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(31) Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–
OECA–2014–0034; Title: NSPS for Kraft
Pulp Mills (40 CFR part 60, subpart BB);
EPA ICR Number 2485.03, OMB Control
Number 2060–0690; Expiration Date:
June 30, 2017.
Respondents: Kraft pulp mills.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart BB).
Estimated number of respondents: 4
(total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally, and semiannually.
Estimated annual burden: 1,910
hours.
Estimated annual cost: $753,000,
includes $567,000 annualized capital or
O&M costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an
expected increase in burden hours from
the previous ICR due to growth in the
respondent universe.
(32) Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–
OECA–2013–0316; Title: NSPS for
Onshore Natural Gas Processing Plants
(40 CFR part 60, subparts KKK and
LLL); EPA ICR Number 1086.12, OMB
Control Number 2060–0120; Expiration
Date: August 31, 2017.
Respondents: Onshore natural gas
processing plants.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subparts
KKK and LLL).
Estimated number of respondents:
577 (total).
Frequency of response: Initially,
occasionally, and semiannually.
Estimated annual burden: 122,000
hours.
Estimated annual cost: $12,000,000,
includes $68,400 annualized capital or
O&M costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no
change in burden hours from the
previous ICR.
Dated: April 18, 2016.
Edward J. Messina,
Director, Monitoring, Assistance and Media
Programs Division.
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Notification of a Public Meeting and
Public Teleconference of the Chartered
Science Advisory Board
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
SUMMARY:
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(SAB) Staff Office announces a public
meeting and a public teleconference of
the chartered SAB to conduct a quality
review of a draft SAB report on an
assessment of potential impacts of
hydraulic fracturing on drinking water
resources and to receive briefings on
topics of interest for possible future SAB
advice.
DATES: The public meeting will be held
on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, from 8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, June
15, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The teleconference, if needed to
accommodate registered public
speakers, will be held on June 8, 2016
from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern
Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Westin Alexandria, 400 Courthouse
Square, Alexandria, VA 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public who wants further
information concerning the meeting
may contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter,
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA
Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail
(202) 564–4885, or email at
carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General
information concerning the SAB can be
found on the EPA Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
Technical Contact for EPA’s Draft
Report: Any technical questions
concerning EPA’s draft report,
Assessment of the Potential Impacts of
Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on
Drinking Water Resources (May 2015
External Review Draft, EPA/600/R–15/
047), should be directed to Dr. Jeffrey
Frithsen, National Center for
Environmental Assessment, Office of
Research and Development, U.S. EPA,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Mail
Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460,
telephone (703) 347–8623 or via email
at frithsen.jeff@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was
established pursuant to the
Environmental Research, Development,
and Demonstration Authorization Act
(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365,
to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on
the scientific and technical basis for
Agency positions and regulations. The
SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee
chartered under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App.
2. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy,
notice is hereby given that the SAB will
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hold a public meeting to discuss and
deliberate on the topics below.
(1) Quality review of the SAB Draft 4–
26–16 Review of EPA’s draft Assessment
of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic
Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking
Water Resources. The EPA’s Office of
Research and Development (ORD)
requested the SAB to conduct a peer
review of the draft assessment report
concerning the relationship between
hydraulic fracturing and drinking water
in the United States. The purpose of the
report, Assessment of the Potential
Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil
and Gas on Drinking Water Resources
(May 2015 External Review Draft, EPA/
600/R–15/047), is to synthesize
available scientific literature and data to
assess the potential for hydraulic
fracturing for oil and gas to impact the
quality or quantity of drinking water
resources, and identify factors affecting
the frequency or severity of any
potential impacts.
The SAB Hydraulic Fracturing
Research Advisory Panel conducted a
peer review of the EPA draft assessment
and the chartered SAB will conduct a
quality review of the panel’s draft
report. Quality review is a key function
of the chartered SAB. Draft reports
prepared by SAB committees, panels, or
work groups must be reviewed and
approved by the chartered SAB before
transmittal to the EPA Administrator.
Consistent with FACA, the chartered
SAB makes a determination in a public
meeting about each draft report and
determines whether the report is ready
to be transmitted to the EPA
Administrator.
Background on the current advisory
activity, Assessment of the Potential
Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil
and Gas on Drinking Water Resources,
can be found on the SAB Web site at
https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/
sabproduct.nsf//LookupWebProjects
CurrentBOARD/F7A9DB9ABBAC0
15785257E540052DD54?Open
Document.
(2) Briefings from representatives of
the EPA and other EPA advisory
Committees on topics of interest for
possible future SAB advice.
If the SAB Staff Office determines that
there will be insufficient time during
the June 14–15, 2016 meeting to
accommodate the members of the public
who registered in advance to provide
oral public comments, the
teleconference will be held on June 8,
2016 to provide additional time for oral
public comments.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A
meeting agenda and other materials for
the meeting will be placed on the SAB
Web site at https://epa.gov/sab.
