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81 FR 58510 - Meeting of the Local Government Advisory Committee

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 165 (August 25, 2016)

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FR Document2016-20408

The Local Government Advisory Committee's (LGAC) Protecting America's Waters Workgroup is seeking input on the LGAC's Charge from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give advice and recommendations to the Administrator to inform the development of a National Action Plan for Drinking Water (Action Plan). The LGAC will provide their final recommendations to the EPA Administrator during the autumn of 2016. EPA is committed to working with government partners, communities, and stakeholders to strengthen the nations drinking water systems. The LGAC Protecting America's Waters Workgroup will have a series of meetings to hear from local elected and appointed officials. These meetings will be held on Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 at 4:30-5:30 EDT; and Wednesday, September 21st, 4:30-5:30 EDT via teleconference. The focus of the workgroup meeting is to hear from local officials on issues of concern related to LGAC's Charge (included below). The Workgroup will consider the following: <bullet> Advancing Next Generation Safe Drinking Water Act Implementation: Identify key opportunities for federal, state, tribal and local government to work together to implementation of Safe Drinking Water Act regulations and programs, including ways to increase communication and public awareness and accountability. <bullet> Addressing Environmental Justice and Equity in Infrastructure Funding: Identify ways in which federal, state, tribal and local governments, and utilities can work together to ensure that drinking water infrastructure challenges of low-income environmental justice communities and small systems are being appropriately prioritized and addressed, including through increased information, sharing and replicating best practices, and building community capacity. <bullet> Strengthening Protections against Lead in Drinking Water: Identify opportunities to coordinate and collaborate on implementing the current Lead and Copper Rule, particularly in environmental justice communities and expand and strengthen opportunities for stakeholder engagement to support the development of a revised rule. <bullet> Emerging and Unregulated Contaminant Strategies: Develop and implement improved approaches through which EPA, state, tribal and local governments, utilities and other stakeholders can work together to prioritize and address the challenges posed by emerging and unregulated contaminants such as algal toxins and perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and increasing public awareness, especially in vulnerable populations. <bullet> The Workgroup is also interested in information on how public and private sector partnerships have advanced economic solutions; where source water protection saved taxpayers' dollars; and where communities have created jobs and produced public savings by ensuring clean and healthy water infrastructure. This is an open meeting and state, local and tribal officials are invited to participate. The Workgroup will hear comments from state, local and tribal officials and the public between 4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 and Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Individuals or organizations wishing to address the workgroup will be allowed a maximum of five minutes to present their point of view. Also, written comments are encouraged and may be submitted electronically to [email protected] Please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the number listed below to schedule comment time. Time will be allotted on a first-come first-serve basis. If you are interested in participating in this or subsequent meetings of the workgroup, details will be posted when they are available at: https://www.epa.gov/ocir/local-government- advisory-committee-lgac. Comments submitted to the workgroup are solely for the Workgroup's consideration.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20408]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Meeting of the Local Government Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Local Government Advisory Committee's (LGAC) Protecting 
America's Waters Workgroup is seeking input on the LGAC's Charge from 
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to give advice and 
recommendations to the Administrator to inform the development of a 
National Action Plan for Drinking Water (Action Plan). The LGAC will 
provide their final recommendations to the EPA Administrator during the 
autumn of 2016.
    EPA is committed to working with government partners, communities, 
and stakeholders to strengthen the nations drinking water systems. The 
LGAC Protecting America's Waters Workgroup will have a series of 
meetings to hear from local elected and appointed officials. These 
meetings will be held on Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 at 4:30-5:30 
EDT; and Wednesday, September 21st, 4:30-5:30 EDT via teleconference. 
The focus of the

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workgroup meeting is to hear from local officials on issues of concern 
related to LGAC's Charge (included below).
    The Workgroup will consider the following:
     Advancing Next Generation Safe Drinking Water Act 
Implementation: Identify key opportunities for federal, state, tribal 
and local government to work together to implementation of Safe 
Drinking Water Act regulations and programs, including ways to increase 
communication and public awareness and accountability.
     Addressing Environmental Justice and Equity in 
Infrastructure Funding: Identify ways in which federal, state, tribal 
and local governments, and utilities can work together to ensure that 
drinking water infrastructure challenges of low-income environmental 
justice communities and small systems are being appropriately 
prioritized and addressed, including through increased information, 
sharing and replicating best practices, and building community 
capacity.
