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SUMMARY: EPA has authorized 

contractor, Eastern Research Group 

(ERG) of Lexington, MA, to access 

information which has been submitted 

to EPA under all sections of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of 

the information may be claimed or 

determined to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). 

DATES: Access to the confidential data 

will occur no sooner than March 3, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact: Colby 

Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, 

Environmental Assistance Division 

(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address: 

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. 

For technical information contact: 

Scott Sherlock, Environmental 

Assistance Division (7408M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–8257; fax number: (202) 564– 

8251; e-mail address: 

sherlock.scott@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Notice Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to all who manufacture, 

process, or distribute industrial 

chemicals. Since other entities may also 

be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of This 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2003–0004. 

All documents in the docket are listed 

in the docket index available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 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 electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Rm. 

3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

Federal holidays. The telephone number 

of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitors’ bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

II. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

Under Contract Number EP–W–09– 

033, contractor ERG of 14555 Avion 

Parkway, Suite 200, Chantilly, VA, will 

assist the Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT) in conducting sitespecific inspections and engineering/ 

cost analysis to support EPA’s 

investigation of facilities for compliance 

with TSCA regulations. These activities 

may include, but are not limited to, 

conducting investigations and facilities 

inspections; reviewing and/or collecting 

information; and database development 

and maintenance for enforcement 

support systems. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.306(j), 

EPA has determined that under Contract 

Number EP–W–09–033, ERG will 

require access to CBI submitted to EPA 

under all sections of TSCA to perform 

successfully the duties specified under 

the contract. ERG personnel will be 

given access to information submitted to 

EPA under all sections of TSCA. 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under all 

sections of TSCA that EPA may provide 

ERG access to these CBI materials on a 

need-to-know basis only. All access to 

TSCA CBI under this contract will take 

place at EPA Headquarters and ERG’s 

site located at 14555 Avion Parkway, 

Suite 200, Chantilly, VA, in accordance 

with EPA’s TSCA CBI Protection 

Manual. 

Access to TSCA data, including CBI, 

will continue until September 30, 2014. 

If the contract is extended, this access 

will also continue for the duration of the 

extended contract without further 

notice. 

ERG personnel will be required to 

sign nondisclosure agreements and will 

be briefed on appropriate security 

procedures before they are permitted 

access to TSCA CBI. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Confidential Business Information. 

Dated: February 17, 2010. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Acting Director, Information Management 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R05–OAR–2009–0928, EPA–R05– 

OAR–2010–0046; FRL–9116–6] 

Adequacy Status of the Cincinnati, 

Ohio/Indiana Submitted 8-Hour Ozone 

Redesignation and Maintenance Plans 

for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) for volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs) and oxides of 

nitrogen (NOx) as precursors to ozone in 

the Ohio and Indiana portions of the 

Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH/KY/IN ozone 

nonattainment area are adequate for use 

in transportation conformity 

determinations. Ohio submitted a 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for Cincinnati, Ohio on December 

14, 2009. The MVEBs in the submittal 

include emissions for the Ohio portion 

and also the Indiana portion of the 

Cincinnati area. Indiana submitted a 

redesignation request and maintenance 

plan for Lawrenceburg Township in 

Dearborn County, Indiana, which is part 

of the Cincinnati 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area, on January 21, 

2010. Indiana and Ohio submitted 

identical MVEBs for the combined Ohio 

and Indiana portions of the Cincinnati 

area. 

As a result of our finding, the 

Cincinnati, Ohio area must use the 

MVEBs from the submitted ozone 

maintenance plan for future 

transportation conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: This finding is effective March 

11, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Morris, Environmental 

Scientist, Criteria Pollutant Section 


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(AR–18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and 

Radiation Division, United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8656, 

morris.patricia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. On January 14, 2010, EPA 

Region 5 sent a letter to the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

also to the Indiana Department of 

Environmental Management stating that 

the 2015 and 2020 MVEBs for the both 

the Ohio portion and the Indiana 

portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio 8-hour 

ozone area are adequate. The letters note 

that Kentucky will submit separate 

budgets for the Kentucky portion of the 

Cincinnati area. Receipt of these MVEBs 

was announced on EPA’s transportation 

conformity website, and no comments 

were submitted. The finding is available 

at EPA’s conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/adequacy.htm. 

The adequate 2015 and 2020 MVEBs, 

in tons per day (tpd), for VOCs and NOx 

for the Ohio and Indiana portions of the 

Cincinnati, Ohio area are as follows: 

OHIO AND INDIANA PORTIONS OF

CINCINNATI, OHIO

VOCs (tpd) NOx (tpd) 

2015 .......... 31.73 49.00 

2020 .......... 28.82 34.39 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to state air quality 

implementation plans and establishes 

the criteria and procedures for 

determining whether or not they do 

conform. Conformity to a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes are 

outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). We 

have described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, 

preamble starting at 69 FR 40038, and 

we used the information in these 

resources while making our adequacy 

determination. Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it also should 

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 

budget adequate, the SIP could later be 

disapproved. 

The finding and the response to 

comments are available at EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q. 

Dated: February 3, 2010. 

Walter W. Kovalick, Jr., 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2009–0678; FRL–9117–5; 

EPA ICR No. 1665.09, OMB Control No. 

2020–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Confidentiality Rules 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2009–0678 to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460 and (2) OMB by 

mail to: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry F. Gottesman, National FOIA 

Officer, Collection Strategies Division, 

Office of Information Collection, Mail 

Code 2822T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–2162; fax number: 

202–566–2147; e-mail address: 

gottesman.larry@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On September 1, 2009, (74 FR 45199), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments. Any additional 

comments on this ICR should be 

submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID. No. EPA– 

HQ–OEI–2009–0678, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is 202– 

566–1744. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Confidentiality Rules (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1665.09, 

OMB Control No. 2020–0003. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on 02/28/2010. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. An Agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 


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