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includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the material that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information marked as 

CBI will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the 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. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20004. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding federal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

Submit your comments on the 2011 

Effluent Guidelines Reviews identified 

by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2010– 

0824 using one of the methods 

described above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William F. Swietlik, Engineering and 

Analysis Division, Office of Water, 

4303T, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC., 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 566–1129; fax 

number: (202) 566–1053; email address: 

swietlik.william@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Supporting Documents for the Final 

2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 

Key documents providing additional 

information about EPA’s annual reviews 

and the final 2010 Effluent Guidelines 

Program Plan include the following: 

• Technical Support Document for the 

2010 Effluent Guidelines Program 

Plan, EPA–820–R–10–021, DCN 

07320; 

• Coalbed Methane Point Source 

Category: Detailed Study Report, 

EPA–820–R–10–022, DCN 09999; 

• Draft Guidance Document: Best 

Management Practices for Unused 

Pharmaceuticals at Health Care 

Facilities, August 26, 2010, EPA– 

821–R–10–006. 

• Ore Mining and Dressing Category 

Preliminary Study, EPA–820–R–10– 

025, DCN 07369. 

B. How can I get copies of these 

documents and other related 

information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established official 

public dockets for these actions under 

Docket ID Nos. EPA–HQ–OW–2008– 

0517 and EPA–HQ–OW–2010–0824. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Water Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) 

EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301Constitution Ave, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the United States 

government online source for Federal 

regulations at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency 

might ask you to respond to specific 

questions or organize comments by 

referencing a Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part or section 

number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree, 

suggest alternatives, and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Re-Opening of the Public Comment 

Period for the Final 2010 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan (‘‘Final 2010 

Plan’’) and the 2011 Effluent Guidelines 

Reviews 

On October 26, 2011 (76 FR 66286), 

EPA published its final 2010 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan (‘‘final 2010 

Plan’’), which, as required under the 

Clean Water Act (CWA), identified new 

or existing industrial dischargers, both 

those discharging directly to surface 

waters and those discharging to publicly 

owned treatment works (POTWs), 

selected for effluent guidelines 

rulemaking, and provided a schedule for 

such rulemakings. The Agency solicited 

comments from the public on the final 

Plan for 30 days (to have been submitted 

on or before November 25, 2011). The 

notice also solicited data and 

information (during the same 30-day 

period) for EPA’s 2011 Effluent 

Guidelines Reviews pursuant to the 

authority of CWA sections 304(b), 

304(g), 301(d) and 307(b). 

The Agency received several requests 

for additional time to submit comments. 

In response, EPA is re-opening the 

public comment period and will accept 

additional public comments on its final 

2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan, 

which announced schedules to develop 

standards for wastewater discharges 

produced by natural gas extraction from 

underground coalbed and shale 

formations as well as mercury 

discharges from dental offices. EPA is 

also accepting additional data and 

information for its 2011 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Reviews, which 

were announced as a part of the 2010 

Plan released in October. For more 

information visit http://water.epa.gov/ 

lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/ 

index.cfm. EPA believes that this 

additional 60-day comment period will 

assist in providing interested 

stakeholders, as well as other members 

of the public, adequate time to review 

the documents and provide written 

comments. 

Dated: December 19, 2011. 

Nancy K. Stoner, 

Acting Assistant Administrator for Water. 

[FR Doc. 2011–33153 Filed 12–23–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0954; FRL–9611–6] 

Human Studies Review Board; 

Notification of a Public Meeting 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Office of the Science 

Advisor announces a public meeting of 

the Human Studies Review Board to 

advise the Agency on the EPA scientific 

and ethical reviews of research with 

human subjects. 

DATES: This public meeting will be held 

on January 26, 2012, from 

approximately 9 a.m. to approximately 

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be submitted on or before Thursday, 

January 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0954, by one of 

the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: The EPA Docket Center EPA/ 

DC, ORD Docket, Mail code: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, at 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The hours of operation are 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov. for instructions. 

Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available on the Web site http:// 

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

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0954. The Agency’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at http: 

//www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information or other information the 

disclosure of which 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 EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to the EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

electronic storage media you submit. If 

the EPA cannot read your comment due 

to technical difficulties and cannot 

contact you for clarification, the EPA 

may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

receive further information should 

contact Jim Downing at telephone 

number (202) 564–2468; fax: (202) 564– 

2070; email address: 

downing.jim@epa.gov or Lu-Ann 

Kleibacker on telephone number (202) 

564–7189; fax (202) 564–2070; email 

address kleibacker.lu-ann@epa.gov; 

mailing address Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of the Science 

Advisor Mail code 8105R, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. General information 

concerning the EPA HSRB can be found 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Location: The meeting will be held at 

the EPA Conference Center—Lobby 

Level, One Potomac Yard (South 

Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22202. 

Meeting access: Seating at the meeting 

will be on a first-come basis. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact the persons listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

ten business days prior to the meeting 

using the information under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Procedures for providing public input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in Section I, ‘‘Public Meeting’’ 

under subsection D. ‘‘How May I 

Participate in this Meeting?’’ of this 

notice. 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by the EPA, or to persons who 

are, or may be required to conduct 

testing of chemical substances under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act. This notice might 

also be of special interest to participants 

of studies involving human subjects, or 

representatives of study participants or 

experts on community engagement. 

Since many entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult Jim 

Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I access electronic copies of 

this document and other related 

information? 

In addition to using regulations.gov, 

you may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http:// 

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

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. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, Public 

Reading Room. The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, at 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The hours of operation are 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 

Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available on the Web site (http:// 

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

The Agency’s position paper(s), 

charge/questions to the HSRB, and the 

meeting agenda will be available by the 

first week of January 2012. In addition, 

the Agency may provide additional 

background documents as the materials 

become available. You may obtain 

electronic copies of these documents, 

and certain other related documents that 

might be available electronically, from 

the regulations.gov Web site and the 

EPA HSRB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. For questions 

on document availability, or if you do 

not have access to the Internet, consult 

either Jim Downing or Lu-Ann 

Kleibacker listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

C. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for the EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

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2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data that you used to 

support your views. 

4. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns and suggest 

alternatives. 

5. To ensure proper receipt by the 

EPA, be sure to identify the Docket ID 

number assigned to this action in the 

subject line on the first page of your 

response. You may also provide the 

name, date, and Federal Register 

citation. 

D. How may I participate in this 

meeting? 

You may participate in this meeting 

by following the instructions in this 

section. To ensure proper receipt by the 

EPA, it is imperative that you identify 

Docket ID number EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0954 in the subject line on the 

first page of your request. 

1. Oral comments. Requests to present 

oral comments will be accepted up to 

Thursday, January 19, 2012. To the 

extent that time permits, interested 

persons who have not pre-registered 

may be permitted by the Chair of the 

HSRB to present oral comments at the 

meeting. Each individual or group 

wishing to make brief oral comments to 

the HSRB is strongly advised to submit 

their request (preferably via email) to 

Jim Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker, 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT no later than noon, Eastern 

Time, Thursday, January 19, 2012, in 

order to be included on the meeting 

agenda and to provide sufficient time 

for the HSRB Chair and HSRB 

Designated Federal Official to review 

the meeting agenda to provide an 

appropriate public comment period. 

The request should identify the name of 

the individual making the presentation 

and the organization (if any) the 

individual will represent. Oral 

comments before the HSRB are 

generally limited to five minutes per 

individual or organization. Please note 

that this includes all individuals 

appearing either as part of, or on behalf 

of, an organization. While it is our 

intent to hear a full range of oral 

comments on the science and ethics 

issues under discussion, it is not our 

intent to permit organizations to expand 

the time limitations by having 

numerous individuals sign up 

separately to speak on their behalf. If 

additional time is available, further 

public comments may be possible. 

