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Dated: February 7, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2010–0835; FRL–9265–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collections; Toxic 

Chemical Release Reporting; Request 

for Comments on Proposed Renewal 

of Form R and Form A, Including Minor 

Form Revisions and the Ratio-Based 

Burden Methodology 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 

2011. The ICR Supporting Statement, 

which is summarized below and also 

posted in the docket, along with a 

technical document titled ‘‘Revising TRI 

Burden to Ratio-Based Methodology,’’ 

describes the nature of the information 

collection (including proposed form 

changes) and its estimated burden and 

cost. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 12, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2010–0835, by one of the following 

methods: 

• U.S. Government Web site for 

Federal Rulemaking, follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: oei.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Public Reading 

Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the docket’s 

normal hours of operations, 8:30 a.m. to 

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

excluding legal holidays. Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: To submit a comment to 

the docket, direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2010– 

0835. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and will be made 

available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information that has been 

provided, unless the comment includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information for which disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information that is considered to be CBI 

or otherwise protected information 

through http://www.regulations.gov or 

e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov 

Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means that EPA will not 

know your identity or contact 

information unless you provide it in the 

body of your comments. 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. When 

preparing electronic files, avoid using 

special characters or any form of 

encryption and ensure that the 

electronic files to be submitted are 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cassandra Vail, Toxics Release 

Inventory Program Division, Office of 

Information Analysis and Access 

(2844T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number, 202–566–0753; e-mail address, 

vail.cassandra@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for the ICR described in this notice 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI– 

2010–0835, which is available for online 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov. 

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

obtain a copy of the proposed collection 

of information, to submit or view public 

comments, to obtain an index of the 

docket contents, and to obtain those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

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

docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

The docket is also available for 

viewing in person at the OEI Docket, 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), U.S. EPA 

West Building, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The phone number for the 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the 

phone number for the OEI Docket is 

202–566–1752. 

In which information is EPA 

particularly interested? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(a) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 

EPA specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the new RatioBased Burden Methodology; 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

4. Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

the electronic submission of responses. 

In particular, EPA is requesting 

comments from very small businesses 

(those that employ less than 25) on 

examples of specific additional efforts 

that EPA could make to reduce the 

paperwork burden for very small 

businesses affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples; 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

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3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views; 

4. If you provide estimates of 

potential burden hours or labor costs, 

explain how you arrived at your 

estimates; 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity; 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES; and 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

identify the docket ID number assigned 

to this action in the subject line on the 

first page of your response. You may 

also provide the name, date, and 

Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected Entities: This ICR applies to 

facilities that submit annual reports 

under section 313 of the Emergency 

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA) and section 6607 of 

the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). The 

applicability criteria are outlined in part 

372, subpart B, of Title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations, and potentially 

affected categories and entities may 

include, but are not limited to the 

following: 

Category Examples of potentially affected entities 

Industry ................................. Facilities included in the following NAICS manufacturing codes (corresponding to SIC codes 20 through 39): 

311*, 312*, 313*, 314*, 315*, 316, 321, 322, 323*, 324, 325*, 326*, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334*, 335*, 336, 337*, 

339*, 111998*, 211112*, 212324*, 212325*, 212393*, 212399*, 488390*, 511110, 511120, 511130, 511140*, 

511191, 511199, 512220, 512230*, 519130*, 541712*, or 811490*. 

* Exceptions and/or limitations exist for these NAICS codes. 

