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a list of EPA Regional Grant 

Coordinators or visit the EPA Beaches 

Web site at http://water.epa.gov/type/ 

oceb/beaches/whereyoulive_state.cfm. 

What should a tribe’s notice of interest 

contain? 

The Notice of Interest should include 

the tribe’s name and the name and 

telephone number of a contact person. 

Are quality assurance and quality 

control (QA/QC) required for 

application? 

Yes. Three specific QA/QC 

requirements must be met to comply 

with EPA’s performance criteria for 

grants: 

(1) Applicants must submit 

documentation that describes the 

quality system implemented by the 

state, territory, tribe, or local 

government. Documentation may be in 

the form of a Quality Management Plan 

or equivalent documentation. 

(2) Applicants must submit a quality 

assurance project plan (QAPP) or 

equivalent documentation. 

(3) Applicants are responsible for 

submitting documentation of the quality 

system and QAPP for review and 

approval by the EPA Quality Assurance 

Officer or his designee before they take 

primary or secondary environmental 

measurements. More information about 

the required QA/QC procedures is 

available in Chapter Four and Appendix 

H of National Beach Guidance and 

Required Performance Criteria for 

Grants (EPA–823–B–02–004). 

Are there reporting requirements? 

Recipients must submit annual 

performance reports and financial 

reports as required in 40 CFR part 31, 

the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements for Grants and 

Cooperative Agreements to State and 

Local Governments (40 CFR 31.40 and 

31.41). As required by Section 31.40, the 

annual performance report includes a 

comparison of actual accomplishments 

to the objectives established for the year 

and the reason for any slippage if 

established objectives were not met. It 

should also describe how the grant 

funds were used to implement the 

program to meet the performance 

criteria listed in National Beach 

Guidance and Required Performance 

Criteria for Grants (EPA–823–B–02– 

004). The annual performance report 

required under 40 CFR 31.40 is due no 

later than 90 days after the grant year 

ends. 

Recipients must also submit annual 

monitoring and notification reports. The 

contents of these reports are described 

in the National Beach Guidance and 

Required Performance Criteria for 

Grants (EPA–823–B–02–004). Sections 

2.2.3 and 4.3 of the document contain 

the performance criterion requiring an 

annual monitoring report, and sections 

2.2.8 and 5.4 contain the performance 

criterion requiring an annual 

notification report. These annual 

monitoring and notification reports 

required to be submitted by States to 

EPA under CWA section 406(b)(3)(A) 

and by all grant recipients under the 

National Beach Guidance and Required 

Performance Criteria for Grants, include 

data collected as part of a monitoring 

and notification program. As a 

condition of award of an 

implementation grant, EPA requires that 

the monitoring report and the 

notification report for any beach season 

be submitted not later than January 31 

of the year following the beach season. 

(See Section II, Funding and Eligibility, 

above.) 

What regulations and omb cost circular 

apply to the award and administration 

of these grants? 

The regulations at 40 CFR Part 31 

govern the award and administration of 

grants to states, tribes, local 

governments, and territories under CWA 

section 406(b). Allowable costs will be 

determined according to the cost 

principles outlined in 2 CFR Part 225. 

VI. Grant Coordinators 

Headquarters—Washington, DC 

Lars Wilcut, USEPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,—4305, 

Washington, DC 20460; T: (202) 566– 

0447; F: (202) 566–0409; 

wilcut.lars@epa.gov. 

Region 1—Connecticut, Maine, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode 

Island 

Caitlyn Whittle, USEPA Region 1, 5 

Post Office Square Suite 100 (OEP06–1), 

Boston, MA 02109–3912; T: (617) 918– 

1748; F: (617) 918–0748; 

whittle.caitlyn@epa.gov. 

Region 2—New Jersey, New York, Puerto 

Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands 

Helen Grebe, USEPA Region 2, 2890 

Woodbridge Ave. MS220, Edison, NJ 

08837–3679; T: (732) 321–6797; F: (732) 

321–6616; grebe.helen@epa.gov. 

Region 3—Delaware, Maryland, 

Pennsylvania, Virginia 

Denise Hakowski, USEPA Region 3, 

1650 Arch Street 3WP30, Philadelphia, 

PA 19103–2029; T: (215) 814–5726; F: 

(215) 814–2318; 

hakowski.denise@epa.gov. 

Region 4—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina 

Joel Hansel, USEPA Region 4, 61 

Forsyth St. 15th Floor, Atlanta, GA 

30303–3415; T: (404) 562–9274; F: (404) 

562–9224; hansel.joel@epa.gov. 

Region 5—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 

Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin 

Holly Wirick, USEPA Region 5, 77 

West Jackson Blvd. WT–16J, Chicago, IL 

60604–3507; T: (312) 353–6704; F: (312) 

886–0168; wirick.holiday@epa.gov. 

Region 6—Louisiana, Texas 

Daniel Reid, USEPA Region 6, 1445 

Ross Ave. 6WQ–EA, Dallas, TX 75202– 

2733; T: (214) 665–6536; F: (214) 665– 

6689; reid.daniel@epa.gov. 

Region 9—American Samoa, 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, California, Guam, 

Hawaii 

Terry Fleming, USEPA Region 9, 75 

Hawthorne St. WTR–2, San Francisco, 

CA 94105; T: (415) 972–3462; F: (415) 

947–3537; fleming.terrence@epa.gov. 

