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Number of respondents annually
Number of
responses per
respondent
Average burden hours per
response
Total annual burden hours
(1)
(2)
(3)
(1) × (2) × (3)
10
1
1
10
The estimated total cost to
respondents is $607.62. [10 hours
divided by 2080 hours 1 per year, times
$126,384 2 equals $607.62]. The average
cost per respondent is $60.76.
The reporting burden includes the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide the information
including: (1) Reviewing instructions;
(2) developing, acquiring, installing,
using technology and systems for the
purposes of collecting, validating,
verifying, processing, maintaining,
disclosing and providing information;
(3) adjusting the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable
filing instructions and requirements; (4)
training personnel to respond to a
collection of information; (5) searching
data sources; (6) completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and (7) transmitting, or otherwise
disclosing the information.
The cost estimate for respondents is
based upon salaries for professional and
clerical support, as well as direct and
indirect overhead costs. Direct costs
include all costs directly attributable to
providing this information, such as
administrative costs and the cost for
information technology. Indirect or
overhead costs are costs incurred by an
organization in support of its mission.
These costs apply to activities which
benefit the whole organization rather
than any one particular function or
activity.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
accuracy of the agency’s burden
estimate of the proposed information
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used to
calculate the reporting burden; (2) ways
to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
Kimberly Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–8730–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–
2008–00461]
Draft Toxicological Review of
Tetrachloroethylene
(Perchloroethylene): In Support of the
Summary Information in the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of peer-review meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
will convene an independent panel of
experts and organize and conduct a
review of the draft document titled,
‘‘Toxicological Review of
Tetrachloroethylene
(Perchloroethylene): In Support of
Summary Information on the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/
635/R–08/011A). The NAS is
organizing, convening, and conducting
this independent peer-review meeting.
A public meeting of the NAS peer
review panel will be held on November
13, 2008.
The draft document was prepared by
the National Center for Environmental
Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office
of Research and Development and was
released on June 26, 2008, (73 FR 36321)
solely for the purpose of predissemination 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.
The draft ‘‘Toxicological Review of
Tetrachloroethylene
(Perchloroethylene): In Support of
Summary Information on the Integrated
Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ is
available on the Internet on NCEA’s
home page under a June 26, 2008,
Recent Additions entry and the Data
and Publications menus at https://
www.epa.gov/ncea. Copies are not
available from NAS.
In previous Federal Register notices
concerning this draft document, EPA
announced a 90-day public comment
period that ended September 24, 2008,
(73 FR 36321), as well as a public
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listening session that was held on
August 18 (73 FR 43932). Submitted
public comments may be accessed at
https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–
0461. EPA intends to forward public
comments submitted in accordance with
the June 26, 2008, Federal Register
notice to the NAS for consideration by
the external peer review panel prior to
the November 13, 2008, meeting. In
finalizing the draft document, EPA will
consider public comments and
recommendations from the expert panel.
NAS invites the public to register to
attend this peer review panel meeting as
observers. In addition, NAS invites the
public to give oral and/or provide
written comments at the meeting
regarding the draft document under
review. Space is limited, and
reservations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. A time limit for
presentations will be specified by the
NAS based on the number of registrants.
The peer-review panel meeting
will be held on November 13, 2008,
beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 4 p.m.
DATES:
The peer-review panel
meeting will be held at the NAS’s Keck
Center, 500 Fifth St., NW., Washington,
DC 20001, in Room 201. For details
about registering for and attending the
meeting, please see the NAS’s Web site
at https://www8.nationalacademies.org/
cp/projectview.aspx?key=48697.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding information,
registration, access or services for
individuals with disabilities, or logistics
for the external peer-review panel
meeting should be directed to NAS. For
further information, please see the
NAS’s Web site https://
www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/
projectview.aspx?key=48697. For
technical information about the
document, please contact the
Information Management Team, NCEA;
telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile:
703–347–8691; e-mail
nceadc.comment@epa.gov.
Dated: October 8, 2008.
Peter Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental
Assessment.
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AGENCY
[FRL–8729–8]
State Innovation Grant Program,
Notice of Availability of Solicitation for
Proposals for 2009 Awards
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, National Center for
Environmental Innovation (NCEI) is
giving notice of the availability of its
solicitation for proposals for the 2009
grant program to support innovation by
state environmental regulatory
agencies—the ‘‘State Innovation Grant
Program.’’
The solicitation is available at the
Agency’s State Innovation Grant
website: https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/stategrants/
solicitation2009.pdf, or may be
requested from the Agency by e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov ,
telephone, or by mail. State principal
environmental agencies, as well as
regional, county, or municipal agencies
with delegated or re-delegated authority
for federal environmental permitting
programs are eligible to receive these
grants. In each state, each agency with
one or more primary delegations for
federal environmental permitting
programs from EPA, or a re-delegated
authority from a state agency with one
or more primary delegations from EPA
may submit one pre-proposal under this
solicitation, but may appear on multiple
team pre-proposals.
