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guidelines. This document has not been 

formally disseminated by EPA. It does 

not represent, and should not be 

construed to represent, any Agency 

policy or determination. EPA will 

consider any public comments 

submitted in accordance with this 

notice when revising the document. 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period begins on the October 2, 2008, 

and ends November 3, 2008. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by November 

3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘BASINS 4.0 

Climate Assessment Tool (CAT): 

Supporting Documentation and Users 

Manual’’ is available primarily via the 

Internet on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and the 

Data and Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 

703–347–8691. If you are requesting a 

paper copy, please provide your name, 

your mailing address, and the document 

title, ‘‘BASINS 4.0 Climate Assessment 

Tool (CAT): Supporting Documentation 

and Users Manual.’’ 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact 

Thomas Johnson, NCEA; telephone: 

703–347–8618; facsimile: 703–347– 

8694; or e-mail: 

johnson.thomas@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How to Submit Technical Comments to 

the Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2008– 

0700, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building, 

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 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

If you provide comments by mail or 

hand delivery, please submit three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008– 

0700. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless a 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: 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 materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are 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 OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E8–23247 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8724–1] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of List Decisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Responsiveness 

Summary Concerning EPA’s June 26, 

2008 Public Notice of Final Decisions to 

Add Waters and Pollutants to Arkansas’ 

2008 Section 303(d) List. 

On June 26, 2008, EPA published a 

notice in the Federal Register at Volume 

73, Number 124, page 36319 providing 

the public the opportunity to review its 

final decisions to add waters and 

pollutants to Arkansas’ 2008 Section 

303(d) List as required by EPA’s Public 

Participation regulations (40 CFR Part 

25). Based on the Responsiveness 

Summary, EPA has decided to remove 

six waterbody-pollutant combinations 

identified in EPA’s Final Action on 

Arkansas’ 2008 Section 303(d) list based 

on additional information provided by 

the Arkansas Department of 

Environmental Quality (ADEQ). 

Furthermore, EPA is delisting five 

waterbody-pollutant combinations 

previously approved by EPA on June 18, 

2008 based on information provided by 

GBMc & Associates. EPA is also adding 

one new waterbody-pollutant 

combination, Bayou DeView and 

aluminum, based on information 

provided by ADEQ. Therefore, EPA has 

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revised its decision to disapprove 

Arkansas’ decisions not to list 67 

waterbody-pollutant combinations 

instead of the 73 waterbody-pollutant 

combinations proposed in EPA’s Record 

of Decision for the 2008 Section 303(d) 

List. With the addition of Bayou 

DeView, EPA is adding 68 waterbodypollutant combinations. A listing of 

these 68 waterbody-pollutant 

combinations along with priority 

rankings for inclusion on the 2008 

Section 303(d) List can be found in 

Tables 2 and 4 of EPA’s Responsiveness 

Summary. A listing of the five 

waterbody-pollutant combinations EPA 

is delisting can be found in Table 3 of 

EPA’s Responsiveness Summary. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of EPA’s 

Responsiveness Summary Concerning 

EPA’s June 26, 2008 Public Notice of 

Final Decisions to Add Waters and 

Pollutants to Arkansas; 2008 Section 

303(d) List and the list of 68 waterbodypollutant pairs can be obtained at EPA 

Region 6’s Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/region06/water/npdes/ 

tmdl/index.htm, or by writing or calling 

Ms. Diane Smith at Water Quality 

Protection Division, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Ave., Dallas, TX 75202–2733, telephone 

(214) 665–2145, facsimile (214) 665– 

6490, or e-mail: smith.diane@epa.gov. 

Underlying documents from the 

administrative record for these 

decisions are available for public 

inspection at the above address. Please 

contact Ms. Smith to schedule an 

inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires that each state identify those 

waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

state water quality standards. For those 

waters, states are required to establish 

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 

according to a priority ranking. 

