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EIS No. 20130027, Final EIS, USFWS, 

AK, Izembek National Wildlife 

National Wildlife Refuge Land 

Exchange/Road Corridor, Review 

Period Ends: 03/18/2013, Contact: 

Stephanie Brady 907–306–7448. 

EIS No. 20130028, Draft EIS, AFS, AZ, 

Programmatic—Apache-Sitgreaves 

National Forests Land Management 

Plan, Comment Period Ends: 05/17/ 

2013, Contact: Michelle Davalos 928– 

333–6334. 

EIS No. 20130029, Draft EIS, NPS, 00, 

Cottonwood Cove and Katherine 

Landing Draft Development Concept 

Plans, Lake Mead National Recreation 

Area, NV, AZ, Comment Period Ends: 

04/16/2013, Contact: Greg Jarvis 303– 

969–2263. 

EIS No. 20130030, Final EIS, USFS, OR, 

Mt. Bachelor Ski Area Improvements 

Project, Review Period Ends: 03/18/ 

2013, Contact: Amy Tinderholt 541– 

383–4708. 

EIS No. 20130031, Draft EIS, USN, CA, 

U.S. Navy F–35C West Coast 

Homebasing, Comment Period Ends: 

04/22/2013, Contact: Amy Kelley 

619–532–2799. 

EIS No. 20130032, Final EIS, BLM, CA, 

Alta East Wind Project, Proposed Plan 

Amendment, Comment Period Ends: 

03/18/2013, Contact: Jeffery K. 

Childers 951–697–5308. 

EIS No. 20130033, Draft Supplement, 

USFS, CA, Southern California 

National Forests Land Management 

Plan Amendment, Comment Period 

Ends: 05/17/2013, Contact: Robert 

Hawkins 916–849–8037. 

Dated: February 12, 2013. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, Office of Federal 

Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03596 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9780–2] 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is announcing the 

availability of a final document titled, 

‘‘Integrated Science Assessment for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants’’ (EPA/600/R–10/076F). The 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

within EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development as part of the review of the 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS) for ozone. 

DATES: The document will be available 

on February 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Integrated Science 

Assessment for Ozone and Related 

Photochemical Oxidants’’ will be made 

available primarily through the Internet 

on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

CD–ROM or paper copies will be 

available. Contact Ms. Marieka Boyd by 

phone (919–541–0031), fax (919–541– 

5078), or email (boyd.marieka@epa.gov) 

to request either of these, and please 

provide your name, your mailing 

address, and the document title, 

‘‘Integrated Science Assessment for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants’’ (EPA/600/R–10/076F) to 

facilitate processing of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Dr. James 

Brown, NCEA; telephone: 919–541– 

0765; facsimile: 919–541–1818; or 

email: Brown.James@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to identify 

certain pollutants which, among other 

things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air 

pollution which may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or 

welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria 

for them. These air quality criteria are 

to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge useful in indicating the kind 

and extent of all identifiable effects on 

public health or welfare which may be 

expected from the presence of [a] 

pollutant in the ambient air * * *. ’’ 

Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is 

then to establish NAAQS for each 

pollutant for which EPA has issued 

criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act 

subsequently requires periodic review 

and, if appropriate, revision of existing 

air quality criteria to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. EPA is also to periodically 

review and, if appropriate, revise the 

NAAQS, based on the revised air quality 

criteria. 

Ozone (O3) is one of six principal (or 

‘‘criteria’’) pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) (formerly 

called an Air Quality Criteria 

Document). The ISA provides a concise 

review, synthesis, and evaluation of the 

most policy-relevant science to serve as 

a scientific foundation for the review of 

the NAAQS. The Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC), an 

independent science advisory 

committee whose existence and whose 

review and advisory functions are 

mandated by Section 109(d)(2) of the 

Clean Air Act, is charged (among other 

things) with independent scientific 

review of EPA’s air quality criteria. 

