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The economic, interagency, 

budgetary, legal, and policy 

implications of this rule have been 

examined, and it has been determined 

not to be a significant regulatory action 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Unfunded Mandates 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 requires, at 2 U.S.C. 1532, that 

agencies prepare an assessment of 

anticipated costs and benefits before 

issuing any rule that may result in 

expenditure by State, local, and tribal 

governments, in the aggregate, or by the 

private sector, of $100 million or more 

(adjusted annually for inflation) in any 

given year. This rule will have no such 

effect on State, local, and tribal 

governments, or on the private sector. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This document contains no provisions 

constituting a collection of information 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3521). 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The initial and final regulatory 

flexibility analysis requirements of 

sections 603 and 604 of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, are 

not applicable to this rule because a 

notice of proposed rulemaking is not 

required. Even so, the Secretary hereby 

certifies that this regulatory amendment 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities as they are defined in the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. This 

amendment will not directly affect any 

small entities. Therefore, this 

amendment is also exempt pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 605(b) from the initial and final 

regulatory flexibility analysis 

requirements of sections 603–604. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

The Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Program number and title for 

the program affected by this document 

are 64.114, Veterans Housing— 

Guaranteed and Insured Loans. 

Signing Authority 

The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or 

designee, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the Department of Veterans Affairs. John 

R. Gingrich, Chief of Staff, Department 

of Veterans Affairs, approved this 

document on June 4, 2010 for 

publication. 

List of Subjects in 38 CFR Part 36 

Condominiums, Handicapped, 

Housing, Indians, Individuals with 

disabilities, Loan programs—housing 

and community development, Loan 

programs—Indians, Loan programs— 

veterans, Manufactured homes, 

Mortgage insurance, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Veterans. 

Dated: June 9, 2010. 

Robert C. McFetridge, 

Director of Regulation Policy and 

Management, Office of the General Counsel. 

■ For the reasons stated in the preamble, 

VA amends 38 CFR part 36 as follows: 

PART 36—LOAN GUARANTY 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 36 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 38 U.S.C. 501 and as otherwise 

noted. 

Subpart B—[Removed] 

■ 2. Remove subpart B. 

Subpart F—[Redesignated as Subpart 

B] 

■ 3. Redesignate subpart F as new 

subpart B. 

§§ 36.4800 through 36.4893 [Redesignated 

as §§ 36.4300 through 36.4393] 

■ 4. Redesignate §§ 36.4800 through 

36.4893 as follows: 

Old section New section 

36.4800 36.4300 

36.4801 36.4301 

36.4802 36.4302 

36.4803 36.4303 

36.4804 36.4304 

36.4805 36.4305 

36.4806 36.4306 

36.4807 36.4307 

36.4808 36.4308 

36.4809 36.4309 

36.4810 36.4310 

36.4811 36.4311 

36.4812 36.4312 

36.4813 36.4313 

36.4814 36.4314 

36.4815 36.4315 

36.4816 36.4316 

36.4817 36.4317 

36.4818 36.4318 

36.4819 36.4319 

36.4820 36.4320 

36.4821 36.4321 

36.4822 36.4322 

36.4823 36.4323 

36.4824 36.4324 

36.4825 36.4325 

36.4826 36.4326 

36.4827 36.4327 

36.4828 36.4328 

36.4829 36.4329 

36.4830 36.4330 

36.4831 36.4331 

Old section New section 

36.4832 36.4332 

36.4833 36.4333 

36.4835 36.4335 

36.4836 [Reserved] 36.4336 [Reserved] 

36.4837 36.4337 

36.4838 36.4338 

36.4839 36.4339 

36.4840 36.4340 

36.4841 36.4341 

36.4842 36.4342 

36.4843 36.4343 

36.4845 36.4345 

36.4846 36.4346 

36.4847 36.4347 

36.4848 36.4348 

36.4849 36.4349 

36.4850 36.4350 

36.4851 36.4351 

36.4852 36.4352 

36.4853 36.4353 

36.4854 36.4354 

36.4855 36.4355 

36.4856 36.4356 

36.4857 36.4357 

36.4858 [Reserved] 36.4358 [Reserved] 

36.4859 36.4359 

36.4860 36.4360 

36.4861 36.4361 

36.4862 36.4362 

36.4863 36.4363 

36.4864 36.4364 

36.4865 36.4365 

36.4867 36.4367 

36.4868 36.4368 

36.4869 36.4369 

36.4870 36.4370 

36.4875 36.4375 

36.4877 36.4377 

36.4878 36.4378 

36.4879 36.4379 

36.4880 36.4380 

36.4890 36.4390 

36.4891 36.4391 

36.4892 36.4392 

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BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 156 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0327; FRL–8830–7] 

RIN 2070–AJ74 

Pesticide Management and Disposal; 

Standards for Pesticide Containers 

and Containment; Change to Labeling 

Compliance Date 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is amending the 

pesticide container and containment 

regulations to provide a 4–month 

extension of the 40 CFR 156.159 

labeling compliance date from August 

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16, 2010 to December 16, 2010. This 

change is being made because there is 

insufficient time for pesticide 

registrants, EPA and states to complete 

the label amendments. This change will 

avoid the temporary removal of a 

significant number of pesticides from 

the market while a 1–year extension 

proposed elsewhere in today’s Federal 

Register proceeds through the 

rulemaking process, and while pesticide 

registrants, EPA and states work to 

update the pesticide labels to comply 

with the label requirements in the 

container and containment regulations. 

DATES: This final rule is effective August 

16, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2005–0327. All documents in the 

docket are listed in the docket index 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available in the electronic docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The Docket 

Facility telephone number is (703) 305– 

5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Fitz, Field and External Affairs 

Division (FEAD) (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 305- 

7385; fax number: (703) 308-2962; email address: fitz.nancy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are a pesticide 

formulator. Potentially affected entities 

may include, but are not limited to: 

• Pesticide formulators (NAICS code 

32532), e.g., establishments that 

formulate and prepare insecticides, 

fungicides, herbicides or other 

pesticides from technical chemicals or 

concentrates produced by pesticide 

manufacturing establishments. 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

II. Background 

On August 16, 2006, EPA 

promulgated a final rule titled ‘‘Pesticide 

Management and Disposal; Standards 

for Pesticide Containers and 

Containment’’ (71 FR 47330) (container 

and containment rule), establishing 40 

CFR part 165 and amending 40 CFR part 

156. The container and containment 

rule established regulations for the safe 

storage and disposal of pesticides to 

reduce the likelihood of unreasonable 

adverse effects on human health and the 

environment. The container and 

containment regulations include 

requirements for pesticide container 

design; procedures, standards, and label 

language to facilitate removal of 

pesticides from containers prior to their 

being used, recycled, or discarded; and 

requirements for containment of 

stationary pesticide containers and 

procedures for container refilling 

operations. The 2006 rule required that 

all pesticide products distributed or 

sold by a registrant as of August 16, 

2009, bear labels that comply with the 

rule’s label language requirements (40 

CFR 156.159). On October 29, 2008, 

EPA promulgated a final rule that made 

various amendments to the container 

and containment rule, including 

extending the original labeling 

compliance date from August 16, 2009 

to August 16, 2010. 

Specifically, 40 CFR part 156, subpart 

H, titled ‘‘Container Labeling,’’ requires 

the following information or statements 

on certain pesticide product labels: 

• A statement identifying the 

container as nonrefillable or refillable. 

• On nonrefillable containers, 

statements providing basic instructions 

for managing the container and a batch 

code. 

• Cleaning instructions for some 

nonrefillable containers. 

• Cleaning instructions for refillable 

containers at the end of their useful 

lives. 

In addition, the container and 

containment rule modified several 

existing requirements in 40 CFR 156.10, 

including allowing for blank spaces on 

the labels of some refillable containers 

for the net contents and EPA 

establishment number and adding a 

reference to the container and 

containment regulations in 40 CFR part 

156 subpart H. 

