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Document which may be obtained as 

explained above. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

My decision will affect not only 

persons in California but also the 

manufacturers outside the State who 

must comply with California’s 

requirements in order to produce new 

motor vehicles for sale in California. For 

this reason, I hereby determine and find 

that this is a final action of national 

applicability. 

This action is not a rule as defined by 

Executive Order 12866. Therefore, it is 

exempt from review by the Office of 

Management and Budget as required for 

rules and regulations by Executive 

Order 12866. 

In addition, this action is not a rule 

as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601(2). Therefore, EPA has 

not prepared a supporting regulatory 

flexibility analysis addressing the 

impact of this action on small business 

entities. 

Further, the Congressional Review 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 801, et seq., as added by 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does 

not apply because this action is not a 

rule for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). 

Finally, the Administrator has 

delegated the authority to make 

determinations regarding waivers under 

§ 209(b) of the Act to the Assistant 

Administrator for Air and Radiation. 

Dated: September 26, 2011. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator for Air and 

Radiation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9474–2] 

Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 

Edition; Release of Final Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: On September 30, 2011, the 

EPA publically released the final report 

entitled Exposure Factors Handbook: 

2011 Edition. The document was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development. The Exposure Factors 

Handbook: 2011 Edition provides 

information on various physiological 

and behavioral factors commonly used 

in assessing exposure to environmental 

chemicals. The handbook was first 

published in 1989 and was updated in 

1997. This edition incorporates 

information made available from 1997 

up until July 2011. It also reflects the 

revisions made to the Child-Specific 

Exposure Factors Handbook, which was 

last updated and published in 2008. 

Each chapter in the Exposure Factors 

Handbook: 2011 Edition presents 

recommended values for the exposure 

factors covered in that particular 

chapter’s exposure route as well as a 

discussion of the underlying data used 

in developing the recommendations. 

The Exposure Factors Handbook: 

2011 Edition (EPA/600/R–09/052F) is 

available via the Internet at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: This report was posted 

publically on September 30, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The report is available 

primarily via the Internet on the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s home page under the 

Recent Additions and Publications 

menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. 

Paper copies of the report are not 

available. A limited number of CD– 

ROMs will be available from the 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 

703–347–8691. If you are requesting a 

CD–ROM, please provide your name, 

your mailing address, and the document 

title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment; Jacqueline Moya; 

telephone: 703–347–8539; or e-mail: 

moya.jacqueline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project/ 

Document 

The Exposure Factors Handbook: 

2011 Edition provides a summary of the 

available statistical data on various 

factors used in assessing human 

exposure. These factors include: 

drinking water consumption; mouthing 

behavior; soil ingestion rates; inhalation 

rates; dermal factors, including skin area 

and soil adherence factors; consumption 

of fruits and vegetables, fish, meats, 

dairy products, and homegrown foods; 

human milk intake; human activity 

factors; consumer product use; and 

building characteristics. This handbook 

is intended for use by exposure 

assessors, within the Agency as well as 

those outside, as a reference tool and 

primary source of exposure factor 

information. It may be used by 

scientists, economists, and other 

interested parties as a source of data 

and/or U.S. EPA recommendations on 

numeric estimates for behavioral and 

physiological characteristics needed to 

estimate exposure to environmental 

agents. Recommended values are 

available for the general population and, 

for most of the exposure factors, are also 

available by age, sex, as well as for other 

populations that may have 

characteristics different from the general 

population. 

Dated: September 23, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25412 Filed 9–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–1059; FRL–9471–8] 

Guidance for 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS SIP 

Submissions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the EPA has posted its draft non-binding 

guidance titled, ‘‘Guidance for 1–Hour 

SO2 NAAQS SIP Submissions’’ on its 

Web site. The EPA invites public 

comments on this guidance document 

during the comment period specified 

below, and plans to issue an updated 

version of the guidance after reviewing 

timely submitted comments. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before November 2, 2011. Please 

refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on the comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–1059, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–1059. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010– 

1059. 

