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Planning and Standards (Mail code
C504–06), U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; telephone number:
(919) 541–0729; fax number: (919) 541–
0237; email address:
murphy.deirdre@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
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A. How can I get copies of this
document and related information?
1. Docket. The EPA has established a
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0108. A
separate docket established for the
Integrated Science Assessment being
prepared for this action (EPA–HQ–
ORD–2011–0051) is also incorporated
into the rulemaking docket for this
review. Publicly available docket
materials are available electronically
through https://www.regulations.gov or
may be viewed at the Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center, EPA/
DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The 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
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the Air
and Radiation Docket and Information
Center is (202) 566–1742.
2. The document announced today
and related information will be
available via the Internet at the EPA’s
Technology Transfer Network (TTN)
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/ttn/
naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html.
The document announced today will be
accessible in the ‘‘Documents from
Current Review’’ section under
‘‘Planning Documents.’’
II. Information Specific to This
Document
Two sections of the Clean Air Act
govern the establishment and revision of
the NAAQS. Section 108 (42 U.S.C.
section 7408) directs the Administrator
to identify and list certain air pollutants
and then to issue air quality criteria for
those pollutants. The Administrator is
to list those air pollutants that in her
‘‘judgment, cause or contribute to air
pollution which may reasonably be
anticipated to endanger public health or
welfare;’’ ‘‘the presence of which in the
ambient air results from numerous or
diverse mobile or stationary sources;’’
and ‘‘for which * * * [the
Administrator] plans to issue air quality
criteria * * *’’ Air quality criteria are
intended to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest
scientific knowledge useful in
indicating the kind and extent of all
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identifiable effects on public health or
welfare which may be expected from the
presence of [a] pollutant in the ambient
air * * *.’’ 42 U.S.C. 7408(b). Under
section 109 (42 U.S.C. 7409), the EPA
establishes primary (health-based) and
secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for
pollutants for which air quality criteria
are issued. Section 109(d) requires
periodic review and, if appropriate,
revision of existing air quality criteria.
The revised air quality criteria reflect
advances in scientific knowledge on the
effects of the pollutant on public health
or welfare. The EPA is also required to
periodically review and revise the
NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the
revised criteria. Section 109(d)(2)
requires that an independent scientific
review committee ‘‘shall complete a
review of the criteria * * * and the
national primary and secondary ambient
air quality standards * * * and shall
recommend to the Administrator any
new * * * standards and revisions of
existing criteria and standards as may be
appropriate * * *.’’ Since the early
1980’s, this independent review
function has been performed by the
Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee (CASAC).
Presently, the EPA is reviewing the
NAAQS for Pb.1 The document
announced today has been developed as
part of the planning phase for the
review. This phase began with a science
policy workshop to identify issues and
questions to frame the review. Drawing
from the workshop discussions, a draft
integrated review plan (IRP) was
prepared jointly by the EPA’s National
Center for Environmental Assessment,
within the Office of Research and
Development, and the EPA’s Office of
Air Quality Planning and Standards,
within the Office of Air and Radiation.
The draft IRP was the subject of a
consultation with CASAC on May 5,
2011, and was available for public
comment (76 FR 20347). The final IRP
announced today has been prepared
after consideration of CASAC and
public comments. This document
presents the EPA’s current plans for the
schedule for the entire review, the
process for conducting the review, and
the key policy-relevant science issues
that will guide the review. This
document does not represent and
should not be construed to represent
any final EPA policy, viewpoint, or
determination.
1 The EPA’s call for information for this review
was issued on February 26, 2010 (75 FR 8934).
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Dated: December 5, 2011.
Mary E. Henigin,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards.
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Good Neighbor Environmental Board
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA
gives notice of a meeting of the Good
Neighbor Environmental Board (Board).
The Board usually meets three times
each calendar year, twice at different
locations along the U.S. border with
Mexico, and once in Washington, DC. It
was created in 1992 by the Enterprise
for the Americas Initiative Act, Public
Law 102–532, 7 USC Section 5404.
Implementing authority was delegated
to the Administrator of EPA under
Executive Order 12916. The Board is
responsible for providing advice to the
President and the Congress on
environmental and infrastructure issues
and needs within the States contiguous
to Mexico in order to improve the
quality of life of persons residing on the
United States side of the border. The
statute calls for the Board to have
representatives from U.S. Government
agencies; the states of Arizona,
California, New Mexico and Texas; and
tribal and private organizations with
experience in environmental and
infrastructure issues along the U.S.Mexico border.
The purpose of the meeting is to begin
discussion on the Board’s 15th report,
which will focus on the need for
implementation of environmental and
infrastructure projects within the States
of the United States contiguous to
Mexico. A copy of the meeting agenda
will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/
ocem/gneb.
DATES: The Good Neighbor
Environmental Board will hold an open
meeting on Wednesday, December 14,
from 9 a.m. (registration at 8:30 a.m.) to
12:15 p.m. and resume again from 5
p.m. to 6 p.m. The following day,
December 15, the Board will meet from
8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Due to an
unanticipated change of venue, EPA is
announcing the meeting with less than
15 days public notice.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the J.W. Marriott Hotel located at 1331
SUMMARY:
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Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20004. The meeting is open to the
public, with limited seating on a firstcome, first-served basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Joyce, Acting Designated Federal
Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, (202) 564–
2130, U.S. EPA, Office of Federal
Advisory Committee Management and
Outreach (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you
wish to make oral comments or submit
written comments to the Board, please
contact Mark Joyce at least five days
prior to the meeting.
