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conduct the necessary research, perform
the appropriate analyses and prepare
the permit application with
documentation to demonstrate that their
project meets all applicable statutory
and regulatory NSR requirements.
Specific activities and requirements are
listed and described in the Supporting
Statement for the ICR.
Reviewing authorities review the
permit application, provide for public
review of the proposed project, and
issue the permit based on its
consideration of all technical factors
and public input. The EPA, more
broadly, reviews a fraction of the total
applications and audits the state and
local programs for their effectiveness.
Consequently, information prepared and
submitted by the source is essential for
the source to receive a permit, and for
Type of permit action
Federal, state and local environmental
agencies to adequately review the
permit application and thereby properly
administer and manage the NSR
programs.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to be broken down as follows:
Major PSD
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Number of sources ......................................................................................................................
Burden Hours per Response:
Industry .................................................................................................................................
Permitting Agencies ..............................................................................................................
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:
Industrial plants, state and local
permitting agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
150,821.
Frequency of Response: 1 per
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
5,951,068 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$486,452,000, which includes
$475,056,000 annual labor costs and
$11,396,000 annual capital/startup and
O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 44,960 in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
The number of respondents has
increased by 51 due to the decision by
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC.
Circuit to vacate the Clean Units and
Pollution Control Project Exclusion
provisions of the NSR program. In
addition, the burden per permit for Part
C major NSR permit applications
increased based on active consultation
with NACAA, conducted in January
2008.
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Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collections Strategies Division.
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Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global
Change Research Program
Assessment of the Impacts of Global
Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A
Preliminary Synthesis of Climate
Change Impacts on O3
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review
Workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that
Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for
external scientific peer review, will
convene an independent panel of
experts and organize and conduct an
external peer-review workshop to
review the external review draft
document titled, ‘‘Interim Report of the
U.S. EPA Global Change Research
Program Assessment of the Impacts of
Global Change on Regional U.S. Air
Quality: A Preliminary Synthesis of
Climate Change Impacts on O3’’ (EPA/
600/R–07/094). The draft document was
prepared by the National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
within EPA’s Office of Research and
Development.
The public comment period,
announced in (73 FR 39695), and the
external peer-review workshop are
separate processes that provide
opportunities for all interested parties to
comment on the document. EPA has
released this draft document solely for
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the purpose of pre-dissemination peer
review under applicable information
quality guidelines. This document has
not been formally disseminated by EPA.
It does not represent and should not be
construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination.
EPA invites the public to register to
attend this workshop as observers. In
addition, EPA invites the public to give
oral and/or provide written comments at
the workshop regarding the draft
document under review. The draft
document and EPA’s peer-review charge
are available primarily via the Internet
on NCEA’s home page under the Recent
Additions and the Data and Publications
menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. In
preparing a final report, EPA will
consider the Versar, Inc. report of the
comments and recommendations from
the external peer-review workshop and
any public comments that EPA receives
in accordance with this notice.
DATES: The peer-review panel workshop
will begin on August 26, 2008, at 8:30
a.m. and end at 5 p.m. on the same day.
ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop
will be held at the U.S. EPA, Research
Triangle Park Campus, 109 TW
Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 27709.
The EPA contractor, Versar Inc., is
organizing, convening, and conducting
the peer-review workshop. To attend the
workshop, register by August 19, 2008,
preferably via the Internet at https://
epa.versar.com/
climatechangeimpactsonozone, or via
the following means: by calling Versar,
Inc. at 703–750–3000, extension 737 or
211; sending a facsimile to Attn:
Malikah Moore at 703–642–6954, or;
sending an e-mail to
mmoore@versar.com and
dsinkowski@versar.com. The draft
‘‘Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global
Change Research Program Assessment
of the Impacts of Global Change on
Regional U.S. Air Quality: A
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Preliminary Synthesis of Climate
Change Impacts on O3’’ is available
primarily via the Internet on the
National Center for Environmental
Assessment’s home page under the
Recent Additions and the Data and
Publications menus at www.epa.gov/
ncea. A limited number of paper copies
are available from the Information
Management Team, NCEA; telephone:
703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347–
8691. If you are requesting a paper copy,
please provide your name, mailing
address, and the document title. Copies
are not available from Versar, Inc.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding information,
registration, access or services for
individuals with disabilities, or logistics
for the external peer-review workshop
should be directed to Versar, Inc., 6850
Versar Center, Springfield, VA 22151;
telephone: 703–750–3000, extension
737 or 211; facsimile: Attn.: Malikah
Moore at 703–642–6954; e-mail:
mmoore@versar.com and
dsinkowski@versar.com. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Malikah Moore at
mmoore@versar.com or 703–750–3000,
ext. 211, preferably at least 10 days prior
to the meeting, to give as much time as
possible to process your request.
