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supply boat. EPA sampled more 

commercial fishing vessels than any 

other vessel class due to the large 

number of fishing vessels subject to the 

Public Law 110–299 permitting 

moratorium. Vessels were sampled in 15 

separate cities and towns in nine States 

across multiple geographic regions, 

including New England, the MidAtlantic, the Gulf Coast, the Mississippi 

River, and Alaska. 

EPA sampled a total of nine discharge 

types from the various vessel classes. 

These were bilgewater, stern tube 

packing gland effluent, deck runoff and/ 

or washdown, fish hold effluent (both 

refrigerated seawater effluent and ice 

slurry), effluent from the cleaning of fish 

holds, graywater, propulsion and 

generator engine effluent, engine 

dewinterizing effluent, and firemain 

effluent. 

EPA typically sampled one to four 

discharge types on each vessel, 

depending on applicability, 

accessibility, and logistical 

considerations. Vessel discharge 

samples were analyzed for a variety of 

pollutants, including classical 

pollutants such as biochemical oxygen 

demand (BOD5), total suspended solids 

(TSS), residual chlorine, and oil and 

grease; nutrients; total and dissolved 

metals; volatile and semivolatile organic 

compounds (VOCs and SVOCs); 

nonylphenols ethoxylates (used as 

surfactants in detergents), which are 

converted to nonylphenols (a class of 

endocrine-disrupting compounds); and 

pathogen indicators (i.e., E. coli, 

enterococci, fecal coliforms). 

EPA found that some vessel 

discharges from commercial fishing 

vessels and commercial vessels less 

than 79 feet in length may have the 

potential to impact the aquatic 

environment and/or human health or 

welfare. The discharges with the 

greatest potential to impact surface 

water quality include deck washdown, 

fish hold effluent, graywater, bilgewater, 

and marine engine effluent. Review of 

available literature also indicates that 

leachate from antifouling hull coatings 

used on certain vessels to prevent 

buildup of organisms, such as barnacles 

and algae, as well as underwater hull 

cleaning, also likely impact surface 

water quality, particularly in areas 

where a large number of vessels are 

concentrated in a relatively small water 

body. 

Using the results obtained in this 

study, EPA used a simple model to 

evaluate how the nine vessel discharge 

types EPA sampled may impact water 

quality in a large, hypothetical harbor. 

Based on this evaluation, EPA 

determined that the incidental 

discharges from study vessels are not 

likely to solely cause an exceedance of 

any National Recommended Water 

Quality Criteria (NRWQC) to a relatively 

large water body. This finding suggests 

that these discharges are unlikely to 

pose acute or chronic exceedances of 

the NRWQC across an entire large water 

body. However, since many of the 

pollutants present in the vessel 

discharges were at end-of-pipe 

concentrations that exceeded an 

NRWQC, there is the potential for these 

discharges to contribute a water quality 

impact on a more localized scale. The 

study results indicate that total arsenic 

and dissolved copper are the most 

significant water quality concerns for 

the study vessels as a whole, and that 

they are more likely than other 

pollutants to contribute to exceedances 

of water quality criteria. This is 

especially true if there are other sources 

of pollutants or the receiving water 

already has high background 

concentrations. 

IV. Request for Public Input and 

Comment 

In addition to generally requesting 

comment on all aspects of the draft 

report, in order to maximize the quality 

of the report, EPA is specifically 

requesting comment on the following: 

(1) Are there additional existing data 

or data sources which EPA should 

incorporate into or analyze in the final 

report? If so, please provide the specific 

data sets, papers, and/or citations EPA 

should consider. 

(2) Did EPA accurately summarize 

how these vessels generate these 

discharges, and accurately summarize 

how mariners and fishermen manage 

the discharges (e.g., fishermen in the 

Northeast holding bilgewater discharges 

until they are more than 3 nm from 

shore)? 

(3) Did EPA present the information 

clearly and concisely? Do you have 

suggestions to better present these data 

for both technical and non-technical 

audiences? 

(4) Should EPA consider other 

approaches to summarizing the data 

collected for this study, and if so, what 

specific alternative approaches are 

suggested? 

(5) Are there additional data sources 

that identify specific environmental 

impacts that result from discharges 

incidental to normal operation of 

commercial fishing vessels and other 

non-recreational vessels less than 79 

feet in length (other than ballast water)? 

If so, please provide the specific data 

sets, papers, and/or citations EPA 

should consider. 

(6) Are there any additional existing 

data sources outlining usage patterns 

and discharge locations of commercial 

fishing vessels and other nonrecreational vessels less than 79 feet in 

length that EPA should consider? If so, 

please provide specific data sets, papers, 

and or citations for EPA review. 

(7) Has EPA sufficiently analyzed the 

extent to which the discharges are 

currently subject to regulation under 

Federal law or a binding international 

obligation of the United States? Does the 

report appropriately convey which 

discharges and vessel types are already 

regulated and unregulated? 

Dated: March 1, 2010. 

