Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 75, No. 16, January 26, 2010

Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 16
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
 
 
There are 7 announcements in this issue
 
    1. WATER, LAND - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Estuary Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1500.07, OMB Control No. 2040-0138
 
    2. AIR - ND. EPA. Release of Draft Documents Related to the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
 
    3. AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public Meeting of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee Advisory Council on
Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council)
 
    4. AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Ambient Air Methods and Monitoring Subcommittee (AAMMS); Meeting and Public Teleconference
 
    5. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
 
    6. WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. Science Advisory Board; Draft Report of the NOAA Science Advisory Board Oceans and Health Working Group
 
    7. HAZ - ND. DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Pipeline Safety: Leak Detection on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
   
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: WATER, LAND - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Estuary Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1500.07, OMB Control No. 2040-0138
 
[Federal Register: January 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 16)]
[Notices]              
[Page 4064-4066]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2006-0369; FRL-9107-1]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Estuary Program
(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1500.07, OMB Control No. 2040-0138

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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 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 information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before February 25,
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2006-0369, to (1) EPA online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to ow-
docket@epa.gov
, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket (Mail Code: 28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Nell Orscheln, Oceans and Coastal
Protection Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Mail
Code 4504T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-2102; fax
number: (202) 566-1336; e-mail address: Orscheln.nell@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: AIR - ND. EPA. Release of Draft Documents Related to the Review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter
 
[Federal Register: January 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 16)]
[Notices]              
[Page 4067-4069]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0492; FRL-9105-9]

Release of Draft Documents Related to the Review of the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Availability of draft documents for public comment.

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SUMMARY: On or about January 19, 2010, the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is making available for public
comment a draft assessment document titled, Particulate Matter Urban-
Focused Visibility Assessment--Second External Review Draft. On or
about January 29, 2010, OAQPS is making available for public comment a
second draft assessment document titled, Quantitative Health Risk
Assessment for Particulate Matter--Second External Review Draft. These
two draft assessment documents describe the quantitative analyses that
are being conducted as part of the review of the national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). In addition, on
or about February 26, 2010, OAQPS will make available for public
comment a third draft document titled, Policy Assessment for the Review
of the Particulate Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards--First
External Review Draft.

DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before March 15, 2010, for
the draft document titled, Particulate Matter Urban-Focused Visibility
Assessment--Second External Review Draft and Quantitative Health Risk
Assessment for Particulate Matter--Second External Review Draft.
Comments should be submitted on or before April 12, 2010, for the draft
document titled, Policy Assessment for the Review of the Particulate
Matter National Ambient Air Quality Standards--First External Review
Draft.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2007-0492, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail)
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-
0492.
    Fax: Fax your comments to 202-566-9744, Attention Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0492.
    Mail: Send your comments to: Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0492.
    Hand Delivery or Courier: Deliver your comments to: EPA
Docket Center, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 3334, 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: For questions related to the draft
document titled, Particulate Matter Urban-Focused Visibility
Assessment--Second External Review Draft (EPA-452/P-10-002; January
2010), please contact Ms. Vicki Sandiford, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (Mail code C504-06), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; e-mail:
sandiford.vicki@epa.gov; telephone: 919-541-2629; fax: 919-541-0237.
    For questions related to the draft document titled, Quantitative
Health Risk Assessment for Particulate Matter--Second External Review
Draft (EPA-452/P-10-001; January 2010), please contact Dr. Zachary
Pekar, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (Mail code C504-
06), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711; e-mail: pekar.zachary@epa.gov; telephone: 919-541-3704; fax:
919-541-0237.
    For questions related to the draft document titled, Policy
Assessment for the Review of the Particulate Matter National Ambient
Air Quality Standards: First External Review Draft (EPA-452/P-10-003;
February 2010), please contact Ms. Beth Hassett-Sipple, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (Mail code C504-06), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; e-mail: hassett-
sipple.beth@epa.gov
; telephone: 919-541-4605; fax: 919-541-0237.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: AIR - NM. EPA. Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee Advisory Council on
Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council)
 
[Federal Register: January 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 16)]
[Notices]              
[Page 4070-4071]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9106-7]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee 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 Air Quality Modeling Subcommittee (AQMS) of the
Advisory Council on Clean Air Compliance Analysis (Council). The AQMS,
supplemented with additional members from the Council, will review air
quality modeling results for scenarios with and without EPA's
regulatory programs implemented under the Clean Air Act Amendments of
1990. The air quality modeling work has been developed in support of
the Office of Air and Radiation's Second Section 812 Prospective
Analysis of the benefits and costs of the Clean Air Act.

DATES: The meeting date is Friday, February 19, 2010, beginning at 8:30
a.m. and ending no later than 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).

