Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Florida, 64336-64337 [2012-25794]

Download as PDF tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 64336 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 203 / Friday, October 19, 2012 / Notices (202) 564–4885; fax (202) 565–2098; or email at carpenter.thomas@epa.gov. General information concerning the SAB can be found on the SAB Web site at https://www.epa.gov/sab. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App., notice is hereby given that the SAB Perchlorate Advisory Panel will hold a public teleconferences to discuss its draft report regarding EPA’s draft white paper Life Stage Considerations and Interpretation of Recent Epidemiological Evidence to Develop a Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) for Perchlorate. The SAB was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent scientific and technical advice to the Administrator on the technical basis for Agency positions and regulations. The SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee chartered under FACA. 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Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an oral presentation at a public teleconference will be limited to three minutes per speaker. To be placed on the public speaker list for the December 5, 2012 meeting, interested parties should notify Mr. Thomas Carpenter, DFO, by email no later than November 28, 2012. Written Statements: Written statements for these teleconferences should be received in the SAB Staff Office by the same deadlines given above for requesting oral comments. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO via email (acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/ 2000/XP format). It is the SAB Staff Office general policy to post written comments on the web page for the advisory meeting or teleconference. Submitters are requested to provide an 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 EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Dated: October 11, 2012. Vanessa T. Vu, Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff Office. [FR Doc. 2012–25793 Filed 10–18–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R04–OW–2012–0273; FRL–9743–5] Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of Florida Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Florida is revising its Public SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Water System Supervision Program by adopting the Lead and Copper Rule Short Term Revisions. EPA has determined that Florida’s rule is no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. Therefore, the EPA is tentatively approving this revision to the State of Florida’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 November 19, 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 November 19, 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 her own motion, this tentative approval shall become final and effective on November 19, 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; 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 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the following offices: Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399; and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. EPA Analysis On October 12, 2010, the State of Florida submitted a request that the Region approve revisions to the State’s Safe Drinking Water Act PWSS Program to include the authority to implement and enforce the Lead and Copper Rule Short Term Revisions. EPA reviewed the application using the federal statutory provisions (Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act), federal regulations (at 40 CFR part 142), state E:\FR\FM\19OCN1.SGM 19OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 203 / Friday, October 19, 2012 / Notices regulations, rule crosswalks and EPA guidance to determine whether the request for revision is approvable. Florida has chosen to not allow certain options set forth in the federal regulations, to extend time frames for certain activities. There are specific State regulatory provisions indicating the State is not allowing the option to extend those time frames. In addition, Florida has chosen to implement an optional federal requirement regarding submittal of certain information. These choices are consistent with and no less stringent than the federal requirements. EPA Action: The EPA is tentatively approving this revision. If EPA does not receive a timely and appropriate request for a hearing and the Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on her own motion, this tentative approval will become final and effective on November 19, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Meyer, EPA, Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, or by telephone at (404) 562–9449, or via email at meyer.larry@ epa.gov. Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (1996), and 40 CFR part 142. Dated: September 11, 2012. Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Regional Administrator. [FR Doc. 2012–25794 Filed 10–18–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Revision of Information Collection; National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households; Comment Request Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ACTION: Notice and request for comment. AGENCY: The FDIC, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the survey collection instrument for its third National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households (‘‘Household Survey’’), currently approved under OMB Control No. 3064–0167, scheduled to be conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau as a supplement to its June 2013 Current Population Survey (‘‘CPS’’). The collection is a key tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:06 Oct 18, 2012 Jkt 229001 component of the FDIC’s efforts to comply with a Congressional mandate contained in section 7 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Conforming Amendments Act of 2005 (‘‘Reform Act’’) (Pub. L. 109–173), which calls for the FDIC to conduct ongoing surveys ‘‘on efforts by insured depository institutions to bring those individuals and families who have rarely, if ever, held a checking account, a savings account or other type of transaction or check cashing account at an insured depository institution (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘unbanked’) into the conventional finance system.’’ Section 7 further instructs the FDIC to consider several factors in its conduct of the surveys, including: (1) ‘‘What cultural, language and identification issues as well as transaction costs appear to most prevent ‘unbanked’ individuals from establishing conventional accounts’’; and (2) ‘‘what is a fair estimate of the size and worth of the ‘‘unbanked’’ market in the United States.’’ The household survey is designed to address these factors and provide a factual basis on the proportions of unbanked households. Such a factual basis is necessary to adequately assess banks’ efforts to serve these households as required by the statutory mandate. To satisfy the Congressional mandate, the FDIC designed two complementary surveys: a survey of FDIC-insured depository institutions and a survey of households. The survey of FDIC-insured depository institutions, aimed at collecting data on their efforts to serve underbanked, as well as unbanked, populations (underbanked populations include individuals who have an account with an insured depository but also rely on non-bank alternative financial service providers for transaction services or high cost credit products), was conducted in mid-2007 and again in 2011. The results of the 2007 survey were released in February 2008 and the results of the 2011 survey are expected to be released in December 2012. The first survey of unbanked and underbanked households was conducted in January 2009 as a CPS supplement and the results were released to the public in December 2009. The second survey of unbanked and underbanked households was conducted in June 2011 and the results were released to the public in September 2012. The household survey seeks to estimate the proportions of unbanked and underbanked households in the U.S. and to identify the factors that inhibit the participation of these households in the mainstream banking PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 64337 system. The results of these ongoing surveys will help policymakers and bankers understand the issues and challenges underserved households perceive when deciding how and where to conduct financial transactions. This notice addresses the next Household Survey. Comments must be submitted on or before December 18, 2012. ADDRESSES: Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by any of the following methods. All comments should refer to ‘‘National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households’’: • https://www.FDIC.gov/regulations/ laws/federal/. • Email: comments@fdic.gov. Include the name and number of the collection in the subject line of the message. • Mail: Leneta Gregorie (202–898– 3719), Counsel, Legal Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20429. • Hand Delivery: Comments may be hand-delivered to the guard station at the rear of the 550 17th Street Building (located on F Street), on business days between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested members of the public may obtain a copy of the survey and related instructions by clicking on the link for the National Unbanked and Underbanked Household Survey on the following Web page: https:// www.fdic.gov/regulations/laws/federal/ notices.html. Interested members of the public may also obtain additional information about the collection, including a paper copy of the proposed collection and related instructions, without charge, by contacting Leneta Gregorie at the address identified above, or by calling (202) 898–3719. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FDIC is considering possible revisions to the following collection of information: Title: National Unbanked and Underbanked Household Survey. OMB Number: 3064–0167. Frequency of Response: Once. Affected Public: U.S. Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 50,000. Average time per response: 10 minutes (0.166 hours) per respondent. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 0.166 hours × 50,000 respondents = 8,334 hours. DATES: General Description of Collection A mandate in section 7 of the Reform Act requires the FDIC to conduct ongoing surveys on efforts by banks to bring unbanked individuals and families into the conventional finance E:\FR\FM\19OCN1.SGM 19OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64336-64337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25794]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R04-OW-2012-0273; FRL-9743-5]


