Friday, April 16, 2010

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 73, April 16, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 73
Friday, April 16, 2010
 
There are 7 announcements in this issue
 
    1. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane Foam Product (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1783.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0357
 
    2. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Maneb; Cancellation Order for a Certain Pesticide Registration
 
    3. AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council)
 
    4. AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter Review Panel
 
    5. ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters
 
    6. TRANSPORT - ND/NF. DOT/Federal Transit Administration. Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program Grants: Corrections and deadline extension
 
    7. ENERGY/Biofuels - NF [3 Separate Announcements]. USDA/Rural Business-Cooperative Service: Biorefinery Assistance Guaranteed Loans; Repowering Assistance Payments to Eligible Biorefineries; and Subpart B – Advanced Biofuel Payment 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 - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane
Foam Product (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1783.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0357
 
[Federal Register: April 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 73)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19966-19967]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2009-0394; FRL-9138-1]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Flexible Polyurethane
Foam Product (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1783.05, OMB Control Number
2060-0357

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR which is abstracted below describes the
nature of the collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 17, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OECA-2009-0394, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency,
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert C. Marshall, Jr., Office of
Compliance, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-7021; fax
number: (202) 564-0050; e-mail address: marshall.robert@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Maneb; Cancellation Order for a Certain Pesticide Registration
 
[Federal Register: April 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 73)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19967-19968]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0778; FRL-8822-2]

Maneb; Cancellation Order for a Certain Pesticide Registration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA's order for the cancellation,
voluntarily requested by the registrant and accepted by the Agency, of
a product containing maneb, pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended. This
cancellation order follows a March 4, 2010, Federal Register Notice of
Receipt of Request from the registrant listed in Table 2 in Unit II. of
this document, to voluntarily cancel this product registration. This is
the last product containing this pesticide registered for use in the
United States. In the March 4, 2010 Notice, EPA indicated that it would
issue an order implementing the cancellation, unless the Agency
received substantive comments within the 30 day comment period that
would merit its further review of these requests, or unless the
registrant withdrew their request. The Agency did not receive any
comments on the notice. Further, the registrant did not withdraw their
request. Accordingly, EPA hereby issues in this notice a cancellation
order granting the requested cancellation. Any distribution, sale, or
use of the product subject to this cancellation order is permitted only
in accordance with the terms of this order, including any existing
stocks provisions.

DATES: The cancellation is effective April 16, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Briscoe, Pesticide Re-
evaluation Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8177; fax number: (703) 308-8090; e-
mail address: briscoe.barbara@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council)
 
[Federal Register: April 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 73)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19969-19971]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9138-2]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(Council)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public meeting of the Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(Council). The Council will conduct quality reviews of three
subcommittee reports and review draft chapters of the EPA Office of Air
and Radiation's Second Section 812 Prospective Analysis of the benefits
and costs of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 and Wednesday,
May 5, 2010, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and ending no later than 5 p.m.
(Eastern Time), each day.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held in the Science Advisory
Board Conference Center, 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3705, Washington, DC
20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting may contact Ms. Stephanie
Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office (1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/voice
mail: (202) 343-9697 or at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. General
information about the Council may be found on the Council Web site at
http://www.epa.gov/advisorycouncilcaa.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Particulate Matter Review Panel
 
[Federal Register: April 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 73)]
[Notices]              
[Page 19971-19972]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9138-3]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Teleconference of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Particulate Matter 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 on May 7,
2010 of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Particulate Matter Review
Panel to discuss its draft letter on the review of EPA's Policy
Assessment for the Review of Particulate Matter National Ambient Air
Quality Standards--First External Review Draft (March 2010).

DATES: The teleconference will be held on May 7, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m., (Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The May 7, 2010 teleconference will be conducted by
telephone only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the public meeting or public
teleconference may contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, 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) 343-9867; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail
at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC
can be found on the EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/casac.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ENERGY/Efficiency - FR. DOE. Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters
 
[Federal Register: April 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 73)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 20111-20236]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

10 CFR Part 430

[Docket Number EE-2006-BT-STD-0129]
RIN 1904-AA90

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for
Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending the existing
energy conservation standards for residential water heaters (other than
tabletop and electric instantaneous models), gas-fired direct heating
equipment, and gas-fired pool heaters. It has determined that the
amended energy conservation standards for these products would result
in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible
and economically justified.

DATES: The effective date of this rule is June 15, 2010. Compliance
with the amended standards established for residential water heaters in
today's final rule is required starting on April 16, 2015, and
compliance with the standards established for DHE and pool heaters is
required starting on April 16, 2013.

ADDRESSES: For access to the docket to read background documents, the
technical support document, transcripts of the public meetings in this
proceeding, or comments received, visit the U.S. Department of Energy,
Resource Room of the Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza,
SW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20024, (202) 586-2945, between 9 a.m.
and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call
Ms. Brenda Edwards at the above telephone number for additional
information regarding visiting the Resource Room. You may also obtain
copies of certain previous rulemaking documents in this proceeding
(i.e., framework document, notice of public meeting and announcement of
a preliminary technical support document (TSD), notice of proposed
rulemaking), draft analyses, public meeting materials, and related test
procedure documents from the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy's Web site at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_
standards/residential/waterheaters.html
.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies
Program, EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-7892. E-mail: Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov.
    Mr. Eric Stas, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General
Counsel, GC-71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: (202) 586-9507. E-mail: Eric.Stas@hq.doe.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: TRANSPORT - ND/NF. DOT/Federal Transit Administration. Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program Grants: Corrections and deadline extension
 
[Federal Register: April 16, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 73)]
[Notices]              
[Page 20034-20035]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program Grants: Corrections

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; corrections and deadline extension.

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SUMMARY: This notice corrects dollar thresholds and revenue
classifications for large and small intercity fixed-route Class I
carriers, and labor protection information, among other things,
published in the January 15, 2010 Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Notice titled ``Over-the-Road Bus Accessibility Program Grants,''
extends the application deadline, and allows applicants to submit a
single application for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 and FY 2010 funding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact the appropriate FTA Regional Office
(Appendix A) or Blenda Younger, Office of Program Management, (202)
366-2053.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: ENERGY/Biofuels - NF [3 Separate Announcements]. USDA/Rural Business-Cooperative Service: Biorefinery Assistance Guaranteed Loans; Repowering Assistance Payments to Eligible Biorefineries; and Subpart B – Advanced Biofuel Payment Program
 
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1. Biorefinery Assistance Guaranteed Loans [TEXT]  [PDF]
2. Repowering Assistance Payments to Eligible Biorefineries [TEXT]  [PDF]
3. Subpart B – Advanced Biofuel Payment Program [TEXT]  [PDF]