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approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) regulations 

at 40 CFR part 8, Environmental Impact 

Assessment of Nongovernmental 

Activities in Antarctica (Rule), were 

promulgated pursuant to the Antarctic 

Science, Tourism, and Conservation Act 

of 1996 (Act), 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., as 

amended, 16 U.S.C. 2403a, which 

implements the Protocol on 

Environmental Protection (Protocol) to 

the Antarctic Treaty of 1959 (Treaty). 

The Rule provides for assessment of the 

environmental impacts of 

nongovernmental activities in 

Antarctica, including tourism, for which 

the United States is required to give 

advance notice under Paragraph 5 of 

Article VII of the Treaty, and for 

coordination of the review of 

information regarding environmental 

impact assessments received from other 

Parties under the Protocol. The 

requirements of the Rule apply to 

operators of nongovernmental 

expeditions organized or proceeding 

from the territory of the United States to 

Antarctica and include commercial and 

non-commercial expeditions. 

Expeditions may include ship-based 

tours; yacht, skiing or mountaineering 

expeditions; privately funded research 

expeditions; and other nongovernmental 

activities. The Rule does not apply to 

individual U.S. citizens or groups of 

citizens planning travel to Antarctica on 

an expedition for which they are not 

acting as an operator. The provisions of 

the Rule are intended to ensure that 

potential environmental effects of 

nongovernmental activities undertaken 

in Antarctica are appropriately 

identified and considered by the 

operator during the planning process 

and that to the extent practicable 

appropriate environmental safeguards 

which would mitigate or prevent 

adverse impacts on the Antarctic 

environment are identified by the 

operator. 

Environmental Documentation: 

Persons subject to the Rule must prepare 

environmental documentation to 

support the operator’s determination 

regarding the level of environmental 

impact of the proposed expedition. 

Environmental documentation includes 

a Preliminary Environmental Review 

Memorandum (PERM), an Initial 

Environmental Evaluation (IEE), or a 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Evaluation (CEE). The environmental 

document is submitted to the Office of 

Federal Activities (OFA). If the operator 

determines that an expedition may 

have: (1) Less than a minor or transitory 

impact, a PERM needs to be submitted 

no later than 180 days before the 

proposed departure to Antarctica; (2) no 

more than minor or transitory impacts, 

an IEE needs to be submitted no later 

than 90 days before the proposed 

departure; or (3) more than minor or 

transitory impacts, a CEE needs to be 

submitted. Operators who anticipate 

such activities are encouraged to consult 

with EPA as soon as possible regarding 

the date for submittal of the CEE. The 

Protocol and the Rule also require an 

operator to employ procedures to assess 

and provide a regular and verifiable 

record of the actual impacts of an 

activity which proceeds on the basis of 

an IEE or CEE. Moreover, an operator 

needs to monitor key environmental 

indicators for an activity proceeding on 

the basis of a CEE. An operator may also 

need to carry out monitoring in order to 

assess and verify the impact of an 

activity for which an IEE would be 

prepared. For activities that require an 

IEE, an operator should be able to use 

procedures currently being voluntarily 

utilized by operators to provide the 

required information. In cases of 

emergency related to the safety of 

human life or of ships, aircraft, 

equipment and facilities of high value, 

or the protection of the environment 

which would require an activity to be 

undertaken without completion of the 

documentation procedures set out in the 

Rule, the operator would need to notify 

the Department of State within 15 days 

of any activities which would have 

otherwise required preparation of a CEE, 

and provide a full explanation of the 

activities carried out within 45 days of 

those activities. Environmental 

documents (e.g., PERM, IEE, CEE) are 

submitted to OFA. Environmental 

documents are reviewed by OFA, in 

consultation with the National Science 

Foundation and other interested Federal 

agencies, and also made available to 

other Parties and the public as required 

under the Protocol or otherwise 

requested. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1,708 hours 

annually, or 78 hours per response. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Nongovernmental operators with 

activities in Antarctica. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

22. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,708 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$136,675, includes $4,256 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 45 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is the result of a 

change in the type of environmental 

documentation EPA anticipates the 

respondents will submit. 

Dated: January 6, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–498 Filed 1–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0970; FRL–9252–3] 

Human Studies Review Board; Notice 

of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) 

announces a public meeting of the 

Human Studies Review Board (HSRB) to 

advise the Agency on EPA’s scientific 

and ethical reviews of research with 

human subjects. 

DATES: This public meeting will be held 

on January 26, 2011, from 

approximately 8:30 a.m. to 

approximately 5 p.m. Eastern Time. The 

meeting will be held at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Center—Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

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Seating at the meeting will be on a firstcome basis. To request accommodation 

of a disability, please contact the 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT at least 10 

business days prior to the meeting to 

allow EPA adequate time to process 

your request. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in section I. ‘‘Public Meeting,’’ 

under subsection D. ‘‘How may I 

participate in this meeting?’’ of this 

notice. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0970, by one of 

the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments. 

E-mail: ord.docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

ORD Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, located 

at 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The hours of 

operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding Federal holidays. Please call 

(202) 566–1744 or e-mail the ORD 

Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for 

instructions. Updates to Public Reading 

Room access are available on the Web 

site (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/ 

dockets.htm). 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0970. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

the disclosure of which is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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 

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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

receive further information should 

contact Jim Downing at telephone 

number: (202) 564–2468; fax: (202) 564– 

2070; e-mail address: 

downing.jim@epa.gov, or Lu-Ann 

Kleibacker at telephone number: (202) 

564–7189; fax: 202–564–2070; e-mail 

address: kleibacker.lu-ann@epa.gov; 

mailing address: Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of the Science 

Advisor (8105R), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

General information concerning the EPA 

HSRB can be found on the EPA Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by EPA, or to persons who are, 

or may be required to conduct testing of 

chemical substances under the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) 

or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Since 

other entities may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult Jim 

Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I access electronic copies of 

this document and other related 

information? 

In addition to using regulations.gov, 

you may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http://www.epa.gov/ 

fedrgstr/. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, Public 

Reading Room. The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, located 

at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The hours of 

operation are 8:30 am to 4:30 p.m. EST, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or e-mail the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 

Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available on the Web site (http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm). 

EPA’s position paper(s), charge/ 

questions to the HSRB, and the meeting 

agenda will be available by mid January 

2011. In addition, the Agency may 

provide additional background 

documents as the materials become 

available. You may obtain electronic 

copies of these documents, and certain 

other related documents that might be 

available electronically, from the 

regulations.gov Web site and the EPA 

HSRB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

osa/hsrb/. For questions on document 

availability, or if you do not have access 

to the Internet, consult either Jim 

Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data that you used to 

support your views. 

4. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

5. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

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line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

D. How may I participate in this 

meeting? 

You may participate in this meeting 

by following the instructions in this 

section. To ensure proper receipt by 

EPA, it is imperative that you identify 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0970 in the subject line on the first page 

of your request. 

1. Oral comments. Requests to present 

oral comments will be accepted up to 

Wednesday, January 19, 2011. To the 

extent that time permits, interested 

persons who have not pre-registered 

may be permitted by the Chair of the 

HSRB to present oral comments at the 

meeting. Each individual or group 

wishing to make brief oral comments to 

the HSRB is strongly advised to submit 

their request (preferably via e-mail) to 

Jim Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker, 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, no later than noon, Eastern 

Time, Wednesday, January 19, 2011, in 

order to be included on the meeting 

agenda and to provide sufficient time 

for the HSRB Chair and HSRB 

Designated Federal Official (DFO) to 

review the meeting agenda to provide an 

appropriate public comment period. 

The request should identify the name of 

the individual making the presentation 

and the organization (if any) the 

individual will represent. Oral 

comments before the HSRB are 

generally limited to five minutes per 

individual or organization. Please note 

that this includes all individuals 

appearing either as part of, or on behalf 

of, an organization. While it is our 

intent to hear a full range of oral 

comments on the science and ethics 

issues under discussion, it is not our 

intent to permit organizations to expand 

the time limitations by having 

numerous individuals sign up 

separately to speak on their behalf. If 

additional time is available, further 

public comments may be possible. 