The 2008 rule that amended the 

container and containment rule by 

extending the original labeling 

compliance date to August 16, 2010, 

also changed the phrase ‘‘sold or 

distributed’’ to ‘‘released for shipment’’ 

as associated with all of the compliance 

dates and made several other changes to 

the label requirements and various 

minor editorial changes. 

III. What Action is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is amending the container and 

containment regulations to provide a 4– 

month extension of the 40 CFR 156.159 

labeling compliance date from August 

16, 2010 to December 16, 2010. This 

change is being made to allow more 

time for the Agency to propose and 

solicit comments on the consideration 

of a 1–year extension to address 

concerns raised by stakeholders and as 

a result of further Agency consideration. 

Accomplishing the label amendments 

required in 40 CFR part 156 subpart H 

is a multistep process. Registrants must 

identify the changes appropriate for 

their particular products and apply to 

EPA for an amended registration. EPA 

must review the proposed changes and 

determine whether they are consistent 

with the regulations, and advise the 

registrant of the Agency’s findings. If the 

EPA approves the changes, the 

registrant must then seek approval of 

the various state pesticide regulatory 

agencies. Upon approval of the state 

agencies, the registrant must have the 

new labels printed and applied to its 

products. 

In March 2010, EPA was contacted by 

stakeholders with concerns about being 

able to have all labels changed by the 

label compliance date of August 16, 

2010. Some registrants have asserted 

that they will not have sufficient time to 

change all labels for pesticides that are 

released for shipment after August 16, 

2010 despite efforts by registrants, 

EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) and state agencies. The time 

constraints are due to several factors, 

including: 

• More antimicrobial product labels 

than expected require alternate rinsing 

instructions, rather than the standard 

text in the regulations. Therefore, these 

amendments cannot be made by 

notification, and require more time 

consuming reviews by EPA. 

• EPA’s position on the appropriate 

container-related statements 

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(particularly rinsing and treatment of 

rinsate) for certain pesticides has 

changed over time as a result of 

experience with product-by-product 

label reviews. This has resulted in 

reconsideration of some decisions, and 

has caused some confusion in the 

regulated community. 

• The length of time for states to 

review and approve labels is understood 

to be increasing due to the furlough 

days for staff in some states and staffing 

reductions due to budget shortfalls. 

EPA has concluded that there is 

insufficient time to change all labels by 

August 2010. Since registrants can 

decide which registered products they 

wish to market at any given time, the 

Agency does not have a precise count of 

the total number of label changes that 

ultimately will be submitted to EPA for 

review. However, based upon a review 

of recent Agency actions and 

discussions with registrants, EPA 

estimates that the majority of label 

changes already have been submitted 

and approved. On the other hand, EPA 

estimates that there are at least 1,000 

labels and potentially several thousand 

remaining pesticide product labels that 

EPA still needs to review. Even if all of 

those applications were submitted 

immediately, there would not be enough 

time for the label changes to be 

approved by EPA and the states, 

printed, and applied to all products that 

will be released for shipment after 

August 16, 2010. 

Because EPA actions contributed to 

the large number of outstanding label 

changes, EPA believes that it is 

appropriate to extend the §156.159 

compliance date by 1 year, to August 16, 

2011, and has published in the 

Proposed Rules section of today’s 

Federal Register a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking soliciting public comment 

on such a 1–year extension. Because 

that rulemaking effort could not become 

effective before August 16, 2010, EPA is 

issuing this final rule providing for a 4– 

month extension. As discussed in Unit 

IV., EPA believes an additional 4 

months will be sufficient to allow the 

proposed rule to become final and 

effective, and that the proposed 

additional year (not cumulative with the 

4–month extension) will provide 

enough time for EPA and the states to 

review the label changes and for 

registrants to incorporate the changes 

into their labels, provided that all 

applications are submitted soon. 

During this 4–month extension, 

pesticide registrants should continue to 

submit applications for label changes for 

their products prior to the current 

deadline of August 16, 2010. EPA will 

give priority to applications submitted 

prior to August 16, 2010, with the goal 

of processing them to allow sufficient 

time for the registrant to obtain state 

approvals of the new labeling by the 

revised compliance date. Applications 

submitted after August 16, 2010 will be 

processed on a non-priority basis only 

after all applications submitted prior to 

that date have been processed. 

