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TABLE II—89 NOCS RECEIVED FROM 4/1/14 TO 6/30/14—Continued 

Case No. Received date 

Commencement notice 

end date 

Chemical 

P–13–0932 ....................................... 6/17/2014 6/3/2014 (G) Polyester adduct. 

P–14–0313 ....................................... 6/18/2014 6/3/2014 (S) Ethanesulfonic acid, 2-[(2-aminoethyl)amino]-, sodium salt (1:1), 

polymer with 1,6-diisocyanatohexane, alphahydroomegahydroxypoly(oxy-1,4-butanediyl) and 5-isocyanato-1- 

(isocyanatomethyl)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexane. 

P–14–0404 ....................................... 6/18/2014 6/5/2014 (S) Soybean oil, ester with polyethylene glycol ether with glycerol (3:1). 

P–14–0403 ....................................... 6/18/2014 6/6/2014 (S) Olive oil, ester with polyethylene glycol ether with glycerol (3:1). 

P–14–0405 ....................................... 6/18/2014 6/6/2014 (S) Oils, palm kernel, esters with polyethylene glycol ether with glycerol 

(3:1). 

P–14–0401 ....................................... 6/18/2014 6/9/2014 (S) Fats and glyceridic oils, avocado, esters with polyethylene glycol 

ether with glycerol (3:1). 

P–14–0406 ....................................... 6/18/2014 6/10/2014 (S) Oils, palm, esters with polyethylene glycol ether with glycerol (3:1). 

P–14–0402 ....................................... 6/18/2014 6/11/2014 (S) Coconut oil, ester with polyethylene glycol ether with glycerol (3:1). 

P–14–0056 ....................................... 6/19/2014 5/19/2014 (G) Amine-terminated epoxy resin. 

P–14–0025 ....................................... 6/20/2014 5/16/2014 (G) Polyethylene glycol-acrylic polymer salt. 

P–14–0089 ....................................... 6/23/2014 6/17/2014 (G) Fatty acid amide hydrochloride. 

P–14–0090 ....................................... 6/23/2014 6/17/2014 (G) Fatty acid amide hydrochloride. 

P–14–0370 ....................................... 6/25/2014 6/16/2014 (G) Acrylic esters and methacrylic esters epoxy resin. 

P–13–0677 ....................................... 6/26/2014 6/5/2014 (G) 1,3-dioxolan-2-one, polymer with 1,4-alkanediol, 1,2-alkanediol, 

1,1′-alkylenebis[4-substitutedmonocarbocycle] and 2-alkyl-1,3- 

alkanediol. 

P–12–0383 ....................................... 6/27/2014 6/10/2014 (G) Alkanes. 

P–11–0607 ....................................... 6/27/2014 6/25/2014 (G) Polyaromatic organophosphorus compound. 

If you are interested in information 

that is not included in these tables, you 

may contact EPA as described in Unit 

III. to access additional non-CBI 

information that may be available. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Hazardous substances, Imports, Notice 

of commencement, Premanufacturer, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Test marketing 

exemptions. 

Dated: August 28, 2014. 

Chandler Sirmons, 

Acting Director, Information Management 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0170; FRL–9916–71– 

OW] 

RIN 2040–ZA18 

Final 2012 and Preliminary 2014 

Effluent Guidelines Program Plans and 

2012 and 2013 Annual Effluent 

Guidelines Review Reports 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the combined Final 2012 

and Preliminary 2014 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plans and EPA’s 

2012 and 2013 Annual Effluent 

Guidelines Review Reports. This notice 

solicits public comment and input on 

the Preliminary 2014 Plan and the 2012 

and 2013 Annual Review Reports. 

The Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’ or 

‘‘Act’’) requires EPA to biennially 

publish a plan for new and revised 

effluent guidelines, after public notice 

and comment, which identifies any new 

or existing industrial categories selected 

for effluent guidelines rulemaking and 

provides a schedule for such 

rulemaking. EPA typically publishes a 

preliminary plan upon which the public 

is invited to comment, and then 

publishes a final plan about a year later. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

November 17, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments on 

the 2012 and 2013 Annual Reviews and 

the Preliminary 2014 Plan identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014– 

0170, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ow-docket@epa.gov, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2014–0170 . 

