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III. 18 NOTICES OF COMMENCEMENT FROM: 4/27/09 TO 5/22/09—Continued 

Case No. Received Date Commencement 

Notice End Date Chemical 

P–09–0181 05/14/09 05/06/09 (G) Dimer fatty acids, polymers with alkane diol, alkyl glycol, carboxylic acid anhydride, glycol ether and alcohol 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Premanufacturer notices. 

Dated: June 16, 2009. 

Chandler Sirmons, 

Acting Director, Information Management 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics. 

[FR Doc. E9–14700 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8922–3] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent 

Decree; Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), 

notice is hereby given of a proposed 

consent decree to address a lawsuit filed 

by Wildearth Guardians in the United 

States District Court for the District of 

Columbia: Wildearth Guardians v. 

Jackson, No.1:08-cv-02253, (D. D.C.). 

Wildearth Guardians filed a deadline 

suit to compel the Administrator to 

respond to an administrative petition 

seeking EPA’s objection to a CAA Title 

V operating permit issued by the 

Colorado Department of Public Health 

and the Environment, Air Pollution 

Control Division to Anadarko Petroleum 

Corporation to operate their Frederick 

Natural Gas Compressor Station in Weld 

County, Colorado. Under the terms of 

the proposed consent decree, EPA has 

agreed to respond to the petition by 

September 14, 2009. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by July 23, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2009–0355, online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by 

hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket 

Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– 

ROM should be formatted in Word or 

ASCII file, avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption, 

and may be mailed to the mailing 

address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheila Igoe, Office of General Counsel 

(Mail Code 2344A), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: (202) 564–5513; fax number 

(202) 564–5603; e-mail address: 

igoe.sheila@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

This proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit seeking a response to 

an administrative petition to object to a 

CAA Title V permit issued by the 

Colorado Department of Public Health 

and the Environment, Air Pollution 

Control Division to Anadarko Petroleum 

Corporation to operate their Frederick 

Natural Gas Compressor Station in Weld 

County, Colorado. Under the terms of 

the proposed consent decree, EPA has 

agreed to respond to the petition by 

September 14, 2009. In addition, the 

proposed consent decree states that 

within fifteen (15) business days EPA 

shall deliver notice of such action to the 

Office of the Federal Register for prompt 

publication. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who were 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines, based on any comment 

submitted, that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How Can I Get a Copy of the Consent 

Decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2009–0355) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) 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 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through http:// 

www.regulations.gov. You may use the 

http://www.regulations.gov to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

appropriate docket identification 

number. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, CBI, or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

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materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an e-mail 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the http://www.regulations.gov 

Web site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, e-mail address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

your e-mail address is automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Dated: June 16, 2009. 

Richard B. Ossias, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–14710 Filed 6–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8921–8] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office 

Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of 

the Science Advisory Board Ecological 

Processes and Effects Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public meeting of the SAB 

Ecological Processes and Effects 

Committee to provide advice on EPA’s 

implementation of the Ecosystem 

Services Research Program. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Tuesday, 

July 14, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

(Eastern Time) and Wednesday, July 15, 

2009 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon (Eastern 

Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the SAB Conference Center, 1025 F 

Street, NW., Room 3705, Washington, 

DC 20004. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information about this 

meeting must contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO). Dr. Armitage may be contacted at 

the EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via 

telephone/voice mail; (202) 343–9995; 

fax (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at 

armitage.thomas@epa.gov. Any inquiry 

regarding EPA’s Ecosystem Services 

Research Program should be directed to 

Dr. Rick Linthurst of EPA’s Office of 

Research and Development at 

linthurst.rick@epa.gov or (919) 541– 

4909. General information about the 

EPA SAB, as well as any updates 

concerning the meeting announced in 

this notice, may be found on the SAB 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby 

given that the SAB Ecological Processes 

and Effects Committee will hold a 

public meeting to provide consultative 

comment on implementation of EPA’s 

Ecosystem Services Research Program. 

The SAB was established by 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice to the 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will comply 

with the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Background: In February 2008, The 

EPA Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) released a draft 

Ecological Research Program Multi-Year 

Plan that established EPA’s long-term 

and annual goals for ecological research. 

This draft Multi-Year Plan is available 

on the EPA Office of Research and 

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

ord/esrp/pdfs/ERP–MYP-completedraft-v5.pdf. The Multi-Year Plan 

described a new direction for the 

Agency’s Ecological Research Program 

intended to fill the need for a better 

understanding of the implications of 

human impacts on ecosystems and the 

services they provide. The redirected 

Ecological Research Program is building 

on past research efforts in ecosystem 

monitoring, restoration, and functioning 

to develop operational methods for 

incorporating quantitative information 

on ecosystem services into decision 

making. 

In 2008 the SAB Ecological Processes 

and Effects Committee reviewed EPA’s 

draft Ecological Research Program 

Multi-year Plan. The findings and 

recommendations of that SAB review 

are available on the SAB Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab (see report 

EPA–SAB–08–011). The SAB Staff 

Office selected several additional SAB 

committee members with expertise in 

valuing ecosystem services to augment 

the expertise on the Ecological 

Processes and Effects Committee for that 

advisory activity. 

The ORD has requested further 

consultation with the SAB regarding the 

implementation of the Ecosystem 

Services Research program. This 

consultation will be conducted by the 

augmented SAB Ecological Processes 

and Effects Committee. The purpose of 

the upcoming meeting of this 

Committee is to provide consultative 

advice on the current direction of high 

priority areas of the Ecosystem Services 

Research Program and the specific 

research projects that have been 

undertaken. The roster and biosketches 

of Committee members are posted on 

the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

meeting agenda, charge to the SAB 

Committee, and other meeting material 

will be posted on the SAB Web site at 

https://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of 

the meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral