Draft of the 2010 Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS), 35457-35458 [2010-15047]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 22, 2010 / Notices The draft guidelines can be downloaded at: https://www.epa.gov/ brownfields/. If you do not have Internet access and require hard copies of the draft guidelines please contact Rachel Lentz at (202) 566–2745. Please send any comments to Rachel Lentz at lentz.rachel@epa.gov no later than July 2, 2010. ADDRESSES: The U.S. EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, (202) 566–2777. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments will be accepted through July 2, 2010. Please note that in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2), EPA is not undertaking notice and comment rulemaking and has not established a docket to receive public comments on the guidelines. Rather, the Agency as a matter of policy is soliciting the views of interested parties on the draft FY 2011 Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Guidelines. Please note that these draft guidelines are subject to change. Organizations interested in applying for Brownfields funding must follow the instructions contained in the final guidelines that EPA publishes on https://www.grants.gov, rather than these draft guidelines. There are three types of grants that applicants may apply for under these guidelines: 1. Brownfields Assessment Grants— which provide funds to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct areawide planning, cleanup and redevelopment planning and community involvement related to brownfield sites. 2. Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund Grants—which provide funding for a grant recipient to capitalize a revolving loan fund and to provide subgrants to carry out cleanup activities at brownfield sites. 3. Brownfields Cleanup Grants— which provide funds to carry out cleanup activities at a specific brownfield site owned by the applicant. srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (The Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance entry for Brownfields Grants is 66.818.) Dated: June 16, 2010. David R. Lloyd, Director, Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. [FR Doc. 2010–15046 Filed 6–21–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:17 Jun 21, 2010 Jkt 220001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9166–2; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2010–0534] Draft of the 2010 Causal Analysis/ Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of external review draft for public review and comment. SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-day public review and comment period for the draft Web site, ‘‘2010 release of the Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS).’’ The CADDIS Web site was developed and prepared by EPA’s National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), in the Office of Research and Development (ORD). EPA will consider public comments submitted in accordance with this notice and may revise the draft Web site thereafter. The draft 2010 CADDIS Web site is available at https://caddisreview.tetratech-ffx.com/. DATES: The public comment period begins June 22, 2010, and ends July 22, 2010. Comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by July 22, 2010. Comments may be submitted electronically via https:// www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the docket, https:// www.regulations.gov, or the public comment period, please contact the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566–1753; or e-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. For technical information, please contact Laurie Alexander, National Center for Environmental Assessment (8623P), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703–347–8630; facsimile: 703–347– 8692; or e-mail: alexander.laurie@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Information About CADDIS Over a thousand water bodies in the United States are listed by states as PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 35457 biologically impaired. For many of these sites, the cause of impairment is reported as ‘‘unknown.’’ Before appropriate management actions can be formulated for impaired water bodies, the causes of biological impairment (e.g., excess fine sediments, nutrients, or toxics) must be identified. Effective causal analyses require knowledge of the mechanisms, symptoms, and stressor-response relationships for various stressors, as well as the ability to use that knowledge to draw appropriate, defensible conclusions. To aid in these causal analyses, NCEA developed CADDIS, which is a webbased decision support system that will help regional, state, and tribal investigators find, access, organize, and share information useful for causal evaluations in aquatic systems. CADDIS is based on EPA’s Stressor Identification process, which is a formal method for identifying causes of impairments in aquatic environments. Features include a step-by-step guide to conducting causal analysis; examples and applications; a library of conceptual models; and an online application for collaborating on conceptual diagrams and using them to update and access a database of supporting literature, information on basic and advanced data analyses, downloadable software tools, and links to outside information sources. II. How to Submit Comments to the Docket at https://www.regulations.gov Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2010– 0534, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. • Facsimile: 202–566–1753. • Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The telephone number is 202–566–1752. If you provide comments by mail, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies. • Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1 srobinson on DSKHWCL6B1PROD with NOTICES 35458 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 22, 2010 / Notices Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. Deliveries are only accepted during the docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. If you provide comments by hand delivery, please submit one unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2010– 0534. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will be marked ‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if time permits. It is EPA’s policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket without change and to make the comments available online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless comments include information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https:// www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means that EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comments. If you send e-mail comments directly to EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comments that are placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit electronic comments, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comments and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comments due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comments. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:17 Jun 21, 2010 Jkt 220001 material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters Docket Center. Dated: June 15, 2010. Rebecca Clark, Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. 2010–15047 Filed 6–21–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9165–6] National Drinking Water Advisory Council’s Climate Ready Water Utilities Working Group Meeting Announcement AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing the fourth in-person meeting of the Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC). The purpose of this meeting is for the Working Group to discuss climate-related tools and resources needed to address water utilities’ short-term and long-term needs and mechanisms to facilitate the adoption of climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies by the water sector. DATES: The fourth in-person CRWU Working Group meeting will take place on July 8, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mountain Daylight Time (MDT) and on July 9, 2010, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., MDT. ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Hotel Boulderado, which is located at 2115 13th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80302. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested participants from the public should contact Lauren Wisniewski, Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Water Security Division (Mail Code 4608T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please contact Lauren Wisniewski at wisniewski.lauren@epa.gov or call 202– 564–2918. CRWU Working Group meeting agendas and summaries are PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 available at: https://www.epa.gov/ safewater/ndwac/#current. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: At previous meetings, the CRWU Working Group drafted key findings on the water sector and climate change, an adaptive response framework that describes actions that CRWU would undertake, and enabling environment recommendations for activities needed to create a supportive environment in which a utility can take steps to be climate ready. In this meeting, the Working Group will focus on tools, training, and resources needed to support water utilities, ways to integrate CRWU efforts with existing programs, and mechanisms to facilitate the adoption of climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Public Participation: There will be an opportunity for public comment during the CRWU Working Group meeting. Oral statements will be limited to five (5) minutes, and it is preferred that only one person present the statement on behalf of a group or organization. Any person who wishes to file a written statement can do so before or after the CRWU Working Group meeting. Written statements received prior to the meeting will be distributed to all members of the Working Group before any final discussion or vote is completed. Any statements received after the meeting will become part of the permanent meeting file and will be forwarded to the CRWU Working Group members for their information. For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please contact Lauren Wisniewski at 202–564–2918 or by email at wisniewski.lauren@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact Lauren Wisniewski, preferably, at least 10 days prior to the meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Background: The Agency’s National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change (2008) identified the need to provide drinking water and wastewater utilities with easy-to-use resources to assess the risk associated with climate change and to identify potential adaptation strategies. The NDWAC, established under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.), provides practical and independent advice, consultation and recommendations to the Agency on the activities, functions and policies related to the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Act. On May 28, 2009, the NDWAC voted on and approved the formation of the CRWU Working Group. EPA anticipates that the Working Group will have five face- E:\FR\FM\22JNN1.SGM 22JNN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9166-2; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-0534]