2. Written comments. Submit your 

written comments prior to the meeting. 

For the Board to have the best 

opportunity to review and consider your 

comments as it deliberates on its report, 

you should submit your comments at 

least five business days prior to the 

beginning of this meeting. If you submit 

comments after this date, those 

comments will be provided to the Board 

members, but you should recognize that 

the HSRB members may not have 

adequate time to consider those 

comments prior to making a decision. 

Thus, if you plan to submit written 

comments, the agency strongly 

encourages you to submit such 

comments no later than noon, Eastern 

Time, Thursday, January 19, 2012. You 

should submit your comments using the 

instructions in Section I., under 

subsection C., ‘‘What Should I Consider 

as I Prepare My Comments for the 

EPA?’’ In addition, the agency also 

requests that persons submitting 

comments directly to the docket also 

provide a copy of their comments to Jim 

Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. There is no limit on the length 

of written comments for consideration 

by the HSRB. 

E. Background 

The HSRB is a Federal advisory 

committee operating in accordance with 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 5 

U.S.C. App.2 § 9. The HSRB provides 

advice, information, and 

recommendations to the EPA on issues 

related to scientific and ethical aspects 

of human subjects research. The major 

objectives of the HSRB are to provide 

advice and recommendations on: (1) 

Research proposals and protocols; (2) 

reports of completed research with 

human subjects; and (3) how to 

strengthen EPA’s programs for 

protection of human subjects of 

research. The HSRB reports to the EPA 

Administrator through the Agency’s 

Science Advisor. 

1. Topics for discussion. At its 

meeting on January 26, 2012, the EPA’s 

Human Studies Review Board will 

consider scientific and ethical issues 

surrounding these topics: 

a. A new scenario design and 

associated protocol from the 

Agricultural Handler Exposure Task 

Force describing proposed research to 

measure dermal and inhalation 

exposure to workers who mix, load, and 

apply liquid pesticides with powered 

handgun equipment. The Agency 

requests the advice of the HSRB 

concerning whether, if it is revised as 

suggested in the EPA’s review and if it 

is performed as described, this research 

is likely to generate scientifically 

reliable data, useful for assessing the 

exposure of those who mix, load, and 

apply liquid pesticides with powered 

handgun equipment, and to meet the 

applicable requirements of 40 CFR part 

26, subparts K and L. 

b. The report of a completed scenario 

monograph and study report from the 

Antimicrobial Exposure Assessment 

Task Force II in which the dermal and 

inhalation exposure of professional 

janitorial workers was monitored as 

they applied a liquid antimicrobial 

pesticide product for indoor surface 

disinfecting using a pressurized aerosol 

can. The EPA seeks the advice of the 

HSRB on the scientific soundness of this 

completed research and on its 

appropriateness for use in estimating 

the exposure of professional janitorial 

workers who apply liquid antimicrobial 

pesticide products to indoor surfaces 

using pressurized aerosol cans, and on 

whether available information supports 

a determination that the study was 

conducted in substantial compliance 

with subparts K and L of 40 CFR part 

26. 

2. Meeting minutes and reports. 

Minutes of the meeting, summarizing 

the matters discussed and 

recommendations, if any, made by the 

advisory committee regarding such 

matters, will be released within 90 

calendar days of the meeting. Such 

minutes will be available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ and 

http://www.regulations.gov. In addition, 

information regarding the Board’s final 

meeting report, will be found at http:// 

www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/ or from the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: December 19, 2011. 

Paul T. Anastas, 

EPA Science Advisor. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9611–5] 

Environmental Laboratory Advisory 

Board Meeting Dates and Agenda 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of teleconference and 

face-to-face meetings. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Environmental 

Laboratory Advisory Board, as 

previously announced, holds 

teleconference meetings on the third 

Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. 

Eastern Time, and two face-to-face 

meetings each calendar year. For 2012, 

teleconference only meetings will be 

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