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that its standards, in the aggregate, are 

as protective of public health and 

welfare as applicable federal standards. 

Second, the amended regulations must 

not affect consistency with section 

202(a) of the Act. Third, the amended 

regulations must not raise any ‘‘new 

issues’’ affecting EPA’s prior 

authorizations. 

V. EPA’s Request for Comments 

As stated above, EPA is offering the 

opportunity for a public hearing, and is 

requesting written comment on issues 

relevant to a within-the-scope analysis. 

Specifically, we request comment on 

whether California’s 2011 SORE 

amendments, 2011 Tier 4 amendments, 

and 2011 Certification Test Fuel 

amendments: (1) Undermine 

California’s previous determination that 

its standards, in the aggregate, are at 

least as protective of public health and 

welfare as comparable federal standards; 

(2) affect the consistency of California’s 

requirements with section 209 of the 

Act; or (3) raise any other new issues 

affecting EPA’s previous waiver or 

authorization determinations. 

Should any party believe that the 

amendments are not within the scope of 

the previous authorizations, EPA also 

requests comment on whether the 2011 

SORE amendments, 2011 Tier 4 

amendments, and 2011 Certification 

Test Fuel amendments meet the criteria 

for a full authorization. Specifically, we 

request comment on: (a) Whether 

CARB’s determination that its 

standards, in the aggregate, are at least 

as protective of public health and 

welfare as applicable federal standards 

is arbitrary and capricious; (b) whether 

California needs such standards to meet 

compelling and extraordinary 

conditions; and (c) whether California’s 

standards and accompanying 

enforcement procedures are consistent 

with section 209 of the Act. 

VI. Procedures for Public Participation 

If a hearing is held, the Agency will 

make a verbatim record of the 

proceedings. Interested parties may 

arrange with the reporter at the hearing 

to obtain a copy of the transcript at their 

own expense. Regardless of whether a 

public hearing is held, EPA will keep 

the record open until February 16, 2015. 

Upon expiration of the comment period, 

the Administrator will render a decision 

on CARB’s request based on the record 

from the public hearing, if any, all 

relevant written submissions, and other 

information that she deems pertinent. 

All information will be available for 

inspection at the EPA Air Docket No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0535. 

Persons with comments containing 

proprietary information must 

distinguish such information from other 

comments to the greatest extent possible 

and label it as ‘‘Confidential Business 

Information’’ (CBI). If a person making 

comments wants EPA to base its 

decision on a submission labeled as CBI, 

then a non-confidential version of the 

document that summarizes the key data 

or information should be submitted to 

the public docket. To ensure that 

proprietary information is not 

inadvertently placed in the public 

docket, submissions containing such 

information should be sent directly to 

the contact person listed above and not 

to the public docket. Information 

covered by a claim of confidentiality 

will be disclosed by EPA only to the 

extent allowed, and according to the 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2. 

If no claim of confidentiality 

accompanies the submission when EPA 

receives it, EPA will make it available 

to the public without further notice to 

the person making comments. 

Dated: November 12, 2014. 

Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Petition No. IX–2013–1; FRL–9919–46– 

Region 9] 

Petition on Clean Air Act Title V 

Permit; Gateway Generating Station; 

Antioch, CA 

AGENCY: United States Environmental 

Protection Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act 

(CAA) section 505(b) and 40 CFR 

70.8(d), the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Administrator signed an Order, dated 

October 15, 2014, denying a petition to 

object to a CAA title V operating permit 

proposed by the Bay Area Air Quality 

Management District (BAAQMD) for the 

Gateway Generating Station, LLC 

facility in Antioch, California 

(Gateway). The Order constitutes a final 

action on the petition submitted by the 

Wild Equity Institute (Petitioner) dated 

September 3, 2013 requesting that the 

EPA Administrator object to the 

proposed title V permit for Gateway. 

Pursuant to section 505(b) of the CAA, 

a petitioner may seek judicial review in 

the United States Court of Appeals for 

the appropriate circuit of those portions 

of the petition that EPA denied. Any 

petition for review shall be filed within 

60 days from the date this notice 

appears in the Federal Register, 

pursuant to section 307 of the CAA. 

DATES: The EPA Administrator signed 

an Order, dated October 15, 2014, 

denying a petition to object to the CAA 

title V operating permit proposed by the 

BAAQMD for Gateway. Pursuant to 

section 307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 

42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1), judicial review of 

this final permit decision, to the extent 

it is available, may be sought by filing 

a petition for review in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit within 60 days of November 21, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Order, the 

petition, and all pertinent information 

relating thereto are on file at the 

following location: EPA Region 9, Air 

Division, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105. EPA 

requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the individual listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

view copies of the final Order, petition, 

and other supporting information. You 

may view the hard copies Monday 

through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

excluding Federal holidays. If you wish 

to examine these documents, you 

should make an appointment at least 48 

hours before the visiting day. The final 

Order is also available electronically at 

the following Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/region07/air/title5/

petitiondb/petitiondb.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerardo Rios, Air Permits Office, EPA 