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Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Public comment for consideration by
EPA’s federal advisory committees and
panels has a different purpose from
public comment provided to EPA
program offices. Therefore, the process
for submitting comments to a federal
advisory committee is different from the
process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and
panels, including scientific advisory
committees, provide independent
advice to the EPA. Members of the
public can submit relevant comments
pertaining to the EPA’s charge, meeting
materials, or the group providing
advice. Input from the public to the SAB
will have the most impact if it provides
specific scientific or technical
information or analysis for the SAB to
consider or if it relates to the clarity or
accuracy of the technical information.
Members of the public wishing to
provide comment should contact the
DFO directly.
Oral Statements: In general,
individuals or groups requesting an oral
presentation at a public meeting will be
limited to five minutes. Persons
interested in providing oral statements
at the June 14–15, 2016 meeting should
contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter, DFO, in
writing (preferably via email) at the
contact information noted above by June
1, 2016 to be placed on the list of
registered speakers. Written Statements:
Written statements for the June 14–15,
2016 meeting should be received in the
SAB Staff Office by June 7, 2016 so that
the information can be made available
to the SAB for its consideration prior to
the meeting. Written statements should
be supplied to the DFO at the contact
information above via email (preferred)
or in hard copy with original signature.
Submitters are requested to provide a
signed and unsigned version of each
document because the SAB Staff Office
does not publish documents with
signatures on its Web sites. Members of
the public should be aware that their
personal contact information, if
included in any written comments, may
be posted to the SAB Web site.
Copyrighted material will not be posted
without explicit permission of the
copyright holder.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Mr.
Carpenter at the phone number or email
address noted above, preferably at least
ten days prior to the meeting, to give the
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
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Dated: April 27, 2016.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board
Staff Office.
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Cross-Media Electronic Reporting:
Authorized Program Revision
Approval, State of Connecticut
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces EPA’s
approval of the State of Connecticut’s
request to revise its National Primary
Drinking Water Regulations
Implementation EPA-authorized
program to allow electronic reporting.
DATES: EPA’s approval is effective June
2, 2016 for the State of Connecticut’s
National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations Implementation program, if
no timely request for a public hearing is
received and accepted by the Agency.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information, Mail Stop
2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175,
seeh.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)
was published in the Federal Register
(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of
title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR
establishes electronic reporting as an
acceptable regulatory alternative to
paper reporting and establishes
requirements to assure that electronic
documents are as legally dependable as
their paper counterparts. Subpart D of
CROMERR requires that state, tribal or
local government agencies that receive,
or wish to begin receiving, electronic
reports under their EPA-authorized
programs must apply to EPA for a
revision or modification of those
programs and obtain EPA approval.
Subpart D provides standards for such
approvals based on consideration of the
electronic document receiving systems
that the state, tribe, or local government
will use to implement the electronic
reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b)
through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D
provides special procedures for program
revisions and modifications to allow
electronic reporting, to be used at the
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option of the state, tribe or local
government in place of procedures
available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An
application submitted under the subpart
D procedures must show that the state,
tribe or local government has sufficient
legal authority to implement the
electronic reporting components of the
programs covered by the application
and will use electronic document
receiving systems that meet the
applicable subpart D requirements.
On April 11, 2016, the Connecticut
Department of Public Health (CT DPH)
submitted an application titled
Compliance Monitoring Data Portal for
revision to its EPA-approved drinking
water program under title 40 CFR to
allow new electronic reporting. EPA
reviewed CT DPH’s request to revise its
EPA-authorized program and, based on
this review, EPA determined that the
application met the standards for
approval of authorized program revision
set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In
accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this
notice of EPA’s decision to approve
Connecticut’s request to revise its Part
142—National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations Implementation program to
allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR
part 141 is being published in the
Federal Register.
CT DPH was notified of EPA’s
determination to approve its application
with respect to the authorized program
listed above.
Also, in today’s notice, EPA is
informing interested persons that they
may request a public hearing on EPA’s
action to approve the State of
Connecticut’s request to revise its
authorized public water system program
under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance
with 40 CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for a
hearing must be submitted to EPA
within 30 days of publication of today’s
Federal Register notice. Such requests
should include the following
information:
(1) The name, address and telephone
number of the individual, organization
or other entity requesting a hearing;
(2) A brief statement of the requesting
person’s interest in EPA’s
determination, a brief explanation as to
why EPA should hold a hearing, and
any other information that the
requesting person wants EPA to
consider when determining whether to
grant the request;
(3) The signature of the individual
making the request, or, if the request is
made on behalf of an organization or
other entity, the signature of a
responsible official of the organization
or other entity.
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Notification of a Public Meeting and Public Teleconference of the
Chartered Science Advisory Board
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a public meeting and a public
teleconference of the chartered SAB to conduct a quality review of a
draft SAB report on an assessment of potential impacts of hydraulic
fracturing on drinking water resources and to receive briefings on
topics of interest for possible future SAB advice.