Consistent with EPA’s regulations, 

Arkansas submitted to EPA its listing 

decisions under Section 303(d) on April 

1, 2008. On June 18, 2008, EPA 

approved Arkansas’ listing of 369 

waterbody-pollutant combinations and 

associated priority rankings. EPA took 

neither an approval or disapproval 

action on 34 waters listed for beryllium 

and twenty (20) waterbody-pollutant 

pairs that appear to have been listed in 

error. EPA disapproved Arkansas’ 

decisions not to list 73 waterbodypollutant combinations. Based on the 

public comments, EPA has revised its 

decision to disapprove Arkansas’s 

decision not to list 67 waterbodypollutant combinations and added one 

additional waterbody-pollutant 

combination. A listing of these 68 

waterbody-pollutant combinations along 

with priority rankings for inclusion on 

the 2008 Section 303(d) List can be 

found in Table 4 of EPA’s 

Responsiveness Summary. Furthermore, 

based on public comments, EPA is 

reversing its approval decision for five 

waterbody-pollutant combinations in 

favor of delisting. A listing of these five 

waterbody-pollutant combinations 

which are being delisted can be found 

in Table 3 of EPA’s Responsiveness 

Summary. 

Dated: September 23, 2008. 

Miguel I Flores, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E8–23259 Filed 10–1–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8723–7] 

National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council; Notification of 

Public Meeting and Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notification of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) hereby 

provides notice that the National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council 

(NEJAC) will meet on the dates and 

times described below. All meetings are 

open to the public. Members of the 

public are encouraged to provide 

comments relevant to the specific issues 

being considered by the NEJAC. For 

additional information about registering 

for public comment, please see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Due to 

limited space, seating at the NEJAC 

meeting will be on a first-come basis. 

DATES: The NEJAC meeting will 

convene Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 

from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and 

reconvene Wednesday, October 22, 

2008, from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and 

Thursday, October 23, 2008, from 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. One public comment session 

relevant to the specific issues being 

considered by the NEJAC (see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION) is 

scheduled for Wednesday evening, 

October 22, 2008, from 6:30 p.m. to 

9:30 p.m. All noted times are Eastern 

Time. Members of the public who wish 

to participate in the public comment 

period are encouraged to pre-register by 

October 13, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: The NEJAC committee 

meeting will be held at the Ritz-Canton 

Hotel, 181 Peachtree Avenue, NE., 

Atlanta, GA 30303, telephone (404) 

659–0400 or (800) 241–3333. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Correspondence concerning the meeting 

should be sent to Ms. Lisa Hammond, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

(MC2201A), Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone at (202) 564 0736, via e-mail 

at hammond.lisa@epa.gov; or by FAX at 

(202) 564–1624. Additional information 

about the meeting is available at the 

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

compliance/environmentaljustice/nejac/ 

meetings.html. 

Pre-registration for all attendees is 

recommended. To register online, visit 

the Web site above. Requests for preregistration forms should be sent to Ms. 

Lisa Hammond at (202) 564–0736 or 

Hammond.lisa@epa.gov. Non-English 

speaking attendees wishing to arrange 

for a foreign language interpreter also 

may make appropriate arrangements 

using these numbers. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Charter of the NEJAC states that the 

advisory committee shall provide 

independent advice to the 

Administrator on areas that may 

include, among other things, ‘‘advice 

about broad, crosscutting issues related 

to environmental justice, including 

environment-related strategic, scientific, 

technological, regulatory and economic 

issues related to environmental justice. 

The meeting shall be used to receive 

comments, discuss, and provide 

recommendations regarding four major 

areas: (1) Factors to identify and address 

disproportionate environmental 

impacts; (2) environmental justice best 

practices; (3) differential impacts of 

climate change; and (4) strategies to 

identify, mitigate, and/or address the 

disproportionate burden on 

communities of air pollution resulting 

from goods movement activities. 

A. Public Comment: Individuals or 

groups making oral presentations during 

the public comment period will be 

limited to a total time of five minutes. 

Only one representative of a 

community, an organization, or a group 

will be allowed to speak. Any number 

of written comments can be submitted 

for the record. The suggested format for 

individuals making public comment 

should be as follows: Name of Speaker, 

Name of Organization/Community, 

Address/Telephone/E-mail, Description 

of Concern and its Relationship to the 

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