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REGIONAL STATE AND TRIBAL BROWNFIELDS CONTACTS—Continued 

Region State Tribal 

9—AZ, CA, HI, NV, AS, GU Eugenia Chow, 75 Hawthorne St. (SFD–6–1), San 

Francisco, CA 94105, Phone (415) 972–3160 Fax 

(415) 947–3520.

Jose Garcia, Jr., 600 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1460, Los 

Angeles, CA 90017, Phone (213) 244–1811 Fax 

(213) 244–1850. 

10—AK, ID, OR, WA ........... Mary K. Goolie, 222 West 7th Avenue #19 (AOO), Anchorage, AK 99513 Phone ((907) 271–3414 Fax ( 

907) 271–3424.

Mary K. Goolie, 222 West 7th Avenue #19 (AOO), Anchorage, AK 99513 Phone ((907) 271–3414 Fax 

(907) 271–3424. 

XI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 

51735, October 4, 1993), this action is 

not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’ and 

is therefore not subject to review under 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 (76 

FR 3821, January 21, 2011). Because this 

action is not subject to notice and 

comment requirements under the 

Administrative Procedures Act or any 

other statute, it is not subject to the 

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

et seq.) or Sections 202 and 205 of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1999 

(UMRA) (Pub. L. 104–4). In addition, 

this action does not significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments. This 

action does not create new binding legal 

requirements that substantially and 

directly affect Tribes under Executive 

Order 13175 (63 FR 67249, November 9, 

2000). This action does not have 

significant Federalism implications 

under Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 

43255, August 10, 1999). Because this 

action has been exempted from review 

under Executive Order 12866, this 

action is not subject to Executive Order 

13211, entitled Actions Concerning 

Regulations That Significantly Affect 

Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (66 

FR 28355, May 22, 2001) or Executive 

Order 13045, entitled Protection of 

Children from Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, 

April 23, 1997). This action does not 

contain any information collections 

subject to OMB approval under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq., nor does it require 

any special considerations under 

Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations (59 FR 7629, 

February 16, 1994). 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. The 

Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 

et seq., generally provides that before 

certain actions may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the action must 

submit a report, which includes a copy 

of the action, to each House of the 

Congress and to the Comptroller General 

of the United States. Because this final 

action does not contain legally binding 

requirements, it is not subject to the 

Congressional Review Act. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Gail Ann Cooper, 

Deputy Director, Office of Brownfields and 

Land Revitalization, Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency Response. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9920–00–ORD; Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2014–0859] 

Notice of Workshop and Call for 

Information on Integrated Science 

Assessment for Particulate Matter 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Workshop; Call for 

Information. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Office of 

Research and Development’s National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) is preparing an Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) as part of the 

review of the primary and secondary 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for particulate matter (PM). 

This ISA is intended to update the 

scientific assessment presented in the 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Particulate Matter (EPA 600/R–08/

139F), published in December 2009. 

Interested parties are invited to assist 

EPA in developing and refining the 

scientific information base for the 

review of the PM NAAQS by submitting 

research studies that have been 

published, accepted for publication, or 

presented at a public scientific meeting. 

EPA is also announcing that a 

workshop, entitled ‘‘Workshop to 

Discuss Policy-Relevant Science to 

Inform EPA’s Review of the Primary and 

Secondary NAAQS for PM,’’ is being 

organized by NCEA and EPA Office of 

Air and Radiation’s Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS). The 

workshop will be held February 9– 

February 11, 2015, in Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina. The workshop 

will be open to attendance by interested 

public observers on a first-come, firstserved basis up to the limits of available 

space. 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

February 9–11, 2015. All 

communications and information 

submitted in response to the call for 

information should be received by EPA 

by February 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. 

An EPA contractor, ICF International, is 

providing logistical support for the 

workshop. To register, please visit the 

Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/

pmworkshop2015/. Interested parties 

can participate in person or via webinar. 

The pre-registration deadline is 

February 4, 2015. Please direct 

questions regarding workshop 

registration or logistics to Whitney 

Kihlstrom at (919) 293–1646, or 

whitney.kihlstrom@icfi.com. For 

specific questions regarding technical 

aspects of the workshop see the section 

of this notice entitled FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Information in response to the call for 

information may be submitted 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or 

by hand delivery/courier. Please follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

the section of this notice entitled 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

details on the period for submission of 

research information from the public, 

contact the Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) Docket at EPA’s 

Headquarters Docket Center; telephone: 

202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–566– 

9744; or email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact Mr. 

Jason Sacks, NCEA; telephone: (919) 

541–9729; facsimile: (919) 541–1818; or 

email: sacks.jason@epa.gov or Dr. Scott 

Jenkins, OAQPS; telephone: (919) 541– 

1167; facsimile: (919) 541–0237; or 

email: jenkins.scott@epa.gov. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA) directs the Administrator to 

identify and to list certain air pollutants 

and then to issue ‘‘air quality criteria’’ 

for those pollutants. These air quality 

criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect the 

latest scientific knowledge useful in 

indicating the kind and extent of all 

identifiable effects on public health or 

welfare which may be expected from the 

presence of such pollutant in the 

ambient air . . .’’ Under section 109 of 

the CAA, EPA is then to establish 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) for each pollutant for which 

EPA has issued criteria. Section 109(d) 

of the CAA subsequently requires 

periodic review and, if appropriate, 

revision of existing air quality criteria to 

reflect advances in scientific knowledge 

on the effects of the pollutant on public 

health and welfare. EPA is also to revise 

the NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised air quality criteria. 

