Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 100, May 27, 2009

 
Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 100
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
There are 6 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances
 
    2. HAZ, SOLID - NM/PR. EPA. Definition of Solid Waste Public Meeting
 
    3. AIR - PR. EPA. Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants
 
    4. HAZ - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Part B Permit Application, Permit Modifications, and Special Permits, EPA ICR Number 1573.12, OMB Control Number 2050-0009
 
    5. TOXICS - ND. EPA. Ethoprop; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Amend a Pesticide Registration to Terminate a Use
 
    6. MI/ENERGY/Nuclear - ND/Correction. NRC. Detroit Edison Company; Corrected Notice of Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
        

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 - FR. EPA. Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances
 
[Federal Register: May 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 100)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 25156-25161]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0554; FRL-8413-5]

Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
etoxazole in or on stone fruit; plum; prune; spearmint tops and oil;
peppermint tops and oil; tomato; and cucumber. This regulation also
deletes the existing cherry tolerance, as it will be superseded by
inclusion in the stone fruit crop group. The Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective May 27, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before July 27, 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-2008-0554. 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: Laura Nollen, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-7390; e-mail address: nollen.laura@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: HAZ, SOLID - NM/PR. EPA. Definition of Solid Waste Public Meeting
 
[Federal Register: May 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 100)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 25200-25205]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 260 and 261

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0315; FRL-8905-6]
RIN 2050-AG31

Definition of Solid Waste Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Definition of Solid Waste Notice of Public Meeting and Request
for Comments.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a
public meeting regarding the Agency's recent regulation on the
definition of solid waste under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). Specifically, EPA is currently reviewing a
petition filed with the Administrator under RCRA section 7004(a)
requesting that the Agency reconsider and repeal the recently
promulgated revisions to the definition of solid waste for hazardous
secondary materials being reclaimed, and is soliciting comments and
information to assist the agency in evaluating the petition. EPA does
not plan to repeal the rule, but is interested in receiving comments on
possible revisions to the rule. Persons may register to speak at the
public meeting or may submit written comments to the address below.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on June 30, 2009, from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. The closing date for advance registration is June 23, 2009.
Persons may also submit written or electronic comments by July 14, 2009
(see ADDRESSES). The administrative record of the meeting will remain open for submissions until July 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Public meeting. The public meeting will be held at One
Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Advance
registration for the meeting is available at http://www.epa.gov/
epawaste/hazard/dsw/publicmeeting.htm
. For further information on
registering for the meeting, see section IV below. Written comments.
Submit your written comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2009-0315 by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
    E-mail: Comments may be sent by electronic mail (e-mail)
to RCRA-docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0315.
    Fax: Fax comments to: 202-566-9744, Attention Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0315.
    Mail: Send comments to: OSWER Docket, EPA Docket Center,
Mail Code 2822T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-RCRA-
2009-0315.  

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more detailed information on the
definition of solid waste regulations, contact Tracy Atagi, Office of
Resource Conservation and Recovery, Materials Recovery and Waste
Management Division, MC 5304P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, at (703) 308-8672
(atagi.tracy@epa.gov). For information on specific aspects of the
public meeting, contact Amanda Geldard, Office of Resource Conservation
and Recovery, Materials Recovery and Waste Management Division, MC
5304P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, at (703) 347-8975, (geldard.amanda@epa.gov).
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: AIR - PR. EPA. Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing Plants
 
[Federal Register: May 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 100)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 25303-25327]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 60

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0260; FRL-8908-7]
RIN 2060-AO57

