Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 52 / Thursday, March 18, 2010 / Notices 13127 

Dated: March 11, 2010. 

G. Jeffrey Herndon, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5957 Filed 3–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R07–OPPT–2010–0155; FRL–9128–4] 

Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair 

and Painting Activities in Target 

Housing and Child Occupied Facilities; 

State of Iowa. Notice of SelfCertification Program Authorization, 

Request for Public Comment, 

Opportunity for Public Hearing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; program authorization, 

request for comments and opportunity 

for public hearing. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that on 

January 19, 2010, the State of Iowa was 

deemed authorized under section 404(a) 

of the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA), 15 U.S.C. 2684(a), and 40 CFR 

745.324(d)(2), to administer and enforce 

requirements for a renovation, repair 

and painting program in accordance 

with section 402(c)(3) of TSCA, 15 

U.S.C. 2682(c)(3). This notice also 

announces that EPA is seeking comment 

during a 45-day public comment period, 

and is providing an opportunity to 

request a public hearing within the first 

15 days of this comment period, on 

whether Iowa’s program is at least as 

protective as the Federal program and 

provides for adequate enforcement. This 

notice also announces that the 

authorization of the Iowa 402(c)(3) 

program, which was deemed authorized 

by regulation and statute on January 19, 

2010, will continue without further 

notice unless EPA, based on its own 

review and/or comments received 

during the comment period, 

disapproves the Iowa program 

application on or before July 19, 2010. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

control number EPA–R07–OPPT–2010– 

0155, must be received on or before May 

3, 2010. In addition, a public hearing 

request must be submitted on or before 

April 2, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, and requests for 

a public hearing, may be submitted by 

mail, electronically, or in person. Please 

follow the detailed instructions for each 

method as provided in Section I of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure 

proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative 

that you identify docket control number 

EPA–R07–OPPT–2010–0155 in the 

subject line on the first page of your 

response. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Crystal McIntyre, Technical Contact, 

Toxics and Pesticides Branch, Water, 

Wetlands, and Pesticides Division, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 7, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, 

KS 66101, telephone number: (913) 

551–7261; e-mail address: 

mcintyre.crystal@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information 

A. Does This Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, to entities offering Lead Safe 

Renovation courses, and to firms and 

individuals engaged in renovation and 

remodeling activities of pre-1978 

housing in the State of Iowa. Individuals 

and firms falling under the North 

American Industrial Classification 

System (NAICS) codes 231118, 238210, 

238220, 238320, 531120, 531210, 53131, 

e.g., General Building Contractors/ 

Operative Builders, Renovation Firms, 

Individual Contractors, and Special 

Trade Contractors like Carpenters, 

Painters, Drywall workers and 

Plumbers, ‘‘Home Improvement’’ 

Contractors, as well as Property 

Management Firms and some Landlords 

are also affected by these rules. This 

listing is not intended to be exhaustive, 

but rather provides a guide for readers 

regarding entities likely to be affected by 

this action. Other types of entities not 

listed in this notice could also be 

affected. The NAICS codes have been 

provided to assist you and others in 

determining whether this action might 

apply to certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Additional 

Information, Including Copies of this 

Document or Other Related Documents? 

1. Electronically: EPA has established 

an official record for this action under 

docket control number EPA–R07– 

OPPT–2010–0155. This docket may be 

accessed through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The official record 

consists of the documents specifically 

referenced in this action, this notice, the 

State of Iowa 402(c)(3) program 

authorization application, any public 

comments received during an applicable 

comment period, and other information 

related to this action, including any 

information claimed as Confidential 

Business Information (CBI). 

2. In person: You may read this 

document, and certain other related 

documents, by visiting Iowa Department 

of Public Health, 321 E. 12th Street, Des 

Moines, IA 50319–0075; contact person, 

Rita Gergely, telephone number (515) 

242–6340. You may also read this 

document, and certain other related 

documents, by visiting the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 7, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, 

KS 66101. You should arrange your visit 

to the EPA office by contacting the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments through 

the mail, in person, or electronically. To 

ensure proper receipt by EPA, it is 

imperative that you identify docket 

control number EPA–R07–OPPT–2010– 

0155 in the subject line on the first page 

of your response. 

