Expansion of Intergovernmental Advisory Committee, 732-733 [2018-00015]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
jstallworth on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with RULES
732
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2018 / Rules and Regulations
this shall include a description of
circumstances under which the initial
notification of the public may be
delayed beyond four hours of the
permittee becoming aware of the
discharge, which shall only include
circumstances where a physical action
is needed to limit the public health
impacts of a CSO discharge by
controlling the CSO discharge
(including continuing to implement its
existing practice of conducting
inspections of CSO discharge points
during the discharge), and all available
staff are required to complete this
action, and, therefore, are not available
to initiate the initial notification until
this action is complete;
(9) Describe, for each CSO discharge
point, how the volume and duration of
CSO discharges shall be either measured
or estimated for the purposes of
complying with paragraphs (a)(2)(ii)(A),
(a)(3)(iii)(A) and (b)(2) and (3) of this
section. If the Great Lakes Basin CSO
permittee intends to use a model to
estimate discharge volumes and
durations, the plan must summarize the
model and describe how the model was
or will be calibrated. CSO permittees
that are a municipality or sewer district
with a population of 75,000 or more
must assess whether re-calibration of
their model is necessary, and recalibrate
if necessary, at least once every 5 years;
(10) Describe protocols for making the
annual notice described in paragraph (b)
of this section available to the public
and to the Director; and
(11) Describe significant
modifications to the plan that were
made since it was last updated.
(d) Seek input on public notification
plan. Prior to submitting the public
notification plan, or resubmitting under
§ 122.21(j)(8)(iii), the Great Lakes Basin
CSO permittee must:
(1) Seek input from the local public
health department (or if there is no local
health department, the State health
department), to:
(i) Develop recommended protocols
for providing notification of CSO
discharges to the public health
department. The protocols will specify
which CSO discharges are subject to
notification, the means of notification,
timing of notification and other relevant
factors.
(ii) Develop recommendations for
providing notice to the general public of
CSO discharges electronically and by
other appropriate means.
(iii) Develop recommendations for
areas that would be considered
‘‘potentially impacted public access
areas’’ as referenced in § 122.38(a)(1),
(2), and (3).
VerDate Sep<11>2014
15:10 Jan 05, 2018
Jkt 244001
(2) Seek input from other potentially
affected public entities and Indian
Tribes whose waters may be impacted
by a CSO discharge.
(3) Consider the recommendations of
the public health department and other
potentially affected entities in
developing protocols in its public
notification plan for providing
notification of CSO discharges to the
public health department and
potentially affected public entities and
Indian Tribes.
(e) Extending compliance to avoid
undue economic hardship. The Director
may extend the compliance dates in
paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this
section for individual communities if
the Director determines the community
needs additional time to comply in
order to avoid undue economic
hardship. Where the Director extends
the compliance date of any of these
requirements for a community, the
Director shall notify the Regional
Administrator of the extension and the
reason for the extension. The Director
shall post on its website a notice that
includes the name of the community
and the new compliance date(s). The
notice shall remain on the Director’s
website until the new compliance date.
■ 5. In § 122.42, add paragraph (f) to
read as follows:
§ 122.42 Additional conditions applicable
to specified categories of NPDES permits
(applicable to State NPDES programs, see
§ 123.25).
*
*
*
*
*
(f) Public notification requirements for
CSO discharges to the Great Lakes
Basin. Any permit issued authorizing
the discharge of a combined sewer
overflow (CSO) to the Great Lakes Basin
must:
(1) Require implementation of the
public notification requirements in
§ 122.38(a);
(2) Specify the information that must
be included on discharge point signage,
which, at a minimum, must include
those elements in § 122.38(a)(1)(ii);
(3) Specify discharge points and
public access areas where signs are
required pursuant to § 122.38(a)(1)(i);
(4) Specify the timing and minimum
information required for providing
initial and supplemental notification to:
(i) Local public health department
and other potentially affected entities
under § 122.38(a)(2); and
(ii) The public under § 122.38(a)(3).