Facilities included in the following NAICS codes (corresponding to SIC codes other than SIC codes 20 through 

39): 212111, 212112, 212113 (correspond to SIC 12, Coal Mining (except 1241)); or 212221, 212222, 212231, 

212234, 212299 (correspond to SIC 10, Metal Mining (except 1011, 1081, and 1094)); or 221111, 221112, 

221113, 221119, 221121, 221122, 221330 (Limited to facilities that combust coal and/or oil for the purpose of 

generating power for distribution in commerce) (correspond to SIC 4911, 4931, and 4939, Electric Utilities); or 

424690, 425110, 425120 (Limited to facilities previously classified in SIC 5169, Chemicals and Allied Products, 

Not Elsewhere Classified); or 424710 (corresponds to SIC 5171, Petroleum Bulk Terminals and Plants); or 

562112 (Limited to facilities primarily engaged in solvent recovery services on a contract or fee basis (previously classified under SIC 7389, Business Services, NEC)); or 562211, 562212, 562213, 562219, 562920 

(Limited to facilities regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, subtitle C, 42 U.S.C. 6921 

et seq.) (correspond to SIC 4953, Refuse Systems). 

Federal Government ............ Federal facilities. 

If you have questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the individual 

listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Title: Toxic Chemical Release 

Reporting (Form R); Toxic Chemical 

Release Reporting, Alternate Threshold 

for Low Annual Reportable Amounts 

(Form A) and the Ratio-Based Burden 

Methodology. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1363.21, 

OMB Control No. 2025–0009 (TRI Form 

R) and EPA ICR No. 1704.13, OMB 

Control No. 2025–0010 (TRI Form A 

Certification Statement). EPA proposes 

to combine these two ICRs into one 

overarching ICR, which will retain the 

OMB Control No. 2025–0009. 

ICR Status: The ICRs for the TRI Form 

R and the TRI Form A Certification 

Statement are scheduled to expire on 

July 31, 2011. 

Abstract: Pursuant to section 313 of 

EPCRA, certain facilities that 

manufacture, process, or otherwise use 

specified toxic chemicals in amounts 

above reporting threshold levels must 

submit annually to EPA and to 

designated State officials toxic chemical 

release forms containing information 

specified by EPA. 42 U.S.C. 11023. In 

addition, pursuant to section 6607 of the 

Pollution Prevention Act (PPA), 

facilities reporting under section 313 of 

EPCRA must also report pollution 

prevention and waste management data, 

including recycling information, for 

such chemicals. 42 U.S.C. 13106. These 

reports are compiled and stored in 

EPA’s database known as the Toxics 

Release Inventory (TRI); TRI data are 

made readily available to the public. 

Regulations at 40 CFR part 372, 

subpart B, require facilities that meet all 

of the following criteria to report: 

1. The facility has 10 or more fulltime employee equivalents (i.e., a total 

of 20,000 hours worked per year or 

greater; see 40 CFR 372.3); and 

2. The facility is included in a North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) Code listed at 40 CFR 

372.23 or under Executive Order 13148, 

Federal facilities regardless of their 

industry classification; and 

3. The facility manufactures (defined 

to include importing), processes, or 

otherwise uses any EPCRA section 313 

(TRI) chemical in quantities greater than 

the established thresholds for the 

specific chemical in the course of a 

calendar year. 

Facilities that meet the criteria must 

file a Form R report or, in some cases, 

may submit a Form A Certification 

Statement, for each listed toxic chemical 

for which the criteria are met. As 

specified in EPCRA section 313(a), the 

report for any calendar year must be 

submitted on or before July 1st of the 

following year. For example, reporting 

year 2009 data should have been 

submitted and certified on or before July 

1, 2010. 

The list of toxic chemicals subject to 

TRI reporting can be found at 40 CFR 

372.65. This list is also published every 

year as Table II in the current version of 

the Toxics Release Inventory Reporting 

Forms and Instructions. The current TRI 

chemical list contains 593 chemicals 

and 30 chemical categories. 

TRI data are used by environmental 

agencies, industry, and the public. EPA 

program offices use TRI data, along with 

other data, to help establish 

programmatic priorities, evaluate 

potential hazards to human health and 

the natural environment, and undertake 

appropriate regulatory and/or 

enforcement activities. Environmental 

and public interest groups use the data 

to better understand toxic chemical 

releases at the community level and to 

work with industry, government 

agencies, and others to promote 

reductions in toxic chemical releases. 

