64790 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 23, 2012 / Proposed Rules 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1986–0005 [FRL–9742– 

9]] 

National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency 

Plan; National Priorities List: Partial 

Deletion of the Torch Lake Superfund 

Site 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule: notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency Region 5 is issuing a Notice of 

Intent for Partial Deletion of the Isle 

Royale Stamp Tailings and Michigan 

Smelter Tailings parcels of OU3 and the 

Mason Sands parcel of OU1 of the Torch 

Lake Superfund Site (Site) located in 

Houghton County, Michigan, from the 

National Priorities List (NPL) and 

requests public comments on this 

proposed action. The NPL, promulgated 

pursuant to Section 105 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended, is 

an appendix of the National Oil and 

Hazardous Substances Pollution 

Contingency Plan (NCP). EPA and the 

State of Michigan, through the Michigan 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(MDEQ), have determined that all 

appropriate response actions under 

CERCLA have been completed. 

However, this deletion does not 

preclude future actions under 

Superfund. 

This partial deletion pertains to the 

surface tailings, drums and slag piles of 

Isle Royale and Michigan Smelter 

tailings parcels of OU3 and the Mason 

Sands parcel of OU1. The following 

parcels will remain on the NPL and are 

not being considered for deletion as part 

of this action: Dollar Bay, Point Mills, 

Calumet Lake Tailing, Boston Pond 

Tailings, North Entry and Quincy 

Smelter. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

November 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–1986–0005, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Nefertiti DiCosmo, Remedial 

Project Manager, at 

dicosmo.nefertiti@epa.gov or David 

Novak, Community Involvement 

Coordinator, at novak.david@epa.gov. 

• Fax: Gladys Beard, NPL Deletion 

Process Manager, at (312) 697–2077. 

• Mail: Nefertiti DiCosmo, Remedial 

Project Manager, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (SR–6J), 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, 

(312) 886–6148; or Dave Novak, 

Community Involvement Coordinator, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(SI–7J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 886–7478 or 

(800) 621–8431. 

• Hand deliver: Dave Novak, 

Community Involvement Coordinator, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(SI–7J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, IL 60604. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

normal business hours are Monday 

through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

excluding federal holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–1986– 

0005. 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 email. 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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

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 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 

may not be 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 the 

hard copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at: 

• U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency—Region 5, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, Phone: 

(312) 353–1063, Hours: Monday, 

through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

excluding federal holidays. 

• Lake Linden/Hubbell Public Library, 

601 Calumet Street, Lake Linden, MI 

49945, Phone: (906) 482–0698, Hours: 

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:00 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Tuesday and 

Thursday 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nefertiti DiCosmo, Remedial Project 

Manager, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (SR–6J), 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60604, (312) 

886–6148, or dicosmo.nefertiti@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

today’s Federal Register, we are 

publishing a direct final Notice of 

Partial Deletion of the Isle Royale 

Tailings and Michigan Smelter Tailings 

parcels of OU3 and Mason Sand parcel 

of OU1 of the Torch Lake Superfund 

Site without prior Notice of Intent for 

Partial Deletion because we view this as 

a noncontroversial revision and 

anticipate no adverse comment. We 

have explained our reasons for this 

deletion in the preamble to the direct 

final Notice for Partial Deletion, and 

those reasons are incorporated herein. If 

we receive no adverse comment(s) on 

this deletion action, we will not take 

further action on this Notice of Intent 

for Partial Deletion. If we receive 

adverse comment(s), we will withdraw 

the direct final Notice for Partial 

Deletion, and it will not take effect. We 

will, as appropriate, address all public 

comments in a subsequent final Notice 

of Partial Deletion based on this Notice 

of Intent for Partial Deletion. We will 

not institute a second comment period 

on this Notice of Intent for Partial 

Deletion. Any parties interested in 

commenting must do so at this time. 

For additional information, see the 

direct final Notice of Partial Deletion 

which is located in the ‘‘Rules and 

Regulations’’ section of this Federal 

Register. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 300 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Chemicals, Hazardous 

waste, Hazardous substances, 

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Intergovernmental relations, Penalties, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Superfund, Water 

pollution control, and Water supply. 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321(c)(2); 42 U.S.C. 

9601–9657; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 

1991 Comp., p. 351; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923; 

3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 193. 

Dated: September 19, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2012–25965 Filed 10–22–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

41 CFR Parts 301–11, 301–74, 

Appendix E to Chapter 301, 304–3, and 

304–5 

[FTR Case 2012–301; Docket 2012–0011, 

Sequence 1] 

RIN 3090–AJ27 

Federal Travel Regulation; Removal of 

Conference Lodging Allowance 

Provisions 

AGENCY: Office of Governmentwide 

Policy, General Services Administration 

(GSA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: GSA is proposing to amend 

the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) by 

removing the conference lodging 

allowance reimbursement option for 

employees on temporary duty (TDY) 

travel. 