Public Water System Supervision Program Revision for the State of 
Florida

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the State of Florida is revising 
its Public Water System Supervision Program by adopting the Lead and 
Copper Rule Short Term Revisions. EPA has determined that Florida's 
rule is no less stringent than the corresponding federal regulations. 
Therefore, the EPA is tentatively approving this revision to the State 
of Florida'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 November 19, 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 November 19, 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 her own motion, this tentative approval shall become final and 
effective on November 19, 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; 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 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, at the following offices: Florida Department of 
Environmental Protection, Drinking Water Program, 2600 Blair Stone 
Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399; and the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Region 4, Safe Drinking Water Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303.

EPA Analysis

    On October 12, 2010, the State of Florida submitted a request that 
the Region approve revisions to the State's Safe Drinking Water Act 
PWSS Program to include the authority to implement and enforce the Lead 
and Copper Rule Short Term Revisions. EPA reviewed the application 
using the federal statutory provisions (Section 1413 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act), federal regulations (at 40 CFR part 142), state

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regulations, rule crosswalks and EPA guidance to determine whether the 
request for revision is approvable.
    Florida has chosen to not allow certain options set forth in the 
federal regulations, to extend time frames for certain activities. 
There are specific State regulatory provisions indicating the State is 
not allowing the option to extend those time frames. In addition, 
Florida has chosen to implement an optional federal requirement 
regarding submittal of certain information. These choices are 
consistent with and no less stringent than the federal requirements.
    EPA Action: The EPA is tentatively approving this revision. If EPA 
does not receive a timely and appropriate request for a hearing and the 
Regional Administrator does not elect to hold a hearing on her own 
motion, this tentative approval will become final and effective on 
November 19, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Meyer, EPA, Region 4, Safe 
Drinking Water Branch, at the address given above, or by telephone at 
(404) 562-9449, or via email at meyer.larry@epa.gov.

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

    Dated: September 11, 2012.
Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming,
Regional Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012-25794 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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