Industrial facilities use the TRI data to 

evaluate the efficiency of their 

production processes and to help track 

and communicate their progress in 

achieving pollution prevention goals. 

The TRI data are unique in providing 

a multi-media (air, water, and land) 

picture of toxic chemical releases, 

transfers, and other waste management 

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yearly basis. While other environmental 

media programs provide some toxic 

chemical data and related permit data, 

the data are not directly comparable to 

TRI data with regard to the types of 

chemicals and industry sectors that are 

covered or the frequency of reporting. 

Facilities that are subject to TRI 

reporting must submit reports for each 

calendar year to EPA and the States in 

which they are located by July 1st of the 

following year. 

Respondents may claim trade secrecy 

for a chemical’s identity as described in 

EPCRA Section 322 and its 

implementing regulations in 40 CFR 

part 350. EPA will disclose information 

that is covered by a claim of trade 

secrecy only to the extent permitted by 

and in accordance with the procedures 

in 40 CFR part 350 and 40 CFR part 2. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to be 35.71 hours for Form R 

and 21.96 hours for a Form A. Burden 

means the total time, effort, or financial 

resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 

provide information to or for a Federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; develop, acquire, 

install, and utilize technology and 

systems for the purposes of collecting/ 

validating/verifying information, 

processing and maintaining 

information, and disclosing and 

providing information; adjust existing 

ways to comply with any previously 

applicable instructions and 

requirements that have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to respond to 

a collection of information; search data 

sources; complete and review the 

collection of information; and transmit 

or otherwise disclose the information. 

The ICR Supporting Statement 

provides a detailed explanation of the 

Agency’s estimate for TRI program 

burden, including Form R/A burden, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

• Estimated total number of 

respondents (i.e., facilities): 20,871. 

• Frequency of response: Annual. 

• Estimated total average number of 

responses: 73,727. 

• Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 3.53. 

• Estimated total annual burden 

hours: 3,515,751 hours. 

• Estimated total annual costs: 

$174,451,565. 

What changes are included in this ICR? 

OMB approved the ICR for Form R 

and the ICR for the Form A Certification 

Statement on March 2, 2008, with 

original expiration dates of March 31, 

2011. On February 17, 2010, OMB 

approved an extension of the expiration 

dates for both forms to July 31, 2011. 

The OMB approved burden numbers on 

March 2, 2008, where 3,217,280 hours 

for Form R and 515,901 hours for Form 

A, totaling 3,733,181 hours. 

Several changes in the burden 

estimates have been approved by OMB 

since the OMB approvals of the ICRs on 

March 2, 2008. On March 20, 2009, 

OMB approved the merging of the ICR 

for TRI detailed reporting on dioxin and 

dioxin-like compounds (OMB 2025– 

007, ICR 2086.02), into the TRI Form R 

ICR (currently OMB Control Number 

2025–0009), increasing burden by 899 

hours. Then on March 27, 2009, OMB 

approved changes in the number of 

responses and the burden hours for 

Form R and Form A to reflect the 

passage of Section 425 of the Omnibus 

Appropriations Act of 2009, which 

rescinded the December 2006 Toxics 

Release Inventory Burden Reduction 

Rule. As a result, the OMB-approved 

numbers for Form R were increased by 

140,565 hours and for Form A burden 

were decreased by 318,418 yielding a 

net increase of 458,983 hours. Most 

recently, on November 26, 2010, the 

Addition of National Toxicology 

Program Carcinogens rule was 

published in the Federal Register. This 

rule is estimated to increase the number 

of reporting facilities by 74 and the 

number of Form Rs submitted by 186 

with an associated burden increase of 

6,641 hours. 

