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10Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 

1074.105 provides: 

(a) The Administrator will grant the authorization 

if California determines that its standards will be, 

in the aggregate, at least as protective of public 

health and welfare as otherwise applicable federal 

standards. 

(b) The authorization will not be granted if the 

Administrator finds that any of the following are 

true: 

(1) California’s determination is arbitrary and 

capricious. 

(2) California does not need such standards to 

meet compelling and extraordinary conditions. 

(3) The California standards and accompanying 

enforcement procedures are not consistent with 

section 209 of the Act. 

(c) In considering any request from California to 

authorize the state to adopt or enforce standards or 

other requirements relating to the control of 

emissions from new nonroad spark-ignition engines 

smaller than 50 horsepower, the Administrator will 

give appropriate consideration to safety factors 

(including the potential increased risk of burn or 

fire) associated with compliance with the California 

standard. 

11See 59 FR 36969 (July 20, 1994). 

adopting or attempting to enforce any 

standard or other requirement relating 

to the control of emissions for certain 

new nonroad engines or vehicles. 

Section 209(e)(2) requires the 

Administrator, after notice and 

opportunity for public hearing, to 

authorize California to enforce 

standards and other requirements 

relating to the control of emissions from 

new engines not listed under section 

209(e)(1), if certain criteria are met. EPA 

has promulgated regulations 

implementing these provisions at 40 

CFR part 1074. These regulations set 

forth the criteria that EPA must consider 

before granting California authorization 

to enforce its new nonroad emission 

standards.10 As stated in the preamble 

to the section 209(e) rule, EPA has 

historically interpreted the section 

209(e)(2)(iii) ‘‘consistency’’ inquiry to 

require, at minimum, that California 

standards and enforcement procedures 

be consistent with section 209(a), 

section 209(e)(1), and section 

209(b)(1)(C) (as EPA has interpreted that 

subsection in the context of section 

209(b) motor vehicle waivers).11

In order to be consistent with section 

209(a), California’s nonroad standards 

and enforcement procedures must not 

apply to new motor vehicles or new 

motor vehicle engines. To be consistent 

with section 209(e)(1), California’s 

nonroad standards and enforcement 

procedures must not attempt to regulate 

engine categories that are permanently 

preempted from state regulation. To 

determine consistency with section 

209(b)(1)(C), EPA typically reviews 

nonroad authorization requests under 

the same ‘‘consistency’’ criteria that are 

applied to motor vehicle waiver 

requests. Pursuant to section 

209(b)(1)(C), the Administrator shall not 

grant California a motor vehicle waiver 

if she finds that California ‘‘standards 

and accompanying enforcement 

procedures are not consistent with 

section 202(a)’’ of the Act. Previous 

decisions granting waivers and 

authorizations have noted that state 

standards and enforcement procedures 

are inconsistent with section 202(a) if: 

(1) There is inadequate lead time to 

permit the development of the necessary 

technology giving appropriate 

consideration to the cost of compliance 

within that time, or (2) the federal and 

state testing procedures impose 

inconsistent certification requirements. 

III. EPA’s Request for Comments 

As stated above, EPA is offering the 

opportunity for a public hearing, and 

requesting written comment on issues 

relevant to a full section 209(e) 

authorization analysis. Specifically, we 

request comment on: (a) Whether 

CARB’s determination that its 

standards, in the aggregate, are at least 

as protective of public health and 

welfare as applicable federal standards 

is arbitrary and capricious, (b) whether 

California needs such standards to meet 

compelling and extraordinary 

conditions, and (c) whether California’s 

standards and accompanying 

enforcement procedures are consistent 

with section 209 of the Act. 

IV. Procedures for Public Participation 

If a hearing is held, the Agency will 

make a verbatim record of the 

proceedings. Interested parties may 

arrange with the reporter at the hearing 

to obtain a copy of the transcript at their 

own expense. Regardless of whether a 

public hearing is held, EPA will keep 

the record open until August 22, 2011. 

