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Dated: August 28, 2009. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E9–23050 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8962–3] 

Gulf of Mexico Program Citizens 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), EPA 

gives notice of a meeting of the Gulf of 

Mexico Program (GMP) Citizens 

Advisory Committee (CAC). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, October 19, 2009, from 9 a.m. 

to 11:45 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 7 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Hotel, 555 Canal Street, 

New Orleans, LA 70130. 

For information on access or services 

for individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Gloria Car, U.S. EPA, at (228) 

688–2421 or car.gloria@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Gloria Car, preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria D. Car, Designated Federal 

Officer, Gulf of Mexico Program Office, 

Mail Code EPA/GMPO, Stennis Space 

Center, MS 39529–6000 at (228) 688– 

2421. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed agenda includes the following 

topics: A discussion regarding CAC 

business (recruitment update, 

communication strategy, member 

updates, next meeting); Gulf of Mexico 

End of Fiscal Year Accomplishments; 

Wetlands Loss Presentation; and 

member participation in the Ocean 

Policy Public Listening Session. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

Dated: September 17, 2009. 

Gloria D. Car, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–23083 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8962–9] 

NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting 

Environmental Stewardship 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

EPA gives notice of a meeting of the 

NACEPT Subcommittee on Promoting 

Environmental Stewardship. 

The purpose of the Subcommittee on 

Promoting Environmental Stewardship 

(SPES) of the National Advisory Council 

for Environmental Policy and 

Technology (NACEPT) is to advise the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

on how to promote environmental 

stewardship practices that encompass 

all environmental aspects of an 

organization in the regulated 

community and other sectors, as 

appropriate, in order to enhance human 

health and environmental protection. A 

copy of the meeting agenda will be 

posted at http://epa.gov/ncei/ 

dialogue.htm. This Web site also 

includes the charge of the SPES, which 

provides further information about the 

purpose of the Subcommittee. 

The agenda for the subject meeting 

will focus on discussions among the 

three current Subcommittee 

workgroups: (1) Gap Analysis 

Workgroup, which is exploring how 

stewardship activities may accomplish 

Agency goals that are not covered by 

statute or regulation; (2) Short-term 

Recommendations Workgroup, which is 

looking at relatively simple and quick 

actions for EPA to implement in the 

short term to promote stewardship; and 

(3) Long-term Recommendations 

Workgroup, which is exploring EPA’s 

role in addressing issues that invite and 

require a cross-sector, cross-media, and 

long-term perspective (e.g., climate 

change and energy use). 

DATES: The NACEPT Subcommittee on 

Promoting Environmental Stewardship 

will hold an open meeting on October 

6 (8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.) and October 7, 2009 

(8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.) Eastern standard 

time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the EPA Office of Pesticide Programs, 

One Potomac Yard, Conference Center 

South (Room S–4370–80, Fourth Floor), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 

22202. The meeting is open to the 

public, with limited seating on a firstcome, first-served basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Regina Langton, Designated Federal 

Officer, langton.regina@epa.gov, 202– 

566–2178, U.S. EPA Office of Policy, 

Economics, and Innovation (MC1807T), 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make brief oral comments or provide 

written statements to the SPES should 

be sent to Jennifer Peyser at (202) 965– 

6215 or jpeyser@RESOLV.org. All 


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requests must be received no later than 

September 30, 2009. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Jennifer 

Peyser at jpeyser@RESOLV.org. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Jennifer Peyser at least 10 

days prior to the meeting to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

Regina Langton, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–23049 Filed 9–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8962–7] 

Notice of a Project Waiver of Section 

1605 (Buy American Requirement) of 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to 

the City of Salem, New Jersey 

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 in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities and of a satisfactory quality] 

to the City of Salem, New Jersey (the 

City), for the purchase of a specific 

Canadian-manufactured membrane 

filtration system (ZeeWeed® 500). The 

ZeeWeed® 500 Immersed Ultra-filtration 

Membranes are manufactured outside of 

the United States by GE Water & 

Processes Technologies (GEW&PT), in 

Canada. The design and specifications 

of the City’s proposed new Surface 

Water Treatment Plant were based on 

the performance and characteristics of 

the ZeeWeed® 500 membrane system, 

following pilot testing conducted from 

March through August 2007, which 

demonstrated that the equipment 

worked very well in removing total 

organic carbon, as well as other 

contaminants; the successful pilot 

testing of surface treatment plant 

technologies is a prerequisite to 

obtaining a construction permit from the 

New Jersey Department of 

Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The 

Acting Regional Administrator is 

making this determination based on the 

review and recommendations of the 

State Revolving Fund Program Team. 

