81_FR_940 81 FR 935 - Notification of a Public Meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory Board

81 FR 935 - Notification of a Public Meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory Board

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 5 (January 8, 2016)

Page Range935-936
FR Document2016-00186

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory Board (Board). The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) covering FY15-19 and other relevant matters.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 935-936]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00186]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9941-12-Region 5]


Notification of a Public Meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory 
Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces a public 
meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory Board (Board). The purpose of this 
meeting is to discuss the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) 
covering FY15-19 and other relevant matters.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 from 10 
a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. An 
opportunity will be provided to the public to comment.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 77 W. Jackson, 19th Floor, 
Chicago, Illinois. For those unable to attend in

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person, this meeting will also be available telephonically. The 
teleconference number is 877-226-9607 and the conference ID number is 
4218582837.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any member of the public wishing 
further information regarding this meeting may contact Rita Cestaric, 
Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by email at [email protected]. 
General information on the GLRI and the Board can be found at http://glri.us/public.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Board is a federal advisory committee chartered 
under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463. EPA 
established the Board in 2013 to provide independent advice to the EPA 
Administrator in her capacity as Chair of the federal Great Lakes 
Interagency Task Force (IATF). The Board conducts business in 
accordance with FACA and related regulations.
    The Board consists of 16 members appointed by EPA's Administrator 
in her capacity as IATF Chair. Members serve as representatives of 
state, local and tribal government, environmental groups, agriculture, 
business, transportation, educational institutions, and as technical 
experts.
    Availability of Meeting Materials: The agenda and other materials 
in support of the meeting will be available at http://glri.us/advisory/index.html.
    Procedures for Providing Public Input: Federal advisory committees 
provide independent advice to federal agencies. Members of the public 
can submit relevant comments for consideration by the Board. Input from 
the public to the Board will have the most impact if it provides 
specific information for the Board to consider. Members of the public 
wishing to provide comments should contact the DFO directly.
    Oral Statements: In general, individuals or groups requesting an 
oral presentation at this public meeting will be limited to three 
minutes per speaker, subject to the number of people wanting to 
comment. Interested parties should contact the DFO in writing 
(preferably via email) at the contact information noted above by 
January 25, 2016 to be placed on the list of public speakers for the 
meeting.
    Written Statements: Written statements must be received by January 
25, 2016 so that the information may be made available to the Board for 
consideration. Written statements should be supplied to the DFO in the 
following formats: One hard copy with original signature and one 
electronic copy via email. Commenters are requested to provide two 
versions of each document submitted: One each with and without 
signatures because only documents without signatures may be published 
on the GLRI Web page.
    Accessibility: For information on access or services for 
individuals with disabilities, please contact the DFO at the phone 
number or email address noted above, preferably at least seven days 
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process 
your request.

