Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 191 / Monday, October 3, 2011 / Notices 61095 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5066. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4584–000. 

Applicants: Burgess Capital LLC. 

Description: Burgess Capital LLC 

submits tariff filing per 35.1: Baseline 

714 compliance to be effective 9/21/ 

2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5068. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4585–000. 

Applicants: New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc. 

Description: New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc. submits tariff 

filing per 35: NYISO filing of tariff 

revisions per NYISO PJM settlement 

agreement to be effective 9/16/2010. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5084. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4586–000. 

Applicants: Florida Power & Light 

Company. 

Description: Florida Power & Light 

Company submits tariff filing per 

35.13(a)(2)(iii: FPL and FMPA Third 

Revised Service Agreement No. 80 to be 

effective 10/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5096. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4587–000. 

Applicants: Glenwood Energy 

Partners, Ltd. 

Description: Glenwood Energy 

Partners, Ltd. submits tariff filing per 

35.1: Glenwood FERC Rate Schedule 

No. 1 Baseline to be effective 9/21/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5097. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4588–000. 

Applicants: LoneStar Energy Partners 

LLC. 

Description: LoneStar Energy Partners 

LLC submits tariff filing per 35.1: 

Lonestar FERC Rate Schedule No. 1 

Baseline to be effective 9/21/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5098. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4589–000. 

Applicants: EcoGrove Wind, LLC. 

Description: EcoGrove Wind, LLC 

submits tariff filing per 35.1: EcoGrove 

Wind LLC Baseline Tariff Filing to be 

effective 9/21/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5100. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4590–000. 

Applicants: Westar Energy, Inc. 

Description: Westar Energy, Inc. 

submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: 

Revisions to Schedule 3A, Balancing 

Area Services Agreement to be effective 

12/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5101. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4591–000. 

Applicants: Red Hills Wind Project, 

LLC. 

Description: Red Hills Wind Project, 

LLC submits tariff filing per 35.1: Red 

Hills Wind Project, LLC Baseline Tariff 

to be effective 9/21/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5102. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4592–000. 

Applicants: Tatanka Wind Power, 

LLC. 

Description: Tatanka Wind Power, 

LLC submits tariff filing per 35.1: 

Tatanka Wind Power, LLC Baseline 

Tariff Filing to be effective 9/21/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5103. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4593–000. 

Applicants: Nevada Solar One, LLC. 

Description: Nevada Solar One, LLC 

submits tariff filing per 35.1: Nevada 

Solar One, LLC Baseline Tariff Filing to 

be effective 9/21/2011. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5104. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–4594–000. 

Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power 

Corporation. 

Description: Notice of Termination of 

Service Agreement No. 121 of Niagara 

Mohawk Power Corporation. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5133. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES11–48–000. 

Applicants: Kentucky Utilities 

Company. 

Description: Kentucky Utilities 

Company submits its Application under 

Section 204 of the Federal Power Act. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5131. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ES11–49–000. 

Applicants: Louisville Gas & Electric 

Company. 

Description: Louisville Gas and 

Electric Company’s Application under 

Section 204 of the Federal Power Act. 

Filed Date: 09/21/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110921–5132. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, October 12, 2011. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: September 22, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25334 Filed 9–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9474–5] 

California State Motor Vehicle 

Pollution Control Standards; Within 

the Scope Determination and Waiver of 

Preemption Decision for Amendments 

to California’s Zero-Emission Vehicle 

(ZEV) Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Decision. 

SUMMARY: By this decision the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that provisions of the 

California Air Resources Board’s 

(CARB’s) 2008 amendments to the 

California Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) 

regulations as they affect 2011 and prior 

model years (MYs) are within the scope 

of previous waivers of preemption 

granted to California for its ZEV 

regulations. In the alternative, EPA is 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
61096 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 191 / Monday, October 3, 2011 / Notices 

1 58 FR 4166. 

2 66 FR 7751. 

3 71 FR 78190 (December 28, 2006). 

4EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0780–0001. 

5CARB’s 2008 ZEV Amendments were adopted 

by Executive Order R–08–015 on December 17, 

2008, and were approved by the California Office 

of Administrative Law on March 18, 2009. 

6 75 FR 11878 (March 12, 2010). 

7EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0780–0003 and EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0780–0004, respectively. 