Any agency with a re-delegated
authority for a federal environmental
permitting program from a state
environmental agency must have that
principal state environmental regulatory
agency as an active member of the
project team.
DATES: Eligible applicants will have
until December 10, 2008 to respond
with a pre-proposal, budget, and project
summary. The environmental regulatory
agencies from the fifty (50) States;
Washington, DC, and four (4) territories
were notified of the solicitation’s
availability by fax and email
transmittals on October 9, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the solicitation
can be downloaded from the Agency’s
Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/stategrants or may be
requested by telephone (202–566–2186),
or by e-mail
(innovation_state_grants@epa.gov). You
can request a solicitation application
package be sent to you by fax or by mail
by contacting NCEI as indicated below.
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Applicants are requested to apply
online using the grants.gov website with
an electronic signature. Applicants are
encouraged to submit their preproposals early. For those applicants
who lack the technical capability to
apply electronically via https://
www.grants.gov, please contact Sherri
Walker by phone at: (202) 566–2186 and
/ or by e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov for
alternative submission procedures.
Proposals submitted in response to this
solicitation, or questions concerning the
solicitation should be sent to:
State Innovation Grant Program,
National Center for Environmental
Innovation, Office of the Administrator,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(MC 1807T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–
2186, (202) 566–2220 FAX,
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov .
For courier delivery only:
Sherri Walker, State Innovation Grant
Program, U.S. EPA, EPA West Building,
Room 4214D, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20005.
Proposal responses or questions may
also be sent by fax to (202–566–2220),
addressed to the ‘‘State Innovation
Grant Program,’’ or by e-mail to:
innovation_state_grants@epa.gov . We
encourage e-mail responses. If you have
questions about responding to this
notice, please contact EPA at this e-mail
address or fax number, or you may call
Sherri Walker at 202–566–2186. EPA
will acknowledge all responses it
receives to this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is soliciting pre-proposals for an
assistance agreement program (the
‘‘State Innovation Grant Program’’) in an
effort to support innovation by State
environmental regulatory agencies. In
April 2002, EPA issued its plan for
future innovation efforts, published as
Innovating for Better Environmental
Result: A Strategy to Guide the Next
Generation of Innovation at EPA (EPA
100–R–02–002; https://www.epa.gov/
innovation/pdf/strategy.pdf). This
assistance agreement program
strengthens EPA’s partnership with the
States by supporting state innovation
compatible with EPA’s Innovation
Strategy. EPA wants to encourage states
to build on previous experience (theirs
and others) to undertake strategic
innovation projects that promote largerscale models for ‘‘next generation’’
environmental protection and promise
better environmental outcomes and
other beneficial results. EPA is
interested in funding projects that: (i)
Go beyond a single facility experiment
Agencies
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8730-2; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-00461]
Draft Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene
(Perchloroethylene): In Support of the Summary Information in the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of peer-review meeting.
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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct a
review of the draft document titled, ``Toxicological Review of
Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene): In Support of Summary
Information on the Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' (EPA/
635/R-08/011A). The NAS is organizing, convening, and conducting this
independent peer-review meeting. A public meeting of the NAS peer
review panel will be held on November 13, 2008.
The draft document was prepared by the National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA) within EPA's Office of Research and
Development and was released on June 26, 2008, (73 FR 36321) 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.
The draft ``Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene
(Perchloroethylene): In Support of Summary Information on the
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)'' is available on the
Internet on NCEA's home page under a June 26, 2008, Recent Additions
entry and the Data and Publications menus at https://www.epa.gov/ncea.
Copies are not available from NAS.
In previous Federal Register notices concerning this draft
document, EPA announced a 90-day public comment period that ended
September 24, 2008, (73 FR 36321), as well as a public
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listening session that was held on August 18 (73 FR 43932). Submitted
public comments may be accessed at https://www.regulations.gov under
Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0461. EPA intends to forward public
comments submitted in accordance with the June 26, 2008, Federal
Register notice to the NAS for consideration by the external peer
review panel prior to the November 13, 2008, meeting. In finalizing the
draft document, EPA will consider public comments and recommendations
from the expert panel.
NAS invites the public to register to attend this peer review panel
meeting as observers. In addition, NAS invites the public to give oral
and/or provide written comments at the meeting regarding the draft
document under review. Space is limited, and reservations will be
accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. A time limit for
presentations will be specified by the NAS based on the number of
registrants.
DATES: The peer-review panel meeting will be held on November 13, 2008,
beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The peer-review panel meeting will be held at the NAS's Keck
Center, 500 Fifth St., NW., Washington, DC 20001, in Room 201. For
details about registering for and attending the meeting, please see the
NAS's Web site at https://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/
projectview.aspx?key=48697.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding information,
registration, access or services for individuals with disabilities, or
logistics for the external peer-review panel meeting should be directed
to NAS. For further information, please see the NAS's Web site https://
www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=48697. For technical
information about the document, please contact the Information
Management Team, NCEA; telephone: 703-347-8561; facsimile: 703-347-
8691; e-mail nceadc.comment@epa.gov.
Dated: October 8, 2008.
Peter Preuss,
Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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