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Pawnee National Grassland, Grand 

and Larimer Counties, CO, Wait 

Period Ends: 04/27/2009, Contact: 

Kris Sexton, 970–295–6623. 

EIS No. 20090081, Final EIS, AFS, OR, 

BLT Project, Proposed Vegetation 

Management Activities, Crescent 

Ranger District, Deschutes National 

Forest, Deschutes County, OR, Wait 

Period Ends: 04/27/2009, Contact: 

Chris Mickle, 541–433–3200. 

EIS No. 20090082, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, 

Salt Timber Harvest and Fuel Hazard 

Reduction Project, Proposing 

Vegetation Management in the Salt 

Creek Watershed, South Fork 

Management Unit, Hayfork Ranger 

District, Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest, Trinity County, CA, Comment 

Period Ends: 05/11/2009, Contact: 

Sandy Mack, 406–375–2638. 

EIS No. 20090083, Draft EIS, AFS, 00, 

Rogue River-Siskiyou National forest, 

Motorized Vehicle Use, To Enact the 

Travel Management Rule, 

Implementation, Douglas, Klamath, 

Jackson, Curry, Coos and Josephine 

Counties, OR and Del Norte and 

Siskiyou Counties, CA, Comment 

Period Ends: 05/11/2009, Contact: 

Steven R. Johnson, 541–552–2900. 

EIS No. 20090084, Second Final 

Supplement, BLM, NV, Betze Pit 

Expansion Project, Development of 

New Facilities and Expansion of 

Existing Open-Pit Gold Mining, 

Eureka and Elko Counties, NV, Wait 

Period Ends: 04/27/2009, Contact: 

Kirk Laird, 775–753–0272. 

EIS No. 20090085, Revised Draft EIS, 

FHW, CA, Partially Revised Tier 1— 

Placer Parkway Corridor Preservation 

Project, Select and Preserve a Corridor 

for the Future Construction from CA– 

70/99 to CA 65, Placer and Sutter 

Counties, CA, Comment Period Ends: 

05/11/2009, Contact: Gary Sweeten, 

916–498–5128. 

EIS No. 20090086, Second Draft 

Supplement, GSA, MD, U.S. Food and 

Drug Administration (FDA) 

Headquarters Consolidation, Master 

Plan Update, Federal Research Center 

at White Oak, Silver Spring, 

Montgomery County, MD, Comment 

Period Ends: 05/11/2009, Contact: 

Suzanne Hill, 202–205–5821. 

EIS No. 20090087, Draft EIS, FRA, 00, 

DesertXpress High-Speed Passenger 

Train Project, Proposes to Construct 

and Operate High-Speed Passenger 

Train between Victorville, California 

and Las Vegas, Nevada, Comment 

Period Ends: 05/22/2009, Contact: 

Wendy Messenger, 202–493–6396. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20090017, Draft EIS, USN, GU, 

Mariana Islands Range Complex 

(MIRC), To Address Ongoing and 

Proposed Military Training Activities, 

Mariana Islands, GU, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/31/2009, Contact: Nora 

Macariola-See 808–472–1402. 

Revision to FR Notice Published 01/ 

30/2009: Extending Comment Period 

from 03/16/2009 to 03/31/2009. 

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Ken Mittelholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, NEPA 

Compliance Division, Office of Federal 

Activities. 

[FR Doc. E9–6888 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8591–6] 

Absaloka Coal Mine Expansion, Notice 

of Availability of the Record of 

Decision (ROD), National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) permit 

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Record of Decision to issue an NPDES 

permit for the South Extension of the 

Absaloka Coal Mine. 

SUMMARY: The Absaloka surface coal 

mine is located in southeastern 

Montana, and will be expanding onto 

the Crow Indian Reservation. The 

NPDES permit will be for surface water 

discharges associated with the operation 

of the South Extension of the Absaloka 

Coal Mine. To support its NPDES 

decision, EPA has adopted the 

Environmental Impact Statement No. 

20080406, BIA, MT, ‘‘Absaloka Mine 

Crow Reservation South Extension Coal 

Lease Approval, Proposed Mine 

Development Plan, and Related Federal 

and State Permitting Actions, Crow 

Indian Reservation.’’ The ROD and 

adopted FEIS are available for review at 

http://www.epa.gov/region8/water/ 

npdes. The appeal period for the NPDES 

permit decision ends April 27, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Greg Davis; davis.gregory@epa.gov; U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 8, (8P–W–WW); 1595 Wynkoop 

St.; Denver, Colorado, 80202–1129; or 

303–312–6314. 

Dated: March 24, 2009. 

Susan E. Bromm, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. E9–6889 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8787–1] 

Notice of Proposed Administrative 

Settlement Pursuant to the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122 (h) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), 

notice is hereby given of a proposed 

administrative settlement concerning 

the Great Lakes Chemical Corporation 

Emergency Response Superfund Site, El 

Dorado, Arkansas. 

The settlement requires the one (1) 

settling party to pay a total of 

$45,000.00 as payment of response costs 

to the Hazardous Substances Superfund. 

