Draft Research Report: Investigation of Ground Water Contamination Near Pavillion, WY, 19012-19013 [2012-7574]

Download as PDF 19012 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 61 / Thursday, March 29, 2012 / Notices Docket No. ER11–1844, Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. Docket No. EL12–10, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Docket No. ER12–718, New York Independent System Operator, Inc. Docket No. ER12–1177, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Docket No. ER12–1178, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. For more information, contact Jonathan Fernandez, Office of Energy Market Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at (202) 502– 6604 or jonathan.fernandez@ferc.gov. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9654–3; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 2011–0895] Draft Research Report: Investigation of Ground Water Contamination Near Pavillion, WY Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period. AGENCY: Dated: March 22, 2012. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2012–7503 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9653–6] Environmental Financial Advisory Board; Notice of Charter Renewal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of Charter renewal. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: The Charter for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will be renewed for an additional two-year period, as a necessary committee which is in the public interest, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2. The purpose of EFAB is to provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator of EPA on issues associated with environmental financing. It is determined that EFAB is in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the Agency by law. Inquiries may be directed to Joseph L. Dillon, Director, Center for Environmental Finance, U.S. EPA, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460 (Mail Code 2731A), Telephone (202) 564–9679, or dillon.joe@epa.gov. Dated: March 21, 2012. Vanessa Bowie, Acting Director, Center for Environmental Finance. [FR Doc. 2012–7576 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:14 Mar 28, 2012 Jkt 226001 EPA is announcing an extension to the public comment period for the external review of the draft research report titled, ‘‘Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming.’’ The draft research report was prepared by the National Risk Management Research Laboratory, within the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), and EPA Region 8. This draft research report is not final as described in EPA’s Information Quality Guidelines, and does not represent and should not be construed to represent Agency policy or views. Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor for external peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts for peer review of this draft research report. Public comments submitted during the public comment period will be made available to the peer review panel for consideration in their review. An external peer review meeting will take place following the public comment period. An additional Federal Register notice will be published about one month prior to the meeting to provide the meeting date, location, and registration information. Additional details about the peer review process can be found at: https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/ si_public_pra_view.cfm?dirEntry ID=240345. SUMMARY: The public comment period began December 14, 2011 and ends October 16, 2012. Comments should be submitted to the docket or received in writing by EPA by October 16, 2012. ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming’’ is available via the Internet on the EPA Region 8 site at: https://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/ wy/pavillion/EPA_ReportOnPavillion_ Dec-8-2011.pdf. Comments may be submitted electronically via https:// www.regulations.gov, by email, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Additional Information: For information on the docket, 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 email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. For information on the draft report, please contact Rebecca Foster, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 1198, Ada, OK 74821; telephone: 580–436–8750; facsimile: 580–436– 8529; or email: foster.rebecca@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Information About Pavillion Ground Water Investigation Pavillion, Wyoming is located in Fremont County, about 20 miles northwest of Riverton. The concern at the site is potential ground water contamination, based on resident complaints about smells, tastes, and adverse changes in water quality of their domestic wells. In collaboration with ORD Region 8 has been conducting a ground water investigation. The purpose of this ground water investigation is to better understand the basic ground water hydrology and how the constituents of concern may be occurring in the aquifer. More information is available at https:// www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/ pavillion/. II. How To Submit Comments to the Docket at https://www.regulations.gov Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 0895, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. • Facsimile: 202–566–1753. • Mail: Office of Environmental Information 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 E:\FR\FM\29MRN1.SGM 29MRN1 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 61 / Thursday, March 29, 2012 / Notices 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. 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–2011– 0895. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. 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 email. 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 email comments directly to EPA without going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email 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 17:14 Mar 28, 2012 Jkt 226001 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: March 20, 2012. Cynthia Sonich-Mullin, Director, National Risk Management Research Laboratory. [FR Doc. 2012–7574 Filed 3–28–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9653–7] Proposed Settlement Agreement, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of a proposed settlement agreement; request for public comment. AGENCY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given of a proposed settlement agreement to address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin: Sierra Club v. Jackson, No. 3:11-cv-0315 (W.D. WI). Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that EPA has failed to satisfy a nondiscretionary duty or, in the alternative, has unreasonably delayed in acting on the title V permit issued by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (‘‘WDNR’’) for Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s J.P. Pulliam Generating Station (‘‘Pulliam’’) because WDNR had not submitted to EPA a permit revised to meet EPA’s June 28, 2010 objection to this permit. Under the proposed settlement agreement, EPA agrees to a deadline for responding to a potential future petition submitted by Plaintiff. DATES: Written comments on the proposed settlement agreement must be received by April 30, 2012. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA– HQ–OGC–2012–0206, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred method); by email to oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19013 DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– ROM should be formatted in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address above. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Huang Branning, Air and Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–1744; fax number (202) 564–5603; email address: branning.amy@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Additional Information About the Proposed Settlement Agreement Plaintiff filed a complaint alleging that EPA has failed to satisfy a nondiscretionary duty or, in the alternative, has unreasonably delayed in acting on the title V permit issued by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (‘‘WDNR’’) for Wisconsin Public Service Corporation’s J.P. Pulliam Generating Station (‘‘Pulliam’’) because WDNR had not submitted to EPA a permit revised to meet EPA’s June 28, 2010 objection to this permit. However, on February 16, 2012, EPA received a proposed revised title V permit for Pulliam from WDNR. As a result, Sierra Club and EPA plan to enter into a settlement. Under the proposed settlement agreement, if EPA objects to the proposed revised permit by April 1, 2012, Plaintiff must notify EPA within ten (10) days of EPA’s objection whether it seeks to lift the stay of the litigation. If Plaintiff seeks to lift the stay, the parties will file a joint motion to lift the stay within ten (10) days of Plaintiff’s notice, and EPA must file the administrative record within thirty (30) days of EPA’s objection. If Plaintiff does not seek to lift the stay, it will file a motion to dismiss the case with prejudice within thirty (30) days of EPA’s objection. If EPA does not object to the proposed revised permit and Plaintiff submits a timely administrative petition pursuant to CAA section 505(b)(2), 42 U.S.C. 7661d(B)(2), requesting that EPA object to such permit, EPA must respond to the petition within 80 days of receiving the petition. No action is required of EPA if Plaintiff does not submit a timely petition to EPA. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9654-3; Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-0895]