Peter A. Silva, 

Assistant Administrator for Water. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) NOX & 

SOX Secondary NAAQS Review Panel 

Meeting and CASAC Teleconference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

meeting of the Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee NOX and SOX

Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) Review 

Panel (CASAC Panel) to peer review 

EPA’s Policy Assessment for the Review 

of the Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for NOx and SOx: 

First External Review Draft (March 

2010). The chartered CASAC will 

subsequently hold a public 

teleconference to review and approve 

the Panel’s report. 

DATES: The Panel meeting will be held 

Thursday, April 1, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. 

to 5 p.m. and Friday, April, 2, 2010 from 

8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Eastern Time). The 

chartered CASAC will meet by public 

teleconference from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 

Monday, May 3, 2010 (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The April 1 and 2, 2010 

public meeting will take place at the 

Marriott at Research Triangle Park, 4700 

Guardian Drive, Durham, NC 27703, 

telephone (919) 941–6200. The May 3, 

2010 public teleconference will be 

conducted by telephone only. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

submit a written or brief oral statement 

or wants further information concerning 

the April 1 and 2, 2010 meeting may 

contact Ms. Kyndall Barry, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/ 

voice mail (202) 343–9868; fax (202) 

233–0643; or e-mail at 

barry.kyndall@epa.gov. For information 

on the CASAC teleconference on May 3, 

2010, please contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), at the above listed address; via 

telephone/voice mail (202) 343–9867 or 

e-mail at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

CASAC and the CASAC documents can 

be found on the EPA Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463 5 U.S.C., App. 2, notice is 

hereby given that the CASAC NOX & 

SOX Secondary NAAQS Review Panel 

will hold a public meeting to provide 

advice on the policy implications of 

welfare standards for NOX and SOX and 

the chartered CASAC will hold a public 

teleconference to review and approve 

the Panel’s draft report. The Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

was established under section 109(d)(2) 

of the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) (42 

U.S.C. 7409) as an independent 

scientific advisory committee. CASAC 

provides advice, information and 

recommendations on the scientific and 

technical aspects of air quality criteria 

and national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) under sections 108 

and 109 of the Act. The CASAC Panel 

and chartered CASAC will comply with 

the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires 

that the Agency periodically review and 

revise, as appropriate, the air quality 

criteria and the NAAQS for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including NOX

and SOX. EPA is in the process of 

reviewing the secondary NAAQS for 

NOX and SOx. Welfare effects as defined 

in the CAA include, but are not limited 

to, effects on soils, water, wildlife, 

vegetation, visibility, weather, and 

climate, as well as effects on materials, 

economic values, and personal comfort 

and well-being. 

The purpose of the April 1 and 2, 

2010 meeting is to review EPA’s Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the 

Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for NOX and SOX: 

First External Review Draft (March 

2010). The Policy Assessment will serve 

to ‘‘bridge the gap’’ between the 

scientific information and the 

judgments required of the Administrator 

in determining whether it is appropriate 

to retain or revise the standards. The 

first draft Policy Assessment builds 

upon the key scientific and technical 

information contained in the Agency’s 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur— 

Ecological Criteria (EPA/600/R–08/ 

082F) finalized December 2008 as well 

as the assessment document titled Risk 

and Exposure Assessment for Review of 

the Secondary National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards for Oxides of 

Nitrogen and Oxides of Sulfur-Main 

Content—Final Report (September 

2009). The Panel’s deliberations on the 

first draft Policy Assessment will take 

place during the public meeting 

scheduled for April 1 and 2, 2010. 

CASAC previously provided 

consultative advice on EPA’s Draft Plan 

for Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide 

during a public teleconference on 

October 30, 2007 (announced in 72 FR 

57568–57569). On April 2 and 3, 2008, 

the Panel reviewed the Integrated 

Science Assessment fox Oxides of 

Nitrogen and Sulfur—Environmental 

Criteria: First External Review Draft 

(December 2007), and provided 

consultative advice on EPA’s Scope and 

Methods Plan for Risk/Exposure 

Assessment (March 2008). The April 2 

and 3, 2008 meeting was announced in 

73 FR 10243–10244). The Panel 

reviewed the Integrated Science 

Assessment fox Oxides of Nitrogen and 

Sulfur—Environmental Criteria: Second 

External Review Draft (August 2008) 

and EPA’s Risk and Exposure 

Assessment for Review of the Secondary 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and 

Oxides of Sulfur: First Draft (August 

2008) as announced in 73 FR 53242– 

54243 on October 1 and 2, 2008. The 

Panel reviewed Risk and Exposure 

Assessment for Review of the Secondary 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and 

Oxides of Sulfur: Second Draft (June 

2009) as announced in 74 FR 29693– 

29694 on July 22 and 23, 2009. The 

CASAC advisory reports are available 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac. 

Technical Contacts: Any questions 

concerning EPA’s Policy Assessment for 

the Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for NOX

and SOX: First External Review Draft 

(March 2010) should be directed to Dr. 

