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person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 13, 2013. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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[EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0282; FRL—9536–8] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Willingness To Pay Survey for Santa 

Cruz River Management Options in 

Southern Arizona (New) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Willingness 

To Pay Survey for Santa Cruz River 

Management Options in Southern 

Arizona (New)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2484.01, 

OMB Control No. 2080–NEW) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a request for approval of a new 

collection. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 26773) on May 8, 2013 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. 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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 25, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2013–0282, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew A. Weber, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 200 SW. 35th St., 

Corvallis, OR 97333; telephone number: 

(541) 754–4315; fax number: (541) 754– 

4799; email address: weber.matthew@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The USEPA Office of 

Research and Development is 

investigating public values for scenarios 

of change for perennial reaches of the 

effluent-dominated Santa Cruz River, 

Arizona. These values will be estimated 

via a willingness to pay mail survey 

instrument. There are two effluentdominated perennial reaches considered 

in the survey. A ‘‘South’’ reach starts at 

an outfall in Rio Rico, AZ, and flows 

northward through Tumaca ́cori National 

Historical Park. A ‘‘North’’ reach is fed 

by two outfalls in northwest Tucson, 

Arizona, flows northwest through 

Marana, AZ. For each of the South and 

North reaches, two different scenarios of 

change are considered. The first is a 

reduction in flow length, and associated 

decreases in cottonwood-willow 

riparian forest, a rare forest type in the 

region. The second is an increase in 

water quality to allow full contact 

recreation, such as submersion, at 

normal flow levels. The baseline flow 

length and forest acreages, as well as the 

acreages of forest that would be 

associated with reduced flow lengths, 

are derived from natural science 

information and modeling. For the 

survey, a choice experiment framework 

is used with statistically designed 

alternative choices. Options to maintain 

flow length and forest, or increase 

effluent water quality, are posed as 

increases in a yearly household tax. 

Each choice question allows a zero cost 

‘‘opt out’’ option. The choice 

experiment is designed to allow 

isolation of the public value of each 

marginal change for each reach. A few 

additional questions to further 

understand respondent choice 

motivations, as well as their riverrelated recreation behavior, are also 

included. Several pages of background 

introduce the issue to respondents. A 

small number of sociodemographic 

questions are included to gauge how 

well the sample respondents represent 

the target population. Samples of the 

two major metropolitan areas in 

southern Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson, 

will receive the survey. The primary 

reason for the survey is public value 

research. The Santa Cruz River is a case 

study of a waterway highly impacted by 

human modifications. However it still 

represents potentially valuable 

ecological commodities such as rare 

riparian habitat and recreational 

opportunities for the regional 

population. The survey results may also 

be informative to local decision-makers 

considering Santa Cruz River 

management options. Water scarcity in 

the region raises periodic debates on the 

best uses of effluent. All survey 

responses will be kept confidential. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

target respondents for this survey are 

representatives 18 yrs or older of 

households in the two most populated 

urban areas of Arizona, the Phoenix 

metro area, and the Tucson metro area. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

500 households. 

Frequency of response: One-time 

response. 

Total estimated burden: 250 hours. 

Total estimated cost: $5,275, which 

includes no operations and maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: This is a 

new ICR, thus there is no currently 

approved burden. 

Richard T. Westlund, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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Meeting of the Mobile Sources 

Technical Review Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

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ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, notice is hereby given that the 

Mobile Sources Technical Review 

Subcommittee (MSTRS) will meet on 

October 29, 2013. The MSTRS is a 

subcommittee under the Clean Air Act 

Advisory Committee. This is an open 

meeting. The meeting will include 

discussion of current topics and 

presentations about activities being 

conducted by EPA’s Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality. The 

preliminary agenda for the meeting and 

any notices about change in venue will 

be posted on the Subcommittee’s Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/air/caaac/

mobile_sources.html. MSTRS listserver 

subscribers will receive notification 

when the agenda is available on the 

Subcommittee Web site. To subscribe to 

the MSTRS listserver, send an email to 

Etchells.elizabeth@epa.gov. 