Standards of Performance for Coal Preparation and Processing
Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Supplemental proposal.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing a supplemental action to the proposed
amendments to the new source performance standards for coal preparation
and processing plants published on April 28, 2008. The 2008 proposal,
among other things, proposed to revise the particulate matter and
opacity standards for thermal dryers, pneumatic coal cleaning
equipment, and coal handling equipment located at coal preparation and
processing plants. This supplemental action proposes to revise the
particulate matter emissions and opacity limits included in the
original proposal for thermal dryers, pneumatic coal-cleaning
equipment, and coal handling equipment. It also proposes to expand the
applicability of the thermal dryer standards so that the proposed
standards for thermal dryers would apply to both direct contact and
indirect contact thermal dryers drying all coal ranks and pneumatic
coal-cleaning equipment cleaning all coal ranks. In addition, it
proposes to establish a sulfur dioxide emission limit and a combined
nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions limit for thermal dryers.
We are also proposing to amend the definition of coal for purposes of
subpart Y to include petroleum coke and coal refuse. Finally, it
proposes to establish work practice standards to control coal dust
emissions from open storage piles and roadways associated with coal
preparation and processing plants.

DATES: Comments. Comments must be received on or before July 13, 2009.
If anyone contacts EPA by June 8, 2009 requesting to speak at a public
hearing, EPA will hold a public hearing on June 11, 2009. Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection
provisions must be received by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on or before June 26, 2009.
    Because, under the terms of a consent decree, the final action must
be signed not later than September 26, 2009, EPA will not grant
requests for extensions beyond these dates.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No.
EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0260, by one of the following methods:
    http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
    E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
    By Facsimile: (202) 566-1741.
    Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, U.S. EPA, Mail Code 6102T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Please include a total of two copies. In addition, please mail a
copy of your comments on the information collection provisions to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. EPA requests a separate copy also be sent to the
contact person identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0260, EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room
3334, Washington, DC, 20004. Such deliveries are accepted only during
the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should
be made for deliveries of boxed information.
   
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mary Johnson, Energy Strategies
Group, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-01), U.S. EPA,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, telephone number (919) 541-5025,
facsimile number (919) 541-5450, electronic mail (e-mail) address:
johnson.mary@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: HAZ - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Part B Permit Application, Permit Modifications, and
Special Permits, EPA ICR Number 1573.12, OMB Control Number 2050-0009
 
[Federal Register: May 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 100)]
[Notices]              
[Page 25236-25237]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-RCRA-2009-0319, FRL-8909-8]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Part B Permit Application, Permit Modifications, and
Special Permits, EPA ICR Number 1573.12, OMB Control Number 2050-0009

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 EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on November 30, 2009. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 27, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
RCRA-2009-0319, by one of the following methods:
    www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov.
    Fax: 202-566-9744.
    Mail: RCRA Docket (2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    Hand Delivery: 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 3334,
Washington, DC 20460. 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: Toshia King, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery, mailcode 5303P, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 703-308-7033; fax number: 703-308-8617; e-mail address:
king.toshia@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: TOXICS - ND. EPA. Ethoprop; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Amend a Pesticide Registration to Terminate a Use
 
[Federal Register: May 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 100)]
[Notices]              
[Page 25237-25239]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0560; FRL-8418-2]

Ethoprop; Notice of Receipt of Request to Voluntarily Amend a
Pesticide Registration to Terminate a Use

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 a request by the registrant Bayer CropScience to
voluntarily amend a product registration to terminate use of ethoprop
in or on pineapple. EPA intends to grant this request at the close of
the comment period for this announcement unless the Agency receives
substantive comments within the comment period that would merit its
further review of the request, or unless the registrant withdraws their
request within this period. Upon acceptance of this request, any sale,
distribution, or use of products listed in this notice will be
permitted only if such sale, distribution, or use is consistent with
the terms as described in the final order.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 26, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0560, 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.
    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: Monica Wait, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 347-8019; fax
number: (703) 308-7070; e-mail address: wait.monica@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: MI/ENERGY/Nuclear - ND/Correction. NRC. Detroit Edison Company; Corrected Notice of Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
 
[Federal Register: May 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 100)]
[Notices]              
[Page 25282-25283]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-71-EA; ASLBP No. 09-888-03-EA-BD01]

Detroit Edison Company; Corrected Notice of Establishment of
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board

    On May 15, 2009, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel issued
a notice of Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board for
Detroit Edison Company, Fermi Power Plant (Independent Spent Fuel
Storage Installation), which incorrectly identified the docket number
as 72-7-EA. The correct docket number is 72-71-EA. All other
information given in the original Board Establishment Notice remains
the same. . .
 
