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56 Id. 

57 Id. 

58See, e.g., 49 FR 18887 (May 5, 1984), 47 FR 

1015 (January 8, 1982), and 46 FR 36237 (July 14, 

1981). 

59 46 FR 36742 (July 15, 1981), 45 FR 54131 

(August 14, 1980), and 43 FR 36579 (August 18, 

1978). 

60See, e.g., 68 FR 75500 (December 31, 2003). 

61CARB, ‘‘Clean Air Act § 209(b) Waiver Support 

Document Submitted by the California Air 

Resources Board,’’ EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0745– 

0004, (November 2009), at page 21. 

are not inconsistent with section 202(a) 

of the Act. 

D. Other Issues 

The 2000 rulemaking required the 

addition of information to the emission 

control label for urban bus engines to 

help identify the engines certified to the 

optional emission standards.56 CARB 

asserts that because the labels do not 

pertain to a manufacturer’s ability to 

certify and produce engines that comply 

with the applicable emission standards, 

the emission control label specifications 

are not standards or accompanying 

enforcement procedures.57 The 

specifications are, however, subject to 

federal preemption under CAA section 

209(a) because the specifications are a 

condition precedent to the initial retail 

sale of the new engines in California.58

EPA has stated that ‘‘once California has 

received a waiver of federal preemption 

for its standards and enforcement 

procedures for a class of vehicles, it may 

adopt other conditions precedent to 

initial retail sale, titling or registration 

of the subject class of vehicles without 

the necessity of receiving a further 

waiver of federal preemption.’’ 59 In the 

instant case, CARB states that it has 

received previous waivers for urban bus 

engines.60 Therefore, CARB need not 

demonstrate that the labeling 

specifications independently meet the 

waiver criteria. EPA agrees with this 

assessment and the labeling 

specifications may be enforced in 

California without further action by the 

Administrator.61

E. Full Waiver of Preemption 

Determination for California’s Urban 

Bus Standards 

After a review of the information 

submitted by CARB, and given there 

were no parties opposing California’s 

request, EPA finds that California’s 

urban bus standards should receive a 

full waiver of preemption. 

III. Decision 

The Administrator has delegated the 

authority to grant California section 

209(b) waivers of preemption and 

section 209(e) authorizations to the 

Assistant Administrator for Air and 

Radiation. After evaluating CARB’s 

urban bus emission standards and test 

procedures and CARB’s submissions, 

EPA is taking the following action. EPA 

is granting a waiver of preemption to 

California for its urban bus emission 

standards and test procedures as they 

affect the 2002 and later model years. 

My decision will affect not only 

persons in California, but also 

manufacturers outside the State who 

must comply with California’s 

requirements in order to produce 

vehicles for sale in California. For this 

reason, I determine and find that this is 

a final action of national applicability 

for purposes of section 307(b)(1) of the 

Act. Pursuant to section 307(b)(1) of the 

Act, judicial review of this final action 

may be sought only in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia Circuit. Petitions for review 

must be filed by September 23, 2013. 

Judicial review of this final action may 

not be obtained in subsequent 

enforcement proceedings, pursuant to 

section 307(b)(2) of the Act. 

IV. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

As with past authorization and waiver 

decisions, this action is not a rule as 

defined by Executive Order 12866. 

Therefore, it is exempt from review by 

the Office of Management and Budget as 

required for rules and regulations by 

Executive Order 12866. 

In addition, this action is not a rule 

as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601(2). Therefore, EPA has 

not prepared a supporting regulatory 

flexibility analysis addressing the 

impact of this action on small business 

entities. 

Further, the Congressional Review 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 801, et seq., as added by 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does 

not apply because this action is not a 

rule for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). 

Dated: July 15, 2013. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17700 Filed 7–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9836–4; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2006–0756] 

Notice of a Public Comment Period on 

the Draft IRIS Carcinogenicity 

Assessment for Ethylene Oxide 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 45-day 

public comment period on the draft IRIS 

assessment titled, ‘‘Evaluation of the 

Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene 

Oxide’’ (EPA/635/R–13/128a) and on 

the draft peer review charge questions. 

