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substance, there may be unpublished
studies or other primary technical
sources that are not available through
the open literature. EPA would
appreciate receiving scientific
information from the public during the
information gathering stage for the
assessments listed in this notice or any
other assessments on the IRIS agenda.
Interested persons may provide
scientific analyses, studies, and other
pertinent scientific information. While
EPA is primarily soliciting information
on new assessments, the public may
submit information on any chemical
substance at any time.
This notice provides (1) a list of new
IRIS assessments for which literature
searches have recently become
available; and (2) instructions to the
public for submitting scientific
information to EPA pertinent to the
development of assessments.
EPA is announcing the availability of
additional literature searches on the
IRIS web site (https://www.epa.gov/iris).
The public is invited to review the
literature search results and submit
additional information to EPA.
Literature searches are now available for
diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (84–69–5),
diisononyl phthalate (DINP) (28553–12–
0, 68515–48–0, 71549–78–5 and 14103–
61–8), dipentyl phthalate (DPP) (131–
18–0), and polychlorinated biphenyls
(noncancer) (various) at https://
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and Literature Searches.’’ Additional
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are completed. Availability will be
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Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–
0664 by one of the following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
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• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–1753.
• Mail: Office of Environmental
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the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters
Docket Center.
Dated: April 30, 2010.
Rebecca Clark,
Director, National Center for Environmental
Assessment.
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National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA
gives notice of a meeting of the National
Advisory Council for Environmental
Policy and Technology (NACEPT).
NACEPT provides advice to the EPA
Administrator on a broad range of
environmental policy, technology, and
management issues. NACEPT is a
committee of individuals who represent
diverse interests from academia,
industry, non-governmental
organizations, and local, state, and tribal
governments. The purpose of this
meeting is to discuss the Council’s FY
20l0–FY 2012 agenda, which includes
vulnerable populations and workforce
issues. A copy of the agenda for the
meeting will be posted at https://
www.epa.gov//ocem/nacept/calnacept.htm.
DATES: NACEPT will hold a two-day
meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2010,
from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
Wednesday, May 26, 2010, from 8:30
a.m. to 2 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800
Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA
22202. The meeting is open to the
public, with limited seating on a firstcome, first-served basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sonia Altieri, designated Federal officer,
altieri.sonia@epa.gov, (202) 564–0243,
U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative
Environmental Management (1601M),
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests
to make oral comments or to provide
written comments to the Council should
be sent to Sonia Altieri, designated
Federal officer, at the contact
information above. All requests must be
submitted no later than May 17, 2010.
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Meeting Access: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Sonia Altieri
at 202–564–0243 or
altieri.sonia@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Sonia Altieri, preferably at least
10 days prior to the meeting, to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: April 29, 2010.
Sonia Altieri,
Designated Federal Officer.
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Notice of a Project Waiver of Section
1605 (Buy American Requirement) of
the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to
the City of Coldwater, MI (Coldwater)
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AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The EPA is hereby granting a
project waiver of the Buy American
requirements of ARRA section 1605
under the authority of section 1605(b)(2)
[manufactured goods are not produced
in the United States of a satisfactory
quality] to Coldwater, Michigan for the
purchase of high-speed, high-efficiency
magnetic bearing turbo-compressors that
will be used in the city’s sludge
treatment process. This is a projectspecific waiver and it only applies to
the use of the specified product for the
ARRA funded project being proposed.
Any other ARRA project that may wish
to use the same product must apply for
a separate waiver based on projectspecific circumstances. These turbocompressors, which are supplied by
ABS USA of Meriden, Connecticut, are
manufactured in Sweden, and meet
Coldwater’s performance specifications
and requirements. The Acting Regional
Administrator is making this
determination based on the review and
recommendations of EPA Region 5’s
Water Division. Coldwater has provided
sufficient documentation to support its
request. The Assistant Administrator of
the Office of Administration and
Resources Management has concurred
on this decision to make an exception
to Section 1605 of ARRA. This action
permits the purchase of high-speed,
high-efficiency magnetic bearing turbocompressors for Coldwater’s activated
sludge project that may otherwise be
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prohibited under Section 1605(a) of the
ARRA.
DATES: Effective Date: March 26, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Lausted, SRF Program Manager
(312) 886–0189, or Puja Lakhani, Office
of Regional Counsel, (312) 353–3190,
U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd.,
Chicago, IL 60604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c)
and pursuant to Section 1605(b)(2) of
Public Law 111–5, Buy American
requirements, EPA hereby provides
notice that it is granting a project waiver
to Coldwater, Michigan for the
acquisition of high-speed, highefficiency magnetic bearing turbocompressors that are manufactured in
Sweden.
