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subpart Q. A state or tribe that chooses 

to apply for program authorization must 

submit a complete application to the 

appropriate regional EPA office for 

review. Those applications will be 

reviewed by EPA within 180 days of 

receipt of the complete application. To 

receive EPA approval, a state or tribe 

must demonstrate that its program is at 

least as protective of human health and 

the environment as the federal program, 

and provides for adequate enforcement 

under section 404(b) of TSCA, 15 U.S.C. 

2684(b). EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR 

part 745, subpart Q provide the detailed 

requirements a state or tribal program 

must meet in order to obtain EPA 

approval. 

III. Tribal Program Description 

Summary 

The following is the Tribe’s proposed 

TSCA Lead-Based Paint program 

summary, which the Bois Forte Tribe 

prepared as a required part of its 

application: 

The Bois Forte has adopted by Resolution 

# 6–2011, the ordinance entitled Bois Forte 

Lead Program in order to provide clear and 

specific authority and guidance for regulating 

renovation requirements, and pre-renovation 

notification requirements and lead-based 

paint activities, including assessment, 

inspection, and abatement of lead-based 

paint on the Bois Forte Reservation. Penalties 

for non-compliance are established. The 

ordinance targets all buildings located on the 

Bois Forte Reservation. 

The ordinance is designed to be at least as 

protective as the federal law and provide for 

adequate enforcement of all provisions 

through a schedule of flexible remedies. This 

is accomplished through a combination of 

Tribe-specific requirements (training 

accreditation) that are identical to the federal 

regulations and through incorporation by 

reference of other required federal elements 

(certification of individuals, pre-renovation 

notification activities, renovation, and 

definitions of lead-based paint hazards). Also 

incorporated by reference are the federal 

definitions with the notable expansion of the 

definition of target housing to include all 

reservation buildings. 

The ordinance contains enforcement and 

compliance requirements consisting of a 

schedule of flexible remedies and an appeals 

process. 

The Bois Forte Reservation Lead Program 

request for federal delegation of authority is 

a natural application of tribal sovereign 

power over environmental regulatory 

activities on the Tribe’s lands for the health, 

welfare, and safety of community members. 

EPA believes that the Tribe’s program 

description, above, together with the rest of 

the application, demonstrates adequate civil 

regulatory jurisdiction over the matter and 

entities regulated. 

IV. Federal Overfilling 

Section 404(b) of TSCA makes it 

unlawful for any person to violate, or 

fail or refuse to comply with, any 

requirement of an approved state or 

tribal program. Therefore, if EPA 

approves the Bois Forte Lead Program 

application, EPA reserves the right to 

exercise its enforcement authority under 

TSCA against a violation of, or a failure 

or refusal to comply with, any 

requirement of the Bois Forte Lead 

Program to the extent that such 

requirement is consistent with federal 

law. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental Protection, Hazardous 

Substances, Lead, Renovation 

Notification, Reporting and 

Recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: June 10, 2014. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2012–0634; FRL–9912–72– 

Region–9] 

Notice of Decision To Issue Clean Air 

Act PSD Permit for Sierra Pacific 

Industries-Anderson Division 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final agency action. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) Region 9 issued a final permit 

decision for a Clean Air Act Prevention 

of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 

permit to Sierra Pacific Industries for 

the Sierra Pacific Industries-Anderson 

Division (SPI-Anderson) facility. 

DATES: EPA Region 9 issued a final PSD 

permit decision for the SPI-Anderson 

facility April 25, 2014. The PSD permit 

is effective on June 6, 2014. Pursuant to 

section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 

42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), judicial review of 

this final permit decision, 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 June 23, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Documents relevant to the 

above-referenced permit are available 

for public inspection during normal 

business hours at the following address: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105–3901. To arrange 

for viewing of these documents, call 

Shaheerah Kelly at (415) 947–4156. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shaheerah Kelly, Permits Office (Air-3), 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 9, (415) 947–4156, 

kelly.shaheerah@epa.gov. Key portions 

of the administrative record for this 

decision (including the final permit, all 

public comments, EPA’s responses to 

the public comments, and additional 

supporting information) are available 

through a link at Region 9’s Web site, 

www.epa.gov/region09/air/permit/r9- 

permits-issued.html#psd, or at 

www.regulations.gov (Docket ID #EPA– 

R09–OAR–2011–0978). Anyone who 

wishes to review the EPA 

Environmental Appeals Board (EAB or 

Board) decision described below or 

documents in the EAB’s electronic 

docket for its decision related to this 

matter can obtain them at http://

www.epa.gov/eab/. 

Notice Of Final Action And 

Supplementary Information: On April 

25, 2014, EPA Region 9 issued its final 

permit decision (PSD Permit No. SAC 

12–01) to SPI authorizing the 

construction and operation of a new 31 

megawatt biomass and natural gas-fired 

cogeneration unit and auxiliary 

equipment at the SPI-Anderson facility 

in Anderson, California. EPA Region 9 

had issued a previous decision 

regarding this project, on February 19, 

2013. After petitions for review of that 

decision were filed with the EAB, the 

Board remanded the permit to EPA 

Region 9 in part and directed EPA 

Region 9 to reopen the permit 

proceedings to hold a public hearing, 

issue a final permit decision and 

respond to any new comments received 

during the hearing. See, In re Sierra 

Pacific Industries (Anderson Processing 

Facility), PSD Appeal Nos. 13–01 to 13– 

04, slip op. at 67 (EAB July 18, 2013). 