Region 10—Alaska, Oregon, Washington 

Rob Pedersen, USEPA Region 10, 120 

Sixth Ave. OW–134, Seattle, WA 98101; 

T: (206) 553–1646; F: (206) 553–0165; 

pedersen.rob@epa.gov. 

Dated: January 30, 2012. 

Nancy K. Stoner, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Water. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9627–2; EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0738] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Vanadium Pentoxide: In Support of 

Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of peer review meeting. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that 

Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for 

external scientific peer review, will 

convene an independent panel of 

experts and organize and conduct an 

external peer review meeting to review 

the draft human health assessment 

titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of 

Vanadium Pentoxide: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/ 

635/R–11/004A). The draft assessment 

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was prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the EPA Office of Research and 

Development. 

EPA is releasing this draft assessment 

for the purposes of public comment and 

peer review. This draft assessment is not 

final as described in EPA’s information 

quality guidelines, and it does not 

represent and should not be construed 

to represent Agency policy or views. 

Versar invites the public to register to 

attend this meeting as observers. In 

addition, Versar invites the public to 

give brief oral comments and/or provide 

written comments at the meeting 

regarding the draft assessment under 

review. Space is limited, and 

reservations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. In preparing a 

final report, EPA will consider Versar’s 

report of the comments and 

recommendations from the external peer 

review meeting and any written public 

comments that EPA received in 

accordance with the announcements of 

the public comment period for the 

vanadium pentoxide assessment in 

Federal Register Notices published 

September 30, 2011, (76 FR 60827) and 

November 9, 2011 (76 FR 69736). 

DATES: The peer review panel meeting 

on the draft assessment for Vanadium 

Pentoxide will be held on Wednesday, 

March 7, 2012, beginning at 9:00 a.m. 

and end at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Vanadium Pentoxide: In 

Support of Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ is available primarily via the 

Internet on the NCEA home page under 

the Recent Additions and Publications 

menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A 

limited number of paper copies are 

available from the Information 

Management Team (Address: 

Information Management Team, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment [Mail Code: 8601P], U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (703) 347–8561; 

facsimile: (703) 347–8691). If you 

request a paper copy, please provide 

your name, mailing address, and the 

draft assessment title. 

The peer review meeting on the draft 

Vanadium Pentoxide assessment will be 

held at Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, 

Virginia 22202. To attend the meeting, 

register no later than Wednesday, 

February 29, 2012, by calling Versar at: 

(703) 750–3000, extension 737, or 

calling toll free: 1–(800) 2–VERSAR, 

sending a facsimile to: (703) 642–6809, 

or sending an email to: 

ssarraino@versar.com. Space is limited, 

and reservations will be accepted on a 

first-come, first-served basis. There will 

be a limited time at the peer review 

meeting for comments from the public. 

Please inform Versar if you wish to 

make comments during the meeting. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the 

‘‘Vanadium Pentoxide Peer Review 

Meeting’’ and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with disabilities. 

For information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, contact: 

Stephanie Sarraino, by phone: (703) 

750–3000, extension 737, or email: 

ssarraino@versar.com. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For 

information on registration, access or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or logistics for the external 

peer review meeting, please contact 

Versar by calling (703) 750–3000, 

extension 737, or calling Toll free: 1– 

(800) 2–VERSAR, sending a facsimile to: 

(703) 642–6809, or sending an email to: 

ssarraino@versar.com. 

For information on the draft 

assessment, please contact Maureen 

Gwinn, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (Mail Code: 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

(703) 347–8565; facsimile: (703) 347– 

8689; or email: 

FRN_Questions@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About IRIS 

EPA’s IRIS is a human health 

assessment program that evaluates 

quantitative and qualitative risk 

information on effects that may result 

from exposure to chemical substances 

found in the environment. Through the 

IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest 

quality science-based human health 

assessments to support the Agency’s 

regulatory activities. The IRIS database 

contains information for more than 550 

chemical substances that can be used to 

support the first two steps (hazard 

identification and dose-response 

evaluation) of the risk assessment 

process. When supported by available 

data, IRIS provides oral reference doses 

(RfDs) and inhalation reference 

concentrations (RfCs) for chronic 

noncancer health effects and cancer 

assessments. Combined with specific 

exposure information, government and 

private entities use IRIS to help 

characterize public health risks of 

chemical substances in a site-specific 

situation and thereby support risk 

management decisions designed to 

protect public health. 

Dated: January 30, 2012. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration 

Board; Farm Credit Administration. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of 

the regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

Administration Board (Board). 

DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of 

the Board will be held at the offices of 

the Farm Credit Administration in 

McLean, Virginia, on February 9, 2012, 

from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board 

concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale 

L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883– 

4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. 

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit 

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of 

this meeting of the Board will be open 

to the public (limited space available) 

and parts will be closed to the public. 

In order to increase the accessibility to 

Board meetings, persons requiring 

assistance should make arrangements in 

advance. The matters to be considered 

at the meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• January 12, 2012 

B. New Business 

• Spring 2012 Abstract of the Unified 

Agenda of Federal Regulatory and 

Deregulatory Actions and Spring 2012 

Regulatory Performance Plan 

Closed Session* 

Reports 

• Office of Secondary Market 

Oversight Quarterly Report 

Dated: February 2, 2011. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

* Session Closed—Exempt pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(8) and (9). 

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