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Docket No. ER12–1586, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1772, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1779, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–2292, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–2366, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–2, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–60, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc., et al. 

Docket No. ER12–1813, The Empire 

District Electric Co. 

Docket No. ER12–1071, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–59, Golden Spread 

Electric Cooperative, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–548, ITC Great 

Plains, LLC 

Docket No. ER12–480, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. EL11–34, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–36, Prairie Wind 

Transmission, LLC. 

Docket No. ER09–35, Tallgrass 

Transmission, LLC. 

Docket No. EL12–28, Xcel Energy 

Services Inc., et al. 

Docket No. EL13–15, Southwestern 

Public Service Company. 

Docket No. EL13–35, Southwestern 

Public Service Company. 

Docket No. ER13–301, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–366, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–367, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–664, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–989, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1013, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1014, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No, ER13–1032, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1061, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1068, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1084, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1173, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1264, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1768, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–2078, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–416, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–521, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–522, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–523, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–524, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–526, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–528, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–529, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–530, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–531, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–532, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–591, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–592, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–594, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–596, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–614, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–617, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–620, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–644, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–662, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–781, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–788, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–791, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–794, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–807, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–813, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–814, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–815, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER14–962, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–2164, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL13–84, Kansas 

Municipal Energy Agency. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. 

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5937 or 

patrick.clarey@ferc.gov. 

Dated: January 17, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01533 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9905–84–Region 4; CERCLA–04– 

2008–3774] 

Georgia-Pacific Hardwood Site; 

Plymouth, Washington County, North 

Carolina; Notice of Amended 

Settlement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of amended settlement. 

SUMMARY: Under 122(h) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency has 

amended a settlement entered into with 

Castpa, LLC and W.C. Development, Inc. 

that addresses past costs concerning the 

Georgia-Pacific Hardwood Site located 

in Plymouth, Washington County, North 

Carolina. The Agency had previously 

entered into a settlement in 2008 

addressing costs from a fund-lead 

Removal Action taken by EPA at the 

Site. The amendment to the settlement 

reduces the past cost owed to the 

Agency based on an ability to pay by the 

settling parties. 

DATES: The Agency will consider public 

comments on the amended settlement 

until February 27, 2014. The Agency 

will consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the amended settlement if comments 

received disclose facts or considerations 

which indicate that the amended 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the amended 

settlement are available from the 

Agency by contacting Ms. Paula V. 

Painter, Environmental Protection 

Specialist using the contact information 

provided in this notice. Comments may 

also be submitted by referencing the 

Site’s name through one of the following 

methods: 

• Internet: www.epa.gov/region4/

superfund/programs/enforcement/

enforcement.html 

• U.S. Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Superfund Division, 

Attn: Paula V. Painter, 61 Forsyth Street 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, 

• Email: Painter.Paula@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula V. Painter at 404/562–8887 


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Dated: September 23, 2013. 

Anita L. Davis, 

Chief, Superfund Enforcement & Information 

Management Branch, Superfund Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–01585 Filed 1–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9905–82–OA] 

Request for Nominations of Experts To 

Augment the Science Advisory Board 

Chemical Assessment Advisory 

Committee for the Review of the EPA’s 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Benzo[a]pyrene 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to 

augment the SAB Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee (CAAC) for the 

review of the EPA’s draft Toxicological 

Review of Benzo[a]pyrene in Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS). 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by February 18, 2014 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

the Designated Federal Officer for the 

review, as identified below. Nominators 

unable to submit nominations 

electronically as described below may 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

for assistance. General information 

concerning the EPA SAB can be found 

at the EPA SAB Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice and recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

EPA actions. As a Federal Advisory 

Committee, the SAB conducts business 

in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB Chemical Assessment 

Advisory Committee (CAAC) is a 

subcommittee of the SAB that provides 

advice through the chartered SAB 

regarding assessments of environmental 

chemicals available on EPA’s Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS). The 

SAB and the CAAC, augmented with 

additional experts, will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

The National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) in 

the EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) develops 

toxicological reviews/assessments for 

various chemicals for IRIS. NCEA has 

developed a draft IRIS assessment for 

benzo[a]pyrene and has asked the SAB 

to peer review the draft document. The 

SAB Staff Office is seeking experts to 

augment the SAB CAAC for this peer 

review. 

Benzo[a]pyrene is a five-ring 

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon that is 

relatively insoluble in water and has 

low volatility. It is ubiquitous in the 

environment primarily as a result of 

incomplete combustion emissions. 

Natural sources of benzo[a]pyrene 

include forest fires and volcanoes, and 

anthropogenic sources include stoves/

furnaces burning fossil fuels (especially 

wood and coal), motor vehicle exhaust, 

and various industrial combustion 

processes. Major sources of 

occupational exposure involve 

production of aluminum, coke, graphite 

and silicon carbide, as well as coal tar 

distillation. Major sources of nonoccupational exposure involve tobacco 

products and diet (e.g., barbequed or 

charred meats). 

NCEA’s draft Toxicological Review of 

Benzo[a]pyrene (August 2013) is an 

update to a 1987 IRIS assessment for 

benzo[a]pyrene. The draft assessment 

and proposed charge questions may be 

found at the following URL: http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/

IRIS%20BaP?OpenDocument. The 1987 

benzo[a]pyrene assessment currently 

posted to the IRIS database includes an 

oral cancer risk estimate (oral slope 

factor) and a cancer descriptor. For the 

reassessment, NCEA evaluated 

epidemiological data, experimental 

animal data, and other relevant data 

from studies of noncancer and cancer 

effects of benzo[a]pyrene. The 2013 

draft assessment contains a qualitative 

characterization of the hazards for 

benzo[a]pyrene, including a cancer 

descriptor of the chemical’s human 

carcinogenic potential, cancer risk 

estimates for oral, inhalation and dermal 

exposure, and noncancer toxicity values 

for chronic oral (reference dose) and 

inhalation (reference concentration) 

exposure. This assessment includes the 

IRIS Program’s first dermal slope factor. 

The dermal analysis was included in 

consideration of EPA’s need to estimate 

the potential for skin cancer from 

dermal exposure, especially in children 

exposed to contaminated soil. [Note: 

NCEA posted the 2013 draft assessment 

and draft charge questions on the IRIS 

Web site (http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/

iris_drafts/

recordisplay.cfm?deid=66193) on 

August 21, 2013, which initiated a 

public comment period that ended on 

November 21, 2013. 

Additionally, on December 12–13, 

2013, NCEA held a public meeting to 

obtain stakeholder and public feedback 

on the draft charge and the draft 

benzo[a]pyrene toxicological 

assessment. As a result of the comments 

received during the public comment 

period and the discussions at the 

December meeting, the August 2013 

draft versions of these documents may 

be revised prior to their submission to 

the SAB CAAC panel for peer review.] 

Technical Contact for EPA’s Draft 

Assessment: For information concerning 

the EPA draft assessment, please contact 

Dr. Samantha Jones, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Office of 

Research and Development, U.S. EPA, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail 

Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460, 

phone (703) 347–8580 or via email at 

jones.samantha@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists with demonstrated 

expertise and research to augment the 

CAAC for the peer review of the 

benzo[a]pyrene toxicological review. 

The SAB Staff Office seeks experts in 

one or more of the following areas, with 

a particular focus on benzo[a]pyrene: 

epidemiology with expertise in PAHs 

and benzo[a]pyrene; developmental 

toxicity and neurotoxicity; reproductive 

toxicity (both male and female); 

immunotoxicity; genotoxicity; cancer 

biology; dermal toxicity and 

carcinogenicity, including toxicokinetic 

considerations (e.g., dose metrics, 

extrapolation from animals to humans); 

and quantitative risk assessment, 

including dose-response modeling 

expertise. Questions regarding this 

review should be directed to Stephanie 

Sanzone, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), SAB Staff Office, by telephone/ 

voice mail at (202) 564–2067, by fax at 

(202) 565–2098, or via email at 

sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

the augmented CAAC panel identified 

in this notice. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred over hard copy) following the 

instructions for ‘‘Nominating Experts to 

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