The total response costs incurred by 

EPA, as of January 31, 2008, were 

$63,870.49. The settlement includes a 

covenant not to sue pursuant to Section 

107 of CERCLA, 42, U.S.C. 9607. 

For thirty (30) days following the date 

of publication of this notice, the Agency 

will receive written comments relating 

to this notice and will receive written 

comments relating to the settlement. 

The Agency will consider all comments 

received and may modify or withdraw 

its consent to the settlement if 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. The Agency’s response to 

any comments received will be available 

for public inspection at 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement 

and additional background information 

relating to the settlement are available 

for public inspection at 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. A 

copy of the proposed settlement may be 

obtained from Courtney Kudla, 1445 

Ross Avenue, Ste. 1200 (SF–TE), Dallas, 

Texas 75202–2733 or by calling (214) 

665–8008. Comments should reference 

the Great Lakes Chemical Corporation 

Emergency Response Superfund Site, El 

Dorado, Arkansas, and EPA Docket 

Number 06–02–09, and should be 

addressed to Courtney Kudla at the 

address listed above. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Foster, 1445 Ross Avenue, Ste. 

1200 (RC–S) Dallas, Texas 75202–2733 

or call (214) 665–2169. 

Dated: March 13, 2009. 

Lawrence E. Starfield, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E9–6881 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8787–3] 

Maryland; Adequacy Status of the 2008 

Reasonable Further Progress Plan for 

the Baltimore 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area Motor Vehicle 

Emission Budgets 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

that the Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Budgets (MVEBs) in the Reasonable 

Further Progress Plan (RFP) submitted 

as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision on June 4, 2007 by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment, (MDE) are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result of EPA’s finding, the State of 

Maryland must use the MVEBs from the 

June 4, 2007 RFP Plan for future 

conformity determinations for the 8- 

hour ozone standard. 

DATES: These MVEBs are effective April 

13, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin Kotsch, U.S. EPA, Region III, 

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 

19103 at (215) 814–3335 or by e-mail at: 

kotsch.martin@EPA.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The word 

‘‘budgets’’ refers to the motor vehicle 

emission budgets for volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides 

(NOx). The word ‘‘SIP’’ in this 

document refers to the RFP Plans for the 

Baltimore 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment 

Area submitted to EPA as SIP revisions 

on June 4, 2007. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that EPA has 

already made. EPA Region III sent a 

letter to MDE on January 15, 2009 

stating that the MVEBs in the RFP Plan 

are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. As a result of 

EPA’s finding, the State of Maryland 

must use the MVEBs from the June 4, 

2007 RFP Plan for future conformity 

determinations for the 8-hour ozone 

standard. This finding has also been 

announced on EPA’s conformity Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/pastsips.htm. 

The adequate MVEBs are provided in 

the following table: 

TABLE 1—MARYLAND MOTOR VEHICLE

EMISSIONS BUDGETS

Nonattainment area 

2008 Reasonable further 

progress 

VOC (tpd) NOX (tpd) 

Baltimore ... 41.2 106.8 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, 

as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity 

rule requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria andprocedure for 

determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission 

budgets are adequate for conformity 

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it also should 

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 

budget adequate, the SIP could later be 

disapproved. We have described our 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in 40 CFR 

93.118(f), and have followed this rule in 

making our adequacy determination. 

Dated: March 10, 2009. 

William T. Wisniewski, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

[FR Doc. E9–6883 Filed 3–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8787–2] 

Maryland; Adequacy Status of the 2008 

Reasonable Further Progress Plan for 

the Maryland Portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City 

8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area 

Motor Vehicle Emission Budgets 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

that the Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Budgets (MVEBs) in the Reasonable 

Further Progress Plan (RFP) submitted 

as a State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision on June 4, 2007 by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment, (MDE) are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result of EPA’s finding, the State of 

Maryland must use the MVEBs from the 

June 4, 2007 RFP Plan for future 

conformity determinations for the 8- 

hour ozone standard. 

DATES: These MVEBs are effective April 

13, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin Kotsch, U.S. EPA, Region III, 

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 

19103 at (215) 814–3335 or by e-mail at: 

kotsch.martin@EPA.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ 

or ‘‘our’’ refer to EPA. The word 

‘‘budgets’’ refers to the motor vehicle 

emission budgets for volatile organic 

compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides 

(NOx). The word ‘‘SIP’’ in this 

document refers to the RFP Plans for the 

Maryland portion of the PhiladelphiaWilmington-Atlantic City Ozone 

Nonattainment Area submitted to EPA 

as SIP revisions on June 4, 2007. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that EPA has 

already made. EPA Region III sent a 

letter to MDE on January 15, 2009 

stating that the MVEBs in the RFP Plan 

are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. As a result of 

EPA’s finding, the State of Maryland 

must use the MVEBs from the June 4, 

2007 RFP Plan for future conformity 

determinations for the 8-hour ozone 

standard. This finding has also been 

announced on EPA’s conformity Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/pastsips.htm. 

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