Byran Hubbell, OAR, at 919–541–0621 

or hubbell.bryan@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

EPA–OAR’s Policy Assessment for the 

Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for NOX

and SOX: First External Review Draft 

(March 2010) can be accessed at 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/ 

standards/no2so2sec/index.html. The 

agenda and other materials for the 

CASAC meetings will be posted on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

casac. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for consideration on the 

topics included in this advisory activity. 

Oral Statements: To be placed on the 

public speaker list for the April 1 and 

2, 2010 meeting, interested parties 

should notify Ms. Kyndall Barry, DFO, 

by e-mail no later than March 26, 2010. 

To be placed on the public speaker list 

for the May 3, 2010 teleconference, 

interested parties should notify Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, DFO, by e-mail no 

later than April 23, 2010. Individuals 

making oral statements will be limited 

to five minutes per speaker. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

April 1 and 2, 2010 meeting should be 

received in the SAB Staff Office by 

March 26, 2010, so that the information 

may be made available to the CASAC 

Panel for its consideration prior to this 

meeting. Written statements for the May 

3, 2010 teleconference should be 

received in the SAB Staff Office by 

April 23, 2010. Written statements 

should be supplied to the appropriate 

DFO in the following formats: One hard 

copy with original signature and one 

electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable 

file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS 

Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or 

Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/ 

2000/XP format). Submitters are asked 

to provide versions of each document 

submitted with and without signatures, 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Ms. Barry at 

the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 


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Dated: March 1, 2010. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Cost Recovery Settlement: Sherwood 

Motors, Inc.; West Site/Hows Corner 

Superfund Site, Plymouth, ME 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(i), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative settlement of 

past response costs concerning the West 

Site/Hows Corner Superfund Site in 

Plymouth, Maine with the following 

settling party: Sherwood Motors, Inc. 

The settling party agrees to reimburse 

the Agency $5,000 in past costs. This 

settlement amount is based on the 

ability to pay of the settling party. This 

settlement includes a covenant not to 

sue the settling party pursuant to 

Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a). For thirty (30) days following 

the date of publication of this notice, the 

Agency will receive written comments 

relating to the settlement. The Agency 

will consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

The Agency’s response to any 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection at U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 

02109–3912. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

April 7, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to the Regional Hearing Clerk, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 

(Mailcode: ORA18–1), Boston, 

Massachusetts 02109–3912 and should 

refer to: The West Site/Hows Corner 

Superfund Site, U.S. EPA Docket 

Number 01–2009–0092. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the proposed settlement may be 

obtained from Sarah Meeks, 

Enforcement Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region I, Office of Environmental 

Stewardship, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100 (OES04–3), Boston, MA 02109– 

2023, (617) 918–1438. 

Dated: January 6, 2010. 

James T. Owens, III, 

Director, Office of Site Remediation and 

Restoration. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Request for Nominations of Experts To 

Augment the SAB Scientific and 

Technological Achievement Awards 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office is requesting 

public nominations for scientists and 

engineers to augment the SAB Scientific 

and Technological Achievement 

Awards (STAA) Committee. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by March 29, 2010 per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Mr. Edward Hanlon, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 343–9946; 

by fax at (202) 233–0643 or via e-mail 

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 (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides 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. 

The SAB will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

EPA’s STAA Program was established 

in 1980 to recognize Agency scientists 

and engineers who published their work 

in the peer-reviewed literature. The 

STAA Program is an annual Agencywide competition to promote and 

recognize scientific and technological 

achievements by EPA employees. The 

STAA program is administered and 

managed by EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development (ORD). ORD requested 

SAB to review scientific publications 

nominated by EPA managers and make 

recommendations to the Administrator 

for STAA awards. The SAB STAA 

Committee, augmented with additional 

experts, will conduct this review and 

provide these recommendations. 

In a Federal Register Notice (Volume 

74, Number 22, Pages 6033–6034) 

published on February 4, 2009, the SAB 

Staff Office solicited public nominations 

to form the SAB STAA Committee that 

would review publications and make 

recommendations for STAA awards 

during 2009, 2010 and 2011. The 2009– 

2011 STAA Committee was formed in 

June 2009 and provided advice to the 

Administrator regarding the 2009 STAA 

awards. 

Request for Nominations: There is a 

need to supplement the STAA 

Committee with additional expertise to 

review the 2010 and 2011 nominations. 

Accordingly, the SAB Staff Office is 

seeking nominations of nationally and 

internationally recognized scientists and 

engineers having experience and 

expertise in ecosystems and ecological 

risk assessment. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

this expert ad hoc Committee. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

electronic format (which is preferred 

over hard copy) following the 

instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to 

Advisory Panels and Ad Hoc 

Committees Being Formed’’ provided on 

the SAB Web site. The instructions can 

be accessed through the ‘‘Nomination of 

Experts’’ link on the blue navigational 

bar on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. To receive full 

consideration, nominations should 

include all of the information requested. 

EPA’s SAB Staff Office requests: 

contact information about the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information about the nominee; the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s 

curriculum vita; sources of recent grant 

and/or contract support; and a 

biographical sketch of the nominee 

indicating current position, educational 


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