Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 23246-23247 [2012-9327]

Download as PDF 23246 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 18, 2012 / Notices Workgroup meeting will be held in room South 4370. The Public Health Workgroup meeting will be held in room North 4830. The 21st Century Toxicology Workgroup meeting will be held in room North 4830. EPA’s Potomac Yard South building is approximately one mile from the Crystal City Metro Station. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margie Fehrenbach, Office of Pesticide Programs (7501P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 308–4775; fax number: (703) 308–4776; email address: fehrenbach.margie@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES This action is directed to the public in general, and may be of particular interest to persons who work in agricultural settings or persons who are concerned about implementation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA); the amendments to FIFRA and FFDCA by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996; the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act; and the Endangered Species Act. Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to: Agricultural workers and farmers; pesticide industry and trade associations; environmental, consumer, and farm worker groups; animal welfare organizations; pesticide users and growers; pest consultants; State, local and Tribal governments; academia; public health organizations; food processors; and the public. If you have questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. A draft agenda is being developed and will be posted by April 16, 2012, on EPA’s Web site at: https://www.epa.gov/ pesticides/ppdc/. II. Background EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is entrusted with the responsibility to help ensure the safety of the American food supply, the education and protection from unreasonable risk of those who apply or are exposed to pesticides occupationally or through use of products, and general protection of the environment and special ecosystems from potential risks posed by pesticides. The Charter for EPA’s Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) was established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92–463, in September 1995, and has been renewed every 2 years since that time. 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How can I request to participate in and other related information? this meeting? EPA has established a docket for this PPDC meetings are open to the public action under docket ID number EPA– and seating is available on a first-come HQ–OPP–2012–0270. Publicly available basis. Persons interested in attending do docket materials are available either in not need to register in advance of the the electronic docket at https:// meeting. Comments may be made www.regulations.gov, or, if only during the public comment session of available in hard copy, at the Office of each meeting or in writing to the Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory address listed under FOR FURTHER Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One INFORMATION CONTACT. Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of List of Subjects operation of this Docket Facility are Environmental protection, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday Agricultural workers, Agriculture, through Friday, excluding legal Chemicals, Endangered species, Foods, holidays. The Docket Facility telephone Integrated Pest Management, Pesticide number is (703) 305–5805. labels, Pesticides and pests, Pollinator VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:25 Apr 17, 2012 Jkt 226001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 protection, Public health, 21st Century toxicology. Dated: April 5, 2012. Steven Bradbury, Director, Office of Pesticide Programs. [FR Doc. 2012–8926 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R04–OW–2011–0555; FRL–9660–8] Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the Commonwealth of Kentucky Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Kentucky has adopted the following rules: Public Notification Rule, Arsenic Rule, Radionuclides Rule, Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term Revisions, Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproduct Rule and the Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproduct Rule. The EPA has determined that Kentucky’s rules are no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, the EPA is tentatively approving this revision to the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s Public Water System Supervision Program. DATES: Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request for a public hearing must be submitted by May 18, 2012, to the Regional Administrator at the EPA, Region 4 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 May 18, 2012, a public hearing will be held. If the EPA, Region 4 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 May 18, 2012. 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\18APN1.SGM 18APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 18, 2012 / Notices 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 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices: Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Division of Water, 200 Fair Oaks Lane, Fourth Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith, EPA Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by telephone at (404) 562– 9845, or at smith.brian@epa.gov. Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142. Dated: January 9, 2012. Stan Meiburg, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 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Angela Mariana Freyre, Senior Vice President and General Counsel. [FR Doc. 2012–9313 Filed 4–17–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6690–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:25 Apr 17, 2012 Jkt 226001 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [DA 12–409] Notice of Debarment Federal Communications Commission. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. The Enforcement Bureau (the ‘‘Bureau’’) debars Mr. Dennis L. Bruno from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (or ‘‘E-Rate Program’’) for a period of three years. The Bureau takes this action to protect the E-Rate Program from waste, fraud and abuse. SUMMARY: Debarment commences on the date Mr. Dennis L. Bruno receives the debarment letter May 18, 2012, whichever date comes first, for a period of three years. DATES: Joy M. Ragsdale, Federal Communications Commission, Enforcement Bureau, Investigations and Hearings Division, Room 4–A236, 445 12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20554. Joy Ragsdale may be contacted by phone at (202) 418–1697 or by email at Joy.Ragsdale@fcc.gov. If Ms. Ragsdale is unavailable, you may contact Ms. Theresa Cavanaugh, Acting Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, by telephone at (202) 418–1420 and by email at Theresa.Cavanaugh@fcc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Bureau debarred Mr. Dennis L. Bruno from the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism for a period of three years pursuant to 47 CFR 54.8. Attached is the debarment letter, DA 12–409, which was mailed to Mr. Dennis L. Bruno and released on March 15, 2012. The complete text of the notice of debarment is available for public inspection and copying during regular business hours at the FCC Reference Information Center, Portal II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. In addition, the complete text is available on the FCC’s Web site at https://www.fcc.gov. The text may also be purchased from the Commission’s duplicating inspection and copying during regular business hours at the contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., Portal II, 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–B420, Washington, DC 20554, telephone (202) 488–5300 or (800) 378–3160, facsimile (202) 488– 5563, or via email https:// www.bcpiweb.com. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 23247 Federal Communications Commission. Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, Acting Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau. March 15, 2012 DA 12–409 VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED AND E-MAIL Dr. Dennis L. Bruno, c/o Mr. Arthur T. McQuillan, McQuillan Law Offices, 206 Main Street, Johnstown, PA 15901. Re: Notice of Debarment, File No. EB–11–IH– 1582 Dear Dr. Bruno: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) hereby notifies you that, pursuant to Section 54.8 of its rules, you are prohibited from participating in the schools and libraries universal service support mechanism (E-Rate program) for three years from either the date of your receipt of this Notice of Debarment, or of its publication in the Federal Register, whichever is earlier in time (Debarment Date).1 On November 18, 2011, the Commission’s Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) sent you a Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceeding (Notice of Suspension) 2 that was published in the Federal Register on November 30, 2011.3 The Notice of Suspension suspended you from participating in activities associated with or relating to the E-Rate program and described the basis for initiating debarment proceedings against you, the applicable debarment procedures, and the effect of debarment. As discussed in the Notice of Suspension, on May 9, 2011, you pled guilty to intentionally misappropriating approximately $49,600 in federal education funds from the Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Education program in your capacity as Superintendent of the Glendale School District.4 Additionally, you admitted and stipulated in a plea agreement that you had conspired with others to fraudulently obtain $414,421.92 from the E-Rate program.5 Pursuant to Section 54.8(c) of the Commission’s rules, your conviction of criminal conduct in connection with the E-Rate program is the basis for your debarment.6 1 47 CFR 54.8(g). See also 47 CFR 0.111 (delegating authority to the Enforcement Bureau to resolve universal service suspension and debarment proceedings). 2 Letter from Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, Acting Chief, Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, to Dr. Dennis L. Bruno, Notice of Suspension and Initiation of Debarment Proceeding, 26 FCC Rcd 16006 (Enf. Bur. 2011) (Attachment 1). 3 76 FR 74058 (Nov. 30, 2011). 4 United States v. Dennis L. Bruno, Criminal Docket No. 11–15 J, Arraignment Plea; United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Pennsylvania, News, Former Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Federal Program Theft, May 9, 2011, at https://www.justice.gov/usao/paw/news/2011/ 2011_may/2011_05_09_05.html (Press Release). 5 Press Release at 1. 6 47 CFR 54.8(c). E:\FR\FM\18APN1.SGM 18APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23246-23247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9327]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R04-OW-2011-0555; FRL-9660-8]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is 
revising its approved Public Water System Supervision Program. Kentucky 
has adopted the following rules: Public Notification Rule, Arsenic 
Rule, Radionuclides Rule, Long-Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 
Rule, Lead and Copper Rule Short-Term Revisions, Stage 1 Disinfectants 
and Disinfection Byproduct Rule and the Stage 2 Disinfectants and 
Disinfection Byproduct Rule. The EPA has determined that Kentucky's 
rules are no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. 
Therefore, the EPA is tentatively approving this revision to the 
Commonwealth of Kentucky's Public Water System Supervision Program.

DATES: Any interested person may request a public hearing. A request 
for a public hearing must be submitted by May 18, 2012, to the Regional 
Administrator at the EPA, Region 4 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 May 18, 2012, a public hearing will be held. If the EPA, Region 4 
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 May 18, 
2012. 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

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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 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, at the following offices: Kentucky Department for 
Environmental Protection, Division of Water, 200 Fair Oaks Lane, Fourth 
Floor, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601; and the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith, EPA Region 4, Safe 
Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, by telephone at 
(404) 562-9845, or at smith.brian@epa.gov.

    Authority:  Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 
amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142.

    Dated: January 9, 2012.
Stan Meiburg,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2012-9327 Filed 4-17-12; 8:45 am]
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