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the total amount of product which may
be used under this exemption. This
product will be used only in response
to confirmed cases of anthrax
contamination, and only on an as
needed basis.
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Use of a new chemical (i.e., an active
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The notice provides an opportunity
for public comment on the application.
The Agency, will review and consider
all comments received during the
comment period in determining
whether to issue the quarantine
exemption requested by the EPA’s
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Environmental protection, Pesticides
and pests.
Dated: June 21, 2010.
Lois Rossi,
Director, Registration Division, Office of
Pesticide Programs.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Public Meeting of the
Science Advisory Board Ecological
Processes and Effects Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office
announces a public meeting of the SAB
Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee (EPEC). The SAB EPEC,
augmented with other experts, will
provide advice on technologies and
systems to minimize the impacts of
invasive species in vessel ballast water
discharge.
DATES: The meeting dates are Thursday,
July 29, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(Eastern Time) and Friday, July 30, 2010
from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern
Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this
meeting must contact Dr. Thomas
Armitage, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO). Dr. Armitage may be contacted at
the EPA Science Advisory Board
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(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via
telephone/voice mail; (202) 564–2155;
fax (202) 565–2098; or e-mail at
armitage.thomas@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby
given that the SAB EPEC augmented
with other experts will hold a public
meeting to provide advice on
technologies and systems to minimize
the impacts of invasive species in vessel
ballast water discharge. The SAB was
established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide
independent scientific and technical
advice to the Administrator on the
technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 2.
The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: Vessel ballast water
discharges are a major source of
nonidigenous species introductions to
marine, estuarine, and freshwater
ecosystems of the United States. Ballast
water discharges are regulated by EPA
under authority of the Clean Water Act
(CWA) and the U.S. Coast Guard under
authority of the Nonindigenous Aquatic
Nuisance Prevention and Control Act, as
amended (NANPCA). NANPCA
generally requires vessels equipped
with ballast water tanks and bound for
ports or places in the United States after
operating beyond the U.S. Exclusive
Economic Zone to conduct a mid-ocean
ballast water exchange, retain their
ballast water onboard, or use an
alternative environmentally sound
ballast water management method
approved by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Under the authority of the CWA, EPA’s
Vessel General Permit, in addition to the
mid-ocean exchange, requires the
flushing and exchange of ballast water
by vessels in Pacific near-shore voyages
and saltwater flushing of ballast water
tanks that are empty or contain only unpumpable residual ballast water.
While useful in reducing the presence
of potentially invasive organisms in
ballast water, ballast water exchange
and saltwater flushing can have variable
effectiveness and may not always be
feasible due to vessel safety concerns.
On August 28, 2009, the U.S. Coast
Guard proposed establishing standards
for concentrations of living organisms
that can be discharged in vessel ballast
water (74 FR 44632), and some States
have established standards of their own.
In addition, a number of studies and
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reports have been published on the
status and efficacy of ballast water
treatment technologies, and data
collected on the efficacy of certain
systems is available.
EPA’s Office of Water (OW) has
requested SAB review of technical
documents and available data on the
efficacy of ballast water treatment
systems and advice on improving the
performance of such systems. In
response, the SAB Staff Office requested
public nomination of experts and
formed an augmented SAB Ecological
Processes and Effects Committee
[Federal Register Notice dated February
25, 2010 (75 FR 8700–8701)]. The
augmented EPEC will provide advice on
technologies and systems to minimize
the impacts of invasive species in vessel
ballast water discharge. The purpose of
the meeting on July 29–30, 2010 is to
receive background briefings and
formulate preliminary comments on this
subject.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The
meeting agenda, SAB Committee roster,
charge to the Committee, and other
meeting material will be posted on the
SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/
sab in advance of the meeting. Inquiries
regarding the technical information for
this advisory should be directed to Dr.
Ryan Albert of EPA’s Office of Water at
albert.ryan@epa.gov or (202) 564–0763
or Mr. Marcus Zobrist of EPA’s Office of
Water at zobrist.marcus@epa.gov or
(202) 564–8311.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Public comment for consideration by
EPA’s Federal advisory committees and
panels has a different purpose from
public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process
for submitting comments to a Federal
advisory committee is different from the
process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and
panels, including scientific advisory
committees, provide independent
advice to EPA. Members of the public
can submit comments for a Federal
advisory committee to consider as it
develops advice for EPA. They should
send their comments directly to the
Designated Federal Officer for the
relevant advisory committee. Oral
Statements: In general, individuals or
groups requesting an oral presentation
at a public meeting will be limited to
five minutes per speaker. Interested
parties should contact Dr. Armitage,
DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail)
at the contact information noted above
by July 22, 2010 to be placed on a list
of public speakers for the meeting.
