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Please note: DOE’s Freedom of 

Information Reading Room (formerly 

Room 1E–190 at the Forrestal Building) 

is no longer housing rulemaking 

materials. Electronic copies of the 

Petition are available online at DOE’s 

Web site at the following URL address: 

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/

appliance_standards/state_

petitions.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, EE–2J, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586– 

7892, or e-mail: 

Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov. 

Michael Kido, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of General Counsel, GC– 

71, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–8145, 

e-mail: Michael.Kido@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 28, 2010, DOE published a 

notice announcing the receipt of a 

petition submitted by the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (75 

FR 4548) That petition—Petition for 

Exemption from Federal Preemption of 

Massachusetts’ 90% Annual Fuel 

Utilization Efficiency Standard for Nonweatherized Gas Furnaces (hereafter 

‘‘Massachusetts Petition’’ or ‘‘Petition’’)— 

sought a waiver of preemption from 

DOE to permit a standard affecting nonweatherized gas furnaces to remain in 

effect. The Massachusetts standard is 

higher than the current Federal standard 

for these products. 

To help DOE evaluate the merits of 

the Massachusetts Petition, the January 

notice invited interested members of the 

public to comment on the petition and 

to submit any additional information 

related to the criteria that DOE must 

evaluate when considering a waiver 

petition seeking an exemption from 

Federal preemption. These criteria are 

outlined generally in 42 U.S.C. 6297(d). 

DOE provided interested parties with an 

opportunity to comment through March 

29, 2010. The comments received are 

available for public review at the DOE’s 

Web site and can be accessed at the 

specified URL address provided in the 

ADDRESSES section listed above. 

As required by law, this notice 

provides a rebuttal comment period to 

permit the submission of rebuttals to 

those comments that have already been 

received by DOE, as well as any other 

supporting information or data that 

would assist the agency in evaluating 

the merits of the Massachusetts petition. 

The availability of the initial comments 

and the specific rebuttal comment 

period provided in this notice are in 

satisfaction of the requirements under 

42 U.S.C. 6297(d)(2). 

DOE invites all interested parties to 

comment on any aspects of the petition 

and on those comments that have been 

submitted and docketed in response to 

that petition. After examining all 

relevant submissions, including any 

rebuttal comments, DOE will issue its 

final decision in a manner consistent 

with the schedule laid out in its January 

2010 notice. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, 

2010. 

Cathy Zoi, 

Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13544 Filed 6–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities; OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 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 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Westlund (202) 566–1682, or e-mail at 

westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer 

to the appropriate EPA Information 

Collection Request (ICR) Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 2173.03; Reporting 

Requirements under EPA’s Green Power 

Partnership and Combined Heat and 

Power Partnership; was approved on 05/ 

07/2010; OMB Number 2060–0578; 

expires on 06/30/2012; Approved with 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 2343.03; Focus 

Group Research for Fuel Economy Label 

Designs for Advanced Technology 

Vehicles (Phase 3); was approved on 05/ 

13/2010; OMB Number 2060–0632; 

expires on 08/31/2010; Approved with 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 2368.01; 

Questionnaire for Steam Electric Power 

Generating Effluent Guidelines (New); 

was approved on 05/20/2010; OMB 

Number 2040–0281; expires on 05/31/ 

2013; Approved with change. 

EPA ICR Number 2207.03; Exchange 

Network Grants Progress Report 

(Renewal); was approved on 05/27/ 

2010; OMB Number 2025–0006; expires 

on 11/30/2011; Approved without 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 2240.03; NESHAP 

for Area Sources: Polyvinyl Chloride 

and Copolymer Production, Primary 

Copper Smelting, Secondary Copper 

Smelting, and Primary Nonferrous 

Metals—Zinc, Cadmium, and Beryllium 

(Renewal); 40 CFR part 63, subparts A, 

DDDDDDD, EEEEEEE, FFFFFFF, and 

GGGGGGG, was approved on 05/27/ 

2010; OMB Number 2060–0596; expires 

on 05/31/2013; Approved without 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 2046.05; NESHAP 

for Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants; 40 

CFR part 63, subpart A and 40 CFR part 

63, subpart IIIII; was approved on 05/ 

27/2010; OMB Number 2060–0542; 

expires on 05/31/2013; Approved 

without change. 

Comment Filed 

EPA ICR Number 1648.07; 

Requirements for Control Technology 

Determinations from Major Sources in 

Accordance with Clean Air Act Section 

112(j) (Proposed Rule); in 40 CFR part 

63; OMB filed comment on 05/21/2010. 

Dated: June 1, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collections Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13622 Filed 6–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0015; FRL–9159–4] 

Release of Final Document Related to 

the Review of the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Carbon 

Monoxide 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of 

EPA is announcing the availability of a 

final document titled, Quantitative Risk 

and Exposure Assessment for Carbon 

Monoxide (REA). The REA describes 

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1EPA 452R–08–005; August 2008; Available: 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/co/s_

co_cr_pd.html. 

quantitative analyses that have been 

conducted as part of the review of the 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for carbon monoxide (CO). 

