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1The Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission 

initially joined in the ICAS petition, but later 

requested to withdraw from the appeal proceeding. 

The EAB granted its request. 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: Section 4010(c) of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) of 1976 requires that EPA 

revise the landfill criteria promulgated 

under paragraph (1) of Section 4004(a) 

and Section 1008(a)(3). Section 4005(c) 

of RCRA, as amended by the Hazardous 

Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) of 

1984, requires states to develop and 

implement permit programs to ensure 

that MSWLFs and non-municipal, nonhazardous waste disposal units that 

receive household hazardous waste or 

CESQG hazardous waste are in 

compliance with the revised criteria for 

the design and operation of nonmunicipal, non-hazardous waste 

disposal units under 40 CFR part 257, 

Subpart B and MSWLFs under 40 CFR 

part 258 (40 CFR part 257, subpart B 

and 40 CFR part 258 are henceforth 

referred to as the ‘‘revised federal 

criteria.’’). Section 4005(c) of RCRA 

further mandates the EPA Administrator 

to determine the adequacy of state 

permit programs to ensure owner and/ 

or operator compliance with the revised 

federal criteria. A state program that is 

deemed adequate to ensure compliance 

may afford flexibility to owners or 

operators in the approaches they use to 

meet federal requirements, significantly 

reducing the burden associated with 

compliance. 

In response to the statutory 

requirement in § 4005(c), EPA 

developed 40 CFR part 239, commonly 

referred to as the State Implementation 

Rule (SIR). The SIR describes the state 

application and EPA review procedures 

and defines the elements of an adequate 

state permit program. The collection of 

information from the state during the 

permit program adequacy determination 

process allows EPA to evaluate whether 

a program for which approval is 

requested is appropriate in structure 

and authority to ensure owner or 

operator compliance with the revised 

federal criteria. 

The EPA Administrator has delegated 

the authority to make determinations of 

adequacy, as contained in the statute, to 

the EPA Regional Administrator. The 

appropriate EPA Regional Office, 

therefore, will use the information 

provided by each state to determine 

whether the state’s permit program 

satisfies the statutory test reflected in 

the requirements of 40 CFR part 239. In 

all cases, the information will be 

analyzed to determine the adequacy of 

the state’s permit program for ensuring 

compliance with the federal revised 

criteria. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 242 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; 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

968. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$53,835, which includes $53,835 for 

annual labor and $0 for annualized 

capital or O&M costs. All costs are labor 

costs, there are no capital/start-up or 

O&M costs associated with this ICR. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9629–8] 

Notice of Approval of Clean Air Act 

Outer Continental Shelf Permits Issued 

to Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc., and Shell 

Offshore, Inc. for the Discoverer 

Drillship 

AGENCY: United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Action. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

EPA Region 10 has issued two final 

permit decisions granting Clean Air Act 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) permit 

applications, one from Shell Gulf of 

Mexico, Inc., for operation of the 

Discoverer drillship in the Chukchi Sea 

and one from Shell Offshore, Inc. 

(collectively, ‘‘Shell’’), for operation of 

the Discoverer drillship in the Beaufort 

Sea. 

DATES: EPA Region 10 issued final 

permit decisions on the OCS permits for 

Shell’s operation of the Discoverer 

drillship in the Chukchi and Beaufort 

Seas on January 27, 2012. The permits 

also became effective on that date. 

Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the 

Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), 

judicial review of these final permit 

decisions, to the extent it is available, 

may be sought by filing a petition for 

review in the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Ninth Circuit within 60 

days of February 10, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The documents relevant to 

the above-referenced permits are 

available for public inspection during 

normal business hours at the following 

address: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Suite 900, AWT–107, Seattle, WA 

98101. To arrange for viewing of these 

documents, call Natasha Greaves at 

(206) 553–7079. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Natasha Greaves, Office of Air Waste 

and Toxics, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 10, 1200 6th 

Avenue, Suite 900, AWT–107, Seattle, 

WA 98101. Anyone who wishes to 

review the EPA Environmental Appeals 

Board (EAB) decision described below 

can obtain it at http://www.epa.gov/ 

eab/. 

Notice of Final Action and 

Supplementary Information: EPA 

Region 10 issued two final permit 

decisions to Shell authorizing operation 

of the Discoverer drillship in the 

Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, OCS Permit 

Nos. R10OCS/PSD–AK–09–01 and 

R10OCS/PSD–AK–2010–01 

(collectively, the ‘‘Shell Discoverer 

permits’’). The Shell Discoverer permits 

were initially issued by EPA Region 10 

on September 19, 2011. The EPA’s 

Environmental Appeals Board (EAB) 

received four petitions for review of the 

Shell Discoverer permits from the 

following entities: (1) The Inupiat 

Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS); 1

(2) The Native Village of Point Hope, 

Resisting Environmental Destruction of 

Indigenous Lands, Alaska Wilderness 

League, Center for Biological Diversity, 

Natural Resources Defense Council, 

Northern Alaska Environmental Center, 

Ocean Conservancy, Oceana, Pacific 

Environment, Sierra Club, and the 


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Wilderness Society; (3) Mr. Daniel Lum; 

and (4) Ms. Donna Arvelo. On January 

12, 2012, the EAB dismissed Ms. 