On September 29, 2008 (73 FR 56581), 

EPA formally initiated its current 

review of the air quality criteria for 

ozone, requesting the submission of 

recent scientific information on 

specified topics. A draft of EPA’s 

’’Integrated Review Plan for the Ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

Review’’ (EPA/452/P–09/001) was made 

available in September 2009 for public 

comment and was discussed by the 

CASAC Ozone Review Panel (CASAC 

panel) via a publicly accessible 

teleconference consultation on 

November 13, 2009 (74 FR 54562). In 

August 2010, EPA held a workshop to 

discuss, with invited scientific experts, 

initial draft materials prepared in the 

development of the ISA (75 FR 42085). 

The first external review draft ISA for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants was released on March 4, 2011 

(http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/isa/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=217463). The 

CASAC panel met at a public meeting 

on May 19, 2011, to review the draft ISA 

(76 FR 23809). Subsequently, on August 

10, 2011, the CASAC panel provided a 

consensus letter for their review to the 

Administrator of the EPA (http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

4620a620d0120f93852572410080d786/

45A59F1BC8912FEE852578E8006

6021C/$File/EPA-CASAC-11-009- 

unsigned.pdf). The second external 

review draft ISA for Ozone and Related 

Photochemical Oxidants was released 

on September 30, 2011 (http:// 

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/isa/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=226363). The 

CASAC panel met at a public meeting 

on January 9, 2012, to review the draft 

ISA (76 FR 76725). Subsequently, on 

March 13, 2012, the CASAC panel 

provided a consensus letter for their 

review to the Administrator of the EPA 

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

sabproduct.nsf/4620a620d0120f938525

72410080d786/1336B2B88034AEB68

52579C0007070CA/$File/EPA-CASAC12-004-unsigned.pdf). 

The third external review draft ISA 

for Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants was released on June 19, 2012 

(http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/isa/

recordisplay.cfm?deid=242490). The 

CASAC panel met at a public meeting 

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on September 11, 2012, to review the 

draft ISA (77 FR 46755). Subsequently, 

on November 14, 2012, the CASAC 

panel provided a consensus letter for 

their review to the Administrator of the 

EPA (http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/

sabproduct.nsf/4620a620d0120f938525

72410080d786/60C2732674A5EEF3

85257AB6007274B9/$File/EPA-CASAC13-001+unsigned.pdf). 

EPA has considered comments by the 

CASAC panel and by the public in 

preparing this final ISA. 

Dated: January 24, 2013. 

Debra B. Walsh, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2013–03471 Filed 2–14–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0067; FRL–9378–2] 

Kasugamycin; Receipt of Application 

for Emergency Exemption for Use on 

Apples in Michigan, Solicitation of 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has received a specific 

exemption request from the Michigan 

Department of Agriculture to use the 

pesticide kasugamycin (CAS No. 6980– 

18–3) to treat up to 10,000 acres of 

apples to control fire blight. The 

applicant proposes the use of a new 

chemical which has not been registered 

by EPA. EPA is soliciting public 

comment before making the decision 

whether or not to grant the exemption. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 4, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0067, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. 

Additional instructions on 

commenting or visiting the docket, 

along with more information about 

dockets generally, is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keri 

Grinstead, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 308–8373; fax number: (703) 605– 

0781; email address: 

grinstead.keri@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. The following 

list of North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes is 

not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 

provides a guide to help readers 

determine whether this document 

applies to them. Potentially affected 

entities may include: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

i. Identify the document by docket ID 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

ii. Follow directions. The Agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

iv. Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

v. If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

vi. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

vii. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

viii. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under section 18 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the 

discretion of the EPA Administrator, a 

Federal or State agency may be 

exempted from any provision of FIFRA 

if the EPA Administrator determines 

that emergency conditions exist which 

require the exemption. Michigan 

Department of Agriculture has requested 

the EPA Administrator to issue a 

specific exemption for the use of 

kasugamycin on apples to control fire 

blight. Information in accordance with 

40 CFR part 166 was submitted as part 

of this request. 

As part of this request, the applicant 

asserts that kasugamycin is needed to 

control streptomycin-resistant strains of 

Erwinia amylovora, the causal pathogen 

of fire blight, due to the lack of available 

alternatives and effective control 

practices; and significant economic 

losses will occur if this pest is not 

controlled. 

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