Particulate matter (PM) is one of six 

‘‘criteria’’ pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA), formerly 

called an Air Quality Criteria Document 

(AQCD). The evidence and conclusions 

presented in the ISA directly inform the 

technical and policy assessments 

conducted by OAQPS. Collectively, 

these documents form the scientific and 

technical bases for EPA’s decisions on 

the adequacy of existing NAAQS and 

the appropriateness of new or revised 

standards. 

At the start of a NAAQS review, EPA 

issues an announcement of the review 

and notes the initiation of the 

development of the ISA. At that time, 

EPA also issues a request that the public 

submit scientific literature that they 

want to bring to the attention of the 

Agency for consideration in the review 

process. The Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC), an 

independent scientific advisory 

committee mandated by section 

109(d)(2) of the Clean Air Act and part 

of EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), 

is charged with independent expert 

scientific review of EPA’s draft ISAs and 

other technical and policy assessments. 

As the process proceeds, the public will 

have opportunities to review and 

comment on draft PM ISAs and other 

technical and policy assessments. These 

opportunities will also be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

For the review of the PM NAAQS 

being initiated by this notice, the 

Agency is interested in obtaining 

additional new information, particularly 

concerning: (a) Toxicological studies of 

effects of controlled exposure to PM on 

laboratory animals and humans; (b) 

epidemiologic (observational) studies of 

health effects associated with ambient 

exposures of human populations to PM; 

(c) the quantification of light extinction 

in urban and non-urban areas—for 

example, new studies regarding 

visibility preferences, including studies 

in additional urban and non-urban areas 

that disentangle visibility preferences 

from health preferences, the sensitivity 

of visibility preferences to survey 

methods and/or preferences regarding 

intensity versus frequency of visibility 

impairment; (d) climate impacts from 

PM-related aerosols, particularly 

regarding the quantification of 

anthropogenic aerosol effects on 

radiative forcing; and (e) ecological 

studies that examine the effects on 

agricultural crops and natural terrestrial 

and/or aquatic ecosystems from ambient 

exposures to PM, including information 

regarding interactions with other 

ecosystem stressors and co-occurring 

pollutants. EPA also seeks recent 

information in other areas of PM 

research such as chemistry and physics, 

sources and emissions, analytical 

methodology, transport and 

transformation in the environment, and 

ambient concentrations. This and other 

selected literature relevant to a review 

of the NAAQS for PM will be assessed 

in the forthcoming PM ISA. It is 

important to note that for the evaluation 

of PM and ecological effects, this does 

not include studies that examine effects 

due to the deposition of oxides of 

nitrogen (NOX) or sulfur oxides (SOX) in 

the particulate form (e.g., ammonium 

sulfate), which will be covered in the 

ongoing review of the NOX/SOX

secondary standard. Other opportunities 

for submission of new peer-reviewed, 

published (or in-press) papers will be 

possible as part of public comment on 

the draft ISAs that will be reviewed by 

CASAC. 

As part of this review of the PM 

NAAQS, EPA intends to sponsor a 

workshop on February 9–February 11, 

2015 to provide the opportunity for 

internal and external experts to 

highlight significant new and emerging 

PM research, and to make 

recommendations to the Agency 

regarding the design and scope of the 

review for the primary (health-based) 

and secondary (welfare-based) PM 

standards to ensure that it addresses key 

policy-relevant issues and considers the 

new and emerging science that is 

relevant to informing EPA’s 

understanding of these issues. EPA 

intends that workshop discussions will 

build upon three prior publications 

(available at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/

naaqs/standards/pm/s_pm_index.html): 

1. National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Particulate Matter: Final 

Rule (78 FR 2086, January 15, 2013). 

The preamble to the final rule included 

detailed discussions of policy-relevant 

issues central to the last review. 

2. Integrated Science Assessment for 

PM—Final Report. (EPA/600/R–08/

139F, December 2009). The ISA is a 

comprehensive review, synthesis, and 

evaluation of the most policy-relevant 

science, including key science 

judgments that are important to inform 

the development of the risk and 

exposure assessments, as well as other 

aspects of the NAAQS review. The 2009 

PM ISA, completed by EPA’s NCEA, 

included consideration of studies 

published through mid-2009. 

