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2009, through January 3, 2010. During 

EPA’s adequacy comment period, no 

adverse comments were received on the 

MVEBs for North Carolina portion of the 

Charlotte bi-state area. Through this 

notice, EPA is informing the public that 

these sub-area MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity. This finding 

has also been announced on EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/pastsips.htm. The adequate 

sub-area MVEBs are provided in the 

following table: 

CHARLOTTE (NORTH CAROLINA

PORTION) 8-HOUR OZONE MVEBS 

[kilograms/day] 

County VOC NOx

2008 Sub-Area MVEBS 

Cabarrus ................... 6,941 7,324 

Gaston ...................... 5,132 7,647 

Iredell* ....................... 3,601 5,637 

Lincoln ...................... 2,726 2,948 

Mecklenburg ............. 26,368 34,526 

Rowan ....................... 6,149 7,193 

Union ........................ 6,299 5,660 

*Iredell County MVEB for nonattainment 

area only. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule, 40 CFR Part 93, 

requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria and procedures 

for determining whether or not they do 

so. Conformity to a state 

implementation plan (SIP) means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which EPA determines 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes are 

outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). EPA 

has also described the process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in a July 1, 2004, final 

rulemaking entitled, ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity Rule Amendments for the 

New 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards and 

Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing 

Areas; Transportation Conformity Rule 

Amendments: Response to Court 

Decision and Additional Rule Changes’’ 

(69 FR 40004). Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it should not 

be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the RFP plan for the North 

Carolina portion of the Charlotte bi-state 

area. Even if EPA finds a budget 

adequate, the RFP plan submittal could 

later be disapproved. 

Within 24 months from the effective 

date of this notice, the transportation 

partners will need to demonstrate 

conformity to the new MVEBs, if the 

demonstration has not already been 

made, pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e). 

See, 73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008). 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: February 3, 2010. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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[EPA–HQ–OW–2003–-0064, FRL–9113–9; 

EPA ICR 1287.10, OMB Control Number 

2040–0101] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request for Application for 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to update an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 20, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OW–2003–0064, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov 

(Identify Docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OW–2003–0064, in the subject line) 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 4203M, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Please include a 

total of three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments 

identified by the Docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0064. EPA’s policy 

is that all comments received will be 

included in the public docket without 

change and may 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. 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. 

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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gregory Gwaltney, Municipal Support 

Division, Office of Wastewater 

Management, OWM Mail Code: 4204M, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Room 7111—EPA East, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–2340; e-mail address: 

gwaltney.gregory@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for the ICR identified in this document 

(ID number EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0064), 

which is available for online viewing at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 


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Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is 202– 

566–2426. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What Information Is EPA Particularly 

Interested In? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of technical 

information/data you used that support 

your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply To? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are publicly or 

privately owned wastewater treatment 

plants or systems, community drinking 

water plants or systems, managed 

decentralized systems (public or 

private), municipally-owned stormwater 

systems, and municipalities. 

Title: Application for Sustainable 

Water Leadership Program (formerly 

named the Annual National Clean Water 

Act Recognition Awards Program). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1287.10 

OMB Control No. 2040–0101. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on February 28, 

2011. An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information, 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register when approved, are 

listed in 40 CFR Part 9, and displayed 

either by publication in the Federal 

Register or by other appropriate means, 

such as on the related collection 

instrument or form, if applicable. The 

display of OMB control numbers in 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR Part 9. 

Abstract: This notice requests 

approval for modifications to the 

application used to collect data for 

EPA’s National Clean Water Act 

Recognition Awards Program. The 

voluntary Program has been updated to 

reflect new industry practices consistent 

with EPA’s sustainable infrastructure 

initiatives and is now called the 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program. 

The Sustainable Water Leadership 

Program maintains elements from the 

previous Clean Water Act Recognition 

Awards Program, namely, excellence in 

operations and maintenance, biosolids, 

combined sewer overflows, 

pretreatment, and storm water 

management, and also expands 

eligibility to community drinking water 

utilities and systems, as well as 

managed decentralized treatment 

systems (public or private). As 

described below, the development of the 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program 

is the latest evolution in EPA’s 

commitment to recognize and award 

outstanding and innovative utility 

management practices. 

In 1985, EPA established the 

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) 

awards program to provide a positive 

incentive for compliance with the 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES). Because 

of the successes of the O&M Awards 

program, in 1988 EPA amended the 

Clean Water Act Recognition Awards 

Program to include the Beneficial 

Biosolids Use awards (formerly Sludge 

awards). In 1989, the Pretreatment 

awards were added. In 1990, EPA 

established the Combined Sewer 

Overflow (CSO) and Storm Water (SW) 

Management awards programs which 

were also added to the Clean Water Act 

Recognition Awards Program. 

The Sustainable Water Leadership 

Program consists of two components: (1) 

A recognition program that recognizes 

applicants that are moving toward 

sustainable operations and meet 

specified criteria identified in the 

application, and (2) A competitive 

awards program to showcase the ‘‘best of 

the best’’ in a specific topic area selected 

in advance by EPA. Today’s notice and 

request focuses on the recognition 

component, the awards component is 

still under development. An update to 

this ICR will be provided following 

finalization of the awards component. 

