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Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http://www.epa.

gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

seeking agencies to participate in its 

e-NEPA electronic EIS submission pilot. 

Participating agencies can fulfill all 

requirements for EIS filing, eliminating 

the need to submit paper copies to EPA 

Headquarters, by filing documents 

online and providing feedback on the 

process. To participate in the pilot, 

register at: https://cdx.epa.gov. 

EIS No. 20120212, Draft EIS, BLM, NM, 

Rio Puerco Resource Management 

Plan, Implementation, Cibola, 

McKinney, Sandoval, Torrance, and 

Valencia Counties, NM, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/03/2012, Contact: 

Angel Martinez 505–761–8918. 

EIS No. 20120213, Draft EIS, FRA, IL, 

Chicago to St. Louis High Speed Rail 

Program Tier 1, Improvements, 

Several Counties in IL and St. Louis 

County, MO, Comment Period Ends: 

08/20/2012, Contact: Andrea Martin 

202–493–6201. 

EIS No. 20120214, Draft Supplement, 

NPS, 00, Yellowstone National Park 

Draft Winter Use Plan, Addressing the 

Issue of Oversnow Vehicle Use in the 

Interior of the Park, Implementation, 

WY, MT, and ID, Comment Period 

Ends: 08/20/2012, Contact: David 

Jacob 303–987–6970. 

EIS No. 20120215, Draft Supplement, 

NRC, NY, Generic—License Renewal 

of Nuclear Plants, Supplement 38, 

Regarding Indian Point Nuclear 

Generating Unit Nos. 2 and 3, New 

Information, Westchester County, NY, 

Comment Period Ends: 08/20/2012, 

Contact: Michael Wentzel 301–415– 

6459. 

EIS No. 20120216, Draft EIS, NOAA, 

OR, PROGRAMMATIC—Portland 

Harbor Restoration Plan, Restoration 

of Injured Natural Resources, 

Multnomah County, OR, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/08/2012, Contact: Jeff 

Shenot 301–427–8689. 

EIS No. 20120217, Final EIS, BOEM, 00, 

Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental 

Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 

2012–2017 Western Planning Area 

Lease Sales 229, 233, 238, 246, and 

248: Central Planning Area Lease 

Sales 227, 231, 235, 241, and 247, TX, 

LA, MS, AL and Northwestern FL, 

Review Period Ends: 08/06/2012, 

Contact: Gary Goeke 504–736–3233. 

EIS No. 20120218, Final EIS, FRA, NY, 

ADOPTION—East Side Access 

Project, Transportation 

Improvements, To Provide Railroad 

Rehabilitation and Improvement 

Financing Program, New York, 

Queens, Bronx, Nassau, and Suffolk 

Counties, NY, Review Period Ends: 

08/06/2012, Contact: Michelle 

Fishburne 202–493–0398. The U.S. 

Department of Transportation’s 

Federal Railroad Administration 

(FRA) has adopted the Federal Transit 

Administration’s FEIS filed 3–9–2001. 

FRA was not a Cooperating Agency 

for the above final EIS. Recirculation 

of the document is necessary under 

Section 506.3(b) of the Council on 

Environmental Quality Regulations. 

EIS No. 20120219, Final EIS, USFS, NM, 

Santa Fe National Forest Travel 

Management, Proposes to Provide for 

a System of Road, Trails, and Areas 

Designated for Motorized Use, Santa 

Fe, NM, Review Period Ends: 08/06/ 

2012, Contact: Julie Bain 505–438– 

5443. 

EIS No. 20120220, Final EIS, BLM, NV, 

Hycroft Mine Expansion Project, 

Proposes to Expand Mining Activities 

on BLM Managed Public Land and 

Private Land, Approval, Humboldt 

and Pershing Counties, NV, Review 

Period Ends: 08/06/2012, Contact: 

Kathleen Rehberg 775–623–1739. 

EIS No. 20120221, Draft EIS, USACE, 

CA, Mather Specific Plan Project, 

Development of Large Scale Mixed 

Use Development to Promote 

Economic and Wetland Conservation 

Opportunities, Sacramento County, 

CA, Comment Period Ends: 08/20/ 

2012, Contact: Kathleen Dadey 916– 

557–5250. 

