975-5627.
[Notices]
[Page 52181-52183]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket Number 0909291327-91328-01]
Draft NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards, Release 1.0; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
seeks two categories of comments on the draft NIST Framework and
Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0:
(1) Comments on the overall document and the contents of all
chapters, except Chapter 4, Standards Identified for Implementation;
and
(2) Comments on the 15 additional ``Standards Identified for
Implementation'' (Chapter 4); the NIST-proposed ``Guidance for
Identifying Standards for Implementation''; and recommendations for
adding or removing standards and specifications on the list of
standards identified for implementation (Table 2), referencing relevant
guidance criteria. In addition, NIST requests comments on the standards
in Table 3--additional standards NIST has identified for further
review.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to: George Arnold, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 8100, National Institute of Standards and Technology,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8100.
Electronic comments on the overall draft and the contents of
chapters 1-3 and 5-7 may be sent to: nistsgframeworkcomments@nist.gov.
Comments on the 15 additional ``Standards Identified for
Implementation'' (Chapter 4); the NIST-proposed ``Guidance for
Identifying Standards for Implementation;'' recommendations for adding
or removing standards and specifications on the list of standards
identified for implementation (Table 2), referencing relevant guidance
criteria; and comments on the standards in Table 3--additional
standards NIST has identified for further review--may be sent to:
nistsgstandardscomments@nist.gov. Comments on the standards in Table 3
should reference relevant guidance criteria.
The entire draft version of the NIST Framework and Roadmap for
Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0 (Draft), is
available at: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/smartgrid_
interoperability.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Arnold, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop
8100, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-8100, telephone (301) 975-5627.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOC/National Institute of Standards and Technology. Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements; Request for Comments
[Federal Register: October 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 195)]
[Notices]
[Page 52183-52184]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 0909301329-91332-01]
Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7628, Smart Grid Cyber
Security Strategy and Requirements; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
seeks comments on draft NISTIR 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy
and Requirements. This initial draft of the document contains the
overall security strategy for the Smart Grid. Contents include:
Development of vulnerability classes, identification of well-understood
security problems that need to be addressed, selection and development
of security-relevant use cases, initial privacy impact assessment,
identification and analysis of interfaces identified in six functional
priority areas, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) security
requirements, and selection of a suite of security documents that will
be used as the base for determining and tailoring security
requirements. This is the first draft of NISTIR 7628; NIST plans to
post a subsequent draft of this report for additional public comments.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 1, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to: Annabelle Lee, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8930,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930. Electronic comments may be sent to:
csctgdraftcomments@nist.gov.
The report is available at: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/
PubsDrafts.html#NIST-IR-7628.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annabelle Lee, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-8930, telephone (301) 975-8897.
[Notices]
[Page 52183-52184]
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
[Docket No. 0909301329-91332-01]
Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 7628, Smart Grid Cyber
Security Strategy and Requirements; Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
seeks comments on draft NISTIR 7628, Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy
and Requirements. This initial draft of the document contains the
overall security strategy for the Smart Grid. Contents include:
Development of vulnerability classes, identification of well-understood
security problems that need to be addressed, selection and development
of security-relevant use cases, initial privacy impact assessment,
identification and analysis of interfaces identified in six functional
priority areas, advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) security
requirements, and selection of a suite of security documents that will
be used as the base for determining and tailoring security
requirements. This is the first draft of NISTIR 7628; NIST plans to
post a subsequent draft of this report for additional public comments.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before December 1, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to: Annabelle Lee, National
Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8930,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930. Electronic comments may be sent to:
csctgdraftcomments@nist.gov.
The report is available at: http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/
PubsDrafts.html#NIST-IR-7628.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Annabelle Lee, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD
20899-8930, telephone (301) 975-8897.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: ENERGY - Policy Statement. DOE. Online Posting of Certain DOE Categorical Exclusion Determinations; Policy Statement
[Federal Register: October 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 195)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52129]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 1021
Online Posting of Certain DOE Categorical Exclusion
Determinations; Policy Statement
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Policy statement.
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SUMMARY: To further transparency and openness in its implementation of
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of Energy
(DOE) has established a new policy with regard to the online posting of
certain categorical exclusion determinations. Under the new policy,
each Program and Field Office (including the National Nuclear Security
Administration and the Power Marketing Administrations) will document
and post online all categorical exclusion determinations involving
classes of actions listed in Appendix B to Subpart D of the
Department's NEPA regulations, 10 CFR Part 1021. Posted categorical
exclusion determinations shall not disclose classified, confidential,
or other information that DOE otherwise would not disclose pursuant to
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. Part 552). Generally, each
Program and Field Office will post categorical exclusion determinations
on its Web site; where this is not feasible, the Office of NEPA Policy
and Compliance will post categorical exclusions on the DOE NEPA Web
site (http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa).
