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EPA Headquarters initiated a 60-day 

period for the Assistant Administrator 

for the Office of Water to review the 

recommendation of the Regional 

Administrator. As part of this review 

period, EPA has also notified the 

Department of the Army, the State of 

West Virginia, Arch Coal, Inc. (the 

permittee), and the landowners of 

record as to the Recommended 

Determination, and has notified these 

groups that they have 15 days in which 

to notify the Assistant Administrator for 

the Office of Water of their intent to take 

corrective action to prevent the 

unacceptable adverse impacts to 

wildlife detailed in the 

recommendation. 

In response, attorneys for the 

permittee have requested a 30-day 

extension of this consultation period, to 

November 29, 2010, in order to review 

the Recommended Determination and 

associated technical appendices. 

Provided in 40 CFR 231.8, EPA may, 

upon showing of good cause, extend the 

time requirements in the 404(c) 

regulations. In this case, EPA believes it 

is appropriate to grant the permittee’s 

request for a 30-day extension to the 

consultation process. This extension 

will provide additional time to evaluate 

any corrective actions proposed by the 

permittee, or other participants in the 

consultation process described in 40 

CFR 231.6, that would prevent the likely 

unacceptable adverse effects described 

in the Recommended Determination. 

The consultation process will therefore 

expire on November 29, 2010. 

As described above, EPA’s 404(c) 

regulations provide that the Assistant 

Administrator for the Office of Water 

shall issue a Final Determination within 

60 days of receiving the Regional 

Administrator’s Recommended 

Determination. This 60-day period is 

scheduled to expire on November 23, 

2010. EPA may extend this deadline 

upon a showing of good cause. EPA 

believes that good cause exists to extend 

this deadline in order to complete the 

Final Determination by February 22, 

2011. This extension will permit the 

Office of Water to more closely evaluate 

Region III’s Recommended 

Determination and the administrative 

record, which includes more than 

50,000 public comments. It will also 

enable more careful consideration of 

any new information that arises during 

the consultation process undertaken 

pursuant to 40 CFR 231.6, as described 

above. Finally, this date is consistent 

with an order issued by the U.S. District 

Court for the Southern District of West 

Virginia on November 2, granting a 

continued stay in litigation over the 

Spruce #1 permit until February 22, 

2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Evans, Wetlands Division 

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, 

and Watersheds; U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 4502T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Mr. Evans can 

also be reached via electronic mail at 

Evans.David@epa.gov. 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

Peter S. Silva, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water. 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9224–6; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2010–0540] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Hexavalent Chromium: In Support of 

Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Public 

Comment Period to December 29, 2010. 

SUMMARY: EPA published a 60-day 

public comment period on September 

30, 2010 (75 FR 60454) for the external 

review draft human health assessment 

titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of 

Hexavalent Chromium: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ EPA/ 

635/R–10/004C. We are extending the 

public comment period 30 days at the 

request of the American Chemistry 

Council (ACC). The draft assessment 

was prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the EPA Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). EPA released this 

draft assessment solely for the purpose 

of pre-dissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This draft assessment has 

not been formally disseminated by EPA. 

It does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. After public 

review and comment, an EPA contractor 

will convene an expert panel for 

independent external peer review of this 

draft assessment. The public comment 

period and external peer review meeting 

are separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the assessment. The 

external peer review meeting will be 

scheduled at a later date and announced 

in the Federal Register. Public 

comments submitted during the public 

comment period will be provided to the 

external peer reviewers before the panel 

meeting and considered by EPA in the 

disposition of public comments. Public 

comments received after the public 

comment period closes will not be 

submitted to the external peer reviewers 

and will only be considered by EPA if 

time permits. 

DATES: The public comment period will 

be extended from November 29, 2010 to 

December 29, 2010. Comments should 

be in writing and must be received by 

EPA by December 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Hexavalent Chromium: In 

Support of Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ is available primarily via the 

Internet on the NCEA home page under 

the Recent Additions and Publications 

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

limited number of paper copies are 

available from the Information 

Management Team (Address: 

Information Management Team, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (Mail Code: 8601P), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 703– 

347–8561; facsimile: 703–347–8691). If 

you request a paper copy, please 

provide your name, mailing address, 

and the draft assessment title. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

the previous notice (75 FR 60454). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the docket, http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or the public 

comment period, please contact the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 202–566–1752; 

facsimile: 202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For information on the draft 

assessment, please contact Ted Berner, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (8601P), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (703) 347–8583; 

facsimile: (703) 347–8689; or e-mail: 

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Dated: November 2, 2010. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28382 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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[FRL–9224–5] 

Draft Toxicological Review of Urea: In 

Support of Summary Information on 

the Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of peer review meeting. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that 

Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for 

external scientific peer review, will 

convene an independent panel of 

experts and organize and conduct an 

external peer review meeting to review 

the draft human health assessment 

titled, ‘‘Toxicological Review of Urea: In 

Support of Summary Information on the 

Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–10/005). The draft 

assessment was prepared by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA 

Office of Research and Development. 