The draft assessment and draft peer 

review charge questions were prepared 

by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within the EPA Office of Research and 

Development (ORD). The 45-day public 

comment period on the draft Evaluation 

of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of 

Ethylene Oxide and on the draft peer 

review charge questions begins on the 

day EPA posts the draft assessment and 

the draft peer review charge questions 

on the IRIS Web site and ends 45 days 

later. EPA anticipates posting the draft 

assessment and draft charge questions 

on or around July 23, 2013. Shortly after 

the draft carcinogenicity assessment is 

posted on the IRIS Web site, EPA will 

initiate a peer review of the draft 

assessment, which EPA anticipates will 

be undertaken by the Science Advisory 

Board. EPA is releasing this draft 

carcinogenicity assessment for the 

purpose of public comment. This draft 

assessment is not final, as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. 

DATES: The 45-day public comment 

period on the draft Evaluation of the 

Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene 

Oxide and on the draft peer review 

charge questions begins on the day EPA 

posts the draft assessment and the draft 

peer review charge questions on the 

IRIS Web site and ends 45 days later. 

The draft assessment and peer review 

charge questions will be posted to the 

IRIS Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

IRIS. Comments should be in writing 

and received by EPA within 45 days 

after posting the draft carcinogenicity 

assessment and the draft peer review 

charge questions on the IRIS Web site. 

EPA anticipates posting the draft 

assessment and draft charge questions 

on or around July 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The draft IRIS 

carcinogenicity assessment titled, 

‘‘Evaluation of the Inhalation 

Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide’’ is 

available primarily via the Internet on 

the IRIS Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

IRIS. A limited number of paper copies 

are available from the Information 

Management Team (Address: 

Information Management Team, 

National Center for Environmental 


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Assessment [Mail Code: 8601P], U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 703–347–8561; 

facsimile: 703–347–8691). If you request 

a paper copy, please provide your name, 

mailing address, and the draft 

assessment title. Comments may be 

submitted electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by email, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the draft assessment, 

please contact Jennifer Jinot, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment, Mail Code 8623P, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: 703–347–8597; 

facsimile: 703–347–8690; or email: 

jinot.jennifer@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The draft IRIS assessment of the 

inhalation carcinogenicity of ethylene 

oxide was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within the EPA Office of 

Research and Development (ORD). The 

public has been provided an 

opportunity to comment on a previous 

external review draft of the Evaluation 

of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of 

Ethylene Oxide. On September 22, 2006, 

EPA released an external review draft 

‘‘Evaluation of the Carcinogenicity of 

Ethylene Oxide’’ (EPA/635/R–06/003) 

for public comment. This draft was 

reviewed by EPA’s Science Advisory 

Board on January 18 and 19, 2007. The 

expert panel’s final report, Review of 

the Office of Research and Development 

(ORD) Draft Assessment entitled, 

‘‘Evaluation of the Carcinogenicity of 

Ethylene Oxide’’ (EPA–SAB–08–004), 

was made available on December 21, 

2007. 

The draft IRIS carcinogenicity 

assessment titled, ‘‘Evaluation of the 

Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene 

Oxide’’ (EPA/635/R–13/128a) has been 

revised in response to the peer review 

and public comments received on the 

external review draft released in 

September 2006. This notice announces 

a new public comment period on the 

current revised draft carcinogenicity 

assessment in advance of an upcoming 

peer review and in accordance with 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. The external peer review 

comments and EPA responses on the 

previous draft assessment are 

summarized in Appendix H of the draft. 

EPA is releasing this revised draft 

assessment for the purposes of 

additional public comment and 

subsequent peer review. This draft 

assessment is not final, as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. 