DATES: The effective date of the policy is November 2, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the policy,
contact: Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance (GC-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; e-mail: askNEPA@hq.doe.gov;
telephone: 202-586-4600; leave a message at 800-472-2756; or fax: 202-
586-7031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Categorical exclusions are classes of Departmental actions that DOE
has, by regulation, determined do not individually or cumulatively have
a significant effect on the environment and for which, therefore,
neither an environmental impact statement nor an environmental
assessment is normally required. Under DOE's NEPA regulations (10 CFR
Part 1021), absent any extraordinary circumstances related to the
proposal that may affect the significance of its environmental effects,
a proposed activity can be categorically excluded from further NEPA
review if it falls within any of the ``general'' agency classes of
action (such as routine administrative, financial, and personnel
actions) listed in Appendix A of Subpart D or ``specific'' agency
actions (involving, for example, construction of bench-scale research
projects or actions to promote energy efficiency) listed in Appendix B.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 52129]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 1021
Online Posting of Certain DOE Categorical Exclusion
Determinations; Policy Statement
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Policy statement.
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SUMMARY: To further transparency and openness in its implementation of
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Department of Energy
(DOE) has established a new policy with regard to the online posting of
certain categorical exclusion determinations. Under the new policy,
each Program and Field Office (including the National Nuclear Security
Administration and the Power Marketing Administrations) will document
and post online all categorical exclusion determinations involving
classes of actions listed in Appendix B to Subpart D of the
Department's NEPA regulations, 10 CFR Part 1021. Posted categorical
exclusion determinations shall not disclose classified, confidential,
or other information that DOE otherwise would not disclose pursuant to
the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. Part 552). Generally, each
Program and Field Office will post categorical exclusion determinations
on its Web site; where this is not feasible, the Office of NEPA Policy
and Compliance will post categorical exclusions on the DOE NEPA Web
site (http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa).
DATES: The effective date of the policy is November 2, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information on the policy,
contact: Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and
Compliance (GC-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585; e-mail: askNEPA@hq.doe.gov;
telephone: 202-586-4600; leave a message at 800-472-2756; or fax: 202-
586-7031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Categorical exclusions are classes of Departmental actions that DOE
has, by regulation, determined do not individually or cumulatively have
a significant effect on the environment and for which, therefore,
neither an environmental impact statement nor an environmental
assessment is normally required. Under DOE's NEPA regulations (10 CFR
Part 1021), absent any extraordinary circumstances related to the
proposal that may affect the significance of its environmental effects,
a proposed activity can be categorically excluded from further NEPA
review if it falls within any of the ``general'' agency classes of
action (such as routine administrative, financial, and personnel
actions) listed in Appendix A of Subpart D or ``specific'' agency
actions (involving, for example, construction of bench-scale research
projects or actions to promote energy efficiency) listed in Appendix B.
ANNOUNCEMENT 5
Subject: MIHAZ - PR. EPA. Michigan: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revision
[Federal Register: October 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 195)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 52161-52173]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 271
[FRL-8967-7]
Michigan: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revision
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Michigan has applied to EPA for final authorization of the
changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has reviewed Michigan's application and
has preliminarily determined that these changes satisfy all
requirements needed to qualify for final authorization, and is
proposing to authorize Michigan's changes.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before
November 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
RCRA-2009-0762 by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: greenberg.judith@epa.gov.
Mail: Ms. Judith Greenberg, Michigan Regulatory Specialist, RCRA
Programs Section (LR-8J), Land and Chemicals Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL
60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judith Greenberg, Michigan
Regulatory Specialist, RCRA Programs Section, Land and Chemicals
Division (LR-8J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-4179, e-mail
greenberg.judith@epa.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 52161-52173]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 271
[FRL-8967-7]
Michigan: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management
Program Revision
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: Michigan has applied to EPA for final authorization of the
changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). EPA has reviewed Michigan's application and
has preliminarily determined that these changes satisfy all
requirements needed to qualify for final authorization, and is
proposing to authorize Michigan's changes.
DATES: Comments on this proposed rule must be received on or before
November 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
RCRA-2009-0762 by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
E-mail: greenberg.judith@epa.gov.
Mail: Ms. Judith Greenberg, Michigan Regulatory Specialist, RCRA
Programs Section (LR-8J), Land and Chemicals Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL
60604.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Judith Greenberg, Michigan
Regulatory Specialist, RCRA Programs Section, Land and Chemicals
Division (LR-8J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West Jackson
Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-4179, e-mail
greenberg.judith@epa.gov.