8CARB’s 2008 ZEV amendments were adopted by 

Executive Order R–08–015 on December 17, 2008 

and approved by the California Office of 

Administrative Law on March 18, 2009. The 2008 

ZEV amendments place the ZEV requirements in 

two sections of title 13 of the California Code of 

Regulations—sections 1962 and 1962.1. 

also granting a waiver of preemption for 

the 2008 ZEV amendments at they affect 

2011 and prior MYs. EPA is also 

granting California’s request for a waiver 

of preemption to enforce the 2008 ZEV 

amendments as they affect 2012 and 

later MYs. 

DATES: Under section 307(b)(1) of the 

Clean Air Act, judicial review of this 

final action may be sought only in the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit. Petitions 

for review must be filed December 2, 

2011. Under section 307(b)(2) of the Act, 

judicial review of this final action may 

not be obtained in subsequent 

enforcement proceedings. 

ADDRESSES: The Agency’s Decision 

Document, containing an explanation of 

this decision, as well as all documents 

relied upon in making that decision, 

including those submitted to EPA by 

CARB, are available at EPA’s Air and 

Radiation Docket (Air Docket). Materials 

relevant to this decision are contained 

in Docket No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2009– 

0780. The docket is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, EPA West 

Building, Room 3334, located at 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and may be viewed between 

8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. The telephone is (202) 

566–1742. A reasonable fee may be 

charged by EPA for copying docket 

material. 

Additionally, an electronic version of 

the public docket is available through 

the Federal government’s electronic 

public docket and comment system. 

You may access EPA dockets at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. After opening the 

http://www.regulations.gov web site, 

select ‘‘Environmental Protection 

Agency’’ from the pull-down Agency 

list, then scroll to ‘‘Keyword or ID’’ and 

enter EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0780 to 

view documents in the record of this 

California request. Although a part of 

the official docket, the public docket 

does not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

EPA’s Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality (OTAQ) maintains a Web 

page that contains today’s decision 

along with the Decision Document; this 

page is accessible at http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/climate/cawaiver.htm. OTAQ also maintains a 

Web page that contains general 

information on its review of California 

waiver requests. Included on that page 

are links to prior waiver decisions and 

can be accessed at http://www.epa.gove/ 

otaq/cafr.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Dickinson, Compliance and 

Innovative Strategies Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel 

Rios Building (6405J), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Telephone: 

(202) 343–9256. E-Mail Address: 

Dickinson.David@EPA.GOV 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Chronology 

California’s initial ZEV program was 

included as part of its first low-emission 

vehicle program known as LEV I. The 

ZEV component of this program had a 

ZEV sales requirement that phased-in 

starting with the 1998 MY with a 10 

percent sales requirement by the 2003 

MY. EPA issued a waiver of preemption 

for these regulations on January 13, 

1993.1 CARB subsequently amended its 

ZEV regulations in March, 1996, by 

eliminating the ZEV sales requirement 

for the 1998–2002 MYs and retaining 

the 10 percent sales requirement for the 

2003 and later MYs. EPA issued a 

within-the-scope determination for 

these amendments on January 25, 2001.2

On December 21, 2006, EPA waived 

preemption for CARB’s 1999, 2001, and 

2003 ZEV rulemaking amendments 

through the 2011 MY.3 EPA determined 

that certain provisions of the 1999–2003 

amendments to the ZEV regulations as 

they affect 2006 and prior MYs were 

within-the-scope of previous waivers of 

preemption granted to California for its 

ZEV regulations pursuant to section 

209(b) of the Clean Air Act (the Act). 

EPA also granted California’s request for 

a waiver of preemption to enforce 

certain provisions of the ZEV 

regulations as they affected 2007 

through 2011 MY vehicles. EPA also 

stated that that although we believed it 

appropriate to grant a full waiver of 

preemption for the 2007 MY, we also 

believed it appropriate to consider the 

2007 MY regulations (with one 

exception noted) as within the scope of 

previous waivers of preemption, as they 

applied to certain vehicles that were 

already subject to the pre-existing ZEV 

regulations. In its December 21, 2006 

decision EPA did not making any 

findings or determinations with regard 

to CARB’s ZEV regulations as they 

pertained to the 2012 and later MYs. 

