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301–415–3053.
EIS No. 20080323, Final EIS, CGD, 00,
Rulemaking for Dry Cargo Residue
(DCR) Discharges in the Great Lakes,
To Regulate Nonhazardous and
Nontoxic DCR Sweeping from Vessels
in the Great Lakes that fall under the
Jurisdiction of the United States, Wait
Period Ends: 09/22/2008, Contact:
Gregory Kirkbride 202–372–1479.
EIS No. 20080324, Final EIS, BLM, WY,
Kemmerer Field Office Planning Area,
Resource Management Plan,
Implementation, Lincoln, Sweetwater
and Uinta Counties, WY, Wait Period
Ends: 09/22/2008, Contact: Michele
Easley 307–828–4524.
EIS No. 20080325, Final EIS, NRC, CA,
Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear
Plants (GEIS) Regarding Shearon
Harris Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 1,
Plant-Specific Supplement 33 to
NUREG–1437, Wake County, NC,
Wait Period Ends: 09/22/2008,
Contact: Samuel Hernandez 301–415–
4049.
Amended Notices
EIS No. 20080282, Draft EIS, UPS, CA,
Aliso Viejo Incoming Mail Facility,
Proposed Construction and Operation
of a Mail Processing Facility on a 25Acre Parcel, Aliso Viejo, Orange
County, CA, Comment Period Ends:
10/23/2008, Contact: Emmy Andrews
650–615–7200.
Revision to FR Notice Published 7/25/
2008: Extending Comment Period from
9/08/2008 to 10/23/2008.
Dated: August 19, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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Comments
Availability of EPA comments
prepared pursuant to the Environmental
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309 of the Clean Air Act and Section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act as amended. Requests for
copies of EPA comments can be directed
to the Office of Federal Activities at
202–564–7146.
An explanation of the ratings assigned
to draft environmental impact
statements (EISs) was published in FR
dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833).
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Draft EISs
EIS No. 20080206, ERP No. D–COE–
K39112–CA, Middle Harbor
Redevelopment Project, Proposal to
Increase Container Terminal Efficiency
to Accommodate a Portion of the
Predicted Future Containerized Cargo,
Section 10 and 404 Permits, Port of
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about
unavoidable impacts to air quality,
environmental justice communities,
aquatic and biological resources. EPA
recommended commitments to meet air
emission reductions, coordination with
the environmental justice community to
identify additional measures to offset
health impacts, avoidance of fill, and
development of a port-wide vessel
whale strike avoidance program. Rating
EC2.
EIS No. 20080230, ERP No. D–COE–
K39113–CA, Natomas Levee
Improvement Project, Issuing of 408
Permission and 404 Permit, Sacramento
Area Flood Control Agency, Sutter and
Sacramento, CA.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about the
proposal’s compliance with the Clean
Water Act Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines
and potential impacts to wetlands. EPA
also expressed environmental concerns
about potential impacts to air quality, as
well as the indirect and cumulative
impacts of residential development
associated with the levee improvement
project and the residual flood risk to
residential developments in the
floodplain. EPA recommended that
additional information be provided in
the Final EIS regarding compliance with
the Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines,
floodplain management efforts in the
area, and how the project and future
development would be consistent with
the Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation
Plan Rating EC2.
EIS No. 20080241, ERP No. D–USN–
D11044–00, Virginia Capes (VACAPES)
Range Complex, Proposed action is to
Support and Conduct Current and
Emerging Training and RDT & E
Operations, Chesapeake Bay, DE, MD,
VA, and NC.
Summary: EPA expressed
environmental concerns about impacts
to the Lower Chesapeake Bay, water
quality, marine mammals/threatened
and endangered species, historic
resources, effects from hazardous
materials, and cumulative impacts.
Additional information was requested to
better assess the impacts. Rating EC2.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20080247, ERP No. F–NCP–
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Operation, Between 14th and 15th
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NW., and Madison Drive, NW.,
Washington, DC.
Summary: EPA’s previous issues have
been resolved; therefore, EPA does not
object to the proposed action.
Dated: August 19, 2008.
Robert W. Hargrove,
Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office
of Federal Activities.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Upcoming Public
Teleconference of the Science
Advisory Board Ecological Processes
and Effects Committee
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office
announces a public teleconference of
the SAB Ecological Processes and
Effects Committee Augmented for the
Advisory on EPA’s Aquatic Life Water
Quality Criteria. The teleconference is
being held to discuss the Committee’s
draft advisory report.
DATES: The public teleconference will
be held on September 16, 2008 from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference
will be conducted by telephone only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access
code to participate in the teleconference
may contact Dr. Thomas Armitage,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone/voice
mail: (202) 343–9995; fax (202) 233–
0643; or via e-mail at:
armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General
information about the EPA SAB, as well
as any updates concerning the
teleconference announced in this notice,
may be found on the SAB Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby
given that the SAB Ecological Processes
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and Effects Committee Augmented for
the Advisory on EPA’s Aquatic Life
Water Quality Criteria will hold a public
teleconference to discuss their draft
report. 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. The SAB will comply with
the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
Background: EPA’s Office of Water
has requested that the SAB provide
advice on an EPA white paper
describing technical challenges and
recommendations concerning derivation
of aquatic life water quality criteria for
contaminants of emerging concern. The
SAB Ecological Processes and Effects
Committee, augmented with additional
experts, held a teleconference on June
23, 2008 and a meeting on June 30–July
1, 2008 to review the EPA white paper.