DATES: Interested parties should submit 

written comments to the Regulatory 

Secretariat at one of the addresses 

shown below on or before December 24, 

2012 to be considered in the formation 

of the final rule. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

identified by FTR Case 2012–301 by any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portals: 

http://www.regulations.gov. Submit 

comments via the Federal eRulemaking 

portal by searching for ‘‘FTR Case 2012– 

301’’. Select the link ‘‘Submit a 

Comment’’ that corresponds with ‘‘FTR 

Case 2012–301.’’ Follow the instructions 

provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any), and ‘‘FTR Case 

2012–301’’ on your attached document. 

• Fax: 202–208–1398. 

• Mail: General Services 

Administration, Regulatory Secretariat 

(MVCB), 1275 First Street NE., 7th 

Floor, Attn: Hada Flowers, Washington, 

DC 20417. 

Instructions: Please submit comments 

only and cite FTR case 2012–301 in all 

correspondence related to this case. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Mr. Cy 

Greenidge, Program Analyst, Office of 

Governmentwide Policy, at 202–219– 

2349. Please cite FTR case 2012–301. 

The Regulatory Secretariat (MVCB), 

1275 First Street NE., 7th Floor, Attn: 

Hada Flowers, Washington, DC 20417, 

202–501–4755, for information 

pertaining to status or publication 

schedules. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Background 

The conference lodging allowance 

allows travelers to exceed the maximum 

lodging per diem rate by up to 25 

percent when attending conferences 

sponsored by a Federal agency. Unlike 

the actual expense provision which 

mandates that an agency official must 

approve these requests, there is no such 

mandate for allowing the use of the 

conference lodging allowance. To allow 

agencies to get a firmer grasp on how 

their travel dollars are used, GSA is 

proposing to remove the conference 

lodging allowance provision from the 

FTR. 

B. Executive Order 12866 and Executive 

Order 13563 

Executive Orders (E.O.s) 12866 and 

13563 direct agencies to assess all costs 

and benefits of available regulatory 

alternatives, and if regulation is 

necessary, to select regulatory 

approaches that maximize net benefits 

(including potential economic, 

environmental, public health and safety 

effects, distributive impacts, and 

equity). E.O. 13563 emphasizes the 

importance of quantifying both costs 

and benefits, of reducing costs, of 

harmonizing rules, and of promoting 

flexibility. This is not a significant 

regulatory action and, therefore, was not 

subject to review under Section 6(b) of 

Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review, dated September 

30, 1993. This proposed rule is not a 

major rule under 5 U.S.C. 804. 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This proposed rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., 

because the revisions are not considered 

substantive. This proposed rule is also 

exempt from the Administrative 

Procedure Act per 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2) 

because it applies to agency 

management or personnel. However, 

this proposed rule is being published to 

provide transparency in the 

promulgation of Federal policies. 

D. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Paperwork Reduction Act does 

not apply because the changes to the 

FTR do not impose recordkeeping or 

information collection requirements, or 

the collection of information from 

offerors, contractors, or members of the 

public that require the approval of the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. 

E. Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This proposed rule is also exempt 

from Congressional review prescribed 

under 5 U.S.C. 801 since it relates solely 

to agency management and personnel. 

List of Subjects in 41 CFR Parts 301–11, 

301–74, Appendix E to Chapter 301, 

304–3, and 304–5 

Administrative practices and 

procedures, Government employees, 

Travel and per diem expenses, 

Acceptance of travel and related 

expenses from non-Federal sources. 

Dated: June 22, 2012. 

Dan Tangherlini, 

Acting Administrator of General Services. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5701– 

5709 and 31 U.S.C. 1353, GSA proposes 

to amend 41 CFR parts 301–11, 301–74, 

Appendix E to Chapter 301, 304–3, and 

304–5 as set forth below: 

PART 301–11—PER DIEM EXPENSES 

1. The authority citation for 41 CFR 

part 301–11 continues to read as 

follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707. 

§ 301–11.5 [Amended] 

2. Amend § 301–11.5 by— 

a. Adding the word ‘‘or’’ at the end of 

paragraph (b); 

b. Removing paragraph (c); and 

c. Redesignating paragraph (d) as 

paragraph (c). 

PART 301–74—CONFERENCE 

PLANNING 

3. The authority citation for 41 CFR 

part 301–74 continues to read as 

follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5707. 

4. Revise § 301–74.6 to read as 

follows: 

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