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substance, there may be unpublished 

studies or other primary technical 

sources that are not available through 

the open literature. EPA would 

appreciate receiving scientific 

information from the public during the 

information gathering stage for the 

assessments listed in this notice or any 

other assessments on the IRIS agenda. 

Interested persons may provide 

scientific analyses, studies, and other 

pertinent scientific information. While 

EPA is primarily soliciting information 

on new assessments, the public may 

submit information on any chemical 

substance at any time. 

This notice provides (1) a list of new 

IRIS assessments for which literature 

searches have recently become 

available; and (2) instructions to the 

public for submitting scientific 

information to EPA pertinent to the 

development of assessments. 

EPA is announcing the availability of 

additional literature searches on the 

IRIS web site (http://www.epa.gov/iris). 

The public is invited to review the 

literature search results and submit 

additional information to EPA. 

Literature searches are now available for 

diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) (84–69–5), 

diisononyl phthalate (DINP) (28553–12– 

0, 68515–48–0, 71549–78–5 and 14103– 

61–8), dipentyl phthalate (DPP) (131– 

18–0), and polychlorinated biphenyls 

(noncancer) (various) at http:// 

www.epa.gov/iris under ‘‘IRIS Agenda 

and Literature Searches.’’ Additional 

literature searches will be posted as they 

are completed. Availability will be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

Instructions on how to submit 

information are provided below under 

General Information. 

General Information 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0664 by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket, (Mail Code: 

2822T), 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, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center’s 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. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. If you provide information 

by mail or hand delivery, please submit 

one unbound original with pages 

numbered consecutively, and three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the main text, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0664. It is EPA’s policy to include all 

comments it receives in the public 

docket without change and to make the 

comments available online at http:// 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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 comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, 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 http:// 

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

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

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 in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: April 30, 2010. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10855 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA 

gives notice of a meeting of the National 

Advisory Council for Environmental 

Policy and Technology (NACEPT). 

NACEPT provides advice to the EPA 

Administrator on a broad range of 

environmental policy, technology, and 

management issues. NACEPT is a 

committee of individuals who represent 

diverse interests from academia, 

industry, non-governmental 

organizations, and local, state, and tribal 

governments. The purpose of this 

meeting is to discuss the Council’s FY 

20l0–FY 2012 agenda, which includes 

vulnerable populations and workforce 

issues. A copy of the agenda for the 

meeting will be posted at http:// 

www.epa.gov//ocem/nacept/calnacept.htm. 

DATES: NACEPT will hold a two-day 

meeting on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 

from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 

Wednesday, May 26, 2010, from 8:30 

a.m. to 2 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 

Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 

22202. The meeting is open to the 

public, with limited seating on a firstcome, first-served basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sonia Altieri, designated Federal officer, 

altieri.sonia@epa.gov, (202) 564–0243, 

U.S. EPA, Office of Cooperative 

Environmental Management (1601M), 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral comments or to provide 

written comments to the Council should 

be sent to Sonia Altieri, designated 

Federal officer, at the contact 

information above. All requests must be 

submitted no later than May 17, 2010. 


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Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Sonia Altieri 

at 202–564–0243 or 

altieri.sonia@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Sonia Altieri, preferably at least 

10 days prior to the meeting, to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: April 29, 2010. 

Sonia Altieri, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10538 Filed 5–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9145–7] 

Notice of a Project Waiver of Section 

1605 (Buy American Requirement) of 

the American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to 

the City of Coldwater, MI (Coldwater) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA is hereby granting a 

project waiver of the Buy American 

requirements of ARRA section 1605 

under the authority of section 1605(b)(2) 

[manufactured goods are not produced 

in the United States of a satisfactory 

quality] to Coldwater, Michigan for the 

purchase of high-speed, high-efficiency 

magnetic bearing turbo-compressors that 

will be used in the city’s sludge 

treatment process. This is a projectspecific waiver and it only applies to 

the use of the specified product for the 

ARRA funded project being proposed. 

