Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 65122-65123 [E9-29353]

Download as PDF 65122 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 9, 2009 / Notices WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES chemical industry; pesticide users; and members of the public interested in the sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. Since others also may be interested, the Agency has not attempted to describe all the specific entities that may be affected by this action. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the chemical review manager listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD-ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments, remember to: i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number). ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number. iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/ or data that you used. v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives. vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. II. What Action is the Agency Taking? EPA is releasing and inviting comment on a policy paper that VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:02 Dec 08, 2009 Jkt 220001 describes how the Agency plans to use revised methods in conducting risk assessments for pesticide uses and exposures not governed by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). Implementing this policy will increase protections, especially for workers and children of workers in agricultural fields. EPA licenses or registers pesticides for sale and distribution under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The Agency establishes tolerances, limits for pesticide residues in or on food, under section 408 of FFDCA. In contrast to the risk/benefit standard for registration under FIFRA, FFDCA applies a riskonly standard for tolerances and explicitly sets certain approaches for assessing risks. These risk assessment approaches include incorporating an additional safety factor to protect children, aggregating all nonoccupational (food, water and residential) exposures to a pesticide, and considering the cumulative effects of pesticides with a common mechanism of action. The risk-only standard and the mandated risk assessment approaches were added to FFDCA by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). FIFRA does not require EPA to use these risk assessment approaches in assessing worker risks or non-food use pesticides. Also, historically, EPA has not considered children in assessing worker risks. To provide more comprehensive and consistent evaluation of potential risks of food use pesticides, non-food use pesticides, and related occupational exposures, EPA intends to apply risk assessment techniques developed in implementing FQPA to any pesticide risk assessment, whether it falls under FQPA or not, so long as application of the risk assessment technique is consistent with good scientific practice and is not otherwise prohibited by law. Specifically, this will include using an additional safety/uncertainty factor to protect children, considering aggregate exposures to pesticides from multiple sources, and considering cumulative effects which may occur from exposure to multiple pesticides with a common mechanism of toxicity. Moreover, risks will be explicitly reported for individuals who had not been explicitly considered, specifically workers age 12 to 17 and children taken into agricultural fields. Taking this step at this time has important environmental justice ramifications. EPA’s commitment to environmental justice compels the Agency to act expeditiously, where consistent with statutory authority, to PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 incorporate the risk assessment techniques developed in the implementation of FQPA in assessing pesticide risks under FIFRA. List of Subjects Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests. Dated: December 1, 2009. Debra Edwards, Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. E9–29209 Filed 12–08–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9090–7] Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement concerning the Coffeyville Resources Superfund Site in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. The settlement requires the settling party to pay a total of $193,670.67 to Region 6 as payment of response costs to the Hazardous Substances Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42, U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. This is a joint settlement with Region 7, who shall publish a separate notice. For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to this notice and will receive written comments relating to the settlement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2010. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background information E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 235 / Wednesday, December 9, 2009 / Notices relating to the settlement are available for public inspection at 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from Kevin Shade, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733 or by calling (214) 665– 2708. Comments should reference Coffeyville Resources Superfund Site in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, and EPA Docket Number 06–06–09, and should be addressed to Kevin Shade at the address listed above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Salinas, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 1200, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733 or call (214) 665–8063. Dated: December 1, 2009. Al Armendariz, Regional Administrator (6RA). [FR Doc. E9–29353 Filed 12–8–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Notice of Public Information Collection Being Submitted for Review to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Comments Requested WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES December 1, 2009. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection(s), as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that does not display a valid control number. Comments are requested concerning (a) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission’s burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Persons wishing to comments on this information collection should submit comments on January 8, 2010. If VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:02 Dec 08, 2009 Jkt 220001 you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible. ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), via fax at (202) 395–5167, or via the Internet at Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and to Judith B. Herman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC). To submit your PRA comments by e–mail send them to: PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go to web page: https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ’’Currently Under Review’’, (3) click on the downward–pointing arrow in the ’’Select Agency’’ box below the ’’Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) select ’’Federal Communications Commission’’ from the list of agencies presented in the ’’Select Agency’’ box, (5) click the ’’Submit’’ button to the right of the ’’Select Agency’’ box, and (6) when the FCC list appears, look for the title of this ICR (or its OMB Control Number, if there is one) and then click on the ICR. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith B. Herman, OMD, 202–418–0214. For additional information about the information collection(s) send an e–mail to PRA@fcc.gov or contact Judith B. Herman, 202–418–0214. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB Control No: 3060–0270. Title: Section 90.443, Content of Station Records. Form No.: N/A. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Individuals or households, business or other for–profit, not–for–profit institutions and state, local or tribal government. Number of Respondents: 65,295 respondents; 65,295 responses. Estimated Time Per Response: .25 hours (15 minutes). Frequency of Response: Recordkeeping requirement. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this collection of information is contained in 47 U.S.C. Section 303(j). Total Annual Burden: 16,324 hours. Privacy Act Impact Assessment: Yes. The FCC maintains a system of records notice (SORN), FCC/WTB–1, ‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records,’’ that covers the collection, purpose(s), storage, safeguards, and disposal of the records PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 65123 of private land mobile radio licensees under 47 CFR 90.443. The FCC published the SORN on April 5, 2006 (71 FR 17324, 17269). The FCC completed a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) as required by OMB Memorandum, M–03–22 (September 22, 2003) on November 5, 2008. The PIA may be viewed on the FCC’s Privacy Act webpage at: <https://www.fcc.gov/omd/ privacyact/System_of_records/pia–uls. pdf>. Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: There is a need for confidentiality with respect to all Private Land Mobile Radio service filers subject to this information collection. Information on private land mobile radio licensees is maintained in the Commission’s system of records, FCC/WTB–1, ‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records.’’ The licensee records will be publicly available and routinely used in accordance with subsection (b) of the Privacy Act. FCC Registration Numbers (FRNs) and material which is afforded confidential treatment pursuant to a request made under 47 CFR 0.459 will not be available for public inspection. Any personally identifiable information (PII) that individual applicants provide is covered by FCC/WTB–1 and these and all other records may be disclosed pursuant to the Routine Uses as stated in the SORN. Need and Uses: The Commission is requesting an extension (no change in the recordkeeping requirement) of this information collection from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in order to obtain the full three year clearance from them. The Commission’s estimates have increased since the 2007 submission to the OMB. The Commission is now reporting a 7,885 increase in the number of respondents which increased the total annual burden by 11,559 hours. This adjustment reflects more accurate estimates for Paperwork Reduction Act purposes. Section 90.443 requires that the dates and pertinent details of any maintenance performed on station equipment, and the name and address of the service technician who did the work be entered in the station records. These records will reflect whether or not maintenance of the licensee’s equipment has been performed. The maintenance records may be used by the licensee or Commission field personnel to note any recurring equipment problems or conditions that may lead to degraded equipment performance and/or interference generation. Tower lighting records are required to ensure that the licensee is aware of the tower light condition and proper operation, in order to prevent E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65122-65123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29353]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9090-7]


Notice of Proposed Administrative Settlement Pursuant to the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended 
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
administrative settlement concerning the Coffeyville Resources 
Superfund Site in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.
    The settlement requires the settling party to pay a total of 
$193,670.67 to Region 6 as payment of response costs to the Hazardous 
Substances Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue 
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA, 42, U.S.C. 9606 and 9607. 
This is a joint settlement with Region 7, who shall publish a separate 
notice.
    For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this 
notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to this 
notice and will receive written comments relating to the settlement. 
The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or 
withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose 
facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is 
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. The Agency's response to any 
comments received will be available for public inspection at 1445 Ross 
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2010.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement and additional background 
information

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relating to the settlement are available for public inspection at 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733. A copy of the proposed 
settlement may be obtained from Kevin Shade, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 
1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 or by calling (214) 665-2708. Comments 
should reference Coffeyville Resources Superfund Site in Sequoyah 
County, Oklahoma, and EPA Docket Number 06-06-09, and should be 
addressed to Kevin Shade at the address listed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Salinas, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 
1200, Dallas, Texas 75202-2733 or call (214) 665-8063.

    Dated: December 1, 2009.
Al Armendariz,
Regional Administrator (6RA).
[FR Doc. E9-29353 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]
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