• Fax: (202) 566—9744. 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2014–0170, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2014–0170. Such deliveries are 

accepted only during the Docket 

Center’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments on 

the 2012 and 2013 Annual Reviews and 

Preliminary 2014 Plan to Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0170. EPA’s policy 

is that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and could be made available 

online at www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the comment includes 

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 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

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 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

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 

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cannot read your comment because of 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA might 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 additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

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

For additional instructions on 

submitting comments, go to the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

Submitting Confidential Business 

Information 

Do not submit confidential business 

information (CBI) to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Any CBI 

you wish to submit should be sent via 

a trackable physical method, such as 

Federal Express or United Parcel 

Service, to Mr. M. Ahmar Siddiqui, 

Document Control Officer, Engineering 

and Analysis Division (4303T), Room 

6231S EPA West, U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. A CBI package should be 

double-wrapped, so that the CBI is in 

one package, which is itself inside 

another package. Clearly mark the part 

or all of the information that you claim 

to be CBI. For CBI information on a disk 

or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark 

the outside of the disk or CD ROM as 

CBI and then identify electronically 

within the disk or CD ROM the specific 

information that is claimed as CBI. In 

addition to one complete copy of the 

material that includes information 

claimed as CBI, a copy of the material 

that does not contain the information 

claimed as CBI must be submitted for 

inclusion in the public docket. 

Information marked as CBI will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the index at 

www.regulations.gov. Although listed in 

the index, some information is not 

publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically at www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy at the Water Docket in the 

EPA Docket Center, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The Public 

Reading Room is open 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, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is (202) 

566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William F. Swietlik, Engineering and 

Analysis Division, Office of Water, 

4303T, U. S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 566–1129; fax number: 

(202) 566–1053; email address: 

swietlik.william@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Supporting Documents 

Key documents providing additional 

information about EPA’s 2012 and 2013 

Annual Reviews and the Final 2012 and 

Preliminary 2014 Plans include the 

2012 and 2013 Annual Effluent 

Guidelines Review Reports and the 

combined Final 2012 and Preliminary 

2014 Effluent Guidelines Program Plans. 

B. How can I get copies of these 

documents and other related 

information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established official 

public dockets for these actions under 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014– 

0170. The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Water Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) 

EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the United States 

government online source for Federal 

regulations at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

3. Internet access. Copies of the 

supporting documents are available at 

http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/

lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency 

might ask you to respond to specific 

questions or organize comments by 

referencing a Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part or section 

number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree, 

suggest alternatives, and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. How is this document organized? 

The outline of this notice follows: 

A. Legal Authority 

B. Summary of the Final 2012 and 

Preliminary 2014 Effluent Guidelines 

Program Plans 

C. Public Comments 

D. Requests for Public Comment and 

Information 

A. Legal Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1251, 

et seq., and in particular sections 301(d), 

304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b)and 

308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 

1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 

1317(b), and 1318. 

B. Summary of the Final 2012 and 

Preliminary 2014 Effluent Guidelines 

Program Plans 

The Final 2012 Effluent Guidelines 

Program Plan (‘‘Final 2012 Plan’’) and 

the Preliminary 2014 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan (‘‘Preliminary 

2014 Plan’’) were prepared pursuant to 

Clean Water Act section 304(m). The 

Plans provide a summary of EPA’s 

review of effluent guidelines and 

pretreatment standards, consistent with 

CWA sections 301(d), 304(b), 304(g), 

304(m), and 307(b) and EPA’s 

evaluation of indirect discharges 

without categorical pretreatment 

standards to identify potential new 

categories for pretreatment standards 

under CWA section 307(b). From these 

reviews, the Plans identify any new or 

existing industrial categories selected 

for effluent guidelines rulemakings, and 

provide a schedule for such 

rulemakings. In addition, the Plans 

present any new or existing categories of 

industry selected for further review and 

analysis. 

Both Plans are supported by EPA’s 

2012 and 2013 Annual Reviews (U.S. 

EPA, 2014a and 2014b), which also 

build on prior reviews, including EPA’s 

2011 Annual Review (U.S. EPA, 2012a). 

The 2012 Annual Review includes 

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supporting analyses aimed at 

identifying new pollutants of concern 

and identifying wastewater discharges 

in industrial categories that may not be 

currently regulated by effluent 

limitations guidelines and standards. 

EPA’s 2011, 2012 and 2013 Annual 

Review Reports are a part of the Annual 

Review record and can be found at 

http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/

lawsguidance/cwa/304m/index.cfm. 

C. Public Comments 

EPA also considers public comments 

and information submitted by 

stakeholders in response to the Effluent 

Limitations Guidelines Program Plan, 

and submitted in response to specific 

solicitations made in this Notice (see 

Request for Comment and Information 

below). A summary of the public 

comments and stakeholder input on the 

Preliminary 2012 Plan is provided in 

the Final 2012 Plan and a detailed 

listing of all commenters, and the 

subjects upon which they commented, 

is provided in the 2012 Annual Review 

Report. All submitted comment letters, 

attachments and information are made a 

part of the record for the Effluent 

Guidelines Plan and are publicly 

accessible at www.regulations.gov. 