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 99, Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 99
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
 
 
There are 8 announcements in this issue
 
    1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Acibenzolar-S-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances
 
    2. ENERGY, AIR, CLIMATE - PR. EPA. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program
 
    3. ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Regulations.gov Information Collection; OMB Control No. 2025-0008, EPA ICR No. 2357.02; Regulations.gov `feedback exchange' Website in May 2009
 
    4. TOXICS - NM. EPA. SFIREG Full Committee Meeting
 
    5. ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOE/FERC. Smart Grid Policy; Notice of Extension of Time; Proposed Policy Statement and Action Plan
 
    6. ENERGY/Green - NF. USDA/Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) for Inviting Applications for Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Grants and Guaranteed Loans and Renewable Energy Feasibility Studies Grants Under the Rural Energy for America Program
  
    7. MI/LAND, MI/WILDLIFE - ND. DOI/FWS. Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Schoolcraft County, MI
        

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 - FR. EPA. Acibenzolar-S-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances
 
[Federal Register: May 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 99)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 24705-24711]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0270; FRL-8413-7]

Acibenzolar-S-methyl; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of
acibenzolar-S-methyl in or on onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A; and
vegetable, cucurbit, group 9. It also removes the section 18 time-
limited tolerance on onion, bulb which is superseded by the new
tolerance on onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A. Interregional Research
Project Number 4 (IR-4) and Syngenta Crop Protection requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

DATES: This regulation is effective May 26, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before July 27, 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-2008-0270. 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: Susan Stanton, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-5218; e-mail address: stanton.susan@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: ENERGY, AIR, CLIMATE - PR. EPA. Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel Standard Program
 
[Federal Register: May 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 99)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 24903-25143]


ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 80

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0161; FRL-8903-1]
RIN 2060-A081

Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Changes to Renewable Fuel
Standard Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: Under the Clean Air Act, as amended by Sections 201, 202, and
210 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the
Environmental Protection Agency is required to promulgate regulations
implementing changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard program. The
revised statutory requirements specify the volumes of cellulosic
biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable
fuel that must be used in transportation fuel each year, with the
volumes increasing over time. The revised statutory requirements also
include new definitions and criteria for both renewable fuels and the
feedstocks used to produce them, including new greenhouse gas emission
thresholds for renewable fuels. For the first time in a regulatory
program, an assessment of greenhouse gas emission performance is being
utilized to establish those fuels that qualify for the four different
renewable fuel standards. As mandated by the revised statutory
requirements, the greenhouse gas emission assessments must evaluate the
full lifecycle emission impacts of fuel production including both
direct and indirect emissions, including significant emissions from
land use changes. The proposed program is expected to reduce U.S.
dependence on foreign sources of petroleum by increasing domestic
sources of energy. Based on our lifecycle analysis, we believe that the
expanded use of renewable fuels would provide significant reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide that affect climate
change. We recognize the significance of using lifecycle greenhouse gas
emission assessments that include indirect impacts such as emission
impacts of indirect land use changes. Therefore, in this preamble we
have been transparent in breaking out the various sources of greenhouse
gas emissions included in the analysis and are seeking comments on our
methodology as well as various options for determining the lifecycle
greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) for each fuel. In addition to seeking
comments on the information in this document and its supporting
materials, the Agency is conducting peer reviews of critical aspects of
the lifecycle methodology. The increased use of renewable fuels would
also impact criteria pollutant emissions, with some pollutants such as
volatile organic compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOX)
expected to increase and other pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO)
and benzene expected to decrease. The production of feedstocks used to
produce renewable fuels is also expected to impact water quality.
    This action proposes regulations designed to ensure that refiners,
blenders, and importers of gasoline and diesel would use enough
renewable fuel each year so that the four volume requirements of the
Energy Independence and Security Act would be met with renewable fuels
that also meet the required lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions
performance standards. Our proposed rule describes the standards that
would apply to these parties and the renewable fuels that would qualify
for compliance. The proposed regulations make a number of changes to
the current Renewable Fuel Standard program while retaining many
elements of the compliance and trading system already in place.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 27, 2009, 60 days
after publication in the Federal Register. Under the Paperwork
Reduction Act, comments on the information collection provisions are
best assured of having full effect if the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) receives a copy of your comments on or before June 25,
2009, 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register.
    Hearing: We will hold a public hearing on June 9, 2009 at the
Dupont Hotel in Washington, DC. The hearing will start at 10 a.m. local
time and continue until everyone has had a chance to speak. If you want
to testify at the hearing, notify the contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by June 1, 2009.
    Workshop: We will hold a workshop on June 10-11, 2009 at the Dupont
Hotel in Washington, DC to present details of our lifecycle GHG
analysis. During this workshop, we intend to go through the lifecycle
GHG analysis included in this proposal. The intent of this workshop is
to help ensure a full understanding of our lifecycle analysis, the
major issues identified and the options discussed. We expect that this
workshop will help ensure that we receive submission of the most
thoughtful and useful comments to this proposal and that the best
methodology and assumptions are used for calculating GHG emissions
impacts of fuels for the final rule. While this workshop will be held
during the comment period, it is not intended to replace either the
formal public hearing or the need to submit comments to the docket.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2005-0161, by one of the following methods:
    www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    E-mail: asdinfo@epa.gov.
    Mail: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. In addition, please mail a copy of
your comments on the information collection provisions to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC
20503.
    Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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: Julia MacAllister, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105; Telephone number: 734-214-4131; Fax number: 734-214-4816; E-mail
address: macallister.julia@epa.gov, or Assessment and Standards
Division Hotline; telephone number (734) 214-4636; E-mail address
asdinfo@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: ALL - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Regulations.gov Information Collection; OMB Control
No. 2025-0008, EPA ICR No. 2357.02; Regulations.gov `feedback exchange' Website in May 2009
 
