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EPA Region 5 sent a letter to the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(OEPA) stating that the 2009 and 2018 

MVEBs in the Steubenville-Weirton area 

are adequate. EPA Region 5 sent letters 

to OEPA on January 22, 2007, stating 

that the 2009 and 2018 MVEBs in the 

Parkersburg, Lima, Wheeling, and 

Canton areas are adequate. Ohio 

submitted the budgets as part of the 8- 

hour ozone redesignation requests and 

maintenance plans for these areas. The 

submittals were announced on EPA’s 

conformity website, and received no 

comments: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm, 

(once there, click on ‘‘What SIP 

submissions are currently under EPA 

adequacy review?’’). 

The 2009 and 2018 MVEBs, in tons 

per day, for volatile organic compounds 

(VOC) for these areas are as follows: 

Area 2009 2018 

Parkersburg ...................... 2.59 1.67 

Steubenville-Weirton ......... 2.63 1.37 

Lima .................................. 5.08 2.89 

Wheeling ........................... 2.60 1.52 

Canton .............................. 10.02 5.37 

The 2009 and 2018 MVEBs, in tons 

per day, for oxides of nitrogen (NOX) for 

these areas are as follows: 

Area 2009 2018 

Parkersburg ...................... 3.58 1.76 

Steubenville-Weirton ......... 4.10 1.67 

Lima .................................. 8.28 3.47 

Wheeling ........................... 4.69 1.91 

Canton .............................. 18.03 7.08 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to state air quality 

implementation plans and establishes 

the criteria and procedures for 

determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) means that transportation 

activities will not produce new air 

quality violations, worsen existing 

violations, or delay timely attainment of 

the national ambient air quality 

standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission 

budgets are adequate for conformity 

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 

93.118(e)(4). We have described our 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 

2004, preamble starting at 69 FR 40038, 

and we used the information in these 

resources while making our adequacy 

determination. Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it also should 

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 

budget adequate, the SIP could later be 

disapproved. 

The finding and the response to 

comments are available at EPA’s 

conformity Web site: heep:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q. 

Dated: March 21, 2007. 

Gary Gulezian, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. E7–6150 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0979; FRL–8294–6] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, Safe 

Pesticides/Safe Products (SP2) 

Research Program Subcommittee 

Meeting—April 2007 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of one 

meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) SP2 Subcommittee. 

DATES: The meeting (a teleconference 

call) will be held on Wednesday, April 

25, 2007, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. All times 

noted are eastern time. The meetings 

may adjourn early if all business is 

finished. Requests for the draft agenda 

or for making oral presentations at the 

meetings will be accepted up to 1 

business day before each meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Participation in the 

conference call will be by 

teleconference only—meeting rooms 

will not be used. Members of the public 

may obtain the call-in number and 

access code for the call from Heather 

Drumm, whose contact information is 

listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

ORD–2006–0979, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0979. 

• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566–

0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–

HQ–ORD–2006–0979. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to: 

Board of Scientific Counselors, Safe 

Pesticides/Safe Products Subcommittee 

Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0979. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–0979. Note: 

this is not a mailing address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–

0979. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received 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 be automatically 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

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not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Board of Scientific Counselors, Safe 

Pesticides/Safe Products Subcommittee 

Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. 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 ORD Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer via mail at: 

Heather Drumm, Mail Drop 8104–R, 

Office of Science Policy, Office of 

Research and Development, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at: 

(202) 564–8239; via fax at: (202) 565–

2911; or via e-mail at: 

drumm.heather@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information 

Any member of the public interested 

in receiving a draft BOSC agenda or 

making a presentation at the meeting 

may contact Heather Drumm, the 

Designated Federal Officer, via any of 

the contact methods listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. In general, each individual 

making an oral presentation will be 

limited to a total of three minutes. 

