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in 40 CFR 141.35 and 141.40; OMB filed 

comment on 11/10/2011. 

EPA ICR Number 2060.05; Cooling 

Water Intake Structures Existing Facility 

(Proposed Rule); in 40 CFR 122.21(d)(2), 

122.21(r)(2), 122.21(r)(3), 122.21(r)(5), 

125.94–125.99; OMB filed comment on 

11/10/2011. 

Dated: December 1, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collections Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31819 Filed 12–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9505–4] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of 28 Total Maximum Daily 

Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of extension of the public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

extension of the public comment period 

for the notice of availability that 

published on November 14, 2011, 76 FR 

70442 (FRL–9491–1). Specifically, 

comments will be accepted on the 

administrative record files and the 

calculations of 28 TMDLs prepared by 

EPA Region 6. This notice covers waters 

in the State of Louisiana’s Lake 

Pontchartrain Basin that were identified 

as impaired on the States Section 303(d) 

list. These TMDLs were completed in 

response to a court order in the lawsuit 

styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et 

al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.). 

DATES: The public comments must be 

submitted in writing to the EPA on or 

before January 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 28 

TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 

75202–2733 or email: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT Diane Smith at 

(214) 665–2145 or fax (214) 665–7373. 

The administrative record files for the 

28 TMDLs are available for public 

inspection at this address as well. 

Documents from the administrative 

record files may be viewed at http:// 

www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/ 

tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling 

or writing Ms. Smith at the above 

address. Please contact Ms. Smith to 

schedule an inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

EPA Seeks Comment on 28 TMDLs 

By this notice EPA is seeking 

comment on the following 28 TMDLs 

for waters located within Louisiana: 

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant 

040102 .............. Comite River—Wilson-Clinton Hwy to entrance of White Bayou (East Baton Rouge Parish) (Scenic) .......... Fecal Coliform. 

040103 .............. Comite River—Entrance of White Bayou to Amite River .................................................................................. Fecal Coliform. 

040201 .............. Bayou Manchac—Headwaters to Amite River .................................................................................................. Fecal Coliform. 

040302 .............. Amite River—LA Hwy 37 to Amite River Diversion Canal Fecal Coliform..

040304 .............. Grays Creek—Headwaters to Amite River Fecal Coliform..

040305 .............. Colyell Creek System (includes Colyell Bay) .................................................................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

040503 .............. Natalbany River—Headwaters to Tickfaw River ............................................................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

040504 .............. Yellow Water River—Origin to Ponchatoula Creek .......................................................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

040505 .............. Ponchatoula Creek and Ponchatoula River ...................................................................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

040603 .............. Selsers Creek—Origin to South Slough ............................................................................................................ Fecal Coliform. 

040703 .............. Big Creek and Tributaries—Headwaters to confluence with Tangipahoia River .............................................. Fecal Coliform. 

040909 .............. W–14 Main Diversion Canal—from its origin in the north end of the City of Slidell to its junction with Salt

Bayou.

Fecal Coliform. 

040910 .............. Salt Bayou—Headwaters to Lake Pontchartrain (Estuarine) ............................................................................ Fecal Coliform. 

041302 .............. Lake Pontchartrain Drainage Canals ................................................................................................................ Fecal Coliform. 

041401 .............. New Orleans East Leveed Waterbodies (Estuarine) ........................................................................................ Fecal Coliform. 

040501 .............. Tickfaw River—From MS State Line to LA Hwy 42 (Scenic) ........................................................................... TDS. 

040504 .............. Yellow Water River—Origin to Ponchatoula Creek .......................................................................................... TDS. 

040301 .............. Amite River—MS State Line to LA Hwy 37 (Scenic) ........................................................................................ TSS. 

040401 .............. Blind River—From Amite River Diversion Canal to mouth at Lake Maurepas (Scenic) .................................. TSS. 

040903 .............. Bayou Cane—Headwaters to U. S. Hwy 190 (Scenic) ..................................................................................... TSS. 

040303 .............. Amite River—Amite River Diversion Canal to Lake Maurepas ........................................................................ Mercury. 

