40100 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 133 / Friday, July 11, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: June 27, 2014. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16306 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9015–8] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 06/30/2014 through 07/03/2014 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20140186, Final EIS, USFS, NM, 

Valles Caldera National Preserve— 

Landscape Restoration and 

Stewardship Plan, Review Period 

Ends: 08/11/2014, Contact: Marie 

Rodriguez 505–661–3333. 

EIS No. 20140187, Second Final 

Supplement, USACE, WA, Grays 

Harbor Navigation Improvement 

Project, Review Period Ends: 08/11/

2014, Contact: Leah Wickstrom 206– 

764–3652. 

EIS No. 20140188, Final EIS, NPS, FL, 

Canaveral National Seashore Final 

General Management Plan, Review 

Period Ends: 08/11/2014, Contact: 

Chris Church 303–969–2276. 

EIS No. 20140189, Draft EIS, USFS, CO, 

Middle Bald Mountain Area 

Communication Site, Comment 

Period Ends: 08/25/2014, Contact: 

Carol Kruse 970–295–6663. 

EIS No. 20140190, Revised Draft EIS, 

USFS, 00, Greater Sage Grouse BiState Distinct Population Segment 

Forest Plan Amendment, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/09/2014, Contact: 

James Winfrey 775–355–5308. 

Dated: July 8, 2014. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance 

Division, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16245 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board Panel for the Review 

of the EPA Water Body Connectivity 

Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two 

public teleconferences of the SAB Panel 

to provide comments to the chartered 

SAB on the adequacy of the scientific 

and technical basis of the proposed rule 

titled Definition of Waters of the United 

States under the Clean Water Act. 

DATES: The SAB Panel for the Review of 

the EPA Water Body Connectivity 

Report will conduct public 

teleconferences on August 20, 2014 and 

August 21, 2014. Each of the 

teleconferences will begin at 1:00 p.m. 

and end at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

SAB as well as any updates concerning 

the teleconferences announced in this 

notice may be found on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), 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 Panel for the Review of the 

EPA Water Body Connectivity Report 

will hold two public teleconferences to 

provide comments to the chartered SAB 

on adequacy of the scientific and 

technical basis of the proposed rule 

titled Definition of Waters of the United 

States under the Clean Water Act. This 

proposed rule was published by the 

EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers on April 21, 2014 (79 FR 

22188). 

Background: The SAB Panel for the 

Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report was established to 

conduct a peer review of the EPA draft 

report titled Connectivity of Streams 

and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A 

Review and Synthesis of the Scientific 

Evidence (September, 2013 External 

Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/098B). The 

report was written to inform 

development of a rule proposed by the 

EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers to clarify the definition of 

waters of the United States under the 

Clean Water Act (79 FR 22188). The 

Panel was charged with reviewing the 

overall clarity and technical accuracy of 

the EPA draft report, whether it 

included and correctly summarized the 

most relevant peer-reviewed scientific 

literature, and whether the findings and 

conclusions were supported by the 

available science. To conduct the peer 

review, the Panel held a face-to-face 

meeting on December 16–18, 2013 

[Federal Register Notice dated 

September 24, 2013 (78 FR 58536)], 

public teleconferences on April 28 and 

May 2, 2014 [Federal Register Notice 

dated April 1, 2014 (79 FR 18293)], and 

a public teleconference on June 19, 2014 

[Federal Register Notice dated May 23, 

2014 (79 FR 29760)]. Information about 

this activity may be found at http://

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

fedrgstr_activites/

Watershed%20Connectivity

%20Report?OpenDocument. 

The ERDDAA requires the EPA to 

make available to the SAB proposed 

criteria documents, standards, 

limitations, or regulations provided to 

any other federal agency for formal 

review and comment together with the 

relevant scientific and technical 

information on which the proposed 

action is based. The SAB may then 

make available to the Administrator its 

advice and comments on the adequacy 

of the scientific and technical basis of 

the proposed actions. The purpose of 

the upcoming teleconferences is for the 

SAB Panel to develop comments to the 

chartered SAB on the adequacy of the 

scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule cited above. Comments 

from the Panel will inform a letter to the 

EPA Administrator, to be prepared by 

the chartered SAB, on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

of the United States under the Clean 


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