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4OCTAMIX decision, 53 FR 3636 (February 8, 

1988). 

5The co-solvents are any one or a mixture of 

ethanol, propanols, butanols, pentanols, hexanols, 

heptanols and octanols with the following 

constraints; the ethanol, propanols and butanols or 

mixtures thereof must compose a minimum of 60 

percent by weight of the co-solvent mixture; a 

maximum limit of 40 percent by weight of the cosolvents mixture is placed on the pentanols, 

hexanols, heptanols and octanols; and the 

heptanols and octanols are limited to 5 percent by 

weight of the co-solvent mixture. 

6Additional conditions were the final fuel must 

meet ASTM volatility specifications contained in 

ASTM D439–85a, as well as phase separation 

conditions specified in ASTM D–2 Proposal P–176 

and Texas Methanol alcohol purity specifications. 

7 53 FR at 3637. 

8EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0893–01. 

9EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0893–02. 

10EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0893–03. 

11 53 FR at 3637. 

12 53 FR at 3637. 

Section 211(f)(4) of the Act provides 

that upon application of any fuel or fuel 

additive manufacturer, the 

Administrator may waive the 

prohibitions of section 211(f)(1) if the 

Administrator determines that the 

applicant has established that the fuel or 

fuel additive, or a specified 

concentration thereof, will not cause or 

contribute to a failure of any emission 

control device or system (over the useful 

life of the motor vehicle, motor vehicle 

engine, nonroad engine or nonroad 

vehicle in which such device or system 

is used) to achieve compliance by the 

vehicle or engine with the emission 

standards to which it has been certified 

pursuant to sections 206 and 213(a) of 

the Act. The statute requires that the 

Administrator shall take final action to 

grant or deny an application after public 

notice and comment, within 270 days of 

receipt of the application. 

The Texas Methanol Corporation 

received a waiver under CAA section 

211(f)(4) for a gasoline-alcohol fuel 

blend, known as OCTAMIX,4 provided 

that the resultant fuel is composed of a 

maximum of 3.7 percent by weight fuel 

oxygen, a maximum of 5 percent by 

volume methanol, a minimum of 2.5 

percent by volume co-solvents 5 and 

42.7 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of 

Petrolite TOLAD MFA–10 corrosion 

inhibitor 6. In the OCTAMIX waiver, the 

Agency invited other corrosion inhibitor 

manufacturers to submit test data to 

establish, on a case-by-case basis, 

whether their fuel additive formulations 

are acceptable as alternatives to TOLAD 

MFA–10.7

II. Today’s Announcement 

On March 23, 2011, Spirit of 21st 

Century LLC requested EPA allow the 

use of its alternative corrosion inhibitor, 

TXCeed, in the OCTAMIX gasolinealcohol fuel blend which otherwise 

would not be allowed under the 

waiver.8 Spirit of 21st Century LLC 

subsequently followed up its March 

23rd request with additional 

information on May 17, 2011 and 

August 15, 2011.9 10 TXCeed is a fuel 

additive formulation consisting of a 

corrosion inhibitor. The physical 

properties of TXCeed are shown in 

Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2011–0893. 

One of the major areas of concern to 

EPA in reviewing any waiver request is 

the problem of materials compatibility. 

Materials compatibility data could show 

a potential failure of fuel systems, 

emissions related parts and emission 

control parts from use of the fuel or fuel 

additive. Any failure could result in 

greater emissions that would cause or 

contribute to the engines or vehicles 

exceeding their emissions standards. 

Initially, Texas Methanol requested the 

use of TOLAD MFA–10 or an 

appropriate concentration of any other 

corrosion inhibitor such that the fuel 

will pass the National Association of 

Corrosion Engineer’s TM–01–72 (NACE 

RUST TEST). However, EPA concluded 

that compliance with the NACE Rust 

Test alone was not adequate in 

determining suitability of a corrosion 

inhibitor for use under the OCTAMIX 

waiver.11 The Agency decided, 

therefore, to look at corrosion inhibitors 

on a case-by-case basis to establish 

whether each formulation would be 

acceptable as an alternative to the 

formulation of the original corrosion 

inhibitor used in the OCTAMIX 

waiver.12

Therefore, pursuant to section 

211(f)(4), EPA will examine the data 

submitted by Spirit of 21st Century LLC, 

along with all comments received from 

interested parties, to determine whether 

use of the corrosion inhibitor, TXCeed, 

in place of the original corrosion 

inhibitor TOLAD MFA–10, would cause 

or contribute to vehicles or engines 

failing to meet their emissions standards 

when using OCTAMIX. If use of TXCeed 

does not cause or contribute to such 

failures, EPA will modify the OCTAMIX 

waiver to allow the use of TXCeed as an 

alternative corrosion inhibitor to 

TOLAD MFA–10. 

