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oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information Docket, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB by mail to: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Blanding, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition 

Management, Mail Code 3802R, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; (202) 564–1130; fax number: 

(202) 565–2475; e-mail address: 

blanding.donna@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On November 13, 2008 (73 FR 67152), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments. Any additional 

comments on this ICR should be 

submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OARM–2008–0827, which is 

available for public viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC 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 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Contractor Cumulative Claim 

and Reconciliation (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0246.10, 

OMB Control No. 2030–0016. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2009. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. An Agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information, unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: At the completion of a cost 

reimbursement contract, contractors 

will report final costs incurred, 

including direct labor, materials, 

supplies, equipment, other direct 

charges, subcontracting, consultant fees, 

indirect costs, and fixed fee. Contractors 

will report this information on EPA 

Form 1900–10. EPA will use this 

information to reconcile the contractor’s 

costs. Establishment of the final costs 

and fixed fee is necessary to close out 

the contract. Responses to the 

information collection are mandatory 

for those contractors completing work 

under a cost reimbursement contract, 

and are required to receive final 

payment. Information submitted is 

protected from public release in 

accordance with the Agency’s 

confidentiality regulation, 40 CFR 2.201 

et seq. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 240 minutes per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: All 

contractors who have completed an EPA 

cost reimbursement type contract will 

be required to submit EPA Form 1900– 

10. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

20. 

Frequency of Response: At contract 

completion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

80. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $8,491 

which includes $0 annual capital/ 

startup costs, $240 annual O&M costs, 

and $8,251 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: In the last 

OMB clearance, respondent burden 

hours were estimated at 32 hours per 

year. The current estimate is 80 hours 

per year for an overall increase of 48 

hours. The increase in burden from the 

previous approval is a result of the 

increased time needed, by the 

respondents’, per action due to the 

complexity of some of the contracts to 

be closed out and the timeliness of 

consulted subcontractors, which often 

increases the amount of time needed to 

gather the required information. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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[EPA–HQ–ORD–2009; FRL–8787–5] 

Guidance on the Development, 

Evaluation, and Application of 

Environmental Models 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Document 

Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the availability of the final ‘‘Guidance 

Document on the Development, 

Evaluation, and Application of 

Regulatory Environmental Models,’’ 

EPA/100/K–09/003 (hereinafter 

‘‘Models Guidance’’). EPA’s Council for 

Regulatory Environmental Modeling 

(CREM) developed the Models Guidance 

and its companion product, the ‘‘Models 

Knowledge Base’’ (hereinafter ‘‘Models 

KBase,’’ http://cfpub.epa.gov/crem/ 

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improve the practices associated with 

the development, evaluation, and 

application of models for environmental

decision making. Furthermore, by 

providing access to its tools and 

methods, EPA increases transparency 

and can improve the public’s 

understanding of how science is used to 

make environmental decisions. 

While the Models Guidance does not 

impose legally binding requirements on 

EPA or the public, it provides 

recommendations on the principles of 

good modeling practice, stressing the 

importance of model quality, 

documentation, and transparency with 

the aim of helping to determine when 

and how a model can be used to inform 

a decision. 

ADDRESSES: The Models Guidance is 

available electronically through the 

CREM Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

crem. A limited number of paper copies 

will be available from EPA’s National 

Service Center for Environmental 

Publications (NSCEP), P.O. Box 42419, 

Cincinnati, OH 45242; telephone 1– 

800–490–9198 or 513–489–8190; 

facsimile: 301–604–3408; e-mail: 

NSCEP@bps-lmit.com. Please provide 

your name, mailing address, title, and 

EPA number (as given above) of the 

requested publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Noha Gaber, Council for Regulatory 

Environmental Modeling, Office of the 

Science Advisor, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave, NW., Mail Code: 8105R, 

Washington, DC 20460; by telephone/ 

voice mail at 202–564–2179; Fax: 202– 

564–2070; or via e-mail at 

gaber.noha@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To 

achieve its mission of protecting human 

health and safeguarding the natural 

environment, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) often employs 

mathematical models to study 

environmental systems and processes. 

These modeling analyses often provide 

input for the development of regulatory 

decisions. EPA established the Council 

for Regulatory Environmental Modeling 

(CREM) in 2000 in an effort to improve 

the quality, consistency and 

transparency of EPA models. In 2003, 

the EPA Administrator directed the 

CREM to provide guidance for the 

development, assessment, and use of 

environmental models and to develop a 

publicly-accessible inventory of EPA’s 

most frequently used models. The 

Models Guidance and Models KBase 

were developed in close collaboration 

with members of the CREM, who 

represent EPA’s program and regional 

offices. This document represents the 

consensus view among EPA offices. The 

Models Guidance was also evaluated 

and approved by the EPA’s Science 

Policy Council, the Agency’s forum for 

senior level policy deliberation and 

coordination on significant science 

issues. 

Both the Models Guidance and the 

Models KBase were issued in draft form 

in January 2004. In addition to internal 

review, the CREM products have 

undergone an external review process 

through EPA’s Science Advisory Board 

(the report may be found at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ 

cremgacpanel.html). The CREM also 

commissioned the National Academy of 

Science’s (NAS) National Research 

Council to assess evolving scientific and

technical issues related to the selection 

and use of computational and statistical 

models in decision making processes at 

EPA. The NRC report, entitled ‘‘Models 

of Environmental Regulatory Decision 

Making,’’ was released in 2007 and 

provides advice on the management, 

evaluation, and use of models at the 

EPA. The report may be found at 

http://www.nap.edu/ 

catalog.php?record_id=11972. 

A revised draft of the Models 

Guidance, which built on the 

recommendations of the Science 

Advisory Board review panel and the 

NRC report, was issued for public 

comment in August 2008. 

Dated: March 5, 2009. 

Kevin Teichman, 

Acting EPA Science Advisor. 

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Meeting of the Mobile Sources 

Technical Review Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, notice is hereby given that the 

Mobile Sources Technical Review 

Subcommittee (MSTRS) will meet in 

May 2009. The MSTRS is a 

subcommittee under the Clean Air Act 

Advisory Committee. This is an open 

meeting. The meeting will include 

discussion of current topics and 

presentations about activities being 

conducted by EPA’s Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality. The 

preliminary agenda for the meeting and 

any notices about change in venue will 

be posted on the Subcommittee’s Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/air/caaac/ 

mobile_sources.html. MSTRS listserver 

subscribers will receive notification 

when the agenda is available on the 

Subcommittee Web site. To subscribe to 

the MSTRS listserver, send a blank email to lists-mstrs@lists.epa.gov. 

DATES: Wednesday May 13, 2009 from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration begins at 8:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Loews Madison Hotel, 1177 15th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 

Phone 202–862–1600. The hotel is 

located about four blocks from both the 

Farragut North and McPherson Square 

Metro stations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For Technical Information: John Guy, 

Designated Federal Officer, 

Transportation and Regional Programs 

Division, Mailcode 6405J, U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; Ph: 202–343– 

9276; e-mail: guy.john@epa.gov. 

For Logistical and Administrative 

Information: Ms. Cheryl Jackson, U.S. 

EPA, Transportation and Regional 

Programs Division, Mailcode 6405J, U.S. 

EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; 202–343–9653; 

e-mail: jackson.cheryl@epa.gov. 

Background on the work of the 

subcommittee is available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/air/caaac/ 

mobile_sources.html . Individuals or 

organizations wishing to provide 

comments to the subcommittee should 

submit them to Mr. Guy at the address 

above by April 24, 2009. The 

subcommittee expects that public 

statements presented at its meetings will 

not be repetitive of previously 

submitted oral or written statements. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During the 

meeting, the subcommittee may also 

hear progress reports from some of its 

workgroups as well as updates and 

announcements on activities of general 

interest to attendees. 

For Individuals With Disabilities: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Mr. Guy or Ms. Jackson (see 

above). To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Mr. Guy or Ms. 

Jackson, preferably at least 10 days prior 

to the meeting, to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Dated: March 25, 2009. 

Margo Tsirigotis Oge, 

Director, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

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