1. By mail or in person or by courier: 

Submit or deliver your comments and 

public hearing requests to: Crystal 

McIntyre, Technical Contact, Toxics and 

Pesticides Branch, Water, Wetlands, and 

Pesticides Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 7, 901 N. 5th 

Street, Kansas City, KS 66101. The 

Regional office is open from 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. 

2. Electronically: You may submit 

your comments and public hearing 

requests electronically by e-mail to: 

mcintyre.crystal@epa.gov or mail your 

computer disk to the address identified 

above. Do not submit any information 

electronically that you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI). 

Electronic comments must be submitted 

as an ASCII file avoiding the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption. Comments and data will 

also be accepted on standard disks in 

Microsoft Word or ASCII file format. 

D. How Should I Handle CBI 

Information That I Want to Submit to 

the Agency? 

Do not submit this information to EPA 

through regulations.gov or e-mail. 

Clearly mark on each page the part or 

all of the information that you claim to 

be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or 

CD–ROM that you mail to EPA, mark 

the outside of the disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA as CBI, and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 


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must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked as 

CBI will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. If you have any questions 

about CBI or the procedures for claiming 

CBI, please consult the technical person 

identified under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. Background 

A. What Action Is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is announcing that on January 

19, 2010, the State of Iowa was deemed 

authorized under section 404(a) of 

TSCA, and 40 CFR 745.324(d)(2), to 

administer and enforce requirements for 

a renovation, repair and painting 

program in accordance with section 

402(c)(3) of TSCA. This notice also 

announces that EPA is seeking comment 

and providing an opportunity to request 

a public hearing on whether the State 

program is at least as protective as the 

Federal program and provides for 

adequate enforcement. The 402(c)(3) 

program ensures that training providers 

are accredited to teach renovation 

classes, that individuals performing 

renovation activities are properly 

trained and certified as renovators, that 

firms are certified as renovation firms, 

and that specific work practices are 

followed during renovation activities. 

On January 19, 2010, Iowa submitted an 

application under section 404 of TSCA 

requesting authorization to administer 

and enforce requirements for a 

renovation, repair and painting program 

in accordance with section 402(c)(3) of 

TSCA, and submitted a self-certification 

that this program is at least as protective 

as the Federal program and provides for 

adequate enforcement. Therefore, 

pursuant to section 404(a) of TSCA, and 

40 CFR 745.324(d)(2), the Iowa 

renovation program is deemed 

authorized as of the date of submission 

and until such time as the Agency 

disapproves the program application or 

withdraws program authorization. 

Pursuant to section 404(b) of TSCA and 

40 CFR 745.324(e)(2), EPA is providing 

notice, opportunity for public comment 

and opportunity for a public hearing on 

whether the State program application 

is at least as protective as the Federal 

program and provides for adequate 

enforcement. If a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will issue a Federal 

Register notice announcing the date, 

time and place of the hearing. The 

authorization of the Iowa 402(c)(3) 

program, which was deemed authorized 

by regulation and statute on January 19, 

2010, will continue without further 

notice unless EPA, based on its own 

review and/or comments received 

during the comment period, 

disapproves the program application on 

or before July 19, 2010. 

B. What Is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking This Action? 

On October 28, 1992, the Housing and 

Community Development Act of 1992, 

Public Law 102–550, became law. Title 

X of that statute was the Residential 

Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act 

of 1992. That Act amended TSCA (15 

U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) by adding Title IV 

(15 U.S.C. 2681–2692), entitled Lead 

Exposure Reduction. In the Federal 

Register dated April 22, 2008 (73 FR 

21692), EPA promulgated final TSCA 

section 402(c)(3) regulations governing 

renovation activities. The regulations 

require that in order to do renovation 

activities for compensation, renovators 

must first be properly trained and 

certified, must be associated with a 

certified renovation firm, and must 

follow specific work practice standards, 

including recordkeeping requirements. 

