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permitted by, and in accordance with, 

the procedures in TSCA section 14 and 

40 CFR part 2. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Local 

education agencies (LEAs, e.g., 

elementary or secondary public school 

districts or a private school or school 

system); asbestos training providers to 

schools and educational systems; state 

education departments or commissions; 

or state public health departments or 

commissions. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 763, Sub part 

E). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

133,214 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 2,554,913 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $97,276,877 (per 

year), which includes $0 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 67,509 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase reflects a change in 

the methodology to calculate the 

number of schools with friable asbestoscontaining materials (ACM); a revision 

to the life span of schools using average 

functional age to determine the 

remaining life of school buildings; and 

a change in the rate of removal of friable 

ACM. This change is an adjustment, and 

is discussed in more detail in the ICR 

Supporting Statement. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18341 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9982–68–Region 3] 

Anacostia River Watershed: Data 

Solicitation in Support of Revising 

Total Maximum Daily Loads for Debris, 

Floatables, Trash 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Solicitation for data. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is seeking readily 

available data and information on 

debris, floatables, and/or trash (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘trash’’) in the Anacostia 

River watershed for use in the 

development of a total maximum daily 

load (TMDL). The Anacostia River 

watershed covers portions of the District 

of Columbia and Prince George’s and 

Montgomery Counties in Maryland. A 

map of the Anacostia River watershed is 

available from EPA Region 3’s website 

at: https://www.epa.gov/tmdl/impairedwaters-and-tmdls-region-3. 

DATES: Data submissions to EPA must be 

received by, or postmarked on or before, 

October 23, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Data submissions should be 

sent to Ms. Jillian Adair, Water 

Protection Division (3WP30), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 3, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029, or by 

electronic mail to adair.jillian@epa.gov. 

Electronic mail submissions including 

body text and attachments are limited to 

25 megabytes. In addition, EPA cannot 

receive electronic mail attachments in 

ZIP format (.zip). For additional 

information on submission formats, visit 

EPA Region 3’s website at: https://

www.epa.gov/tmdl/impaired-watersand-tmdls-region-3. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact Jillian 

Adair at (215) 814–5713 or 

adair.jillian@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act requires 

that each State identify those waters 

(called ‘‘water quality-limited 

segments’’) for which existing 

technology-based pollution controls are 

not stringent enough to attain or 

maintain State water quality standards 

and for which total maximum daily 

loads (TMDLs) must be prepared. A 

TMDL is an estimate of the maximum 

amount of a pollutant that a waterbody 

can assimilate without violating water 

quality standards. This total load 

includes pollutants that come from endof-pipe dischargers, stormwater runoff, 

surface runoff from non-permitted areas 

(i.e. agriculture, open areas, forest, etc.), 

as well as a ‘‘margin of safety’’, which 

accounts for uncertainties in the 

estimated load. TMDLs are important 

because they provide a framework to 

achieve water quality standards in a 

watershed. TMDLs inform other federal 

and state programs of the necessary 

pollutant reductions needed by source 

to achieve water quality standards. 

On September 21, 2010, EPA 

approved a trash TMDL for the 

Anacostia River submitted jointly by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment (MDE) and the District of 

Columbia Department of Energy and the 

Environment (DOEE). The TMDL report 

can be accessed at: http://

www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/ 

TMDL/ApprovedFinalTMDLs/Pages/ 

tmdl_final_anacostia_trash.aspx. 

On September 19, 2016, the Natural 

Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed 

suit in the U.S. District Court for the 

District of Columbia seeking vacatur of 

EPA’s approval [Civil Action No. 16– 

1861 (JDB)]. The Court ruled in favor of 

NRDC on March 30, 2018 and directed 

EPA to develop or approve replacement 

TMDLs. In light of the Court’s Order, 

EPA is working with MDE and DOEE to 

determine the appropriate direction to 

take with developing new or revised 

TMDLs. An evaluation of data that has 

become available since approval of the 

original TMDLs will provide valuable 

insights into this determination. 

EPA would appreciate your assistance 

in obtaining all readily available data 

and other information that would 

benefit the development of TMDLs for 

trash impairments in the Anacostia 

River watershed. Please consider these 

points in responding to this solicitation: 

• Any studies, surveys or other 

statistically significant information on 

the quantities of trash that would 

interfere with the general population’s 

use and enjoyment of the river for 

purposes such as swimming, boating 

and fishing. This data call is not 

intended as a user survey, and 

accordingly, EPA is not seeking the 

subjective views of individuals at this 

time. 

• Documents or datasets that provide 

information regarding water quality 

conditions and sources associated with 

quantities of trash in the water. 

Potentially relevant data sources 

include: trash monitoring data, trash 

clean-up data, trash remediation project 

data, municipal separate storm sewer 

system (MS4) annual reports, etc. EPA 

is also interested in any other 

information data providers believe 

might be relevant. 