On September 17, 2009 CARB 

submitted a request to EPA (Waiver 

Request) seeking confirmation that 

amendments to its ZEV regulations 

adopted in 2008 (2008 ZEV 

amendments) as they relate to the 2011 

and earlier MYs are within the scope of 

EPA’s prior ZEV waivers.4 In addition, 

CARB sought confirmation that its 2008 

ZEV amendments as they relate to 2012 

and later MYs are within the scope of 

EPA’s prior ZEV waivers or, in the 

alternative, meet the criteria for a full 

waiver of preemption.5 EPA issued a 

Federal Register notice that announced 

a tentative hearing (a hearing only if one 

was requested by a commenter; in this 

case no hearing was requested or held) 

and opportunity for public comment 

and held the written comment period 

open until May 17, 2010.6 EPA received 

a comment written jointly by the 

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers 

and the Association of International 

Automobile Manufacturers 

(Manufacturers’ Comments) and 

subsequent comment from CARB 

(CARB’s Supplemental Comments).7

II. CARB’s Zero-Emission Vehicle 

Amendments 

The 2008 ZEV amendments maintain 

the ZEV obligation or percentage ZEV 

requirements, but give manufacturers 

increased flexibility to comply with the 

ZEV requirements by giving credit to 

plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), 

and establishing additional ZEV 

categories in recognition of new 

developments in fuel cell vehicles (FCV) 

and battery electric vehicles (BEV). As 

discussed below, a large-volume 

manufacturer is no longer expected to 

produce fuel-cell vehicles to meet part 

of its gold vehicle credit requirements 

for 2012 and later MYs. The 2008 ZEV 

amendments maintain the current 

options for large volume manufacturers 

to select either the Primary Compliance 

Path or the Alternative Compliance Path 

through MY 2011. For MYs 2012 

through 2017, the 2008 ZEV 

amendments establish a ‘‘New Path,’’ a 

single compliance strategy or set of 

requirements that all large volume 

manufacturers are required to follow. 

CARB’s requirements for the 2018 and 

later MYs were not amended by the 

2008 ZEV amendments apart from 

allowing additional flexibility in the 

technologies that meet the ZEV 

requirements.8


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 191 / Monday, October 3, 2011 / Notices 61097 

9California is the only State which meets section 

209(b)(1) eligibility criteria for obtaining waivers. 

See e.g., S. Rep. No. 90–403, at 632 (1967). 

10See, e.g., 43 FR 32,182 (July 25, 1978). 

11See Motor and Equip. Mfr. Assoc., Inc. v. EPA, 

627 F.2d 1095, 1111–14 (DC Cir. 1979), cert. denied, 

446 U.S. 952 (1980); 43 FR 25,729 (Jun. 14, 1978). 

To be consistent, the California procedures need not 

be identical to the Federal procedures. California 

procedures would be inconsistent, however, if 

manufacturers would be unable to meet both the 

state and the Federal requirements with the same 

vehicle. See, e.g., 43 FR 36679–680 (Aug. 18, 1978). 

12 Decision Documents accompanying within the 

scope of waiver determination in 66 FR 7751 

(January 25, 2001) at p. 5, and 51 FR 12391 (April 

10, 1986) at p. 2; see also, e.g., 46 FR 36742 (July 

15, 1981). 

III. Clean Air Act Waivers of 

Preemption and Within the Scope 

Decisions 

Section 209(a) of the Act provides: 

No State or any political subdivision 

thereof shall adopt or attempt to enforce any 

standard relating to the control of emissions 

from new motor vehicles or new motor 

vehicle engines subject to this part. No State 

shall require certification, inspection or any 

other approval relating to the control of 

emissions from any new motor vehicle or 

new motor vehicle engine as condition 

precedent to the initial retail sale, titling (if 

any), or registration of such motor vehicle, 

motor vehicle engine, or equipment. 

Section 209(b)(1) of the Act requires 

the Administrator, after an opportunity 

for public hearing, to waive application 

of the prohibitions of section 209(a) for 

any State that has adopted standards 

(other than crankcase emission 

standards) for the control of emissions 

from new motor vehicles or new motor 

engines prior to March 30, 1966,9 if the 

State determines that standards will be, 

in the aggregate, at least as protective of 

public health and welfare as applicable 

Federal standards. The Administrator 

must grant a waiver unless she finds 

that: (A) The protectiveness 

determination of the State is arbitrary 

and capricious; (B) the State does not 

need the State standards to meet 

compelling and extraordinary 

conditions; or (C) the State standards 

and accompanying enforcement 

procedures are not consistent with 

section 202(a) of the Act. 