040401 .............. Blind River—From Amite River Diversion Canal to mouth at Lake Maurepas (Scenic) .................................. Mercury. 

040403 .............. Blind River—Source to confluence with Amite River Diversion Canal (Scenic) ............................................... Mercury. 

040501 .............. Tickfaw River—From MS State Line to LA Hwy 42 (Scenic) ........................................................................... Mercury. 

040701 .............. Tangipahoa River—MS State Line to Interstate Hwy 1–12 (Scenic) ............................................................... Mercury. 

040801 .............. Tchefuncte River and Tributaries— Headwaters to confluence with Bogue Falaya River (Scenic) ................ Mercury. 

040905 .............. Bayou Liberty—Headwaters to LA Hwy 433 ..................................................................................................... Mercury. 

040906 .............. Bayou Liberty—LA Hwy 433 to confluence with Bayou Bonfouca (Estuarine) Mercury..

The EPA requests that the public 

provide any water quality related data 

and information relevant to the 

calculations for the 28 TMDLs. EPA will 

review all data and information 

submitted during the public comment 

period and will revise the TMDLs where 

appropriate. EPA will then forward the 

TMDLs to the Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The 

LDEQ will incorporate the TMDLs into 

its current water quality management 

plan. 

Dated: December 1, 2011. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31820 Filed 12–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9505–2] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent 

Decree; Request for Public Comment. 


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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 

7413(g), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree to address a 

lawsuit filed by Sierra Club in the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia: Sierra Club v. 

Jackson, No. 1:11–cv–00035–GK 

(D. D.C.). On June 3, 2011, Plaintiffs 

filed a complaint alleging that EPA 

failed to promulgate Federal 

Implementation Plans (‘‘FIPs’’) as 

mandated by section 110(c)(1)(A) of the 

CAA, for a number of areas designated 

as nonattainment for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (‘‘NAAQS’’). The complaint 

also alleged that EPA failed to perform 

a duty mandated by section 110(k)(2) of 

the CAA, to take final action by 

approving in full, disapproving in full, 

or approving in part and disapproving 

in part certain State Implementation 

Plan (SIP) submittals for the 1997 8- 

hour ozone NAAQS from the States of 

Maine, Missouri and Illinois. The 

proposed consent decree establishes 

deadlines for EPA to take action. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by January 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2011–0936, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Tierney, Air and Radiation Law Office 

(2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–5598; 

fax number (202) 564–5603; email 

address: tierney.jan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit seeking to compel the 

Agency to promulgate a FIP for the 

implementation of Reasonably Available 

Control Technology (RACT) 

requirements for volatile organic 

compounds (‘‘VOCs’’) and NOx for 

Maine. Specifically the consent decree 

provides for EPA to promulgate a FIP by 

May 31, 2012 for VOC RACT rules for 

the 1997 8-hour ozone standard for all 

of the State and NOx RACT rules for the 

1997 8-hour ozone standard for all of 

the State except Northern Maine to the 

extent that EPA has not approved SIPs 

addressing such rules by that date. 

In addition, the proposed consent 

decree would require the Agency to take 

final action by January 31, 2012 

approving in full, disapproving in full, 

or approving in part and disapproving 

in part the SIP submittals from Missouri 

addressing the VOC RACT requirements 

for the Missouri portion of the Metro St. 

Louis area for the 1997 8-hour ozone 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards. Furthermore, it would 

require EPA to take final action by May 

31, 2012 on the reasonable further 

progress and attainment demonstration 

SIPs submitted by the State of Illinois 

for the Illinois portion of the Metro St. 

Louis area. This obligation would be 

deemed met if EPA redesignates the 

Illinois portion of the Metro St. Louis 

area to attainment for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone standard no later than May 31, 

2012. 

The proposed consent decree also 

requires that, within 15 business days of 

signing a proposed or final notice or 

notices, EPA shall deliver a notice of 

such action to the Office of the Federal 

Register for publication. The proposed 

consent decree states that, after EPA 

fulfills its obligations under the decree, 

EPA may move to have this decree 

terminated. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2010–0936) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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 OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 


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marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: December 5, 2011. 

