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burden and a decrease in Agency 

burden. In addition, there is a decrease 

in total capital and O&M costs. This 

situation is not due to any program 

changes. The changes in the burden and 

cost estimates occurred because the 

standard has been in effect for more 

than three years and the requirements 

are different during initial compliance 

(new facilities) as compared to on-going 

compliance (existing facilities). The 

previous ICR reflected those burdens 

and costs associated with the initial 

activities for subject facilities. This 

includes purchasing monitoring 

equipment, preparing initial 

notifications, and establishing 

recordkeeping systems. This ICR largely 

reflects both the on-going burden and 

costs for existing facilities. Activities for 

existing source include the 

continuously monitoring of mercury 

and the submission of annual and 

semiannual reports. 

Richard T. Westlund, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03985 Filed 2–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9907–01–OA] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Advisory Committee (FRRCC); Notice 

of Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that, in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 

2., the Farm, Ranch, and Rural 

Communities Advisory Committee 

(FRRCC) is a necessary committee 

which is in the public interest. 

Accordingly, the FRRCC will be 

renewed for an additional two-year 

period. The purpose of the FRRCC is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on 

environmental issues and policies that 

are of importance to agriculture and 

rural communities. Inquiries may be 

directed to Sarah Bittleman, U.S. EPA, 

(Mail Code 1101A), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, or 

bittleman.sarah@epa.gov. 

Dated: January 13, 2014. 

Sarah Bittleman, 

Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04117 Filed 2–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879; FRL–9905–50] 

Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: An Exposure Modeling Public 

Meeting will be held for 1 day on March 

24, 2014. This notice announces the 

location and time for the meeting and 

sets forth the tentative agenda topics. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

March 24, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Requests to participate in the meeting 

must be received on or before March 7, 

2014. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), One 

Potomac Yard (South Building), First 

Floor Conference Center (S–1204/06), 

2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 

22202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melanie Biscoe, Environmental Fate and 

Effects Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–7106; fax number: 

(703) 347–8011; email address: 

biscoe.melanie@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 required to 

conduct testing of chemical substances 

under the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), or the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA). Since other entities may 

also be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 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: 

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing and 

hunting (NAICS code 11). 

• Utilities (NAICS code 22). 

• Professional, scientific and 

technical (NAICS code 54). 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related Information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0879, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory 

Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West 

Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 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 OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

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

II. Background 

On a biannual interval, an Exposure 

Modeling Public Meeting (EMPM) is 

held for presentation and discussion of 

current issues related to modeling 

pesticide fate, transport, and exposure 

for risk assessment in a regulatory 

context. Meeting dates and abstract 

requests are announced through the 

‘‘empmlist’’ forum on the LYRIS list 

server at https://lists.epa.gov/read/ 

all_forums/. The EMPM scheduled for 

October 2013 was canceled due to the 

government shutdown. As a 

consequence, EPA will use the October 

2013 agenda at the March 24, 2014 

meeting with the addition of a 

presentation on PRZM–GW model 

implementation and evaluation due to 

extensive stakeholder interest. 

III. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

You may submit a request to 

participate in this meeting to the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Do not submit any information 

in your request that is considered CBI. 

Requests to participate in the meeting, 

identified by docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2009–0879, must be received 

on or before March 7, 2014. 


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IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting 

1. Estimating the magnitude of 

pesticide effects on avian reproductive 

success: Markov chain nest productivity 

model (MCnest). 

2. The Surface Water Concentration 

Calculator. 

3. Development of a conceptual model 

for estimating aquatic exposure from the 

use of pesticides on rice using the 

Pesticide Flooded Application Model. 

4. Evaluation of NAFTA kinetics 

guidance. 

5. Comparison of multiple spray drift 

deposition data sets. 

6. Guidance on modeling offsite 

deposition of pesticides via spray drift. 

7. Use of the OECD ENASGIPS tool in 

U.S. settings. 

8. A better sorption model for 

predicting pesticide behavior. 

9. The significance of time-dependent 

sorption on leaching potential: A 

comparison of measured field results 

and modeled estimates. 

10. Evaluation of PRZM–GW using 

long-term ground water monitoring 

data. 

11. Comparing ground water 

models—why are there differences? 

12. Modeling pesticide fate and 

transport through flowing water bodies 

for endangered species assessment in 

the California Central Valley. 

13. Spatial Aquatic Model (SAM) 

pilot project update. 

14. EPA PRZM–GW Evaluation. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Endangered species assessment, 

Exposure modeling, Groundwater, 

Leaching, Pesticide exposure 

assessment, Pesticide monitoring, Spray 

drift. 

Dated: February 3, 2014. 

Donald J. Brady, 

Director, Environmental Fate and Effects 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04103 Filed 2–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9907–15–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

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

(‘‘CAA’’), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree to address a 

lawsuit filed by Air Alliance Houston, 

Community In-Power and Development 

Association, Inc., Louisiana Bucket 

Brigade and Texas Environmental 

Justice Advocacy Services (‘‘Plaintiffs’’), 

in the United States District Court for 

the District of Columbia: Air Alliance 

Houston, et al. v. McCarthy, No. 1:13– 

cv–00621–KBJ (D.D.C.). On May 1, 2013, 

Plaintiffs filed a complaint that EPA 

failed to perform nondiscretionary 

duties to review, and, if necessary, 

revise the emission factors for volatile 

organic compounds (‘‘VOC’’), carbon 

monoxide (‘‘CO’’), and nitrogen oxides 

(‘‘NOX’’) for flares, liquid storage tanks 

(‘‘tanks’’) and wastewater collection, 

treatment and storage systems 

(‘‘wastewater treatment systems’’) at 

least once every three years. The 

consent decree would require EPA to 

propose action by August 19, 2014, and 

take final action by December 19, 2014. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by March 27, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2014–0168, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; mailed 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: 

Susan Stahle, Air and Radiation Law 

Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–1272; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

email address: stahle.susan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

settle Plaintiffs’ claims in a deadline 

suit alleging EPA failed to perform 

nondiscretionary duties pursuant to 

section 130 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 7430, 

to review, and, if necessary, revise the 

emission factors for VOC, CO, and NOX

for flares, tanks and wastewater 

treatment systems at least once every 

three years. The proposed consent 

decree would require EPA, by August 

19, 2014, to review and either propose 

revisions to the VOC, CO and NOX

emission factors for flares, tanks and 

wastewater treatment systems under 

CAA section 130, or propose a 

determination under CAA section 130 

that revision of these emission factors is 

not necessary. The proposed consent 

decree would also require EPA, by 

December 19, 2014, to issue final 

revisions to the VOC, CO and NOX

emission factors for flares, tanks and 

wastewater treatment systems under 

CAA section 130, or issue a final 

determination under CAA section 130 

that revision of these emission factors 

for flares is not necessary. EPA will post 

each proposed revision or determination 

(or combination thereof), and each final 

revision or determination (or 

combination thereof), on its AP–42 Web 

site (located at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/

chief/ap42/) on the dates indicated 

above. In addition, EPA will provide a 

copy of each such action to Plaintiffs’ 

counsel within seven days of posting. 

Under the proposed consent decree, 

once EPA has met these obligations, and 

any claims by Plaintiffs for costs of 

litigation have been resolved pursuant 

to the process provided in the proposed 

consent decree, the court would dismiss 

the suit with prejudice. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will receive written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who were 

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 

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 the consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

Direct your comments to the official 

public docket for this action under 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2014– 

0168 which contains a copy of the 

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 


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