[Federal Register: May 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 99)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24850-24851]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEI-2009-0328, FRL-8909-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Regulations.gov Information Collection; OMB Control
No. 2025-0008, EPA ICR No. 2357.02

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 EPA is planning to
submit a request to replace an emergency Information Collection Request
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This emergency ICR
was approved by OMB on May 18, 2009. Before submitting this ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 27, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2009-0328, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to brackett.shanita@epa.gov, by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, mail code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, or by hand delivery: EPA
Docket Center, EPA West Bldg, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket's normal hours of operation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shanita Brackett, OEI/OIC/CStD at the
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., (MC 2822-
T), Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 566-1008; fax
number(202) 566-1611: e-mail address: brackett.shanita@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: TOXICS - NM. EPA. SFIREG Full Committee Meeting
 
[Federal Register: May 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 99)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24851-24852]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2009-0008; FRL-8414-4]

SFIREG Full Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY:  The Association of American Pesticide Control Officials
(AAPCO)/State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG) will
hold a 2-day meeting, beginning on June 22, 2009 and ending June 23,
2009. This notice announces the location and times for the meeting and
sets forth the tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, June 22, 2009 from 8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. and 8:30 a.m to 12 noon on Tuesday June 23, 2009
    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.

ADDRESSES: The open meeting will be held at EPA. One Potomac Yard
(South Bldg.) 2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington VA. 1st and 4th Floor South
Conference Room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Ron Kendall, Field and External
Affairs Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (703 305-5561 fax number: (703) 308-1850; e-
mail address: kendall.ron@epa.gov. or Grier Stayton, SFIREG Executive
Secretary, P.O. Box 466, Milford DE 19963; telephone number (302) 422-
8152; fax (302) 422-2435; e-mail address: grierstaytonaapco-
sfireg@comcast.net
.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: ENERGY/Grid - ND. DOE/FERC. Smart Grid Policy; Notice of Extension of Time; Proposed Policy Statement and Action Plan
 
[Federal Register: May 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 99)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 24718]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

18 CFR Chapter I

[Docket No. PL09-4-000]

Smart Grid Policy; Notice of Extension of Time

May 21, 2009.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time.