(5) Specify the location of CSO
discharges that must be monitored for
volume and discharge duration and the
location of CSO discharges where CSO
volume and duration may be estimated;
and
PO 00000
Frm 00028
Fmt 4700
Sfmt 4700
(6) Require submittal of an annual
notice in accordance with § 122.38(b);
(7) Specify protocols for making the
annual notice under § 122.38(b)
available to the public.
PART 123—STATE PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS
6. The authority citation for part 123
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
1251 et seq.
7. In § 123.25, add paragraph (a)(47) to
read as follows:
■
§ 123.25
Requirements for permitting.
(a) * * *
(47) For a Great Lakes State, § 122.38.
*
*
*
*
*
[FR Doc. 2017–27948 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 0
[FCC 17–172]
Expansion of Intergovernmental
Advisory Committee
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, the
Commission adopts revisions to its rules
governing the Intergovernmental
Advisory Committee (Committee or
IAC), which advises the Commission on
a range of telecommunications issues
affecting local, county, state, and Tribal
interests, to expand it from 15 members
to 30 members. The IAC has been an
important source of information and
guidance to the Commission over the
past 20 years. The rule change will
enhance the IAC’s role by allowing for
a greater diversity of viewpoints
representing our municipal, county,
state, and Tribal partners throughout the
country.
DATES: Effective January 8, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carmen Scanlon, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, at: (202)
418–0544; email: Carmen.Scanlon@
fcc.gov.
SUMMARY:
This is a
summary of the Commission’s Order,
FCC 17–172, adopted December 13,
2017, released December 20, 2017. The
full text of this document will be
available for public inspection and
copying via ECFS, and during regular
business hours at the FCC Reference
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
E:\FR\FM\08JAR1.SGM
08JAR1
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 5 / Monday, January 8, 2018 / Rules and Regulations
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th
Street SW, Room CY–A257,
Washington, DC 20554. The full text of
this document and any subsequently
filed documents in this matter may also
be found by searching ECFS at: https://
apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
Analysis
The Order does not contain any new
or modified information collection
requirements subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–
13. In addition, therefore, it does not
contain any new or modified
information collection burden for small
business concerns with fewer than 25
employees, pursuant to the Small
Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002,
Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(4).
jstallworth on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with RULES
Congressional Review Act
The Commission sent a copy of the
Order to Congress and the Government
Accountability Office pursuant to the
Congressional Review Act, see 5 U.S.C.
801(a)(1)(A).
Synopsis
1. The IAC, formerly known as the
Local and State Government Advisory
Committee (LSGAC), was created in
1997 to provide guidance to the
Commission on issues of importance to
state, local, county, and Tribal
governments, as well as to the
Commission. The Committee is
currently composed of 15 elected and
appointed officials of those
governmental entities.
2. The Committee has provided
ongoing advice and information to the
Commission on a broad range of
telecommunications issues in which
state, local, county, and Tribal
governments share ‘‘intergovernmental
responsibilities or administration’’ with
the Commission, including cable and
local franchising, public rights-of-way,
facilities siting, universal service,
barriers to competitive entry, and public
safety communications.
3. The Commission has often found
over the years that an IAC membership
of just 15 does not often capture the
varied perspectives of our regulatory
partners across the country. The IAC
works best and its advice helps the
Commission the most when it fully
represents perspectives of rural, urban,
and suburban jurisdictions from various
geographic areas throughout the United
States.
4. By expanding its membership to 30,
the Commission better enable the IAC’s
ability to represent perspectives and
viewpoints from all relevant
VerDate Sep<11>2014
15:10 Jan 05, 2018
Jkt 244001
governmental entities and sectors, and
to further promote valuable,
comprehensive, and balanced input that
more comprehensively reflects the
views and expertise of our regulatory
partners. The Commission’s experience
with other advisory committees of
similar size shows this to be the case.