A Federal Register notice dated June 4,
2008 (73 FR 31864–31865) announced
these meetings and provided
background information on this
advisory activity. Information on the
process of augmenting the expertise on
the SAB Ecological Processes and
Effects Committee was provided in a
Federal Register notice dated May 2,
2008 (73 FR 24285–24286). The purpose
of this upcoming teleconference is for
the Committee to discuss its draft
advisory report. Additional information
about this advisory activity can be
found on the SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab. A teleconference
agenda and the draft SAB advisory
report will be posted at the above noted
SAB Web site prior to the
teleconference.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The
teleconference agenda and other
materials including the SAB
Committee’s draft report will be
available on the SAB Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of
the teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral
information for the SAB Panel to
consider during the advisory process.
Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public teleconference
will be limited to three minutes per
speaker, with no more than a total of 30
minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact Dr. Armitage,
DFO, in writing (preferably via e-mail)
at the contact information noted above,
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by September 9, 2008 to be placed on
the list of public speakers for the
teleconference.
Written Statements: Written
statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by September 9, 2008
so that the information may be made
available to the SAB Panel 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).
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.
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Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–RO4–SFUND–2008–
0608 or Site name J & W Pallet and
Drum Company Superfund Site by one
of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: Painter.Paula@epa.gov.
• Fax: 404/562–8842/Attn Paula V.
Painter.
• Mail: Ms. Paula V. Painter, U.S.
EPA Region 4, SD–SEIMB, 61 Forsyth
Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. ‘‘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.’’
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–R04–SFUND–2008–
0608. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
Dated: August 18, 2008.
made available online at https://
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
www.regulations.gov, including any
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board personal information provided, unless
Staff Office.
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
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[Docket # EPA–RO4–SFUND–2008–0608,
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an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
J & W Pallet and Drum Company
Superfund Site, Atlanta, Fulton County, or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
GA; Notice of Settlement
If you send an e-mail comment directly
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
to EPA without going through https://
Agency (EPA).
www.regulations.gov your e-mail
ACTION: Notice of settlement.
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
SUMMARY: Under Section 122(h)(1) of the
that is placed in the public docket and
Comprehensive Environmental
made available on the Internet. If you
Response, Compensation and Liability
submit an electronic comment, EPA
Act (CERCLA), the United States
recommends that you include your
Environmental Protection Agency has
name and other contact information in
entered into a settlement for
the body of your comment and with any
reimbursement of past response costs
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
concerning the J & W Pallet and Drum
cannot read your comment due to
company Superfund Site located in
technical difficulties and cannot contact
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia for
you for clarification, EPA may not be
publication.
able to consider your comment.
DATES: The Agency will consider public
Electronic files should avoid the use of
comments on the settlement until
special characters, any form of
September 22, 2008. The Agency will
encryption, and be free of any defects or
consider all comments received and
viruses. For additional information
may modify or withdraw its consent to
about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA
the settlement if comments received
Docket Center homepage at https://
disclose facts or considerations which
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
indicate that the settlement is
Docket: All documents in the docket
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
ADDRESSES: Copies of the settlement are
listed in the index, some information is
available from Ms. Paula V. Painter.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; Notification of a Upcoming
Public Teleconference 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 teleconference of
the SAB Ecological Processes and Effects Committee Augmented for the
Advisory on EPA's Aquatic Life Water Quality Criteria. The
teleconference is being held to discuss the Committee's draft advisory
report.
DATES: The public teleconference will be held on September 16, 2008
from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).
ADDRESSES: The public teleconference will be conducted by telephone
only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain the call-in number and access code to participate in the
teleconference may contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone/voice mail: (202) 343-9995; fax (202) 233-0643; or via e-mail
at: armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General information about the EPA SAB, as
well as any updates concerning the teleconference announced in this
notice, may be found on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, Public Law 92-463, notice is hereby given that the SAB Ecological
Processes
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and Effects Committee Augmented for the Advisory on EPA's Aquatic Life
Water Quality Criteria will hold a public teleconference to discuss
their draft report. 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.
The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all appropriate SAB
Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: EPA's Office of Water has requested that the SAB
provide advice on an EPA white paper describing technical challenges
and recommendations concerning derivation of aquatic life water quality
criteria for contaminants of emerging concern. The SAB Ecological
Processes and Effects Committee, augmented with additional experts,
held a teleconference on June 23, 2008 and a meeting on June 30-July 1,
2008 to review the EPA white paper. A Federal Register notice dated
June 4, 2008 (73 FR 31864-31865) announced these meetings and provided
background information on this advisory activity. Information on the
process of augmenting the expertise on the SAB Ecological Processes and
Effects Committee was provided in a Federal Register notice dated May
2, 2008 (73 FR 24285-24286). The purpose of this upcoming
teleconference is for the Committee to discuss its draft advisory
report. Additional information about this advisory activity can be
found on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. A teleconference
agenda and the draft SAB advisory report will be posted at the above
noted SAB Web site prior to the teleconference.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The teleconference agenda and
other materials including the SAB Committee's draft report will be
available on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of
the teleconference.
Procedures for Providing Public Input: Interested members of the
public may submit relevant written or oral information for the SAB
Panel to consider during the advisory process.
Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an
oral presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to three
minutes per speaker, with no more than a total of 30 minutes for all
speakers. Interested parties should contact Dr. Armitage, DFO, in
writing (preferably via e-mail) at the contact information noted above,
by September 9, 2008 to be placed on the list of public speakers for
the teleconference.
Written Statements: Written statements should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by September 9, 2008 so that the information may be
made available to the SAB Panel 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).
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: August 18, 2008.
Anthony F. Maciorowski,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
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