6900 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 24 / Wednesday, February 5, 2014 / Notices 

that study ‘‘represent[ed] a significant 

step forward in benefit-cost analysis,’’ 

EPA recognizes that serious technical 

challenges remain when attempting to 

evaluate the benefits and costs of 

potential regulatory actions using 

economy-wide models. The question 

also remains of the value added of using 

economy-wide models to evaluate the 

economic impacts (e.g., energy price 

and labor market impacts) of air 

regulations relative to other modeling 

approaches. 

EPA is looking for early feedback from 

the public on the draft charge questions 

and draft analytic blueprint that 

outlines the materials EPA could supply 

to the SAB to inform their deliberations 

on the technical merits and challenges 

of using economy-wide models to 

estimate the economic effects of air 

regulations and potential paths forward 

for improvements that could address 

such challenges. EPA is soliciting 

comments and information to help it: (i) 

Evaluate whether the Agency has 

identified the most relevant technical 

materials in the analytic blueprint to 

help inform the SAB panel in its 

deliberations; and (ii) assess whether 

the Agency has identified the most 

relevant charge questions to the SAB 

regarding the technical merits and 

challenges of using economy-wide 

models to evaluate the social costs, 

benefits, and economic impacts in the 

context of air regulations. 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the charge 

questions and draft blueprint as 

appropriate. The revised package will 

then be presented to the Science 

Advisory Board for consideration and 

comment. 

EPA’s Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office will issue a separate Federal 

Register Notice to solicit nominations 

for experts to serve on the SAB panel. 

(Information on the SAB, including the 

process for forming review panels, is 

available at http://www.epa.gov/sab). 

Dated: January 29, 2014. 

Joel Beauvais, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02471 Filed 2–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9905–51–Region 9] 

Notice of Proposed Administrative 

Order on Consent for Waipahu Ash 

Landfill, Pearl Harbor Naval Complex 

Superfund Site (partial), Oahu, Hawaii 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 

(‘‘CERCLA’’), notice is hereby given of a 

proposed settlement, embodied in an 

Administrative Order on Consent 

(‘‘Consent Order’’), with the City and 

County of Honolulu (‘‘CCH’’), under 

Sections 104, 107 and 122 of CERCLA. 

The Consent Order concerns work to be 

done by CCH in connection with the 

Waipahu Ash Landfill, located in part 

on the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex 

Superfund Site, Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam, Oahu, Hawaii and on land 

owned by the State of Hawaii and CCH. 

Parties to the Consent Order include the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’), the Department of the Navy 

(‘‘Navy’’), Hawaii Department Health 

(‘‘DOH’’), Hawaii Department of Land 

and Natural Resources and CCH. The 

property (the ‘‘Site’’) that is the subject 

of this Consent Order includes all areas 

to which hazardous substances from or 

related to the now closed Waipahu Ash 

Landfill have come to be located. Under 

this Consent Order, CCH agrees to carry 

out a remedial investigation and 

feasibility study of the Site under 

CERCLA. The performance of this work 

shall be approved and monitored by 

EPA in Consultation with the Navy and 

DOH. The settlement includes a 

covenant not to sue CCH pursuant to 

Sections 106 or 107(a) of CERCLA. 

Under the Consent Order, CCH also 

agrees to pay the Navy $63,062.00 in 

past response costs and, to EPA, $25,000 

in prepayment of anticipated annual 

EPA future response costs. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 7, 2014. For thirty (30) 

days following the date of publication of 

this notice, EPA will consider all 

comments received on the Consent 

Order and may modify or withdraw its 

consent to the Consent Order if 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations that indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. 

ADDRESSES: The Consent Order is 

available for public inspection at the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Superfund Records Center, 95 

Hawthorne Street, Suite 403S, San 

Francisco, California 94105. Telephone: 

415–536–2000. EPA’s response to any 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection at the same address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Bradfish, Assistant Regional 

Counsel (ORC–3), Office of Regional 

Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 

94105; Email: bradfish.larry@epa.gov; 

Phone (415) 972–3934. 

Dated: January 27, 2014. 

Enrique Manzanilla, 

Director, Superfund Division, EPA Region 9. 

[FR Doc. 2014–02475 Filed 2–4–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0744; FRL–9906–01] 

Migratory Bird Treaty Act; 

Memorandum of Understanding 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the 

availability of the draft Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) between the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) and 

the Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service (FWS) regarding 

implementation of Executive Order 

13186, ‘‘Responsibilities of Federal 

Agencies to Protect Migratory Birds’’ for 

public comment. The purpose of this 

MOU is to promote the conservation of 

migratory bird populations through 

enhanced collaboration between EPA’s 

OPP and FWS regarding actions carried 

out by OPP. Migratory birds are an 

important component of biological 

diversity, and as such, conserving them 

and their habitats supports ecological 

integrity, contributes to public 

conservation education, and enhances 

the growing interest in outdoor 

recreation opportunities. This MOU is 

an important first step in ensuring that 

pesticide use is consistent with these 

conservation goals. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 7, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2013–0744, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

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