Dated: December 7, 2011. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9506–7; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0895] 

Draft Research Report: Investigation of 

Ground Water Contamination Near 

Pavillion, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 45-day 

public comment period for the external 

review of the draft research report titled, 

‘‘Investigation of Ground Water 

Contamination near Pavillion, 

Wyoming.’’ The draft research report 

was prepared by the National Risk 

Management Research Laboratory 

(NRMRL), within the EPA Office of 

Research and Development (ORD), and 

EPA Region 8. EPA is releasing this 

draft research report solely for the 

purpose of pre-dissemination peer 

review. This draft research report has 

not been formally disseminated by EPA. 

It does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. Eastern 

Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an EPA 

contractor for external peer review, will 

convene an independent panel of 

experts for peer review of this draft 

research report. Public comments 

submitted during the public comment 

period will be made available to the 

peer review panel for consideration in 

their review. In preparing a final report, 

EPA will consider the recommendations 

of the peer review panel. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins December 14, 2011, and ends 

January 27, 2011. Comments should be 

submitted to the docket or received in 

writing by EPA by January 27, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Investigation of 

Ground Water Contamination near 

Pavillion, Wyoming’’ is available via the 

Internet on the EPA Region 8 home page 

under the Key Issues menu, Pavillion 

Groundwater Investigation at http:// 

www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/ 

pavillion/. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by email, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

Additional Information: For 

information on the docket, http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or the public 

comment period, please contact the 

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Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 2822T), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (202) 566–1752; 

facsimile: (202) 566–1753; or email: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For information on the draft research 

report, please contact Rebecca Foster, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

P.O. Box 1198, Ada, OK 74821; 

telephone: (580) 436–8750; facsimile: 

(580) 436–8529; or email: 

foster.rebecca@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About Pavillion Ground 

Water Investigation 

Pavillion, Wyoming is located in 

Fremont County, about 20 miles 

northwest of Riverton. The concern at 

the site is potential ground water 

contamination, based on resident 

complaints about smells, tastes, and 

adverse changes in the quality of the 

water in their domestic wells. In 

collaboration with ORD, Region 8 has 

been conducting a ground water 

investigation. The purpose of this 

ground water investigation is to better 

understand the basic ground water 

hydrology and how the constituents of 

concern may be occurring in the aquifer. 

More information is available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/region8/superfund/wy/ 

pavillion/. 

II. How To Submit Comments to the 

Docket at http://www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0895, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Facsimile: (202) 566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The telephone 

number is (202) 566–1752. If you 

provide comments by mail, please 

submit one unbound original with pages 

numbered consecutively, and three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, 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. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. If 

you provide comments by hand 

delivery, please submit one unbound 

original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 

index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0895. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless comments include information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means that EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comments. If you send email comments 

directly to EPA without going through 

http://www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comments 

that are placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit electronic comments, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comments and with 

any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comments due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Other material, 

such as copyrighted material, will be 

publicly available only in hard copy. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: December 5, 2011. 

Cynthia Sonich-Mullin, 

Director, National Risk Management Research 

Laboratory. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting; Open 

Commission Meeting; Tuesday, 

December 13, 2011 

December 6, 2011. 

The Federal Communications 

Commission will hold an Open Meeting 

on the subjects listed below on Tuesday, 

December 13, 2011. This meeting is 

scheduled to commence at 10:45 a.m. in 

Room TW–C305, at 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC. 

Item 

Nos. Bureau Subject 

1 Media ......................... Title: Implementation of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act (MB Docket No. 11–93) 

Summary: The Commission will consider a Report and Order that protects consumers by implementing the 

Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act to prevent digital television commercial advertisements from being transmitted at louder volumes than the program material they accompany. 

2 International ............... Title: Third Report and Analysis of Competitive Market Conditions with Respect to Domestic and International 

Satellite Communications Services (IB Docket No. 09–16) and Report and Analysis of Competitive Market 

Conditions with Respect to Domestic and International Satellite Communications Services (IB Docket No. 10– 

99) 

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