General Information: Additional
information concerning the GNEB can
be found on its Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/ocem/gneb.
Meeting Access: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Mark Joyce at
(202) 564–2130 or by email at
joyce.mark@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Mark Joyce at least 10 days prior
to the meeting to give EPA as much time
as possible to process your request.
Dated: December 2, 2011.
Mark Joyce,
Acting Designated Federal Officer.
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[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0837; FRL–9504–6]
Notice of Receipt of, and Opportunity
To Comment on, a Plan by Fiberight of
Blairstown LLC for Separation of
Recyclable Material From Municipal
Solid Waste Intended for Use as a
Feedstock for Renewable Fuel
Production at a Blairstown, IA
Biorefinery
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
EPA is issuing notice of
receipt of, and opportunity to comment
on, a plan by Fiberight of Blairstown
LLC to remove recyclables from
municipal solid waste (MSW) prior to
its use as a feedstock for renewable fuel
production at their biorefinery in
Blairstown, Iowa. Submission of a
separation plan is a registration
requirement under the Renewable Fuel
Standard Program regulations
established under Clean Air Act section
211(o) for producers seeking to make
qualifying renewable fuel from MSWderived feedstock. The separation plan
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must demonstrate ongoing verification
that there is separation of recyclable
paper, cardboard, plastics, rubber,
textiles, metals, and glass wastes to the
extent reasonably practicable. MSWderived feedstock collected according to
a separation plan approved by EPA may
qualify as ‘‘separated MSW’’ in biofuel
production pathways authorized for
generation of Renewable Identification
Numbers (RINs) under the Renewable
Fuel Standard Program.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2011–0837, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: (202) 566–1741.
• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Please include a total of two copies.’’
• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center,
Public Reading Room, EPA West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Such deliveries are only accepted
during the Docket’s normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements
should be made for deliveries of boxed
information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–
0837. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes 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. The https://
www.regulations.gov Web site is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
available on the Internet. If you submit
an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
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the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, 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: The complete plan and all
supporting materials are available for
public review in the 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 in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Air and Radiation Docket, EPA/DC,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The 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
Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
and the telephone number for the Air
and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1741.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madison Le, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
343–9094; fax number: (202) 343–2802;
email address: le.madison@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(A) Request for Comments
On October 11, 2011, Fiberight
Blairstown Operating, LLC (‘‘Fiberight’’)
submitted a plan to EPA pursuant to 40
CFR 80.1450(b)(1)(viii) for the
separation of recyclable material from
municipal solid waste (MSW) prior to
its use as a feedstock for renewable fuel
production under the Renewable Fuels
Standard Program of Clean Air Act
Section 211(o). The Fiberight separation
plan has been placed in the public
docket and is available for public
comment.
Fiberight seeks EPA approval that
their plan will demonstrate ongoing
verification that there is separation from
MSW of recyclable paper, cardboard,
plastics, rubber, textiles, metals, and
glass wastes to the extent reasonably
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[FR Doc No: 2011-31685]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Good Neighbor Environmental Board
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 Good Neighbor Environmental Board
(Board). The Board usually meets three times each calendar year, twice
at different locations along the U.S. border with Mexico, and once in
Washington, DC. It was created in 1992 by the Enterprise for the
Americas Initiative Act, Public Law 102-532, 7 USC Section 5404.
Implementing authority was delegated to the Administrator of EPA under
Executive Order 12916. The Board is responsible for providing advice to
the President and the Congress on environmental and infrastructure
issues and needs within the States contiguous to Mexico in order to
improve the quality of life of persons residing on the United States
side of the border. The statute calls for the Board to have
representatives from U.S. Government agencies; the states of Arizona,
California, New Mexico and Texas; and tribal and private organizations
with experience in environmental and infrastructure issues along the
U.S.-Mexico border.
The purpose of the meeting is to begin discussion on the Board's
15th report, which will focus on the need for implementation of
environmental and infrastructure projects within the States of the
United States contiguous to Mexico. A copy of the meeting agenda will
be posted at https://www.epa.gov/ocem/gneb.
DATES: The Good Neighbor Environmental Board will hold an open meeting
on Wednesday, December 14, from 9 a.m. (registration at 8:30 a.m.) to
12:15 p.m. and resume again from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The following day,
December 15, the Board will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Due to an
unanticipated change of venue, EPA is announcing the meeting with less
than 15 days public notice.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the J.W. Marriott Hotel located
at 1331
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Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. The meeting is open to
the public, with limited seating on a first-come, first-served basis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Joyce, Acting Designated Federal
Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, (202) 564-2130, U.S. EPA, Office of
Federal Advisory Committee Management and Outreach (1601M), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to make oral comments or submit
written comments to the Board, please contact Mark Joyce at least five
days prior to the meeting.
General Information: Additional information concerning the GNEB can
be found on its Web site at https://www.epa.gov/ocem/gneb.
Meeting Access: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mark Joyce at (202) 564-
2130 or by email at joyce.mark@epa.gov. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact Mark Joyce at least 10 days prior to the
meeting to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request.
Dated: December 2, 2011.
Mark Joyce,
Acting Designated Federal Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-31685 Filed 12-8-11; 8:45 am]
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