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CO NAAQS Scope and Methods Plans 

(April 2009) will be available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/co/

s_co_cr_pd.html. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for consideration on the 

topics included in this advisory activity. 

Oral Statements: To be placed on the 

public speaker list for the May 12–13, 

2009 meeting, interested parties should 

notify Dr. Ellen Rubin, DFO, by e-mail 

no later than April 27, 2009. Individuals 

making oral statements will be limited 

to three minutes per speaker. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

May 12–13, 2009 meeting should be 

received in the SAB Staff Office by 

April 27, 2009, so that the information 

may be made available to the CASAC 

Panel for its consideration prior to this 

meeting. Written statements should be 

supplied to the DFO in the following 

formats: one hard copy with original 

signature and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are asked to provide versions 

of each document submitted with and 

without signatures, because the SAB 

Staff Office does not publish documents 

with signatures on its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Rubin at 

the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the teleconference, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: March 27, 2009. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–7434 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0190; FRL–8409–9] 

National Bed Bug Summit; Change of 

Location of the Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is changing the location 

of its National Bed Bug Summit in order 

to accommodate the expected 

attendance. The meeting will be held on 

April 14 through April 15, 2009, on the 

topic of bed bug resurgence in the 

United States. The aim of the session 

will be to share information and 

knowledge on the topic of bed bugs and 

their newfound resurgence, provide a 

venue to identify ideas and opinions for 

their control, and develop 

recommendations as how affected 

stakeholders, communities, and local 

jurisdictions can begin to address the 

emerging nationwide bed bug problem. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 14 and 15, 2009, from 9 .m. to 6 

p.m. on the first day, and from 9 a.m. 

to noon on the last day. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will now be 

held in the Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 

1800 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, 

VA 22202; (703) 769–3942; http:// 

www.sheraton.com/crystalcity. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Angulo, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 306–0404; fax number: (703) 308– 

0029; e-mail address: angulo.karen 

@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of particular 

interest to persons who work in 

agricultural settings or persons who are 

concerned about implementation of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); 

and the amendments to both of these 

major pesticide laws by the Food 

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA). 

Potentially affected entities may 

include, but are not limited to: 

Agricultural workers and farmers; 

pesticide industry and trade 

associations; environmental, consumer, 

and farmworker groups; pesticide users 

and growers; pest consultants; State, 

local, and Tribal governments; 

academia; public health organizations; 

and the public. If you have questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0190. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either in the electronic docket 

at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

II. Background 

The resurgence of the common bed 

bug is increasingly reaching levels that 

are critical and affecting all areas of the 

country. As this resilient pest has 

become a nationwide problem affecting 

hotels, universities, and homes in the 

general population, it is important that 

the EPA assist in exploring means of 

effectively identifying challenges and 

ways to remedy this pest concern. 

Potential participants for this forum 

include Federal, State, and local 

government agencies responsible for 

public health and public housing; 

researchers and academicians; health, 

housing, and environmental advocacy 

organizations; the pest management 

industry; pesticide manufacturers; and 

other interested parties. All interested 

parties are encouraged to participate 

and share in the development of 

strategies to address the national bed 

bug dilemma. 

III. How Can I Request to Participate in 

this Meeting? 

EPA received a large number of 

requests to attend the National Bed Bug 

Summit from the initial meeting 

announcement published in the Federal 

Register of March 18, 2009 (74 FR 

11550) (FRL–8407–1). In order to 

accommodate the number of people 

expected, EPA has secured larger 

meeting space. Therefore, the meeting 

location has been changed to the 

Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, 1800 

Jefferson Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA 

22202; (703) 769–3942; http:// 

www.sheraton.com/crystalcity. The 

Sheraton Crystal City Hotel is located 

one block from the Crystal City Metro 


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stop, and is close to Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport (DCA). 

The National Bed Bug Summit 

meeting is open to the public and 

seating is available on a first come basis. 

Persons interested in attending do not 

need to register in advance of the 

meeting and there is no registration fee. 

Lodging and transportation are not 

being provided. No RSVP is required. 

An information package that contains a 

meeting overview, directions, close-by 

hotels, transportation options, etc., is 

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

pesticides. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Pesticides and pests, Public health. 

Dated: March 30, 2009. 

Daniel J. Rosenblatt, 

Acting Director, Registration Division, Office 

of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–7661 Filed 4–1–09; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8785–2] 

Notice of Availability of Proposed 

Modification of National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) General Permit for Offshore 

Oil and Gas Exploration, Development 

and Production Operations Off 

Southern California 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of 

Proposed NPDES General Permit 

Modification. 

