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Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) 

or 202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a fax to 

202–208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about the 

regional technical conferences, please 

contact: 

Pamela Silberstein, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8938, 

Pamela.Silberstein@ferc.gov. 

Sarah McKinley, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

(202) 502–8004, 

Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov. 

Dated: July 5, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–16997 Filed 7–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a 

teleconference meeting of the Farm, 

Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee (FRRCC). The FRRCC is a 

policy-oriented committee that provides 

policy advice, information, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on a range of 

environmental issues and policies that 

are of importance to agriculture and 

rural communities. 

The purpose of this teleconference is 

to discuss specific topics of relevance 

for consideration by the Committee in 

order to provide advice and insights to 

the Agency on environmental policies 

and programs that affect and engage 

agriculture and rural communities. 

DATES: The Farm, Ranch, and Rural 

Communities Committee will hold a 

public teleconference on Wednesday, 

August 1, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. until 

2:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal 

Officer, kaiser.alicia@epa.gov, 202–564– 

7273, U.S. EPA, Office of the 

Administrator (1101A), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the public wishing to gain access to 

the teleconference, make brief oral 

comments, or provide a written 

statement to the FRRCC must contact 

Alicia Kaiser, Designated Federal 

Officer, at kaiser.alicia@epa.gov or 202– 

564–7273 by July 27, 2012. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities or to request 

accommodations please contact Alicia 

Kaiser at kaiser.alicia@epa.gov or 202– 

564–7273, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: July 3, 2012. 

Alicia Kaiser, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–17025 Filed 7–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9699–7] 

Notification of Public Teleconferences 

of the Science Advisory Board Animal 

Feeding Operations Emission Review 

Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces two public teleconferences 

of the SAB Animal Feeding Operations 

Emission Review Panel (AFO Panel) to 

discuss additional EPA data and the 

Panel’s draft advisory report regarding 

EPA draft methodologies for estimating 

emissions from animal feeding 

operations. 

DATES: The SAB AFO Panel public 

teleconference will be held on August 

13, 2012, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). The follow-up public 

teleconference of the SAB AFO Panel 

will be held on October 24, 2012, from 

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding the public 

teleconferences may contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 564–2134 or via 

email at hanlon.edward@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 AFO 

Panel will hold a public teleconference 

to review additional data and a public 

teleconference to discuss the Panel’s 

draft advisory report regarding the EPA 

documents, ‘‘Draft—Development of 

Emissions Estimating Methodologies for 

Broiler Animal Feeding Operations’’ 

and ‘‘Draft—Development of Emissions 

Estimating Methodologies for Lagoons 

and Basins at Swine and Dairy Animal 

Feeding Operations’’ (February 2012 

draft). The SAB Panel will provide 

advice through the chartered SAB and 

will comply with the provisions of 

FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

Background information about this 

SAB review can be found on the SAB 

Web site at: http://yosemite.epa.gov/

sab/sabproduct.nsf/0/ 

AE6639DD6B79360E852579

A4004E5529?OpenDocument. The SAB 

AFO Panel previously held a public 

meeting on March 14, 15 and 16, 2012 

to discuss its review comments on the 

EPA Animal Feeding Operations 

emissions documents. 

Technical Contacts: For technical 

questions and information concerning 

EPA’s air emission estimating 

methodologies for animal feeding 

operations, please contact Mr. Larry 

Elmore of EPA’s Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards by phone at 

(919) 541–5433, or via email at 

elmore.larry@epa.gov. 