On September 28 EPA released this 

draft assessment [75 FR 59716] solely 

for the purpose of pre-dissemination 

peer review under applicable 

information quality guidelines. This 

draft assessment has not been formally 

disseminated by EPA. It does not 

represent and should not be construed 

to represent any Agency policy or 

determination. 

Versar, Inc. invites the public to 

register to attend this workshop as 

observers. In addition, Versar, Inc. 

invites the public to give brief oral 

comments and/or provide written 

comments at the workshop regarding 

the draft assessment under review. Time 

is limited, and reservations will be 

accepted on a first-come, first-served 

basis. In preparing a final report, EPA 

will consider Versar, Inc.’s report of the 

comments and recommendations from 

the external peer review workshop and 

any written public comments that EPA 

receives in accordance with this notice. 

DATES: The peer review panel workshop 

on the draft assessment for Urea will be 

held via teleconference on December 13, 

2010, beginning at 1 p.m. and ending at 

5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Urea: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS)’’ is available 

primarily via the Internet on the NCEA 

home page under the Recent Additions 

and Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Information Management Team 

(Address: Information Management 

Team, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment [Mail Code: 

8601P], U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347– 

8691). If you request a paper copy, 

please provide your name, mailing 

address, and the draft assessment title. 

The peer review meeting on the draft 

Urea assessment will be held via 

teleconference. To attend the 

teleconference, register no later than 

December 6, 2010, by contacting Versar 

Inc. by e-mail: saundkat@versar.com 

(subject line: Urea Peer Review 

Meeting), by phone: 703–750–3000, ext. 

545 or toll free at 1–800–2–VERSAR (1– 

800–283–7727), ask for Kathy Coon, the 

Urea Peer Review Meeting Coordinator, 

or by faxing a registration request to 

703–642–6809 (please reference the 

Urea Peer Review Meeting and include 

your name, title, affiliation, full address 

and contact information). There will be 

limited time at the peer review 

workshop for comments from the 

public. Please inform Versar, Inc. if you 

wish to make comments during the 

workshop. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on registration, access or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or logistics for the external 

peer review workshop, please contact 

Versar, Inc. at 6850 Versar Center, 

Springfield, VA 22151; by e-mail: 

saundkat@versar.com (subject line: Urea 

Peer Review Meeting), by phone: 703– 

750–3000, ext. 545 or toll free at 1–800– 

2–VERSAR (1–800–283–7727), ask for 

Kathy Coon, the Urea Peer Review 

Meeting Coordinator, or by faxing a 

registration request to 703–642–6809 

(please reference the Urea Peer Review 

Meeting and include your name, title, 

affiliation, full address and contact 

information). 

For information on the draft 

assessment, please contact Amanda 

Persad, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment [Mail Code: 

B–243–01], U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Office of 

Research and Development U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone: 919–541 9781; facsimile: 

919–541–2985; or e-mail: 

FRN_Questions@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About IRIS 

EPA’s IRIS is a human health 

assessment program that evaluates 

quantitative and qualitative risk 

information on effects that may result 

from exposure to chemical substances 

found in the environment. Through the 

IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest 

quality science-based human health 

assessments to support the Agency’s 

regulatory activities. The IRIS database 

contains information for more than 540 

chemical substances that can be used to 

support the first two steps (hazard 

identification and dose-response 

evaluation) of the risk assessment 

process. When supported by available 

data, IRIS provides oral reference doses 

(RfDs) and inhalation reference 

concentrations (RfCs) for chronic 

noncancer health effects as well as 

assessments of potential carcinogenic 

effects resulting from chronic exposure. 

Combined with specific exposure 

information, government and private 

entities use IRIS to help characterize 

public health risks of chemical 

substances in a site-specific situation 

and thereby support risk management 

decisions designed to protect public 

health. 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2002–0262; FRL–8852–4] 

Endosulfan: Final Product Cancellation 

Order 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

order for the cancellations, voluntarily 

requested by the registrants and 

accepted by the Agency of pesticide 

products containing endosulfan, 

pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), as amended. This 

cancellation order follows an August 18, 

2010, Federal Register Notice of Receipt 

of Requests from the endosulfan 

registrants to voluntarily cancel their 

product registrations. In the August 18, 

2010, notice, EPA indicated that it 


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