EIS No. 20120222, Final EIS, BOEM, 00, 

PROGRAMMATIC EIS—Outer 

Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program—2012–2017 in Six Planning 

Area, Western, Central and Eastern 

Gulf of Mexico, Cook Inlet, the 

Beaufort Sea, and the Chukchi Sea, 

Review Period Ends: 08/06/2012, 

Contact: James F. Bennett 703–787– 

1660. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20050514, Final EIS, NIH, ME, 

National Emerging Infectious Diseases 

Laboratories, Construction of National 

Biocontainment Laboratory, 

BioSquare Research Park, Boston 

University Medical Center Campus, 

Boston, MA, Review Period Ends: 01/ 

09/2006, Contact: Valerie Nottingham 

301–496–7775. 

In Support of this Final ESI, NIH is 

publishing a Final Supplementary Risk 

Assessment for the Boston University 

National Emerging Infectious Diseases 

Laboratories (NEIDL). The wait period 

will end on 08/06/2012; for more 

information, please visit http://

nihblueribbonpanel-bumc-neidl.od.nih.

gov/default.asp. 

EIS No. 20100269, Final EIS, USAF, ND, 

ADOPTION—Grand Forks Air Force 

Base Project, Beddown and Flight 

Operations of Remotely Piloted 

Aircraft, Base Realignment and 

Closure (BRAC), ND, Contact: Doug 

Allbright 618–229–0841. 

ADOPTION —The U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s Federal Aviation 

Administration adopted partial of the 

U.S. Air Force’s Final EIS filed with 

EPA. The FAA was a cooperating 

Agency on the USAF’s EIS therefore, 

distribution was not necessary for this 

adoption and there is no comment 

period. 

EIS No. 20120207, Final EIS, USACE, 

LA, WITHDRAWN—Mississippi River 

Gulf Outlet Ecosystem Restoration, To 

Develop a Comprehensive Ecosystem 

Restoration Plan to Restore the Lake 

Borgne Ecosystems, LA and MS, 

Review Period Ends: 07/30/2012, 

Contact: Tammy Gilmore 504–862– 

1002 Revision to FR Notice Published 

on 06/29/2012: Officially Withdrawn 

by the USACE. 

Dated: July 2, 2012. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16576 Filed 7–5–12; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9697–3] 

Notice of the Peer Review Meeting for 

EPA’s Draft Report Entitled An 

Assessment of Potential Mining 

Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of 

Bristol Bay, AK 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of external peer review 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for 

external peer review, has convened a 

panel of experts and will organize and 

conduct an independent expert external 

peer review meeting on August 7–9, 

2012, to review the draft report entitled 

An Assessment of Potential Mining 

Impacts on Salmon Ecosystems of 

Bristol Bay, Alaska. Versar, Inc. invites 

the public to register to attend the first 

two days of this meeting as observers. In 

addition, Versar, Inc. invites the public 

to register to provide oral testimony 


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during Day 1 (August 7, 2012) of the 

external peer review meeting. The panel 

will meet privately on Day 3 (August 9, 

2012) of the meeting. The expert panel 

is charged with reviewing the scientific 

and technical merit of the draft 

assessment. The panel will not be 

making recommendations to the EPA 

concerning any potential future actions 

or policies. Therefore, the peer review 

meeting will focus on issues of science 

relevant to the assessment, rather than 

its policy implications. The panel will 

have access to public comments 

received in the official public docket 

(docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2012–0276) during the assessment’s 

public comment period, as well as oral 

comments made on Day 1 of the peer 

review meeting. The draft assessment is 

available through www.regulations.gov 

and at www.epa.gov/bristolbay. In 

preparing the final assessment, EPA will 

consider Versar, Inc.’s report of the 

comments and recommendations from 

the external peer review meeting, as 

well as written public comments 

received through the official public 

docket. The final peer review report 

prepared by Versar, Inc. will be made 

available to the public. EPA has released 

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. 

DATES: The public peer review panel 

meeting will be held on August 7–8, 

2012, beginning and ending at 

approximately 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

(AKDT) on both days. 

ADDRESSES: The independent expert 

external peer review meeting will be 

held at the Dena’ina Civic & Convention 

Center, located at 600 West Seventh 

Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. 

