4910 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 18 / Thursday, January 28, 2016 / Notices 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252; telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Armstrong, Council staff; telephone: 

(907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 

The agenda includes updating the 

status of the Statewide Scallop Stocks 

and Stock Assessment and Fishery 

Evaluation (SAFE) report-catch 

specifications, update on Alaska Pacific 

University’s Fisheries, Aquatic Science 

and Technology lab projects, update on 

new scallop assessment programs and a 

review of research priorities. The 

Agenda is subject to change, and the 

latest version will be posted at http:// 

www.npfmc.org/. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Shannon Gleason at (907) 271–2809 at 

least 7 working days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Dated: January 25, 2016. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01679 Filed 1–27–16; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9941–00–OW] 

National Coastal Condition 

Assessment 2010 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the final National Coastal 

Condition Assessment (NCCA) 2010. 

The NCCA describes the results of a 

nationwide coastal probabilistic survey 

that was conducted in the summer of 

2010 by the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and its state, tribal, and 

federal partners. Results include 

estimates of coastal area with good, fair, 

and poor biological quality, water 

quality, sediment quality, and ecological 

fish tissue quality. Results are presented 

nationally and regionally for the 

Northeast, Southeast, Gulf of Mexico, 

West, and Great Lakes coasts. The 

NCCA 2010 also includes information 

on how the survey was implemented, 

and future actions and challenges. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hugh Sullivan, Office of Wetlands, 

Oceans and Watersheds, Office of 

Water, Washington DC Phone: 202–564– 

1763; email: sullivan.hugh@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

To better answer questions about the 

condition of waters across the country, 

EPA and its state and tribal partners 

have embarked on a series of surveys 

under the National Aquatic Resource 

Surveys (NARS) program. The NCCA 

2010 is the most recent in this series of 

surveys. The key goals of the NCCA 

2010 are to describe the ecological 

condition of the nation’s coastal and 

Great Lakes nearshore waters, how those 

conditions are changing, and the key 

stressors affecting those waters. An 

important component of the NCCA is 

collaboration with state, tribal, and 

federal partners in developing new 

monitoring tools and analytical 

approaches and in advancing the 

science of coastal monitoring. The 

survey uses a statistical design to 

sample 1,104 randomly-selected sites 

that represent the condition of the larger 

population of coastal waters in the 

conterminous United States. This is the 

first time the nearshore waters of the 

Great Lakes have been included in a 

national statistically-based survey. 

The report finds that more than half 

of the nation’s coastal and Great Lakes 

nearshore waters are rated in good 

condition for biological and sediment 

quality, while about one third are rated 

in good condition for water quality and 

less than one percent are rated in good 

condition based on the potential harm 

that fish tissue contaminants pose to 

predator fish, birds, and wildlife. 

Excessive phosphorus is the greatest 

contributor to the poor water quality 

rating. Selenium is the greatest 

contributor to the poor rating for 

potential harm to predator fish, birds 

and wildlife from fish tissue 

contaminants. The draft report has 

undergone peer, state and EPA review. 

A. How can I get copies of the NCCA 

2010 and other related information? 

You may access the NCCA 2010 from 

EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

national-aquatic-resource-surveys/ncca. 

Dated: January 13, 2016. 

Joel Beauvais, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01561 Filed 1–27–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0232; 

FRL–9941–74–ORD] 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen—Health Criteria 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of a final document titled, 

‘‘Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen—Health Criteria’’ 

(EPA/600/R–15/068). The document 

was prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within the EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development (ORD) as 

part of the review of the primary 

(health-based) National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) for nitrogen 

dioxide (NO2). The Integrated Science 

Assessment (ISA), in conjunction with 

additional technical and policy 

assessments, provides the scientific 

basis for decisions by the EPA on the 

adequacy of the current NAAQS and the 

appropriateness of possible alternative 

standards. The EPA is developing a 

separate ISA and conducting a separate 

review for the secondary (welfare-based) 

NAAQS for NO2, in conjunction with a 

review of the secondary NAAQS for 

sulfur dioxide. 

DATES: The document will be available 

on or around January 28, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Integrated Science 

Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen— 

Health Criteria’’ will be available 

primarily via the Internet on the EPA’s 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Nitrogen Dioxide (Health Criteria) home 

page at http://www.epa.gov/isa/

integrated-science-assessment-isanitrogen-dioxide-health-criteria or the 

public docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, Docket ID: EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2013–0232. A limited number 

of CD–ROM copies will be available. 

Contact Ms. Marieka Boyd by phone: 

919–541–0031; fax: 919–541–5078; or 

email: boyd.marieka@epa.gov to request 

a CD–ROM, and please provide your 

name, your mailing address, and the 

document title, ‘‘Integrated Science 

Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen— 

Health Criteria’’ to facilitate processing 

of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Dr. 

Molini Patel, NCEA; telephone: 919– 

541–1492; fax: 919–541–1818; or email: 

patel.molini@epa.gov. 


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