3. Provisional Assessment of Recent 

Studies on Health Effects of Particulate 

Matter Exposure (EPA/600/R–12/056F, 

December 2012). This assessment, 

which was completed by EPA’s NCEA, 

evaluated studies published too late for 

inclusion in the final PM ISA. The 

provisional science assessment focused 

on epidemiologic studies that used 

PM2.5 (i.e., fine PM) or PM10–2.5 (i.e., 

coarse PM) and were conducted in the 

U.S. or Canada, and toxicological or 

epidemiologic studies that compared 

effects of PM from different sources, PM 

components, or size fractions published 

through August 2012. The document 

was not intended to critically review 

individual studies or integrate the 

scientific findings to draw causal 

conclusions as is done for an ISA, but 

rather to ensure that the Administrator 

was fully aware of the ‘‘new’’ science 

that had developed since 2009 before 

making final decisions on whether to 

retain or revise the then-existing PM 

standards. 

Workshop participants are 

encouraged to review these documents 

thoroughly before the meeting, as they 

provide important background 

information on the scientific findings 

and analytical approaches considered in 

the previous review, as well as insights 

into the key policy-relevant questions 

from that review. In addition, 

participants may also want to review 

related documents (available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/pm/

s_pm_index.html), including the Policy 

Assessment for the Review of the 

Particulate Matter National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (Final Report, April 

2011), Quantitative Health Risk 

Assessment for Particulate Matter (Final 

Report, June 2010), and Particulate 

Matter Urban-Focused Visibility 


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Assessment (Final Document, July 

2010). 

Based in large part on the input 

received during this workshop, EPA 

will develop a draft Integrated Review 

Plan (IRP) for the PM NAAQS. This 

draft IRP will outline the schedule, 

process, and approaches for evaluating 

the relevant scientific information and 

addressing the key policy-relevant 

issues to be considered in this review. 

CASAC will be asked to review the draft 

IRP in the mid-2015 and the public will 

also have the opportunity to comment 

on the draft plan. The final IRP, 

prepared in consideration of CASAC 

and public comments, will outline the 

process and schedule for conducting the 

review and the planned scope of the 

assessment documents (e.g., an ISA, a 

risk/exposure assessment, and a policy 

assessment) as well as the key policyrelevant issues/questions that will guide 

the review. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your materials identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2014– 

0859 by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) Docket (Mail Code: 

28221T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is 

located in EPA’s Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. EPA’s Docket Center 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744. Such 

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 materials by mail or hand 

delivery, please submit three copies of 

these materials. For attachments, 

provide an index, number pages 

consecutively with the materials, and 

submit an unbound original and three 

copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2014– 

0859. 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 materials it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the materials available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

materials includes 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 www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the materials 

that are placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit electronic materials, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your materials and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your materials due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider the materials you 

submit. Electronic files should avoid the 

use of special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit EPA’s 

Docket Center homepage at 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the 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 materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in EPA’s Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: November 24, 2014. 

Gina Perovich, 

Acting Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may submit comments 

on the agreements to the Secretary, 

Federal Maritime Commission, 

Washington, DC 20573, within twelve 

days of the date this notice appears in 

the Federal Register. Copies of the 

agreements are available through the 

Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov) 

or by contacting the Office of 

Agreements at (202) 523–5793 or 

tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. 

Agreement No.: 011526–006. 

Title: M.O.S.K./Hoegh Autoliners 

Space Charter Agreement. 

Parties: Hoegh Autoliners AS and 

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. 

Filing Party: Eric C. Jeffrey, Esq.; 

Nixon Peabody LLP; 401 9th Street NW., 

Suite 900; Washington, DC 20004 

Synopsis: The amendment adds 

Mexico to the geographic scope of the 

agreement. 

Agreement No.: 012233–001. 

Title: CSCL/UASC/YMUK/CMA 

CGM/PIL Vessel Sharing and Slot 

Exchange Agreement—Asia and US/

Canada West Coast Services. 

Parties: China Shipping Container 

Lines Co., Ltd. and China Shipping 

Container Lines (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. 

(acting as a single party); United Arab 

Shipping Company (S.A.G.); Yang Ming 

(UK) LTD.; CMA CGM S.A.; and Pacific 

International Lines (Pte) Ltd (PIL). 

Filing Party: Patricia M. O’Neill; 

Blank & Rome LLP; 600 New Hampshire 

Ave NW., Washington DC 20037. 

Synopsis: The adds CMA CGM and 

PIL as parties to the agreement and 

provides the terms and conditions 

under which the parties will exchange 

and charter slots. The amendment also 

adds Canada to the geographic scope of 

the agreement. 

Agreement No.: 012306. 

Title: DOCE/Seafreight Space Charter 

Agreement. 

Parties: Dole Ocean Cargo Express, 

and Seafreight Line Ltd. 

Filing Party: Wayne Rohde, Esq; 

Cozen O’Connor; 1627 I Street NW., 

Suite 1100; Washington, DC 20006. 

Synopsis: The Agreement Authorizes 

Seafreight Line to charter space to Dole 

Ocean Cargo Express in the trade 

between the U.S. Atlantic Coast and 

Central America. 

Agreement No.: 012307. 

Title: Maersk/APL Slot Exchange 

Agreement. 

Parties: A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S 

trading under the name of Maersk Line 


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