The recognition component requires 

that an applicant meet criteria under 

specific categories. One category is 

mandatory for all applicants, Effective 

Utility Management, and is based on the 

Attributes of Effectively Managed 

Systems that EPA and the water sector 

have endorsed. In addition, applicants 

are asked to describe activities in other 

areas of their choice including: 

biosolids, pretreatment, decentralized 

systems, energy management, water 

efficiency, climate change adaptation 

and or mitigation, and watershed 

approaches, including source water 

protection and storm water. 

The updated application addresses 

the recognition component of the 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program 

and provides the mechanism for the 

applicants to demonstrate how they 

meet the required criteria. 

This notice also requests approval to 

consolidate the pretreatment component 

of the recognition awards program into 

this ICR. Currently, the Pretreatment 

awards program is covered by ICR (OMB 

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0002.14), approved through December 

31, 2011. A framework to implement the 

awards recognition program is at 40 CFR 

part 105. 

The respondent will read the 

instructions for completing the 

recognition application for the 

Sustainable Water Leadership Program. 

The respondent will use existing files, 

planning and progress reports, and 

institutional memory to complete the 

application. Based on the instructions 

provided with the application, the 

respondent will compile the requested 

information. The requested design and 

operating information should be readily 

available from wastewater/drinking 

water/storm water treatment facility, or 

pollution abatement program operating 

records. The data collection may 

include flow, permit, operating and 

environmental data. 

The information collection will be 

used by the Office of Water, Office of 

Wastewater Management, to evaluate 

and determine if required criteria are 

met for recognition. Based on the 

collection, national panels will evaluate 

the applicant’s efforts and recommend 

finalists. Recognized entities will 

receive a letter and certificate signed by 

the EPA Administrator or Assistant 

Administrator for Water, their utility 

name on EPA and outside organization 

Web sites, and announcements of their 

recognition at national conferences. EPA 

Regions may also opt to hold Regional 

ceremonies. 

Burden Statement: The total number 

of respondents for the recognition 

program is estimated to be 2,036 

(includes 530 respondents in Year 1 of 

the Program and 1,507 in Year 3) with 

a total annual average of 679. The 

responses are collected every other year. 

The respondents reporting burden of 20 

person hours per response is estimated 

to be 40,723 hours and a cost of $1.8 

million. Total estimated annual burden 

for this collection is 13,574 hours and 

$614,919 (all labor cost). For additional 

details on the estimated burden, please 

see docket ID number EPA–HQ–OW– 

2003–0064. Burden means the total 

time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This includes the time needed to review 

instructions; develop, acquire, install, 

and use technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, and 

verifying information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose information. The ICR provides 

a detailed explanation of the Agency’s 

estimate, which is only briefly 

summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 679. 

Frequency of response: Biennial 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

13,574 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$614,919. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $614,919 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 12,414 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This change is 

primarily the result of (1) changes and 

adjustments in the number and types of 

applicants eligible for recognition under 

the Sustainable Water Leadership 

Program. The new Sustainable Water 

Leadership Program expands the 

universe of eligible entities to include 

community drinking water utilities and 

systems, as well as managed 

decentralized treatment systems (public 

or private). (2) EPA updated the 

estimated time spent by respondents to 

complete the revised Recognition 

Application for Sustainable Water 

Leadership Program to 20 hours per 

respondent. (3) The ICR now includes 

the applicant respondent burden 

consolidated from the Pretreatment ICR 

(OMB Control No. 2040–0009, EPA ICR 

No. 0002.14), which was previous 

included in only the Pretreatment ICR 

and not this ICR. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: February 4, 2010. 

James A. Hanlon, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9113–7; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2010–0123] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Inorganic Arsenic: In Support of the 

Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period for the 2010 

draft document titled, ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Inorganic Arsenic: In Support 

of the Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–10/001). The draft 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within the EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development (ORD). The 

Toxicological Review of Inorganic 

Arsenic was submitted to the EPA’s 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) for 

external peer review in 2005. The SAB 

completed its review and submitted its 

final report to the EPA Administrator in 

June 2007 (see EPA–SAB–07–008 at 

www.epa.gov/sab). EPA revised the 

Toxicological Review in response to the 

SAB comments. A detailed account of 

the SAB (2007) recommendations and 

EPA’s response is provided in Appendix 

A of the 2010 draft Toxicological 

Review of Inorganic Arsenic. 

EPA has now submitted the 2010 draft 

Toxicological Review to the SAB for a 

focused peer review of EPA’s responses 

to key SAB (2007) recommendations. 

EPA is also seeking a focused review by 

the public on EPA’s interpretation and 

implementation of key SAB (2007) 

external peer review recommendations. 

The public comment period and SAB 

review are separate processes that 

provide opportunities for all interested 

parties to comment on the document. 

SAB’s peer review meeting will be 

announced in a separate Federal 

Register notice. EPA intends to forward 

the public comments that are submitted 

in accordance with this notice to the 

SAB peer review panel prior to the 

meeting for their consideration. 

However, because of the timing of the 

SAB’s peer review meeting, EPA can 


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