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ii. Education: B.S. in Environmental 

and Forest Biology (Wildlife 

Management) from State University of 

New York—Syracuse; M.S. in Wildlife 

Science (Wildlife Management) from 

Texas Tech University; PhD in Biology 

(Ecology, Evolution and Organismal 

Biology) from the University of 

Michigan. 

iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Rick 

A. Relyea is a Professor of Biology at the 

University of Pittsburgh and Director of 

the Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology. 

Dr. Relyea regularly teaches courses in 

ecology, evolution, and animal behavior 

at the undergraduate and graduate 

levels. For two decades, Dr. Relyea has 

conducted research on a wide range of 

topics including community ecology, 

evolution, disease ecology, and 

ecotoxicology. He has served on 

multiple scientific panels for the NSF 

and has been an associate editor for the 

journals of the Ecological Society of 

America. He has authored more than 80 

scientific articles and book chapters, 

and has presented research seminars 

throughout the world. In 2005, he was 

named the ‘‘Chancellor’s Distinguished 

Researcher’’ at the University of 

Pittsburgh. 

18. Lee Shugart, PhD, LR Shugart & 

Associates, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN. 

i. Expertise: Biochemistry, 

environmental sciences, genetic 

ecotoxicology. 

ii. Education: B.S. in Chemistry from 

East Tennessee State University; M.S. in 

Biochemistry and PhD in Microbiology 

from the University of Tennessee. 

iii. Professional Experience: Dr. Lee 

Shugart is President of LR Shugart and 

Associates, Inc. His research interests 

are concerned with elucidating the 

cellular mechanisms of environmental 

genotoxicants and the development of 

new methodologies for quantifying the 

interaction of genotoxicants with DNA 

and proteins. He has published over one 

hundred articles in the peer-reviewed, 

scientific literature on such topics as 

protein biosynthesis, mechanisms of 

enzyme action, and nucleic acid 

biochemistry, and has conducted 

extensive research on the chemical 

modification of macromolecules by 

environmental contaminants in fish, 

rodents, and humans. He is considered 

an established authority on the use of 

the Biomarker Approach for evaluating 

the effects of contaminants on the health 

of environmental species. He is the 

current and founding Editor-in-Chief of 

the international scientific journal 

Ecotoxicology, a past member of the 

editorial board of Biomarkers and an 

Associate Editor for the 2nd edition of 

the Encyclopedia of Toxicology. He has 

served as a Consultant to the Science 

Advisory Board of the EPA and as a 

Scientific Assistant to the Deputy 

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for 

Nuclear and Chemical and Biological 

Matters/Counter Proliferation. Dr. 

Shugart was a Line Officer in the U.S. 

Navy and served as a Communication 

Officer for the Chief of Naval Operation 

and as a Chief Engineer on a destroyer 

stationed with the 6th fleet. He is a 

veteran of the Korean Conflict. 

19. Joseph P. Sullivan, PhD, Ardea 

Consulting, Woodland, CA. 

i. Expertise: Pesticide ecotoxicology. 

ii. Education: B.A. in Biology from 

Ripon College; M.S. in Biology/Ecology 

from Utah State University; PhD in 

Wildlife Science from Virginia 

Polytechnic Institute & State University. 

iii. Professional Experience: Dr. 

Joseph Sullivan is Principal Consultant/ 

Owner of Ardea Consulting. His work 

since graduate school has involved the 

evaluation of impacts of pesticides on 

terrestrial wildlife species. His graduate 

research investigated blood biomarkers 

indicative of reproductive impacts 

following exposure to organochlorine 

insecticides. Immediately following 

graduate school, he worked for 31⁄2 years 

as the avian toxicologist for a pesticide 

manufacturing company. Dr. Sullivan 

acted as Study Director conducting EPA 

guideline ecotoxicology tests according 

to Good Laboratory Practices. He also 

spent 3 years conducting field studies 

evaluating exposure to and impacts of 

pesticides to wildlife, primarily birds. 

This experience provided in-depth 

knowledge and understanding of the 

testing necessary for the registration of 

pesticides. In 1997, he established 

Ardea Consulting which he continues to 

operate in Woodland, CA, specializing 

in avian and wildlife biology/toxicology 

as well as ecological risk assessment. In 

2009, Dr. Sullivan co-authored a chapter 

on impacts of environmental 

contaminants on wildlife in the six 

volume compendium General and 

Applied Toxicology. In Pennsylvania, he 

served as President of the Pennsylvania 

Chapter of the Wildlife Society, member 

of the Pennsylvania Biodiversity 

Partnership, and Secretary of the 

Morrisville Environmental Advisory 

Council. He has served as Treasurer, 

Secretary and Vice Chair of the Wildlife 

Toxicology Working Group of The 

Wildlife Society. Now in California, Dr. 

Sullivan serves on the Woodland Water 

Rate Advisory Committee. 

20. Vasilis Vasiliou, Ph.D., University 

of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO. 

i. Expertise: Pharmacology & 

toxicology. 

ii. Education: B.S. in Chemistry, Ph.D. 

in Biochemistry and postdoctoral 

training in Pharmacology from 

University of Ioannina, Greece; 

Postdoctoral training in Molecular 

Toxicology from the University of 

Cincinnati. 

iii. Professional Experience: Dr. 

Vasilis Vasiliou is Professor of 

Molecular Toxicology at the 

Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences 

and Ophthalmology at the University of 

Colorado Denver. He is also Director of 

the Toxicology Graduate Program at the 

University of Colorado Denver since 

2001, a program that has been ranked in 

the top 10 of the country. Dr. Vasiliou 

spent his one-year Sabbatical as a Guest 

Scientist at the National Eye Institute, 

National Institutes of Health (NIH 2005– 

2006) in the laboratory of Molecular and 

Developmental Biology. Dr. Vasiliou’s 

major research interest has been the 

cellular responses to oxidative stress 

induced by physical agents (e.g.. UV 

radiation), metabolism and toxicity of 

both endogenous and foreign chemicals. 

Dr. Vasiliou is a world expert in the 

Aldehyde Dehydrogenases (ALDH) and 

he maintains the official Web page for 

the ALDH superfamily. He is a 

Specialist Advisor for the Human Gene 

Nomenclature Committee of the Human 

Genome Organization (HUGO). He is a 

member of ARVO (Cornea Specialty 

Section) and Society of Toxicology 

(Ocular Toxicology & Mechanisms 

Specialty Section). Dr Vasiliou’s 

research program has been funded since 

1997, from NEI/NIH and NIAAA/NIH. 

He is the author of about 110 original 

scientific papers and review articles 

published in peer reviewed 

international journals as well as a 

number of book chapters and editorials. 

Dr. Vasiliou is the editor of the journal 

Human Genomics and he is a member 

of the Editorial Board of the Cutaneous 

and Ocular Toxicology, and The Ocular 

Surface. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests. 

Dated: July 21, 2011. 

Frank Sanders, 

Director, Office of Science Coordination and 

Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19174 Filed 7–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9446–3] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

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ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; Request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 

7413(g), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed consent decree to address a 

lawsuit filed by Kentucky 

Environmental Foundation in the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Columbia: Kentucky 

Environmental Foundation v. Jackson, 

No. 10–CV–1814–PLF (D. D.C.). On 

October 22, 2010, Plaintiff filed a 

complaint alleging that EPA failed to 

perform a nondiscretionary duty under 

section 110(k)(2) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 

7410(k)(2), to take final action on an 

attainment demonstration contained 

within a SIP submittal from the State of 

Kentucky for the 1997 fine particulate 

matter National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard in the Kentucky portion of the 

Huntington-Ashland area. The proposed 

consent decree establishes a deadline of 

March 30, 2012 for EPA to take action. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by August 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2011–0634, online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geoffrey L. Wilcox, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–5601; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

e-mail address: wilcox.geoffrey@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit seeking to compel the 

Agency to take final action under 

section 110(k) of the CAA on an 

attainment demonstration contained 

within a SIP submittal from the State of 

Kentucky for the 1997 fine particulate 

matter National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard in the Kentucky portion of the 

Huntington-Ashland area (‘‘Attainment 

Demonstration’’). The proposed consent 

decree requires that no later than March 

30, 2012, EPA shall sign a notice taking 

final action on the Attainment 

Demonstration pursuant to section 

110(k) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7410(k). In 

addition, the proposed consent decree 

requires that no later than 15 business 

days following signature, EPA shall 

send the notice to the Office of the 

Federal Register for review and 

publication in the Federal Register. 

After EPA fulfills its obligations under 

the proposed consent decree, the matter 

shall be dismissed with prejudice. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the proposed consent decree will be 

affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQOGC–2011–0634) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

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, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

http://www.regulations.gov to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, CBI, or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an e-mail 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. 

Use of the http://www.regulations.gov 

Web site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

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public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, e-mail address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

your e-mail address is automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Dated: July 22, 2011. 

Richard B. Ossias, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19291 Filed 7–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9446–2] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent 

Decree; Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is 

hereby given of a proposed consent 

decree to resolve a lawsuit filed by the 

Sierra Club (‘‘Plaintiff’’) in the United 

States District Court for the Western 

District of Wisconsin: Sierra Club v. 

Jackson, No. 11–cv–36–SLC (W.D. 

Wisc.). Plaintiffs filed a deadline suit to 

compel the Administrator to respond to 

an administrative petition seeking EPA’s 

objection to a CAA Title V operating 

permit issued by the Wisconsin 

Department of Natural Resources to 

Carmeuse Lime & Stone, a lime kiln 

facility in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. 

Under the proposed consent decree, 

EPA would agree to respond to the 

petition by October 7, 2011, or within 

30 days after entry of the consent decree 

by the Court, whichever is later. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by August 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2011–0637, online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Froikin, Office of General Counsel (Mail 

Code 2344A), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: (202) 564–3187; fax number 

(202) 564–5603; e-mail address: 

froikin.sara@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

This proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit alleging that the 

Administrator failed to perform a 

nondiscretionary duty to grant or deny, 

within 60 days of submission, an 

administrative petition to object to a 

CAA Title V permit issued by the 

Wisconsin Department of Natural 

Resources to Carmeuse Lime & Stone, a 

lime kiln facility in Manitowoc, 

Wisconsin. Under the proposed consent 

decree, EPA would agree to respond to 

the petition by October 7, 2011, or 

within 30 days after entry of the consent 

decree by the Court, whichever is later, 

and pay specified attorneys fees to the 

Plaintiffs. The Court would then dismiss 

the case with prejudice once EPA has 

fulfilled these obligations under the 

consent decree. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the consent decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2011–0348) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

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, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may use the 

http://www.regulations.gov to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

appropriate docket identification 

number. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, CBI, or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

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