77122 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 245 / Friday, December 20, 2013 / Notices 

Dated: December 17, 2013. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30349 Filed 12–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9904–34] 

Environmental Laboratory Advisory 

Board (ELAB) Meeting Dates and 

Agenda 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Teleconference and 

Face-to-Face Meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency’s Environmental Laboratory 

Advisory Board (ELAB), as previously 

announced, holds teleconference 

meetings the third Wednesday of each 

month at 1:00 p.m. ET and two face-toface meetings each calendar year. For 

2014, teleconference only meetings will 

be February 19, 2014; March 19, 2014; 

April 16, 2014; May 21, 2014; June 18, 

2014; July 16, 2014; September 17, 2014; 

October 15, 2014; November 19, 2014; 

and December 17, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. ET 

to discuss the ideas and views presented 

at the previous ELAB meetings, as well 

as new business. Items to be discussed 

by ELAB over these coming meetings 

include: (1) Issues in continuing the 

expansion of national environmental 

accreditation; (2) ELAB support to the 

Agency on issues relating to 

measurement and monitoring for all 

programs; and (3) follow-up on some of 

ELAB’s past recommendations and 

issues. In addition to these 

teleconferences, ELAB will be hosting 

their two face-to-face meetings with 

teleconference line also available on 

January 27, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency 

Louisville in Louisville, KY at 8:00 a.m. 

(CT) and on August 4, 2014 at the Hyatt 

Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, 

DC at 8:00 a.m. (ET). 

Written comments on laboratory 

accreditation issues and/or 

environmental monitoring or 

measurement issues are encouraged and 

should be sent to Ms. Lara P. Phelps, 

DFO, US EPA (E243–05), 109 T. W. 

Alexander Drive, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27709 or emailed to 

phelps.lara@epa.gov. Members of the 

public are invited to listen to the 

teleconference calls, and time 

permitting, will be allowed to comment 

on issues discussed during this and 

previous ELAB meetings. Those persons 

interested in attending should call Lara 

P. Phelps at (919) 541–5544 to obtain 

teleconference information. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Lara P. Phelps at the number 

above. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Lara P. Phelps, 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: December 12, 2013. 

Glenn Paulson, 

Science Advisor. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30374 Filed 12–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9904–37–Region–10] 

Proposed Modification of a General 

NPDES Permit for Small Suction 

Dredging—Permit Number IDG–37– 

0000 

AGENCY: Region 10, Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed modification of a 

general permit. 

SUMMARY: EPA proposes to modify a 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permit for placer mining operations in 

Idaho using small suction dredges 

(intake nozzle size of 5 inches in 

diameter or less and with equipment 

rated at 15 horsepower or less). When 

the 2013 GP was issued, the language of 

the GP contained a discrepancy with the 

total maximum daily load (TMDL) that 

was issued for Mores Creek. The GP did 

not include any reference to the 

tributaries of Mores, Elk or Grimes 

creeks that were included in the loading 

allocations of the TMDL. This 

modification proposes to rectify that 

discrepancy by including a reference to 

the tributaries within the GP 

requirements for Mores, Grimes and Elk 

creeks and listing the tributaries in 

Appendix F to the GP. Other parts of the 

GP are not open for public comment at 

this time. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

comments on the proposed modification 

of the general permit to EPA, Region 10 

at the address below. Comments must 

be postmarked by February 3, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

modified General Permit should be sent 

to Director, Office of Water and 

Watersheds; USEPA Region 10; 1200 

Sixth Avenue Suite 900, OWW–130; 

Seattle, Washington 98101. Comments 

may also be submitted by fax to (206) 

553–0165 or electronically to 

godsey.cindi@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the proposed modified general 

permit and Statement of Basis are 

available upon request. Requests may be 

made to Audrey Washington at (206) 

553–0523 or to Cindi Godsey at (907) 

271–6561. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to: 

washington.audrey@epa.gov or 

godsey.cindi@epa.gov. These documents 

may also be found on the EPA Region 

10 Web site at http://yosemite.epa.gov/ 

R10/water.nsf/NPDES+Permits/

Permits+Homepage then click on ‘‘Draft 

Permits’’ then ‘‘Draft Permits for Idaho 

Dischargers.’’ 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 12866: The Office of 

Management and Budget has exempted 

this action from the review 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

pursuant to Section 6 of that order. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act: Under the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq., a Federal agency 

must prepare an initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis ‘‘for any proposed 

rule’’ for which the agency ‘‘is required 

by section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), or any other law, 

to publish general notice of proposed 

rulemaking.’’ The RFA exempts from 

this requirement any rule that the 

issuing agency certifies ‘‘will not, if 

promulgated, have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities.’’ EPA has 

concluded that NPDES general permits 

are permits, not rulemakings, under the 

APA and thus not subject to APA 

rulemaking requirements or the RFA. 

Notwithstanding that general permits 

are not subject to the RFA, EPA has 

determined that this GP, as issued, will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small 

entities. 

Dated: December 12, 2013. 

Christine Psyk, 

Associate Director, Office of Water & 

Watersheds, Region 10, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2013–30425 Filed 12–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0769; FRL–9903–60] 

Registration Review; Pesticide 

Dockets Opened for Review and 

Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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