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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9102–4] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 

State Authorized Program Revision 

Approval: State of New York 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval, under regulations for CrossMedia Electronic Reporting, of the State 

of New York’s request to revise its EPAauthorized program to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

January 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi 

Huffer, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Environmental 

Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1697, 

huffer.evi@epa.gov, or David Schwarz, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Environmental Information, 

Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

(202) 566–1704, 

schwarz.david@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR, requires that State, Tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and get EPA approval. Subpart 

D provides standards for such approvals 

based on consideration of the electronic 

document receiving systems that the 

State, Tribe, or local government will 

use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, in § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the State, Tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the State, 

Tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On August 21, 2009, the State of New 

York Department of Environmental 

Conservation (NYDEC) submitted an 

application for its Hazardous Waste 

Annual Reporting System (HWARS) for 

revision of its EPA-authorized program 

under title 40 CFR. EPA reviewed 

NYDEC’s request to revise its EPAauthorized program and, based on this 

review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program 

revisions set out in 40 CFR part 3, 

subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s decision 

to approve New York’s request for 

revision to its authorized program is 

being published in the Federal Register. 

Specifically, EPA has approved the 

State of New York’s request to revise its 

Part 272—Approved State Hazardous 

Waste Management Programs EPAauthorized program for electronic 

reporting of hazardous waste 

information under 40 CFR parts 262, 

264, and 265, for electronic submissions 

that do not include an electronic 

signature but instead provide for a 

handwritten signature on a separate 

paper submission report. 

NYDEC was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Dated: December 29, 2009. 

Lisa Schlosser, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9097–6; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0398] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Methanol: In Support of the Summary 

Information in the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period and listening session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a public 

comment period and a public listening 

session for the external review draft 

document titled ‘‘Toxicological Review 

of Methanol: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R– 

09/013). The draft document was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). The public 

comment period and the EPA Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) meeting, which 

will be scheduled at a later date and 

announced in the Federal Register, are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. EPA intends 

to forward the public comments that are 

submitted in accordance with this 

notice to the SAB peer-review panel 

prior to the meeting for their 

consideration. When finalizing the draft 

document, EPA intends to consider any 

public comments that EPA receives in 

accordance with this notice. 

EPA is also announcing a listening 

session to be held on February 23, 2010, 

during the public comment period for 

this draft document. This listening 

session is a step in EPA’s revised IRIS 

process, announced on May 21, 2009, to 

develop human health assessments for 

inclusion in the IRIS database. The 

purpose of the listening session is to 

allow all interested parties to present 

scientific and technical comments on 

draft IRIS health assessments to EPA 

and other interested parties during the 

public comment period and before the 

external peer review meeting. EPA 

welcomes the scientific and technical 

comments that will be provided to the 

Agency by the listening session 

participants. The comments will be 

considered by the Agency as it revises 

the draft assessment in response to the 

independent external peer review and 

the public comments. All presentations 

submitted to EPA according to the 

instructions below will become part of 

the official public record. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This document has not been 

formally disseminated by EPA. It does 

not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins January 12, 2010, and ends 

March 15, 2010. Technical comments 

should be in writing and must be 

received by EPA by March 15, 2010. 

The listening session on the draft IRIS 

health assessment for methanol will be 

held on February 23, 2010, beginning at 

9 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time. If you would like to 

make a presentation at the listening 

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session, you should register by February 

16, 2010, indicate that you wish to make 

oral comments at the session, and 

indicate the length of your presentation. 

When you register, please indicate if 

you will need audio-visual aid (e.g., lap 

top and slide projector). In general, each 

presentation should be no more than 30 

minutes. If, however, there are more 

requests for presentations than the 

allotted time allows, then the time limit 

for each presentation will be adjusted. A 

copy of the agenda for the listening 

session will be available at the meeting. 

If no speakers have registered by 

February 16, 2010, the listening session 

will be cancelled and EPA will notify 

those registered of the cancellation. 

Listening session participants who 

want EPA to share their comments with 

the external peer reviewers should also 

submit written comments during the 

public comment period using the 

detailed and established procedures 

described in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

Comments submitted to the docket prior 

to the end of the public comment period 

will be submitted to the external peer 

reviewers and considered by EPA in the 

disposition of public comments. All 

comments must be submitted to the 

docket. Comments received after the 

public comment period closes will not 

be submitted to the external peer 

reviewers. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Methanol: 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, NCEA; telephone: 703–347–8561; 

facsimile: 703–347–8691. If you are 

requesting a paper copy, please provide 

your name, mailing address, and the 

document title. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

as provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

The listening session on the draft 

methanol assessment will be held at the 

EPA offices at Two Potomac Yard 

(North Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 

2733 South Crystal Drive, Arlington, 

Virginia, 22202. To attend the listening 

session, register by February 16, 2010, 

by sending an e-mail to 

IRISListeningSession@epa.gov, (subject 

line: Methanol Listening Session); by 

calling Christine Ross at 703–347–8592; 

or by faxing a registration request to 

703–347–8689. Please reference the 

‘‘Methanol Listening Session’’ and 

include your name, title, affiliation, full 

address and contact information. Please 

note that to gain entrance to this EPA 

building to attend the meeting, 

attendees must have photo 

identification with them and must 

register at the guard’s desk in the lobby. 

The guard will retain your photo 

identification and will provide you with 

a visitor’s badge. At the guard’s desk, 

attendees should give the name 

Christine Ross and the telephone 

number, 703–347–8592, to the guard on 

duty. The guard will contact Ms. Ross 

who will meet you in the reception area 

to escort you to the meeting room. When 

you leave the building, please return 

your visitor’s badge to the guard and 

you will receive your photo 

identification. 