DATES: The public meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2016, from
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Wednesday, June 15, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. The teleconference, if needed to accommodate registered
public speakers, will be held on June 8, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m. (Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Westin Alexandria, 400
Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public who wants
further information concerning the meeting may contact Mr. Thomas
Carpenter, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board
(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail (202) 564-4885, or
email at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General information concerning the
SAB can be found on the EPA Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab.
Technical Contact for EPA's Draft Report: Any technical questions
concerning EPA's draft report, Assessment of the Potential Impacts of
Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (May
2015 External Review Draft, EPA/600/R-15/047), should be directed to
Dr. Jeffrey Frithsen, National Center for Environmental Assessment,
Office of Research and Development, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Mail Code 8601P, Washington, DC 20460, telephone (703) 347-8623 or
via email at frithsen.jeff@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The SAB was established pursuant to the Environmental
Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act (ERDDAA),
codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to provide independent scientific and
technical advice to the Administrator on the scientific and technical
basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will comply with the provisions of
FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural policies. Pursuant
to FACA and EPA policy, notice is hereby given that the SAB will hold a
public meeting to discuss and deliberate on the topics below.
(1) Quality review of the SAB Draft 4-26-16 Review of EPA's draft
Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and
Gas on Drinking Water Resources. The EPA's Office of Research and
Development (ORD) requested the SAB to conduct a peer review of the
draft assessment report concerning the relationship between hydraulic
fracturing and drinking water in the United States. The purpose of the
report, Assessment of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for
Oil and Gas on Drinking Water Resources (May 2015 External Review
Draft, EPA/600/R-15/047), is to synthesize available scientific
literature and data to assess the potential for hydraulic fracturing
for oil and gas to impact the quality or quantity of drinking water
resources, and identify factors affecting the frequency or severity of
any potential impacts.
The SAB Hydraulic Fracturing Research Advisory Panel conducted a
peer review of the EPA draft assessment and the chartered SAB will
conduct a quality review of the panel's draft report. Quality review is
a key function of the chartered SAB. Draft reports prepared by SAB
committees, panels, or work groups must be reviewed and approved by the
chartered SAB before transmittal to the EPA Administrator. Consistent
with FACA, the chartered SAB makes a determination in a public meeting
about each draft report and determines whether the report is ready to
be transmitted to the EPA Administrator.
Background on the current advisory activity, Assessment of the
Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas on Drinking
Water Resources, can be found on the SAB Web site at https://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf//LookupWebProjectsCurrentBOARD/F7A9DB9ABBAC015785257E540052DD54?OpenDocument.
(2) Briefings from representatives of the EPA and other EPA
advisory Committees on topics of interest for possible future SAB
advice.
If the SAB Staff Office determines that there will be insufficient
time during the June 14-15, 2016 meeting to accommodate the members of
the public who registered in advance to provide oral public comments,
the teleconference will be held on June 8, 2016 to provide additional
time for oral public comments.
Availability of Meeting Materials: A meeting agenda and other
materials for the meeting will be placed on the SAB Web site at https://epa.gov/sab.
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Procedures for Providing Public Input: Public comment for
consideration by EPA's federal advisory committees and panels has a
different purpose from public comment provided to EPA program offices.
Therefore, the process for submitting comments to a federal advisory
committee is different from the process used to submit comments to an
EPA program office.
Federal advisory committees and panels, including scientific
advisory committees, provide independent advice to the EPA. Members of
the public can submit relevant comments pertaining to the EPA's charge,
meeting materials, or the group providing advice. Input from the public
to the SAB will have the most impact if it provides specific scientific
or technical information or analysis for the SAB to consider or if it
relates to the clarity or accuracy of the technical information.
Members of the public wishing to provide comment should contact the DFO
directly.
Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an
oral presentation at a public meeting will be limited to five minutes.
Persons interested in providing oral statements at the June 14-15, 2016
meeting should contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter, DFO, in writing
(preferably via email) at the contact information noted above by June
1, 2016 to be placed on the list of registered speakers. Written
Statements: Written statements for the June 14-15, 2016 meeting should
be received in the SAB Staff Office by June 7, 2016 so that the
information can be made available to the SAB for its consideration
prior to the meeting. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO
at the contact information above via email (preferred) or in hard copy
with original signature. Submitters are requested to provide a signed
and unsigned version of each document because the SAB Staff Office does
not publish documents with signatures on its Web sites. Members of the
public should be aware that their personal contact information, if
included in any written comments, may be posted to the SAB Web site.
Copyrighted material will not be posted without explicit permission of
the copyright holder.
Accessibility: For information on access or services for
individuals with disabilities, please contact Mr. Carpenter at the
phone number or email address noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the meeting, to give the EPA as much time as possible to
process your request.
Dated: April 27, 2016.
Thomas H. Brennan,
Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office.
[FR Doc. 2016-10392 Filed 5-2-16; 8:45 am]
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