Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification to Consent Decree Under the Clean Water Act, 93711-93712 [2016-30709]
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Administration, 84–55000, P.O. Box
25007, Denver, CO 80225–0007; or via
email to smcphee@usbr.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephanie McPhee at (303) 445–2897.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation
[RR83550000, 17XR0680A1,
RX.31580001.0090104]
Agency Information Collection;
Renewal of a Currently Approved
Information Collection (OMB Control
Number 1006–0006)
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
We, the Bureau of
Reclamation, intend to submit a request
for renewal of an existing approved
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) titled,
Certification Summary Form, Reporting
Summary Form for Acreage Limitation,.
DATES: Submit written comments on
this information collection request on or
before February 21, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments or
requests for copies of the proposed
forms to Stephanie McPhee, Bureau of
Reclamation, Office of Policy and
SUMMARY:
I. Abstract
This information collection is
required under the Reclamation Reform
Act of 1982 (RRA), Acreage Limitation
Rules and Regulations, 43 CFR part 426,
and Information Requirements for
Certain Farm Operations In Excess of
960 Acres and the Eligibility of Certain
Formerly Excess Land, 43 CFR part 428.
The forms in this information collection
are to be used by district offices to
summarize individual landholder
(direct or indirect landowner or lessee)
and farm operator certification and
reporting forms. This information
allows us to establish water user
compliance with Federal reclamation
law.
II. Changes to the RRA Forms and
Their Instructions
No changes have been made to the
currently approved RRA forms and the
Burden estimate
per form
(in hours)
Form Number
93711
corresponding instructions to generate
the proposed RRA forms that will be
effective in the 2018 water year.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1006–0006.
Title: Certification Summary Form,
Reporting Summary Form for Acreage
Limitation, 43 CFR part 426 and 43 CFR
part 428.
Form Number: Form 7–21SUMM–C
and Form 7–21SUMM–R.
Frequency: Annually.
Respondents: Contracting entities that
are subject to the acreage limitation
provisions of Federal reclamation law.
Estimated Annual Total Number of
Respondents: 177.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 221.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 8,870 hours.
Estimated Completion Time per
Respondent: See table below.
Annual
number of
responses
Number of
respondents
Annual burden
on respondents
(in hours)
7–21SUMM–C and associated tabulation sheets ...........
7–21SUMM–R and associated tabulation sheets ...........
40
40
169
8
211
10
8,450
420
Totals ........................................................................
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177
221
8,870
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IV. Request for Comments
We invite your comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of our functions, including
whether the information will have
practical use;
(b) the accuracy of our estimated time
and cost burden of the collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including increased use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
We will summarize all comments
received regarding this notice. We will
publish that summary in the Federal
Register when the information
collection request is submitted to OMB
for review and approval.
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V. Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: November 14, 2016.
Roseann Gonzales,
Director, Policy and Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Modification to Consent Decree Under
the Clean Water Act
On December 15, 2016, the
Department of Justice lodged a proposed
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Stipulation to Modify Consent Decree
with the United States District Court for
the District of Connecticut in the
lawsuit entitled United States, et al. v.
City of West Haven, Connecticut, Civil
Action No. 3:13–cv–01883 (JCH).
In a supplemental complaint, the
United States, on behalf of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and
the State of Connecticut, on behalf of
the Connecticut Department of Energy
and Environmental Protection, allege
that the City of West Haven violated the
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq.,
by failing to comply with Sections 5(b)
and 6 of the Small Municipal Separate
Storm Water System (‘‘MS4’’) General
Permit, which requires the City to
develop, implement, and enforce a
Surface Water Monitoring Plan
(‘‘SWMP’’) designed to reduce to the
maximum extent practicable the
discharge of pollutants from its Small
MS4. The proposed stipulation in this
case, among other things, requires that
the City update its illicit discharge
ordinance; update its SWMP by
submitting revised MS4 outfall maps
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and its Construction and PostConstruction Site Stormwater Runoff
Control Programs; and develop and
implement an operation and
maintenance program that includes a
training component.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
stipulation. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
United States, et al. v. City of West
Haven, Connecticut, D.J. Ref. No. 90–5–
1–1–10543. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
To submit
comments:
Send them to:
By email ......
pubcomment-ees.enrd@
usdoj.gov.
Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ–ENRD, P.O. Box
7611, Washington, DC
20044–7611.
By mail ........
inflation assumptions used to prepare
the Budget of the United States
Government were changed. These
discount rates are found in Appendix C
of the revised Circular. The updated
discount rates are shown below. The
discount rates in Appendix C are to be
used for cost-effectiveness analysis,
including lease-purchase analysis, as
specified in the revised Circular. They
do not apply to regulatory analysis.
DATES: The revised discount rates will
be in effect through December 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gideon Lukens, Office of Economic
Policy, Office of Management and
Budget, (202) 395–3316.
Devin O’Connor,
Associate Director for Economic Policy, Office
of Management and Budget.
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Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement
Section, Environment & Natural Resources
Division.
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OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND
BUDGET
Discount Rates for Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis of Federal Programs
Office of Management and
Budget.
ACTION: Revisions to Appendix C of
OMB Circular A–94.
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AGENCY:
The Office of Management
and Budget revised Circular A–94 in
1992. The revised Circular specified
certain discount rates to be updated
annually when the interest rate and
SUMMARY:
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NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
Notice of Information Collection
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA).
ACTION: Notice of information collection.
AGENCY:
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections.
DATES: All comments should be
submitted within 60 calendar days from
the date of this publication.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be
addressed to Frances Teel, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration,
Mail Code JF–000, Washington DC
20546–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Frances Teel, NASA
Clearance Officer, NASA Headquarters,
300 E Street SW., JF0000, Washington,
DC 20546.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Authority: Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
I. Abstract
Contractors performing research and
development are required by statutes,
NASA implementing regulations, and
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II. Method of Collection
NASA FAR Supplement clauses for
patent rights and new technology
encourage the contractor to use an
electronic form and provide a hyperlink
to the electronic New Technology
Reporting Web (eNTRe) site https://
invention.nasa.gov. This Web site has
been set up to help NASA employees
and parties under NASA funding
agreements (i.e., contracts, grants,
cooperative agreements, and
subcontracts) to report new technology
information directly, via a secure
Internet connection, to NASA.
III. Data
[Notice: 16–088]
During the public comment period,
the proposed stipulation may be
examined and downloaded at this
Justice Department Web site: https://
www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
We will provide a paper copy of the
proposed stipulation upon written
request and payment of reproduction
costs. Please mail your request and
payment to: Consent Decree Library,
U.S. DOJ–ENRD, P.O. Box 7611,
Washington, DC 20044–7611.
Please enclose a check or money order
for $3.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United
States Treasury.
OMB policy to submit reports of
inventions, patents, data, and
copyrights, including the utilization and
disposition of same. The NASA New
Technology Summary Report reporting
form is being used for this purpose.
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Title: NFS 1827—Patents, Data, and
Copyrights.
OMB Number: 2700–0052.
Type of review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit institutions.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,240.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 hours
average.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 11,200.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$94,093.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on—(1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of NASA,
including whether the information
collected has practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of NASA’s estimate of the
burden (including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including automated
collection techniques or the use of other
forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection.
They will also become a matter of
public record.
Frances Teel,
NASA PRA Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed Modification to Consent Decree
Under the Clean Water Act
On December 15, 2016, the Department of Justice lodged a proposed
Stipulation to Modify Consent Decree with the United States District
Court for the District of Connecticut in the lawsuit entitled United
States, et al. v. City of West Haven, Connecticut, Civil Action No.
3:13-cv-01883 (JCH).
In a supplemental complaint, the United States, on behalf of the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the State of Connecticut, on
behalf of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection, allege that the City of West Haven violated the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., by failing to comply with Sections 5(b)
and 6 of the Small Municipal Separate Storm Water System (``MS4'')
General Permit, which requires the City to develop, implement, and
enforce a Surface Water Monitoring Plan (``SWMP'') designed to reduce
to the maximum extent practicable the discharge of pollutants from its
Small MS4. The proposed stipulation in this case, among other things,
requires that the City update its illicit discharge ordinance; update
its SWMP by submitting revised MS4 outfall maps
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and its Construction and Post-Construction Site Stormwater Runoff
Control Programs; and develop and implement an operation and
maintenance program that includes a training component.
The publication of this notice opens a period for public comment on
the stipulation. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, and should refer
to United States, et al. v. City of West Haven, Connecticut, D.J. Ref.
No. 90-5-1-1-10543. All comments must be submitted no later than thirty
(30) days after the publication date of this notice. Comments may be
submitted either by email or by mail:
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To submit comments: Send them to:
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By email.................................. pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov.
By mail................................... Assistant Attorney General,
U.S. DOJ-ENRD, P.O. Box
7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
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During the public comment period, the proposed stipulation may be
examined and downloaded at this Justice Department Web site: https://www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees. We will provide a paper copy of
the proposed stipulation upon written request and payment of
reproduction costs. Please mail your request and payment to: Consent
Decree Library, U.S. DOJ-ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC 20044-
7611.
Please enclose a check or money order for $3.25 (25 cents per page
reproduction cost) payable to the United States Treasury.
Robert E. Maher, Jr.,
Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment &
Natural Resources Division.
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