A teleconference line will also be 

available for registered attendees/ 

speakers. The teleconference number is 

866–299–3188 and the access code is 

926–378–7897, followed by the pound 

sign (#). The teleconference line will be 

activated at 8:45 am, and you will be 

asked to identify yourself and your 

affiliation at the beginning of the call. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the 

Methanol Listening Session and will 

make every effort to accommodate 

persons with disabilities. For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Christine Ross at 703–347–8592 

or IRISListeningSession@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Ms. Ross, preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For information on the public 

listening sessions, please contact 

Christine Ross, IRIS Staff, National 

Center for Environmental Assessment, 

(8601P), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 703–347–8592; facsimile: 

703–347–8689; or e-mail: 

IRISListeningSession@epa.gov. 

If you have questions about the 

document, contact Jeffrey Gift, Ph.D., 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA), U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, B243–01, Durham, NC 

27711; telephone: 919–541–4828; 

facsimile: 919–541–0245; or e-mail: 

gift.jeff@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About IRIS 

IRIS is a database that contains 

potential adverse human health effects 

information that may result from 

chronic (or lifetime) exposure to specific 

chemical substances found in the 

environment. The database (available on 

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/iris) 

contains qualitative and quantitative 

health effects information for more than 

540 chemical substances that may be 

used to support the first two steps 

(hazard identification and doseresponse evaluation) of a risk 

assessment process. When supported by 

available data, the database provides 

oral reference doses (RfDs) and 

inhalation reference concentrations 

(RfCs) for chronic health effects, and 

oral slope factors and inhalation unit 

risks for carcinogenic effects. Combined 

with specific exposure information, 

government and private entities can use 

IRIS data 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. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0398 by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center’s 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. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. If you provide comments 

by mail or hand delivery, please submit 

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one unbound original with pages 

numbered consecutively, and three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0398. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless a 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: December 17, 2009. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2010–338 Filed 1–11–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S. 

[Public Notice 141] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review 

and Comments Request, OMB 3048– 

0020. 

Form Title 

Notification by Insured of Amounts 

Payable Under Multi-Buyer Export 

Credit Insurance Policy (Standard 

Assignment) EIB 92–31. 

Notification by Insured of Amounts 

Payable Under Single Buyer Export 

Credit Insurance Policy (Standard 

Assignment) EIB 92–32. 

Small Business Multi-Buyer Export 

Credit Insurance Policy Enhanced 

Assignment of Policy Proceeds EIB 

92–53. 

Small Business Single Buyer Export 

Credit Insurance Policy Enhanced 

Assignment of Policy Proceeds EIB 

99–17. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. By neutralizing the effect 

of export credit insurance and 

guarantees offered by foreign 

government and by absorbing credit 

risks that the provide section will not 

accept, Export Import Bank enables U.S. 

exporters to compete fairly in foreign 

markets. These collections of 

information are used by exporters to 

convey legal rights to their financial 

institution lenders to share insurance 

policy proceeds from Export Import 

Bank approved insurance claims. 

Changes to Form: Notification by 

Insured of Amounts Payable under 

Multi-Buyer Export Credit Insurance 

Policy (Standard Assignment) EIB 92– 

31. 

Section B 5(b) 

Change: 

in the event Ex-Im Bank approves the 

Insured’s claim for payment, a check will be 

issued payable to the order of the Insured, 

unless the Insured provides the name of an 

assignee on the ‘‘Notice of Claim and Proof 

of Loss’’ in which case a check will be 

forwarded to the assignee, made payable 

jointly to the order of the Insured and the 

assignee named on the Notice of Claim and 

Proof of Loss. 

To: 

in the event Ex-Im Bank approves the 

Insured’s claim for payment, a wire transfer 

will be made to an assignee designated by the 

Insured on the ‘‘Notice of Claim and Proof of 

Loss.’’ 

Section C 2(b) 

Change: 

to make all claim payments relating to this 

assignment by check forwarded to the 

Assignee, made payable jointly to the order 

of the Insured and the Assignee. 

To: 

to make all claim payments relating to this 

assignment by wire transfer to the Assignee, 

payable to the Assignee. 

Changes to form: Notification by 

Insured of Amounts Payable under 

Single Buyer Export Credit Insurance 

Policy (Standard Assignment) EIB 92– 

32. 

Section B 3(b) 

Change: 

in the event Ex-Im Bank approves the 

Insured’s claim for payment, a check will be 

issued payable to the order of the Insured, 

unless the Insured provides the name of an 

assignee on the ‘‘Notice of Claim and Proof 

of Loss’’. In which case a check will be 

forwarded to the assignee, made payable 

jointly to the order of the Insured and the 

assigned named on the Notice of Claim and 

Proof of Loss. 

To: 

in the event Ex-Im Bank approves the 

Insured’s claim for payment, a wire transfer 

will be made to an assignee designated by the 

Insured on the ‘‘Notice of Claim and Proof of 

Loss.’’ 

Section C 2(b) 

Change: 

to make all claim payments relating to this 

assignment by check forwarded to the 

Assignee, made payable jointly to the order 

of the Insured and the Assignee. 

To: 

to make all claim payments relating to this 

assignment by wire transfer to the Assignee, 

payable to the Assignee. 

Changes to Form: Small Business 

Multi-Buyer Export Credit Insurance 

Policy Enhanced Assignment of Policy 

Proceeds EIB 92–53. 

Section C.2. (c) 

Change: 

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