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familiarization activities is estimated to
be 1 hour per event. The burden
associated both with disclosures and
related acknowledgements by sellers,
lessors, offerors, their respective agents,
and tenants is estimated to be about 5
minutes per event. The burden
associated with related recordkeeping
activities by sellers, lessors, and their
agents is estimated to be less than 1
minute per event. Burden means the
total time, effort or financial resources
expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install
and utilize technology and systems for
the purposes of collecting, validating
and verifying information, processing
and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with
any previously applicable instructions
and requirements; train personnel to be
able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are persons engaged in selling,
purchasing or leasing certain residential
dwellings built before 1978, or who are
real estate agents representing such
parties.
Estimated No. of Responses:
49,501,582.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
7,744,616 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs:
$136,475,304.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There
is a decrease of 1,110,994 hours (from
8,855,610 hours to 7,744,616 hours) in
the total estimated respondent burden
compared with that currently in the
OMB inventory. This decrease reflects a
gradual reduction in the annual number
of real estate sales and residential
property rentals involving target
housing subject to the rule’s
requirements. The decrease is an
adjustment.
Dated: November 8, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[Docket #: EPA–R10–OAR–2007–0112; FRL–
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Adequacy Status of the Vancouver,
WA, Carbon Monoxide, Second 10-year
Limited Maintenance Plan (2006–2016)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that we have found
the Vancouver, Washington, carbon
monoxide, second 10-year limited
maintenance plan (2006–2016) adequate
for transportation conformity purposes.
On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court
ruled that submitted State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be
used for conformity determinations
until EPA has found them adequate. As
a result of this adequacy finding, the
area automatically meets the budget test
for future transportation conformity.
This affects future transportation
conformity determinations prepared,
reviewed and approved by the
Southwest Washington Regional
Transportation Council, Washington
State Department of Transportation,
Federal Highway Administration and
the Federal Transit Administration.
DATES: This finding is effective
December 4, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
finding is available at EPA’s conformity
Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/, (once there, click on the
‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ button,
then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP
Submissions’’). You may also contact
Wayne Elson, U.S. EPA, Region 10,
Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics (AWT–
107), 1200 Sixth Ave, Suite 900, Seattle
WA 98101; (206) 553–1463 or
elson.wayne@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Today’s notice is simply an
announcement of a finding that we have
already made. EPA Region 10 sent a
letter to the Washington Department of
Ecology November 7, 2007, stating that
the SIP is adequate for transportation
conformity purposes.
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.
EPA’s conformity rule requires that
transportation plans, programs, and
projects conform to SIPs. Conformity to
a SIP means that transportation
activities will not produce new air
quality violations, worsen existing
violations, or delay timely attainment of
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the national ambient air quality
standards.
The criteria by which we determine
whether a SIP is adequate for
conformity purposes are outlined in 40
CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that an
adequacy review is separate from EPA’s
completeness review and it also should
not be used to prejudge our ultimate
approval of the SIP. Even if we find a
SIP adequate for conformity, the SIP
could later be disapproved.
We have described our process for
determining the adequacy in SIPs in
guidance dated May 14, 1999. This
guidance is reflected in the amended
transportation conformity rule, July 1,
2004 (69 FR 40004). We followed this
process in making our adequacy
determination.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.
Dated: November 8, 2007.
Ronald A. Kreizenbeck,
Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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Request for Nominations to the Good
Neighbor Environmental Board.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of request for
nominations.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting
nominations of a diverse range of
qualified candidates to be considered
for appointment to fill vacancies on the
Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
Vacancies are expected to be filled by
February 15, 2008, and so nominations
are requested to be received by
December 15, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Good
Neighbor Environmental Board was
created by the Enterprise for the
Americas Initiative Act of 1992. Under
Executive Order 12916, implementation
authority is delegated to the
Administrator of EPA. The Board is
responsible for providing advice to the
President and Congress on
environmental and infrastructure issues
and needs within the states contiguous
to Mexico. The statute calls for the
Board to have representatives from U.S.
government agencies; the states of
Arizona, California, New Mexico and
Texas; local government; tribes; and a
variety of non-governmental officials
including the private sector; academic
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officials; environmental group
representatives; health groups; ranching
and grazing interests; and other relevant
sectors. U.S. government agency
representatives are appointed by the
heads of their agencies. Non-federal
members are appointed by the
Administrator of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. The
Board meets twice each calendar year at
various locations along the U.S.-Mexico
border, and once in Washington, DC.
The average workload for Board
members is approximately 10 to 15
hours per month. Members serve on the
Board in a voluntary capacity. However,
EPA provides reimbursement for travel
expenses associated with official
government business.
Nominees will be considered
according to the mandates of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, which
requires committees to maintain
diversity across a broad range of
constituencies, sectors, and groups. The
following criteria will be used to
evaluate nominees:
• Resident of a U.S.-Mexico border
state, ideally within the border region
itself.
