51058 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 159 / Wednesday, August 18, 2010 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9190–9; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0934] 

The Effects of Mountaintop Mines and 

Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of 

the Central Appalachian Coalfields and 

a Field-Based Aquatic Life Benchmark 

for Conductivity in Central 

Appalachian Streams 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period to September 3, 2010. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing an 

extension of the public comment period 

for two related draft documents: (1) 

‘‘The Effects of Mountaintop Mines and 

Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of 

the Central Appalachian Coalfields’’ 

(EPA/600/R–09/138A) and (2) ‘‘A Fieldbased Aquatic Life Benchmark for 

Conductivity in Central Appalachian 

Streams’’ (EPA/600/R–10/023A). We are 

specifically extending the comment 

period on these two documents to give 

the public additional time to evaluate 

the data used to derive a benchmark for 

conductivity. The original Federal 

Register notice announcing the public 

comment period was published on April 

12, 2010 (75 FR 18499). By following 

the link below, reviewers may 

download the initial data and EPA’s 

derivative data sets that were used to 

calculate the conductivity benchmark. 

These reports were developed by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development as part of 

a set of actions taken by EPA to further 

clarify and strengthen environmental 

permitting requirements for 

Appalachian mountaintop removal and 

other surface coal mining projects, in 

coordination with Federal and State 

regulatory agencies (http:// 

www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/guidance/ 

mining.html). 

Both documents were reviewed by an 

independent Mountaintop Mining 

Advisory Panel convened by EPA’s 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) on July 

21—23, 2010. The public comment 

period for the SAB meeting follows a 

separate process and provides separate 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. EPA intends 

to forward to the SAB those comments 

received as of September 3, 2010, for 

consideration by the SAB Panel as they 

finalize their report. When finalizing the 

draft documents, EPA will consider the 

comments from the SAB review as well 

as any significant public comments that 

it receives in accordance with this 

notice. 

EPA released these draft documents 

for the purpose of pre-dissemination 

peer review under applicable 

information quality guidelines. The 

documents have not been formally 

disseminated by EPA. They do not 

represent and should not be construed 

to represent a final Agency policy or 

determination; however, the documents 

reflect EPA’s best interpretation of the 

available science. The draft documents 

are available via the Internet on NCEA’s 

home page under the Recent Additions 

and Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: The public comment period 

began on April 12, 2010, and ends on 

September 3, 2010. Technical comments 

should be in writing and must be 

received by EPA by September 3, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The draft reports, ‘‘The 

Effects of Mountaintop Mines and 

Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of 

the Central Appalachian Coalfields’’ and 

‘‘A Field-based Aquatic Life Benchmark 

for Conductivity in Central Appalachian 

Streams’’ are available primarily via the 

Internet on NCEA’s home page under 

the Recent Additions and Publications 

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

limited number of paper copies are 

available; contact the EPA by telephone 

(703–347–8629) or facsimile (703–347– 

8691). If you are requesting a paper 

copy, please provide your name, 

mailing address, and the document 

titles (1) ‘‘The Effects of Mountaintop 

Mines and Valley Fills on Aquatic 

Ecosystems of the Central Appalachian 

Coalfields’’ and (2) ‘‘A Field-based 

Aquatic Life Benchmark for 

Conductivity in Central Appalachian 

Streams.’’ 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of Federal Register 

Notice (75 FR 30393). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on submitting comments to 

the docket, please contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. For technical 

information, please leave a message at 

703–347–8629 or send e-mail to MTM– 

Cond@epa.gov. 

Dated: August 12, 2010. 

David A. Bussard, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2010–20466 Filed 8–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0632; FRL–8840–1] 

Web-Distributed Labeling User 

Acceptance Pilot 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Pesticide 

Programs (OPP) is exploring a new 

initiative called ‘‘web-distributed 

labeling’’ (web-distributed labeling) that 

would make the most current version of 

some pesticide labeling available to 

users via the Internet. Through this 

Federal Register Notice, OPP is 

announcing its intention to conduct a 

web-distributed labeling ‘‘User 

Acceptance Pilot’’ and is soliciting 

interest from entities potentially willing 

to participate in this pilot program. 

Through the User Acceptance Pilot, EPA 

intends to demonstrate how users could 

access labeling information using the 

Internet, thereby helping EPA determine 

whether the benefits of web-distributed 

labeling would be sufficiently appealing 

to users that they would be willing to 

visit a website to download and use 

labeling. This notice provides a brief 

description of a pilot website and 

invites participation in developing a 

pilot web-distributed labeling website 

by interested parties. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 17, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

identified by the docket identification 

(ID) number by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 


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