Federal Register
Vol. 74, No. 180
Friday, September 18, 2009
Vol. 74, No. 180
Friday, September 18, 2009
There are 4 announcements in this issue
1. TOXICS - FR. EPA. Tembotrione; Pesticide Tolerances
2. TOXICS - FRD. EPA. Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
3. DRINK - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Drinking Water Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New); EPA ICR No. 2346.01 OMB Control No. 2080--NEW
4. WATER - NM. DOD/Corps of Engineers. Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; Open Meeting
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. Tembotrione; Pesticide Tolerances
[Federal Register: September 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 180)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47891-47894]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0813; FRL-8431-5]
Tembotrione; Pesticide Tolerances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This regulation revises the tolerances for residues of the
herbicide tembotrione, including its metabolites and degradates, in or
on corn, sweet forage; corn, sweet, stover; and corn, sweet, kernel
plus cob with husks removed. Bayer CropScience requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
DATES: This regulation is effective September 18, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before November 17, 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-2008-0813. 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: Joanne Miller, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-6224; e-mail address: miller.joanne@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47891-47894]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2008-0813; FRL-8431-5]
Tembotrione; Pesticide Tolerances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This regulation revises the tolerances for residues of the
herbicide tembotrione, including its metabolites and degradates, in or
on corn, sweet forage; corn, sweet, stover; and corn, sweet, kernel
plus cob with husks removed. Bayer CropScience requested these
tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).
DATES: This regulation is effective September 18, 2009. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before November 17, 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-2008-0813. 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: Joanne Miller, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number: (703) 305-6224; e-mail address: miller.joanne@epa.gov.
ACCESS THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED ANNOUNCEMENT IN HTML OR PDF FORMATS AT:
ANNOUNCEMENT 2
Subject: TOXICS - FRD. EPA. Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
[Federal Register: September 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 180)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47877-47888]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 9 and 721
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0729; FRL-8430-3]
RIN 2070-AB27
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under
section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 12
chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices
(PMNs). Two of these chemical substances are subject to TSCA section
5(e) consent orders issued by EPA. This action requires persons who
intend to manufacture, import, or process any of these 12 chemical
substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use
by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that
activity. The required notification will provide EPA with the
opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit
or limit that activity before it occurs.
DATES: The effective date of this rule is November 17, 2009 without
further notice, unless EPA receives written adverse or critical
comments, or notice of intent to submit adverse or critical comments
before October 19, 2009. This rule shall be promulgated for purposes of
judicial review at 1 p.m. (e.s.t.) on October 2, 2009.
If EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or notice of
intent to submit adverse or critical comments, on one or more of these
SNURs before October 19, 2009, EPA will withdraw the relevant sections
of this direct final rule before its effective date. EPA will then
issue a proposed SNUR for the chemical substance(s) on which adverse or
critical comments were received, providing a 30-day period for public
comment.
Significant new use designations for a chemical substance are
legally established as of the date of publication of this direct final
rule September 18, 2009. See the discussion in Unit VII. for more
specific details.
Any persons intending to import or export a chemical substance that
is the subject of this rule on or after October 19, 2009 are subject to
the TSCA section 13 import certification requirements and the export
notification provisions of TSCA section 12(b). See the discussion in
Unit I.A. and Unit II.C. for more specific details.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0729, by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Hand Delivery: OPPT Document Control Office (DCO), EPA
East, Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention:
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0729. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the DCO's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov.
For technical information contact: Tracey Klosterman, Chemical
Control Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-2209; e-mail
address: klosterman.tracey@epa.gov.
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47877-47888]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Parts 9 and 721
[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0729; FRL-8430-3]
RIN 2070-AB27
Significant New Use Rules on Certain Chemical Substances
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Direct final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating significant new use rules (SNURs) under
section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 12
chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices
(PMNs). Two of these chemical substances are subject to TSCA section
5(e) consent orders issued by EPA. This action requires persons who
intend to manufacture, import, or process any of these 12 chemical
substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use
by this rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that
activity. The required notification will provide EPA with the
opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit
or limit that activity before it occurs.
DATES: The effective date of this rule is November 17, 2009 without
further notice, unless EPA receives written adverse or critical
comments, or notice of intent to submit adverse or critical comments
before October 19, 2009. This rule shall be promulgated for purposes of
judicial review at 1 p.m. (e.s.t.) on October 2, 2009.
If EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or notice of
intent to submit adverse or critical comments, on one or more of these
SNURs before October 19, 2009, EPA will withdraw the relevant sections
of this direct final rule before its effective date. EPA will then
issue a proposed SNUR for the chemical substance(s) on which adverse or
critical comments were received, providing a 30-day period for public
comment.
Significant new use designations for a chemical substance are
legally established as of the date of publication of this direct final
rule September 18, 2009. See the discussion in Unit VII. for more
specific details.
Any persons intending to import or export a chemical substance that
is the subject of this rule on or after October 19, 2009 are subject to
the TSCA section 13 import certification requirements and the export
notification provisions of TSCA section 12(b). See the discussion in
Unit I.A. and Unit II.C. for more specific details.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0729, by one of the following methods:
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
East, Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Attention:
Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2009-0729. The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the DCO is (202) 564-8930. Such deliveries are only accepted
during the DCO's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby
Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division
(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-
Hotline@epa.gov.
For technical information contact: Tracey Klosterman, Chemical
Control Division (7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-2209; e-mail
address: klosterman.tracey@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 3
Subject: DRINK - ICR. EPA. Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Drinking Water
Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New); EPA ICR No. 2346.01 OMB Control No. 2080--NEW
[Federal Register: September 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 180)]
[Notices]
[Page 47942-47943]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0114; FRL-8959-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Drinking Water
Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New);
EPA ICR No. 2346.01 OMB Control No. 2080--NEW
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 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 October 19,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2009-0114, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development 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: Susan T. Glassmeyer, Ph.D.,
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development,
National Exposure Research Laboratory, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr, MS
564, Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone number: 513-569-7526; fax number
513-569-7757; e-mail address: glassmeyer.susan@epa.gov.
[Notices]
[Page 47942-47943]
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2009-0114; FRL-8959-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Drinking Water
Utilities Participating in Emerging Contaminant Sampling Program (New);
EPA ICR No. 2346.01 OMB Control No. 2080--NEW
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 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 October 19,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2009-0114, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development 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: Susan T. Glassmeyer, Ph.D.,
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development,
National Exposure Research Laboratory, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr, MS
564, Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone number: 513-569-7526; fax number
513-569-7757; e-mail address: glassmeyer.susan@epa.gov.
ANNOUNCEMENT 4
Subject: WATER - NM. DOD/Corps of Engineers. Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; Open Meeting
[Federal Register: September 18, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 180)]
[Notices]
[Page 47928]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 105(h) of the Estuary Restoration
Act of 2000, as amended (Title I, Pub. L. 106-457), announcement is
made of the forthcoming meeting of the Estuary Habitat Restoration
Council. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held October 6, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in room 3M60/70 in the GAO building
located at 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ellen Cummings, Headquarters, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC 20314-1000, (202) 761-4750.
[Notices]
[Page 47928]
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army; Corps of Engineers
Estuary Habitat Restoration Council; Open Meeting
AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 105(h) of the Estuary Restoration
Act of 2000, as amended (Title I, Pub. L. 106-457), announcement is
made of the forthcoming meeting of the Estuary Habitat Restoration
Council. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held October 6, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in room 3M60/70 in the GAO building
located at 441 G Street, NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Ellen Cummings, Headquarters, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC 20314-1000, (202) 761-4750.