Upon expiration of the comment period, 

the Administrator will render a decision 

on CARB’s request based on the record 

from the public hearing, if any, all 

relevant written submissions, and other 

information that she deems pertinent. 

All information will be available for 

inspection at the EPA Air Docket No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0549. 

Persons with comments containing 

proprietary information must 

distinguish such information from other 

comments to the greatest extent possible 

and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business 

Information’’ (‘‘CBI’’). If a person 

making comments wants EPA to base its 

decision on a submission labeled as CBI, 

then a non-confidential version of the 

document that summarizes the key data 

or information should be submitted to 

the public docket. To ensure that 

proprietary information is not 

inadvertently placed in the public 

docket, submissions containing such 

information should be sent directly to 

the contact person listed above and not 

to the public docket. Information 

covered by a claim of confidentiality 

will be disclosed by EPA only to the 

extent allowed, and according to the 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 

If no claim of confidentiality 

accompanies the submission when EPA 

receives it, EPA will make it available 

to the public without further notice to 

the person making comments. 

Dated: June 24, 2011. 

Margo T. Oge, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

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AGENCY 

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California State Nonroad Engine 

Pollution Control Standards; OceanGoing Vessels At-Berth in California 

Ports; Opportunity for Public Hearing 

and Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of opportunity for public 

hearing and comment. 

SUMMARY: The California Air Resources 

Board (CARB) has notified EPA that it 

has adopted airborne toxic control 

measures for auxiliary diesel engines 

operated on ocean-going vessels at-berth 

in California ports (‘‘At-Berth 

Regulation’’). The At-Berth Regulation is 

designed to reduce emissions of oxides 

of nitrogen and particulate matter from 

auxiliary diesel engines on container 

vessels, passenger vessels and 

refrigerated cargo vessels while they are 

docked at specified California ports. 

CARB has requested that EPA grant a 

new full authorization pursuant to 

Clean Air Act section 209(e) for this 

regulation. This notice announces that 

EPA has tentatively scheduled a public 

hearing to consider California’s At-Berth 

Regulation, and that EPA is now 

accepting written comment on the 

request. 

DATES: EPA has tentatively scheduled a 

public hearing concerning CARB’s 

request on July 21, 2011, at 10 a.m. EST. 

EPA will hold a hearing only if any 

party notifies EPA by July 15, 2011, 

expressing its interest in presenting oral 

testimony. Parties wishing to present 

oral testimony at the public hearing 

should provide written notice to 

Kristien Knapp at the e-mail address 

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1California Air Resources Board (‘‘CARB’’), 

‘‘Request for Authorization,’’ August 2, 2010, EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2011–0548–0001. 

2CARB Attachment #4, ‘‘Resolution 07–57,’’ 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548–0006. 

3CARB Attachment #6, ‘‘Executive Order R–08– 

013,’’ EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548–0008. 

4CARB Attachment #8, ‘‘Final Regulation Order 

for title 13, CCR section 2299.3,’’ EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2011–0548–0010; CARB Attachment #9, ‘‘Final 

Regulation Order for title 17, CCR section 93118.3,’’ 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548–0011. 

5The following vessels are exempt from the AtBerth Regulation: ocean going vessel voyages 

consisting of continuous and expeditious 

navigation (i.e., traversing Regulated California 

Waters without entering California internal 

estuarine waters or calling at a port); vessels owned 

noted below. If EPA receives a request 

for a public hearing, that hearing will be 

held at 1310 L Street, NW., Washington, 

DC 20005. If EPA does not receive a 

request for a public hearing, then EPA 

will not hold a hearing, and instead 

consider CARB’s request based on 

written submissions to the docket. Any 

party may submit written comments 

until August 22, 2011. 