Meeting Background: As part of the 

peer review process for the EPA’s draft 

assessment report, the public portion of 

the peer review meeting will be held on 

August 7–8, 2012 at the Dena’ina Civic 

& Convention Center in Anchorage, 

Alaska. On both days, the meeting will 

begin at 8:30 a.m. (AKDT) and will end 

at approximately 5:00 p.m. (AKDT). 

Members of the public and any other 

interested parties may register to attend 

both days of the meeting as observers, 

and to offer oral testimony on the first 

day of the meeting. 

The focus of this peer review meeting 

is the scientific content and merit of the 

EPA’s draft assessment. Public speakers 

are encouraged to focus on issues 

directly relevant to science-based 

aspects of the assessment, and to 

address specific scientific points in their 

oral testimony. The peer review process 

is separate from the EPA public 

comment meetings held in early June 

that enabled members of the public to 

provide comments and voice opinions 

concerning the EPA’s draft assessment 

report and its potential policy 

implications for the public docket. 

Day 1 of the meeting (August 7, 2012) 

will be dedicated to hearing oral 

comments on the draft assessment. 

Members of the public who have 

registered in advance to provide oral 

comments will have the opportunity to 

speak during the observer comment 

session. Each speaker will be allowed 

between 3–5 minutes, depending on 

number of speakers registered. Given 

time constraints, a maximum of 100 

speakers will be allowed to offer 

testimony. If more than 100 speakers 

register to provide oral comments, 

speakers will be selected by Versar in a 

manner designed to optimize 

representation from all organizations, 

affiliations, and present a balance of 

science issues relevant to the Agency’s 

science assessment. Additional 

information on selection of speakers and 

speaking times will be sent out by 

August 3, to all individuals who register 

to speak. 

To accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, registered speakers will 

present oral comments only, without 

visual aids or written material. All 

members of the public, including 

registered observers and speakers, are 

encouraged to submit written comments 

and materials to the official public 

docket for the draft assessment (docket 

ID number EPA–HQ–ORD- 2012–0276) 

by the close of the public comment 

period on July 23, 2012. Panel members 

will have access to any written 

comments and materials submitted to 

the official public docket by this 

deadline. Registered observers and 

speakers will not be allowed to 

distribute any written materials directly 

to the peer review panel. To submit 

written comments, please follow one of 

the methods outlined in the previous 

Federal Register notice, issued on May 

25, 2012, initiating the assessment’s 

public comment period: Federal 

Register Volume 77, Number 102 

(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR– 

2012–05–25/html/2012–12808.htm). 

Day 2 of the meeting (August 8, 2012) 

will be devoted to deliberations of the 

EPA’s draft assessment by the peer 

review panel, guided by the charge 

questions provided to the public for 

public comment. Registered observers 

may attend and observe the peer review 

panel deliberations on Day 2, but will 

not be allowed to address the panel or 

provide oral or written comments. 

Registration: To attend the August 

7–8 public portion of the peer review 

meeting, you must register for the 

meeting by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on July 23, 

2012. You can register for the meeting 

by visiting http://www.versar.com/epa/ 

bristolbayregistration.html, completing 

the online registration form, and 

submitting the required information. 

You can also register through U.S. 

Postal Service or overnight/priority mail 

by sending the necessary registration 

information (see Required Registration 

Information) to the Versar Meeting 

Coordinator, Ms. Brittany Ekstrom, 

Versar, Inc., 6850 Versar Center, 

Springfield, VA 22151; Telephone: (703) 

642–6767. Registrations sent via U.S. 

Postal Service or overnight/priority mail 

must be received by 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on 

July 23, 2012. There will be no on-site 

registration, so members of the public 

who do not register by July 23, 2012 via 

one of the methods detailed above will 

not be able to attend the peer review 

meeting. 

Required Registration Information: To 

register for the meeting online or via 

post, you must provide your full name, 

organization or affiliation, and contact 

information. You must also indicate 

which days you plan to attend the 

meeting and if you are interested in 

making an oral statement during the 

public comment session on Day 1 of the 

meeting. If you register to speak, you 

must also indicate if you have any 

special requirements related to your oral 

comments (e.g., translation). 

