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However, many applications that were 

awarded high scores by peer reviewers 

still did not receive funding. 

We have recently learned that very 

limited funding is available for new 

awards under this program in FY 2010. 

Because any new awards must be made 

by September 30, 2010, we have 

decided to select grantees in FY 2010 

from the existing slate of applicants 

from the FY 2008 competition. This 

slate was developed during the FY 2008 

competition using the selection criteria, 

application requirements, and 

definitions referenced in the 2007 

Federal Register notice. 

Note: To be eligible to receive a grant 

pursuant to this notice, all applicants being 

considered for funding based on the funding 

slate for the FY 2008 competition must meet 

all statutory and regulatory eligibility criteria 

and other requirements for this program. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

21–1070–28. 

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Dated: September 21, 2010. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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2010 Release of CADDIS (Causal 

Analysis/Diagnosis Decision 

Information System) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public release. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the public release of the 2010 version of 

the Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision 

Information System (CADDIS). This 

Web site was developed to help 

scientists find, develop, organize, and 

use environmental information to 

improve causal assessments of 

biological impairment. The CADDIS 

Web site was developed and prepared 

by EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA), in 

the Office of Research and Development 

(ORD), and is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/caddis. 

DATES: The 2010 CADDIS Web site will 

become publically available on 

September 24, 2010. 

Additional Information: For 

additional information on the CADDIS 

Web site, please contact the Information 

Management Team via mail: Mailcode 

8601P, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703– 

347–8561; facsimile: 703–347–8691; or 

e-mail: caddis@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Over a 

thousand water bodies in the United 

States are listed by states as biologically 

impaired. For many of these sites, the 

cause of impairment is reported as 

‘‘unknown.’’ Before appropriate 

management actions can be formulated 

for impaired water bodies, the causes of 

biological impairment (e.g., excess fine 

sediments, nutrients, toxics, and other 

stressors) must be identified. Effective 

causal analyses require knowledge of 

the mechanisms, symptoms, and 

stressor-response relationships for 

various stressors, as well as the ability 

to use that knowledge to draw 

appropriate, defensible conclusions. To 

aid in these causal analyses, NCEA 

developed CADDIS, a web-based 

decision support system to help 

regional, state, and tribal investigators 

find, access, organize, and share 

information useful for causal 

evaluations in aquatic systems. CADDIS 

is based on EPA’s Stressor Identification 

process, which is a formal method for 

identifying causes of impairments in 

aquatic environments. Features of 

CADDIS include a step-by-step guide to 

conducting causal assessments; a 

summary of relevant causal assessment 

history and concepts; summary 

information for common sources and 

stressors; applied examples of causal 

assessment methods; information on 

basic and advanced data analyses; 

downloadable software tools; and an 

online application for collaborating on 

conceptual diagrams and using them to 

update and access a database of 

supporting literature. 

Dated: September 20, 2010. 

Lynn Flowers, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

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[EPA–R09—UST–2010–0538; FRL–9205–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Underground 

Storage Tank: Information Request 

Letters, Pacific Southwest Region 

(Region IX); EPA ICR No. 2405.01, OMB 

Control No. 2009–NEW 

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’s Pacific Southwest 

Region (Region IX) is planning to submit 

an Information Collection Request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Before submitting the request to 

OMB, EPA Region IX is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collection as described 

below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before November 23, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R09— 

UST–2010–0538 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: thomas.ladonna@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (415) 947–3530. 

• Mail: LaDonna Thomas, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: WST–8, 75 Hawthorne Street, 

San Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

• Hand Delivery: Environmental 

Protection Agency Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA. 

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 to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R09–UST–2010– 

0538. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

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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 

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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaDonna Thomas, Waste Management 

Division, WST–8, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901; 

telephone number: (415) 972–3375; fax 

number: (415) 947–3530; e-mail 

address: thomas.ladonna@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Docket Facility located at the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA. A complete public 

portion of the administrative record is 

available for review at the Docket 

Facility upon request. The Docket 

Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Thursday, excluding 

legal holidays, and is located in a 

secured building. To review docket 

materials at the Docket facility, it is 

recommended that the public make an 

appointment by calling the Docket 

Facility at (415) 947–4406 during 

normal business hours. Use 

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 Region IX 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 use; 

(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 

the 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 Region IX 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 any technical 

information and/or 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 owners and 

operators of RCRA-regulated 

underground storage tanks within EPA 

Region IX, i.e., Arizona, California, 

Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, 

Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Marianas Islands, other U.S. 

holdings in the Pacific and Indian 

country (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151) 

that is located within this geographic 

region or is associated with the Navajo 

Nation. ‘‘Indian Country’’ is defined in 

18 U.S.C. 1151 as: 

(a) All land within the limits of any Indian 

reservation under the jurisdiction of the 

United States Government, notwithstanding 

the issuance of any patent, and, including 

rights-of-way running through the 

reservation; (b) all dependent Indian 

communities within the borders of the 

United States whether within the original or 

subsequently acquired territory thereof, and 

whether within or without the limits of a 

state; and (c) all Indian allotments, the Indian 

titles to which have not been extinguished, 

including rights-of-way running through the 

same. 