D. Requests for Public Comment and 

Information 

For the Preliminary 2014 Effluent 

Limitations Guidelines Plan, EPA 

requests comments and information on 

the following topics: 

1. Data Sources and Methodologies—In 

General 

EPA solicits comments on whether it 

used the correct evaluation factors, 

criteria, and data sources in conducting 

its 2012 and 2013 Annual Reviews and 

in developing the Plans. EPA also 

solicits comment on other data sources 

EPA might use in its annual reviews and 

biennial planning process. 

2. The Preliminary 2014 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan 

EPA solicits comments on its 

Preliminary 2014 Plan, including the 

data and information used to support 

the findings, actions and conclusions as 

stated in the Preliminary 2014 Plan. 

Specifically, EPA solicits public 

comment and stakeholder input, data 

and information on: 

(a) Study of Centralized Waste 

Treatment (‘‘CWT’’) facilities. EPA has 

decided to conduct a study of CWT 

facilities accepting oil and gas 

extraction wastewater. EPA solicits data 

and information related to the extent to 

which CWT facilities accept such 

wastewater, available treatment 

technologies (and their associated 

costs), discharge characteristics, 

financial characteristics of CWT 

facilities, the environmental impacts of 

discharges from CWT facilities, as well 

as any other information believed to be 

relevant to EPA’s study of this issue. 

(b) Study of Petroleum Refineries. 

EPA plans to initiate a study of 

Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR Part 419). 

EPA specifically solicits data and 

information on the discharge of metals 

and dioxin from petroleum refineries, 

including for example, the source(s) of 

these contaminants, either in crude oil 

sources or in the refining process, the 

effects of new air pollution controls on 

wastewater discharges at refineries, and 

information on current and future 

trends in oil refining processes. EPA 

also solicits data and information on 

current wastewater treatment 

technology performance at petroleum 

refineries, as well as any other 

information believed to be relevant to 

EPA’s study of this issue. 

(c) Preliminary Category Review of 

Metal Finishing. EPA plans to continue 

a preliminary category review of the 

Metal Finishing point source category 

(40 CFR Part 433). EPA solicits data and 

information regarding the discharge and 

treatment of metals, particularly 

chromium, nickel, and zinc, in addition 

to cadmium, copper, lead, silver and 

any others, to publicly owned treatment 

works (‘‘POTWs’’) by metal finishers, as 

well as any other information believed 

to be relevant to EPA’s review. 

(d) Nanomaterials manufacturing and 

formulating. EPA is collecting data and 

information on the potential industrial 

wastewater discharge hazards associated 

with nanomaterials manufacturing and 

formulating. EPA requests public 

comment and stakeholder input relating 

to any information or data available on 

the wastewater hazards and discharges 

associated with the manufacture of 

nanomaterials and their use in 

manufacturing or formulating products, 

as well as any other information 

believed to be relevant. 

3. Innovation and Technology in the 

Effluent Guidelines Program 

As it did in the Preliminary 2012 

Effluent Guidelines Plan, EPA is again 

requesting public comment and ideas on 

the subject of technology innovation. 

EPA seeks public input and comment 

on the following questions and related 

themes: 

(a) Are there new, innovative 

pollution control or pollution 

prevention technologies that can be 

used by any of the existing 57 categories 

of industry with effluent limitations 

guidelines? 

(b) Are there innovative 

manufacturing approaches that can be 

used by industries to reduce or prevent 

their wastewater discharges? 

(c) How can EPA’s effluent limitations 

guidelines program enhance technology 

transfer to catalyze and harness 

innovation to solve industrial 

wastewater problems, both now and in 

the future? 

(d) How can EPA better foster 

consideration of innovative technologies 

through the effluent guidelines planning 

process? 

Dated: September 9, 2014. 

Kenneth J. Kopocis, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9916–64–OW] 

Meeting of the National Drinking Water 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

a meeting of the National Drinking 

Water Advisory Council (Council), as 

authorized under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act (SDWA). The meeting is 

scheduled for November 6 and 7, 2014. 

The Council typically considers various 

issues associated with drinking water 

protection and public water systems. 

During this meeting, the Council will 

focus discussions on the approaches to 

regulating groups of carcinogenic 

volatile organic chemicals, harmful algal 

blooms, climate and drinking water 

issues and other program topics. In 

addition, the Council will also discuss 

options for compliance schedules 

relative to the Long Term 2 Enhanced 

Surface Water Treatment Rule. 

DATES: The meeting on November 6, 

2014, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., eastern time, and on November 7, 

2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., 

eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in Room 1117–A at the EPA 

William Jefferson Clinton East Building, 

1201 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. All attendees 

must go through a metal detector, sign 

in with the security desk and show 

government-issued photo identification 

to enter government buildings. 


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