If you indicate that you wish to make 

oral comments, you will be asked to 

select one category most closely 

reflecting the content of your comments. 

These comment categories are: (i) Mine 

scenario and operational modes; (ii) 

potential failures and probabilities; (iii) 

hydrology; (iv) toxicity; (v) potential 

effects on Alaska Native culture; (vi) 

potential effects on fish; (vii) potential 

effects on wildlife; and (viii) other 

issues. Should more than 100 speakers 

register, these categories will be used to 

ensure that a balance of substantive 

science issues relevant to the 

assessment are heard. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding logistics or 

registration for the external peer review 

meeting should be directed to Ms. 

Brittany Ekstrom, Versar, Inc., 6850 

Versar Center, Springfield, VA, 22151; 

telephone: (703) 642–6767; or via email 

at BEkstrom@versar.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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I. Information About the Project 

The EPA conducted this assessment 

to determine the significance of Bristol 

Bay’s ecological resources and evaluate 

the potential impacts of large-scale 

mining on these resources. The EPA 

will use the results of this assessment to 

inform the consideration of options 

consistent with its role under the Clean 

Water Act. The assessment is intended 

to provide a sound scientific and 

technical foundation for future decision 

making. The Web site that describes the 

project is www.epa.gov/bristolbay. 

II. Information About the Peer Review 

Panel 

The EPA released the draft assessment 

for the purposes of public comment and 

peer review on May 18, 2012. Consistent 

with guidelines for the peer review of 

highly influential scientific assessments, 

EPA asked a contractor (Versar, Inc.) to 

assemble a panel of experts to evaluate 

the draft report. Versar, Inc. evaluated 

the 68 candidates nominated during a 

previous public comment period 

(February 24, 2012 to March 16, 2012) 

and sought other experts to complete 

this peer review panel. The twelve peer 

review panel members were made 

public in EPA’s previous FRN, issued 

on June 5, 2012. The panelist’s names 

are included below, with corrections 

made to account for errors present in the 

June 5, 2012 FRN: 

Mr. David Atkins, Watershed 

Environmental, LLC.—Expertise in 

mining and hydrology. 

Mr. Steve Buckley, WHPacific— 

Expertise in mining and seismology. 

Dr. Courtney Carothers, University of 

Alaska Fairbanks—Expertise in 

indigenous Alaskan cultures. 

Dr. Dennis Dauble, Washington State 

University—Expertise in fisheries 

biology and wildlife ecology. 

Dr. Gordon Reeves, USDA Pacific NW 

Research Station—Expertise in 

fisheries biology and aquatic biology. 

Dr. Charles Slaughter, University of 

Idaho—Expertise in hydrology. 

Dr. John Stednick, Colorado State 

University—Expertise in hydrology 

and biogeochemistry. 

Dr. Roy Stein, Ohio State University— 

Expertise in fisheries and aquatic 

biology. 

Dr. William Stubblefield, Oregon State 

University—Expertise in aquatic 

biology and ecotoxicology. 

Dr. Dirk van Zyl, University of British 

Columbia—Expertise in mining. 

Dr. Phyllis Weber Scannell—Expertise 

in aquatic ecology and ecotoxicology. 

Dr. Paul Whitney—Expertise in wildlife 

ecology and ecotoxicology. 

Dated: June 29, 2012. 

Darrell Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16441 Filed 7–5–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0014; FRL–9351–8] 

Notice of Receipt of Requests To 

Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide 

Registrations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA), as amended, EPA is issuing a 

notice of receipt of requests by 

registrants to voluntarily cancel certain 

pesticide registrations. EPA intends to 

grant these requests at the close of the 

comment period for this announcement 

unless the Agency receives substantive 

comments within the comment period 

that would merit its further review of 

the requests, or unless a registrant 

withdraws its request. If these requests 

are granted, any sale, distribution, or 

use of products listed in this notice will 

be permitted after the registration has 

been cancelled only if such sale, 

distribution, or use is consistent with 

the terms as described in the final order. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 2, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0014, 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), Mail Code: 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.htm. 

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: 

Katie Weyrauch, Pesticide Re-evaluation 

Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–0166; email address: 

weyrauch.katie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. If you 

have any questions regarding the 

information in this notice, 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 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 


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