Written Statements: Written statements
should be received in the SAB Staff
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Office no later than July 22, 2010 so that
the information may be made available
to the SAB Committee members for their
consideration. Written statements
should be supplied to the DFO in the
following formats: One hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic
copy via e-mail (acceptable file format:
Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS
Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text
files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP
format). Submitters are requested to
provide two versions of each document
submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not
publish documents with signatures on
its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage
at the phone number or e-mail address
noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
Dated: June 24, 2010.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Public Teleconference
of the Air Quality Modeling
Subcommittee of the Advisory Council
on Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(Council)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference of the Air Quality
Modeling Subcommittee (AQMS) of the
Advisory Council on Clean Air
Compliance Analysis (Council) to
review additional information on
particulate matter inventories for EPA’s
air quality modeling work for the
Second Section 812 Prospective BenefitCost Study of the Clean Air Act.
DATES: The AQMS will conduct a public
teleconference on August 11, 2010. The
teleconference will begin at 12 noon and
end by 2 p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be
conducted by telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing to obtain
general information concerning the
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Public
Meeting of the Science Advisory Board Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting of the SAB
Ecological Processes and Effects Committee (EPEC). The SAB EPEC,
augmented with other experts, will provide advice on technologies and
systems to minimize the impacts of invasive species in vessel ballast
water discharge.
DATES: The meeting dates are Thursday, July 29, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. (Eastern Time) and Friday, July 30, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the St. Regis Hotel, 923 16th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this meeting must contact Dr. Thomas
Armitage, Designated Federal Officer (DFO). Dr. Armitage may be
contacted at the EPA Science Advisory Board
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(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via telephone/voice mail; (202)
564-2155; fax (202) 565-2098; or e-mail at armitage.thomas@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB EPEC
augmented with other experts will hold a public meeting to provide
advice on technologies and systems to minimize the impacts of invasive
species in vessel ballast water discharge. The SAB was established by
42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice
to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App.
2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: Vessel ballast water discharges are a major source of
nonidigenous species introductions to marine, estuarine, and freshwater
ecosystems of the United States. Ballast water discharges are regulated
by EPA under authority of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the U.S. Coast
Guard under authority of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention
and Control Act, as amended (NANPCA). NANPCA generally requires vessels
equipped with ballast water tanks and bound for ports or places in the
United States after operating beyond the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone
to conduct a mid-ocean ballast water exchange, retain their ballast
water onboard, or use an alternative environmentally sound ballast
water management method approved by the U.S. Coast Guard. Under the
authority of the CWA, EPA's Vessel General Permit, in addition to the
mid-ocean exchange, requires the flushing and exchange of ballast water
by vessels in Pacific near-shore voyages and saltwater flushing of
ballast water tanks that are empty or contain only un-pumpable residual
ballast water.
While useful in reducing the presence of potentially invasive
organisms in ballast water, ballast water exchange and saltwater
flushing can have variable effectiveness and may not always be feasible
due to vessel safety concerns. On August 28, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard
proposed establishing standards for concentrations of living organisms
that can be discharged in vessel ballast water (74 FR 44632), and some
States have established standards of their own. In addition, a number
of studies and reports have been published on the status and efficacy
of ballast water treatment technologies, and data collected on the
efficacy of certain systems is available.
EPA's Office of Water (OW) has requested SAB review of technical
documents and available data on the efficacy of ballast water treatment
systems and advice on improving the performance of such systems. In
response, the SAB Staff Office requested public nomination of experts
and formed an augmented SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee
[Federal Register Notice dated February 25, 2010 (75 FR 8700-8701)].
The augmented EPEC will provide advice on technologies and systems to
minimize the impacts of invasive species in vessel ballast water
discharge. The purpose of the meeting on July 29-30, 2010 is to receive
background briefings and formulate preliminary comments on this
subject.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The meeting agenda, SAB
Committee roster, charge to the Committee, and other meeting material
will be posted on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in
advance of the meeting. Inquiries regarding the technical information
for this advisory should be directed to Dr. Ryan Albert of EPA's Office
of Water at albert.ryan@epa.gov or (202) 564-0763 or Mr. Marcus Zobrist
of EPA's Office of Water at zobrist.marcus@epa.gov or (202) 564-8311.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's Federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a Federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific
advisory committees, provide independent advice to EPA. Members of the
public can submit comments for a Federal advisory committee to consider
as it develops advice for EPA. They should send their comments directly
to the Designated Federal Officer for the relevant advisory committee.
Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes per
speaker. Interested parties should contact Dr. Armitage, DFO, in
writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted above
by July 22, 2010 to be placed on a list of public speakers for the
meeting. Written Statements: Written statements should be received in
the SAB Staff Office no later than July 22, 2010 so that the
information may be made available to the SAB Committee members for
their consideration. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO
in the following formats: One hard copy with original signature, and
one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat
PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM-PC/
Windows 98/2000/XP format). Submitters are requested to provide two
versions of each document submitted with and without signatures,
because the SAB Staff Office does not publish documents with signatures
on its Web sites.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Dr. Armitage at the phone
number or e-mail address noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: June 24, 2010.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-15896 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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