If you need technical information
about the document, please contact
Brooke L. Hemming, Ph.D., National
Center for Environmental Assessment
(NCEA); telephone: 919–541–5668;
facsimile: 919–541–7885; e-mail:
hemming.brooke@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Summary of Information About the
Project/Document
The ‘‘Interim Report of the U.S. EPA
Global Change Research Program
Assessment of the Impacts of Global
Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A
Preliminary Synthesis of Climate
Change Impacts on O3’’ is intended to
provide air quality managers and
scientists a summary and synthesis of
the scientific results that have emerged
from the EPA ORD Global Change
Research Program (ORD GCRP)
assessment of the impact of global
change on U.S. regional air quality. The
report discusses the studies that have
focused on the sensitivity of U.S. air
quality to meteorological changes
associated with a warming climate in
large regions within the continental U.S.
The EPA recognizes that climate-air
quality interactions occur at multiple
scales (both spatial and temporal), and
that an understanding of these
interactions demands contributions
from several scientific disciplines. The
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EPA ORD GCRP developed a research
and assessment program that combines
the resources and expertise of the ORD
labs and centers toward the goal of
developing the necessary scientific
underpinnings. The ultimate goal of the
Program is to provide air quality
managers with the scientific information
and tools needed to evaluate the
implications of global change and to
enhance their ability to consider global
change in their decisions. The ‘‘Interim
Report of the U.S. EPA Global Change
Research Program Assessment of the
Impacts of Global Change on Regional
U.S. Air Quality: A Preliminary
Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on
O3’’ is a preliminary step in that
direction. This report provides an
update of the progress that has been
made in applying climate and
atmospheric chemistry models to
investigate potential future
meteorological effects on air quality. It
does not include changes in air
pollutant emissions other than those
that are explicitly linked to
meteorological variables and
incorporated within the models (e.g.,
biogenic VOC emissions). In addition, it
provides a preliminary interpretation of
what this improved scientific
understanding means for air quality
management. Future assessment reports
will cover the combined impacts of
changing climate and air pollutant
emissions on air quality. The program
also plans to develop additional reports
that focus on additional pollutants,
including PM and mercury. NCEA
worked collaboratively with the EPA
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), and
ORD’s National Risk Management
Research Laboratory (NRMRL), National
Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL)
and National Center for Environmental
Research (NCER) on this report.
II. Workshop Information
Members of the public may attend the
workshop as observers, and there will
be a limited time for comments from the
public in the afternoon. Please let
Versar, Inc. know if you wish to make
comments during the workshop. Space
is limited, and reservations will be
accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis.
Dated: July 25, 2008.
Rebecca Clark,
Deputy Director, National Center for
Environmental Assessment.
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Pesticides; Revised Fee Schedule for
Registration Applications
Environmental Protection
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is publishing a revised
list of pesticide registration service fees
applicable to specified pesticide
applications and tolerance actions.
Under the Pesticide Registration
Improvement Renewal Act, the
registration service fees for covered
pesticide registration applications
received on or after October 1, 2008,
increase by 5% rounding up to the
nearest dollar from the fees published
for fiscal year 2008, and certain decision
review periods have been reduced. The
new fees and decision review periods
become effective on October 1, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth Leovey (7501P), Immediate
Office, Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 305–7328; fax number: (703) 308–
4776; e-mail address:
leovey.elizabeth@epa.gov.
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A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you register pesticide
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Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA). Potentially affected entities
may include, but are not limited to:
• Agricultural pesticide
manufacturers (32532).
• Antimicrobial pesticide
manufacturers (32561).
• Antifoulant pesticide manufacturers
(32551).
• Wood preservative manufacturers
(32519).
This listing is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
affected by this action. Other types of
entities not listed in this unit could also
be affected. The North American
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(NAICS) codes have been provided to
assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to
certain entities. To determine whether
you or your business may be affected by
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examine the applicability provisions in
the notice and in FIFRA section 33. If
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8700-8; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD 2007-0983]
Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global Change Research Program
Assessment of the Impacts of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air
Quality: A Preliminary Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on O3
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review Workshop.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for
external scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of
experts and organize and conduct an external peer-review workshop to
review the external review draft document titled, ``Interim Report of
the U.S. EPA Global Change Research Program Assessment of the Impacts
of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A Preliminary Synthesis
of Climate Change Impacts on O3'' (EPA/600/R-07/094). The
draft document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and Development.
The public comment period, announced in (73 FR 39695), and the
external peer-review workshop are separate processes that provide
opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document.