5. The Commission continue to
believe that IAC representation from
each category of state, local, county, and
Tribal government is important. Thus,
the number of members from each
category set forth in our current rules
shall now serve as a minimum
threshold. The Committee will now
consist of 30 members, of which at least
four shall be elected municipal officials,
at least two shall be elected county
officials, at least one shall be a local
government attorney, at least one shall
be an elected state executive, at least
three shall be elected state legislators, at
least one shall be a public utilities or
public service commissioner, and at
least three shall be Native American
Tribal representatives. The
Commission’s approach will give the
Commission flexibility to expand the
number and diversity of viewpoints
from these sectors while ensuring none
is under-represented.
Ordering Clauses
6. The rule modifications adopted
constitute rules of agency organization,
procedure and practice. Therefore, the
modification of § 0.701 of the
Commission’s rules is not subject to the
notice and comment and effective date
provisions of the Administrative
Procedure Act. See 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(3)(A), (d).
7. Pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), and
303(r) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i),
154(j), and 303(r), subpart G, § 0.701 of
the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 0.701,
modified as set forth in the Order, is
adopted.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 0
Organization and functions
(Government agencies).
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
Final Rule
For the reasons discussed in the
preamble, the Federal Communications
Commission amends 47 CFR part 0 as
follows:
PART 0—COMMISSION
ORGANIZATION
1. The authority citation for part 0 is
revised to read as follows:
■
PO 00000
Frm 00029
Fmt 4700
Sfmt 4700
733
Authority: Secs. 5, 48 Stat. 1068, as
amended; 47 U.S.C. 155, unless otherwise
noted.
2. Amend § 0.701 by revising
paragraph (b) to read as follows:
■
§ 0.701 Intergovernmental Advisory
Committee.
*
*
*
*
*
(b) Membership. The IAC will be
composed of 30 members (or their
designated employees), with a
minimum of: Four elected municipal
officials (city mayors and city council
members); two elected county officials
(county commissioners or council
members); one elected or appointed
local government attorney; one elected
state executive (governor or lieutenant
governor); three elected state legislators;
one elected or appointed public utilities
or public service commissioner; and
three elected or appointed Native
American tribal representatives. The
Chairman of the Commission will
appoint members through an
application process initiated by a Public
Notice, and will select a Chairman and
a Vice Chairman to lead the IAC. The
Chairman of the Commission will also
appoint members to fill any vacancies
and may replace an IAC member, at his
discretion, using the appointment
process. Members of the IAC are
responsible for travel and other
incidental expenses incurred while on
IAC business and will not be
reimbursed by the Commission for such
expenses.
*
*
*
*
*
[FR Doc. 2018–00015 Filed 1–5–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712–01–P
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 73
[MB Docket Nos. 14–50, 09–182, 07–294, 04–
256, and 17–289; FCC 17–156]
2014 Quadrennial Regulatory Review
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
In this document, an Order on
Reconsideration repeals and modifies
several of the Commission’s broadcast
ownership rules. Specifically, this
document repeals the Newspaper/
Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule, the
Radio/Television Cross-Ownership
Rule, and the attribution rule for
television joint sales agreements. This
document also revises the Local
Television Ownership Rule to eliminate
the Eight-Voices Test and to modify the
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\08JAR1.SGM
08JAR1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2018)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 732-733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00015]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
47 CFR Part 0
[FCC 17-172]
Expansion of Intergovernmental Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Federal Communications Commission.
ACTION: Final rule.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In this document, the Commission adopts revisions to its rules
governing the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee (Committee or IAC),
which advises the Commission on a range of telecommunications issues
affecting local, county, state, and Tribal interests, to expand it from
15 members to 30 members. The IAC has been an important source of
information and guidance to the Commission over the past 20 years. The
rule change will enhance the IAC's role by allowing for a greater
diversity of viewpoints representing our municipal, county, state, and
Tribal partners throughout the country.
DATES: Effective January 8, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Scanlon, Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau, at: (202) 418-0544; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a summary of the Commission's Order,
FCC 17-172, adopted December 13, 2017, released December 20, 2017. The
full text of this document will be available for public inspection and
copying via ECFS, and during regular business hours at the FCC
Reference
[[Page 733]]
Information Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW, Room CY-A257,
Washington, DC 20554. The full text of this document and any
subsequently filed documents in this matter may also be found by
searching ECFS at: https://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
Final Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 Analysis
The Order does not contain any new or modified information
collection requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104-13. In addition, therefore, it does not contain any new
or modified information collection burden for small business concerns
with fewer than 25 employees, pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork
Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107-198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4).
