44224 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 145 / Friday, July 27, 2012 / Notices 

• August 21, 2012 (5:30 p.m. to 8 

p.m.) Holiday Inn Express, 60 Entrada 

Drive, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544. 

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p.m.) Courtyard by Marriott Santa Fe, 

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• August 28, 2012 (5:30 p.m. to 8 

p.m.) Pecos River Village Conference 

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• September 11, 2012 (5:30 p.m. to 8 

p.m.) Chattanooga Convention Center, 

1150 Carter Street, Chattanooga, TN 

37402. 

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p.m.) Calhoun Community College, 

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comments orally at these hearings 

should register upon arrival at the 

hearing. Speaking time will be allotted 

by the hearing moderator to each 

individual wishing to speak to ensure 

that all who wish to speak have the 

opportunity to do so. DOE 

representatives will be available during 

an open house portion of these hearings 

to discuss the Draft SPD Supplemental 

EIS. Following a presentation by DOE, 

the public will have an opportunity to 

provide oral and written comments 

during the formal portion of the hearing. 

In preparing the final SPD 

Supplemental EIS, DOE will consider 

all comments presented at the hearing, 

comments received by fax or email and 

comments postmarked by the end of the 

comment period. DOE will consider 

comments received after that date to the 

extent practicable. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17, 

2012. 

Thomas P. D’Agostino, 

Under Secretary for Nuclear Security. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18281 Filed 7–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9706–2] 

Access to Confidential Business 

Information by Eastern Research 

Group, Incorporated 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of access to data and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its 

contractor Eastern Research Group, 

Incorporated (ERG) to access 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

which has been submitted to EPA under 

the authority of all sections of the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended. EPA 

has issued regulations that outline 

business confidentiality provisions for 

the Agency and require all EPA Offices 

that receive information designated by 

the submitter, as CBI to abide by these 

provisions. 

DATES: Access to confidential data 

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner 

than August 6, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaShan Haynes, Document Control 

Officer, Office of Resource Conservation 

and Recovery, (5305P), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, 703–605–0516. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Access to Confidential Business 

Information 

Under EPA Contract No. EP–W–10– 

055, ERG, Incorporated will assist the 

Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery (ORCR), Resource 

Conservation and Sustainability 

Division (RCSD) in developing the 

Municipal Solid Waste Characterization 

Report to analyze the composition and 

amounts of the United State’s Municipal 

Solid Waste (MSW), and how these 

materials are recycled, combusted, and 

landfilled. The methodology used in 

this report is a ‘‘top-down’’ materials 

flow approach to estimate the size of the 

waste stream data. This report may 

typically involve one or more of the 

following statutes: CAA, CWA, RCRA, 

TSCA, FIFRA, EPCRA and the SDWA. 

Some of the data collected voluntarily 

from industry, may be claimed by 

industry to contain trade secrets or CBI. 

In accordance with the provisions of 40 

CFR part 2, subpart B, ORCR has 

established policies and procedures for 

handling information collected from 

industry, under the authority of RCRA, 

including RCRA Confidential Business 

Information Security Manuals. 

ERG, Incorporated shall protect from 

unauthorized disclosure all information 

designated as confidential and shall 

abide by all RCRA CBI requirements, 

including procedures outlined in the 

RCRA CBI Security Manual. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency has issued regulations (40 CFR 

part 2, subpart B) that outline business 

confidentiality provisions for the 

Agency and require all EPA Offices that 

receive information designated by the 

submitter as CBI to abide by these 

provisions. ERG, Incorporated will be 

authorized to have access to RCRA CBI 

under the EPA ‘‘Contractor 

Requirements for the Control and 

Security of RCRA Confidential Business 

Information Security Manual.’’ 

EPA is issuing this notice to inform 

all submitters of information under all 

sections of RCRA that ERG, 

Incorporated under the contract may 

have access to RCRA CBI. Access to 

RCRA CBI under this contract will take 

place at ERG’s Chantilly, Virginia and 

Prairie View, Kansas offices, and when 

necessary, EPA Headquarters only. 

Contractor personnel at each location 

will be required to sign non-disclosure 

agreements and will be briefed on 

appropriate security procedures before 

they are permitted access to confidential 

information. 

Dated: June 28, 2012. 

Sandra L. Connors, 

Acting Director, Office of Resource 

Conservation & Recovery. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18402 Filed 7–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0266; FRL–9521–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Publicly Owned 

Treatment Works (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0266, to: (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to: 

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

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 


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