Under this definition, EPA treats as 

reservations trust lands validly set aside 

for the use of a Tribe even if the trust 

lands have not been formally designated 

as a reservation. 

Indian Country that is associated with 

the Navajo Nation includes, but is not 

limited to: 

1. Land within the exterior 

boundaries of the formal Navajo Indian 

Reservation within Arizona, New 

Mexico, and Utah, including the three 

satellite Reservations of Alamo, 

Canoncito and Ramah, but excluding 

areas of Indian Country associated with 

the Hopi Tribe; and 

2. Lands in the Eastern Navajo Agency 

that are held in trust by the United 

States government for the use of the 

Navajo Nation or for the benefit of 

individual members of the Navajo 

Nation or that are dependent Indian 

communities. 


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Title: Underground Storage Tanks: 

Information Request Letters, Pacific 

Southwest Region (Region IX). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2405.01, 

OMB Control No. 2009–NEW. 

ICR Status: This ICR is for a new 

collection activity. 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 49 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are 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: EPA has already received 

approval from OMB for its information 

collection request, entitled ‘‘EPA 

Information Collection Request Number 

1360.08, Underground Storage Tanks: 

Technical and Financial Requirements, 

and State Program Approval 

Procedures.’’ This approval grants EPA 

authority to collect information from 

owners and operators, as specified in 40 

CFR Part 280, that may otherwise be 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act, 

including owner and operator 

requirements to bring a tank into 

service, pursuant to 40 CFR 280.22, and 

owner and operator requirements to 

notify the implementing agency of any 

decision to permanently close or make 

a change-in-service at an UST system, 

pursuant to 40 CFR 280.71. ICR No. 

1360.08, however, does not include the 

authority for EPA to request that facility 

owners and operators submit documents 

or other information to the Agency upon 

request. EPA Region IX is seeking 

approval from OMB to request 

documents or other information from 

UST owners and operators within the 

Region. EPA Region IX’s Underground 

Storage Tanks Program Office (R9 

USTPO) is planning to undertake an 

effort to increase the rate of compliance 

in Region IX. R9 USTPO has direct 

implementation responsibilities in 

Indian country and our data have shown 

a low rate of compliance. While Indian 

country is our highest priority because 

of our direct implementation 

responsibility, EPA has also reviewed 

data that suggest facilities outside 

Indian country are also of concern. In 

FY 08, the average rate of compliance in 

Region IX Indian country was 36% and, 

outside of Indian country, the average 

was 68%. An information request 

pursuant to RCRA section 9005 directed 

to UST facility owners and operators in 

order to determine compliance will help 

to increase the rate of compliance. 

As a result, R9 USTPO would like to 

send an information request letter in 

accordance with RCRA Section 9005 

and 40 CFR 280.34 annually to 

approximately 500 UST facilities. This 

letter will request that the facility owner 

or operator send to the R9 USTPO the 

compliance records that they are already 

required to keep, but have not 

previously been asked to submit to the 

Agency. The information request letter 

authority was codified in 40 CFR 280.34 

of the UST regulations and this 

regulation and other provisions of the 

UST regulations also contain specific 

ongoing facility reporting and record 

keeping obligations. In accordance with 

40 CFR 280.34(c), these records should 

be kept either on-site or must be readily 

available at an alternative site and, thus, 

should be easy to locate. The 

information is routinely reviewed 

during inspections, but we believe there 

is non-compliance that warrants 

additional collection and believe that 

these requests will encourage owners 

and operators to maintain regulatory 

compliance and will allow the R9 

USTPO to better ensure compliance 

with regulatory requirements for those 

facilities. The R9 USTPO seeks to 

continue this request for records from 

facilities indefinitely and would 

monitor whether our efforts to increase 

compliance are successful. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 5 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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 the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 500. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: One. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

2,500 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $29,025. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $25,000 and an estimated cost of 

$4,025 for capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? EPA will consider the 

comments received and revise the ICR, 

if 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. 

Authority: RCRA Section 9005 and 40 CFR 

280.34. 

Dated: August 26, 2010. 

Jeff Scott, 

Director, Waste Management Division, Region 

IX. 

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Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements filed 09/13/2010 through 

09/17/2010 pursuant to 40 CFR 

1506.9. 

Notice 

In accordance with Section 309(a) of 

the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to 

make its comments on EISs issued by 

other Federal agencies public. 

Historically, EPA has met this mandate 

by publishing weekly notices of 

availability of EPA comments, which 

includes a brief summary of EPA’s 

comment letters, in the Federal 

Register. Since February 2008, EPA has 

been including its comment letters on 

EISs on its Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. Including the entire EIS 

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