    Dated: December 15, 2015.
Cameron Davis,
Senior Advisor to the Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2016-00186 Filed 1-7-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2016 / Notices 935 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Any person wishing to comment on will not give you intervenor status, but the EA may do so. Your comments you do not need intervenor status to Federal Energy Regulatory should focus on the potential have your comments considered. Commission environmental effects, reasonable Additional information about the alternatives, and measures to avoid or project is available from the [Docket No. CP15–503–000] lessen environmental impacts. The more Commission’s Office of External Affairs, specific your comments, the more useful at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web Comanche Trail Pipeline, LLC; Notice they will be. To ensure that the site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary of Availability of the Environmental Commission has the opportunity to link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on Assessment for the Proposed San consider your comments prior to ‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket Elizario Crossing Project making its decision on this project, it is number excluding the last three digits in The staff of the Federal Energy important that we receive your the Docket Number field (i.e., CP15– Regulatory Commission (FERC or comments in Washington, DC on or 503). Be sure you have selected an Commission) has prepared an before February 4, 2016. appropriate date range. For assistance, environmental assessment (EA) for the For your convenience, there are three please contact FERC Online Support at San Elizario Crossing Project (Project), methods you can use to file your FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free proposed by Comanche Trail Pipeline, comments to the Commission. In all at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact LLC (Comanche Trail) in the above- instances, please reference the project (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also referenced docket. Comanche Trail docket number (CP15–503–000 with provides access to the texts of formal requests authorization to construct new your submission. The Commission documents issued by the Commission, border crossing pipeline facilities to encourages electronic filing of such as orders, notices, and export up to 1.1 billion cubic feet per comments and has expert staff available rulemakings. day of natural gas at the International to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or In addition, the Commission offers a Boundary between the United States efiling@ferc.gov. free service called eSubscription which (1) You can file your comments allows you to keep track of all formal and Mexico. The pipeline would be electronically using the eComment issuances and submittals in specific installed via horizontal directional drill feature on the Commission’s Web site dockets. This can reduce the amount of beneath the Rio Grande River. (www.ferc.gov) under the link to time you spend researching proceedings The EA assesses the potential Documents and Filings. This is an easy by automatically providing you with environmental effects of the method for submitting brief, text-only notification of these filings, document construction and operation of the comments on a project; summaries, and direct links to the Project in accordance with the (2) You can also file your comments requirements of the National documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- electronically using the eFiling feature filing/esubscription.asp. Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The on the Commission’s Web site FERC staff concludes that approval of (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Dated: January 4, 2016. the proposed project, with appropriate Documents and Filings. With eFiling, Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., mitigating measures, would not you can provide comments in a variety Deputy Secretary. constitute a major federal action of formats by attaching them as a file [FR Doc. 2016–00120 Filed 1–7–16; 8:45 am] significantly affecting the quality of the with your submission. New eFiling BILLING CODE 6717–01–P human environment. users must first create an account by The proposed Project includes the clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select installation of approximately 1,086 feet the type of filing you are making. If you of 42-inch-diameter pipeline. The new ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION are filing a comment on a particular AGENCY pipeline would transport gas to a new project, please select ‘‘Comment on a delivery interconnect with pipeline Filing’’; or [FRL–9941–12–Region 5] facilities owned by an affiliate of (3) You can file a paper copy of your Comanche Trail at the United States- Notification of a Public Meeting of the comments by mailing them to the Mexico border for expanding electric Great Lakes Advisory Board following address: Kimberly D. Bose, generation and industrial market needs Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory AGENCY: Environmental Protection in Mexico. Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room Agency (EPA). The FERC staff mailed copies of the 1A, Washington, DC 20426. EA to federal, state, and local ACTION: Notice. Any person seeking to become a party government representatives and to the proceeding must file a motion to SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection agencies; elected officials; intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the Agency (EPA) announces a public environmental and public interest Commission’s Rules of Practice and meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory groups; Native American tribes; Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only Board (Board). The purpose of this potentially affected landowners and intervenors have the right to seek meeting is to discuss the Great Lakes other interested individuals and groups; rehearing of the Commission’s decision. Restoration Initiative (GLRI) covering newspapers and libraries in the project The Commission grants affected FY15–19 and other relevant matters. area; and parties to this proceeding. In landowners and others with DATES: The meeting will be held on addition, the EA is available for public environmental concerns intervenor Wednesday, January 27, 2016 from 10 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES6 viewing on the FERC’s Web site status upon showing good cause by (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time, 11 a.m. to stating that they have a clear and direct 4 p.m. Eastern Time. An opportunity A limited number of copies of the EA interest in this proceeding which no are available for distribution and public will be provided to the public to other party can adequately represent. comment. inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Simply filing environmental comments Commission Public Reference Room, ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, 1 See the previous discussion on the methods for 77 W. Jackson, 19th Floor, Chicago, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8371. filing comments. Illinois. 