Meanwhile, over the past several 

years, there has been a slight decrease 

in the number of facilities reporting to 

TRI. Based on the latest data for 

Reporting Year 2009 plus updates to 

reflect changes during the year of the 

ICR project—in this case, the modeled 

number of chemicals and facilities 

estimated to report under the Addition 

of National Toxicology Program 

Carcinogens rule, EPA now estimates 

the total number of combined Form R 

and Form A responses to be 73,727, 

with the associated total annual burden 

hours to be 3,515,751, and the annual 

cost to be $174,451,565. For a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimates of 

the respondent reporting burden and 

labor costs, please refer to the proposed 

TRI Form R and A Supporting 

Statement and the document ‘‘Revising 

TRI Burden to Ratio-Based 

Methodology,’’ which are available in 

the docket. 

EPA is interested in comments 

regarding methodology revisions 

documented in the peer-reviewed 

technical document titled, ‘‘Revising TRI 

Burden to Ratio-Based Methodology,’’ 

which is available through the docket. 

The revised methodology, Ratio-Based 

Burden Methodology (RBBM), 

simplifies calculations, imposes internal 

consistency, and sharpens transparency 

while retaining the components of the 

existing methodology and maintaining 

the overall total burden estimate as a 

starting point. EPA invites comments 

specifically regarding evidence that 

would quantify the ratio of PBT/nonPBT burden for the TRI reporting 

community overall. 

Additionally EPA is seeking 

comments on an alternate instruction 

for the revision of Form R Section 8.11 

in which facilities report ongoing and 

newly implemented source reduction 

activities. The alternate instructions 

would limit the scope of ‘‘ongoing 

source reduction activities’’ to those 

implemented in the previous five years. 

EPA is proposing to make several 

changes to the TRI reporting forms and 

associated instructions, but these 

changes are estimated to have a 

negligible effect on form unit burden. 

The proposed changes, which are 

outlined below, are designed to help 

enhance the overall utility of the data 

collected under the TRI Program. 

1. Remove the NA box from the Parent 

Company field (Part I: Sec. 5,.5.1) 

Rationale: The NA box is currently used 

to indicate a foreign parent company. 

Removing this box and requiring 

facilities to report the highest level U.S. 

parent company will facilitate analysis 

of the TRI data at the parent company 

level. 

2. Disaggregate the ‘‘Total Transfers’’ 

field and add fields to identify chemical 

discharge quantities to specific publicly 

owned treatment works (POTWs) (Part 

II: Sec 6.1). Rationale: The current form 

collects a single ‘‘Total Transfer’’ 

quantity for transfers to all POTWs. 

Providing separate fields for the transfer 

quantity to each POTW will facilitate 

analysis of the releases to specific 

watersheds. 

3. Section 8 enhancements, including: 

• Change instructional statement on 

form to include ‘‘newly implemented 

and/or ongoing’’ source reduction 

activities (Part II: Sec. 8.10). 

• Add an N/A box to match 

associated text revisions (Part II: Sec. 

8.10). 

• Add a field to allow separate 

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source reduction activities (Part II: Sec. 

8.10, 8.10.1–4). 

• Remove the ‘‘Yes’’ box and enlarge 

the text section for the question on 

optional pollution prevention 

information (Part II: Section 8.11). 

Rationale: The current form requests 

information on ‘‘any source reduction 

activities for this chemical during the 

reporting year;’’ but the Reporting Forms 

and Instructions request information on 

‘‘newly implemented’’ source reduction 

activities. These form changes will 

remove this difference, allow facilities 

to distinguish between new and ongoing 

source reduction activities, and provide 

additional optional information on 

source reduction, recycling, or pollution 

control activities on the form itself (in 

box 8.11). 

4. Add a new question to capture 

miscellaneous and optional information 

regarding the submission (Part II: Sec. 

9., 9.1). Rationale: This new text box 

will allow facilities to provide optional, 

miscellaneous information that may be 

helpful to EPA and/or the public in 

using or interpreting their data (e.g., 

facility closures, explanations for 

changes in release quantities, etc.). 

5. Add NA boxes to Part II, Sections 

5.3, 6.1, and 6.2. Rationale: Adding NA 

boxes to these sections will make the 

formatting of Form R and Form R 

Schedule 1 more consistent. 

What is the next step in the process for 

these ICRs? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice for the 

ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) 

to announce the submission of the ICR 

to OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: February 6, 2011. 