     Strengthening Protections against Lead in Drinking Water: 
Identify opportunities to coordinate and collaborate on implementing 
the current Lead and Copper Rule, particularly in environmental justice 
communities and expand and strengthen opportunities for stakeholder 
engagement to support the development of a revised rule.
     Emerging and Unregulated Contaminant Strategies: Develop 
and implement improved approaches through which EPA, state, tribal and 
local governments, utilities and other stakeholders can work together 
to prioritize and address the challenges posed by emerging and 
unregulated contaminants such as algal toxins and perfluorinated 
compounds (PFCs) and increasing public awareness, especially in 
vulnerable populations.
     The Workgroup is also interested in information on how 
public and private sector partnerships have advanced economic 
solutions; where source water protection saved taxpayers' dollars; and 
where communities have created jobs and produced public savings by 
ensuring clean and healthy water infrastructure.
    This is an open meeting and state, local and tribal officials are 
invited to participate. The Workgroup will hear comments from state, 
local and tribal officials and the public between 4:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m. 
on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 and Wednesday, September 21, 2016. 
Individuals or organizations wishing to address the workgroup will be 
allowed a maximum of five minutes to present their point of view. Also, 
written comments are encouraged and may be submitted electronically to 
[email protected].
    Please contact the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at the number 
listed below to schedule comment time. Time will be allotted on a 
first-come first-serve basis. If you are interested in participating in 
this or subsequent meetings of the workgroup, details will be posted 
when they are available at: https://www.epa.gov/ocir/local-government-advisory-committee-lgac. Comments submitted to the workgroup are solely 
for the Workgroup's consideration.

ADDRESSES: The LGAC Protecting America's Waters Workgroup meeting will 
be held via teleconference. The Workgroup's meeting summary will be 
available after the meeting online at: https://www.epa.gov/ocir/local-government-advisory-committee-lgac and can be obtained by written 
request to the DFO.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Eargle, the Designated Federal 
Officer for the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) at (202) 
564-3115 or email at [email protected].
    Information on Services for Those With Disabilities: For 
information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, 
please contact Frances Eargle at (202) 564-3115 or 
[email protected]. To request accommodation of a disability, 
please request 2 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as 
possible to process your request.

    Dated: August 19, 2016.
Jack Bowles,
Director, State and Local, Office of Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Relations.
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58510 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 165 / Thursday, August 25, 2016 / Notices similar alternative, for on-peak and off- the comment includes profanity, threats, parts 264 and 265, subparts B thru H; peak. WALC may accept settlement in information claimed to be Confidential the requirements applicable to BIF units energy in lieu of financial settlement. Business Information (CBI) or other at 40 CFR part 266; and the RCRA Part During periods of BA operating information whose disclosure is B permit application and modification constraints, WALC reserves the right to restricted by statute. requirements at 40 CFR part 270. eliminate credits for over-delivery. The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Form Numbers: None. cost to WALC of any penalty assessed Peggy Vyas, Office of Resource Respondents/affected entities: by a regulatory authority due to a Conservation and Recovery (mail code Business or other for-profit. violation of operating standards 5303P), Environmental Protection Respondent’s obligation to respond: resulting from under or over-delivery of Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Mandatory (per 40 CFR 264, 265, and energy may be passed through to Washington, DC 20460; telephone 270). customers. number: 703–308–5477; fax number: Estimated number of respondents: [FR Doc. 2016–20397 Filed 8–24–16; 8:45 am] 703–308–8433; email address: 114. BILLING CODE 6450–01–P vyas.peggy@epa.gov. Frequency of response: On occasion. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Total estimated burden: 291,757 Supporting documents which explain in hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION detail the information the EPA will be CFR 1320.03(b). AGENCY collecting are available in the public Total estimated cost: $21,004,550, docket for this ICR. The docket can be which includes $9,839,942 annualized [EPA–HQ–OLEM–2016–0465, FRL–9951–43– labor costs and $11,164,608 annualized OLEM] viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, capital or O&M costs. WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Changes in Estimates: The burden Agency Information Collection Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, hours are likely to stay substantially the Activities; Proposed Collection; DC. The telephone number for the same. Comment Request; Information Requirements for Boilers and Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For Dated: August 17, 2016. Industrial Furnaces additional information about EPA’s Barnes Johnson, public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ Director, Office of Resource Conservation and AGENCY: Environmental Protection dockets. Recovery. Agency (EPA). Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of [FR Doc. 2016–20321 Filed 8–24–16; 8:45 am] ACTION: Notice. the PRA, the EPA is soliciting comments BILLING CODE 6560–50–P and information to enable it to: (i) SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Evaluate whether the proposed Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the collection of information is necessary ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION information collection request (ICR), for the proper performance of the AGENCY Information Requirements for Boilers functions of the Agency, including and Industrial Furnaces (EPA ICR No. whether the information will have [FRL–9951–35–OA] 1361.17, OMB Control No. 2050–0073) practical utility; (ii) evaluate the to the Office of Management and Budget Meeting of the Local Government accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the Advisory Committee (OMB) for review and approval in burden of the proposed collection of accordance with the Paperwork information, including the validity of AGENCY: Environmental Protection Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et the methodology and assumptions used; Agency (EPA). seq.). Before doing so, the EPA is (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and ACTION: Notice. soliciting public comments on specific clarity of the information to be aspects of the proposed information collected; and (iv) minimize the burden SUMMARY: The Local Government collection as described below. This is a of the collection of information on those Advisory Committee’s (LGAC) proposed extension of the ICR, which is who are to respond, including through Protecting America’s Waters Workgroup currently approved through December the use of appropriate automated is seeking input on the LGAC’s Charge 31, 2016. An Agency may not conduct electronic, mechanical, or other from the U.S. Environmental Protection or sponsor and a person is not required technological collection techniques or Agency (EPA) to give advice and to respond to a collection of information other forms of information technology, recommendations to the Administrator unless it displays a currently valid OMB e.g., permitting electronic submission of to inform the development of a National control number. responses. The EPA will consider the Action Plan for Drinking Water (Action DATES: Comments must be submitted on comments received and amend the ICR Plan). The LGAC will provide their final or before October 24, 2016. as appropriate. The final ICR package recommendations to the EPA ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, will then be submitted to OMB for Administrator during the autumn of referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– review and approval. At that time, the 2016. OLEM–2016–0465, online using EPA will issue another Federal Register EPA is committed to working with www.regulations.gov (our preferred notice to announce the submission of government partners, communities, and method), by email to rcra-docket@ the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to stakeholders to strengthen the nations epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket submit additional comments to OMB. drinking water systems. The LGAC asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Center, Environmental Protection Abstract: EPA regulates the burning of Protecting America’s Waters Workgroup Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 hazardous waste in boilers, incinerators, will have a series of meetings to hear Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, and industrial furnaces (BIFs) under 40 from local elected and appointed DC 20460. CFR parts 63, 264, 265, 266 and 270. officials. These meetings will be held on EPA’s policy is that all comments This ICR describes the paperwork Wednesday, September 7th, 2016 at received will be included in the public requirements that apply to the owners 4:30–5:30 EDT; and Wednesday, docket without change including any and operators of BIFs. This includes the September 21st, 4:30–5:30 EDT via personal information provided, unless general facility requirements at 40 CFR teleconference. The focus of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:54 Aug 24, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25AUN1.SGM 25AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 165 / Thursday, August 25, 2016 / Notices 58511 workgroup meeting is to hear from local encouraged and may be submitted Agreement No.: 011117–056. officials on issues of concern related to electronically to Eargle.Frances@ Title: United States/Australasia LGAC’s Charge (included below). epa.gov. Discussion Agreement. The Workgroup will consider the Please contact the Designated Federal Parties: ANL Singapore Pte Ltd.; following: Officer (DFO) at the number listed CMA–CGM.; Hamburg-Süd; • Advancing Next Generation Safe below to schedule comment time. Time Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.; Drinking Water Act Implementation: will be allotted on a first-come first- and Pacific International Lines (PTE) Identify key opportunities for federal, serve basis. If you are interested in LTD. state, tribal and local government to participating in this or subsequent Filing Party: Wayne R. Rohde, Esq.; work together to implementation of Safe meetings of the workgroup, details will Cozen O’Connor; 1200 Nineteenth Street Drinking Water Act regulations and be posted when they are available at: NW.; Washington, DC 20036. programs, including ways to increase https://www.epa.gov/ocir/local- Synopsis: The amendment revises