Region 9, at (415) 972–3974 or 

rios.gerardo@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords the EPA a 45-day period to 

review and, as appropriate, object to 

operating permits proposed by state 

permitting authorities under title V of 

the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7661–7661f. Section 

505(b)(2) of the CAA and 40 CFR 70.8(d) 

authorize any person to petition the 

EPA Administrator to object to a title V 

operating permit within 60 days after 

the expiration of the EPA’s 45-day 

review period if the EPA has not 

objected on its own initiative. Petitions 

must be based only on objections to the 

permit that were raised with reasonable 

specificity during the public comment 

period provided by the state, unless the 

petitioner demonstrates that it was 

impracticable to raise these issues 

during the comment period or the 

grounds for the issues arose after this 

period. 

The Petitioner submitted a petition 

regarding Gateway dated September 3, 

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2013, requesting that the EPA object to 

the proposed CAA title V operating 

permit for Gateway issued by the 

BAAQMD, identified as Major Facility 

Review Permit, Facility #B8143. The 

Petitioner alleged that the permit was 

not consistent with CAA title V 

requirements because the EPA failed to 

obtain incidental take authorization and 

take other actions under the Endangered 

Species Act for ‘‘listed species affected 

by’’ the facility. The BAAQMD issued a 

final title V permit for Gateway on 

October 30, 2013. 

On October 15, 2014, the EPA 

Administrator issued an Order denying 

the title V petition for Gateway. The 

Order explains EPA’s rationale for 

denying the petition. 

Dated: October 29, 2014. 

Jared Blumenfeld, 

Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9018–1] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements. 

Filed 11/10/2014 Through 11/14/2014. 

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: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20140330, Final EIS, BLM, OR, 

West Eugene Wetlands Resource 

Management Plan, review period 

ends: 12/22/2014, Contact: Panchita 

Paulete 541–683–6976. 

EIS No. 20140331, Draft EIS, FHWA, 

NY, NJ, Cross Harbor Freight Program, 

comment period ends: 02/27/2015, 

Contact: Jonathan McDade 518–431– 

4127. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20140198, Draft EIS, NMFS, 

WA, Two Joint State and Tribal 

Resource Management Plans for Puget 

Sound Salmon and Steelhead 

Hatchery Programs, comment period 

ends: 01/23/2015, Contact: Steve 

Leider 360–753–4650. 

Revision to the FR Notice Published 

10/03/2014; Extending the Comment 

Period from 11/24/2014 to 01/23/2015. 

EIS No. 20140278, Draft EIS, BLM, CA, 

Desert Renewable Energy 

Conservation Plan (DRECP), comment 

period ends: 02/23/2015, Contact: 

Vicki Campbell 916–978–4401. 

Revision to the FR Notice Published 

09/26/2014; Extending the Comment 

Period from 01/09/2015 to 02/23/2015. 

Dated: November 18, 2014. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27633 Filed 11–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0829; FRL–9919–22] 

Pesticide Program Dialogue 

Committee; Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), EPA’s 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is 

announcing a public meeting of the 

Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee 

(PPDC) on December 11–12, 2014. In 

addition, EPA is also announcing 

meetings on December 10, 2014, of the 

following PPDC workgroups: The Work 

Group on Integrated Pest Management 

and the Work Group on Pollinator 

Protection. These meetings provide 

advice and recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on issues associated with 

pesticide regulatory development and 

reform initiatives, evolving public 

policy and program implementation 

issues, and science issues associated 

with evaluating and reducing risks from 

use of pesticides. 

DATES: Meeting: The PPDC meeting will 

be held on Thursday, December 11, 

2014, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, 

December 12, 2014, from 9 a.m. to noon. 

Work group meetings: On Wednesday, 

December 10, 2014, PPDC work group 

meetings are scheduled as follows: The 

Work Group on Integrated Pest 

Management, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., 

and the Work Group on Pollinator 

Protection, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

14P–0253 

Agenda: A draft agenda will be posted 

on or before December 2, 2014. 

Accommodations requests: To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

ADDRESSES: The PPDC meeting and both 

PPDC Work Group meetings will be 

held at 1 Potomac Yard South, 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA, in the lobbylevel Conference Center. 

EPA’s Potomac Yard South Bldg. is 

approximately 1 mile from the Crystal 

City Metro Station. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Margie Fehrenbach, Office of Pesticide 

Programs (7501P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (703) 308–4775; 

email address: fehrenbach.margie@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you work in in agricultural 

settings or if you are concerned about 

implementation of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); and the 

amendments to both of these major 

pesticide laws by the Food Quality 

Protection Act (FQPA); the Pesticide 

Registration Improvement Act (PRIA); 

and the Endangered Species Act (ESA). 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

Agricultural workers and farmers; 

pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental, consumer, 

and farm worker groups; pesticide users 

and growers; animal rights groups; pest 

consultants; State, local, and tribal 

governments; academia; public health 

organizations; and the public. If you 

have questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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–2014–0829, 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 

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