EPA has released this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-
dissemination peer review under applicable information quality
guidelines. This document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It
does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination.
EPA invites the public to register to attend this workshop as
observers. In addition, EPA invites the public to give oral and/or
provide written comments at the workshop regarding the draft document
under review. The draft document and EPA's peer-review charge are
available primarily via the Internet on NCEA's home page under the
Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at www.epa.gov/
ncea. In preparing a final report, EPA will consider the Versar, Inc.
report of the comments and recommendations from the external peer-
review workshop and any public comments that EPA receives in accordance
with this notice.
DATES: The peer-review panel workshop will begin on August 26, 2008, at
8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m. on the same day.
ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop will be held at the U.S. EPA,
Research Triangle Park Campus, 109 TW Alexander Drive, Durham, NC
27709. The EPA contractor, Versar Inc., is organizing, convening, and
conducting the peer-review workshop. To attend the workshop, register
by August 19, 2008, preferably via the Internet at https://
epa.versar.com/climatechangeimpactsonozone, or via the following means:
by calling Versar, Inc. at 703-750-3000, extension 737 or 211; sending
a facsimile to Attn: Malikah Moore at 703-642-6954, or; sending an e-
mail to mmoore@versar.com and dsinkowski@versar.com. The draft
``Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global Change Research Program
Assessment of the Impacts of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air
Quality: A
[[Page 45438]]
Preliminary Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on O3'' is
available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for
Environmental Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions and the
Data and Publications menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of
paper copies are available from the Information Management Team, NCEA;
telephone: 703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-8691. If you are requesting
a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and the
document title. Copies are not available from Versar, Inc.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding information,
registration, access or services for individuals with disabilities, or
logistics for the external peer-review workshop should be directed to
Versar, Inc., 6850 Versar Center, Springfield, VA 22151; telephone:
703-750-3000, extension 737 or 211; facsimile: Attn.: Malikah Moore at
703-642-6954; e-mail: mmoore@versar.com and dsinkowski@versar.com. To
request accommodation of a disability, please contact Malikah Moore at
mmoore@versar.com or 703-750-3000, ext. 211, preferably at least 10
days prior to the meeting, to give as much time as possible to process
your request.
If you need technical information about the document, please
contact Brooke L. Hemming, Ph.D., National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA); telephone: 919-541-5668; facsimile: 919-541-7885; e-
mail: hemming.brooke@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Summary of Information About the Project/Document
The ``Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global Change Research Program
Assessment of the Impacts of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air
Quality: A Preliminary Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on
O3'' is intended to provide air quality managers and
scientists a summary and synthesis of the scientific results that have
emerged from the EPA ORD Global Change Research Program (ORD GCRP)
assessment of the impact of global change on U.S. regional air quality.
The report discusses the studies that have focused on the sensitivity
of U.S. air quality to meteorological changes associated with a warming
climate in large regions within the continental U.S. The EPA recognizes
that climate-air quality interactions occur at multiple scales (both
spatial and temporal), and that an understanding of these interactions
demands contributions from several scientific disciplines. The EPA ORD
GCRP developed a research and assessment program that combines the
resources and expertise of the ORD labs and centers toward the goal of
developing the necessary scientific underpinnings. The ultimate goal of
the Program is to provide air quality managers with the scientific
information and tools needed to evaluate the implications of global
change and to enhance their ability to consider global change in their
decisions. The ``Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global Change Research
Program Assessment of the Impacts of Global Change on Regional U.S. Air
Quality: A Preliminary Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on
O3'' is a preliminary step in that direction. This report
provides an update of the progress that has been made in applying
climate and atmospheric chemistry models to investigate potential
future meteorological effects on air quality. It does not include
changes in air pollutant emissions other than those that are explicitly
linked to meteorological variables and incorporated within the models
(e.g., biogenic VOC emissions). In addition, it provides a preliminary
interpretation of what this improved scientific understanding means for
air quality management. Future assessment reports will cover the
combined impacts of changing climate and air pollutant emissions on air
quality. The program also plans to develop additional reports that
focus on additional pollutants, including PM and mercury. NCEA worked
collaboratively with the EPA Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), and
ORD's National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL), National
Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) and National Center for
Environmental Research (NCER) on this report.
II. Workshop Information
Members of the public may attend the workshop as observers, and
there will be a limited time for comments from the public in the
afternoon. Please let Versar, Inc. know if you wish to make comments
during the workshop. Space is limited, and reservations will be
accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Dated: July 25, 2008.
Rebecca Clark,
Deputy Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
[FR Doc. E8-17925 Filed 8-4-08; 8:45 am]
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