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j. Deadline for Filing Scoping 

Comments: September 25, 2009. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The proposed Minor Shoal Project 

would consists of the following: (1) An 

existing 5-foot-high, 80-foot-long 

diversion dam; (2) an existing 92-footlong, 7-foot-diameter steel penstock; (3) 

a new 160-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter 

steel penstock from the diversion dam 

tying in to the existing penstock at 

elevation 1,228 feet mean sea level; (4) 

two existing powerhouses containing a 

total of three turbines with a total 

installed capacity of 1,260 kilowatts; (5) 

an existing 446-foot-long, 230-kilovolt 

transmission line and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The project would have an 

annual generation of 2,175,000 kilowatthours. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to address the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. A copy is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in Item H above. 

n. You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. Scoping Process. 

The Commission staff intends to 

prepare a single Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the Miner Shoal 

Waterpower Project in accordance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act. 

The EA will consider both site-specific 

and cumulative environmental impacts 

and reasonable alternatives to the 

proposed action. 

Commission staff does not propose to 

conduct any on-site scoping meetings at 

this time. Instead, we are soliciting 

comments, recommendations, and 

information, on the Scoping Document 

(SD) issued on August 26, 2007. 

Copies of the SD outlining the subject 

areas to be addressed in the EA were 

distributed to the parties on the 

Commission’s mailing list and the 

applicant’s distribution list. Copies of 

the SD may be viewed on the Web at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, call 1–866– 

208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–21112 Filed 9–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0605; FRL–8951–7] 

Notice of Availability of the External 

Peer Review Draft of Recommended 

Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEFs) 

for Human Health Risk Assessments of 

Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing a 30-day 

public comment period for the external 

peer review draft of ‘‘Recommended 

Toxicity Equivalency Factors (TEFs) for 

Human Health Risk Assessments of 

Dioxin and Dioxin-Like Compounds,’’ a 

draft guidance document. An EPA 

contractor for external peer review will 

convene a panel of experts and will 

organize and conduct an independent 

expert external peer review meeting to 

review the draft document. All 

comments received by the closing date 

of October 2, 2009 will be shared with 

the external peer review panel for their 

consideration. Comments received after 

the close of the comment period may be 

considered by EPA when it finalizes the 

document. This draft guidance 

document does not represent and 

should not be construed to represent 

any EPA policy, viewpoint, or 

determination. Members of the public 

may obtain the draft document from 

http://www.regulations.gov; or http:// 

www.epa.gov/raf/hhtefguidance; or from 

Seema Schappelle via the contact 

information below. The public comment 

period and external peer review are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. 

The external expert peer review will 

be conducted by letter and open 

teleconference in the fall 2009 time 

frame. The panel may consider public 

comments received in the official public 

docket for this activity under docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0605. The 

draft document is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/raf/hhtefguidance. In 

preparing a final document, EPA 

intends to consider the public 

comments submitted to EPA’s docket 

during the public comment period and 

the comments and recommendations 

from the external peer reviewers. 

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 the EPA. It 

does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. 

DATES: All comments received by 

October 2, 2009 will be shared with the 

external peer review panel for their 

consideration. Comments received 

beyond that time may be considered by 

EPA when it finalizes the documents. 

ADDRESSES: The draft document is 

available electronically through the EPA 

Office of the Science Advisor’s Web site 

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

hhtefguidance. 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0605, by one of the following methods: 

• Online at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov; Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), Room 3334, EPA West 

Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention 

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0605. Deliveries are only accepted from 

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: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0605. 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. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change. These 

may be made available online at 

http://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 by statute 

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’s 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 EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The 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, and the telephone 

number for the ORD Docket is (202) 

566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Seema Schappelle, Risk Assessment 

Forum, Mail Code 8105R, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–3372; fax number: 

(202) 564–2070, E-mail: 

schappelle.seema@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dioxin 

and dioxin like compounds (DLCs), 

including polychlorinated dibenzodioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated 

dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and 

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), are 

structurally and toxicologically related 

halogenated dicyclic aromatic 

hydrocarbons. Dioxins and DLCs are 

released into the environment from 

several industrial sources, including 

chemical manufacturing, combustion, 

and metal processing. There is global 

contamination of air, soil and water 

with trace levels of these compounds 

that typically occur in the environment 

as chemical mixtures. Dioxins and DLCs 

do not readily degrade; therefore, levels 

persist in the environment, build up in 

the food chain and accumulate in the 

tissues of animals. Human exposures to 

these compounds occur primarily 

through eating contaminated foods. The 

health effects from exposures to dioxins 

and DLCs have been documented 

extensively in toxicological and 

epidemiological studies. 

Risk assessments have relied on the 

dioxin toxicity equivalence factors 

(TEFs) approach. Various stakeholders, 

inside and outside the Agency, have 

called for a more comprehensive 

characterization of risks; therefore, 

EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum (RAF), 

located in the Office of the Science 

Advisor, identified a need to examine 

the recommended approach for 

application of the toxicity equivalence 

methodology in human health risk 

assessments. An RAF Technical Panel 

developed the draft guidance document, 

‘‘Recommended Toxicity Equivalency 

Factors (TEFs) for Human Health Risk 

Assessments of Dioxin and Dioxin-Like 

Compounds,’’ to assist EPA scientists in 

using this methodology to assess health 

risks from dioxins and dioxin-like 

compounds, as well as inform EPA 

decision makers, other agencies, and the 

public about this methodology. EPA is 

currently addressing several issues 

related to dioxins and dioxin-like 

chemicals in the environment. More 

information on these activities is located 

at: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/CFM/ 

nceaQFind.cfm?keyword=Dioxin. 

Dated: August 26, 2009. 

Kevin Teichman, 

Acting EPA Science Advisor. 

[FR Doc. E9–21194 Filed 9–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8951–1] 

Notice of a Project Waiver of Section 

1605 (Buy American Requirement) of 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to 

the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 

(UDWR) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is hereby granting a 

project waiver of the Buy American 

requirements of ARRA Section 1605 

under the authority of Section 

1605(b)(2) [manufactured goods are not 

produced in the United States of a 

satisfactory quality] to the UDWR for the 

purchase of coconut fiber (coir) woven 

mats. This is a project-specific waiver 

and only applies to the use of the 

specified product for the ARRA funded 

project being proposed. Any other 

ARRA project that may wish to use the 

same product must apply for a separate 

waiver based on project-specific 

circumstances. These coconut fiber 

woven mats, which are supplied by Geo 

Dynamics in Ogden, UT, are 

manufactured in India and Sri Lanka, 

and meet the UDWR’s performance 

specifications and requirements. The 

Acting Regional Administrator is 

making this determination based on the 

review and recommendations of EPA 

Region 8’s Technical & Financial 

Services Unit. The UDWR has provided 

sufficient documentation to support its 

request. The Assistant Administrator of 

the Office of Administration and 

Resources Management has concurred 

on this decision to make an exception 

to Section 1605 of ARRA. This action 

permits the purchase of coconut fiber 

woven mats for the Strawberry River 

Restoration Project being implemented 

by the UDWR that may otherwise be 

prohibited under Section 1605(a) of the 

ARRA. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 25, 2009. 


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