By July 20, 2011, any person who 

plans to attend the hearing may call 

Ryan G. Rudich at (202) 343–9188, to 

learn if a hearing will be held. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0548, by one of the 

following methods: 

• On-Line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov: Follow the OnLine Instructions for Submitting 

Comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741. 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket, 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0548, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Please include a 

total of two copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

Public Reading Room, EPA West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

On-Line Instructions for Submitting 

Comments: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0548. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

we receive will be included in the 

public docket without change and 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 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 automatically be 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 homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

EPA will make available for public 

inspection materials submitted by 

CARB, written comments received from 

any interested parties, and any 

testimony given at the public hearing. 

Materials relevant to this proceeding are 

contained in the Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, 

maintained in Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0548. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either 

electronically through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, EPA West 

Building, Room 3334, located at 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The Public Reading Room is open 

to the public on all federal government 

work days from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; 

generally, it is open Monday through 

Friday, excluding holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is (202) 566–1744. The Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center’s Web site is http://www.epa.gov/ 

oar/docket.html. The electronic mail (email) address for the Air and Radiation 

Docket is: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, the 

telephone number is (202) 566–1742, 

and the fax number is (202) 566–9744. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through the federal 

government’s electronic public docket 

and comment system. You may access 

EPA dockets at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. After opening the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site, 

enter EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548, in the 

‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ fill-in box to 

view documents in the record. Although 

a part of the official docket, the public 

docket does not include Confidential 

Business Information (‘‘CBI’’) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

EPA’s Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality also maintains a webpage 

that contains general information on its 

review of California waiver requests. 

Included on that page are links to prior 

waiver and authorization Federal 

Register notices; the page can be 

accessed at http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

cafr.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristien G. Knapp, Attorney-Advisor, 

Compliance and Innovative Strategies 

Division, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue (6405J), NW., Washington, DC 

20460. Telephone: (202) 343–9949. Fax: 

(202) 343–2804. E-mail: 

knapp.kristien@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. California’s At-Berth Regulation 

By letter dated August 2, 2010, CARB 

submitted to EPA its request pursuant to 

section 209(e) of the Clean Air Act 

(‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’), regarding its 

regulations to enforce its airborne toxic 

control measures (ATCM) for auxiliary 

diesel engines operated on ocean-going 

vessels at-berth in California ports (‘‘AtBerth Regulation’’).1 The At-Berth 

Regulation is designed to significantly 

reduce emissions of diesel particulate 

matter (PM), which is a CARB-identified 

toxic air contaminant, oxides of nitrogen 

(NOX), and carbon dioxide (CO2), a 

greenhouse gas. These reductions will 

assist California in meeting federal and 

state ambient air quality standards for 

the South Coast and San Joaquin Valley 

air basins for ozone and fine particulate 

matter (PM2.5). CARB approved the AtBerth Regulation at a public hearing on 

December 6, 2007 (by Resolution 07– 

57).2 After making modifications to the 

regulation available on August 22, 2008 

for supplemental public comment, 

CARB’s Executive Officer formally 

adopted the At-Berth Regulation in 

Executive Order R–08–013 on October 

16, 2008.3 The At-Berth Regulation is 

codified in title 13, California Code of 

Regulations, section 2299.3, and title 17, 

California Code of Regulations, section 

93118.3.4

CARB’s At-Berth Regulation contains 

requirements that apply, with limited 

exceptions,5 to any person who owns, 

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or operated by local, state, federal, or foreign 

governments in government non-commercial 

services; steamships; auxiliary engines using 

natural gas; and fleets composed solely of container 

or refrigerated cargo vessels making fewer than 

twenty-five (25) visits to the same California port 

in a Calendar year or fleets composed solely of 

passenger vessels making fewer than five (5) visits 

to the same California port in a calendar year. 

Exemptions also exist for emergency events and 

hotelling required by a federal agency. Title 17, 

California Code of Regulations (CCR), section 

93118.3(b)(3), CARB Attachment #9, ‘‘Final 

Regulation Order for title 17, CCR section 93118.3,’’ 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548–0011. 