Any other ARRA project that may wish 

to use the same product must apply for 

a separate waiver based on projectspecific circumstances. These turbocompressors, which are supplied by 

ABS USA of Meriden, Connecticut, are 

manufactured in Sweden, and meet 

Coldwater’s performance specifications 

and requirements. The Acting Regional 

Administrator is making this 

determination based on the review and 

recommendations of EPA Region 5’s 

Water Division. Coldwater has provided 

sufficient documentation to support its 

request. The Assistant Administrator of 

the Office of Administration and 

Resources Management has concurred 

on this decision to make an exception 

to Section 1605 of ARRA. This action 

permits the purchase of high-speed, 

high-efficiency magnetic bearing turbocompressors for Coldwater’s activated 

sludge project that may otherwise be 

prohibited under Section 1605(a) of the 

ARRA. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 26, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Lausted, SRF Program Manager 

(312) 886–0189, or Puja Lakhani, Office 

of Regional Counsel, (312) 353–3190, 

U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., 

Chicago, IL 60604. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with ARRA Section 1605(c) 

and pursuant to Section 1605(b)(2) of 

Public Law 111–5, Buy American 

requirements, EPA hereby provides 

notice that it is granting a project waiver 

to Coldwater, Michigan for the 

acquisition of high-speed, highefficiency magnetic bearing turbocompressors that are manufactured in 

Sweden. 

Section 1605 of the ARRA requires 

that none of the appropriated funds may 

be used for the construction, alteration, 

maintenance, or repair of a public 

building or public work unless all of the 

iron, steel, and manufactured goods 

used in the project are produced in the 

United States, or unless a waiver is 

provided to the recipient by the head of 

the appropriate agency, here EPA. A 

waiver may be provided if EPA 

determines that (1) Applying these 

requirements would be inconsistent 

with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, 

and the relevant manufactured goods 

are not produced in the United States in 

sufficient and reasonably available 

quantities and of a satisfactory quality; 

or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and the 

relevant manufactured goods produced 

in the United States will increase the 

cost of the overall project by more than 

25 percent. 

The ARRA-funded project will 

provide improved aeration for 

Coldwater’s activated sludge treatment 

process, allowing the Wastewater 

Treatment Plant (WWTP) to meet the 

stringent ammonia-nitrogen effluent 

discharge limits required for this facility 

placed into effect in May 2007. 

Following a study of the cause for these 

ammonia-nitrogen effluent discharge 

excursions, it was determined the 

WWTP’s current organic treatment 

process was not capable of handling the 

maximum day and peak ammonianitrogen loading occurrences 

experienced by the facility. The existing 

multistage centrifugal aeration blowers 

cannot be turned down sufficiently to 

adequately meet the low and average 

aeration requirements on the WWTP. 

These blowers also have insufficient 

capacity to meet the peak aeration 

requirements alone, and need 

supplemental aeration blowers to meet 

these demands. Relative to conventional 

technologies and equipment, the highspeed, high-efficiency turbocompressors 

offer more turndown potential and the 

ability for the WWTP to meet the low, 

average, and peak aeration requirements 

in combination with the existing 

aeration blowers. The selected 

equipment can operate at 38% of its 

rated capacity, providing exceptional 

turndown. Coldwater selected the 

magnetic bearing technology because of 

its ability to avoid overheating and its 

track record of providing long-standing 

reliable service—key advantages over 

the competing airfoil bearing 

technology. Further, as Coldwater 

initiated its evaluation of the equipment 

for selection and design phases well 

before the enactment of ARRA, the 

decision to do was clearly not an 

attempt to avoid application of the Buy 

American provisions of ARRA. 

Coldwater’s submissions clearly 

articulated functional reasons that 

justified their technical specifications 

and requirements. 

The April 28, 2009 EPA HQ 

Memorandum, ‘‘Implementation of Buy 

American provisions of Public Law 

111–5, the ‘American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009’,’’ defines 

reasonably available quantity as ‘‘the 

quantity of iron, steel, or relevant 

manufactured good is available or will 

be available at the time needed and 

place needed, and in the proper form or 

specification as specified in the project 

plans and design.’’ 

The applicant met the requirements 

specified for the availability inquiry as 

appropriate to the circumstances by 

conducting an extensive investigation 

into all possible sources for high-speed, 

high-efficiency turbo-compressors. 

Based on the investigation, five 

companies manufacture these machines, 

but only two (ABS and one other 

company) used magnetic bearings. 

Moreover, both of the companies that 

use magnetic bearings manufacture their 

machines overseas. Therefore, 

Coldwater believed that there was no 

domestic product of satisfactory quality 

available. 

EPA’s national contractor prepared a 

technical assessment report dated 

December 24, 2009, based on the 

submitted waiver request. The report 

determined that the waiver request 

submittal was complete, that adequate 

technical information was provided, 

and that there were no significant 

weaknesses in the justification 

provided. Therefore, based on the 

information provided to EPA and to the 

best of our knowledge at this time, the 

high-speed, high-efficiency magnetic 

bearing turbo-compressors necessary for 

this project are not manufactured in the 


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