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936 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2016 / Notices person, this meeting will also be copy via email. Commenters are Dated: January 5, 2016. available telephonically. The requested to provide two versions of Dawn Roberts, teleconference number is 877–226–9607 each document submitted: One each Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance and the conference ID number is with and without signatures because Division, Office of Federal Activities. 4218582837. only documents without signatures may [FR Doc. 2016–00165 Filed 1–7–16; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any be published on the GLRI Web page. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P member of the public wishing further Accessibility: For information on information regarding this meeting may access or services for individuals with contact Rita Cestaric, Designated disabilities, please contact the DFO at Federal Officer (DFO), by email at the phone number or email address FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM cestaric.rita@epa.gov. General noted above, preferably at least seven information on the GLRI and the Board days prior to the meeting, to give EPA Formations of, Acquisitions by, and can be found at http://glri.us/ as much time as possible to process Mergers of Bank Holding Companies public.html. your request. The companies listed in this notice SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: December 15, 2015. have applied to the Board for approval, Background: The Board is a federal Cameron Davis, pursuant to the Bank Holding Company advisory committee chartered under the Senior Advisor to the Administrator. Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) Federal Advisory Committee Act [FR Doc. 2016–00186 Filed 1–7–16; 8:45 am] (BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part (FACA), Public Law 92–463. EPA BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 225), and all other applicable statutes established the Board in 2013 to provide and regulations to become a bank independent advice to the EPA holding company and/or to acquire the Administrator in her capacity as Chair ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION assets or the ownership of, control of, or of the federal Great Lakes Interagency AGENCY the power to vote shares of a bank or Task Force (IATF). The Board conducts bank holding company and all of the business in accordance with FACA and [ER–FRL–9024–8] banks and nonbanking companies related regulations. owned by the bank holding company, The Board consists of 16 members Environmental Impact Statements; including the companies listed below. appointed by EPA’s Administrator in Notice of Availability The applications listed below, as well her capacity as IATF Chair. Members as other related filings required by the serve as representatives of state, local Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Board, are available for immediate and tribal government, environmental Activities, General Information (202) inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank groups, agriculture, business, 564–7146 or http://www2.epa.gov/nepa. indicated. The applications will also be transportation, educational institutions, Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact available for inspection at the offices of and as technical experts. Statements (EISs) the Board of Governors. Interested Availability of Meeting Materials: The persons may express their views in agenda and other materials in support of Filed 12/28/2015 Through 12/31/2015 writing on the standards enumerated in the meeting will be available at http:// Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the glri.us/advisory/index.html. Notice proposal also involves the acquisition of Procedures for Providing Public Input: a nonbanking company, the review also Federal advisory committees provide Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act includes whether the acquisition of the independent advice to federal agencies. requires that EPA make public its nonbanking company complies with the Members of the public can submit comments on EISs issued by other standards in section 4 of the BHC Act relevant comments for consideration by Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters (12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise the Board. Input from the public to the on EISs are available at: https:// noted, nonbanking activities will be Board will have the most impact if it cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-nepa-public/ conducted throughout the United States. provides specific information for the action/eis/search. Unless otherwise noted, comments Board to consider. Members of the EIS No. 20150367, Final, NPS, NY, Fire regarding each of these applications public wishing to provide comments Island National Seashore Final White- must be received at the Reserve Bank should contact the DFO directly. tailed Deer Management Plan, Review Oral Statements: In general, indicated or the offices of the Board of Period Ends: 02/08/2016, Contact: Governors not later than February 4, individuals or groups requesting an oral Morgan Elmer 303–969–2317. 2016. presentation at this public meeting will be limited to three minutes per speaker, EIS No. 20150368, Draft, TVA, TN, A. Federal Reserve Bank of subject to the number of people wanting PROGRAMMATIC—Ash Minneapolis (Jacquelyn K. Brunmeier, to comment. Interested parties should Impoundment Closure, Comment Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin contact the DFO in writing (preferably Period Ends: 02/24/2016, Contact: Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota via email) at the contact information Ashley Farless 423–751–2361. 55480–0291: noted above by January 25, 2016 to be 1. Frandsen Financial Corporation, Amended Notices placed on the list of public speakers for Arden Hills, Minnesota; to acquire 100 the meeting. EIS No. 20150304, Draft, VA, SD, NHPA percent of the voting shares of mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES6 Written Statements: Written Section 106 Consultation: Provincial Corp., and thereby indirectly statements must be received by January Reconfiguration of VA Black Hills acquire Provincial Bank, both in 25, 2016 so that the information may be Health Care System, Comment Period Lakeville, Minnesota. made available to the Board for Ends: 02/05/2016, Contact: Luke 2. Great Western Bancorp, Inc., Sioux consideration. Written statements Epperson 605–720–7170. Revision to Falls, South Dakota; to merge with HF should be supplied to the DFO in the FR Notice Published 11/06/2015; Financial Corp., and thereby indirectly following formats: One hard copy with Correction to Comment Period Ends acquire Home Federal Bank, both in original signature and one electronic should be 02/05/2016. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. VerDate Sep<11>2014 23:39 Jan 13, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\08JAN1.SGM 08JAN1


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ActionNotice.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Central Time, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Time. An opportunity will be provided to the public to comment.
ContactAny member of the public wishing further information regarding this meeting may contact Rita Cestaric, Designated Federal Officer (DFO), by email at [email protected] General information on the GLRI and the Board can be found at http:// glri.us/public.html.
FR Citation81 FR 935 
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