DATES: The REA will be available on or 

about May 28, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The document will be 

available primarily via the Internet at 

the following Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/co/

s_co_index.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to this document, 

please contact Dr. Deirdre Murphy, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (Mail code C504–06), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; email: murphy.deirdre@epa.gov; 

telephone: 919–541–0729; fax: 919– 

541–0237. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), the Administrator identifies and 

lists certain pollutants which ‘‘cause or 

contribute to air pollution which may 

reasonably be anticipated to endanger 

public health or welfare.’’ The EPA then 

issues air quality criteria for these listed 

pollutants, which are commonly 

referred to as ‘‘criteria pollutants.’’ The 

air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately 

reflect the latest scientific knowledge 

useful in indicating the kind and extent 

of all identifiable effects on public 

health or welfare which may be 

expected from the presence of [a] 

pollutant in the ambient air, in varying 

quantities.’’ Under section 109 of the 

CAA, EPA establishes primary (healthbased) and secondary (welfare-based) 

NAAQS for pollutants for which air 

quality criteria are issued. Section 

109(d) of the CAA requires periodic 

review and, if appropriate, revision of 

existing air quality criteria. The revised 

air quality criteria reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. The EPA is also required to 

periodically review and revise the 

NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised criteria. 

Presently, EPA is reviewing the 

NAAQS for CO. The EPA’s overall plan 

and schedule for this review is 

presented in the Plan for Review of the 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Carbon Monoxide.1 A 

draft of this integrated review plan was 

released for public review and comment 

in March 2008 and was the subject of a 

consultation with the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

on April 8, 2008 (73 FR 12998). 

Comments received from that 

consultation and from the public were 

considered in finalizing the plan for the 

review. 

As part of EPA’s review of the 

primary (health-based) CO NAAQS, the 

Agency has conducted qualitative and 

quantitative assessments characterizing 

the health risks associated with 

exposure to ambient CO. The EPA’s 

plans for conducting these assessments, 

including the proposed scope and 

methods of the analyses, were presented 

in a planning document titled, Carbon 

Monoxide National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards: Scope and Methods Plan for 

Health Risk and Exposure Assessment 

(Scope and Methods Plan). This 

planning document was released for 

public comment in April 2009 and was 

the subject of a consultation with the 

CASAC on May 13, 2009 (74 FR 15265). 

First and second external review drafts 

of the REA were released for CASAC 

review and public comment in October 

2009 (74 FR 55843) and February 2010 

(75 FR 10252), respectively, and were 

the subjects of CASAC review meetings 

in November 2009 (74 FR 54042) and 

March 2010 (75 FR 9206), respectively. 

In preparing the final REA, EPA has 

considered comments received from 

CASAC and the public on these earlier 

draft documents. The REA document 

announced today conveys the 

approaches taken to assess exposures to 

ambient CO and to characterize 

associated health risks, as well as 

presents key results, observations, and 

related uncertainties associated with the 

quantitative analyses performed. This 

document will be available on or about 

May 28, 2010, through the Agency’s 

Technology Transfer Network (TTN) 

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

naaqs/standards/co/s_co_index.html. 

This document may be accessed in the 

‘‘Documents from Current Review’’ 

section under ‘‘Risk and Exposure 

Assessments.’’ 

Dated: May 27, 2010. 

Jennifer Noonan Edmonds, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13620 Filed 6–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

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Notice of a Regional Waiver of Section 

1605 (Buy American Requirement) of 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to 

the City of Bridgeport (the City) 

Washington 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Regional Administrator 

of EPA Region 10 is hereby granting a 

late waiver request from the Buy 

America requirements of ARRA section 

1605(a) under the authority of section 

1605(b)(1) [applying subsection (a) 

would be inconsistent with the public 

interest] to the City for the purchase and 

use of 280 linear feet of large diameter 

36′′ PVC pipe, manufactured in 

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and which 

was used in and incorporated into an 

ARRA project prior to December 3, 

2009. This is a project specific waiver 

and only applies to the use of the 

specified product for the ARRA project 

discussed in this notice. Any other 

ARRA recipient that wishes to use the 

same product must apply for a separate 

waiver based on project specific 

circumstances. The City’s waiver 

request included a timeline summary 

from October 3, 2009 thru December 30, 

2009 describing the attempted Buy 

American compliance by the applicant, 

consulting engineer, contractor and 

pipeline materials supplier. Thus, it 

appears that the supplier on behalf of 

the City, the ARRA recipient, did an 

extensive, seemingly comprehensive, 

and ultimately unsuccessful search for a 

U.S. manufacturer who could meet the 

project specifications. 

The Regional Administrator is making 

this determination based on the review 

and recommendations of the Drinking 

Water Unit. The City has provided 

sufficient documentation to support 

their request. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 25, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Johnny Clark, DWSRF ARRA Program 

Management Analyst, Drinking Water 

Unit, Office of Water & Watersheds 

(OWW), (206) 553–0082, U.S. EPA 

Region 10 (OWW–136), 1200 Sixth 

Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98101. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c) 

and OMB’s regulations at 2 CFR Part 

176, Subpart B, the EPA hereby 

provides notice that it is granting a late 

project waiver request of the 

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