Draft Research Report: Investigation of Ground Water 
Contamination Near Pavillion, WY

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing an extension to the public comment period 
for the external review of the draft research report titled, 
``Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, 
Wyoming.'' The draft research report was prepared by the National Risk 
Management Research Laboratory, within the EPA Office of Research and 
Development (ORD), and EPA Region 8. This draft research report is not 
final as described in EPA's Information Quality Guidelines, and does 
not represent and should not be construed to represent Agency policy or 
views. Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA contractor for external 
peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts for peer 
review of this draft research report. Public comments submitted during 
the public comment period will be made available to the peer review 
panel for consideration in their review. An external peer review 
meeting will take place following the public comment period. An 
additional Federal Register notice will be published about one month 
prior to the meeting to provide the meeting date, location, and 
registration information. Additional details about the peer review 
process can be found at: https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_pra_view.cfm?dirEntryID=240345.

DATES: The public comment period began December 14, 2011 and ends 
October 16, 2012. Comments should be submitted to the docket or 
received in writing by EPA by October 16, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The draft ``Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near 
Pavillion, Wyoming'' is available via the Internet on the EPA Region 8 
site at: https://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/pavillion/EPA_ReportOnPavillion_Dec-8-2011.pdf.
    Comments may be submitted electronically via https://www.regulations.gov, by email, by mail, by facsimile, or by hand 
delivery/courier. Please follow the detailed instructions provided in 
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
    Additional Information: For information on the docket, 
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 email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
    For information on the draft report, please contact Rebecca Foster, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, P.O. Box 1198, Ada, OK 74821; 
telephone: 580-436-8750; facsimile: 580-436-8529; or email: 
foster.rebecca@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Information About Pavillion Ground Water Investigation

    Pavillion, Wyoming is located in Fremont County, about 20 miles 
northwest of Riverton. The concern at the site is potential ground 
water contamination, based on resident complaints about smells, tastes, 
and adverse changes in water quality of their domestic wells. In 
collaboration with ORD Region 8 has been conducting a ground water 
investigation. The purpose of this ground water investigation is to 
better understand the basic ground water hydrology and how the 
constituents of concern may be occurring in the aquifer. More 
information is available at https://www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/pavillion/.

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

    Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2011-
0895, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
     Facsimile: 202-566-1753.
     Mail: Office of Environmental Information 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

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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. 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-
2011-0895. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the 
specified comment period. 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 email. 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 email comments directly to EPA without 
going through https://www.regulations.gov, your email 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: March 20, 2012.
Cynthia Sonich-Mullin,
Director, National Risk Management Research Laboratory.
[FR Doc. 2012-7574 Filed 3-28-12; 8:45 am]
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