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Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 

75202–2733, telephone (214) 665–2145, 

facsimile (214) 665–6490, or email: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. Oral comments 

will not be considered. Copies of the 

documents which explain the rationale 

for EPA’s decisions and a list of the 3 

water quality limited segments for 

which EPA proposed disapproval of 

Louisiana’s decisions not to list can be 

obtained at EPA Region 6’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/

npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or by writing or 

calling Ms. Smith at the above address. 

Underlying documents from the 

administrative record for these 

decisions are available for public 

inspection at the above address. Please 

contact Ms. Smith to schedule an 

inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires that each State identify those 

waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

State water quality standards. For those 

waters, States are required to establish 

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 

according to a priority ranking. EPA’s 

Water Quality Planning and 

Management regulations include 

requirements related to the 

implementation of Section 303(d) of the 

CWA (40 CFR 130.7). The regulations 

require States to identify water quality 

limited waters still requiring TMDLs 

every two years. The list of waters still 

needing TMDLs must also include 

priority rankings and must identify the 

waters targeted for TMDL development 

during the next two years (40 CFR 

130.7). On March 31, 2000, EPA 

promulgated a revision to this 

regulation that waived the requirement 

for States to submit Section 303(d) lists 

in 2000 except in cases where a court 

order, consent decree, or settlement 

agreement required EPA to take action 

on a list in 2000 (65 FR 17170). 

Consistent with EPA’s regulations, 

Louisiana submitted to EPA its listing 

decisions under Section 303(d) on 

February 01, 2013. On May 01, 2013, 

EPA approved Louisiana’s listing of 323 

water body-pollutant combinations and 

associated priority rankings. EPA 

proposed to disapprove Louisiana’s 

decisions not to list three waterbodies. 

These three waterbodies were proposed 

for addition by EPA because the 

applicable numeric water quality 

standards marine criterion for dissolved 

oxygen was not attained in these 

segments. EPA solicits public comment 

on its identification of three additional 

waters for inclusion on Louisiana’s 2012 

Section 303(d) List. 

Dated: May 1, 2013. 

William K. Honker, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9811–3] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC); Oxides of 

Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) Primary 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) Review Panel to provide 

consultative advice on EPA’s Draft Plan 

for Development of the Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) for NOX— 

Health Criteria. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 

from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). 

Location: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

meeting may contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office 

(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2050 

or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General 

information about the CASAC, as well 

as any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may be found 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CASAC was established pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 

1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409D(d)(2), 

to provide advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Administrator 

on the scientific and technical aspects of 

issues related to the criteria for air 

quality standards, research related to air 

quality, sources of air pollution, and the 

strategies to attain and maintain air 

quality standards and to prevent 

significant deterioration of air quality. 

The CASAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and 

EPA policy, notice is hereby given that 

the CASAC NOX Primary NAAQS 

Review Panel will hold a public meeting 

to provide consultative advice on EPA’s 

Draft Plan for Development of the 

Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for 

NOX—Health Criteria. The CASAC NOX

Primary NAAQS Review Panel and the 

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. 

EPA is currently reviewing the primary 

(health-based) NAAQS for nitrogen 

dioxide (NO2). Accordingly, the SAB 

Staff Office solicited nominations for 

the CASAC NOX Primary NAAQS 

Review Panel on October 17, 2012 (77 

FR 63827–63828). Membership of the 

Panel is listed at http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommittees

Subcommittees/CASAC%20Oxides%20

of%20Nitrogen%20Primary%20NAAQS

%20Review%20Panel%20(2013-2016). 

EPA will develop several documents 

in support of its review of the primary 

(health-based) NAAQS for NO2, drafts of 

which will be subject to review or 

consultation by the CASAC panel. 

These documents include the Draft Plan 

for Development of the Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) for NOX— 

Health Criteria; the Integrated Review 

Plan (IRP) for the Primary NAAQS for 

NO2; the Integrated Science Assessment 

(ISA) for NOX—Health Criteria; a Risk 

and Exposure Assessment (REA), as 

warranted; and the Policy Assessment 

(PA). The purpose of the teleconference 

announced in this notice is for the 

CASAC Panel to provide consultative 

advice on the Draft Plan for 

Development of the Integrated Science 

Assessment (ISA) for NOX—Health 

Criteria. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Agendas and materials in support of this 

meeting will be placed on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/casac in 

advance of the meeting. For technical 

questions and information concerning 

the review materials please contact Dr. 

Molini Patel of EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development at (919) 541–1492, or 

patel.molini@epa.gov. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

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EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

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 CASAC will have 

the most impact if it provides specific 

scientific or technical information or 

analysis for CASAC panels 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 at a teleconference will be 

limited to three minutes. Each person 

making an oral statement should 

consider providing written comments as 

well as their oral statement so that the 

points presented orally can be expanded 

upon in writing. Interested parties 

should contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above by May 

29, 2013 for the teleconference to be 

placed on the list of public speakers. 

Written Statements: Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO via email 

at the contact information noted above 

by May 29, 2013 for the teleconference 

so that the information may be made 

available to the Panel members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied in one of the 

following electronic formats: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBMPC/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 CASAC 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. Aaron 

Yeow at (202) 564–2050 or 

yeow.aaron@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Yeow preferably at least ten 

days prior to each meeting to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: May 2, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2013–0320; FRL–9810–5] 

Technical Guidance for Assessing 

Environmental Justice in Regulatory 

Analysis 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Announcement of issuance of 

draft guidance for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has issued for public 

comment a document entitled, 

‘‘Technical Guidance for Assessing 

Environmental Justice in Regulatory 

Analysis.’’ The purpose of this guidance 

is to provide EPA analysts with 

technical information on how to 

consider environmental justice in 

regulatory analyses. This guidance takes 

into account EPA’s past experience in 

integrating EJ into the rulemaking 

process, and underscores EPA’s ongoing 

commitment to ensuring the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of all people with respect to the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. 

A Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

review of this document will be 

announced in May 2013. Information on 

the SAB review can be found here: 

http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.

nsf/02ad90b136fc21ef85256eba00

436459/0f7d1a0d7d15001b8525783000

673ac3!OpenDocument&Table

Row=2.0#2. 

In addition, the EPA will host two 

webinars on the draft guidance. 

Wednesday, May 29, 1:00–2:30 p.m. 

EST; https://epa.connectsolutions.

com/r4nnz6umjci/. 

Thursday, June 6, 3:00–4:30 p.m. EST; 

https://epa.connectsolutions.com/ 

r8fs6ctfovg/. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 8, 2013, 60 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2013–0320 by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: maguire.kelly@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–2363. 

• Mail: Technical Guidance for 

Assessing Environmental Justice in 

Regulatory Analysis, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 1890T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA–2013– 

0320. 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 

or email. 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. 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 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. 

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