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meetings is available on the SAB Web 

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

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/ 

Nitrogen%20Project. 

The purpose of the meeting is for the 

SAB INC to discuss the committee’s 

draft report addressing the 

environmental problems presented by 

reactive nitrogen and providing 

recommendations related to an 

integrated nitrogen management 

strategy. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Agendas and materials in support of the 

meeting will be placed on the SAB Web 

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

advance of each teleconference. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the SAB INC to consider 

during the advisory process. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

at a public face-to-face meeting will be 

limited to three minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of one hour 

for all speakers. Each person making an 

oral statement should consider 

providing written comments as well as 

their oral statement so that the points 

presented orally can be expanded upon 

in writing. Interested parties should 

contact the DFO, in writing (preferably 

via e-mail) at the contact information 

noted above, by May 7, 2009 to be 

placed on the list of public speakers for 

the meeting. Written Statements: 

Written statements should be received 

in the SAB Staff Office by May 7, 2009 

so that the information may be made 

available to the Committee members for 

their consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied to the DFO in the 

following formats: one hard copy with 

original signature, and one electronic 

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format: 

Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are requested 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. Angela 

Nugent at (202) 343–9981 or 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Nugent preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconferences to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: April 9, 2009. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–8654 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0044; FRL–8790–9] 

Method and Format for Submitting 

Risk Management Plans (RMPs) Under 

Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice provides 

information on the method and format 

for submitting risk management plans 

(RMPs) under EPA’s Chemical Accident 

Prevention regulations. These 

regulations require owners and 

operators of stationary sources subject to 

the regulations to submit RMPs on their 

processes in a method and format 

specified by EPA. A new RMP 

submission method, called 

RMP*eSubmit, should be used by 

facilities submitting their RMPs 

electronically beginning March 13, 

2009. The new submission method will 

be On-line via EPA’s secure Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Armando Santiago, Evaluation and 

Communications Division, Office of 

Emergency Management (Mail Code 

5104A), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460 at (202) 564– 

8002 or e-mail address: 

Santiago.Armando@epa.gov, or contact 

Peter Gattuso, Regulation and Policy 

Development Division, Office of 

Emergency Management (Mail Code 

5104A), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460 at (202) 564– 

7993 or e-mail address: 

Gattuso.Peter@epa.gov. 

I. General Information 

A. What Are the Affected or Regulated 

Entities? 

Entities affected by this action are 

those stationary sources that are subject 

to the chemical accident prevention 

requirements in 40 CFR part 68. 

Affected categories and entities include, 

but are not limited to, chemical 

manufacturers, refineries, other 

manufacturers, agricultural retailers, 

public sources, utilities, cold storage 

facilities, warehouses, wholesalers, and 

Federal sources. 

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 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0044. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically through 

http://www.regulations.gov or in hard 

copy at the Air Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

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 

reading room is (202) 566–1744, and the 

telephone number for the Air Docket is 

(202) 566–1742. 

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/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

chemical accident prevention 

regulations in 40 CFR part 68 require 

stationary sources to submit their RMPs 

to a central location in a method and 

format specified by EPA. EPA has now 

developed a new system for facilities to 

submit their RMPs. The new system, 

called RMP*eSubmit, is an on-line 

submission system. EPA’s existing 

system for accepting RMPs on diskette, 

called RMP*Submit, has been in place 

since early 1999 for the first submission 

deadline, June 21, 1999, and will be 

discontinued. Those facilities that are 

unable to submit RMPs using the online submission system may still submit 

their RMPs in paper form. 

Beginning March 13, 2009, EPA will 

ask facilities to submit their RMPs 

Online via EPA’s secure Web site, 

https://cdx.epa.gov. This secure portal 

manages thousands of data submissions 

from States and industry. For sources 

that have submitted an RMP previously, 

EPA will mail them a letter with 

directions on how to submit their RMPs 

Online. For sources that are submitting 

an RMP for the first time, EPA will 

provide instructions for using the 

Online system via the Agency’s public 

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

emergencies/rmp. EPA has also 

developed a user’s manual to provide 

additional information on using the new 

reporting system. The user’s manual 

will also be available at the above public 

Web site. 

EPA is not requiring any new data 

elements with this new reporting 

system. The current requirements are 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the paperwork 


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reduction act (PRA). The current 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

required under the PRA and approved 

by OMB is available at 

www.regulations.gov, EPA docket 

number, EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0052. 

Dated: March 30, 2009. 

Deborah Y. Dietrich, 

Director, Office of Emergency Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–8653 Filed 4–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0224; FRL–8892–5] 

Ocean Acidification and Marine pH 

Water Quality Criteria 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of data availability 

(NODA). 

SUMMARY: This NODA provides 

interested parties with information 

submitted to EPA on ocean acidification 

and solicits additional pertinent data or 

information that may be useful in 

addressing this issue. In addition, EPA 

is notifying the public of its intent to 

review the current aquatic life criterion 

for marine pH to determine if a revision 

is warranted to protect the marine 

designated uses of States and Territories 

pursuant to Section 304(a)(1) of the 

Clean Water Act. The NODA also 

solicits additional scientific information 

and data, as well as ideas for effective 

strategies for Federal, State, and local 

officials to address the impacts of ocean 

acidification. This information can then 

be used as the basis for a broader 

discussion of ocean acidification and 

marine impacts. EPA also requests 

information pertaining to monitoring 

marine pH and implementation of pH 

water quality standards. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2009–0224, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: OW–Docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency; EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC) Water Docket, MC 2822T; 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Ave, NW., EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington DC. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2009– 

0224. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the 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. 

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 Water Docket/EPA/DC, 1301 

Constitution Ave, NW., EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington DC. This 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

until 4:30 p.m., EST, Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Huff, Health and Ecological Criteria 

Division (4304T), U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; (202) 566–0787; 

huff.lisa@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does This Action Apply to Me? 

1. This information may be useful to 

scientists involved in studying 

mechanisms of carbon dioxide 

absorption, conversion, and retention in 

marine waters as well as those studying 

the effects of the formation of carbonic 

acids and lowered pH on altered carbon 

cycles and carbonate structures 

necessary to aquatic life. 

2. This information may be useful to 

Federal, State, Tribal, and Territorial 

managers of water quality programs. 

3. This information may be useful to 

ocean and coastal managers. 

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA? 

Information submitted in response to 

this NODA should address the nature 

and characteristics of altered carbon 

chemistry in marine waters, including 

changes in pH and biological 

calcification processes. It should also 

address the significance of potential 

modification to the national marine pH 

criterion for State and Federal Water 

Programs authorized by the Clean Water 

Act. EPA is soliciting additional 

scientific information, data and ideas for 

effective strategies for Federal, State, 

and local officials to use to address the 

potential impacts of ocean acidification. 

Specifically: 

1. EPA is soliciting technical 

information on measurement of ocean 

acidification in marine coastal waters, 

including: 

a. Technological advances in rapid, 

continuous, or remote measurement of 

pH; 

b. Long-term empirical pH data and 

carbon chemistry measurements, 

especially those that may demonstrate 

ocean acidification; 

c. Empirical data to demonstrate 

spatial and temporal variability of pH in 

near-coastal waters; 

d. Methods to statistically evaluate 

variability of pH in near-coastal waters; 

e. Other approaches (e.g., carbon 

chemistry), methods and indicators that 

could reflect ocean acidification. 

2. EPA is soliciting technical 

information on effects of ocean 

acidification on marine biota, including: 

a. Survival, growth, reproduction, and 

recruitment of reef-building corals and 

crustose coralline algae; 


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