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chloropicrin plus metam (sodium or 

potassium) or allyl isothiocyanate 

(DominusTM) used in place of metam in 

states other than California, dimethyl 

disulfide (DMDS), and steam. 

Applications should address 

regulatory and economic implications 

for growers and your region’s 

production of these crops using these 

alternatives, including the costs to 

retrofit equipment and the differential 

impact of buffers for methyl bromide 

plus chloropicrin compared to the 

alternatives. For the economic 

assessment, applicants should provide 

the following: Price per pound of 

fumigant gas used (for both methyl 

bromide and alternatives) from the most 

recent use season; application rates; 

value of the crop being produced; 

differences in labor inputs (i.e., hours 

and wages); and any differences in 

equipment costs or time needed to 

operate equipment associated with 

alternatives. Applicants should also 

address their efforts to secure and use 

stockpiled methyl bromide. 

Golf Courses 

EPA has not found that a significant 

market disruption would occur in the 

golf industry in the absence of methyl 

bromide. To support a nomination, 

applicants should address potential 

changes to quality when converting to 

alternatives, including: Basamid, 

chloropicrin, 1,3-dichloropene, 1,3- 

dichloropene plus chloropicrin, metam 

sodium, or allyl isothiocyanate 

(DominusTM), and steam. Non-fumigant 

alternatives currently in use (e.g., 

additional pesticides, fertilizers, 

different cultural practices, and 

increased management) should also be 

described. 

Applications should address 

regulatory and economic implications 

for growers using these alternatives, 

including the costs to retrofit equipment 

and the differential impact of buffers for 

methyl bromide compared to the 

alternatives. For the economic 

assessment, applicants should provide 

the following: Price per pound of 

fumigant gas used (both methyl bromide 

and alternatives) from the most recent 

use season; application rates; economic 

impact for the golf course from a 

transition to alternatives (e.g., downtime 

when resurfacing, years between 

fumigations); differences in labor inputs 

(i.e., hours and wages); and any 

differences in equipment costs or time 

needed to operate equipment associated 

with alternatives. Supporting evidence 

could be included that would 

demonstrate that alternatives lead to 

more frequent resurfacing and therefore, 

greater adverse economic impacts. 

Applicants should also address their 

efforts to secure and use stockpiled 

methyl bromide. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7601, 7671– 

7671q. 

Dated: June 23, 2015. 

Sarah Dunham, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9929–87–OA] 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee Augmented for 

the Review of EPA’s Draft 

Benzo[a]pyrene Assessment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces two public teleconferences 

of the SAB Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee Augmented for the 

Review of the Draft Benzo[a]pyrene 

Assessment (CAAC-Benzo[a]pyrene 

Panel) to discuss its draft report 

concerning EPA’s draft Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) Toxicological 

Review of Benzo[a]pyrene (September, 

2014 External Review Draft). 

DATES: The public teleconferences will 

be held on Friday August 21, 2015 and 

Wednesday September 2, 2015. The 

teleconferences will be held from 1:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on both 

days. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information concerning the 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Diana 

Wong, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 564–2049; or via 

email at wong.diana-M@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

Science Advisory Board can be found at 

the EPA SAB Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA) codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB CAAC—Benzo[a]pyrene 

Panel will hold public teleconferences 

to discuss its draft report regarding the 

draft IRIS Toxicological Review of 

Benzo[a]pyrene (September 2014 

External Review Draft). The EPA SAB 

Staff Office augmented the SAB CAAC 

with subject matter experts to provide 

advice through the chartered SAB 

regarding this IRIS assessment. 

The SAB CAAC—Benzo[a]pyrene 

Panel held a public meeting on April 

15–17, 2015. The purpose of that 

meeting was to develop responses to the 

peer review charge on the agency’s draft 

IRIS Toxicological Review of 

Benzo[a]pyrene (September 2014 

External Review Draft). The purpose of 

these public teleconferences is for the 

Panel to discuss its draft report peer 

reviewing the agency’s draft 

toxicological review. The two public 

teleconferences will be conducted as 

one complete meeting, beginning on 

August 21, 2015 and if necessary, will 

continue on September 2, 2015. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Additional background on this SAB 

activity, the teleconference agenda, draft 

report, and other materials for the 

teleconferences will be posted on the 

SAB Web site at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/IRIS%20BaP?Open

Document 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to the EPA. 

Members of the public can submit 

relevant comments pertaining to the 

meeting materials or the group 

conducting this SAB activity. Input 

from the public to the SAB will have the 

most impact if it consists of comments 

that provide specific scientific or 

technical information or analysis for 

SAB committees and panels to consider 

or if it relates to the clarity or accuracy 

of the technical information. Members 


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1The Clean Water Act defines the term ‘‘state’’ to 

mean the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 

specific territories including Guam, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands. 

of the public wishing to provide 

comment should contact the DFO 

directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation on a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes per 

speaker. Interested parties wishing to 

provide comments should contact Dr. 

Diana Wong, DFO (preferably via email), 

at the contact information noted above, 

by August 14, 2015 to be placed on the 

list of public speakers for the 

teleconference. Written Statements: 

Written statements for these 

teleconferences should be received in 

the SAB Staff Office by the same 

deadlines given above for requesting 

oral comments. Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO via 

email. It is the SAB Staff Office general 

policy to post written comments on the 

Web page for the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the SAB Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Diana 

Wong at (202) 564–2049 or wong.dianaM@epa.gov. To request accommodation 

of a disability, please contact Dr. Wong 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

teleconferences, to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Dated: June 24, 2015. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–16197 Filed 6–30–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0465; FRL–9930–00– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Water 

Quality Standards Regulation 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Water Quality Standards Regulation 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 0988.12, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0049) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through December 

31, 2015. An Agency may not conduct 

or sponsor and a person is not required 

to respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 31, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2011–0465, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to ow-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tangela Cooper, Office of Water, Office 

of Science and Technology, Standards 

and Health Protection Division, (4305T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

0369; fax number: 202–566–0409; email 

address: cooper.tangela@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Water quality standards are 

provisions of state,1 tribal, and federal 

law that consist of designated uses for 

waters of the United States, water 

quality criteria to protect the designated 

uses, and an antidegradation policy. 

Section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act 

requires states and authorized tribes to 

establish water quality standards, and to 

review and, if appropriate, revise their 

water quality standards once every three 

years. The Act also requires EPA to 

review and either approve or disapprove 

the new or revised standards, and to 

promulgate replacement federal 

standards if necessary. Section 118(c)(2) 

of the Act specifies additional water 

quality standards requirements for 

waters of the Great Lakes system. 

The Water Quality Standards 

regulation (40 CFR part 131 and 

portions of part 132) governs national 

implementation of the water quality 

standards program. The regulation 

describes requirements and procedures 

for states and authorized tribes to 

develop, review, and revise their water 

quality standards, and EPA procedures 

for reviewing and approving the water 

quality standards. The regulation 

requires the development and 

submission of information to EPA, 

including: 

—The minimum elements in water 

quality standards that each state or 

tribe must submit to EPA for review, 

including any new or revised water 


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