Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the State of Ohio, 33749-33750 [E6-9080]
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not begin and end with the preparation of
each science assessment done as part of
periodic NAAQS reviews?
• To what extent would it be practical
and/or useful for such a continuous process
to have a multi-pollutant focus rather than
focusing on each pollutant separately?
• Can you suggest any examples that the
Agency might consider in designing and
implementing such a process?
• When and how could assessment of
‘‘new’’ science appropriately be performed
and used during the NAAQS rulemaking
process?
Risk/Exposure Assessment: As
recommended in the workgroup report, the
Agency plans to develop a more concise risk/
exposure assessment document focused on
key results, observations, and uncertainties
(similar to the risk/exposure chapter(s) that
are now included in Staff Papers). This
document would be supported with
comprehensive annexes that include all
relevant background information,
assumptions, results, and assessments of
variability and uncertainty to ensure the
transparency of the assessment (similar to the
information now included in contractor
technical support documents currently
reviewed by the CASAC and public). The
Agency plans to work with the Science
Advisory Board Staff Office to consider the
formation of a CASAC subcommittee on risk/
exposure assessments, when appropriate, to
provide more focused feedback and advice
on planning these assessments, including
input on the methodology used and the
characterization of uncertainties.
• What are your views on CASAC’s role in
providing more focused feedback and advice
on the risk/exposure assessments?
Policy Assessment/Rulemaking: As
recommended in the workgroup report, the
Agency plans to replace the Staff Paper as
currently structured with a more narrowly
focused policy assessment document to the
extent that the changes discussed above are
adopted and effectively implemented. This
document would be based on the information
contained in the science and risk/exposure
assessments, and would also include the
results of policy-relevant air quality analyses.
This document would focus on identification
of a set of evidence- and risk-based
approaches for reaching policy judgments;
consideration of the adequacy of the current
standards and whether alternative standards
should be assessed for consideration; and
identification of a range of options for
alternative standards (in terms of indicators,
averaging times, forms, and ranges of levels)
that might be considered by the
Administrator in making policy choices.
• What steps can be taken to ensure that
the roles previously played by the Staff Paper
are effectively addressed in the science
assessment, risk/exposure assessment, and
the policy assessment?
• What are your views on whether and
how your ability to comment on the policy
assessment would be affected by having an
opportunity to review just one draft of the
policy assessment, as envisioned in the
recommended timeline?
In their transmittal memorandum, Mr.
Wehrum and Dr. Gray have additionally
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concluded that it is appropriate for the final
policy assessment to reflect the Agency’s
views, consistent with EPA practice in other
rulemakings. They also recommended that
further consideration be given to publishing
the policy assessment through an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) that
solicits review and comment from CASAC
and the public. Comments received on an
ANPR would be taken into consideration in
developing the proposal notice, although
unlike the process of preparing both a draft
and final assessment document that
addresses such comments prior to the
preparation of a proposal notice, the use of
an ANPR may eliminate the preparation of a
‘‘final’’ policy assessment.
• To what extent, if at all, do you think
that it would affect your comments if the
draft and/or final policy assessment reflects
Agency rather than staff views?
• To what extent, if at all, do you think it
would affect your opportunity to provide
comments if the policy assessment were to be
published in conjunction with an advance
notice of proposed rulemaking rather than in
the form of both a draft and final assessment
document?
Finally, the following questions concern
more general issues regarding the NAAQS
review process:
• The generic NAAQS review timeline
presented in the workgroup report is
intended to maximize the time allotted to
conducting the science and risk/exposure
assessments within a 5-year review cycle,
and to reach proposed decisions as close in
time to the completion of the science and
risk/exposure assessments as possible. As a
general matter, what are your views on these
goals?
• To what extent do you feel that the
relative amount of time allotted to each
activity in the generic timeline, and the
degree to which certain activities are
projected to be done concurrently, is
appropriate?
• To what extent do you believe that the
recommended generic timeline provides
adequate and appropriate opportunities for
CASAC and the public to participate in the
NAAQS review process?
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
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Public Water System Supervision
Program Revisions for the State of
Ohio
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the State of Ohio is revising its
approved Public Water System
Supervision Program. Ohio has revised
its definition of a Public Water System,
Consumer Confidence Report Rule,
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Public Notification Rule, Interim
Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule; and Stage 1 Disinfectants and
Disinfection Byproducts Rule.