• Mail: Air Docket, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–1059, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

3334, Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 


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Center’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–HQ–OAR–2010– 

1059. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

http://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 

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 is 

unable to read your comment and 

contact you for clarification due to 

technical difficulties, 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 additional instructions on 

submitting comments, go to Section II of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this document. 

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, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. 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 Air Docket is (202) 566– 

1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions concerning this action, please 

contact Larry D. Wallace, Ph.D., U.S. 

EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Air Quality Policy Division, 

C504–03, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27711, telephone (919) 541–0906, e-mail 

at wallace.larry@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. 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. Send or deliver 

information identified as CBI only to the 

following address: Roberto Morales, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Mail Code C404–02, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

telephone (919) 541–0880, e-mail at 

morales.roberto@epa.gov, Attention 

Docket ID No. OAR–2010–1059. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the docket number and 

other identifying information (subject 

heading, Federal Register date and page 

number). 

• Follow directions. The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

part or section number in the guidance. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree 

with EPA’s guidance; and suggest 

alternatives and substitute language that 

would help to clarify or better explain 

the points made and positions taken in 

EPA’s guidance document. 

II. Background 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

public comments on EPA’s recently 

posted draft non-binding guidance 

titled, ‘‘Guidance for 1–Hour SO2

NAAQS SIP Submissions.’’ This 

document is available online at http:// 

www.epa.gov/airquality/sulfurdioxide/ 

implement.html or within the associated 

docket, EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–1059. 

The draft guidance document is 

intended to assist state and tribal 

governments in preparing State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submittals 

under section 110(a)(1) of the Clean Air 

Act (CAA) to address implementation, 

maintenance, and enforcement of the 1- 

hour primary sulfur dioxide (SO2) 

National Ambient Quality Standards 

(NAAQS). The CAA directs states to 

submit these SIPs to EPA by no later 

than June 3, 2013, which is 3 years after 

promulgation of the primary SO2

NAAQS. To be approved, the EPA 

would expect the SIP submittals to 

demonstrate through the use of refined 

air quality dispersion modeling that the 

affected areas will attain the standard as 

expeditiously as practicable. This draft 

guidance provides the basic information 

that states, tribes and emission sources 

would need to address the section 

110(a)(1) SIP submittal for the 1-hour 

SO2 NAAQS including modeling 

guidance. After receiving timely 

submitted public comments on the draft 

guidance, the EPA plans to issue 

updated non-binding guidance. In 

addition, the EPA will continue to work 

closely with states and tribes to address 

issues arising under the section 

110(a)(1) SIP submittals. 

EPA invites public comment on all 

aspects of this draft guidance during the 

30-day comment period. The draft 

guidance is not a regulation or any other 

kind of final action and does not 

establish binding requirements on the 

EPA or any state, local, or tribal agency 

or any emissions source. While the EPA 

has established a docket and is 

requesting public comment on the draft 

guidance, this procedure does not alter 

the nature or effect of the draft guidance 

and does not constitute a formal 

rulemaking process or require the EPA 

to respond to public comments in the 

updated guidance before the EPA or 

other agencies may use the guidance in 

reaching decisions related to SIPs 

submitted under section 110(a)(1). The 

EPA retains the discretion to revise its 

guidance, issue additional guidance, 

propose regulations as appropriate, and 

to utilize information submitted in 

public comments to inform future 

decisions. Because this draft guidance 

does not constitute a formal rulemaking 

action, the EPA is not required to 

respond to comments, but intends to 

take significant comments under 

consideration in amending or updating 


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the non-binding guidance. To the extent 

that the EPA determines that comments 

received during the 30-day comment 

period justify corrections or 

clarifications to the guidance, the EPA 

may revise and reissue the guidance and 

post the revised document at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/airquality/sulfurdioxide/ 

implement.html. 

Please refer to the ADDRESSES section 

above in this document for specific 

instructions on submitting comments. 