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SUMMARY: On March 19, 2009, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission) issued a Proposed Policy Statement and Action Plan that,
among other things, proposed an interim rate policy to encourage the
development of smart grid systems. On May 19, 2009, the Commission
issued a Notice Requesting Supplemental Comments regarding rate
recovery for certain smart grid investments. The Commission is
extending the date for filing these supplemental comments.

DATES: Comments are due June 2, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Ray Palmer (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street,
NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6569 .
    Elizabeth Arnold (Legal Information), Office of the General
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-8818.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: ENERGY/Green - NF. USDA/Rural Business-Cooperative Service. Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) for Inviting Applications for Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Grants and Guaranteed Loans and Renewable Energy Feasibility Studies Grants Under the Rural Energy for America Program
 
[Federal Register: May 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 99)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24769-24781]

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Notice of Solicitation of Applications (NOSA) for Inviting
Applications for Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency
Improvements Grants and Guaranteed Loans and Renewable Energy
Feasibility Studies Grants Under the Rural Energy for America Program

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that Rural Business-Cooperative Service
is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2009 to purchase
renewable energy systems and make energy efficiency improvements and to
conduct feasibility studies for renewable energy systems for
agriculture producers and rural small businesses in eligible rural
areas. Funding will be available in the form of grants and loan
guarantees. In addition to grants and loan guarantees, applicants may
apply for combination loan guarantee and grant funding (combination
package). Lastly, the Agency intends to publish a proposed rule that
will amend the Rural Energy for America portion of the Rural
Development Grants regulation, published October 15, 2008 [73 FR
61198], at 7 CFR part 5002, for feasibility study projects in calendar
year 2009.

DATES: Complete applications under this Notice must be received by the
appropriate USDA Rural Development State Office no later than 4:30
local time July 31, 2009. Neither complete nor incomplete applications
received after this date and time will be considered, regardless of the
postmark on the application.
    The comment period for information collection under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 continues through July 27, 2009. Comments on the
paper work burden must be received by this date to be assured of
consideration.

ADDRESSES: Application materials may be obtained by contacting one of
Rural Development's Rural Energy Coordinators or by downloading through
http://www.grants.gov.
    Submit electronic applications at http://www.grants.gov, following
the instructions found on this Web site. To use Grants.gov, all
applicants (unless the applicant is an individual) must have a Dun and
Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, which can be
obtained at no cost via a toll-free request line at 1-866-705-5711 or
online at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. Submit completed paper
applications to the Rural Development State Office in the State in
which the applicant's proposed project is located.
Rural Development Rural Energy Coordinators

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: LAND, WILDLIFE - ND. DOI/FWS. Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Schoolcraft County, MI
 
[Federal Register: May 26, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 99)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24873]

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R3-R-2009-N0023; 30136-1265-0000-S3]

Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Schoolcraft County, MI

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability: Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Finding of No Significant Impact for Environmental Assessment.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Environmental
Assessment (EA) for Seney National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Goals and
objectives in the CCP describe how the agency intends to manage the
refuge over the next 15 years.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final CCP and FONSI/EA may be viewed at the
Seney National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters or at public libraries near
the refuge. You may access and download a copy via the Planning Web
site at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Planning/Seney, or you may obtain a
copy on compact disk by contacting: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Division of Conservation Planning, Bishop Henry Whipple Federal
Building, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111 (1-800-247-1247,
extension 5429), or Seney National Wildlife Refuge, 1674 Refuge
Entrance Road, Seney, MI 49883 (906-586-9851). A limited number of
hardcopies will be available for distribution at the Refuge
Headquarters.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg McClellan (906-586-9851).
 
