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end of the grace period using 

EMFAC2007 can be completed as long 

as 93.111(c) is satisfied. The interagency 

consultation process should be used if 

it is unclear whether an EMFAC2007- 

based analysis is covered by the 

circumstances described above. 

H. Future Updates to EMFAC 

On January 31, 2006, CARB submitted 

a letter to EPA and to the California 

Division of the FHWA indicating the 

State’s intention to make future 

revisions to update EMFAC. These 

EMFAC updates would reflect, among 

other new information, updated vehicle 

fleet data every three years. In 

California, MPOs and Air Districts have 

not been able to update vehicle fleet 

data embedded into EMFAC. The EPA/ 

USDOT December 2008 guidance on 

latest planning assumptions and EPA’s 

July 2004 final rule indicate that new 

vehicle registration data must be used 

when it is available prior to the start of 

new conformity analyses and that states 

and MPOs are strongly encouraged to 

update the data at least every five years. 

CARB reaffirmed their commitment to 

keeping the latest planning assumptions 

included in EMFAC updated on a threeyear cycle in the April 18, 2007 EMFAC 

submittal letter. The next update to the 

planning assumptions in EMFAC is 

expected in 2014 or 2015 which would 

most likely also include updates to the 

emissions factors of the model as well. 

III. Summary of EPA Actions 

As described in this notice, EPA is 

approving EMFAC2011 as submitted by 

CARB on April 6, 2012 with the 

following limitations and conditions: 

(1) The approval is limited to 

California. 

(2) The approval is Statewide and 

applies to estimation of emissions of 

HC, CO, NOX, PM10, PM2.5, lead, and 

sulfur oxides. However, EMFAC2011 

will be used in transportation 

conformity regional emissions analyses 

for pollutants and precursors that are 

applicable in a given nonattainment or 

maintenance area. EPA is approving all 

components of EMFAC2011, 

specifically EMFAC–SG, EMFAC–LDV 

and EMFAC–HD. EPA is also approving 

EMFAC2011 and the EMFAC–PL tool to 

estimate project-level emissions for CO, 

PM10 and PM2.5 conformity hot-spot 

analyses. 

(3) A 6-month statewide 

transportation conformity grace period 

will be established beginning March 6, 

2013 and ending September 6, 2013 for 

the transportation conformity uses 

described in (2) above. 

Dated: February 22, 2013. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the chartered 

SAB to conduct a quality review of an 

SAB draft report on approaches to 

derive a maximum contaminant level 

goal for perchlorate. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on March 29, 2013, from 1:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information regarding the 

quality review teleconference should 

contact Dr. Angela Nugent, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400R), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail 

(202) 564–2218; fax (202) 565–2098 or 

via email at nugent.angela@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

Science Advisory Board can be found 

on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is 

hereby given that the EPA Science 

Advisory Board will hold a public 

teleconference to conduct a quality 

review of an SAB draft report. The SAB 

was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice to the 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

under FACA. The SAB will comply 

with the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Background 

Quality review is a key function of the 

chartered SAB. Draft reports prepared 

by SAB committees, panels, or work 

groups must be reviewed and approved 

by the chartered SAB before transmittal 

to the EPA Administrator. The chartered 

SAB makes a determination in a public 

meeting consistent with FACA about the 

quality of all draft reports and 

determines whether the report is ready 

to be transmitted to the EPA 

Administrator. 

The Safe Drinking Water Act requires 

the EPA to request comments from the 

SAB prior to proposal of a maximum 

contaminant level goal (MCLG) and 

national primary drinking water 

regulation. The chartered SAB will 

conduct a quality review of a draft SAB 

report reviewing the scientific and 

technical bases for the approaches EPA 

is considering for the MCLG for 

perchlorate, as described in a draft 

white paper entitled ‘‘Life Stage 

Considerations and Interpretation of 

Recent Epidemiological Evidence to 

Develop a Maximum Contaminant Level 

Goal for Perchlorate.’’ Background 

information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the SAB Web site at 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sab

product.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

Perchlorate%20MCLG%20Approaches

?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and other materials in support of 

the teleconference will be placed on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab 

in advance of the teleconference. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit relevant 

comments pertaining to the group 

providing advice, EPA’s charge 

questions and EPA review or 

background documents. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it consists of comments that 

provide specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB to 

consider or if it relates to the clarity or 

accuracy of the technical information. 