6The At-Berth Regulation applies to vessels 

docked at six California ports: the Port of Hueneme, 

the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of Long Beach, the 

Port of Oakland, the Port of San Diego, and the Port 

of San Francisco. 

7 ‘‘Fleet’’ means ‘‘all container, passenger, and 

refrigerated cargo vessels, visiting a specific 

California port, which are owned and operated by, 

or otherwise under the direct control, of the same 

Person * * * For purposes of this section, a person 

shall be deemed to have separate fleets for each 

California port visited and each fleet is composed 

of one type of vessel.’’ Title 17, CCR section 

93118.3(c)(16). See also CARB, ‘‘Authorization 

Support Document,’’ EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548– 

0002. 

8 ‘‘Shore power’’ is defined as ‘‘electrical power 

being provided by either the local utility or by 

distributed generation.’’ CARB Attachment 9, 

‘‘Final Regulation Order for title 17, CCR section 

93118.3,’’ EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548–0011. 

9CARB, ‘‘Authorization Support Document,’’ 

August 2, 2010, EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548–0002. 

10Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 

1074.105 provides: 

(a) The Administrator will grant the authorization 

if California determines that its standards will be, 

in the aggregate, at least as protective of public 

health and welfare as otherwise applicable federal 

standards. 

(b) The authorization will not be granted if the 

Administrator finds that any of the following are 

true: 

(1) California’s determination is arbitrary and 

capricious. 

(2) California does not need such standards to 

meet compelling and extraordinary conditions. 

(3) The California standards and accompanying 

enforcement procedures are not consistent with 

section 209 of the Act. 

(c) In considering any request from California to 

authorize the state to adopt or enforce standards or 

other requirements relating to the control of 

emissions from new nonroad spark-ignition engines 

smaller than 50 horsepower, the Administrator will 

give appropriate consideration to safety factors 

(including the potential increased risk of burn or 

fire) associated with compliance with the California 

standard. 

11See 59 FR 36969 (July 20, 1994). 

operates, charters, rents or leases any 

container vessel, passenger vessel, or 

refrigerated cargo vessel that visits any 

of six specified California ports.6 It also 

contains requirements that affect any 

person who owns or operates those 

ports or terminals located at them. 

The At-Berth Regulation requires 

fleets of container vessels, passenger 

vessels and refrigerated cargo vessels to 

either: (1) Limit the amount of time they 

operate their auxiliary diesel engines by 

connecting to shore power for most of 

a vessel’s stay at port (‘‘Shore Power 

Option’’); or (2) achieve equivalent 

emission reductions by employing other 

emission control techniques 

(‘‘Equivalent Emission Reduction 

Option’’).7 Fleet operators that elect the 

Shore Power Option are required to 

obtain the power that would otherwise 

be provided by a vessel’s auxiliary 

engines by connecting to shore power 

for a percentage of the fleet’s annual 

port visits.8 The required percentage of 

shore power connected port visits 

increases over the life of the regulation. 

Specifically, fifty percent of a fleet’s 

total visits must be connected to shore 

power by 2014, followed by seventy 

percent by 2017, and eighty percent by 

2020. Additionally, if a vessel is 

equipped to connect to shore power and 

it visits a berth equipped to provide 

compatible power, the vessel must use 

the shore power provided. 

Fleet operators that elect the 

Equivalent Emission Reduction Option 

must reduce their fleet’s auxiliary 

engine emissions by specific amounts 

below the fleet’s baseline emissions by 

specific dates.9 This option requires that 

a fleet achieve a ten percent reduction 

from the fleet’s baseline emissions by 

2010, a twenty-five percent reduction by 

2012, a fifty percent reduction by 2014, 

a seventy percent reduction by 2017, 

and an eighty percent reduction by 

2020. Emission reductions can be 

achieved by: (1) Using grid-based shore 

power; (2) using distributed generation 

equipment to provide power to the 

vessel; (3) using alternative emission 

controls onboard a vessel or at the berth; 

or (4) using a combination of these 

techniques. Fleets that achieve 

reductions of emissions of oxides of 

nitrogen or particulate matter in excess 

of the prescribed reductions receive 

fleet emission credits that can be used 

to comply with emission reduction 

requirements in subsequent years. 