communication and public awareness government-advisory-committee-lgac. Appendix A to remove the names of the and accountability. Comments submitted to the workgroup former parties that previously resigned • Addressing Environmental Justice are solely for the Workgroup’s from the Agreement and revises and Equity in Infrastructure Funding: consideration. Appendix B to adjust minimum levels Identify ways in which federal, state, of service in light of those resignations. ADDRESSES: The LGAC Protecting tribal and local governments, and Agreement No.: 012329–002. utilities can work together to ensure that America’s Waters Workgroup meeting will be held via teleconference. The Title: COSCON/HSD Slot Charter drinking water infrastructure challenges Agreement, Asia-U.S. East Coast. of low-income environmental justice Workgroup’s meeting summary will be available after the meeting online at: Parties: Hamburg Sudamerikanische communities and small systems are Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft KG; being appropriately prioritized and https://www.epa.gov/ocir/local- government-advisory-committee-lgac COSCO Container Lines Company, addressed, including through increased Limited (COSCON). information, sharing and replicating and can be obtained by written request to the DFO. Filing Party: Eric Jeffrey, Esq.; Nixon best practices, and building community Peabody LLP; 799 9th St. NW., Suite capacity. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 500; Washington, DC 20001. • Strengthening Protections against Frances Eargle, the Designated Federal Synopsis: The amendment Lead in Drinking Water: Identify Officer for the Local Government implements the transition from CSCL to opportunities to coordinate and Advisory Committee (LGAC) at (202) COSCON, reduces the scope of authority collaborate on implementing the current 564-3115 or email at Eargle.frances@ from a slot exchange to a slot charter Lead and Copper Rule, particularly in epa.gov. from COSCON to HSD, and adds environmental justice communities and Information on Services for Those Vietnam to the geographic scope. expand and strengthen opportunities for With Disabilities: For information on stakeholder engagement to support the access or services for individuals with By Order of the Federal Maritime disabilities, please contact Frances Commission. development of a revised rule. • Emerging and Unregulated Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or Dated: August 19, 2016. Contaminant Strategies: Develop and eargle.frances@epa.gov. To request Rachel E. Dickon, implement improved approaches accommodation of a disability, please Assistant Secretary. through which EPA, state, tribal and request 2 days prior to the meeting, to [FR Doc. 2016–20318 Filed 8–24–16; 8:45 am] local governments, utilities and other give EPA as much time as possible to BILLING CODE 6731–AA–P stakeholders can work together to process your request. prioritize and address the challenges Dated: August 19, 2016. posed by emerging and unregulated Jack Bowles, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND contaminants such as algal toxins and Director, State and Local, Office of HUMAN SERVICES perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) and Congressional and Intergovernmental increasing public awareness, especially Relations. Centers for Disease Control and in vulnerable populations. [FR Doc. 2016–20408 Filed 8–24–16; 8:45 am] Prevention • The Workgroup is also interested in BILLING CODE 6560–50–P [30Day–16–0997] information on how public and private sector partnerships have advanced Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork economic solutions; where source water Reduction Act Review protection saved taxpayers’ dollars; and FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION where communities have created jobs Notice of Agreements Filed The Centers for Disease Control and and produced public savings by Prevention (CDC) has submitted the ensuring clean and healthy water The Commission hereby gives notice following information collection request infrastructure. of the filing of the following agreements to the Office of Management and Budget This is an open meeting and state, under the Shipping Act of 1984. (OMB) for review and approval in local and tribal officials are invited to Interested parties may submit comments accordance with the Paperwork participate. The Workgroup will hear on the agreements to the Secretary, Reduction Act of 1995. The notice for comments from state, local and tribal Federal Maritime Commission, the proposed information collection is asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES officials and the public between 4:45 Washington, DC 20573, within twelve published to obtain comments from the p.m.–5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, days of the date this notice appears in public and affected agencies. September 7, 2016 and Wednesday, the Federal Register. Copies of the Written comments and suggestions September 21, 2016. Individuals or agreements are available through the from the public and affected agencies organizations wishing to address the Commission’s Web site (www.fmc.gov) concerning the proposed collection of workgroup will be allowed a maximum or by contacting the Office of information are encouraged. Your of five minutes to present their point of Agreements at (202)–523–5793 or comments should address any of the view. 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ContactFrances Eargle, the Designated Federal Officer for the Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) at (202) 564-3115 or email at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 58510 
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