In addition, the rule prescribes 

requirements for the training and 

certification of dust sampling 

technicians. EPA believes that 

regulation of renovation activities will 

help to reduce the exposures that cause 

serious lead poisonings, especially in 

children under age 6, who are 

particularly susceptible to the hazards 

of lead. 

Under section 404 of TSCA, a state 

may seek authorization from EPA to 

administer and enforce its own 

renovation, repair and painting program 

in lieu of the Federal program. The 

regulation governing the authorization 

of a state program under section 402 of 

TSCA is codified at 40 CFR part 745, 

subpart Q. States that choose to apply 

for program authorization must submit 

a complete application to the 

appropriate regional EPA office for 

review. Those applications will be 

reviewed by EPA within 180 days of 

receipt of the complete application. To 

receive EPA approval, a state must 

demonstrate that its program is at least 

as protective of human health and the 

environment as the Federal program, 

and provides for adequate enforcement, 

as required by section 404(b) of TSCA. 

EPA’s regulations at 40 CFR part 745, 

subpart Q provide the detailed 

requirements a state program must meet 

in order to obtain EPA approval. A state 

may choose to certify that its own 

renovation, repair and painting program 

meets the requirements for EPA 

approval, by submitting a letter signed 

by the Governor or Attorney General 

stating that the program is at least as 

protective of human health and the 

environment as the Federal program and 

provides for adequate enforcement. 

Upon submission of such a certification 

letter the program is deemed authorized 

pursuant to TSCA section 404(a) and 40 

CFR 745.324(d)(2). This authorization 

becomes ineffective, however, if EPA 

disapproves the application or 

withdraws the program authorization. 

III. State Program Description 

Summary 

The following program summary is 

from Iowa’s self-certification 

application: 

Program Summary, State of Iowa, 

Renovation, Repair, and Painting 

Program/Lead-Safe Renovator 

Certification Program. 

The state of Iowa is submitting an 

application to the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) certifying that 

the state’s Renovation, Repair, and 

Painting Program/Lead-Safe Renovator 

Program is as protective as the EPA 

program and is authorized when the 

application is submitted to EPA. The 

Iowa Department of Public Health 

(IDPH) is the lead agency for these 

programs. IDPH currently has EPAauthorized programs for lead-based 

paint activities training and certification 

and pre-renovation notification. 

The rules for the Renovation, Repair, 

and Painting Program/Lead-Safe 

Renovator Program are found in 

641—Chapter 70 of the Iowa 

Administrative Code. The amendments 

to this chapter that contain these 

requirements are effective on January 

13, 2010. These rules already cover all 

lead-based paint activities that are 

conducted in target housing and childoccupied facilities: 

1. Establish the discipline of lead-safe 

renovator. 

2. Establish work practice 

requirements for renovation. 

3 Require persons and firms that 

conduct these activities to be certified 

by April 22, 2010. To be certified, 

persons must complete an approved 

training program, apply for certification, 

and pay a fee of $60 per year. Firms 

must employ at least one certified leadsafe renovator and must apply for 

certification. 

4. Establish procedures for the 

suspension, revocation, or modification 

of certifications. 

5. Establish requirements for the 

approval of lead-safe renovator training 

programs and procedures for the 

suspension, revocation, or modification 

of training program approvals. 

6. Define violations of these rules, 

establish procedures to assess penalties 

for violations of these rules, and 

establish administrative procedures for 


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persons or firms to appeal these 

penalties. 

The legal authority for the renovation, 

repair, and painting program/lead-safe 

renovator certification is found in Code 

of Iowa 135.105A. 