The At-Berth Regulation also requires 

operators of terminals that received 

more than fifty vessel visits in 2008 to 

submit terminal plans identifying how 

the terminals would be upgraded to 

accommodate vessels under the two 

compliance options and including a 

schedule for implementing the needed 

infrastructure improvements. They are 

required to submit plan updates at a 

frequency dependent upon the 

compliance option selected by the 

vessel fleet owner or operator and the 

terminals. 

II. Clean Air Act Nonroad Engine and 

Vehicle Authorizations 

Section 209(e)(1) of the Act 

permanently preempts any State, or 

political subdivision thereof, from 

adopting or attempting to enforce any 

standard or other requirement relating 

to the control of emissions for certain 

new nonroad engines or vehicles. 

Section 209(e)(2) requires the 

Administrator, after notice and 

opportunity for public hearing, to 

authorize California to enforce 

standards and other requirements 

relating to the control of emissions from 

new engines not listed under section 

209(e)(1), if certain criteria are met. EPA 

has promulgated regulations 

implementing these provisions at 40 

CFR part 1074. These regulations set 

forth the criteria that EPA must consider 

before granting California authorization 

to enforce its new nonroad emission 

standards.10

As stated in the preamble to the 

section 209(e) rule, EPA has historically 

interpreted the section 209(e)(2)(iii) 

‘‘consistency’’ inquiry to require, at 

minimum, that California standards and 

enforcement procedures be consistent 

with section 209(a), section 209(e)(1), 

and section 209(b)(1)(C) (as EPA has 

interpreted that subsection in the 

context of section 209(b) motor vehicle 

waivers).11

In order to be consistent with section 

209(a), California’s nonroad standards 

and enforcement procedures must not 

apply to new motor vehicles or new 

motor vehicle engines. To be consistent 

with section 209(e)(1), California’s 

nonroad standards and enforcement 

procedures must not attempt to regulate 

engine categories that are permanently 

preempted from state regulation. To 

determine consistency with section 

209(b)(1)(C), EPA typically reviews 

nonroad authorization requests under 

the same ‘‘consistency’’ criteria that are 

applied to motor vehicle waiver 

requests. Pursuant to section 

209(b)(1)(C), the Administrator shall not 

grant California a motor vehicle waiver 

if she finds that California ‘‘standards 

and accompanying enforcement 

procedures are not consistent with 

section 202(a)’’ of the Act. Previous 

decisions granting waivers and 

authorizations have noted that state 

standards and enforcement procedures 

are inconsistent with section 202(a) if: 

(1) There is inadequate lead time to 

permit the development of the necessary 

technology giving appropriate 

consideration to the cost of compliance 

within that time, or (2) the federal and 

state testing procedures impose 

inconsistent certification requirements. 

III. EPA’s Request for Comments 

As stated above, EPA is offering the 

opportunity for a public hearing, and 

requesting written comment on issues 

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relevant to a full authorization analysis. 

Specifically, we request comment on: (a) 

Whether CARB’s determination that its 

standards, in the aggregate, are at least 

as protective of public health and 

welfare as applicable federal standards 

is arbitrary and capricious, (b) whether 

California needs such standards to meet 

compelling and extraordinary 

conditions, and (c) whether California’s 

standards and accompanying 

enforcement procedures are consistent 

with section 209 of the Act. 

IV. Procedures for Public Participation 

If a hearing is held, the Agency will 

make a verbatim record of the 

proceedings. Interested parties may 

arrange with the reporter at the hearing 

to obtain a copy of the transcript at their 

own expense. Regardless of whether a 

public hearing is held, EPA will keep 

the record open until August 22, 2011. 

