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In accordance with Section
122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of
1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), notice
is hereby given by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(‘‘EPA’’), Region 2, of a proposed bona
fide prospective purchaser settlement
agreement pursuant to Sections 104,
106, 107, and 122 of CERCLA, with 356
Getty Avenue, LLC for the Alfred Heller
Heat Treating Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’),
located in the City of Clifton, Passaic
County, New Jersey. 356 Getty Avenue,
LLC agrees to perform a CERCLA
removal action at the Site and pay EPA
$25,000 for EPA’s future oversight costs
at or in connection with the Site.
The settlement includes a covenant by
EPA not to sue or to take administrative
action against 356 Getty Avenue, LLC
pursuant to Sections 106 and 107(a) of
CERCLA, for Existing Contamination, a
defined term under the settlement
agreement, at the Site. For thirty (30)
days following the date of publication of
this notice, EPA will receive written
comments relating to the settlement.
EPA will consider all comments
received and may modify or withdraw
its consent to the settlement if
comments received disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that the
proposed settlement is inappropriate,
improper, or inadequate. EPA’s
response to any comments received will
be available for public inspection at
EPA Region 2, 290 Broadway, New
York, New York 10007–1866.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 7, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is
available for public inspection at EPA
Region 2 offices at 290 Broadway, New
York, New York 10007–1866. Comments
should reference the Alfred Heller Heat
Treating Superfund Site, City of Clifton,
Passaic County, New Jersey, Index No.
II–CERCLA–02–2017–2008. To request a
copy of the proposed settlement
agreement, please contact the EPA
employee identified below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Schwenk, Assistant Regional
Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007–
1866. Email: schwenk.deborah@epa.gov.
Telephone: 212–637–3149.
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Dated: May 2, 2017.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the
Science Advisory Board’s 2017
Scientific and Technological
Achievement Awards Committee and
Closed Meeting of the Science
Advisory Board
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting
of the SAB’s 2017 Scientific and
Technological Achievement Awards
(STAA) Committee and a meeting of the
chartered SAB to develop and review
recommendations for recognition under
the Agency’s 2017 STAA program.
These meetings are closed to the public.
DATES: The STAA Committee meeting
will be held Wednesday, July 19, 2017,
from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and
Thursday, July 20, 2017, from 8:00 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The
chartered SAB meeting will be held
Friday, September 15, 2017, from 10:00
a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (Eastern Time). The
meetings will be closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The STAA Committee
meeting will be held at the Melrose
Georgetown Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20037.
The chartered SAB meeting will be held
in the Washington, DC metro area, and
an agenda with the final location will be
posted on the SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding the
STAA Committee meeting may contact
Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal
Officer, by telephone: (202) 564–2134 or
email at hanlon.edward@epa.gov.
Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding the
chartered SAB meeting may contact
Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal
Officer, by telephone: (202) 564–4885 or
email at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. The
SAB Mailing address is EPA Science
Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R),
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. General
information about the SAB as well as
updates concerning the SAB meeting
announced in this notice may be found
on the SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
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Background: The SAB was
established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development,
and Demonstration Authorization Act
(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365,
to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on
the technical basis for Agency positions
and regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will
comply with the provisions of FACA
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office
procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA
and EPA policy, notice is hereby given
that the SAB 2017 STAA Committee
will hold a closed meeting to develop
recommendations for recipients of the
Agency’s 2017 STAA program
achievement awards and
recommendations for improvement of
the Agency’s STAA program, and the
chartered SAB will hold a closed
meeting to conduct a review of the SAB
2017 STAA Committee’s draft advisory
report. Under normal circumstances, a
notice of the Committee meeting must
be published no later than 15 days
before the date of that meeting. Due to
unavoidable administrative
circumstances, we are publishing this
notice with less than 15 days’ advance
notice for the STAA Committee meeting
on July 19 and 20, 2017.
The STAA awards are established to
honor and recognize EPA employees
who have made outstanding
contributions in the advancement of
science and technology through their
research and development activities, as
exhibited in publication of their results
in peer reviewed journals. In conducting
its review, the SAB considers each
nomination in relation to the following
four award levels:
• Level I awards are for those who
have accomplished an exceptionally
high-quality research or technological
effort. The awards recognize the
creation or general revision of scientific
or technological principle or procedure,
or a highly significant improvement in
the value of a device, activity, program,
or service to the public. Awarded
research is of national significance or
has high impact on a broad area of
science/technology. The research has far
reaching consequences and is
recognizable as a major scientific/
technological achievement within its
discipline or field of study.
• Level II awards are for those who
have accomplished a notably excellent
research or technological effort that has
qualities and values similar to, but to a
lesser degree, than those described
under Level I. Awarded research has
timely consequences and contributes as
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an important scientific/technological
achievement within its discipline or
field of study.
