Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 10, 2012 / Notices 61605 

(703) 305–6309; email address: 

white.katrina@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 will be held 

for presentation and discussion of 

current issues related to modeling 

pesticide fate, transport, and exposure 

of 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. 

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 October 22, 2012. 

IV. Tentative Topics for the Meeting 

1. Development and evaluation of the 

Pesticide Root Zone Model (PRZM) for 

estimating pesticide concentrations in 

groundwater. 

2. Status of Drinking Water intake 

Watershed PCA development exercise. 

3. RQ calculations for specific listed 

terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles, and 

amphibians: Model Parameterization 

and Knowledge base Development. 

4. Standard Operating Procedure for 

calculating degradation kinetics. 

5. Aquatic exposure modeling using 

field studies. 

6. Rice modeling: A case study. 

7. Evaluation of a simplified SWAT 

model approach for prediction of 

insecticide concentrations in a small 

watershed in northwestern Oregon. 

8. iSTREEM®—a Web-based river 

chemical concentration estimation 

model. 

9. Development and validation of an 

approach for modeling pyrethroid 

insecticides in wastewater treatment 

processes. 

10. Monitoring and modeling the fate 

and transport of a pesticide metabolite 

from groundwater recharge to drinking 

water. 

11. Comparison of multiple source 

ground spray deposition curves for 

determination of buffers in simulation 

models. 

12. Using groundwater monitoring 

data to evaluate the Tier 1 use of 

drinking water exposure models. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Buffers, 

Degradation kinetics, Drinking water, 

Exposure assessment, Groundwater, 

Pesticide exposure model, PRZM, 

Pyrethroids, Rice model, SWAT, 

Watershed PCA. 

Dated: September 25, 2012. 

Donald J. Brady, 

Director, Environmental Fate and Effects 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24893 Filed 10–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9739–7] 

Notice of Proposed NPDES General 

Permit; Final NPDES General Permit 

for New and Existing Sources and New 

Dischargers in the Offshore 

Subcategory of the Oil and Gas 

Extraction Category for the Western 

Portion of the Outer Continental Shelf 

of the Gulf of Mexico (GMG290000) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Water 

Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 

6 today provides notice that the 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permit No. GMG290000 for existing and 

new sources and new dischargers in the 

Offshore Subcategory of the Oil and Gas 

Extraction Point Source Category, 

located in and discharging to the Outer 

Continental Shelf offshore of Louisiana 

and Texas was reissued on September 

28, 2012, with an effective date of 

October 1, 2012. The discharge of 

produced water to that portion of the 

Outer Continental Shelf from Offshore 

Subcategory facilities located in the 

territorial seas of Louisiana and Texas is 

also authorized by this permit. 

DATES: This permit was issued 

September 28, 2012, is effective on 

October 1, 2012, and expires September 

30, 2017. This effective date is necessary 

to provide dischargers with the 

immediate opportunity to comply with 

Clean Water Act requirements in light of 

the expiration of the 2007 permit on 

September 30, 2012. In accordance with 

40 CFR part 23, this permit shall be 

considered issued for the purpose of 

judicial review on October 24, 2012. 

Under section 509(b) of the CWA, 

judicial review of this general permit 

can be held by filing a petition for 

review in the United States Court of 

Appeals within 120 days after the 

permit is considered issued for judicial 

review. Under section 509(b)(2) of the 

CWA, the requirements in this permit 

may not be challenged later in civil or 

criminal proceedings to enforce these 

requirements. In addition, this permit 

may not be challenged in other agency 

proceedings. Deadlines for submittal of 

notices of intent are provided in Part 

I.A.2 of the permit. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diane Smith, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 


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Telephone: (214) 655–2145. Email 

address: smith.diane@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

permit was proposed in the Federal 

Register on March 7, 2012. EPA Region 

6 has considered all comments received 

and makes several significant changes as 

listed below. A copy of the Region’s 

responses to comments and the final 

permit may be obtained from the EPA 

Region 6 internet site: http://www.epa.

gov/region6/water/npdes/genpermit/

index.htm. 