IV. Federal Overfiling 

Section 404(b) of TSCA makes it 

unlawful for any person to violate, or 

fail or refuse to comply with, any 

requirement of an approved state 

program. Therefore, EPA reserves the 

right to exercise its enforcement 

authority under TSCA against a 

violation of, or a failure or refusal to 

comply with, any requirement of an 

authorized state program. 

V. Withdrawal of Authorization 

Pursuant to section 404(c) of TSCA, 

the EPA Administrator may withdraw 

authorization of a State or Indian Tribal 

renovation, repair and painting 

program, after notice and opportunity 

for corrective action, if the program is 

not being administered or enforced in 

compliance with standards, regulations, 

and other requirements established 

under the authorization. The procedures 

EPA will follow for the withdrawal of 

an authorization are found at 40 CFR 

745.324(i). 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Hazardous 

substances, Lead, Renovation, 

Renovation work practice standards, 

Renovation training, Renovation 

certification, Renovation notification, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, State of Iowa. 

Dated: March 9, 2010. 

Karl Brooks, 

Regional Administrator, Region 7. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5967 Filed 3–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The applications also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than April 12, 2010. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of San 

Francisco (Kenneth Binning, Vice 

President, Applications and 

Enforcement) 101 Market Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105–1579: 

1. Circle Bancorp, Novato, California, 

Shoreline Capital Partners, LP, and Cole 

Financial Ventures, Inc., both of Mill 

Valley, California, to become bank 

holding companies by acquiring 100 

percent of Circle Bank upon conversion 

of the bank from an industrial bank to 

a commercial bank. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, March 15, 2010. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5933 Filed 3–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–00XX; Docket 2010– 

0002; Sequence 8] 

General Services Administration 

Acquisition Regulation; Submission 

for OMB Review; Sales Practice 

Format—Supplies and/or Services 

With an Established Catalog Price and 

Sales Practices Format—Supplies and/ 

or Services With Market Pricing 

Without an Established Catalog Price 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Acquisition 

Officer, GSA. 

ACTION: Notice of a request for 

comments regarding a new OMB 

clearance. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the General Services 

Administration will be submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) a request to review and approve 

a new information collection 

requirement regarding Sales Practice 

Format—Supplies and/or Services with 

an Established Catalog Price and Sales 

Practices Format—Supplies and/or 

Services with Market Pricing without an 

Established Catalog Price. A request for 

public comments was published in the 

Federal Register at 74 FR 4596, January 

26, 2009. No comments were received. 

Public comments are particularly 

invited on: Whether this collection of 

information is necessary and whether it 

will have practical utility; whether our 

estimate of the public burden of this 

collection of information is accurate, 

and based on valid assumptions and 

methodology; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

April 19, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Warren Blankenship, Procurement 

Analyst, Contract Policy Branch, at 

telephone (202) 501–1900 or via e-mail 

at warren.blankenship@gsa.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding 

this burden estimate or any other aspect 

of this collection of information, 

including suggestions for reducing this 

burden to the GSA Desk Officer, OMB, 

Room 10236, NEOB, Washington, DC 

20503, and a copy to the Regulatory 

Secretariat (MVCB), General Services 

Administration, 1800 F Street, NW., 

Room 4041, Washington, DC 20405. 

Please cite OMB Control No. 3090– 

00XX, Sales Practice Format—Supplies 

and/or Services with an Established 

Catalog Price and Sales Practices 

Format—Supplies and/or Services with 

Market Pricing without an Established 

Catalog Price, in all correspondence. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

552.238–60—Sales Practices Format— 

Supplies and/or Services with an 

Established Catalog Price (SPF–1) and 

552.238–61—Sales Practices Format— 

Supplies and/or Services with Market 

pricing without an Established Catalog 

Price (SPF–2). Submission of a Federal 

Supply Schedule offer or a specific type 

of modification of an FSS contract 

requires an Offeror to provide data 

regarding commercial sales practices 

(e.g., catalog prices, quantity/volume 

discounts, concessions, etc). Prospective 

FSS Offerors and/or current contractors 

are required to provide information as 


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