The EAB denied review of all other 

issues. 

Following these events, we revised 

the PSD permit by including GHG 

emission limits and related 

requirements, as requested by SPI. 

Following the U.S. Court of Appeals for 

the District of Columbia vacatur of 

EPA’s deferral of biogenic carbon 

dioxide emissions from PSD 

requirements, see, Ctr. for Biological 

Diversity v. EPA, 722 F.3d 401 (D.C. Cir. 

2013), in August 2013, SPI-Anderson 

submitted to EPA a supplemental PSD 

application for GHG emissions. EPA 

Region 9 revised the PSD permit to 

include GHG emission limits and 

related requirements; we also revised 

certain other conditions (primarily 

related to monitoring, performance 

testing, and recordkeeping) to address 

minor technical issues we had 

identified since February 2013. We 

provided notice of public comment of 

the proposed PSD permit and a public 


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hearing per 40 CFR 124 on November 8, 

2013. In response to the EAB remand, 

we held a public hearing on December 

10, 2013. We accepted public comments 

on the proposed PSD permit from 

November 8, 2013 until January 10, 

2014. 

On April 25, 2014, we issued the final 

PSD permit, our responses to public 

comments, and other key documents 

relevant to the final PSD permit in 

accordance with 40 CFR 52.21 and 40 

CFR part 124. In our correspondence 

and notifications regarding the final 

PSD permit, we stated that the final 

permit decision will become effective 30 

days after the service of notice of the 

decision unless our decision is appealed 

to the EAB pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19. 

Three petitions were submitted to the 

EAB. On June 5, 2014, the EAB 

dismissed these petitions for review of 

the final PSD permit decision for lack of 

jurisdiction. 

EPA Region 9 has completed the 

remand proceedings in response to the 

EAB’s Order, pursuant to 40 CFR 

124.19(l)(2), and is issuing the final 

permit decision granting PSD Permit 

No. SAC 12–01 to SPI for the SPIAnderson facility. All conditions of the 

PSD permit issued on April 25, 2014 are 

final and effective on June 6, 2014. 

Dated: June 9, 2014. 

Deborah Jordan, 

Director, Air Division, Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0135; FRL–9912–73– 

OW] 

Extension of Request for Scientific 

Views for Updated National 

Recommended Water Quality Criteria 

for the Protection of Human Health 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of the request 

for scientific views. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is extending the comment 

period for the draft updated national 

recommended water quality criteria for 

the protection of human health 

announced in a previous notice entitled 

‘‘Updated National Recommended 

Water Quality Criteria for the Protection 

of Human Health.’’ In response to 

stakeholder requests, the EPA is 

extending the period of time in which 

the Agency will accept scientific views 

for an additional 30 days. 

DATES: Scientific views must be 

received on or before August 13, 2014. 

The comment period was originally 

scheduled to end on July 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2014–0135, by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0135. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA 

Docket Center, EPA WJC West Building 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC, 20004, Attention 

Docket EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0135. 

Deliveries to the docket are accepted 

only during their normal hours of 

operation: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. For access to docket materials, 

call (202) 566–2426, to schedule an 

appointment. 

• Email: ow-docket@epa.gov; 

Attention Docket No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2014–0135. To ensure that EPA can 

properly respond to comments, 

commenters should cite the section(s) or 

chemical(s) in draft updates to which 

each comment refers. Commenters 

should use a separate paragraph for each 

issue discussed, and must submit any 

references cited in their comments. If 

you submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment. Electronic 

files should avoid any form of 

encryption and should be free of any 

defects or viruses. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2014– 

0135. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

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 www.regulations.gov. 

The 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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov your email 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 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

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 Water Docket is (202) 

566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heidi Bethel at U.S. EPA, Office of 

Water, Health and Ecological Criteria 

Division (Mail Code 4304T), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (202) 566–2054; or 

email: bethel.heidi@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

13, 2014, the EPA announced the 

availability of draft updated national 

recommended water quality criteria for 

the protection of human health in a 

previous notice entitled ‘‘Updated 

National Recommended Water Quality 

Criteria for the Protection of Human 

Health’’ in the Federal Register (79 FR 

27303). EPA updated its national 

recommended water quality criteria for 

human health for ninety-four chemical 

pollutants to reflect the latest scientific 

information and current EPA policies. 

The draft updated criteria are based on 

EPA’s current methodology for deriving 

human health criteria as described in 

‘‘Methodology for Deriving Ambient 

Water Quality Criteria for the Protection 

of Human Health (2000)’’ and do not 

establish new policy. EPA’s 

recommended water quality criteria 


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