Federal Register
Vol. 75, No. 210
Monday, November 1, 2010
Vol. 75, No. 210
Monday, November 1, 2010
There are 3 announcements in this issue
1. AIR, CLIMATE, TRANSPORT - PR. EPA & DOT. Public Hearings for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles
2. AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Aluminum Production Residual Risk and Technology Review (RTR); EPA ICR No. 2400.01, OMB Control Number 2060--NEW
3. WATER, TOXICS - ND. EPA. Clean Water Act (CWA) and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Common Aquatic Life Effects Assessment for Pesticides Using Available Data
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, CLIMATE, TRANSPORT - PR. EPA & DOT. Public Hearings for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles
[Federal Register: November 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 210)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67059-67060]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 85, 86, 1036, 1037, 1065, 1066, and 1068
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 523, 534, and 535
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0162; NHTSA-2010-0079; FRL-9219-2]
RIN 2060-AP61; RIN 2127-AK74
Public Hearings for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel
Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles
AGENCIES: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
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SUMMARY: EPA and NHTSA are announcing public hearings to be held for
the joint proposed rules ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel
Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles,''
which will be published in the near future in the Federal Register. The
agencies will also accept comment on NHTSA's Draft Environmental Impact
Statement. Two hearings will be held, on November 15 and 18, 2010.
DATES: NHTSA and EPA will jointly hold a public hearing on Monday,
November 15, 2010, beginning at 11 a.m. local time, and a second
hearing on Thursday, November 18, 2010, beginning at 10 a.m. local
time. EPA and NHTSA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers
that arrive and register. Each hearing will continue until 5 p.m. or
until everyone has had a chance to speak. If you would like to present
oral testimony at one of these public hearings, please contact the
person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, at least ten
days before the hearing.
ADDRESSES: The November 15 hearing will be held at the Millennium
Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, 163 East Walton Place (at N. Michigan
Ave.), Chicago, Illinois 60611. The November 18, 2010 hearing will be
held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02139-4896. The hearings will be held at sites accessible
to individuals with disabilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to present oral
testimony at a public hearing, please contact Julia MacAllister at EPA
by the date specified under DATES, at: Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Assessment and Standards Division (ASD), Environmental
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105;
telephone number: (734) 214-4131; fax number: (734) 214-4050; e-mail
address: macallister.julia@epa.gov (preferred method for registering),
or Assessment and Standards Division Hotline; telephone number; (734)
214-4636; e-mail: asdinfo@epa.gov. Please provide the following
information: Time you wish to speak (morning, afternoon), name,
affiliation, address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers,
and whether you require accommodations such as a sign language
interpreter.
Questions concerning the proposed rules should be addressed to
NHTSA: Rebecca Yoon, Office of Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: (202) 366-2992. EPA: Lauren Steele, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division
(ASD), Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann
Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4788; fax number: (734)
214-4816; e-mail address: steele.lauren@epa.gov, or Assessment and
Standards Division Hotline; telephone number; (734) 214-4636; e-mail:
asdinfo@epa.gov. You may learn more about the proposal by visiting
NHTSA's or EPA's Web pages at http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy or
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regulations.htm or by searching the
rulemaking dockets (NHTSA-2010-0079; EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0162) at http://
www.regulations.gov.
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67059-67060]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 85, 86, 1036, 1037, 1065, 1066, and 1068
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
49 CFR Parts 523, 534, and 535
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0162; NHTSA-2010-0079; FRL-9219-2]
RIN 2060-AP61; RIN 2127-AK74
Public Hearings for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel
Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles
AGENCIES: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
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SUMMARY: EPA and NHTSA are announcing public hearings to be held for
the joint proposed rules ``Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel
Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles,''
which will be published in the near future in the Federal Register. The
agencies will also accept comment on NHTSA's Draft Environmental Impact
Statement. Two hearings will be held, on November 15 and 18, 2010.
DATES: NHTSA and EPA will jointly hold a public hearing on Monday,
November 15, 2010, beginning at 11 a.m. local time, and a second
hearing on Thursday, November 18, 2010, beginning at 10 a.m. local
time. EPA and NHTSA will make every effort to accommodate all speakers
that arrive and register. Each hearing will continue until 5 p.m. or
until everyone has had a chance to speak. If you would like to present
oral testimony at one of these public hearings, please contact the
person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, at least ten
days before the hearing.
ADDRESSES: The November 15 hearing will be held at the Millennium
Knickerbocker Hotel Chicago, 163 East Walton Place (at N. Michigan
Ave.), Chicago, Illinois 60611. The November 18, 2010 hearing will be
held at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02139-4896. The hearings will be held at sites accessible
to individuals with disabilities.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you would like to present oral
testimony at a public hearing, please contact Julia MacAllister at EPA
by the date specified under DATES, at: Office of Transportation and Air
Quality, Assessment and Standards Division (ASD), Environmental
Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105;
telephone number: (734) 214-4131; fax number: (734) 214-4050; e-mail
address: macallister.julia@epa.gov (preferred method for registering),
or Assessment and Standards Division Hotline; telephone number; (734)
214-4636; e-mail: asdinfo@epa.gov. Please provide the following
information: Time you wish to speak (morning, afternoon), name,
affiliation, address, e-mail address, and telephone and fax numbers,
and whether you require accommodations such as a sign language
interpreter.
