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National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda,

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

On July 18, 2003, the EPA promulgated amendments to the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for chemical recovery combustion sources at kraft, soda, sulfite, and standalone semichemical pulp mills. The technical corrections in this action restore provisions which were inadvertently deleted by the July 18, 2003, amendments and restore a provision which was inadvertently omitted from the January 12, 2001, final rule.

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; MOBILE6-Based Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

EPA is taking direct final action to approve a revision to the Delaware State Implementation Plan (SIP). Specifically, EPA is approving amendments to the 2005 highway (on road) motor vehicle emission inventory for the Delaware portion of the Philadelphia WilmingtonTrenton area's (the Philadelphia area) 1hour ozone attainment plan as a revision to the Delaware SIP. This revision also serves to amend the 2005 motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) used for determining transportation conformity under the Clean Air Act. The revised MVEBs were developed using MOBILE6, the most recent version of EPA's mobile source emission factor model. Revision of the MVEBs was a requirement of EPA's prior approval of Delaware's 1hour ozone attainment demonstration plan for the Philadelphia severe ozone nonattainment area. The intended effect of this direct final approval action is to approve a SIP revision that will assist Delaware in attaining and demonstrating conformity with the 1hour ozone standard. This actio

Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Delaware; MOBILE6-based Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

EPA proposes to approve a revision to the Delaware State Implementation Plan (SIP). Specifically, EPA is proposing approving amendments to the 2005 highway (on road) motor vehicle emission inventory for the Delaware portion of the PhiladelphiaWilmington Trenton area's (the Philadelphia area) 1hour ozone attainment plan as a revision to the Delaware SIP. This revision also serves to amend the 2005 motor vehicle emission budgets (MVEBs) used for determining transportation conformity under the Clean Air Act. The revised MVEBs were developed using MOBILE6, the most recent version of EPA's mobile source emission factor model. Revision of the MVEBs was a requirement of EPA's prior approval of Delaware's 1hour ozone attainment demonstration plan for the Philadelphia severe ozone nonattainment area. In the final rules section of this Federal Register, EPA is approving Delaware's SIP submittal as a direct final rule without prior proposal because the Agency views this as a noncontroversial submittal and

Environmental Impact Statements and Regulations; Availability of EPA Comments

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Availability of EPA comments prepared pursuant to the Environmental Review Process (ERP), under section 309 of the Clean Air Act and section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act as amended. Requests for copies of EPA comments can be directed to the Office of Federal Activities at (202) 5647167. An explanation of the ratings assigned to draft environmental impact statements (EISs) was published in the Federal Register dated April 4, 2003 (68 FR 16511).

Draft EISs

ERP No. DAFSF65044MI Rating EC1, Baltimore Vegetative Management Project, implementation, Ottawa National Forest, Ontonagon Ranger District, Ontonagon County, MI.

Summary: EPA expressed environmental concerns with potential impacts to riparian areas and to the complexity of forest structure from fragmentation, management of early successional species and the control of invasives. The final EIS should address impacts from dispersed recreation to soil and water resources. EPA offered several suggested modification

Environmental Impact Statements; Notice of Availability

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 5647167 or http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements
Filed November 24, 2003, through November 28, 2003
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
EIS No. 030542, Final EIS, HHS, MD, Integrated Research Facility (IRF) at Fort Detrick construction and operation, adjacent to existing U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Facilities, City of Frederick, Frederick County, MD, Due: January 5, 2004, Contact: Ronald Wilson (301) 4965037.
EIS No. 030543, Final Supplement, BLM, NV, Millennium Expansion Project, new facilities construction and existed gold mining operations expansion, planofoperations approval, Winnemucca, Humboldt County, NV, Due: January 5, 2004, Contact: Jeff Johnson (775) 6231500. EIS No. 030544, Draft EIS, AFS, AZ, Bar T Bar An

Notice of Public Meeting of the National Environmental Education Advisory Council

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that the National Environmental Education Advisory Council established under section 9 of the National Environmental Education Act of 1990 (the Act), will hold a public meeting on January 22 and 23, 2004. The meeting will take place 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, January 22 and Friday, January 23. The purpose of this meeting is to provide the Council with an opportunity to advise EPA's Office of Public Affairs (OPA) and the Office of Environmental Education (OEE) on its implementation of the Act. Members of the public are invited to attend and to submit written comments to EPA following the meeting.

For additional information regarding the Council's upcoming meeting, please contact Ginger Potter, Office of Environmental Education (1704A), Office of Public Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460 or call (202) 5640453.

Dated: December 3, 2003.
Ginger Potter

Peer-Review Workshop on Time-Dependent Models and Technical Guidance Document Developed for Benchmark Dose Analysis of

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces an expert peerreview workshop to review two timedependent doseresponse models and draft guidance for the application of these models to the assessment of data generated under EPA neurotoxicity screening test guidelines (63 FR 26926, May 14, 1998). Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), an EPA contractor, will organize, convene, and conduct the peerreview workshop.

The workshop will focus on application of the new statistical and doseresponse methods represented by these models to neurotoxicity data, but applications of these methods to other toxicological data will also be discussed. The Splus[reg] model programs and draft guidance document to be reviewed were developed for the EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) and National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory (NHEERL) by the University of South Florida. They are both available for download from the workshop's registration Web site,

Notice of Receipt of Requests to Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide Registrations for Products Containing

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of receipt of requests by registrants to voluntarily cancel certain pesticide registrations and to amend certain pesticide registrations to terminate a use. Atofina Chemicals, Inc. and Crompton Corporation have requested that the registrations for all their tributyltin products registered for use in formulating antifouling paints or which are themselves antifouling paints be canceled, or if the products are registered for use in formulating other pesticides in addition to antifouling paints, that those registrations be amended to terminate the antifoulant use. Both registrants have requested that the voluntary cancellations and use terminations become effective as of November 30, 2003. Both companies have requested that they be permitted to sell affected products without change to the labels until that date and no later; no separate existing stocks provision

Pyridalyl; Notice of Filing a Pesticide Petition to Establish a Tolerance for a Certain Pesticide Chemical in or on

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces the initial filing of a pesticide petition proposing the establishment of regulations for residues of a certain pesticide chemical in or on various food commodities.

Notice of Availability of the Preliminary Risk Assessment for Creosote Reregistration Eligibility Decision

Fri, Dec 5 2003 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces the availability of documents that were developed as part of EPA's sixphase public participation
reregistration process for creosote. This chemical, a ``heavy duty wood preservative,'' was first registered in the United States in 1948 as a coal tar creosote active ingredient. Presently, 16 products are registered for use as industrial wood preservatives for above and below ground wood protection treatments, as well as treating wood in marine environments. Creosote wood preservatives are used primarily in the pressure treatment of railroad ties/crossties (about 70% of all creosote use) and utility poles/crossarms (about 1520% of all creosote use). Assorted creosotetreated lumber products (e.g., timbers, poles, posts and groundline support structures) account for the remaining uses of this wood preservative. This notice starts the 60day public comment period for the preliminary risk assessment for creosote. EPA will review all comments received and address them accordingly.