• Level III awards are for those who
have accomplished an unusually
notable research or technological effort.
The awards are for a substantial revision
or modification of a scientific/
technological principle or procedure, or
an important improvement to the value
of a device, activity, program, or service
to the public. Awarded research relates
to a mission or organizational
component of the EPA, or significantly
affects a relevant area of science/
technology.
• Honorable Mention awards
acknowledge research efforts that are
noteworthy but do not warrant a Level
I, II or III award. Honorable Mention
applies to research that: (1) May not
quite reach the level described for a
Level III award; (2) show a promising
area of research that the Subcommittee
wants to encourage; or (3) show an area
of research that the Subcommittees feels
is too preliminary to warrant an award
recommendation at this time.
The SAB reviews the STAA
nomination packages according to the
following five evaluation factors:
• The extent to which the work
reported in the nominated
publication(s) resulted in either new or
significantly revised knowledge. The
accomplishment is expected to
represent an important advancement of
scientific knowledge or technology
relevant to environmental issues and
EPA’s mission.
• The extent to which environmental
protection has been strengthened or
improved, whether of local, national, or
international importance.
• The degree to which the research is
a product of the originality,
creativeness, initiative, and problemsolving ability of the researchers, as well
as the level of effort required to produce
the results.
• The extent of the beneficial impact
of the research and the degree to which
the research has been favorably
recognized from outside EPA.
• The nature and extent of peer
review, including stature and quality of
the peer-reviewed journal or the
publisher of a book for a review chapter
published therein.
I have determined that the meetings of
the STAA Committee and chartered
SAB will be closed to the public
because they are concerned with
selecting employees deserving of
awards. In making these
recommendations, the Agency requires
full and frank advice from the SAB. This
advice will involve professional
judgments on the relative merits of
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various employees and their respective
work. Such personnel matters involve
the discussion of information that is of
a personal nature and the disclosure of
which would be a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy and,
therefore, are protected from disclosure
by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2,
and sections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5
U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Minutes of the
meetings of the STAA Committee and
chartered SAB will be kept and certified
by the chair of those meetings.
Dated: June 30, 2017.
E. Scott Pruitt,
Administrator.
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Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:
Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of West Virginia
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
approval of the State of West Virginia’s
request to revise its National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation EPA-authorized
program to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA’s approval is effective
August 7, 2017 for the State of West
Virginia’s National Primary Drinking
Water Regulations Implementation
program, if no timely request for a
public hearing is received and accepted
by the Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175,
seeh.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)
was published in the Federal Register
(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of
title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR
establishes electronic reporting as an
acceptable regulatory alternative to
paper reporting and establishes
requirements to assure that electronic
documents are as legally dependable as
their paper counterparts. Subpart D of
CROMERR requires that state, tribal or
local government agencies that receive,
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or wish to begin receiving, electronic
reports under their EPA-authorized
programs must apply to EPA for a
revision or modification of those
programs and obtain EPA approval.
Subpart D provides standards for such
approvals based on consideration of the
electronic document receiving systems
that the state, tribe, or local government
will use to implement the electronic
reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b)
through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D
provides special procedures for program
revisions and modifications to allow
electronic reporting, to be used at the
option of the state, tribe or local
government in place of procedures
available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An
application submitted under the subpart
D procedures must show that the state,
tribe or local government has sufficient
legal authority to implement the
electronic reporting components of the
programs covered by the application
and will use electronic document
receiving systems that meet the
applicable subpart D requirements.
On June 1, 2017, the West Virginia
Department of Health and Human
Resources (WV DHHR) submitted an
application titled ‘‘Compliance
Monitoring Data Portal’’ for revision to
its EPA-approved drinking water
program under title 40 CFR to allow
new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed
WV DHHR’s request to revise its EPAauthorized program and, based on this
review, EPA determined that the
application met the standards for
approval of authorized program revision
set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In
accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this
notice of EPA’s decision to approve
West Virginia’s request to revise its Part
142—National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations Implementation program to
allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
part 141 is being published in the
Federal Register.
WV DHHR was notified of EPA’s
determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized program
listed above.
Also, in today’s notice, EPA is
informing interested persons that they
may request a public hearing on EPA’s
action to approve the State of West
Virginia’s request to revise its
authorized public water system program
under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance
with 40 CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for a
hearing must be submitted to EPA
within 30 days of publication of today’s
Federal Register notice. Such requests
should include the following
information:
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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board's
2017 Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards Committee and
Closed Meeting of the Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a meeting of the SAB's 2017
Scientific and Technological Achievement Awards (STAA) Committee and a
meeting of the chartered SAB to develop and review recommendations for
recognition under the Agency's 2017 STAA program. These meetings are
closed to the public.
