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required to consider these late 

comments. 

The Agency will carefully consider all 

comments received by the closing date 

and, as appropriate, will provide a 

‘‘Response to Comments Memorandum’’ 

in the docket for each of the pesticides 

included in the table in Unit II. The 

interim registration review decision will 

explain the effect that any such 

comments had on the decision and 

provide the Agency’s response to 

significant comments, as needed. 

Background on the registration review 

program is provided at: http://

www2.epa.gov/pesticide-reevaluation. 

Links to earlier documents related to the 

registration review of the pesticide cases 

identified in this notice are provided on 

the Pesticide Chemical Search data base 

accessible at: http://iaspub.epa.gov/

apex/pesticides/f?p=chemicalsearch. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: July 30, 2015. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19590 Filed 8–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9932–09-Region 2] 

Proposed Settlement Pursuant Section 

122(h) of CERCLA Relating to the 

Gowanus Canal Superfund Site, 

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 

1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 

U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given by 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (‘‘EPA’’), Region 2, of a 

proposed settlement agreement 

pursuant to Section 122(h) of CERCLA, 

entered into by and EPA, Region 2, and 

Patterson Fuel Oil Co., Inc. (‘‘Settling 

Party’’), pertaining to the Gowanus 

Canal Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) located in 

Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. 

Under the Settlement Agreement, the 

Settling Party agrees to pay EPA 

$100,000.00 for the recovery of response 

actions incurred at the Site. 

The Settlement Agreement includes a 

covenant by EPA not to sue or to take 

administrative action against the 

Settling Party pursuant to Sections 106 

and 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 

and 9607(a), with regard to the Site, as 

defined in the Settlement Agreement. 

For thirty (30) days following the date 

of publication of this notice, EPA will 

receive written comments relating to the 

Settlement Agreement. EPA will 

consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the Settlement Agreement if comments 

received disclose facts or considerations 

that indicate that the proposed 

Settlement Agreement is inappropriate, 

improper or inadequate. EPA’s response 

to any comments received will be 

available for public inspection at EPA 

Region 2 offices, 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed Settlement 

Agreement can be viewed at http://

www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/

gowanus/additionaldocs.html. It is also 

available for public inspection at EPA 

Region 2 offices at 290 Broadway, New 

York, New York 10007–1866. 

A copy may also be obtained from 

Brian Carr, Assistant Regional Counsel, 

New York/Caribbean Superfund Branch, 

Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA 

Region 2, 290 Broadway, 17th Floor, 

New York, New York 10007–1866, 212– 

637–3170, carr.brian@epa.gov. 

Comments should reference the 

Gowanus Canal Superfund Site, 

Brooklyn, New York. Index No. 

CERCLA–02–2015–2008 and should be 

sent by mail or email to Brian Carr, 

Assistant Regional Counsel, at the 

address or email address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Carr, Assistant Regional Counsel, 

at the address, email or telephone 

number stated above. 

Dated: July 27, 2015. 

Walter Mugdan, 

Director, Emergency and Remedial Response 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 2. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19601 Filed 8–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0467; FRL–9932–08– 

ORD] 

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) 

Safe and Sustainable Water Resources 

Subcommittee Meeting—August 2015; 

Public Requests Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: On July 30, 2015, the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gave notice of a 

meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) Safe and Sustainable 

Water Resources Subcommittee in the 

Federal Register. On Page 45536, 

Column 3, in the DATES section, EPA 

inadvertently listed the date by which 

members of the public should request a 

draft agenda or request an opportunity 

to make oral presentations at the 

meeting as July 25, 2015. The correct 

date by which requests should be made 

is August 25, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer via mail at: 

Cindy Roberts, Mail Code 8104R, Office 

of Science Policy, Office of Research 

and Development, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

phone/voice mail at: (202) 564–1999; or 

via email at: roberts.cindy@epa.gov. 

Dated: July 31, 2015. 

Fred S. Hauchman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19592 Filed 8–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

Proposed Partial Consent Decree, 

Clean Air Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed partial 

consent decree; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed partial consent 

decree to address a lawsuit filed by the 

Sierra Club in the United States District 

Court for the District of Columbia: 

Sierra Club v. EPA, Civil Action No. 10– 

cv–1541 (CKK) (D.D.C.) (filed Sept. 14, 

2010). Plaintiff filed a lawsuit alleging 

that Gina McCarthy, in her official 

capacity as Administrator of the United 

States Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’), failed to perform duties 

mandated by the CAA to: (1) Promulgate 

a federal implementation plan (‘‘FIP’’) 

for the State of Texas for the 1997 fine 

particulate matter (‘‘PM2.5’’) and ozone 

national ambient air quality standards 

(‘‘NAAQS’’); (2) promulgate a FIP for the 

State of Texas for the 1997 ozone 

NAAQS; and (3) take final approval/

disapproval action on the state 

implementation plan (‘‘SIP’’) that Texas 

submitted for implementation of the 


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1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. The proposed 

partial consent decree would establish 

deadlines for EPA to take certain 

specified actions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed partial consent decree must be 

received by September 9, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number OGC– 