2. Written comments. Submit your 

written comments prior to the meeting. 

For the HSRB to have the best 

opportunity to review and consider your 

comments as it deliberates on its report, 

you should submit your comments at 

least five business days prior to the 

beginning of this meeting. If you submit 

comments after this date, those 

comments will be provided to the Board 

members, but you should recognize that 

the Board members may not have 

adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to making a decision. 

Thus, if you plan to submit written 

comments, the Agency strongly 

encourages you to submit such 

comments no later than noon, Eastern 

Time, January 19, 2011. You should 

submit your comments using the 

instructions in section I., under 

subsection C., ‘‘What should I consider 

as I prepare my comments for EPA?’’ In 

addition, the Agency also requests that 

persons submitting comments directly 

to the docket also provide a copy of 

their comments to Jim Downing or LuAnn Kleibacker listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. There is 

no limit on the length of written 

comments for consideration by the 

HSRB. 

E. Background 

The HSRB is a Federal advisory 

committee operating in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) 5 U.S.C. App.2 section 9. The 

HSRB provides advice, information, and 

recommendations to EPA on issues 

related to scientific and ethical aspects 

of human subjects research. The major 

objectives of the HSRB are to provide 

advice and recommendations on: (1) 

Research proposals and protocols; (2) 

reports of completed research with 

human subjects; and (3) how to 

strengthen EPA’s programs for 

protection of human subjects of 

research. The HSRB reports to the EPA 

Administrator through EPA’s Science 

Advisor. 

1. Topics for discussion. At its 

meeting on January 26, 2011, EPA’s 

Human Studies Review Board will 

consider scientific and ethical issues 

surrounding these topics: 

—A scenario design and associated 

protocol from the Agricultural 

Handler Exposure Task Force 

(AHETF) describing proposed 

research to monitor exposure of 

workers who mix and load pesticides 

formulated as wettable powders. EPA 

requests the advice of the HSRB 

concerning whether, if it is revised as 

suggested in EPA’s review and if it is 

performed as described, this research 

is likely to generate scientifically 

reliable data, useful for assessing the 

exposure of those who mix and load 

pesticides formulated as wettable 

powders, and to meet the applicable 

requirements of 40 CFR part 26, 

subparts K and L. 

—The report of a completed scenario 

monograph and study reports of five 

field studies from the Agricultural 

Handler Exposure Task Force 

(AHETF) measuring the dermal and 

inhalation exposure of workers 

applying liquid spray pesticides to 

tree or trellis crops using closed cab 

airblast equipment. The studies were 

conducted in five states in the U.S. 

where closed cab airblast equipment 

is commonly used in production 

agriculture. EPA seeks the advice of 

the HSRB on the scientific soundness 

of this completed research and on its 

appropriateness for use in estimating 

the exposure of workers who apply 

liquid spray pesticides using closed 

cab airblast equipment, and on 

whether available information 

supports a determination that the 

study was conducted in substantial 

compliance with subparts K and L of 

40 CFR part 26. 

2. Meeting minutes and reports. 

Minutes of the meeting, summarizing 

the matters discussed and 

recommendations, if any, made by the 

advisory committee regarding such 

matters, will be released within 90 

calendar days of the meeting. Such 

minutes will be available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ and http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In addition, 

information concerning a Board meeting 

report, if applicable, can be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ or from 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: January 7, 2011. 

Fred S. Hauchman, 

Acting EPA Science Advisor. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9246–7] 

Next Generation Risk Assessment 

Public Dialogue Conference 

Correction 

In notice document 2010–32977 

appearing on page 82387 in the issue of 

Thursday, December 30, 2010, make the 

following correction: 

In the second column, below the 

signature date, the signatory’s name, 

‘‘Darrell A. Winn’’ should read ‘‘Darrell 

A. Winner’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2010–32977 Filed 1–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0975; FRL–8859–7] 

Methomyl: Cancellation Order for 

Amendments to Terminate Use of 

Methomyl on Grapes; Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

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