Availability of the Review Materials: 

The agenda and material in support of 

these teleconference calls will be 

accessible through the calendar link on 

the blue navigation bar at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

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advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it consists of comments that 

provide specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB 

Panel to consider or if it relates to the 

clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the DFO directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation will be limited to three 

minutes per speaker. Interested parties 

should contact Mr. Edward Hanlon, 

DFO, in writing (preferably via email), 

at the contact information noted above, 

by August 6, 2012 to be placed on the 

list of public speakers for the August 13, 

2012 teleconference, and by October 17, 

2012 to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the October 24, 2012 

teleconference. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be received 

in the SAB Staff Office by August 6, 

2012 for the August 13, 2012 

teleconference, and by October 17, 2012 

for the October 24, 2012 teleconference, 

so that the information may be made 

available to the Panel members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO in 

electronic format via email (acceptable 

file formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 

WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, 

or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 

98/2000/XP format). It is the SAB Staff 

Office general policy to post written 

comments on the Web page for the 

advisory meeting or teleconference. 

Submitters are requested to provide an 

unsigned version of each document 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. Members of the public 

should be aware that their personal 

contact information, if included in any 

written comments, may be posted to the 

SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will 

not be posted without explicit 

permission of the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon at (202) 564–2134 or via email 

at hanlon.edward@epa.gov, preferably at 

least ten days prior to the public 

teleconference(s) to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Dated: July 3, 2012. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2012–0554; FRL–9699–6] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean 

Air Act, as amended ‘‘CAA’’ or the 

‘‘Act’’, notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree to address a 

lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia: Sierra Club v. 

Jackson, No. 12–cv–00013–RWR (D. 

D.C.). Plaintiff filed a complaint and a 

first amended complaint alleging that 

EPA failed to take timely action to 

approve, disapprove, or approve in part 

and disapprove in part the state 

implementation plan (‘‘SIP’’) submittals 

or portions of submittals for the 

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 1997 8- 

hour ozone nonattainment area from 

North Carolina and South Carolina. The 

proposed consent decree establishes a 

deadline of November 30, 2012, for EPA 

to take action on the North Carolina SIP 

with respect to the reasonable further 

progress (‘‘RFP’’) for volatile organic 

compounds (‘‘VOC’’) and nitrogen 

oxides (‘‘NOX’’) requirement and the 

South Carolina SIP with respect to the 

RFP for VOC and NOX and emissions 

statements requirements. The proposed 

consent decree also establishes a 

deadline of May 1, 2013, for EPA to take 

action on the North Carolina SIP with 

respect to the reasonable area control 

technology (‘‘RACT’’) for NOX. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by August 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2012–0554, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie L. Hogan, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–3244; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

email address: 

hogan.stephanie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club 

seeking to compel the Agency to take 

final action under sections 110(k)(2) and 

(3) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k)(2) and 

(3), on the SIP submittals or portions of 

submittals for the Charlotte-GastoniaRock Hill 1997 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area from North Carolina 

and South Carolina. Specifically, the 

lawsuit seeks to compel the Agency to 

take final action, pursuant to section 

110(k) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k), on 

the 1997 8-hour ozone nonattainment 

area requirements in the North Carolina 

SIP, including the emissions inventory, 

the RFP for VOC and NOX, the RACT for 

NOX for major sources, and the 

emissions statements. The lawsuit also 

seeks to compel the Agency to take final 

action pursuant to section 110(k) of the 

CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k), on the 1997 8- 

hour ozone nonattainment area 

requirements in the South Carolina SIP, 

including the emissions inventory, the 

RFP for VOC and NOX, and the 

emissions statements. 

On April 24, 2012, EPA took final 

action to approve the SIP submittal 

submitted by North Carolina addressing 

the 1997 ozone NAAQS emissions 

statements requirement for the 

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 1997 8- 

hour ozone nonattainment area. 77 FR 

24382. On May 4, 2012, EPA took final 

action to approve the SIP submittals 

submitted by North Carolina addressing 

the 1997 ozone NAAQS emissions 

inventory for the Charlotte-GastoniaRock Hill 1997 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area. 77 FR 26441. On 

May 18, 2012, EPA took final action to 

approve the SIP submittals submitted by 

South Carolina addressing the 1997 

ozone NAAQS emissions inventory for 

the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill 1997 8- 


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