• Extensive professional knowledge
of the unique environmental and
infrastructure issues that are found in
the region, including the bi-national
dimension of these issues.
• Representative of a sector or group
that helps to shape border-region
environmental policy.
• Senior-level experience that fills a
current need on the Board for a
representative with that particular type
of expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a
consensus building process with a wide
range of experts from diverse
constituencies.
• Ability to volunteer approximately
10 to 15 hours per month to the Board’s
activities, including participation on
meeting planning committees and
preparation of text for annual reports
and Comment Letters.
Nominations must include a cover
letter and a resume describing the
professional and educational
qualifications of the nominee, as well as
the nominee’s current business address,
e-mail address, and daytime telephone
number. Interested candidates may selfnominate. A letter of reference may
accompany the nomination, but is not
necessary.
ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to:
Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Cooperative
Environmental Management, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(1601–M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
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NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please also
e-mail nominations to
koerner.elaine@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (1601–M), Washington, DC
20460; telephone (202) 564–2586; fax
(202) 564–8129; e-mail
koerner.elaine@epa.gov.
Dated: November 5, 2007.
Elaine Koerner,
Designated Federal Officer.
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Board of Scientific Counselors,
National Center for Environmental
Research (NCER) Standing
Subcommittee Meeting—2007
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act, Public Law
92–463, the Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Research and
Development (ORD), gives notice of a
meeting of the Board of Scientific
Counselors (BOSC) National Center for
Environmental Research (NCER)
Standing Subcommittee.
DATES: The meeting (a teleconference
call) will be held on Friday, December
14, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. All
times noted are eastern time. The
meeting may adjourn early if all
business is finished. Requests for the
draft agenda or for making oral
presentations at the conference call will
be accepted up to 1 business day before
the meeting.
ADDRESSES: Participation in the meeting
will be by teleconference only—meeting
rooms will not be used. Members of the
public may obtain the call-in number
and access code for the call from Susan
Peterson, whose contact information is
listed under the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice. Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
ORD–2007–0484, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: Send comments by
electronic mail (e-mail) to:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket
ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484.
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• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566–
0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–ORD–2007–0484.
• Mail: Send comments by mail to:
Board of Scientific Counselors, National
Center for Environmental Research
(NCER) Standing Subcommittee—2007
Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484.
• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver
comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), Room B102, EPA West Building,
1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC., Attention: Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484. Note:
this is not a mailing address. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–
0484. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Request for Nominations to the Good Neighbor Environmental Board.
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of request for nominations.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting
nominations of a diverse range of qualified candidates to be considered
for appointment to fill vacancies on the Good Neighbor Environmental
Board. Vacancies are expected to be filled by February 15, 2008, and so
nominations are requested to be received by December 15, 2007.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Good Neighbor Environmental Board was
created by the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992.
Under Executive Order 12916, implementation authority is delegated to
the Administrator of EPA. The Board is responsible for providing advice
to the President and Congress on environmental and infrastructure
issues and needs within the states contiguous to Mexico. The statute
calls for the Board to have representatives from U.S. government
agencies; the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas;
local government; tribes; and a variety of non-governmental officials
including the private sector; academic
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officials; environmental group representatives; health groups; ranching
and grazing interests; and other relevant sectors. U.S. government
agency representatives are appointed by the heads of their agencies.
Non-federal members are appointed by the Administrator of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. The Board meets twice each calendar
year at various locations along the U.S.-Mexico border, and once in
Washington, DC. The average workload for Board members is approximately
10 to 15 hours per month. Members serve on the Board in a voluntary
capacity. However, EPA provides reimbursement for travel expenses
associated with official government business.
Nominees will be considered according to the mandates of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, which requires committees to maintain
diversity across a broad range of constituencies, sectors, and groups.
The following criteria will be used to evaluate nominees:
Resident of a U.S.-Mexico border state, ideally within the
border region itself.
Extensive professional knowledge of the unique
environmental and infrastructure issues that are found in the region,
including the bi-national dimension of these issues.
Representative of a sector or group that helps to shape
border-region environmental policy.
Senior-level experience that fills a current need on the
Board for a representative with that particular type of expertise.
Demonstrated ability to work in a consensus building
process with a wide range of experts from diverse constituencies.
Ability to volunteer approximately 10 to 15 hours per
month to the Board's activities, including participation on meeting
planning committees and preparation of text for annual reports and
Comment Letters.
Nominations must include a cover letter and a resume describing the
professional and educational qualifications of the nominee, as well as
the nominee's current business address, e-mail address, and daytime
telephone number. Interested candidates may self-nominate. A letter of
reference may accompany the nomination, but is not necessary.
ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal
Officer, Office of Cooperative Environmental Management, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (1601-M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please also e-mail nominations to
koerner.elaine@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1601-M), Washington, DC
20460; telephone (202) 564-2586; fax (202) 564-8129; e-mail
koerner.elaine@epa.gov.
Dated: November 5, 2007.
Elaine Koerner,
Designated Federal Officer.
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