In addition to an opportunity for 

public comment announced in this 

notice, EPA will initiate a peer review 

of the draft IRIS carcinogenicity 

assessment and will announce the 

details of the peer review in a separate 

Federal Register Notice. EPA seeks 

additional external peer review on how 

the Agency responded to the SAB panel 

recommendations, the exposureresponse modeling of epidemiologic 

data, including new analyses since the 

2007 external peer review, and on the 

adequacy, transparency, and clarity of 

the revised draft. The peer review will 

include an opportunity for the public to 

address the peer reviewers. EPA will 

announce the date, time and procedures 

for public participation in the peer 

review meeting in a separate Federal 

Register Notice and in an 

announcement on the IRIS Web site. 

II. Information About IRIS 

EPA’s IRIS Program is a human health 

assessment program that evaluates 

quantitative and qualitative risk 

information on effects that may result 

from exposure to chemical substances 

found in the environment. Through the 

IRIS Program, EPA provides the highest 

quality science-based human health 

information for more than 550 chemical 

substances that can be used in human 

health risk assessments to support the 

Agency’s regulatory activities and 

decisions to protect public health. When 

supported by available data, IRIS 

provides health effects information and 

toxicity values for chronic health effects 

(including cancer and effects other than 

cancer). Government agencies and 

others combine IRIS toxicity values with 

exposure information to characterize 

public health risks of chemical 

substances; this information is then 

used to support risk management 

decisions designed to protect public 

health. 

III. How To Submit Comments to the 

Docket at http://www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006– 

0756, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ORD_Docket@epa.gov. 

• Facsimile: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The telephone 

number is 202–566–1752. If you provide 

comments by mail, please submit one 

unbound original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, 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. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. If 

you provide comments by hand 

delivery, please submit one unbound 

original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006– 

0756. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless comments include 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 email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means that EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comments. If you send email comments 

directly to EPA without going through 

http://www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comments 

that are placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 


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submit electronic comments, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comments and with 

any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comments due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and 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:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

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 at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: July 15, 2013. 

Abdel M. Kadry, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17675 Filed 7–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9837–3; CERCLA–04–2013–3760] 

Circle Environmental #1 Superfund 

Site; Dawson, Terrell County, Georgia; 

Notice of Settlement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of settlement. 

SUMMARY: Under 122(h) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency has 

entered into a settlement with Walter G. 

Mercer, Jr. concerning the Circle 

Environmental #1 Superfund Site 

located in Dawson, Terrell County, 

Georgia. The settlement addresses cost 

incurred by the agency in conducting a 

fund lead Removal. 

DATES: The Agency will consider public 

comments on the settlement until 

August 22, 2013. The Agency will 

consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the settlement are 

available from the Agency by contacting 

Ms. Paula V. Painter, Environmental 

Protection Specialist using the contact 

information provided in this Notice. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

referencing the Site’s name through one 

of the following methods: 

• Internet: www.epa.gov/region4/ 

superfund/programs/enforcement/ 

enforcement.html 

• U.S. Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Attn: Paula V. 

Painter, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, 

Georgia 30303. 

• Email: Painter.Paula@epa.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula V. Painter at (404) 562–8887. 

Dated: May 21, 2013. 

Anita L. Davis, 

Chief, Superfund Enforcement & Information 

Management Branch, Superfund Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17701 Filed 7–22–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the PRA that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before August 22, 2013. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via fax 202– 

395–5167, or via email Nicholas_A._

Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and to Cathy 

Williams, FCC, via email PRA@fcc.gov 

mailto:PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. Include in the 

comments the OMB control number as 

shown in the ‘‘Supplementary 

Information’’ section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the Web page http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the 

section of the Web page called 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on 

the downward-pointing arrow in the 

‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0874. 

Title: FCC Form 2000 A through H, 

FCC Form RDA, FCC Form 475–B, FCC 

Form 1088 A through H, and FCC Form 

501-Consumer Complaint Forms: 

General Complaints, Obscenity or 

Indecency Complaints, Complaints 

under the Telephone Consumer 


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