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familiarization activities is estimated to 

be 1 hour per event. The burden 

associated both with disclosures and 

related acknowledgements by sellers, 

lessors, offerors, their respective agents, 

and tenants is estimated to be about 5 

minutes per event. The burden 

associated with related recordkeeping 

activities by sellers, lessors, and their 

agents is estimated to be less than 1 

minute per event. Burden means the 

total time, effort or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This includes the time needed to review 

instructions; develop, acquire, install 

and utilize technology and systems for 

the purposes of collecting, validating 

and verifying information, processing 

and maintaining information, and 

disclosing and providing information; 

adjust the existing ways to comply with 

any previously applicable instructions 

and requirements; train personnel to be 

able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are persons engaged in selling, 

purchasing or leasing certain residential 

dwellings built before 1978, or who are 

real estate agents representing such 

parties. 

Estimated No. of Responses: 

49,501,582. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

7,744,616 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: 

$136,475,304. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: There 

is a decrease of 1,110,994 hours (from 

8,855,610 hours to 7,744,616 hours) in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that currently in the 

OMB inventory. This decrease reflects a 

gradual reduction in the annual number 

of real estate sales and residential 

property rentals involving target 

housing subject to the rule’s 

requirements. The decrease is an 

adjustment. 

Dated: November 8, 2007. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–5709 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket #: EPA–R10–OAR–2007–0112; FRL–

8497–2] 

Adequacy Status of the Vancouver, 

WA, Carbon Monoxide, Second 10-year 

Limited Maintenance Plan (2006–2016) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

the Vancouver, Washington, carbon 

monoxide, second 10-year limited 

maintenance plan (2006–2016) adequate 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court 

ruled that submitted State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be 

used for conformity determinations 

until EPA has found them adequate. As 

a result of this adequacy finding, the 

area automatically meets the budget test 

for future transportation conformity. 

This affects future transportation 

conformity determinations prepared, 

reviewed and approved by the 

Southwest Washington Regional 

Transportation Council, Washington 

State Department of Transportation, 

Federal Highway Administration and 

the Federal Transit Administration. 

DATES: This finding is effective 

December 4, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

finding is available at EPA’s conformity 

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

stateresources/, (once there, click on the 

‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ button, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions’’). You may also contact 

Wayne Elson, U.S. EPA, Region 10, 

Office of Air, Waste, and Toxics (AWT–

107), 1200 Sixth Ave, Suite 900, Seattle 

WA 98101; (206) 553–1463 or 

elson.wayne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region 10 sent a 

letter to the Washington Department of 

Ecology November 7, 2007, stating that 

the SIP is adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. 

Transportation conformity is required 

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

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to SIPs. 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 is 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 our ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 

SIP adequate for conformity, the SIP 

could later be disapproved. 

We have described our process for 

determining the adequacy in SIPs in 

guidance dated May 14, 1999. This 

guidance is reflected in the amended 

transportation conformity rule, July 1, 

2004 (69 FR 40004). We followed this 

process in making our adequacy 

determination. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: November 8, 2007. 

Ronald A. Kreizenbeck, 

Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. E7–22589 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8495–7] 

Request for Nominations to the Good 

Neighbor Environmental Board. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting 

nominations of a diverse range of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to fill vacancies on the 

Good Neighbor Environmental Board. 

Vacancies are expected to be filled by 

February 15, 2008, and so nominations 

are requested to be received by 

December 15, 2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Good 

Neighbor Environmental Board was 

created by the Enterprise for the 

Americas Initiative Act of 1992. Under 

Executive Order 12916, implementation 

authority is delegated to the 

Administrator of EPA. The Board is 

responsible for providing advice to the 

President and Congress on 

environmental and infrastructure issues 

and needs within the states contiguous 

to Mexico. The statute calls for the 

Board to have representatives from U.S. 

government agencies; the states of 

Arizona, California, New Mexico and 

Texas; local government; tribes; and a 

variety of non-governmental officials 

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officials; environmental group 

representatives; health groups; ranching 

and grazing interests; and other relevant 

sectors. U.S. government agency 

representatives are appointed by the 

heads of their agencies. Non-federal 

members are appointed by the 

Administrator of the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency. The 

Board meets twice each calendar year at 

various locations along the U.S.-Mexico 

border, and once in Washington, DC. 

The average workload for Board 

members is approximately 10 to 15 

hours per month. Members serve on the 

Board in a voluntary capacity. However, 

EPA provides reimbursement for travel 

expenses associated with official 

government business. 

Nominees will be considered 

according to the mandates of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, which 

requires committees to maintain 

diversity across a broad range of 

constituencies, sectors, and groups. The 

following criteria will be used to 

evaluate nominees: 

• Resident of a U.S.-Mexico border 

state, ideally within the border region 

itself. 

• Extensive professional knowledge 

of the unique environmental and 

infrastructure issues that are found in 

the region, including the bi-national 

dimension of these issues. 

• Representative of a sector or group 

that helps to shape border-region 

environmental policy. 

• Senior-level experience that fills a 

current need on the Board for a 

representative with that particular type 

of expertise. 

• Demonstrated ability to work in a 

consensus building process with a wide 

range of experts from diverse 

constituencies. 

• Ability to volunteer approximately 

10 to 15 hours per month to the Board’s 

activities, including participation on 

meeting planning committees and 

preparation of text for annual reports 

and Comment Letters. 

Nominations must include a cover 

letter and a resume describing the 

professional and educational 

qualifications of the nominee, as well as 

the nominee’s current business address, 

e-mail address, and daytime telephone 

number. Interested candidates may selfnominate. A letter of reference may 

accompany the nomination, but is not 

necessary. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: 

Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Cooperative 

Environmental Management, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(1601–M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please also 

e-mail nominations to 

koerner.elaine@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elaine Koerner, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (1601–M), Washington, DC 

20460; telephone (202) 564–2586; fax 

(202) 564–8129; e-mail 

koerner.elaine@epa.gov. 

Dated: November 5, 2007. 

Elaine Koerner, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–5708 Filed 11–16–07; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484; FRL–8497–3] 

Board of Scientific Counselors, 

National Center for Environmental 

Research (NCER) Standing 

Subcommittee Meeting—2007 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 

92–463, the Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), gives notice of a 

meeting of the Board of Scientific 

Counselors (BOSC) National Center for 

Environmental Research (NCER) 

Standing Subcommittee. 

DATES: The meeting (a teleconference 

call) will be held on Friday, December 

14, 2007 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. All 

times noted are eastern time. The 

meeting may adjourn early if all 

business is finished. Requests for the 

draft agenda or for making oral 

presentations at the conference call will 

be accepted up to 1 business day before 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Participation in the meeting 

will be by teleconference only—meeting 

rooms will not be used. Members of the 

public may obtain the call-in number 

and access code for the call from Susan 

Peterson, whose contact information is 

listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of this 

notice. Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

ORD–2007–0484, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: Send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484. 

• Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566–

0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPA–

HQ–ORD–2007–0484. 

• Mail: Send comments by mail to: 

Board of Scientific Counselors, National 

Center for Environmental Research 

(NCER) Standing Subcommittee—2007 

Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver 

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC., Attention: Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0484. Note: 

this is not a mailing address. 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–ORD–2007–

0484. 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. 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 


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