77059
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
67,
No.
241
/
Monday,
December
16,
2002
/
Notices
DEPARTMENT
OF
ENERGY
Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission
[
Project
No.
2852
 
015]

New
York
State
Electric
&
Gas
Corporation,
New
York;
Notice
of
Availability
of
Environmental
Assessment
December
11,
2002.
In
accordance
with
the
National
Environmental
Policy
Act
of
1969,
as
amended,
and
the
Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission's
(
Commission)
regulations,
18
CFR
part
380
(
Order
No.
486,
52
FR
47897),
the
Office
of
Energy
projects
staff
have
reviewed
the
application
for
a
nonpower
license
for
the
Keuka
Hydroelectric
Project,
located
between
Waneta
Lake
and
Lamoka
Lake
impoundments,
and
Keuka
Lake
in
Steuben
and
Schuyler
Counties,
New
York
and
have
prepared
an
Environmental
Assessment
(
EA)
for
the
project.
The
EA
contains
the
staff's
analysis
of
the
potential
environmental
effects
of
the
proposed
action
by
the
applicant,
the
proposed
action
with
additional
staff­
recommended
measures,
and
no­
action.
A
copy
of
the
EA
is
available
for
review
in
the
public
Reference
Branch,
Room
2
 
A,
of
the
Commission's
office
at
888
First
Street,
NE.,
Washington,
DC
20426.
The
EA
may
also
be
viewed
on
the
web
at
http://
www.
ferc.
gov
using
the
``
FERRIS''
link.
Enter
the
docket
number
excluding
the
last
three
digits
in
the
docket
number
field
to
access
the
document.
For
assistance,
please
contact
FERC
Online
Support
at
FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.
gov
or
tollfree
at
(
866)
208
 
3676,
or
for
TTY,
contact
(
202)
502
 
8659.
Any
comments
should
be
filed
within
30
days
from
the
date
of
this
notice
and
addressed
to
Magalie
R.
Salas,
Secretary,
Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission,
888
First
Street,
NE.,
Washington,
DC
20426.
Please
affix
``
Keuka
Hydroelectric
Project,
FERC
No.
2852
 
015''
to
all
comments.
Comments
may
be
filed
electronically
via
the
Internet
in
lieu
of
paper;
see
18
CFR
385.2001(
a)(
1)(
iii)
and
the
instructions
on
the
Commission's
Web
site
under
the
``
e­
Filing''
link.
The
Commission
strongly
encourages
electronic
filings.
For
further
information,
contact
Patti
Leppert
at
(
202)
502
 
6034
or
by
E­
mail
at
patricia.
leppert@
ferc.
gov.

Magalie
R.
Salas,
Secretary.
[
FR
Doc.
02
 
31597
Filed
12
 
13
 
02;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6717
 
01
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2002
 
0334;
FRL
 
7283
 
5]

Exposure
Modeling
Work
Group;
Notice
of
Public
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
Exposure
Modeling
Work
Group
(
EMWG)
will
hold
a
1
 
day
meeting
on
December
17,
2002.
This
notice
announces
the
location
and
time
for
the
meeting
and
sets
forth
the
tentative
agenda
topics.
DATES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
on
Tuesday,
December
17,
2002,
from
9
a.
m.
to
3
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
Room
311,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Michael
R.
Barrett,
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division
(
7507C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
6391;
fax
number:
(
703)
308
 
6309;
email
address:
barrett.
michael@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general,
and
may
be
of
particular
interest
to
those
persons
who
are
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA),
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
or
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA).
Since
other
entities
may
also
be
interested,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
affected
by
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0334.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crstal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
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.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.

II.
Background
The
Exposure
Modeling
Workgroup
meets
on
a
roughly
quarterly
interval
to
discuss
current
issues
in
modeling
pesticide
fate,
transport,
and
exposure
to
pesticides
in
support
of
risk
assessments
in
a
regulatory
context.

III.
How
Can
I
Request
to
Participate
in
this
Meeting?

You
may
submit
a
request
to
participate
in
this
meeting
to
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

IV.
Tentative
Agenda
This
unit
provides
tentative
agenda
topics
for
the
1
 
day
meeting.
1.
Welcome
and
introductions.
2.
Old
action
items.