DATES: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 from 

9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registration 

begins at 8:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting is currently 

scheduled to be held at The Madison 

Hotel at 1177 15th St. NW., Washington, 

DC 20005. However, this date and 

location are subject to change and 

interested parties should monitor the 

Subcommittee Web site (above) for the 

latest logistical information. The hotel is 

located five blocks from the McPherson 

Square Metro Station. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information: Elizabeth 

Etchells, Designated Federal Officer, 

Transportation and Climate Division, 

Mailcode 6406J, U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; Ph: 202–343–9231; email: 

Etchells.elizabeth@epa.gov. For 

logistical and administrative 

information: Ms. Cheryl Jackson, U.S. 

EPA, Transportation and Climate 

Division, Mailcode 6406J, U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; 202–343–9653; 

email: jackson.cheryl@epa.gov. 

Background on the work of the 

Subcommittee is available at: http://

www.epa.gov/air/caaac/mobile_

sources.html. Individuals or 

organizations wishing to provide 

comments to the Subcommittee should 

submit them to Ms. Etchells at the 

address above by October 15, 2013. The 

Subcommittee expects that public 

statements presented at its meetings will 

not be repetitive of previously 

submitted oral or written statements. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 

meeting, the Subcommittee may also 

hear progress reports from some of its 

workgroups as well as updates and 

announcements on activities of general 

interest to attendees. 

For Individuals With Disabilities: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Ms. Etchells or Ms. Jackson (see 

above). To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Ms. Etchells or 

Ms. Jackson, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: September 18, 2013. 

Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

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Notification of a Closed Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board’s Scientific 

and Technological Achievement 

Awards Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s (EPA), Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a meeting of the SAB’s 

Scientific and Technological 

Achievement Awards (STAA) 

Committee to discuss SAB 

recommendations regarding the 

Agency’s 2013 STAA recipients. The 

SAB meeting will be closed to the 

public. 

DATES: The SAB meeting dates are 

Monday and Tuesday, October 21 and 

22, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The closed SAB meeting 

will be held at the Ronald Reagan 

Building and International Trade 

Center, Suite 31146, 1300 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information regarding this 

announcement may contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer, by 

telephone: (202) 564–2134 or email at 

hanlon.edward@epa.gov. The SAB 

Mailing address is: U.S. EPA Science 

Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. General information about 

the SAB concerning the SAB meeting 

announced in this notice may be found 

on the SAB Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summary: Pursuant to Section 10(d) 

of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2, and section 

(c)(6) of the Government in the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6), EPA 

has determined that the SAB meeting 

will be closed to the public. The 

purpose of the SAB meeting is for the 

Committee to discuss recommendations 

for the SAB regarding the recipients of 

the Agency’s 2013 Scientific and 

Technological Achievement Awards. 

These awards are established to honor 

and recognize EPA employees who have 

made outstanding contributions in the 

advancement of science and technology 

through their research and development 

activities, as exhibited in publication of 

their results in peer reviewed journals. 

I have determined that the SAB meeting 

will be closed to the public because it 

is concerned with selecting employees 

deserving of awards. In making these 

recommendations, the Agency requires 

full and frank advice from the SAB. This 

advice will involve professional 

judgments on the relative merits of 

various employees and their respective 

work. Such personnel matters involve 

the discussion of information that is of 

a personal nature and the disclosure of 

which would be a clearly unwarranted 

invasion of personal privacy and, 

therefore, are protected from disclosure 

by section (c)(6) of the Government in 

the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6). 

Minutes of the SAB meeting will be kept 

and certified by the Chair. 

Dated: September 17, 2013. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Administrator. 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Great Lakes Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA), on behalf of the federal 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) 

Task Force agencies, announces a public 

teleconference of the Great Lakes 

Advisory Board (GLAB). The purpose of 

the teleconference is for the GLAB to 

discuss its draft recommendations that 

will inform the development of a draft 

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