Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 4
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Vol. 75, No. 4
Thursday, January 7, 2010
There are 3 announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS, REMED - ND. EPA. Draft Recommended Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil at CERCLA and RCRA Sites
2. ENERGY - PR. DOE. Acquisition Regulation: Subchapter E--General Contracting Requirements, Subchapter F--Special Categories of Contracting, and Subchapter G--Contract Management
3. ENERGY - ND. DOE. Notice of Re-Establishment of the National Petroleum Council
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, REMED - ND. EPA. Draft Recommended Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil at CERCLA and RCRA Sites
[Federal Register: January 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 4)]
[Notices]
[Page 984-986]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0907; FRL-9100-8]
RIN 2050-ZA05
Draft Recommended Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for
Dioxin in Soil at CERCLA and RCRA Sites
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability and announcement of public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is
announcing a 50-day public comment period for draft recommended interim
preliminary remediation goals (PRGs) developed in the Draft Recommended
Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil at
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Sites. EPA's
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency and Emergency Response (OSWER) has
developed the draft recommended interim PRGs for dioxin in soil. These
draft recommended interim PRGs were calculated using existing, peer-
reviewed toxicity values and current EPA equations and default exposure
assumptions.
This Federal Register notice is intended to provide an opportunity
for public comment on the draft recommended interim PRGs. EPA will
consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice
and may revise the draft recommended interim PRGs thereafter.
DATES: Comments may be submitted in writing by February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2009-0907, by one of the following methods:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail: OSWER.Docket@epa.gov.
Mail: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency,
Mail Code: 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0907. Deliveries are only
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene Berg, Office of Superfund
Remediation and Technology Innovation, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Mail Code: 5204P, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/voicemail at (703)
603-8701; Fax: (703) 603-9112; or via e-mail at berg.marlene@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 984-986]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0907; FRL-9100-8]
RIN 2050-ZA05
Draft Recommended Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for
Dioxin in Soil at CERCLA and RCRA Sites
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability and announcement of public comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is
announcing a 50-day public comment period for draft recommended interim
preliminary remediation goals (PRGs) developed in the Draft Recommended
Interim Preliminary Remediation Goals for Dioxin in Soil at
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Sites. EPA's
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency and Emergency Response (OSWER) has
developed the draft recommended interim PRGs for dioxin in soil. These
draft recommended interim PRGs were calculated using existing, peer-
reviewed toxicity values and current EPA equations and default exposure
assumptions.
This Federal Register notice is intended to provide an opportunity
for public comment on the draft recommended interim PRGs. EPA will
consider any public comments submitted in accordance with this notice
and may revise the draft recommended interim PRGs thereafter.
DATES: Comments may be submitted in writing by February 26, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2009-0907, by one of the following methods:
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail Code: 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
West Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460,
Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-SFUND-2009-0907. Deliveries are only
accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marlene Berg, Office of Superfund
Remediation and Technology Innovation, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Mail Code: 5204P, Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/voicemail at (703)
603-8701; Fax: (703) 603-9112; or via e-mail at berg.marlene@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: ENERGY - PR. DOE. Acquisition Regulation: Subchapter E--General Contracting Requirements, Subchapter F--Special Categories of Contracting, and
Subchapter G--Contract Management
[Federal Register: January 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 4)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 964-967]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
48 CFR Parts 928, 931, 932, 933, 935, 936, 937, 941, 942, 949, 950,
951, and 952
RIN 1991-AB88
Acquisition Regulation: Subchapter E--General Contracting
Requirements, Subchapter F--Special Categories of Contracting, and
Subchapter G--Contract Management
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to amend the
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) Subchapters E--
General Contracting Requirements, F--Special Categories of Contracting,
and G--Contract Management to make changes to conform to the FAR,
remove out-of-date coverage, and to update references. DOE will
separately propose rules for changes to parts 927 and 945,
respectively. Today's proposed rule does not alter substantive rights
or obligations under current law.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed rulemaking must be received on
or before close of business February 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: This proposed rule is available and you may submit comments,
identified by DEAR: Subchapters E, F, and G and RIN 1991-AB88, by any
of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
E-mail to: DEARrulemaking@hq.doe.gov. Include: DEAR:
Subchapters E, F and G and RIN 1991-AB88 in the subject line of the
message.
Mail to: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Procurement
and Assistance Management, MA-611, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. Comments by e-mail are encouraged.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Binney at (202) 287-1340 or by
e-mail, barbara.binney@hq.doe.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 964-967]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
48 CFR Parts 928, 931, 932, 933, 935, 936, 937, 941, 942, 949, 950,
951, and 952
RIN 1991-AB88
Acquisition Regulation: Subchapter E--General Contracting
Requirements, Subchapter F--Special Categories of Contracting, and
Subchapter G--Contract Management
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to amend the
Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) Subchapters E--
General Contracting Requirements, F--Special Categories of Contracting,
and G--Contract Management to make changes to conform to the FAR,
remove out-of-date coverage, and to update references. DOE will
separately propose rules for changes to parts 927 and 945,
respectively. Today's proposed rule does not alter substantive rights
or obligations under current law.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed rulemaking must be received on
or before close of business February 8, 2010.
ADDRESSES: This proposed rule is available and you may submit comments,
identified by DEAR: Subchapters E, F, and G and RIN 1991-AB88, by any
of the following methods:
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Subchapters E, F and G and RIN 1991-AB88 in the subject line of the
message.
and Assistance Management, MA-611, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. Comments by e-mail are encouraged.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Binney at (202) 287-1340 or by
e-mail, barbara.binney@hq.doe.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: ENERGY - ND. DOE. Notice of Re-Establishment of the National Petroleum Council
[Federal Register: January 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 4)]
[Notices]
[Page 983]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Re-Establishment of the National Petroleum Council
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Re-Establishment of the National Petroleum Council.
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Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, App., and section 102-3.65, Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations,
and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat,
General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the
National Petroleum Council has been re-established for a two-year
period.
The Council will continue to provide advice, information, and
recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters relating to oil
and natural gas, or the oil and natural gas industries. The Secretary
of Energy has determined that renewal of the National Petroleum Council
is essential to the conduct of the Department's business and in the
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed by
law upon the Department of Energy. The Council will continue to operate
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92-463), the General Services Administration Final Rule on
Federal Advisory Committee Management, and other directives and
instructions issued in implementation of those acts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.
[Notices]
[Page 983]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Re-Establishment of the National Petroleum Council
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of Re-Establishment of the National Petroleum Council.
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Pursuant to Section 14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, App., and section 102-3.65, Title 41, Code of Federal Regulations,
and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat,
General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the
National Petroleum Council has been re-established for a two-year
period.
The Council will continue to provide advice, information, and
recommendations to the Secretary of Energy on matters relating to oil
and natural gas, or the oil and natural gas industries. The Secretary
of Energy has determined that renewal of the National Petroleum Council
is essential to the conduct of the Department's business and in the
public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed by
law upon the Department of Energy. The Council will continue to operate
in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92-463), the General Services Administration Final Rule on
Federal Advisory Committee Management, and other directives and
instructions issued in implementation of those acts.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Rachel Samuel at (202) 586-3279.