DATES: The STAA Committee meeting will be held Wednesday, July 19,
2017, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 20, 2017, from
8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). The chartered SAB meeting will
be held Friday, September 15, 2017, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
(Eastern Time). The meetings will be closed to the public.
ADDRESSES: The STAA Committee meeting will be held at the Melrose
Georgetown Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20037.
The chartered SAB meeting will be held in the Washington, DC metro
area, and an agenda with the final location will be posted on the SAB
Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information regarding the STAA Committee meeting may
contact Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone: (202)
564-2134 or email at hanlon.edward@epa.gov. Members of the public who
wish to obtain further information regarding the chartered SAB meeting
may contact Thomas Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer, by telephone:
(202) 564-4885 or email at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. The SAB Mailing
address is EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office (1400R), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. General information about the SAB as well as
updates concerning the SAB meeting announced in this notice may be
found on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA),
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency
positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee
chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C.,
App. 2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA and
EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB 2017 STAA Committee
will hold a closed meeting to develop recommendations for recipients of
the Agency's 2017 STAA program achievement awards and recommendations
for improvement of the Agency's STAA program, and the chartered SAB
will hold a closed meeting to conduct a review of the SAB 2017 STAA
Committee's draft advisory report. Under normal circumstances, a notice
of the Committee meeting must be published no later than 15 days before
the date of that meeting. Due to unavoidable administrative
circumstances, we are publishing this notice with less than 15 days'
advance notice for the STAA Committee meeting on July 19 and 20, 2017.
The STAA awards are established to honor and recognize EPA
employees who have made outstanding contributions in the advancement of
science and technology through their research and development
activities, as exhibited in publication of their results in peer
reviewed journals. In conducting its review, the SAB considers each
nomination in relation to the following four award levels:
Level I awards are for those who have accomplished an
exceptionally high-quality research or technological effort. The awards
recognize the creation or general revision of scientific or
technological principle or procedure, or a highly significant
improvement in the value of a device, activity, program, or service to
the public. Awarded research is of national significance or has high
impact on a broad area of science/technology. The research has far
reaching consequences and is recognizable as a major scientific/
technological achievement within its discipline or field of study.
Level II awards are for those who have accomplished a
notably excellent research or technological effort that has qualities
and values similar to, but to a lesser degree, than those described
under Level I. Awarded research has timely consequences and contributes
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an important scientific/technological achievement within its discipline
or field of study.
Level III awards are for those who have accomplished an
unusually notable research or technological effort. The awards are for
a substantial revision or modification of a scientific/technological
principle or procedure, or an important improvement to the value of a
device, activity, program, or service to the public. Awarded research
relates to a mission or organizational component of the EPA, or
significantly affects a relevant area of science/technology.
Honorable Mention awards acknowledge research efforts that
are noteworthy but do not warrant a Level I, II or III award. Honorable
Mention applies to research that: (1) May not quite reach the level
described for a Level III award; (2) show a promising area of research
that the Subcommittee wants to encourage; or (3) show an area of
research that the Subcommittees feels is too preliminary to warrant an
award recommendation at this time.
The SAB reviews the STAA nomination packages according to the
following five evaluation factors:
The extent to which the work reported in the nominated
publication(s) resulted in either new or significantly revised
knowledge. The accomplishment is expected to represent an important
advancement of scientific knowledge or technology relevant to
environmental issues and EPA's mission.
The extent to which environmental protection has been
strengthened or improved, whether of local, national, or international
importance.
The degree to which the research is a product of the
originality, creativeness, initiative, and problem-solving ability of
the researchers, as well as the level of effort required to produce the
results.
The extent of the beneficial impact of the research and
the degree to which the research has been favorably recognized from
outside EPA.
The nature and extent of peer review, including stature
and quality of the peer-reviewed journal or the publisher of a book for
a review chapter published therein.
I have determined that the meetings of the STAA Committee and
chartered SAB will be closed to the public because they are concerned
with selecting employees deserving of awards. In making these
recommendations, the Agency requires full and frank advice from the
SAB. This advice will involve professional judgments on the relative
merits of various employees and their respective work. Such personnel
matters involve the discussion of information that is of a personal
nature and the disclosure of which would be a clearly unwarranted
invasion of personal privacy and, therefore, are protected from
disclosure by section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, and sections (c)(2) and (c)(6) of the
Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2) and (6). Minutes of
the meetings of the STAA Committee and chartered SAB will be kept and
certified by the chair of those meetings.
Dated: June 30, 2017.
E. Scott Pruitt,
Administrator.
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