Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 244 / Monday, December 21, 2015 / Notices 79337 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9940–44–OA] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference to review a draft 

SAB report on the EPA’s Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) Toxicological 

Review of Benzo[a]pyrene. 

DATES: The public teleconference for the 

Chartered SAB will be conducted on 

Tuesday January 26, 2016 from 2:00 

p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

teleconference may contact Mr. Thomas 

Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–4885 

or at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information about the SAB as 

well as any updates concerning the 

teleconference announced in this notice 

may be found on the EPA Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a federal 

advisory committee chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to 

FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby 

given that the chartered SAB will hold 

a public teleconference to conduct a 

quality review of the draft SAB report 

on the IRIS programs Toxicological 

Assessment for Benzo[a]pyrene. The 

SAB undertook this review at the 

request of the EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development (ORD). Quality review 

is a key function of the chartered SAB. 

Draft reports prepared by SAB 

committees, panels, or work groups 

must be reviewed and approved by the 

chartered SAB before transmittal to the 

EPA Administrator. Consistent with 

FACA, the chartered SAB makes a 

determination in a public meeting about 

each draft report and determines 

whether the report is ready to be 

transmitted to the EPA Administrator. 

For the EPA’s Toxicological Review of 

Benzo[a]pyrene, External Review Draft 

(September, 2014), the ORD conducted 

a qualitative characterization of the 

hazards for benzo[a]pyrene, including a 

cancer descriptor of the chemical’s 

human carcinogenic potential, cancer 

risk estimates for oral, inhalation and 

dermal exposure, and noncancer 

toxicity values for chronic oral 

(reference dose) and inhalation 

(reference concentration) exposure. 

Information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the Web at: http://

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Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and materials in support of this 

teleconference will be available on the 

EPA Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab 

in advance of the teleconference. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 

the clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Oral Statements: In 

general, individuals or groups 

requesting an oral presentation at a 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes. Each person making an oral 

statement should consider providing 

written comments as well as their oral 

statement so that the points presented 

orally can be expanded upon in writing. 

Interested parties should contact Mr. 

Thomas Carpenter, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above, by January 19, 

2016 to be placed on the list of public 

speakers. Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO, preferably via email, at the contact 

information noted above one week 

before the teleconference so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Board members for their 

consideration. It is the SAB Staff Office 

general policy to post written comments 

on the Web page for the advisory 

meeting or teleconference. Submitters 

are requested to provide an unsigned 

version of each document because the 

SAB Staff Office does not publish 

documents with signatures on its Web 

sites. Members of the public should be 

aware that their personal contact 

information, if included in any written 

comments, may be posted to the SAB 

Web site. Copyrighted material will not 

be posted without explicit permission of 

the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Thomas 

Carpenter at (202) 564–4885 or 

carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Carpenter preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: December 15, 2015. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–31997 Filed 12–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0634; FRL–9940–02] 

Cancellation of Pesticides for NonPayment of Year 2015 Registration 

Maintenance Fees; Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of November 13, 2015, 

concerning the cancellation of 

pesticides for non-payment of year 2015 

registration maintenance fees. This 

document is being issued to correct 

Table 2 of the cancellation notice by 

removing one entry which was 

inadvertently included. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mick Yanchulis, 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) 347–0237; email address: 

yanchulis.michael@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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79338 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 244 / Monday, December 21, 2015 / Notices 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to persons who 

produce or use pesticides, 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–2015–0634, 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. What does this correction do? 

This notice is being issued to correct 

Table 2 of the cancellation notice. This 

correction removes 1 entry which was 

inadvertently included. 

FR Doc. 2015–28765 published in the 

Federal Register of November 13, 2015 

(80 FR 70206) (FRL–9934–46) is 

corrected as follows: 

1. On page 70208, in Table 2, remove 

the complete entry for: ‘‘070950– 

00003.’’ 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: December 10, 2015. 

Michael Hardy, 

Acting Director, Information Technology and 

Resource Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–32025 Filed 12–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2015–0677; FRL–9940–39– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

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

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed consent decree to 

address a lawsuit filed by Sierra Club 

and Physicians For Social 

Responsibility—Los Angeles 

(‘‘Plaintiffs’’) in the United States 

District Court for the Central District of 

California: Sierra Club, et al. v. EPA, No. 

2:15–cv–3798–ODW (ASx) (C.D. CA.) 

(filed May 20, 2015). Plaintiffs filed a 

lawsuit alleging that Gina McCarthy, in 

her official capacity as Administrator of 

the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and Jared 

Blumenfeld, in his official capacity as 

Regional Administrator of the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region IX (collectively, 

‘‘EPA’’), failed to perform duties 

mandated by CAA to take final action to 

approve or disapprove, in whole or in 

part, the portions of the South Coast Air 

Quality Management District’s Final 

2012 Air Quality Management Plan that 

address attainment of the 2006 fine 

particulate matter (‘‘PM2.5’’) NAAQS, 

which California submitted to EPA on 

February 13, 2013. The proposed 

consent decree would establish 

deadlines for EPA to take certain 

specified actions. This is the second 

notice provided for this proposed 

consent decree. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by January 20, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2015–0677, 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: 

Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–5601; fax number: (202) 564–5603; 

email address: wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by the Plaintiffs 

seeking to compel EPA to take actions 

required under CAA section 110(k)(2)– 

(4). The Plaintiffs’ lawsuit alleged that 

EPA has a mandatory duty to take final 

action to approve or disapprove, in 

whole or in part, the portions of the 

South Coast Air Quality Management 

District’s Final 2012 Air Quality 

Management Plan that address 

attainment of the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS. 

California made this SIP submission on 

February 13, 2013. The submission was 

complete by operation of law on August 

13, 2013. Section 110(k)(2) requires EPA 

to take action on a SIP submission 

within one year of the date it is 

complete. The Plaintiffs allege that EPA 

had a mandatory duty to take action on 

the submission by August 13, 2014. 

Under the terms of the proposed 

consent decree, EPA must take final 

action no later than March 15, 2016, 

with respect to this claim. See the 

proposed consent decree for the specific 

details. 

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 are 

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 

proposed consent decree should be 

withdrawn, the terms of the consent 

decree will be affirmed. EPA published 

a prior notice of this proposed consent 

decree on October 21, 2015. In order to 

assure that all parties have notice of the 

proposed consent decree, EPA is 

providing this additional notice and 

opportunity to comment upon the 

proposed consent decree pursuant to 

section 113(g). 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

consent decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC– 

2015–0677) contains a copy of the 

proposed consent decree. The official 

public docket is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

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