1. Change the deadline to file eNOIs 

for continuous coverage from 90 days 

from the effective date of the permit to 

January 31, 2013; 

2. Permit coverage and compliance 

start when an eNOI is filed; 

3. Add characterization study for 

water-based drilling mud; 

4. Allow discharges of hydrate control 

fluids without toxicity testing 

requirements for discharges containing 

methanol up to 20 bbl/event and 

ethylene glycol up to 200 bbl/event; 

5. Change the toxicity re-testing 

criteria to include increase of critical 

dilution; 

6. Add chlorine and bromine to the 

exclusion list of toxicity test for 

chemically treated miscellaneous 

discharges; 

7. Delete the provision of ‘‘Alternative 

to Visual or Remote Inspection’’ but 

allow ‘‘other monitoring device’’ to be 

used for visual or remote inspection; 

8. Exclude routine biocide treatment 

of cooling water intake structure 

velocity monitoring system from 

conditions established for chemically 

treated seawater; 

9. Change the entrainment monitoring 

frequency from monthly to quarterly 

after the 24-month study period; 

10. Change the first NetDMR reporting 

period end date from October 31, 2013, 

to December 31, 2013, and change the 

annual reporting period from October 

through September to January through 

December; 

11. Allow paper DMR to be submitted 

within 60 days after the reporting 

period, if paper DMRs are required; 

12. Allow electronic records to be 

used for inspection purposes; and 

13. Allow biocides to be added to 

sump/drain systems. 

Other Legal Requirements 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

information collection required by this 

permit will reduce paperwork 

significantly by implementation of 

electronic reporting requirements. EPA 

is working on an electronic notice of 

intent (eNOI) system so applicants will 

file their NOIs online. EPA estimates 

that it takes 10 to 15 minutes to fill in 

all information required by the eNOI for 

each lease block. It also takes much less 

time to add, delete, or modify eNOI. 

EPA will also incorporate an electronic 

discharge monitoring report (NetDMR) 

requirement in the permit. The time for 

NetDMR preparation will be much less 

than that for paper DMR. The electronic 

filing systems will also significantly 

reduce the mailing costs. 

State certification under section 401 

of the CWA; consistency with the Texas 

Coastal Management Program; and 

compliance with National 

Environmental Policy Act, Endangered 

Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

Historic Preservation Act, and 

Regulatory Flexibility Act requirements 

are discussed in the Region’s responses 

to comments. 

Dated: September 28, 2012. 

Wren Stenger, 

Acting Deputy Director, Water Quality 

Protection Division. EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24895 Filed 10–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 

EXAMINATION COUNCIL 

[Docket No. AS12–19] 

Appraisal Subcommittee; Notice of 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Appraisal Subcommittee of the 

Federal Financial Institutions 

Examination Council. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

Description: In accordance with 

Section 1104(b) of Title XI of the 

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, 

and Enforcement Act of 1989, as 

amended, notice is hereby given that the 

Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) will 

meet in open session for its regular 

meeting: 

Location: OCC—250 E Street SW., 

Room 8C, Washington, DC 20219. 

Date: October 10, 2012. 

Time: 10:30 a.m. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered 

Summary Agenda 

September 27, 2012 Minutes—Open 

Session 

(No substantive discussion of the above 

items is anticipated. These matters will 

be resolved with a single vote unless a 

member of the ASC requests that an 

item be moved to the discussion 

agenda.) 

Discussion Agenda 

Appraisal Foundation July 2012 Grant 

Reimbursement Request 

Alabama Compliance Review 

Louisiana Compliance Review 

Michigan Compliance Review 

New Jersey Compliance Review 

Texas Compliance Review 

Washington Compliance Review 

How To Attend and Observe an ASC 

Meeting 

Email your name, organization and 

contact information to 

meetings@asc.gov. You may also send a 

written request via U.S. Mail, fax or 

commercial carrier to the Executive 

Director of the ASC, 1401 H Street NW., 

Ste 760, Washington, DC 20005. The fax 

number is 202–289–4101. Your request 

must be received no later than 4:30 

p.m., ET, on the Monday prior to the 

meeting. If that Monday is a Federal 

holiday, then your request must be 

received by 4:30 p.m. ET on the 

previous Friday. Attendees must have a 

valid government-issued photo ID and 

must agree to submit to reasonable 

security measures. The meeting space is 

intended to accommodate public 

attendees. However, if the space will not 

accommodate all requests, the ASC may 

refuse attendance on that reasonable 

basis. The use of any video or audio 

tape recording device, photographing 

device, or any other electronic or 

mechanical device designed for similar 

purposes is prohibited at ASC meetings. 

Dated: October 2, 2012. 

James R. Park, 

Executive Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–24928 Filed 10–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6700–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or 

Bank Holding Company 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank 

or bank holding company. The factors 

that are considered in acting on the 

notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of 

the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the offices of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 


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