2015–0544, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

or by hand delivery or courier to EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Comments on 

a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted 

in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption, and may be mailed to the 

mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie L. Hogan, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–3244; fax number: (202) 564–5603; 

email address: hogan.stephanie@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Partial Consent Decree 

The proposed partial consent decree 

would partially resolve a lawsuit filed 

by the Sierra Club seeking to compel the 

Administrator to take actions under 

CAA section 110(c)(1) and (k)(2). The 

Plaintiff’s lawsuit alleged that EPA has 

a mandatory duty to: (1) Promulgate a 

FIP for the State of Texas that meets the 

requirements of CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i) for the 1997 PM2.5 and 

ozone NAAQS; (2) promulgate a FIP for 

the State of Texas that meets the 

requirements of CAA Section 110(a)(2) 

for the 1997 ozone NAAQS; and (3) take 

final approval/disapproval action 

pursuant to CAA section 110(k)(3) on 

the SIP that Texas submitted for 

implementation of the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS. The proposed partial consent 

decree would resolve the Plaintiff’s 

claim regarding EPA’s duty to 

promulgate a FIP that meets the 

interstate transport requirements of 

CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 

1997 ozone NAAQS for Texas. Under 

the terms of the proposed partial 

consent decree, EPA must take proposed 

action no later than September 22, 2015, 

and final action no later than February 

22, 2016, with respect to this claim. See 

the proposed partial consent decree for 

the specific details. 

The proposed partial consent decree 

does not resolve Plaintiff’s claim with 

respect to the interstate transport 

requirements of CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 1997 PM2.5

NAAQS for Texas. The court entered a 

partial consent decree with respect to 

the other claims at issue in the case on 

November 28, 2011. 

On July 28, 2015, the Court of 

Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Circuit (D.C. Circuit) issued its opinion 

in EME Homer City Generation, L.P. v. 

EPA, slip op., No. 11–1302, regarding 

the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

(CSAPR), 76 FR 48,208 (Aug. 8, 2011). 

In CSAPR, EPA determined that the FIP 

promulgated in that rulemaking to 

address CAA section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) as 

to Texas with respect to the 1997 ozone 

NAAQS may not be sufficient to address 

the state’s statutory obligation under 

that provision. 76 FR at 48,210 n.3. In 

EME Homer City, however, the court 

determined, among other things, that 

the Texas FIP required more emission 

reductions than necessary to address 

that state’s obligation pursuant to CAA 

section 110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I). Slip op. at 19. 

The EPA is still evaluating the impact 

of that decision on the claims raised in 

the present lawsuit, Sierra Club v. EPA. 

However, because the proposed partial 

consent decree has been lodged with the 

court, the EPA is issuing the notice 

required by CAA section 113(g) within 

the timeframe required by the proposed 

partial consent decree and requests 

comment as to whether the court’s 

decision in EME Homer City should in 

any way affect whether EPA finalizes 

the partial consent decree or its terms. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

partial consent decree from persons who 

are not named as parties or intervenors 

to the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

partial consent decree if the comments 

disclose facts or considerations that 

indicate that such consent is 

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or 

inconsistent with the requirements of 

the Act. Unless EPA or the Department 

of Justice determines that consent to this 

proposed partial consent decree should 

be withdrawn, the terms of the partial 

consent decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Partial 

Consent Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

partial consent decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by OGC–2015–0544) 

contains a copy of the proposed partial 

consent decree. The official public 

docket is available for public viewing at 

the Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 


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marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: July 31, 2015. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL_9930–45–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Washington 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Washington’s 

request to revise its National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation EPA-authorized 

program to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

September 9, 2015 for the State of 

Washington’s National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program, if no timely 

request for a public hearing is received 

and accepted by the Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

Once an authorized program has EPA’s 

approval to accept electronic documents 

under certain programs, CROMERR 

§ 3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program 

keep EPA apprised of any changes to 

laws, policies, or the electronic 

document receiving systems that have 

the potential to affect the program’s 

compliance with CROMERR § 3.2000. 

On December 14, 2009, the 

Washington State Department of Health 

(WA DOH) submitted an amended 

application titled ‘‘Washington State 

Lab Electronic Reporting System’’ for 

revision to its EPA-approved program 

under title 40 CFR part 142 to allow 

new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

WA DOH’s request to revise its EPAauthorized program and, based on this 

review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program 

revision/modification set out in 40 CFR 

part 3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 

CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s 

decision to approve Washington’s 

request to revise its Part 142—National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program to allow 

electronic reporting under 40 CFR part 

141 is being published in the Federal 

Register. 

WA DOH was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of 

Washington’s request to revise its 

authorized public water system program 

under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for a 

hearing must be submitted to EPA 

within 30 days of publication of today’s 

Federal Register notice. Such requests 

should include the following 

information: 

(1) The name, address and telephone 

number of the individual, organization 

or other entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 


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