III. Internet Web Site for Guidance 

Information 

The guidance titled, ‘‘Guidance for 1– 

Hour SO2 NAAQS SIP Submissions’’ 

can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/ 

airquality/sulfurdioxide/ 

implement.html. 

Dated: September 21, 2011. 

Mary Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9474–3] 

National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees to the U.S. Representative 

to the Commission for Environmental 

Cooperation 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

EPA gives notice of a meeting of the 

National Advisory Committee (NAC) 

and Governmental Advisory Committee 

(GAC) to the U.S. Representative to the 

North American Commission for 

Environmental Cooperation (CEC). The 

National and Governmental Advisory 

Committees advise the EPA 

Administrator in her capacity as the 

U.S. Representative to the CEC Council. 

The Committees are authorized under 

Articles 17 and 18 of the North 

American Agreement on Environmental 

Cooperation (NAAEC), North American 

Free Trade Agreement Implementation 

Act,Public Law 103–182, and as 

directed by Executive Order 12915, 

entitled ‘‘Federal Implementation of the 

North American Agreement on 

Environmental Cooperation.’’ The NAC 

is composed of 13 members 

representing academia, environmental 

non-governmental organizations, and 

private industry. The GAC consists of 12 

members representing state, local, and 

Tribal governments. The Committees are 

responsible for providing advice to the 

U.S. Representative on a wide range of 

strategic, scientific, technological, 

regulatory, and economic issues related 

to implementation and further 

elaboration of the NAAEC. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

provide advice on the CEC’s Draft 

Communication Strategy, and discuss 

regional trans-boundary environmental 

issues. The meeting will also include a 

public comment session. A copy of the 

agenda will be posted at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ocem/nacgac-page.htm. 

DATES: The National and Governmental 

Advisory Committees will hold an open 

meeting on Thursday, October 20, 2011, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 

October 21, from 8:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the DoubleTree Hotel, 1617 IH–35 

North, Austin, Texas 78702. Telephone: 

512–479–4000. The meeting is open to 

the public, with limited seating on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Oscar Carrillo, Designated Federal 

Officer, carrillo.oscar@epa.gov, 202– 

564–0347, U.S. EPA, Office of Federal 

Advisory Committee Management and 

Outreach (1601–M), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments, or provide 

written comments to the Committees, 

should be sent to Oscar Carrillo, 

Designated Federal Officer, at the 

contact information above. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Oscar 

Carrillo at 202–564–0347 or 

carrillo.oscar@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Oscar Carrillo, preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: September 22, 2011. 

Oscar Carrillo, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25398 Filed 9–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9474–6] 

Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board Biogenic 

Carbon Emissions Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public face-to-face meeting 

of the SAB Biogenic Carbon Emissions 

Panel to review EPA’s draft Accounting 

Framework for Biogenic CO2 Emissions 

from Stationary Sources (September 

2011). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

October 25, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., October 26, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m. and on October 27, 2011 from 

8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hyatt Regency at 400 New Jersey 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this meeting may 

contact Dr. Holly Stallworth, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, 

by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564– 

2073 or via e-mail at stallworth.holly@

epa.gov. General information 

concerning the EPA Science Advisory 

Board can be found at the EPA SAB 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA) codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical peer review, advice, 

consultation, and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for EPA actions. As a Federal 

Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts 

business in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, 

notice is hereby given that the SAB 

Biogenic Carbon Emissions Panel will 

hold a public meeting to review EPA’s 

draft Accounting Framework for 

Biogenic CO2 Emissions from Stationary 

Sources (September 2011). The SAB 

will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

EPA’s Office of Atmospheric 

Programs (OAP) in EPA’s Office of Air 

and Radiation has requested SAB 

review of the draft report and 

accounting framework. The SAB Staff 

Office requested public nominations of 

experts to serve on a review panel to 

advise the Agency on April 27, 2011 (76 

FR 23587–23588). The SAB Staff Office 

sought nominations of nationally and 

internationally recognized scientists and 

experts with demonstrated expertise in 

forestry, agriculture, measurement and 

carbon accounting methodologies, land 

use economics, climate change, 


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