Proposed agenda items for the 

meeting includes but is not limited to 

discussion of progress on the final 

report. The meeting is open to the 

public. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Heather Drumm at (202) 564–

8239 or drumm.heather@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Heather Drumm, 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: March 26, 2007. 

Jeffery Morris, 

Acting Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. E7–6147 Filed 4–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL MEDIATION AND 

CONCILIATION SERVICE 

Labor Management Cooperation Act of 

1978 (Pub. L. 95–524) 

AGENCY: Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

draft Fiscal Year 2007, program 

guidelines/application solicitation for 

labor-management committees. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service (FMCS) is 

publishing a draft Fiscal Year 2007 

Program Guidelines/Application 

Solicitation for the Labor-Management 

Cooperation Program. The program is 

supported by Federal funds authorized 

by the Labor-Management Cooperation 

Act of 1978, subject to annual 

appropriations. This solicitation 

contains a change in the deadline for 

accepting applications. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below within 30 

days from the date of this publication in 

the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Michael Bartlett, Federal 

Register Liaison, Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service, 2100 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20427. Comments 

may be submitted by fax at (202) 606–

5345 or electronic mail (e-mail) to 

mbartlett@fmcs.gov. All comments and 

data in electronic form must be 

identified by the appropriate agency 

form number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Stubbs, Grants Management 

Specialist, FMCS, 2100 K Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20427. Telephone 

number 202–606–8181, e-mail to 

lstubbs@fmcs.gov or fax at (202) 606–

3434. 

A. Introduction 

The following is the draft Solicitation 

for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 cycle of 

the Labor-Management Cooperation 

Program as it pertains to the support of 

labor-management committees. These 

guidelines represent the continuing 

efforts of the Federal Mediation and 

Conciliation Service to implement the 

provisions of the Labor-Management 

Cooperation Act of 1978, which was 

initially implemented in FY1981. The 

Act authorizes FMCS to provide 

assistance in the establishment and 

operation of company/plant, area, 

public sector, and industry-wide labormanagement committees which: 

(A) Have been organized jointly by 

employers and labor organizations 

representing employees in that 

company/plant, area, government 

agency, or industry; and 

(B) Are established for the purpose of 

improving labor-management 

relationships, job security, and 

organizational effectiveness; enhancing 

economic development; or involving 

workers in decisions affecting their 

working lives, including improving 

communication with respect to subjects 

of mutual interest and concern. 

The Program Description and other 

sections that follow, as well as a 

separately published FMCS Financial 

and Administrative Grants Manual, 

make up the basic guidelines, criteria, 

and program elements a potential 

applicant for assistance under this 

program must know in order to develop 

an application for funding consideration 

for either a company/plant, area-wide, 

industry, or public sector labormanagement committee. Directions for 

obtaining an application kit may be 

found in Section H. A copy of the LaborManagement Cooperation Act of 1978, 

included in the application kit, should 

be reviewed in conjunction with this 

solicitation. 

B. Program Description 

Objectives 

The Labor-Management Cooperation 

Act of 1978 identifies the following 

seven general areas for which financial 

assistance would be appropriate: 

(1) To improve communication 

between representatives of labor and 

management; 

(2) To provide workers and employers 

with opportunities to study and explore 

new and innovative joint approaches to 

achieving organizational effectiveness; 

(3) To assist workers and employers 

in solving problems of mutual concern 

not susceptible to resolution within the 

collective bargaining process; 

(4) To study and explore ways of 

eliminating potential problems which 

reduce the competitiveness and inhibit 

the economic development of the 

company/plant, area, or industry; 

(5) To enhance the involvement of 

workers in making decisions that affect 

their working lives; 

(6) To expand and improve working 

relationships between workers and 

managers; and 

(7) To encourage free collective 

bargaining by establishing continuing 

mechanisms for communication 

between employers and their employees 

through Federal assistance in the 

formation and operation of labormanagement committees. 

The primary objective of this program 

is to encourage and support the 

establishment and operation of joint 


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