Sunshine Act Meeting, 44876-44877 [2018-19230]

Download as PDF sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES 44876 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices developing and revising State Implementation Plans (SIPs) in accordance with 40 CFR 51, evaluating air pollutant control strategies, developing or revising national control policies, providing data for air quality model development and validation, supporting enforcement actions, documenting episodes and initiating episode controls, air quality trends assessment, and air pollution research. The state and local agencies and tribal entities with responsibility for reporting ambient air quality data and information as requested in this ICR submit these data electronically to the EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) database. Quality assurance/quality control records and monitoring network documentation are also maintained by each state and local agency, in AQS electronic format where possible. Although the state and local air pollution control agencies and tribal entities are responsible for the operation of the air monitoring networks, the EPA funds a portion of the total costs through federal grants. These grants generally require an appropriate level of contribution, or ‘‘match,’’ from the state/ local agencies or tribal entities. The costs shown in this renewal are the total costs incurred for the monitoring program regardless of the source of the funding. This practice of using the total cost is consistent with prior ICR submittals and renewals. Form numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: State, local and Tribal Air Pollution Control Agencies. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory per 40 CFR 58. Estimated number of respondents: 168 (total). Frequency of response: Quarterly. Total estimated burden: 1,756,355 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $212,581,038 (per year), includes $15,066,248 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 33,666 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a change in program requirements as well as adjustments to the estimates (e.g., to account for inflation, network growth/ shrinkage, etc.). Dated: August 23, 2018. Richard A. Wayland, Director, Air Quality Assessment Division. [FR Doc. 2018–19158 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Aug 31, 2018 Jkt 244001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0618; FRL–9983–27– OW] Public Meeting on EPA’s Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of public meeting. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host a public meeting to obtain input on its Study of Oil and Gas Extraction Wastewater Management. In May 2018, EPA initiated a study to evaluate approaches to managing both conventional and unconventional oil and gas extraction wastewaters generated at onshore facilities. EPA’s study will address questions such as how existing federal approaches to produced water management under the Clean Water Act can interact more effectively with state and tribal regulations, what requirements or policy updates are needed, and whether support exists for potential federal regulations that may allow for broader discharge of treated produced water to surface waters. A key component of the study is to engage with stakeholders to solicit information from their individual perspectives on topics surrounding produced water management. This spring and summer, EPA met with various stakeholders across the country. This public meeting is the next step in EPA’s outreach. During this meeting, EPA will report on what it has learned to date and provide stakeholders the opportunity to provide additional input. For more information on the meeting and the study, see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. DATES: The public meeting will be held on October 9, 2018, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Eastern Time. The meeting will begin with EPA’s status report on the study. This will be followed by a panel discussion on the work happening across the federal family to coordinate federal resources and reduce duplication on cross-cutting water issues. The public input session will begin at 12:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at William J. Clinton Building—East, Room 1153, 1201 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan Matuszko, Engineering and Analysis Division, Office of Water, email matuszko.jan@epa.gov. SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 For more information about the study, see EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/eg/ study-oil-and-gas-extractionwastewater-management. Participating in the meeting: The public is invited to speak during the October 9 public meeting. Those wishing to attend and/or speak can register at oil-and-gas-study@epa.gov. Please provide your name, organization, email address and indicate whether you plan to speak. Each speaker will be limited to three minutes. Registration is recommended but not required for this meeting. For security reasons, we request that you bring photo identification with you to the meeting. Seating will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that parking is very limited in downtown Washington, and use of public transit is recommended. The EPA Headquarters complex is located near the Federal Triangle Metro station. Upon exiting the Metro station, walk east to 12th Street. On 12th Street, walk south to Constitution Avenue. At the corner, turn right onto Constitution Avenue and proceed to the EPA East Building entrance. If you are unable to attend, you can submit a written statement at: https:// www.regulations.gov: Enter Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0618. Follow the online instructions for submitting a written statement. Once submitted, written statements cannot be edited or withdrawn. EPA may publish any written statement received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI). For additional submission methods, information about CBI, and general guidance on effective written submissions, please visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: August 27, 2018. Deborah G. Nagle, Acting Director, Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water. [FR Doc. 2018–19151 Filed 8–31–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC. STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. TIME AND DATE: E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 171 / Tuesday, September 4, 2018 / Notices MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109 Matters concerning participation in civil actions or proceedings or arbitration * * * * * CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220. Laura E. Sinram, Deputy Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2018–19230 Filed 8–30–18; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC (12th Floor). STATUS: This meeting will be open to the public. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Correction and Approval of Minutes for August 2, 2018 Draft Advisory Opinion 2018–11: Microsoft Corporation Notice of Availability for REG 2018–02 (Leadership PACs’ Personal Use) Implementation of OMB Circular A– 123: Internal Control Program Management and Administrative Matters CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220. Individuals who plan to attend and require special assistance, such as sign language interpretation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and Clerk, at (202) 694–1040, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting date. TIME AND DATE: Dayna C. Brown, Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2018–19229 Filed 8–30–18; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, HHS. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces the intention of the Agency for Healthcare SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Aug 31, 2018 Jkt 244001 Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve the proposed information collection project ‘‘Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component and the MEPS Medical Provider Component.’’ This proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2018 and allowed 60 days for public comment. AHRQ did not receive substantive comments from members of the public. The purpose of this notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by October 4, 2018. ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by email at OIRA_submission@ omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk officer). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Project Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Household Component (HC) In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, AHRQ invites the public the comment on this proposed information collection. For over thirty years, results from the MEPS and its predecessor surveys (the 1977 National Medical Care Expenditure Survey, the 1980 National Medical Care Utilization and Expenditure Survey and the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey) have been used by OMB, DHHS, Congress and a wide number of health services researchers to analyze health care use, expenses and health policy. Major changes continue to take place in the health care delivery system. The MEPS is needed to provide information about the current state of the health care system as well as to track changes over time. The MEPS permits annual estimates of use of health care and expenditures and sources of payment for that health care. It also permits tracking individual change in employment, income, health insurance and health status over two years. The use of the NHIS as a sampling frame expands the MEPS analytic capacity by providing another data point for comparisons over time. Households selected for participation in the MEPS–HC are interviewed five times in person. These rounds of PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 44877 interviewing are spaced about 5 months apart. The interview will take place with a family respondent who will report for him/herself and for other family members. The MEPS–HC has the following goal: D To provide nationally representative estimates for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population for: Æ Health care use, expenditures, sources of payment Æ health insurance coverage Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Medical Provider Component (MPC) The MEPS–MPC will contact medical providers (hospitals, physicians, home health agencies and institutions) identified by household respondents in the MEPS–HC as sources of medical care for the time period covered by the interview, and all pharmacies providing prescription drugs to household members during the covered time period. The MEPS–MPC is not designed to yield national estimates as a standalone survey. The sample is designed to target the types of individuals and providers for whom household reported expenditure data was expected to be insufficient. For example, Medicaid enrollees are targeted for inclusion in the MEPS–MPC because this group is expected to have limited information about payments for their medical care. The MEPS–MPC collects event level data about medical care received by sampled persons during the relevant time period. The data collected from medical providers include: • Dates on which medical encounters during the reference period occurred • Data on the medical content of each encounter, including ICD–10 codes • Data on the charges associated with each encounter, the sources paying for the medical care-including the patient/family, public sources, and private insurance, and amounts paid by each source Data collected from pharmacies include: • Date of prescription fill • National drug code (NDC) or prescription name, strength and form • Quantity • Payments, by source The MEPS–MPC has the following goal: • To serve as an imputation source for and to supplement/replace household reported expenditure and source of payment information. This data will supplement, replace and verify information provided by household respondents about the charges, E:\FR\FM\04SEN1.SGM 04SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 4, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44876-44877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19230]


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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION


Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE:  Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2:00 p.m.

PLACE:  1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC.

STATUS:  This meeting will be closed to the public.

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MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 
Compliance matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109
Matters concerning participation in civil actions or proceedings or 
arbitration
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CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:  Judith Ingram, Press Officer, 
Telephone: (202) 694-1220.

Laura E. Sinram,
Deputy Secretary of the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-19230 Filed 8-30-18; 4:15 pm]
 BILLING CODE 6715-01-P
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