Congressional Review Act
The Commission sent a copy of the Order to Congress and the
Government Accountability Office pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A).
Synopsis
1. The IAC, formerly known as the Local and State Government
Advisory Committee (LSGAC), was created in 1997 to provide guidance to
the Commission on issues of importance to state, local, county, and
Tribal governments, as well as to the Commission. The Committee is
currently composed of 15 elected and appointed officials of those
governmental entities.
2. The Committee has provided ongoing advice and information to the
Commission on a broad range of telecommunications issues in which
state, local, county, and Tribal governments share ``intergovernmental
responsibilities or administration'' with the Commission, including
cable and local franchising, public rights-of-way, facilities siting,
universal service, barriers to competitive entry, and public safety
communications.
3. The Commission has often found over the years that an IAC
membership of just 15 does not often capture the varied perspectives of
our regulatory partners across the country. The IAC works best and its
advice helps the Commission the most when it fully represents
perspectives of rural, urban, and suburban jurisdictions from various
geographic areas throughout the United States.
4. By expanding its membership to 30, the Commission better enable
the IAC's ability to represent perspectives and viewpoints from all
relevant governmental entities and sectors, and to further promote
valuable, comprehensive, and balanced input that more comprehensively
reflects the views and expertise of our regulatory partners. The
Commission's experience with other advisory committees of similar size
shows this to be the case.
5. The Commission continue to believe that IAC representation from
each category of state, local, county, and Tribal government is
important. Thus, the number of members from each category set forth in
our current rules shall now serve as a minimum threshold. The Committee
will now consist of 30 members, of which at least four shall be elected
municipal officials, at least two shall be elected county officials, at
least one shall be a local government attorney, at least one shall be
an elected state executive, at least three shall be elected state
legislators, at least one shall be a public utilities or public service
commissioner, and at least three shall be Native American Tribal
representatives. The Commission's approach will give the Commission
flexibility to expand the number and diversity of viewpoints from these
sectors while ensuring none is under-represented.
Ordering Clauses
6. The rule modifications adopted constitute rules of agency
organization, procedure and practice. Therefore, the modification of
Sec. 0.701 of the Commission's rules is not subject to the notice and
comment and effective date provisions of the Administrative Procedure
Act. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A), (d).
7. Pursuant to sections 4(i), 4(j), and 303(r) of the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(i), 154(j), and
303(r), subpart G, Sec. 0.701 of the Commission's rules, 47 CFR 0.701,
modified as set forth in the Order, is adopted.
List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 0
Organization and functions (Government agencies).
Federal Communications Commission.
Katura Jackson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer.
Final Rule
For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal
Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 0 as follows:
PART 0--COMMISSION ORGANIZATION
0
1. The authority citation for part 0 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: Secs. 5, 48 Stat. 1068, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 155,
unless otherwise noted.
0
2. Amend Sec. 0.701 by revising paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 0.701 Intergovernmental Advisory Committee.
* * * * *
(b) Membership. The IAC will be composed of 30 members (or their
designated employees), with a minimum of: Four elected municipal
officials (city mayors and city council members); two elected county
officials (county commissioners or council members); one elected or
appointed local government attorney; one elected state executive
(governor or lieutenant governor); three elected state legislators; one
elected or appointed public utilities or public service commissioner;
and three elected or appointed Native American tribal representatives.
The Chairman of the Commission will appoint members through an
application process initiated by a Public Notice, and will select a
Chairman and a Vice Chairman to lead the IAC. The Chairman of the
Commission will also appoint members to fill any vacancies and may
replace an IAC member, at his discretion, using the appointment
process. Members of the IAC are responsible for travel and other
incidental expenses incurred while on IAC business and will not be
reimbursed by the Commission for such expenses.
* * * * *
[FR Doc. 2018-00015 Filed 1-5-18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6712-01-P