Section 1605 of the ARRA requires
that none of the appropriated funds may
be used for the construction, alteration,
maintenance, or repair of a public
building or public work unless all of the
iron, steel, and manufactured goods
used in the project are produced in the
United States, or unless a waiver is
provided to the recipient by the head of
the appropriate agency, here EPA. A
waiver may be provided if EPA
determines that (1) Applying these
requirements would be inconsistent
with the public interest; (2) iron, steel,
and the relevant manufactured goods
are not produced in the United States in
sufficient and reasonably available
quantities and of a satisfactory quality;
or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and the
relevant manufactured goods produced
in the United States will increase the
cost of the overall project by more than
25 percent.
The ARRA-funded project will
provide improved aeration for
Coldwater’s activated sludge treatment
process, allowing the Wastewater
Treatment Plant (WWTP) to meet the
stringent ammonia-nitrogen effluent
discharge limits required for this facility
placed into effect in May 2007.
Following a study of the cause for these
ammonia-nitrogen effluent discharge
excursions, it was determined the
WWTP’s current organic treatment
process was not capable of handling the
maximum day and peak ammonianitrogen loading occurrences
experienced by the facility. The existing
multistage centrifugal aeration blowers
cannot be turned down sufficiently to
adequately meet the low and average
aeration requirements on the WWTP.
These blowers also have insufficient
capacity to meet the peak aeration
requirements alone, and need
supplemental aeration blowers to meet
these demands. Relative to conventional
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technologies and equipment, the highspeed, high-efficiency turbocompressors
offer more turndown potential and the
ability for the WWTP to meet the low,
average, and peak aeration requirements
in combination with the existing
aeration blowers. The selected
equipment can operate at 38% of its
rated capacity, providing exceptional
turndown. Coldwater selected the
magnetic bearing technology because of
its ability to avoid overheating and its
track record of providing long-standing
reliable service—key advantages over
the competing airfoil bearing
technology. Further, as Coldwater
initiated its evaluation of the equipment
for selection and design phases well
before the enactment of ARRA, the
decision to do was clearly not an
attempt to avoid application of the Buy
American provisions of ARRA.
Coldwater’s submissions clearly
articulated functional reasons that
justified their technical specifications
and requirements.
The April 28, 2009 EPA HQ
Memorandum, ‘‘Implementation of Buy
American provisions of Public Law
111–5, the ‘American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009’,’’ defines
reasonably available quantity as ‘‘the
quantity of iron, steel, or relevant
manufactured good is available or will
be available at the time needed and
place needed, and in the proper form or
specification as specified in the project
plans and design.’’
The applicant met the requirements
specified for the availability inquiry as
appropriate to the circumstances by
conducting an extensive investigation
into all possible sources for high-speed,
high-efficiency turbo-compressors.
Based on the investigation, five
companies manufacture these machines,
but only two (ABS and one other
company) used magnetic bearings.
Moreover, both of the companies that
use magnetic bearings manufacture their
machines overseas. Therefore,
Coldwater believed that there was no
domestic product of satisfactory quality
available.
EPA’s national contractor prepared a
technical assessment report dated
December 24, 2009, based on the
submitted waiver request. The report
determined that the waiver request
submittal was complete, that adequate
technical information was provided,
and that there were no significant
weaknesses in the justification
provided. Therefore, based on the
information provided to EPA and to the
best of our knowledge at this time, the
high-speed, high-efficiency magnetic
bearing turbo-compressors necessary for
this project are not manufactured in the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463,
EPA gives notice of a meeting of the National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to
the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental policy,
technology, and management issues. NACEPT is a committee of individuals
who represent diverse interests from academia, industry, non-
governmental organizations, and local, state, and tribal governments.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Council's FY 20l0-FY 2012
agenda, which includes vulnerable populations and workforce issues. A
copy of the agenda for the meeting will be posted at https://www.epa.gov//ocem/nacept/cal-nacept.htm.
DATES: NACEPT will hold a two-day meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2010,
from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday, May 26, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to
2 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel,
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. The meeting is open
to the public, with limited seating on a first-come, first-served
basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sonia Altieri, designated Federal
officer, altieri.sonia@epa.gov, (202) 564-0243, U.S. EPA, Office of
Cooperative Environmental Management (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral comments or to provide
written comments to the Council should be sent to Sonia Altieri,
designated Federal officer, at the contact information above. All
requests must be submitted no later than May 17, 2010.
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Meeting Access: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Sonia Altieri at 202-564-
0243 or altieri.sonia@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Sonia Altieri, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: April 29, 2010.
Sonia Altieri,
Designated Federal Officer.
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