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availability is being announced today, 

Policy Assessment for the Review of the 

Lead National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards, presents analyses and staff 

conclusions regarding the policy 

implications of the key scientific and 

technical information that informs this 

review. The PA is intended to ‘‘bridge 

the gap’’ between the relevant scientific 

evidence and technical information and 

the judgments required of the EPA 

Administrator in determining whether 

to retain or revise the current standards. 

The PA builds upon information 

presented in the Integrated Science 

Assessment for Lead prepared for this 

review by the EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development (ORD) as well as 

scientific and technical assessments 

from prior Pb NAAQS reviews, 

including quantitative risk and exposure 

assessments developed in the last 

review. A draft of the PA document was 

released for CASAC review and public 

comment in January 2013 (78 FR 2394), 

and was the subject of a CASAC review 

meeting on February 5–6, 2013 (78 FR 

938). In preparing the final PA, EPA has 

considered comments received from 

CASAC and the public on the earlier 

draft document. This final PA document 

will be available through the agency’s 

Technology Transfer Network (TTN) 

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

naaqs/standards/pb/s_pb_index.html. 

This document may be accessed in the 

‘‘Documents from Current Review’’ 

section under ‘‘Policy Assessments.’’ 

Dated: May 2, 2014. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10679 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9910–61–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed partial consent decree to 

address lawsuits filed by the States of 

New York, Connecticut, Maryland, 

Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont; the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and 

Puget Sound Clean Air Agency 

(collectively ‘‘State Plaintiffs’’); the 

American Lung Association, 

Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air 

Council and Environment and Human 

Health, Inc. (collectively 

‘‘Environmental Plaintiffs’’); and 

interveners the Hearth, Patio & Barbecue 

Association (‘‘Association Plaintiff’’) in 

the United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia: State of New York, 

et al. v. McCarthy, No. 13–1553 and 

consolidated case No. 13–1555 (D. D.C). 

Plaintiffs each filed a complaint alleging 

that EPA failed to perform a 

nondiscretionary duty to review, and, if 

necessary, revise the new performance 

standards for new residential wood 

heaters, at least every eight years. The 

consent decree would require EPA to 

sign a notice to take final action by 

February 3, 2015. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by June 9, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2014–0363, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Jordan, Air and Radiation Law 

Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–7508; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

email address: jordan.scott@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

settle claims by the State and 

Environmental Plaintiffs in deadline 

suits alleging that EPA failed to perform 

a nondiscretionary duty pursuant to 

section 111(b)(1)(B) of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

7411(b)(1)(B) to review, and, if 

necessary, revise, the new source 

performance standards for new 

residential wood heaters at least once 

every eight years. The Association 

Plaintiff has not agreed to settle its 

claims against EPA and does not join in 

this Consent Decree. The proposed 

consent decree would require EPA, by 

February 3, 2015, to sign a Federal 

Register notice taking final action with 

respect to the Wood Heater NSPS 

Standards, 40 CFR part 60, Subpart 

AAA, with such modifications as EPA 

deems appropriate under CAA section 

111(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(l)(B). 

Under the proposed consent decree, 

once EPA has met its obligations, and 

the parties have resolved any claims for 

litigation costs, the State and 

Environmental Plaintiffs and EPA agree 

that this consent decree shall constitute 

a complete and final settlement of all 

claims that the State and Environmental 

Plaintiffs asserted against EPA, in State 

of New York, et al. v. EPA, Case No. 

1:13–cv–1553–GK (and consolidated 

case). 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will receive written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to the consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

Direct your comments to the official 

public docket for this action under 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2014– 

0363 which contains a copy of the 

consent decree. The official public 

docket is available for public viewing at 

the Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use the 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 


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public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: April 30, 2014. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–10691 Filed 5–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0442; FRL–9906–48] 

White Paper on Development of 

Community Water System Drinking 

Water Intake Percent Cropped Area 

Adjustment Factors for Use in Drinking 

Water Exposure Assessments; Notice 

of Availability 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency uses computer modeling to 

estimate human exposure to pesticides 

in drinking water. An input parameter 

for these exposure models is the 

percentage of a water supply’s 

watershed area to which pesticides may 

be applied, a metric which EPA refers 

to as the ‘‘percent cropped area’’ (PCA). 

Recently, EPA has developed 

delineations of watersheds for surface 

water intakes of community water 

systems throughout the continental 

United States and has used this dataset 

to develop a corresponding dataset of 

watershed-specific PCAs. Development 

of this Community-Water System— 

Drinking Water Intake dataset is 

described in a draft white paper, which 

has been updated based on peer review 

comments. EPA is making this updated 

version available for public review and 

comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0442, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on commenting 

or visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Carleton, Environmental Fate and 

Effects Division (4304T), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 347–0335; fax 

number: (703) 347–8011; email address: 

carleton.jim@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are required to 

conduct testing of chemical substances 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), 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 the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in 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 version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 


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