Patricia A. Embrey, 

Acting Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31822 Filed 12–9–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0977; FRL–9505–5] 

Request for Nominations of Experts to 

the Office of Research and 

Development’s Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) Staff Office is 

requesting public nominations for 

technical experts to fill current 

vacancies on the BOSC Executive 

Committee. Nominations should be 

submitted via the BOSC Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/ 

nomination.htm. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by January 20, 2012, per 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public needing 

additional information regarding this 

Notice and Request for Nominations 

may contact Ms. Susan Peterson, Mail 

Code 8104–R, Office of Science Policy, 

Office of Research and Development, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; via phone/voice mail at: 

(202) 564–1077; via fax at: (202) 565– 

2911; or via email at: 

peterson.susan@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the Board of 

Scientific Counselors can be found at 

the BOSC Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/osp/bosc. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The BOSC is a chartered Federal 

Advisory Committee that was 

established by the U.S. EPA to provide 

independent scientific and technical 

peer review, advice, consultation, and 

recommendations about the Office of 

Research and Development. As a 

Federal Advisory Committee, the BOSC 

conducts business in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and related 

regulations. 

The BOSC Executive Committee is 

comprised of approximately 20 

members who are recognized experts in 

various scientific, engineering, and 

social science fields. EPA is soliciting 

candidates to fill eight vacancies. EPA 

will consider candidates from the 

environmental scientific/technical 

fields, human health care professionals, 

academia, industry, public and private 

research institutes or organizations, 

non-government organizations, and 

other relevant interest areas. Members 

are appointed by the EPA Administrator 

for a period of three years and serve as 

special government employees. EPA 

values and welcomes diversity. In an 

effort to obtain nominations of diverse 

candidates, EPA encourages 

nominations of women and men of all 

racial and ethnic groups. 

Expertise Sought 

EPA’s BOSC Staff Office is seeking 

nominations of nationally and 

internationally recognized scientists, 

engineers, and social scientists having 

experience and expertise in one or more 

of the following areas: Atmospheric 

Sciences (atmospheric chemistry, 

atmospheric physics, aerosol chemistry, 

aerosol physics); Analytical Chemistry; 

Green Chemistry; Endocrinology 

(endocrine disruptors); Pulmonary and 

Cardiovascular Toxicology; Systems 

Science (systems biology, systems 

ecology, landscape ecology); Social 

Sciences (sociology, economics, 

socioeconomics, environmental 

economics, ecological economics, 

natural resource economics); and 

Behavioral Sciences (psychology, 

environmental psychology, 

ecopsychology, conservation 

psychology, social neuroscience, risk 

perception, risk communication, crisis 

communication). 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations 

Any interested person or organization 

may nominate themselves or qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above. Nominations should be 

submitted via the BOSC Web site 

(which is preferred over hard copy) at 

http://www.epa.gov/osp/bosc/ 

nomination.htm. Nominations should 

be submitted in time to arrive no later 

than January 13, 2012. To receive full 

consideration, nominations should 

include all of the information requested. 

EPA’s BOSC Staff Office requests: 

Contact information about the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information about the nominee; the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee; the nominee’s 

curriculum vita and/or resume; sources 

of recent grant and/or contract support; 

and a biographical sketch of the 

nominee indicating current position, 

educational background, and recent 

service on other national advisory 

committees or national professional 

organizations. Persons having questions 

about the nomination procedures, or 

who are unable to submit nominations 

through the BOSC Web site, should 

contact Ms. Susan Peterson, as indicated 

above in this notice. 

Selection Criteria 

The BOSC is a balanced and diverse 

expert committee. The committee 

collectively possesses the necessary 

domains of expertise, depth and breadth 

of knowledge, and diverse and balanced 

scientific perspectives. Selection criteria 

to be used for membership include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience; (b) 

availability to serve and willingness to 

commit time to the committee 

(approximately three to five meetings 

per year including both face-to-face 

meetings and teleconferences); (c) 


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