3.
Brief
Updates
 
EPA's
pesticide
root
zone
model/
exposure
analysis
modeling
system
(
PRZM/
EXAMS)
model.
 
Spray
drift
task
force
progress.
 
Rice
modeling.
 
European
union
activities.
 
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
(
USDA)
agricultural
research
service
activities.

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Register
/
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67,
No.
241
/
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December
16,
2002
/
Notices
 
Environmental
fate
data
base.
 
New
meteorological
files.
 
Turf
umbrella.
 
WARP
model.

4.
Major
Topics
 
EFED
water
quality
priorities
for
FY
2003
­
themes
for
2003.
 
European
Union
activities:
FOCUS
ground
water
and
surface
water
assessment
methods,
mitigation
measures
and
processes
for
refining
risk
assessments.
 
Prospective
ground
water
data
base
­
data
reporting
and
formatting
issues.
 
USDA
research
service
­
efforts
to
address
needs
of
regulators
in
their
pesticide
mitigation
and
modeling
research,
results
of
recent
workshop.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Pesticides
and
pests.

Dated:
December
10,
2002.
Steven
Bradbury,
Director,
Environmental
Fate
and
Effects
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.
[
FR
Doc.
02
 
31613
Filed
12
 
12
 
02;
9:
03
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPPT
 
2002
 
0072;
FRL
 
7284
 
9]

Certain
New
Chemicals;
Receipt
and
Status
Information
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
Section
5
of
the
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
(
TSCA)
requires
any
person
who
intends
to
manufacture
(
defined
by
statute
to
include
import)
a
new
chemical
(
i.
e.,
a
chemical
not
on
the
TSCA
Inventory)
to
notify
EPA
and
comply
with
the
statutory
provisions
pertaining
to
the
manufacture
of
new
chemicals.
Under
sections
5(
d)(
2)
and
5(
d)(
3)
of
TSCA,
EPA
is
required
to
publish
a
notice
of
receipt
of
a
premanufacture
notice
(
PMN)
or
an
application
for
a
test
marketing
exemption
(
TME),
and
to
publish
periodic
status
reports
on
the
chemicals
under
review
and
the
receipt
of
notices
of
commencement
to
manufacture
those
chemicals.
This
status
report,
which
covers
the
period
from
November
2,
2002
to
November
19,
2002,
consists
of
the
PMNs
pending
or
expired,
and
the
notices
of
commencement
to
manufacture
a
new
chemical
that
the
Agency
has
received
under
TSCA
section
5
during
this
time
period.
DATES:
Comments
identified
by
the
docket
ID
number
OPPT
 
2002
 
0072
and
the
specific
PMN
number
or
TME
number,
must
be
received
on
or
before
January
15,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Barbara
Cunningham,
Acting
Director,
Environmental
Assistance
Division,
Office
of
Pollution
Prevention
and
Toxics
(
7408M),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
202)
554
 
1404;
e­
mail
address:
TSCAHotline
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
As
such,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
the
specific
entities
that
this
action
may
apply
to.
Although
others
may
be
affected,
this
action
applies
directly
to
the
submitter
of
the
premanufacture
notices
addressed
in
the
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
This
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?

1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPPT
 
2002
 
0072.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
EPA
Docket
Center,
Rm.
B102­
Reading
Room,
EPA
West,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4:
30
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
Reading
Room
telephone
number
is
(
202)
566
 
1744
and
the
telephone
number
for
the
OPPT
Docket,
which
is
located
in
EPA
Docket
Center,
is
(
202)
566
 
0280.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
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.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
printed,
paper
form
in
the
official
public
docket.
To
the
extent
feasible,
publicly
available
docket
materials
will
be
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
When
a
document
is
selected
from
the
index
list
in
EPA
Dockets,
the
system
will
identify
whether
the
document
is
available
for
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
EPA
intends
to
work
towards
providing
electronic
access
to
all
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
For
public
commenters,
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
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
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