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Friday, May 22, 2009

Environmental Federal Register, Vol. 74, No. 98, May 22, 2009

 
Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 98
Friday, May 22, 2009
 
 
There are 8 announcements in this issue
 
    1. WATER - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Cooling Water Intake Structures at Phase III Facilities (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 2169.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0268
 
    2. CLIMATE, ENERGY, AIR - ND. EPA & DOT. Notice of Upcoming Joint Rulemaking To Establish Vehicle GHG Emissions and CAFE Standards
 
    3. TOXICS - NF. HUD. Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program
 
    4. ALL - Presidential Memo. Regulatory Preemption. Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
   
    5. MI/TRANSPORT - ND. DOT/Federal Highway Administration. Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Michigan
 
    6. MI/AIR - FRD. EPA. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Michigan; Consumer Products Rule
 
    7. MI/AIR - PR. EPA. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Michigan; Consumer Products Rule
 
    8. MI/ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Detroit Edison Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
        

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 - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Cooling Water Intake Structures at Phase III
Facilities (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 2169.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0268
 
[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24005-24006]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2008-0719, FRL-8909-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Cooling Water Intake Structures at Phase III
Facilities (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 2169.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0268

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. This ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2008-0719 to (1) EPA online using http://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
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: Amelia Letnes, State and Regional
Branch, Water Permits Division, OWM Mail Code: 4203M, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564-5627; e-mail address:
letnes.amelia@epa.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 2


Subject: CLIMATE, ENERGY, AIR - ND. EPA & DOT. Notice of Upcoming Joint Rulemaking To Establish Vehicle GHG Emissions and CAFE Standards
 
[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24007-24012]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[FRL-8909-3]
RIN 2060-ZA15

Notice of Upcoming Joint Rulemaking To Establish Vehicle GHG
Emissions and CAFE Standards

AGENCIES: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Intent to conduct a joint rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: There is a critically important need for our country to
address global climate change and to reduce oil consumption. In this
context, EPA and DOT currently intend to work in coordination to
propose standards for control of emissions of greenhouse gases and for
fuel economy, respectively. If proposed and finalized, these standards
would apply to passenger cars, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty
passenger vehicles (light-duty vehicles) built in model years 2012
through 2016. Together, these vehicle categories, which include
passenger cars, sport utility vehicles, minivans, and pickup trucks,
are responsible for almost 60 percent of all U.S. transportation-
related greenhouse gas emissions. If ultimately adopted, these
standards would represent a harmonized and consistent national policy
pursuant to the separate statutory frameworks under which EPA and DOT
operate. The approach addressed in this Notice, if ultimately adopted,
is intended to allow manufacturers to build a single light-duty
national fleet that would satisfy all requirements under both programs
and would provide significant reductions in both greenhouse gas
emissions and oil consumption.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA: Christopher Lieske, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Assessment and Standards Division,
Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI
48105; telephone number: 734-214-4584; fax number: 734-214-4816; e-mail
address: lieske.christopher@epa.gov, or Assessment and Standards
Division Hotline; telephone number (734) 214-
4636; e-mail address: asdinfo@epa.gov. DOT/NHTSA: Julie Abraham, Office
of Rulemaking, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-1455.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 3


Subject: TOXICS - NF. HUD. Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program
 
[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24031]

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5300-N-06]

Notice of Availability: Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and
Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: HUD announces the availability on its Web site of the
application information, submission deadlines, funding criteria, and
other requirements for the FY2009 Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant
Program and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program NOFA. The
NOFA makes approximately $117 million available under the Department of
Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act 2009 (Pub. L. 111-8,
approved March 11, 2009). Applicants for assistance under this NOFA
must address applicable requirements in HUD's Fiscal Year 2009 Notice
of Funding Availability (NOFA) Policy Requirements and General Section
to the HUD's FY2009 NOFAs for Discretionary Programs (General Section)
published on December 29, 2008 (73 FR 79548), as amended on April 16,
2009 (74 FR 17685). Applicants should take particular note that they
should follow the application submission instructions contained in this
NOFA and not use those in the General Section. The notice providing
information regarding the application process, funding criteria and
eligibility requirements is available on the HUD Web site at
http://
www.hud.gov/lead
or http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/
fundsavail.cfm
.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning the Lead-
Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and Lead Hazard Reduction
Demonstration Grant Program, contact Warren Friedman, Senior Advisor to
the Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control,
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 8236, Washington, DC 20410-3000; telephone number 202-402-7574
(this is not a toll-free number). Persons with speech or hearing
impairments may access this telephone number via TTY by calling the
toll-free Federal Information Relay Service during working hours at
800-877-8339.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4


Subject: ALL - Presidential Memo. Regulatory Preemption. Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
 
Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Presidential Documents]              
[Page 24693-24694]                       

                        Presidential Documents 

                Memorandum of May 20, 2009
 
                 Preemption

                Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and
                Agencies

                From our Nation's founding, the American constitutional
                order has been a Federal system, ensuring a strong role
                for both the national Government and the States. The
                Federal Government's role in promoting the general
                welfare and guarding individual liberties is critical,
                but State law and national law often operate
                concurrently to provide independent safeguards for the
                public. Throughout our history, State and local
                governments have frequently protected health, safety,
                and the environment more aggressively than has the
                national Government.

                An understanding of the important role of State
                governments in our Federal system is reflected in
                longstanding practices by executive departments and
                agencies, which have shown respect for the traditional
                prerogatives of the States. In recent years, however,
                notwithstanding Executive Order 13132 of August 4, 1999
                (Federalism), executive departments and agencies have
                sometimes announced that their regulations preempt
                State law, including State common law, without explicit
                preemption by the Congress or an otherwise sufficient
                basis under applicable legal principles.

                The purpose of this memorandum is to state the general
                policy of my Administration that preemption of State
                law by executive departments and agencies should be
                undertaken only with full consideration of the
                legitimate prerogatives of the States and with a
                sufficient legal basis for preemption. Executive
                departments and agencies should be mindful that in our
                Federal system, the citizens of the several States have
                distinctive circumstances and values, and that in many
                instances it is appropriate for them to apply to
                themselves rules and principles that reflect these
                circumstances and values. As Justice Brandeis explained
                more than 70 years ago, ``[i]t is one of the happy
                incidents of the federal system that a single
                courageous state may, if its citizens choose, serve as
                a laboratory; and try novel social and economic
                experiments without risk to the rest of the country.'' . . .

ANNOUNCEMENT 5


Subject: MI/TRANSPORT - ND. DOT/Federal Highway Administration. Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in Michigan
 
[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24072]

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on Proposed Highway in
Michigan

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Decision by FHWA and Notice of Limitation of Claims
for Judicial Review of Actions by FHWA and Other Federal Agencies.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of a Record of Decision
by FHWA pursuant to the requirements of the National Environmental
Protection Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321, as amended and
the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500-
1508). In addition, this Notice announces actions taken by FHWA and
other Federal agencies that are final with in the meaning of 23 U.S.C.
139(1)(1). These actions relate to a proposed expansion of the Blue
Water Bridge Port of Entry in Port Huron, Michigan. These actions grant
approvals for the project.

DATES: By this notice, the FHWA is advising the public of final agency
actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 771 and 23 U.S.C. 139(1)(1). A claim
seeking judicial review of the Federal Agency actions on the highway
project will be barred unless the claim is filed on or before November
18, 2009 (180 days from the publication date of this notice in the
Federal Register). If the Federal law that authorizes that judicial
review of a claim provides a time period of less than 180 days for
filing such claim, then that shorter time period still applies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David Williams, Environmental
Program Manager, Federal Highway Administration Michigan Division, 315
West Allegan Street, Room 201, Lansing, MI 48933; phone: (517) 702-
1820, Fax: (517) 377-1804; and e-mail: David.Williams@FHWA.DOT.gov. Mr.
Ryan Rizzo, Major Project Manager, Federal Highway Administration
Michigan Division, 315 West Allegan Street, Room 201, Lansing, MI
48933; phone: (517) 702-1833, Fax: (517) 377-1844; E-mail:
Ryan.Rizzo@fhwa.dot.gov.
 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 6


