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review and modify, if appropriate, their 

water quality standards at least once 

every three years. 

States and authorized tribes must 

adopt water quality criteria that protect 

designated uses. Protective criteria are 

based on a sound scientific rationale 

and contain sufficient parameters or 

constituents to protect the designated 

uses. Criteria may be expressed in either 

narrative or numeric form. States and 

authorized tribes have four options 

when adopting water quality criteria for 

which EPA has published section 304(a) 

criteria. They can: 

(1) Establish numerical values based 

on recommended section 304(a) criteria; 

(2) Adopt section 304(a) criteria 

modified to reflect site-specific 

conditions; 

(3) Adopt criteria derived using other 

scientifically defensible methods; or 

(4) Establish narrative criteria where 

numeric criteria cannot be established 

or to supplement numerical criteria (40 

CFR 131.11(b)). 

EPA believes that it is important for 

states and authorized tribes to consider 

any new or updated section 304(a) 

criteria as part of their triennial review 

to ensure that state or tribal water 

quality standards reflect current science 

and protect applicable designated uses. 

The recommendations in the external 

peer review draft selenium criterion 

document may change based on 

scientific views shared in response to 

this notice and those of the external 

peer reviewers. Upon finalization, the 

updated selenium criterion would 

supersede EPA’s previous 304(a) 

freshwater criteria for selenium. 

Consistent with 40 CFR 131.21, new 

or revised water quality criteria adopted 

into law or regulation by states and 

authorized tribes on or after May 30, 

2000 are in effect for CWA purposes 

only after EPA approval. 

Dated: May 6, 2014. 

Nancy K. Stoner, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11080 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9910–90–OA] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board Panel to 

discuss planned actions identified in 

the agency’s regulatory agenda and the 

adequacy of their supporting science. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on Wednesday, June 11, 2014 

from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). 

Location: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

meeting may contact Dr. Angela Nugent, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office 

(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2218 

or at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB as well as 

any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice may be found 

on the EPA Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB will hold a public meeting 

to discuss and deliberate on the topics 

below. 

The EPA has recently underscored the 

need to routinely inform the SAB about 

proposed and planned agency actions 

that have a scientific or technical basis. 

Accordingly, the agency provided notice 

to the SAB that the Fall 2013 Unified 

(Regulatory) Agenda and Regulatory 

Plan had been published on November 

26, 2013. This semi-annual regulatory 

agenda is available at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/. At the June 11, 

2014 teleconference, the Chartered SAB 

will discuss whether it should provide 

advice and comment on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis for 

EPA actions included in the Unified 

(Regulatory) Agenda. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Agendas and materials in support of this 

meeting will be placed on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/sab in 

advance of the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 

the clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

directly. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a teleconference will be 

limited to three minutes. Each person 

making an oral statement should 

consider providing written comments as 

well as their oral statement so that the 

points presented orally can be expanded 

upon in writing. Interested parties 

should contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above by June 

4, 2014 for the teleconference, to be 

placed on the list of public speakers. 

Written Statements: Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO via email 

at the contact information noted above 

by June 4, 2014 for the teleconference so 

that the information may be made 

available to the Panel members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied in one of the 

following electronic formats: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. It is 

the SAB Staff Office general policy to 

post written comments on the Web page 

for the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the SAB Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

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Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Angela 

Nugent at (202) 564–2218 or 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Nugent preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: May 7, 2014. 

Christopher Zarba, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11091 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9910–89–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed consent decree to 

address a lawsuit filed by the 

Environmental Integrity Project and 

Benjamin Feldman in the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Columbia: Environmental Integrity 

Project v. McCarthy, Civil Action No. 

1:13-cv-01783 (KBJ) (D.D.C.). On 

November 14, 2013, Plaintiff filed a 

complaint alleging that Gina McCarthy, 

in her official capacity as Administrator 

of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), failed to 

perform a non-discretionary duty to 

grant or deny within 60 days a petition 

submitted by Environmental Integrity 

Project and Benjamin Feldman on 

February 5, 2013 requesting that EPA 

object to a CAA Title V permit issued 

by the Maryland Department of the 

Environment to Mettiki Coal, LLC to 

operate a coal preparation/processing 

plant located in Oakland, Maryland. 

The proposed consent decree would 

establish a deadline for EPA to take 

such action. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by June 13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2014–0383, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

or by hand delivery or courier to EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Comments on 

a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted 

in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption, and may be mailed to the 

mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Bennett Bianco, Air and 

Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of 

General Counsel, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: (202) 564–3298; fax number: 

(202) 564–5603; email address: 

bennett.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by the 

Environmental Integrity Project and 

Benjamin Feldman seeking to compel 

the Administrator to take actions under 

CAA section 505(b)(2). Under the terms 

of the proposed consent decree, EPA 

would agree to sign its response 

granting or denying the petition filed by 

the Environmental Integrity Project and 

Benjamin Feldman regarding Mettiki 

Coal LLC’s coal preparation/processing 

plant located in Oakland, Maryland, 

pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the 

CAA, on or before September 26, 2014. 

Under the terms of the proposed 

consent decree, EPA would 

expeditiously deliver notice of EPA’s 

response to the Office of the Federal 

Register for review and publication 

following signature of such response. In 

addition, the proposed consent decree 

outlines the procedure for the Plaintiffs 

to request costs of litigation, including 

attorney fees. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the consent decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2014–0383) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 


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