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Dated: June 27, 2014. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

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Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 06/30/2014 through 07/03/2014 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20140186, Final EIS, USFS, NM, 

Valles Caldera National Preserve— 

Landscape Restoration and 

Stewardship Plan, Review Period 

Ends: 08/11/2014, Contact: Marie 

Rodriguez 505–661–3333. 

EIS No. 20140187, Second Final 

Supplement, USACE, WA, Grays 

Harbor Navigation Improvement 

Project, Review Period Ends: 08/11/

2014, Contact: Leah Wickstrom 206– 

764–3652. 

EIS No. 20140188, Final EIS, NPS, FL, 

Canaveral National Seashore Final 

General Management Plan, Review 

Period Ends: 08/11/2014, Contact: 

Chris Church 303–969–2276. 

EIS No. 20140189, Draft EIS, USFS, CO, 

Middle Bald Mountain Area 

Communication Site, Comment 

Period Ends: 08/25/2014, Contact: 

Carol Kruse 970–295–6663. 

EIS No. 20140190, Revised Draft EIS, 

USFS, 00, Greater Sage Grouse BiState Distinct Population Segment 

Forest Plan Amendment, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/09/2014, Contact: 

James Winfrey 775–355–5308. 

Dated: July 8, 2014. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance 

Division, Office of Federal Activities. 

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Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board Panel for the Review 

of the EPA Water Body Connectivity 

Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two 

public teleconferences of the SAB Panel 

to provide comments to the chartered 

SAB on the adequacy of the scientific 

and technical basis of the proposed rule 

titled Definition of Waters of the United 

States under the Clean Water Act. 

DATES: The SAB Panel for the Review of 

the EPA Water Body Connectivity 

Report will conduct public 

teleconferences on August 20, 2014 and 

August 21, 2014. Each of the 

teleconferences will begin at 1:00 p.m. 

and end at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

SAB as well as any updates concerning 

the teleconferences announced in this 

notice may be found on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB Panel for the Review of the 

EPA Water Body Connectivity Report 

will hold two public teleconferences to 

provide comments to the chartered SAB 

on adequacy of the scientific and 

technical basis of the proposed rule 

titled Definition of Waters of the United 

States under the Clean Water Act. This 

proposed rule was published by the 

EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers on April 21, 2014 (79 FR 

22188). 

Background: The SAB Panel for the 

Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report was established to 

conduct a peer review of the EPA draft 

report titled Connectivity of Streams 

and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A 

Review and Synthesis of the Scientific 

Evidence (September, 2013 External 

Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/098B). The 

report was written to inform 

development of a rule proposed by the 

EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers to clarify the definition of 

waters of the United States under the 

Clean Water Act (79 FR 22188). The 

Panel was charged with reviewing the 

overall clarity and technical accuracy of 

the EPA draft report, whether it 

included and correctly summarized the 

most relevant peer-reviewed scientific 

literature, and whether the findings and 

conclusions were supported by the 

available science. To conduct the peer 

review, the Panel held a face-to-face 

meeting on December 16–18, 2013 

[Federal Register Notice dated 

September 24, 2013 (78 FR 58536)], 

public teleconferences on April 28 and 

May 2, 2014 [Federal Register Notice 

dated April 1, 2014 (79 FR 18293)], and 

a public teleconference on June 19, 2014 

[Federal Register Notice dated May 23, 

2014 (79 FR 29760)]. Information about 

this activity may be found at http://

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

fedrgstr_activites/

Watershed%20Connectivity

%20Report?OpenDocument. 

The ERDDAA requires the EPA to 

make available to the SAB proposed 

criteria documents, standards, 

limitations, or regulations provided to 

any other federal agency for formal 

review and comment together with the 

relevant scientific and technical 

information on which the proposed 

action is based. The SAB may then 

make available to the Administrator its 

advice and comments on the adequacy 

of the scientific and technical basis of 

the proposed actions. The purpose of 

the upcoming teleconferences is for the 

SAB Panel to develop comments to the 

chartered SAB on the adequacy of the 

scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule cited above. Comments 

from the Panel will inform a letter to the 

EPA Administrator, to be prepared by 

the chartered SAB, on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

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Water Act. The two Panel 

teleconferences will be conducted as 

one complete meeting, beginning on 

August 20, 2014 and continuing on 

August 21, 2014. Information about this 

advisory activity may be found at http:// 

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

fedrgstr_activites/WOUSadv%26com?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Teleconference agendas and any other 

meeting materials will be placed on the 

SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab 

in advance of the teleconferences. The 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

of the United States under the Clean 

Water Act is available on the EPA Web 

site at http://www2.epa.gov/sites/

production/files/2014–04/documents/fr2014–07142.pdf. For questions and 

information concerning the proposed 

rule please contact Ms. Donna Downing, 

Office of Water (4502–T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone (202) 566–2428 or 

via email at CWAwaters@epa.gov. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB panels to consider or if it relates to 

the clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide oral statements to 

the SAB Panel should contact the DFO 

directly. Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes. 

Interested parties should contact Dr. 

Thomas Armitage, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by August 13, 

2014 to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for August 20, 2014. Written 

Statements: Members of the public 

wishing to provide written comments 

may submit them to the EPA Docket 

electronically via www.regulations.gov 

by email, by mail, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the written 

statements section of this notice. 

Written statements should be received 

in the EPA Docket by August 13, 2014 

so that the information may be made 

available to the SAB Panel for its 

consideration. Written statements 

should be identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OA–2014–0010 and submitted 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov by 

one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_OEI@epa.gov: 

Include the docket number in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

28221T), Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OA– 

2014–0010, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. The 

phone number is (202) 566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

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. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Direct your comments to Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OA–2014–0010. Please 

ensure that your comments are 

submitted by August 13, 2014. 

Comments received after that date will 

be marked late and may not be provided 

to the SAB Panel for consideration 

before the August 20, 2014 

teleconference. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments received in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available on-line at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The 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 directly 

to EPA without going through 

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, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comments due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the SAB Panel may 

not be able to consider your comments. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters and any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at 

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

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 at 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage at (202) 564–2155 or 

armitage.thomas@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Armitage preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: June 30, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff 

Office. 

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Notification of a Public Meeting of the 

Science Advisory Board Advisory 

Panel on EPA’s Report on the 

Environment 2014 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

meeting of the SAB Advisory Panel on 

EPA’s Report on the Environment (ROE) 

2014. 


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