Subject: MI/AIR - FRD. EPA. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Michigan; Consumer Products Rule
 
[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Rules and Regulations]              
[Page 23952-23955]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2007-1134; FRL-8908-1]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Michigan; Consumer Products Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is approving a request submitted by the Michigan
Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on October 26, 2007, to
revise the Michigan State Implementation Plan (SIP). The State has
submitted revisions to two rules in Part 6, ``Emission Limitations and
Prohibitions-Existing Sources of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
Emissions.'' First, the State has revised R 336.1660 by adopting by
reference, with some modifications, the Ozone Transport Commission's
September 13, 2006, Model Rule (Model Rule). Second, the State has
amended R 336.1661 by adopting by reference the Federal definition of
``volatile organic compound.''

DATES: This direct final rule will be effective July 21, 2009, unless
EPA receives adverse comments by June 22, 2009. If adverse comments are
received, EPA will publish a timely withdrawal of the direct final rule
in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not
take effect.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2007-1134, by one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: (312) 692-2551.
    4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    5. Hand Delivery: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such deliveries are
only accepted during the Regional Office normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Regional Office official hours of business are Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal holidays.
   

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Chang, Environmental Engineer,
Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-0258, chang.andy@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 7


Subject: MI/AIR - PR. EPA. Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Michigan; Consumer Products Rule
 
[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Proposed Rules]              
[Page 23965]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[EPA-R05-OAR-2007-1134; FRL-8908-2]

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans;
Michigan; Consumer Products Rule

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to approve a request submitted by the
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) on October 26,
2007, to revise the Michigan State Implementation Plan (SIP). The State
has requested revisions to two rules in Part 6, ``Emission Limitations
and Prohibitions--Existing Sources of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC)
Emissions.'' The State has revised R 336.1660 by adopting by reference,
with some modifications, the amended Ozone Transport Commission Model
Rule published on September 13, 2006. The State has amended the
definition of VOC in R 336.1661 by adopting the Federal definition from
40 CFR 51.100.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 22, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R05-
OAR-2007-1134, by one of the following methods:
    1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for
submitting comments.
    2. E-mail: mooney.john@epa.gov.
    3. Fax: (312) 692-2551.
    4. Mail: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant Section, Air
Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
    5. Hand Delivery: John M. Mooney, Chief, Criteria Pollutant
Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the Regional Office normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information. The Regional Office official hours of business are
Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding Federal
holidays.

Please see the direct final rule which is located in the Final Rules
section of this Federal Register for detailed instructions on how to
submit comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Chang, Environmental Engineer,
Criteria Pollutant Section, Air Programs Branch (AR-18J), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 886-0258, chang.andy@epa.gov.

 
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ANNOUNCEMENT 8


Subject: MI/ENERGY/Nuclear - ND. NRC. Detroit Edison Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
 
[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
[Notices]              
[Page 24048-24049]

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 72-7-EA; ASLBP No. 09-888-03-EA-BD01]

Detroit Edison Company; Establishment of Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board

    Pursuant to delegation by the Commission dated December 29, 1972
(37 FR 28710), and the Commission's regulations, see 10 CFR 2.106,
2.300, 2.313(a), and 2.318, notice is hereby given that an Atomic
Safety and Licensing Board (Board) is being established to preside over
the following proceeding:

Detroit Edison Company Fermi Power Plant

(Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation)

    This proceeding concerns a Petition to Intervene dated May 7, 2009
from Beyond Nuclear, et al., that was submitted in response to an April
17, 2009 notice issued by the NRC Staff that provided the Issuance of
Order for Implementation of Additional Security Measures and
Fingerprinting for Unescorted Access to Detroit Edison Company (74 FR
17890).
    The Board is comprised of the following administrative judges:

Ronald M. Spritzer, Chair, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel,
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Michael F. Kennedy, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.
Randall J. Charbeneau, Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

    All correspondence, documents, and other materials shall be filed
in accordance with the NRC E-Filing Rule, which the NRC promulgated in
August 2007 (72 FR 49139).
 
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