Registrants should carefully consider 

this and the timing of their submission 

to ensure that they have sufficient time 

to obtain state approvals by the revised 

compliance date. 

IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

This final rule is issued pursuant to 

the authority given the Administrator of 

EPA in sections 2 through 34 of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136- 

136y. Sections 19(e) and (f) of FIFRA, 7 

U.S.C. 136a(e) and (f), grant EPA broad 

authority to establish standards and 

procedures to assure the safe use, reuse, 

storage, and disposal of pesticide 

containers. FIFRA section 19(e) requires 

EPA to promulgate regulations for the 

design of pesticide containers that will 

promote the safe storage and disposal of 

pesticides. FIFRA section 19(f) requires 

EPA to promulgate regulations 

prescribing procedures and standards 

for the removal of pesticides from 

containers prior to disposal. FIFRA 

section 25(a), 7 U.S.C. 136w(a), 

authorizes EPA to issue regulations to 

carry out provisions of FIFRA. 

Section 553(b)(B) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B), provides that, when an 

agency for good cause finds that notice 

and public procedure are impracticable, 

unnecessary or contrary to the public 

interest, the agency may issue a rule 

without providing notice and an 

opportunity for public comment. EPA 

has determined that there is good cause 

for making today’s rule final without 

prior proposal and opportunity for 

comment because such notice and 

opportunity for comment is contrary to 

the public interest, for the following 

reasons. 

EPA is extending by 4 months the 

existing August 16, 2010 deadline for 

complying with the 40 CFR part 156 

subpart H requirements that pesticide 

products bear label language to facilitate 

the safe use, refill and reuse of 

containers and the removal of pesticides 

from containers prior to their being 

recycled or discarded. Providing a 

comment period would not allow 

enough time to make the rule change 

effective before the compliance 

deadline. Publishing a proposed rule for 

comment would be contrary to the 

public interest because the August 16, 

2010 deadline, if left unchanged, would 

temporarily remove from the market a 

significant number of pesticides 

important to the protection of public 

health and the nation’s food supply, 

without comparable benefits to public 

health or the environment. 

EPA had anticipated that the August 

16, 2010 deadline would allow an 

appropriate length of time for new 

language to be incorporated into the 

labels of roughly 15,000 registered 

products. In order to facilitate this 

process, EPA has allowed expedited 

amendments to pesticide registrations 

(per 40 CFR 152.46(a)) for changes that 

exactly match the sample language 

provided in the regulation. EPA has 

recently become aware that a 

disproportionate number of the 

remaining products will require 

individualized review and approval of 

alternative, and often unique, label 

language. Moreover, a majority of the 

products that require individualized 

decisions are public health disinfectants 

and sanitizers, which are critical to 

maintaining safe and sanitary 

conditions in hospitals, food 

preparation areas, and other 

institutional settings. While EPA 

believes that the 40 CFR part 156 

subpart H requirements will provide 

substantial benefits to public health and 

the environment over the long term, 

EPA does not believe that the public 

interest is served by removing these 

products from the market during the 

time necessary to approve and 

implement the new label language. The 

statutory and procedural steps required 

for full notice and comment rulemaking 

under FIFRA could not be completed 

before the August 16, 2010 compliance 

date. Therefore, EPA is issuing this final 

rule to extend the compliance date by 4 

months to give the Agency time to 

complete the notice and public 

comment procedure, which EPA is 

initiating with the accompanying Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking that is 

published in the Proposed Rules section 

of today’s Federal Register. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This final rule only amends an 

existing regulation to extend the current 

compliance date, it does not otherwise 

amend or impose any other 

requirements. As such, this action is not 

subject to review by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) as a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

Executive Order 12866, entitled 

Regulatory Planning and Review (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993). Nor does it 

impose or change any information 

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collection burden that requires 

additional review by OMB under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The 

information collection activities 

contained in the regulations are already 

approved under OMB control number 

2070–0133 (EPA ICR No. 1632). An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

a person is not required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Because the Agency has made a ‘‘good 

cause’’ finding that this action is not 

subject to notice-and-comment 

requirements under the APA or any 

other statute as stated in Unit IV. of this 

preamble, it is not subject to the 

regulatory flexibility provisions of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.), or to sections 202 and 205 of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538). In 

addition, this action does not 

significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments or impose a significant 

intergovernmental mandate, as 

described in sections 203 and 204 of 

UMRA. 

