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Chocolate Bayou Facility (Solutia) for 

two Class I injection wells located at 

Alvin, Texas. As required by 40 CFR 

Part 148, the company has adequately 

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the 

Environmental Protection Agency by the 

petitions and supporting documentation 

that, to a reasonable degree of certainty, 

there will be no migration of hazardous 

constituents from the injection zone for 

as long as the waste remains hazardous. 

These final decisions allow the 

underground injection by Solutia, of the 

specific restricted hazardous wastes 

identified in these exemptions, into 

Class I hazardous waste injection wells 

Nos. WDW–13 and WDW–318 at the 

Chocolate Bayou, Alvin, Texas facility, 

until December 31, 2020, unless EPA 

moves to terminate these exemptions 

under provisions of 40 CFR 148.24. 

Additional conditions included in these 

final decisions may be reviewed by 

contacting the Region 6 Ground Water/ 

UIC Section. As required by 40 CFR 

148.22(b) and 124.10, a public notice 

was issued October 15, 2007. The public 

comment period closed on November 

29, 2007. No comments were received. 

These decisions constitute final Agency 

action and there is no Administrative 

appeal. These decisions may be 

reviewed/appealed in compliance with 

the Administrative Procedure Act. 

DATES: These actions are effective as of 

December 4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the petitions and 

all pertinent information relating thereto 

are on file at the following location: 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 6, Water Quality Protection 

Division, Source Water Protection 

Branch (6WQ–S), 1445 Ross Avenue, 

Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Philip Dellinger, Chief Ground Water/ 

UIC Section, EPA—Region 6, telephone 

(214) 665–7150. 

Dated: December 4, 2007. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Division Director, Water Quality 

Protection Division (6WQ). 

[FR Doc. E7–24173 Filed 12–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8505–3] 

Intent To Grant an Exclusive Patent 

License 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Intent To Grant an 

Exclusive License. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207 

(Patents) and 37 CFR part 404 (U.S. 

Government patent licensing 

regulations), EPA hereby gives notice of 

its intent to grant, for a specific field of 

use, an exclusive, royalty-bearing, 

revocable license to practice the 

invention described and claimed in the 

U.S. Patent No. 6,821,425, entitled 

‘‘Biomass Concentrator Reactor,’’ issued 

November 23, 2004, and all 

corresponding patents issued 

throughout the world, and all 

reexamined patents and reissued 

patents granted in connection with such 

patent, to Purestream ES, L.L.C. of 

Walton, Kentucky. 

The invention was announced as 

being available for licensing in the 

October 11, 2007 issue of the Federal 

Register (72 FR 57937). The proposed 

exclusive license will contain 

appropriate terms, limitations, and 

conditions to be negotiated in 

accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 

CFR 404.5 and § 404.7 of the U.S. 

Government patent licensing 

regulations. 

EPA will negotiate the final terms and 

conditions and grant the exclusive 

license, unless within 15 days from the 

date of this notice EPA receives, at the 

address below, written objections to the 

grant, together with supporting 

documentation. The documentation 

from objecting parties having an interest 

in practicing the above patents should 

include an application for an exclusive 

or nonexclusive license with the 

information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8. 

The EPA Patent Attorney and other EPA 

officials will review all written 

responses and then make 

recommendations on a final decision to 

the Director or Deputy Director of the 

National Risk Management Research 

Laboratory, who have been delegated 

the authority to issue patent licenses 

under EPA Delegation 1–55. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by EPA at the address listed 

below by December 28, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Scalise, Patent Attorney, Office of 

General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 

564–8303. 

Dated: December 7, 2007. 

Geoffrey Cooper, 

Acting Associate General Counsel, General 

Law Office. 

[FR Doc. 07–6043 Filed 12–12–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–1080; FRL–8340–3] 

RIN [2070–AD61] 

Endocrine Disruptor Screening 

Program (EDSP); Draft Policies and 

Procedures for Initial Screening; 

Request for Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

availability of and solicits public 

comment on EPA’s draft policies and 

procedures for initial screening under 

the Agency’s Endocrine Disruptor 

Screening Program (EDSP). The EDSP is 

established under section 408(p) of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA), which requires endocrine 

screening of all pesticide chemicals and 

was established in response to growing 

scientific evidence that humans, 

domestic animals, and fish and wildlife 

species have exhibited adverse health 

consequences from exposure to 

environmental chemicals that interact 

with their endocrine systems. This 

document provides specific details on 

the policies and the related procedures 

that EPA is considering adopting for 

initial screening under the EDSP. In 

general, the Agency has tried to develop 

policies that could be used in 

subsequent data collection efforts. 

However, EPA expects that these 

policies may be modified as a result of 

the Agency’s experience applying them 

to the first chemicals to undergo testing. 

This document also discusses the 

statutory requirements associated with 

and format of the test orders, as well as 

EPA’s procedures for fair and equitable 

sharing of test costs and data 

confidentiality. EPA will also be 

holding a public meeting to discuss 

these policies and procedures. A 

separate Federal Register document 

announced the details of the public 

meeting. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 11, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–1080, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal e-Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001. 

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