Robin Gonzalez, 

Acting Director, Office of Information 

Analysis and Access, Office of Environmental 

Information. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8995–3] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements. 

Filed 01/31/2011 through 02/04/2011. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

In accordance with Section 309(a) of 

the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to 

make its comments on EISs issued by 

other Federal agencies public. 

Historically, EPA met this mandate by 

publishing weekly notices of availability 

of EPA comments, which includes a 

brief summary of EPA’s comment 

letters, in the Federal Register. Since 

February 2008, EPA has included its 

comment letters on EISs on its Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ 

nepa/eisdata.html. Including the entire 

EIS comment letters on the Web site 

satisfies the Section 309(a) requirement 

to make EPA’s comments on EISs 

available to the public. Accordingly, on 

March 31, 2010, EPA discontinued the 

publication of the notice of availability 

of EPA comments in the Federal 

Register. 

EIS No. 20110032, Final EIS, BLM, WY, 

Westside Land Conveyance Project, 

Congressionally-Mandated Transfer of 

16,500 Acres of Public Land to the 

Westside Irrigation District, Big Horn 

and Washakie Counties, WY, Review 

Period Ends: 03/14/2011, Contact: 

Chris Carlton 307–775–6227. 

EIS No. 20110033, Final Supplement, 

USFS, WY, EIS Title: Bridger-Teton 

National Forest, Proposal to 

Determine What Terms and 

Conditions to Allow Development of 

Oil and Gas Leasing in the Wyoming 

Range, Sublette County, WY, Review 

Period Ends: 03/14/2011, Contact: 

John Kuzloski 307–739–5568. 

EIS No. 20110034, Draft EIS, FHWA, WI, 

U.S. 41 Improvement Project, Extend 

from Depere—Suamico (Memorial 

Drive to County M), Brown County, 

WI, Comment Period Ends: 03/28/ 

2011, Contact: George Poirier 608– 

829–7500. 

EIS No. 20110035, Draft EIS, USFS, OR, 

North End Sheep Allotment Project, 

Proposes to Authorize Grazing 

Domestic Sheep, Walla Walla Range 

District of the Umatilla National 

Forest, Wallowa, Union, and Umatlla 

Counties, OR, Comment Period Ends: 

03/28/2011, Contact: Michael L. 

Rassbach 509–522–6290. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20100444, Final EIS, BLM, NV, 

Tonopah Solar Energy Crescent Dunes 

Solar Energy Project, a 7,680–Acre 

Right-of-Way (ROW) on Public Lands 

to Construct a Concentrated Solar 

Thermal Power Plant Facility, Nye 

County, NV, Contact: Julie Ann Smith 

202–586–7668. Revision to FR Notice 

Published 11/19/2010: The U.S. 

Department of Energy’s has adopted 

the Department of Interior’s Bureau of 

Land Management FEIS #20100444, 

filed 11/10/2010. DOE was a 

cooperating agency for the above 

project. Recirculation of the FEIS is 

not necessary under 40 CFR 1506.3(c). 

Dated: February 8, 2011. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9265–4] 

Notice of Open Meeting of the 

Environmental Financial Advisory 

Board (EFAB) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Environmental Financial 

Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a 

meeting on March 8–9, 2011. EFAB is 

an EPA advisory committee chartered 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA) to provide advice and 

recommendations to EPA on creative 

approaches to funding environmental 

programs, projects, and activities. 

The purpose of the meeting is to hear 

from informed speakers on 

environmental finance issues, proposed 

legislation, Agency priorities and to 

discuss progress with work projects 

under EFAB’s current Strategic Action 

Agenda. 

Environmental Finance topics 

expected to be discussed include: 

Financing Clean Air Technology; 

Voluntary Environmental Improvement 

Bonds (VEIB)/Property Assessed Clean 

Energy (PACE) Financing 

Environmental Improvements; 

Financing Infrastructure for Tribal 

Communities; and Leveraging Private 


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