Members of the public wishing to 

provide comment should contact the 

DFO for the relevant advisory 

committee directly. Oral Statements: In 

general, individuals or groups 

requesting time to make an oral 

presentation at a public SAB 

teleconference will be limited to three 

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placed on the public speakers list for the 

March 29, 2013 teleconference should 

contact Dr. Nugent at the contact 

information provided above by March 

22, 2013. Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO via email to 

nugent.angela@epa.gov by March 22, 

2013. Written statements should be 

supplied in one of the following 

acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat 

PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich 

Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/ 

2000/XP format). It is the SAB Staff 

Office general policy to post written 

comments on the Web page for the 

advisory meeting or teleconferences. 

Submitters are requested to provide an 

unsigned version of each document 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its web sites. Members of the public 

should be aware that their personal 

contact information, if included in any 

written comments, may be posted to the 

SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will 

not be posted without explicit 

permission of the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent, 

as appropriate at the contact 

information provided above. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Nugent preferably at least 10 

days prior to the teleconference, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: February 21, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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SFIREG Full Committee; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Association of American 

Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO)/ 

State FIFRA Issues Research and 

Evaluation Group (SFIREG), Pesticide 

Operations and Management (POM) 

Committee will hold a 2-day meeting, 

beginning on April 22, 2013, and ending 

April 23, 2013. This notice announces 

the location and times for the meeting 

and sets forth the tentative agenda 

topics. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, April 22, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to noon on 

Tuesday, April 23, 2013. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

EPA, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 Crystal Dr., Arlington VA, 1st 

Floor South Conference Room. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron 

Kendall, Field External Affairs Division 

(7506P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–5561; fax number: (703) 305– 

5884; email address: 

kendall.ron@epa.gov. or Grier Stayton, 

SFIREG Executive Secretary, P.O. Box 

466, Milford, DE 19963; telephone 

number: (302) 422–8152; fax (302) 422– 

2435; email address: aapcosfireg@comcast.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are interested in 

pesticide regulation issues affecting 

States and any discussion between EPA 

and SFIREG on FIFRA field 

implementation issues related to human 

health, environmental exposure to 

pesticides, and insight into EPA’s 

decision-making process. You are 

invited and encouraged to attend the 

meetings and participate as appropriate. 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

Those persons who are or may be 

required to conduct testing of chemical 

substances under the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetics Act (FFDCA), or 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and those who 

sell, distribute or use pesticides, as well 

as any non-government organization. 

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. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2013–0001 is available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West 

Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 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 OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. Tentative Agenda Topics 

1. Bee Inspection Guidance. 

2. Pesticide use/misuse in marijuana 

production activities that are legal 

under state law where the production 

occurs. 

3. Insect Repellency Mark Update. 

4. EPA’s Drift Reduction Technology 

program. 

5. National Pesticide Information 

Center reporting to State Lead Agency’s 

(SLA’s) when off label use is evident. 

6. Status of the implementation of the 

Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for 

the OSHA Hazard Communication 

Standard (HCS) and potential impacts 

on FIFRA labeling. 

7. Labeling biocide fracking fluid—the 

biocide working panel. 

8. 25(b) proposed rule POM 

Comments. 

9. Persistent Herbicides in CompostUpdate on Lab Survey. 

10. SLA enforcement cases relating to 

issues with non-crop terminology. 

11. Report from Office of Civil 

Enforcement (OCE) on evidence 

collection pilot and revisions to 

guidelines. 

12. Report from OCE on distributor 

label enforcement efforts. 

13. 25(b) action plan—identifying 

OPP contact and coordination of SLA 

activity. 

III. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

This meeting is open for the public to 

attend. You may attend the meeting 

without further notification. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection. 

Dated: February 20, 2013. 

Jay Ellenberger, 

Acting Director, Field External Affairs 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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