The City 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 ZeeWeed® 500 

Immersed Ultra-filtration Membranes 

for the proposed project being 

implemented by the City of Salem, New 

Jersey. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alicia Sua ́rez, Environmental Engineer, 

(212) 637–3851, State Revolving Fund 

Program Team, Division of 

Environmental Planning and Protection, 

U.S. EPA, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 

10007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c) 

and pursuant to Section 1605(b)(2) of 

Public Law 111–5, Buy American 

requirements, the EPA hereby provides 

notice that it is granting a project waiver 

to the City for the acquisition of 

ZeeWeed® 500 Immersed Ultra-filtration 

Membranes manufactured in Canada by 

GEW&PT. 

Section 1605 of the ARRA requires 

that none of the appropriated funds may 

be used for the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, or repair of a public 

building or public work unless all of the 

iron, steel, and manufactured goods 

used in the project are produced in the 

United States, unless a waiver is 

provided to the recipient by EPA. A 

waiver may be provided if EPA 

determines that (1) applying these 

requirements would be inconsistent 

with public interest; (2) iron, steel, and 

the relevant manufactured goods are not 

produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities and of a satisfactory quality; 

or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and the 

relevant manufactured goods produced 

in the United States will increase the 

cost of the overall project by more than 

25 percent. 

The City proposes to replace its 

existing surface water treatment plant 

because the current plant, constructed 

in 1974, is unlikely to be able to provide 

water that complies with the Stage II 

Disinfectants and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule or appropriate log 

removal of microorganisms. The use of 

the ZeeWeed® 500 membrane system is 

based on a stated need for immersed 

ultra-filtration membranes that have a 

reinforced hollow fiber membrane with 

a very high tensile strength and a high 

solids tolerance that is necessary for 

direct filtration after enhanced 

coagulation without clarification. The 

ZeeWeed® 500 Immersed Ultra-filtration 

Membranes were described by the City 

as meeting these specifications. 

The City has stated that all surface 

treatment plant technologies must be 

piloted in New Jersey in order to receive 

a construction permit from the NJDEP. 

Successful pilot testing prior to NJDEP 

approval of a construction permit 

ensures that the completed facility will 

be in compliance with the Stage II 

Disinfectants and Disinfection 

Byproducts Rule. The pilot testing 

results of the ZeeWeed® 500 

membranes, conducted from March 

through August 2007, demonstrated that 

the equipment worked very well in 

removing total organic carbon, as well 

as other contaminants, and that the 

design of the new water treatment plan 

was based on the ZeeWeed® 500 ultra 

filtration membrane system. The City 

has provided information to the EPA 

representing that GEW&PT, 

manufacturer of the ZeeWeed® 500, is 

the only company capable of supplying 

a membrane system that meets the 

criteria of an immersed, reinforced, 

hollow fiber ultra filtration system that 

does not require clarification prior to 

filtration. The City’s submission clearly 

articulates entirely functional reasons 

for its technical specifications, and has 

provided sufficient documentation that 

the relevant manufactured goods are not 

produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantity and of a satisfactory quality to 

meet its technical specifications. 

The April 28, 2009, EPA Headquarters 

Memorandum, ‘‘Implementation of Buy 

American provisions of Public Law 

111–5, the ‘American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009,’ ’’ defines: 

reasonably available quantity as ‘‘the 

quantity of iron, steel, or the relevant 

manufactured good is available or will 

be available at the time needed and 

place needed, and in the proper form or 

specification as specified in the project 

plans and design,’’ and satisfactory 

quality as ‘‘the quality of iron, steel, or 

the relevant manufactured good as 

specified in the project plans and 

designs.’’ 

Based on additional research 

conducted by the State Revolving Fund 

Program Team of the Division of 

Environmental Planning and Protection 

and to the best of the Region’s 

knowledge at the time of the review, 

there does not appear to be other 

membrane equipment that meets the 

City’s exact technical specifications. 

Furthermore, the purpose of the 

ARRA is to stimulate economic recovery 

in part by funding current infrastructure 

construction, not to delay projects that 

are ‘‘shovel ready’’ by requiring utilities, 


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