Arvelo’s petition as untimely and 

denied review of the three other 

petitions. See In re Shell Gulf of Mexico, 

Inc. and Shell Offshore, Inc., OCS 

Appeal Nos. 11–02, 11–03, 11–04 & 11– 

08 (EAB, Jan. 12, 2011) (Order Denying 

Review). Following the EAB’s action, 

pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(f)(1), EPA 

Region 10 issued final permit decisions 

on January 27, 2011. All conditions of 

the Shell Discoverer permits, as initially 

issued by Region 10 on September 19, 

2011, are final and effective. 

Dated: January 31, 2012. 

Richard G. Albright, 

Director, Region 10 Office of Air, Waste & 

Toxics. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3160 Filed 2–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9001–5] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 01/30/2012 Through 02/03/2012 

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 EIS are available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20120027, Final EIS, FERC, CA, 

Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage 

Hydroelectric Project, Licensing 

Application for Eagle Mountain Mine, 

near the Town of Desert Center, 

Riverside County, CA, Review Period 

Ends: 03/12/2012, Contact: Kenneth 

Hogan 202–502–8434. 

EIS No. 20120028, Draft EIS, USACE, 

CA, Clearwater Program, To Meet the 

Wastewater Management Needs of the 

Joint Outfall System (JOS) Through 

the Year 2050, near San Pedro, 

Section 404 Permit, Los Angeles 

County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

03/26/2012, Contact: Dr. Aaron O. 

Allen 805–585–2148. 

EIS No. 20120029, Final EIS, FHWA, 

NC, Mid-Currituck Bridge Study, 

Transportation Improvements in the 

Currituck Sound Area, US–158 and 

NC 12, USACE Section 404 Permit, 

Currituck and Dare Counties, NC, 

Review Period Ends: 03/12/2012, 

Contact: John Sullivan 919–856–4346. 

EIS No. 20120030, Final EIS, FHWA, 

AL, Helena Bypass Construction, from 

Shelby County Road 52 in Helena to 

State Route 261 near Bearden Road, 

Funding, USACE Section 404 Permit, 

Shelby County, AL, Review Period 

Ends: 03/12/2012, Contact: Mark D. 

Bartlett 334–274–6350. 

Dated: February 7, 2012. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3154 Filed 2–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9630–1; EPA–HQ–ORD–2012–0093] 

Notice of Workshop and Call for 

Information on Integrated Science 

Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; call for information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. EPA Office of 

Research and Development’s National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) is preparing an Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) as part of the 

review of the primary National Ambient 

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for 

oxides of nitrogen (NOX). The scientific 

review that informs the ISA will include 

evidence for NOX whereas the indicator 

for NOX that has been used for the 

standard is nitrogen dioxide (NO2). 

Thus, the ISA is referred to as the NOX

ISA while the standard itself is referred 

to as the NO2 NAAQS. This ISA is 

intended to update the scientific 

assessment presented in the Integrated 

Science Assessment for Oxides of 

Nitrogen—Health Criteria (EPA 600/R– 

08/071), published in July 2008. 

Interested parties are invited to assist 

the EPA in developing and refining the 

scientific information base for the 

review of the NO2 NAAQS by 

submitting research studies that have 

been published, accepted for 

publication, or presented at a public 

scientific meeting. 

The EPA is also announcing that a 

workshop entitled ‘‘Kickoff Workshop to 

Inform EPA’s Review of the Primary NO2

NAAQS’’ is being organized by NCEA 

and the EPA Office of Air and 

Radiation’s Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS). The 

workshop will be held February 29 to 

March 1, 2012, in Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina. The workshop 

will be open to attendance by interested 

public observers on a first-come, firstserved basis up to the limits of available 

space. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

February 29 to March 1, 2012. All 

communications and information 

submitted in response to the call for 

information should be received by EPA 

by March 9, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. 

An EPA contractor, ICF International, is 

providing logistical support for the 

workshop. To register, please send an 

email to: 

EPA_NAAQS_Workshop@icfi.com with 

‘‘NOx Kickoff Workshop’’ in the subject 

line. The pre-registration deadline is 

February 17, 2012. Please direct 

questions regarding workshop 

registration or logistics to Courtney 

Skuce at (919) 293–1660, or the email 

address provided above. For specific 

questions regarding technical aspects of 

the workshop see the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. 

Information in response to the call for 

information may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or 

by hand delivery/courier. Please follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 

of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

details on the period for submission of 

research information from the public, 

contact the Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) Docket; telephone: 

202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566– 

1753; or email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact Tom 

Luben, Ph.D., NCEA, telephone: (919) 

541–5762; facsimile: (919) 541–2985; or 

email: luben.tom@epa.gov or Scott 

Jenkins, Ph.D., OAQPS, telephone: (919) 

541–1167 or email: 

jenkins.scott@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to issue ‘‘air 

quality criteria’’ for certain air 

pollutants. These 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 such 

pollutant in the ambient air * * *.’’ 

Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is 

then to establish NAAQS for each 


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