This rule does not have tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175, entitled Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments (65 FR 67249, November 

9, 2000), or federalism implications as 

specified in Executive Order 13132, 

entitled Federalism (64 FR 43255, 

August 10, 1999). 

Since this action is not economically 

significant under Executive Order 

12866, it is not subject to Executive 

Order 13045, entitled Protection of 

Children from Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997), and 13211, Actions 

concerning Regulations that 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001). 

This action does not involve technical 

standards; thus, the requirements of 

section 12(d) of the National 

Technology Transfer and Advancement 

Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) do not 

apply. 

This rule does not involve special 

consideration of environmental justice 

related issues as specified in Executive 

Order 12898, entitled Federal Actions to 

Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

EPA’s compliance with these statutes 

and Executive Orders for the existing 

regulations is discussed in the August 

16, 2006 and October 29, 2008 Federal 

Register documents. 

VI. FIFRA Mandated Reviews 

As provided in FIFRA section 25(a)(2) 

and (d), the Secretary of Agriculture and 

the FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel 

waived review of this final rule. Also in 

accordance with FIFRA section 25(a), 

the Agency transmitted this final rule to 

the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk 

of the House of Representatives. 

VII. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally provides 

that before a rule may take effect, the 

Agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report to each House of 

the Congress and the Comptroller 

General of the United States. EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of the rule in the Federal 

Register. This rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ 

as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 156 

Environmental protection, Labeling, 

Pesticides and pests. 

Dated: June 9, 2010. 

Lisa P. Jackson, 

Administrator. 

■ Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is 

amended as follows: 

PART 156—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 156 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 through 136y. 

■ 2. Revise § 156.159 to read as follows: 

§ 156.159 Compliance date. 

Any pesticide product released for 

shipment by a registrant after December 

16, 2010 must bear a label that complies 

with §§ 156.10(d)(7), 156.10(f), 

156.10(i)(2)(ix), 156.140, 156.144, 

156.146 and 156.156. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 228 

[EPA–R10–OW–2006–0409; FRL–9161–7] 

Ocean Dumping; Correction of 

Typographical Error in 2006 Federal 

Register Final Rule for Designation of 

Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site 

at Coos Bay, OR, Site F; Restoration of 

Coordinates for Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Site at Coos Bay, 

OR, Site H 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Direct final rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is taking direct final 

action to correct a typographical error in 

the Final Rule for the Ocean Dumping; 

De-designation of Ocean Dredged 

Material Disposal Site and Designation 

of New Site near Coos Bay, Oregon. 

DATES: This rule is effective on August 

16, 2010 without further notice, unless 

EPA receives adverse comment by July 

15, 2010. If EPA receives adverse 

comment, we will publish a timely 

withdrawal in the Federal Register 

informing the public that the rule will 

not take effect. 

ADDRESSES: Submit any comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

OW–2006–0409 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for accessing the 

docket and materials related to this 

direct final rule and for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Winkler.Jessica@epa.gov. 

• Mail: Jessica Winkler, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 10, Office of Ecosystems, Tribal 

and Public Affairs (ETPA–088), 

Environmental Review and Sediment 

Management Unit, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 98101. 

Publicly available docket materials 

are available either electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in hard 

copy during normal business hours for 

the regional library at the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 10, Library, 10th Floor, 1200 

Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, 

Washington 98101. For access to the 

documents at the Region 10 Library, 

contact the Region 10 Library Reference 

Desk at (206) 553–1289, between the 

hours of 9 a.m, to 12 p.m., and between 

the hours of 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays, for an appointment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Winkler, U.S. Environmental 

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