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 Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Ambient Air Methods and Monitoring Subcommittee (AAMMS); Meeting and Public Teleconference
 
[Federal Register: January 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 16)]
[Notices]              
[Page 4069-4070]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9106-8]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC); Ambient Air Methods and
Monitoring Subcommittee (AAMMS); Meeting and Public Teleconference

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office is announcing a public meeting of the
Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) Ambient Air Monitoring
& Methods Subcommittee (AAMMS or Subcommittee) to provide advice
concerning ambient air monitoring issues for the Particulate Matter
(PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) related to urban
visibility. The chartered CASAC will subsequently hold a public
teleconference to review and approve the Subcommittee's report.

DATES: The CASAC AAMMS meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 24,
2010 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) and Wednesday, February
25, 2010 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time). The public
teleconference will be held on March 26, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(Eastern Time).

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the SAB Conference Center
at 1025 F Street, NW., Suite 3700, Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wishes to
submit a written or brief oral statement or wants further information
concerning the February 24-25, 2010 meeting may contact Ms. Kyndall
Barry, 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-
9868; fax (202) 233-0643; or e-mail at barry.kyndall@epa.gov. For
information on the CASAC teleconference on March 26, 2010, please
contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), at the
above listed address; via telephone/voice mail (202) 343-9867 or e-mail
at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General information concerning the CASAC
and the CASAC documents can be found on the EPA Web site at http://
www.epa.gov/casac
.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations
 
[Federal Register: January 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 16)]
[Notices]              
[Page 4072-4077]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014; FRL-8808-2]

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain
Pesticide Registrations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a
notice of receipt of request by registrants to voluntarily cancel
certain pesticide registrations.

DATES: Unless a request is withdrawn by July 26, 2010 orders will be
issued canceling these registrations. The Agency will consider
withdrawal requests postmarked no later than July 26, 2010. Comments
must be received on or before July 26, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments and your withdrawal request, identified
by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0014, by one of
the following methods:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
    Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001. Written Withdrawal Request,
Attention: Maia Tatinclaux, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division (7508P).
    Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is (703) 305-5805.   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maia Tatinclaux, Office of Pesticide
Programs (7508P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-0123;
e-mail address: tatinclaux.maia@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: WATER - ND. DOC/NOAA. Science Advisory Board; Draft Report of the NOAA Science Advisory Board Oceans and Health Working Group
 
[Federal Register: January 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 16)]
[Notices]              
[Page 4043]

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket Number 100115026-0026-01]

Science Advisory Board; Draft Report of the NOAA Science Advisory
Board Oceans and Health Working Group

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
(DOC).

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: NOAA Research (OAR) publishes this notice on behalf of the
NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to announce the availability of the
draft report of the SAB Oceans and Health Working Group (here called
the OHWG) for public comment. The draft report of the OHWG has been
prepared pursuant to the request initiated from NOAA for an external
panel of experts to explore opportunities to enhance NOAA's ongoing
ocean health efforts and their impacts on ecosystem and public health
and well-being.

DATES: Comments on this draft report must be received by 5 p.m. on
February 25, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The Draft Report of the OHWG will be available on the NOAA
Science Advisory Board Web site at http://www.sab.noaa.gov/Reports/
ohwg
.
    The public is encouraged to submit comments electronically to
noaa.sab.comments@noaa.gov. For individuals who do not have access to
the Internet, comments may be submitted in writing to: NOAA Science
Advisory Board (SAB) c/o Dr. Cynthia Decker, 1315 East-West Highway-R/
SAB, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Cynthia Decker, Executive
Director, Science Advisory Board, NOAA, 1315 East-West Highway-R/SAB,
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-734-1459)
during normal business hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday, or visit the NOAA SAB Web site at http://
www.sab.noaa.gov
.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: HAZ - ND. DOT/Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Pipeline Safety: Leak Detection on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
 
[Federal Register: January 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 16)]
[Notices]              
[Page 4134-4136]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0421]

Pipeline Safety: Leak Detection on Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration; DOT.

ACTION: Notice; Issuance of Advisory Bulletin.

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SUMMARY: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA) is issuing this Advisory Bulletin to advise and remind
hazardous liquid pipeline operators of the importance of prompt and
effective leak detection capability in protecting public safety and the
environment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Mayberry by phone at 202-366-5124
or by e-mail at alan.mayberry@dot.gov regarding the subject matter of
this Advisory Bulletin, or the Dockets Unit, 202-366-4453, for copies of this Advisory Bulletin or other material in the docket. All materials in this docket may be
accessed electronically at http://dms.dot.gov. General information
about the PHMSA Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) can be obtained by
accessing OPS's Internet home page at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/
pipeline
.

 
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