• Trash data can be accounted for 

through measurements of weight, 

volume, count, or other appropriate 

measure. While EPA acknowledges that 

photographs may document the 

presence of trash, photographs are less 

useful for quantifying trash. 

Accordingly, EPA discourages 

submission of photographs as a method 

of quantifying trash extent and 

impairment. 

• Please limit data submissions to 

only the waterbodies within the 

Anacostia River watershed for the 

period of August 2009 through present. 

If data collection efforts are currently 

underway, EPA would also appreciate 

an accounting of what is being collected 

and when it may become publicly 

available. 

• Data and reports delivered in 

electronic format are preferred, as 

available. Specifically, datasets in Excel 


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or a compatible spreadsheet format will 

facilitate ease of use. 

• Information regarding sampling 

methodologies, design, conditions (i.e., 

time of day, weather conditions during 

and preceding the sampling), sampling 

locations (i.e., geographical coordinates, 

maps), peer review, and quality 

assurance procedures applied would 

also be very beneficial. Please include 

such information and citations where 

available. 

• Please include names, contacts, and 

affiliations with your data submission. 

Dated: August 9, 2018. 

Dominique Lueckenhoff, 

Acting Director, Water Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18410 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9040–9] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7156 or https://www2.epa.gov/ 

nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 08/13/2018 through 08/17/2018 

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: https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20180187, Draft, GSA, CA, Otay 

Mesa Modernization and Expansion, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/09/2018, 

Contact: Osmahn Kadri 415–522–3617 

EIS No. 20180188, Draft, USFS, ID, 

Crow Creek Pipeline Project Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/23/2018, 

Contact: Mike Duncan 208–847–0375 

EIS No. 20180189, Draft Supplement, 

NRC, LA, Nureg 137 Supplement 59, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/09/2018, 

Contact: Elaine Keegan 301–415–8517 

EIS No. 20180190, Draft, USFS, CA, 

Stanislaus National Forest Over-Snow 

Vehicle (OSV) Use Designation, 

Comment Period Ends: 10/09/2018, 

Contact: Beth Martinez 209–288–6307 

EIS No. 20180191, Final, USFS, PR, El 

Yunque National Forest Plan Revision 

EIS, Review Period Ends: 10/23/2018, 

Contact: Pedro Rios 305–306–3805 

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

Robert Tomiak, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18331 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2018–0563; FRL–9982–34] 

MERP Systems, Inc.; Transfer of Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide related information submitted 

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including 

information that may have been claimed 

as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) by the submitter, will be 

transferred to MERP Systems, Inc. in 

accordance with the CBI regulations. 

MERP Systems, Inc. has been awarded 

multiple contracts to perform work for 

OPP, and access to this information will 

enable MERP Systems, Inc. to fulfill the 

obligations of the contract. 

DATES: MERP Systems, Inc. will be 

given access to this information on or 

before August 29, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Northern, Information 

Technology and Resources Management 

Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 305–6478 email address: 

northern.william@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action applies to the public in 

general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

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–2018–0563, 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), West William 

Jefferson Clinton 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. Contractor Requirements 

The Contractor shall perform 

activities in the PWS that are organized 

into four (4) main categories: Task 

Activity 1 is related to overall project 

management; Task Activity 2 is related 

to information about pesticide products, 

including the receipt of applications for 

regulatory action, the results of EPA 

registration decisions affecting 

individual products and pesticide uses 

and reports of incidents involving the 

use of pesticide products; Task Activity 

3 is related to information about 

pesticide studies, position papers, 

analyses and the administrative records 

resulting from the decision processes 

themselves; and Task Activity 4 is 

related to updating OPP’s PRISM Label 

Use Information System (LUIS) which is 

an automated pesticide information 

system that contains a summary of the 

legal uses of registered pesticide 

products. 

The contractor shall: 

• Capture data that supports 

regulatory applications, decisions, 

incident reports, and Personally 

Identifiable Information (PII), etc.; 

• Provide processing, indexing 

support and shredding/destruction of 

studies and other technical documents 

of archival significance; and 

• Make every effort to adopt to 

changing environments in technology, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Homeland Security, Presidential 

Directives, and EPA Management 

Directives, of which, changes could be 

in the areas of technology, regulations, 

information systems. process 

adaptations. coordination with other 

agencies, coordination with other 

Agency contractors. Government 

furnished equipment and/or software, 

facilities and security requirements, 

shall remain within the tasks activities 

herein. 

These contracts involve no 

subcontractors. 

OPP has determined that the contracts 

described in this document involve 

work that is being conducted in 

connection with FIFRA, in that 

pesticide chemicals will be the subject 

of certain evaluations to be made under 

this contract. These evaluations may be 


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