Questions concerning the proposed rules should be addressed to
NHTSA: Rebecca Yoon, Office of Chief Counsel, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: (202) 366-2992. EPA: Lauren Steele, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division
(ASD), Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann
Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number: (734) 214-4788; fax number: (734)
214-4816; e-mail address: steele.lauren@epa.gov, or Assessment and
Standards Division Hotline; telephone number; (734) 214-4636; e-mail:
asdinfo@epa.gov. You may learn more about the proposal by visiting
NHTSA's or EPA's Web pages at http://www.nhtsa.gov/fuel-economy or
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/regulations.htm or by searching the
rulemaking dockets (NHTSA-2010-0079; EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0162) at http://
www.regulations.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: AIR - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Aluminum
Production Residual Risk and Technology Review (RTR); EPA ICR No. 2400.01, OMB Control Number 2060--NEW
[Federal Register: November 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 210)]
[Notices]
[Page 67087-67088]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0469; FRL-9219-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Aluminum
Production Residual Risk and Technology Review (RTR); EPA ICR No.
2400.01, OMB Control Number 2060--NEW
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 for a new 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 December 1,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0469, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, 22821T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rochelle Boyd, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, D243-02, Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-1390; fax number: (919) 541-3207; email address:
boyd.rochelle@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 67087-67088]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0469; FRL-9219-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Secondary Aluminum
Production Residual Risk and Technology Review (RTR); EPA ICR No.
2400.01, OMB Control Number 2060--NEW
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 for a new 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 December 1,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2010-0469, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, 22821T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rochelle Boyd, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, D243-02, Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919)
541-1390; fax number: (919) 541-3207; email address:
boyd.rochelle@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: WATER, TOXICS - ND. EPA. Clean Water Act (CWA) and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Common Aquatic Life Effects Assessment for Pesticides Using Available Data
[Federal Register: November 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 210)]
[Notices]
[Page 67088-67090]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0818; FRL-9218-6]
Clean Water Act (CWA) and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Common Aquatic Life Effects Assessment for
Pesticides Using Available Data
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of national meeting and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: EPA will conduct a national stakeholders meeting to solicit
input on methods being evaluated by the Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) and the Office of Water (OW), with the support of the Office of
Research and Development (ORD) to develop common characterizations of
effects from pesticides on fish, other aquatic organisms, and aquatic
plants in aquatic ecosystems. The national meeting will be held in
Washington, DC, December 1, 2010. EPA has developed a set of draft
white papers that explore: (1) The use of various tools to estimate
aquatic toxicity data; (2) approaches for deriving community level
benchmarks; and (3) procedures for better integrating plant effects
data into community level assessments. EPA is soliciting stakeholder
input on the tools and approaches presented in the draft white papers
via public comment and at the national meeting.
DATES: The national stakeholders meeting will be held December 1, 2010;
the agency must receive written requests (via e-mail or US Mail to one
of the points of contact listed below) to deliver verbal comments at
the National Stakeholder prior to the meeting on December 1, 2010.
Written comments may be submitted to the docket (see instructions
below) anytime between November 1, 2010 and prior to the close of the
docket on January 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: EPA will hold a national stakeholders meeting at the
following address: USEPA East (EPA East) [Old ICC Building], 1201
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004, Room1153 EPA
East.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
You may submit comments, identified by the Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OW-
2010-0818, by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Agency Web Site: owdocket@epa.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments on the owdocket@epa.gov.
E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov. Include EPA-HQ-OW-2010-0818 in
the subject line of the message.
Mail: US Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC) Water Docket, MC 4101T,1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460
Hand Delivery/Courier: Public Reading Room, Room B102, 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: Joseph Beaman, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division (4304T), Office of Water, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 202-566-0420; beaman.joe@epa.gov.
Mark Corbin, Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P),
Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; 703-605-0033; corbin.mark@epa.gov
Cindy Roberts, Office of Science Policy (8104R), Office of Research
and Development, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460; 202-564-1999; roberts.cindy@epa.gov
[Notices]
[Page 67088-67090]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0818; FRL-9218-6]
Clean Water Act (CWA) and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Common Aquatic Life Effects Assessment for
Pesticides Using Available Data
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of national meeting and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: EPA will conduct a national stakeholders meeting to solicit
input on methods being evaluated by the Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) and the Office of Water (OW), with the support of the Office of
Research and Development (ORD) to develop common characterizations of
effects from pesticides on fish, other aquatic organisms, and aquatic
plants in aquatic ecosystems. The national meeting will be held in
Washington, DC, December 1, 2010. EPA has developed a set of draft
white papers that explore: (1) The use of various tools to estimate
aquatic toxicity data; (2) approaches for deriving community level
benchmarks; and (3) procedures for better integrating plant effects
data into community level assessments. EPA is soliciting stakeholder
input on the tools and approaches presented in the draft white papers
via public comment and at the national meeting.
DATES: The national stakeholders meeting will be held December 1, 2010;
the agency must receive written requests (via e-mail or US Mail to one
of the points of contact listed below) to deliver verbal comments at
the National Stakeholder prior to the meeting on December 1, 2010.
Written comments may be submitted to the docket (see instructions
below) anytime between November 1, 2010 and prior to the close of the
docket on January 15, 2010.
ADDRESSES: EPA will hold a national stakeholders meeting at the
following address: USEPA East (EPA East) [Old ICC Building], 1201
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004, Room
East.
To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
You may submit comments, identified by the Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OW-
2010-0818, by any of the following methods:
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
for submitting comments on the owdocket@epa.gov.
the subject line of the message.
Center (EPA/DC) Water Docket, MC 4101T,1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460
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: Joseph Beaman, Health and Ecological
Criteria Division (4304T), Office of Water, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 202-566-0420; beaman.joe@epa.gov.
Mark Corbin, Environmental Fate and Effects Division (7507P),
Office of Pesticide Programs, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; 703-605-0033; corbin.mark@epa.gov
Cindy Roberts, Office of Science Policy (8104R), Office of Research
and Development, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460; 202-564-1999; roberts.cindy@epa.gov