EPA has determined that these
revisions by the State are no less
stringent than the corresponding
Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA
intends to approve these revisions to the
State of Ohio’s Public Water System
Supervision Program.
Any interested party may request a
public hearing. A request for a public
hearing must be submitted by July 12,
2006, to the Regional Administrator at
the EPA Region 5 address shown below.
The Regional Administrator may deny
frivolous or insubstantial requests for a
hearing. However, if a substantial
request for a public hearing is made by
July 12, 2006, EPA Region 5 will hold
a public hearing. If EPA Region 5 does
not receive a timely and appropriate
request for a hearing and the Regional
Administrator does not elect to hold a
hearing on his own motion, this
determination shall become final and
effective on July 12, 2006. Any request
for a public hearing shall include the
following information: The name,
address, and telephone number of the
individual, organization, or other entity
requesting a hearing; a brief statement of
the requesting person’s interest in the
Regional Administrator’s determination
and a brief statement of the information
that the requesting person intends to
submit at such hearing; and 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.
All documents relating to
this determination are available for
inspection at the following offices: Ohio
Environmental Protection Agency,
Division of Drinking and Ground
Waters, 122 South Front Street,
Columbus, Ohio 43215, between the
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and the United States
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking
Water Branch (WG–15J), 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois
60604, between the hours of 9 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alicia Brown, EPA Region 5, Ground
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at
the address given above, by telephone at
(312) 886–4443, or at
brown.alicia@epa.gov.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe
Drinking Water Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C.
3006–2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the
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National Primary Drinking Water
Regulations.
Dated: May 25, 2006.
Norman Niedergang,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD
Correction; Sunshine Act Meeting
Notice; Announcing a Partially Open
Meeting of the Board of Directors
The open meeting of the
Board of Directors is scheduled to begin
at 10 am on Wednesday, June 14, 2006.
The closed portion of the meeting will
follow immediately the open portion of
the meeting.
PLACE: Board Room, First Floor, Federal
Housing Finance Board, 1625 Eye
Street, NW., Washington DC 20006.
STATUS: The first portion of the meeting
will be open to the public. The final
portion of the meeting will be closed to
the public.
TIME AND DATE:
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE OPEN
PORTION: Financing Corporation 2006
Supplemental Budget Request.
Consideration of the Financing
Corporation (FICO) request to increase
its 2006 budget to cover unanticipated
legal expenses.
Data Reporting Reorganization.
Consideration of a final rule that would
move certain data reporting
requirements from regulation to the Data
Reporting Manual.
MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED AT THE CLOSED
PORTION: Periodic Update of
Examination Program Development and
Supervisory Findings.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Shelia Willis, Paralegal Specialist,
Office of General Counsel, at 202–408–
2876 or williss@fhfb.gov.
Dated: June 7, 2006.
By the Federal Housing Finance Board.
John P. Kennedy,
General Counsel.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency information collection
activities: Announcement of Board
approval under delegated authority
and submission to OMB
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System
SUMMARY: Background.
Notice is hereby given of the final
approval of proposed information
AGENCY:
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collections by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board)
under OMB delegated authority, as per
5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on
Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the
Public). Board–approved collections of
information are incorporated into the
official OMB inventory of currently
approved collections of information.
Copies of the OMB 83–Is and supporting
statements and approved collection of
information instrument(s) are placed
into OMB’s public docket files. The
Federal Reserve may not conduct or
sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection that has been extended,
revised, or implemented on or after
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer
Michelle Long––Division of Research
and Statistics, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, Washington,
DC 20551 (202–452–3829).
OMB Desk Officer Mark Menchik––
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office Building,
Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or
e-mail to mmenchik@omb.eop.gov.
Final approval under OMB delegated
authority of the extension for three
years, without revision of the following
reports:
1. Report title: Senior Loan Officer
Opinion Survey on Bank Lending
Practices.
Agency form number: FR 2018.
OMB control number: 7100–0058.
Frequency: Up to six times a year.
Reporters: Large U.S. commercial
banks and large U.S. branches and
agencies of foreign banks.
Annual reporting hours: 1,008 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
2 hours.
Number of respondents: 84.
General description of report: This
information collection is voluntary (12
U.S.C. §§ 248(a), 324, 335, 3101, 3102,
and 3105) and is given confidential
treatment (5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(4)).
Abstract: The FR 2018 is conducted
with a senior loan officer at each
respondent bank, generally through a
telephone interview. The purpose of the
survey is to provide qualitative
information with respect to current
price and flow developments and
evolving techniques and practices in the
U.S. loan markets. Consequently, a
significant portion of the questions in
each survey consists of unique
questions on topics of timely interest.
The respondents’ answers provide
crucial information for monitoring and
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understanding the evolution of lending
practices at banks and developments in
credit markets.
2. Report title: Senior Financial
Officer Survey.
Agency form number: FR 2023.
OMB control number: 7100–0223.
Frequency: Up to four times a year.
Reporters: Commercial banks, other
depository institutions, corporations or
large money–stock holders.
Annual reporting hours: 232 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
1 hour.
Number of respondents: 58.
General description of report: This
information collection is voluntary
(U.S.C. §§ 225a, 248(a), and 263);
confidentiality will be determined on a
case–by–case basis.
Abstract: The 2023 requests
qualitative and limited quantitative
information about liability management,
the provision of financial services, and
the functioning of key financial markets
from a selection of up to sixty large
commercial banks (or, if appropriate,
from other depository institutions or
major financial market participants).
Responses are obtained from a senior
officer at each participating institution
through a telephone interview
conducted by Reserve Bank or Board
staff. The survey does not have a fixed
set of questions; each survey consists of
a limited number of questions directed
at topics of timely interest.
Final approval under OMB delegated
authority of the extension for three
years, with revision of the following
reports:
1. Report titles: Quarterly Report of
Interest Rates on Selected Direct
Consumer Installment Loans and
Quarterly Report of Credit Card Plans.
Agency form numbers: FR 2835 and
FR 2835a.
OMB control number: 7100–0085.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Reporters: Commercial banks.
Annual reporting hours: FR 2835: 132
hours; and FR 2835a: 100 hours.
Estimated average hours per response:
FR 2835: 13 minutes; and FR 2835a: 30
minutes
Number of respondents: FR 2835: 150;
and FR 2835a: 50.
General description of report: These
information collections are voluntary
(12 U.S.C. 248(a)(2)). The FR 2835a
individual respondent data are given
confidential treatment.
Abstract: The FR 2835 collects
information from a sample of
commercial banks on interest rates
charged on loans for new vehicles and
loans for other consumer goods and
personal expenses. The FR 2835a
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8182-8]
Public Water System Supervision Program Revisions for the State
of Ohio
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Ohio is revising its
approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Ohio has revised its
definition of a Public Water System, Consumer Confidence Report Rule,
Public Notification Rule, Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment
Rule; and Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule.
EPA has determined that these revisions by the State are no less
stringent than the corresponding Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA
intends to approve these revisions to the State of Ohio's Public Water
System Supervision Program.
Any interested party may request a public hearing. A request for a
public hearing must be submitted by July 12, 2006, to the Regional
Administrator at the EPA Region 5 address shown below. The Regional
Administrator may deny frivolous or insubstantial requests for a
hearing. However, if a substantial request for a public hearing is made
by July 12, 2006, EPA Region 5 will hold a public hearing. If EPA
Region 5 does not receive a timely and appropriate request for a
hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing
on his own motion, this determination shall become final and effective
on July 12, 2006. Any request for a public hearing shall include the
following information: The name, address, and telephone number of the
individual, organization, or other entity requesting a hearing; a brief
statement of the requesting person's interest in the Regional
Administrator's determination and a brief statement of the information
that the requesting person intends to submit at such hearing; and 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.
ADDRESSES: All documents relating to this determination are available
for inspection at the following offices: Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency, Division of Drinking and Ground Waters, 122 South Front Street,
Columbus, Ohio 43215, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 5, Ground Water and Drinking Water Branch (WG-15J), 77 West
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, between the hours of 9 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Brown, EPA Region 5, Ground
Water and Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by
telephone at (312) 886-4443, or at brown.alicia@epa.gov.
Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended, 42 U.S.C. 3006-2 (1996), and 40 CFR part 142 of the
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National Primary Drinking Water Regulations.
Dated: May 25, 2006.
Norman Niedergang,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
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