Upon expiration of the comment period, 

the Administrator will render a decision 

on CARB’s request based on the record 

from the public hearing, if any, all 

relevant written submissions, and other 

information that she deems pertinent. 

All information will be available for 

inspection at the EPA Air Docket No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0548. 

Persons with comments containing 

proprietary information must 

distinguish such information from other 

comments to the greatest extent possible 

and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business 

Information’’ (‘‘CBI’’). If a person 

making comments wants EPA to base its 

decision on a submission labeled as CBI, 

then a non-confidential version of the 

document that summarizes the key data 

or information should be submitted to 

the public docket. To ensure that 

proprietary information is not 

inadvertently placed in the public 

docket, submissions containing such 

information should be sent directly to 

the contact person listed above and not 

to the public docket. Information 

covered by a claim of confidentiality 

will be disclosed by EPA only to the 

extent allowed, and according to the 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 

If no claim of confidentiality 

accompanies the submission when EPA 

receives it, EPA will make it available 

to the public without further notice to 

the person making comments. 

Dated: June 24, 2011. 

Margo Tsirigotis Oge, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9425–8] 

Meeting of the National Drinking Water 

Advisory Council; Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under Section 10(a)(2) of 

Public Law 92–423, ‘‘The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act,’’ notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council (NDWAC), established under 

the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). The 

Council will consider various issues 

associated with drinking water 

protection and public water systems 

including nutrient pollution and 

impacts to drinking water supplies. The 

Council will also receive updates about 

several on-going drinking water program 

activities including rulemakings related 

to the Total Coliform Rule and the Lead 

and Copper Rule. 

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held on July 21, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m., and July 22, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 2 p.m., Pacific Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region 9 Office, 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who would like 

to attend the meeting, present an oral 

statement, or submit a written 

statement, should contact Suzanne 

Kelly, by e-mail, 

Kelly.Suzanne@epa.gov, by phone, 202– 

564–3887, or by regular mail at the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water (MC 4601M), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

Council encourages the public’s input 

and will allocate one hour (3:30 p.m.– 

4:30 p.m.) on July 21, 2011, for this 

purpose. Oral statements will be limited 

to five minutes. It is preferred that only 

one person present the statement on 

behalf of a group or organization. To 

ensure adequate time for public 

involvement, individuals or 

organizations interested in presenting 

an oral statement should notify Suzanne 

Kelly by telephone at 202–564–3887 no 

later than July 14, 2011. Any person 

who wishes to file a written statement 

can do so before or after a Council 

meeting. Written statements received by 

July 11, 2011 will be distributed to all 

members of the Council before any final 

discussion or vote is completed. Any 

statements received July 12, 2011, or 

after the meeting will become part of the 

permanent meeting file and will be 

forwarded to the Council members for 

their information. Members of the 

public will have to show photo 

identification to enter the building. 

Attendees are encouraged to arrive at 

least 15 minutes prior to the start of the 

meeting to allow sufficient time for 

security screening. 

Special Accommodations 

For information on access or services 

for individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Suzanne Kelly at 202–564–3887 

or by e-mail at Kelly.Suzanne@epa.gov. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Suzanne Kelly, 

preferably, at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: June 23, 2011. 

Ronald W. Bergman, 

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0082; FRL–8871–1] 

Withdrawal of Pesticide Petitions for 

Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or 

on Various Commodities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of 

pesticide petitions. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

withdrawal of several pesticide 

petitions requesting the establishment 

or modification of regulations. The 

petitions were withdrawn voluntarily 

and without prejudice to future filing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

contact person, with telephone number 

and e-mail address, is listed at the end 

of each pesticide petition summary. You 

may also reach each contact person by 

mail at: Registration Division (7505P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

Although this action only applies to 

the petitioners in question, it is directed 

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