Draft of the 2010 Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information 
System (CADDIS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of external review draft for public review and comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a 
30-day public review and comment period for the draft Web site, ``2010 
release of the Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System 
(CADDIS).'' The CADDIS Web site was developed and prepared by EPA's 
National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), in the Office of 
Research and Development (ORD). EPA will consider public comments 
submitted in accordance with this notice and may revise the draft Web 
site thereafter. The draft 2010 CADDIS Web site is available at https://caddis-review.tetratech-ffx.com/.

DATES: The public comment period begins June 22, 2010, and ends July 
22, 2010. Comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by 
July 22, 2010.
    Comments may be submitted electronically via https://www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand 
delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the docket, https://www.regulations.gov, or the public comment period, please contact the 
Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202-566-1752; facsimile: 202-566-1753; 
or e-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    For technical information, please contact Laurie Alexander, 
National Center for Environmental Assessment (8623P), U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703-347-8630; facsimile: 703-347-8692; 
or e-mail: alexander.laurie@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Information About CADDIS

    Over a thousand water bodies in the United States are listed by 
states as biologically impaired. For many of these sites, the cause of 
impairment is reported as ``unknown.'' Before appropriate management 
actions can be formulated for impaired water bodies, the causes of 
biological impairment (e.g., excess fine sediments, nutrients, or 
toxics) must be identified. Effective causal analyses require knowledge 
of the mechanisms, symptoms, and stressor-response relationships for 
various stressors, as well as the ability to use that knowledge to draw 
appropriate, defensible conclusions. To aid in these causal analyses, 
NCEA developed CADDIS, which is a web-based decision support system 
that will help regional, state, and tribal investigators find, access, 
organize, and share information useful for causal evaluations in 
aquatic systems. CADDIS is based on EPA's Stressor Identification 
process, which is a formal method for identifying causes of impairments 
in aquatic environments. Features include a step-by-step guide to 
conducting causal analysis; examples and applications; a library of 
conceptual models; and an online application for collaborating on 
conceptual diagrams and using them to update and access a database of 
supporting literature, information on basic and advanced data analyses, 
downloadable software tools, and links to outside information sources.

II. How to Submit Comments to the Docket at https://www.regulations.gov

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2010-
0534, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
     Facsimile: 202-566-1753.
     Mail: Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 
(Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. The telephone number is 
202-566-1752. If you provide comments by mail, please submit one 
unbound original with pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of 
the comments. For attachments, provide an index, number pages 
consecutively with the comments, and submit an unbound original and 
three copies.
     Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is located in the EPA 
Headquarters Docket Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the

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Public Reading Room is 202-566-1744. Deliveries are only accepted 
during the docket's normal hours of operation, and special arrangements 
should be made for deliveries of boxed information. If you provide 
comments by hand delivery, please submit one unbound original with 
pages numbered consecutively, and three copies of the comments. For 
attachments, provide an index, number pages consecutively with the 
comments, and submit an unbound original and three copies.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2010-0534. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the 
specified comment period. Comments received after the closing date will 
be marked ``late,'' and may only be considered if time permits. It is 
EPA's policy to include all comments it receives in the public docket 
without change and to make the comments available online at https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless comments include information claimed to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or 
otherwise protected through https://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means that EPA will not know your identity or contact information 
unless you provide it in the body of your comments. If you send e-mail 
comments directly to EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be automatically captured 
and included as part of the comments that are placed in the public 
docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit electronic 
comments, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact 
information in the body of your comments and with any disk or CD-ROM 
you submit. If EPA cannot read your comments due to technical 
difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be 
able to consider your comments. Electronic files should avoid the use 
of special characters and any form of encryption and be free of any 
defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket, visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
at https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the OEI Docket in the 
EPA Headquarters Docket Center.

    Dated: June 15, 2010.
Rebecca Clark,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment.
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