SUMMARY: EPA Region 9 is proposing 

certain modifications of its general 

NPDES permit (permit No. CAG280000) 

for discharges from offshore oil and gas 

exploration, development and 

production facilities located in Federal 

waters off the coast of Southern 

California. The permit, which was 

issued on September 22, 2004 (69 FR 

56761), required a one-year monitoring 

study for discharges of produced water, 

cooling water and fire control system 

test water to evaluate whether these 

discharges would have reasonable 

potential to cause or contribute to 

exceedances of marine water quality 

criteria. For produced water, the permit 

required monitoring for 26 pollutants 

which may be present in the discharges. 

For cooling water and fire control 

system test water, monitoring was 

required for total residual chlorine 

which may be used for anti-fouling. 

The monitoring study has now been 

completed and Region 9 is proposing to 

modify the permit to include additional 

effluent limitations and monitoring 

requirements for those discharges for 

which the monitoring study showed a 

reasonable potential to cause or 

contribute to exceedances of marine 

water quality criteria. 

For produced water discharges, 

Region 9 is also proposing to modify the 

water quality criterion for undissociated 

sulfide in the permit based on the 

results of a new study submitted by the 

permittees concerning the toxicity of 

this material to marine organisms. The 

proposed effluent limitations for 

undissociated sulfide in the modified 

general permit would be based on the 

modified water quality criterion. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

permit modifications must be received 

or postmarked no later than May 4, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments on the 

proposed permit modifications may be 

submitted by U.S. Mail to: 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 9, Attn: Lisa Honor, NPDES 

Permits Office (WTR–5), 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, California 94105– 

3901, or by e-mail to: 

honor.lisa@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eugene Bromley, EPA Region 9, NPDES 

Permits Office (WTR–5), 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, California 94105– 

3901, or telephone (415) 972–3510. A 

copy of the proposed permit 

modifications and fact sheet will be 

provided upon request and is also 

available on Region 9’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/region09/water/. 

Additional information concerning the 

general permit overall is available in the 

fact sheet accompanying the final 

issuance of the general permit on 

September 22, 2004. The 2004 general 

permit and fact sheet are available on 

Region 9’s Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/region09/water/. 

Administrative Record: The proposed 

permit modifications and other related 

documents in the administrative record 

are on file and may be inspected any 

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

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays, at the following address: U.S. 

EPA Region 9, NPDES Permits Office 

(WTR–5), 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, CA 94105–3901. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Reasonable Potential Monitoring 

Study. Among other factors, the Ocean 

Discharge Criteria regulations (40 CFR 

part 125, subpart M) require a 

consideration of marine water quality 

criteria for discharges to the ocean 

permitted under the NPDES permit 

program. In considering these criteria, 

particularly in determining permit 

conditions that would be needed to 

support a determination the resulting 

discharges will not cause unreasonable 

degradation of the marine environment, 

the permit included a study requirement 

using the statistical procedures EPA 

uses in determining the need for water 

quality-based effluent limits for point 

source discharges to waters of the 

United States, including the territorial 

seas. The study, captioned the 

‘‘reasonable potential monitoring 

study,’’ was required in order to 

determine whether the ocean discharges 

regulated under the permit would cause, 

or have the reasonable potential to 

cause, or contribute to non-attainment 

of marine water quality criteria at the 

boundary of the mixing zone, which is 

the location identified in the Ocean 

Discharge Criteria regulations at 40 CFR 

125.123(d)(1). 

General permit No. CAG28000 

included the study requirement because 

at the time of the issuance insufficient 

data were available to evaluate the 

reasonable potential for discharges of 

produced water, cooling water and fire 

control system test water to cause or 

contribute to exceedances of the marine 

water quality criteria for pollutants 

Region 9 had identified as potentially 

present in the discharges. The permit’s 

study requirements were derived from 

the statistical procedures explained in 

EPA’s Technical Support Document for 

Water Quality-Based Toxics Control 

(TSD) (EPA/505/2–90–001). EPA 

explained in the permit if a discharge 

demonstrated the reasonable potential 

to cause non-attainment of a marine 

water quality criterion at the boundary 

of a mixing zone, the permit could be 

reopened and modified to include 

additional effluent limitations and 

monitoring requirements to ensure 

compliance with the water quality 

criteria. Today Region 9 is proposing to 

reopen and modify the general permit to 

include such additional limitations and 

requirements, thus enabling its 

determination the authorized discharges 

will not cause unreasonable degradation 

of the marine environment. 

For produced water, the permit 

required monitoring monthly during the 

first year of the permit for 26 pollutants 

of concern Region 9 had identified as 

potentially present in the discharges. 

For cooling water and fire control 

system test water, monitoring was also 

required monthly during the first year 

for total residual chlorine which is used 

at some platforms as an anti-fouling 

agent. Monitoring results were due by 


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