Previous waiver decisions have stated 

that State standards are inconsistent 

with section 202(a) if there is 

inadequate lead time to permit the 

development of the necessary 

technology, given the cost of 

compliance within that time, or if the 

Federal and State test procedures 

impose inconsistent certification 

requirements.10

With regard to enforcement 

procedures accompanying standards, 

the Administrator must grant the waiver 

unless she finds that these procedures 

may cause the California standards, in 

the aggregate, to be less protective of 

public health and welfare than the 

applicable Federal standards 

promulgated pursuant to section 202(a), 

or unless the Federal and California 

certification and test procedures are 

inconsistent.11

Once California has received a waiver 

for its standards and enforcement 

procedures for a certain group or class 

of vehicles, it may adopt other 

conditions precedent to the initial retail 

sale, titling or registration of these 

vehicles without the necessity of 

receiving an additional waiver. 

If California acts to amend a 

previously waived standard or 

accompanying enforcement procedure, 

the amendment may be considered 

within the scope of a previously granted 

waiver provided that it does not 

undermine California’s determination 

that its standards, in the aggregate, are 

as protective of public health and 

welfare as applicable Federal standards, 

does not affect its consistency with 

section 202(a) of the Act, and raises no 

new issues affecting EPA’s previous 

waiver decisions.12

IV. Analysis 

As explained in the Agency’s 

Decision Document EPA examined 

CARB’s 2008 ZEV amendments, as they 

affect 2011 and earlier MYs, under the 

within the scope criteria. EPA in the 

alternative also applied the full waiver 

criteria to the 2011 and earlier MYs. 

Although CARB requested that EPA 

confirm that the 2008 ZEV amendments, 

as they affect 2012 and later MYs, are 

within the scope of previous waivers of 

preemption, EPA instead applied the 

full waiver criteria to the regulations 

affecting those MYs. 

A. California’s Protectiveness 

Determination 

In its Waiver Request to EPA, CARB 

stated that the amendments to its ZEV 

requirements will not cause the 

California standards, in the aggregate, to 

be less protective of public health and 

welfare than the applicable Federal 

standards nor undermine CARB’s 

previous protectiveness determination. 

Because EPA has not received adverse 

public comment challenging CARB’s 

protectiveness determination, I cannot 

find that CARB was arbitrary and 

capricious in its protectiveness 

determination and cannot deny the 

within the scope determination nor the 

waiver based on this criterion. 

B. California’s Need for State Standards 

To Meet Compelling and Extraordinary 

Conditions 

CARB also demonstrated continuing 

existence of compelling and 

extraordinary conditions, justifying the 

state’s need for its own motor vehicle 

pollution control program. Because EPA 

has not received adverse public 

comment challenging the need for 

CARB’s own motor vehicle pollution 

control program, I cannot deny the 

waiver based on a lack of compelling 

and extraordinary conditions. 

C. Consistency With Section 202(a) of 

the Clean Air Act 

CARB stated in its Waiver Request 

that the 2008 ZEV amendments provide 

manufacturers with additional 

compliance options and do not raise any 

concerns with regard to the 

technological feasibility of its 

regulations when giving due 

consideration to lead time and costs. In 

addition, CARB notes that the 2008 ZEV 

amendments do not create an issue of 

test procedure inconsistency. 

The Manufacturers’ suggested that the 

2008 ZEV amendments were not 

consistent with section 202(a). However, 

as explained in EPA’s Decision 

Document, EPA finds that the 

manufacturer groups opposing the 

within the scope confirmation and the 

waiver of preemption have not met their 

burden of proof that the 2008 ZEV 

amendments are inconsistent with 

section 202(a) of the Act. I cannot find 

that CARB’s ZEV regulations, as noted, 

would cause the California motor 

vehicle emission standards to be 

inconsistent with section 202(a). 

D. New Issues 

As explained in the Decision 

Document, EPA finds that the 2008 ZEV 

amendments raise no new issues for 

2011 and earlier MYs. 

E. Decision 

Therefore, I confirm that CARB’s 2008 

ZEV amendments as they affect the 2011 

and earlier MYs, as noted above, are 

within the scope of existing waivers of 

preemption. I also find that the 2008 

ZEV amendments as they affect the 2011 

and earlier MYs meet the criteria for a 

full waiver and thus I alternatively grant 

a waiver of preemption for the 

regulations as they affect these MYs. I 

also grant a waiver of preemption of 

CARB’s 2008 ZEV amendments as they 

affect 2012 and later MYs. A full 

explanation of EPA’s decision, 

including our review of comments 

received in opposition to CARB’s 

request, is contained in a Decision 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
61098 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 191 / Monday, October 3, 2011 / Notices 

Document which may be obtained as 

explained above. 

V. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

My decision will affect not only 

persons in California but also the 

manufacturers outside the State who 

must comply with California’s 

requirements in order to produce new 

motor vehicles for sale in California. For 

this reason, I hereby determine and find 

that this is a final action of national 

applicability. 

This action is not a rule as defined by 

Executive Order 12866. Therefore, it is 

exempt from review by the Office of 

Management and Budget as required for 

rules and regulations by Executive 

Order 12866. 

In addition, this action is not a rule 

as defined in the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 601(2). Therefore, EPA has 

not prepared a supporting regulatory 

flexibility analysis addressing the 

impact of this action on small business 

entities. 

Further, the Congressional Review 

Act, 5 U.S.C. 801, et seq., as added by 

the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, does 

not apply because this action is not a 

rule for purposes of 5 U.S.C. 804(3). 

Finally, the Administrator has 

delegated the authority to make 

determinations regarding waivers under 

§ 209(b) of the Act to the Assistant 

Administrator for Air and Radiation. 

Dated: September 26, 2011. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator for Air and 

Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25399 Filed 9–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9474–2] 

Exposure Factors Handbook: 2011 

Edition; Release of Final Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: On September 30, 2011, the 

EPA publically released the final report 

entitled Exposure Factors Handbook: 

2011 Edition. The document was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development. The Exposure Factors 

Handbook: 2011 Edition provides 

information on various physiological 

and behavioral factors commonly used 

in assessing exposure to environmental 

chemicals. The handbook was first 

published in 1989 and was updated in 

1997. This edition incorporates 

information made available from 1997 

up until July 2011. It also reflects the 

revisions made to the Child-Specific 

Exposure Factors Handbook, which was 

last updated and published in 2008. 

Each chapter in the Exposure Factors 

Handbook: 2011 Edition presents 

recommended values for the exposure 

factors covered in that particular 

chapter’s exposure route as well as a 

discussion of the underlying data used 

in developing the recommendations. 

The Exposure Factors Handbook: 

2011 Edition (EPA/600/R–09/052F) is 

available via the Internet at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: This report was posted 

publically on September 30, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The report is available 

primarily via the Internet on the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s home page under the 

Recent Additions and Publications 

menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. 

Paper copies of the report are not 

available. A limited number of CD– 

ROMs will be available from the 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 

703–347–8691. If you are requesting a 

CD–ROM, please provide your name, 

your mailing address, and the document 

title. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information, contact the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment; Jacqueline Moya; 

telephone: 703–347–8539; or e-mail: 

moya.jacqueline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Project/ 

Document 

The Exposure Factors Handbook: 

2011 Edition provides a summary of the 

available statistical data on various 

factors used in assessing human 

exposure. These factors include: 

drinking water consumption; mouthing 

behavior; soil ingestion rates; inhalation 

rates; dermal factors, including skin area 

and soil adherence factors; consumption 

of fruits and vegetables, fish, meats, 

dairy products, and homegrown foods; 

human milk intake; human activity 

factors; consumer product use; and 

building characteristics. This handbook 

is intended for use by exposure 

assessors, within the Agency as well as 

those outside, as a reference tool and 

primary source of exposure factor 

information. It may be used by 

scientists, economists, and other 

interested parties as a source of data 

and/or U.S. EPA recommendations on 

numeric estimates for behavioral and 

physiological characteristics needed to 

estimate exposure to environmental 

agents. Recommended values are 

available for the general population and, 

for most of the exposure factors, are also 

available by age, sex, as well as for other 

populations that may have 

characteristics different from the general 

population. 

Dated: September 23, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25412 Filed 9–30–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–1059; FRL–9471–8] 

Guidance for 1-Hour SO2 NAAQS SIP 

Submissions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability and public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the EPA has posted its draft non-binding 

guidance titled, ‘‘Guidance for 1–Hour 

SO2 NAAQS SIP Submissions’’ on its 

Web site. The EPA invites public 

comments on this guidance document 

during the comment period specified 

below, and plans to issue an updated 

version of the guidance after reviewing 

timely submitted comments. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

on or before November 2, 2011. Please 

refer to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on the comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–1059, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–1059. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010– 

1059. 

• Mail: Air Docket, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–1059, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 

3334, Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES