82 FR 35938 - Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 147 (August 2, 2017)

Page Range		35938-35939
FR Document		2017-16236

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35938-35939]
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[FR Doc No: 2017-16236]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge 
Reservation

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental 
Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge 
Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public 
notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

DATES: Saturday, August 19, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Tremont Lodge, 7726 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, 
Tennessee 37882.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melyssa P. Noe, Alternate Deputy 
Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Office 
of Environmental Management, P.O. Box 2001, EM-942, Oak Ridge, TN 
37831. Phone (865) 241-3315; Fax (865) 241-6932; Email: 
Melyssa.Noe@orem.doe.gov. Or visit the Web site at https://energy.gov/orem/services/community-engagement/oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-board.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Purpose of the Board: The purpose of the Board is to make 
recommendations to DOE-EM and site management in the areas of 
environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities.
    Tentative Agenda:

 Welcome, Opening Remarks and Introductions

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 Comments from the Deputy Designated Federal Officer (DDFO)
 Board Mission and Accomplishments
 Board Operations
     Results of Member Survey
 Break
 Work Plan Topics
     Process
     Presentations by DOE, Environmental Protection Agency and 
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Liaisons
     Suggestions from Board Members
     Plan for Issue Group Sign-up
 Summary of Morning Discussions
 Board Business
     Presentation of Candidates for Fiscal Year 2018 Officers
     Recommendations on the Fiscal Year 2019 Oak Ridge EM 
Budget Priorities
 Public Comment Period
 Remarks by Board Chair and Alternate DDFO
 Lunch Break
 Follow-on Discussion
 Adjourn

    Public Participation: The EM SSAB, Oak Ridge, welcomes the 
attendance of the public at its advisory committee meetings and will 
make every effort to accommodate persons with physical disabilities or 
special needs. If you require special accommodations due to a 
disability, please contact Melyssa P. Noe at least seven days in 
advance of the meeting at the phone number listed above. Written 
statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the 
meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to the 
agenda item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at the address or telephone 
number listed above. Requests must be received five days prior to the 
meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the 
presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is 
empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the 
orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public 
comments will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their 
comments.
    Minutes: Minutes will be available by writing or calling Melyssa P. 
Noe at the address and phone number listed above. Minutes will also be 
available at the following Web site: https://energy.gov/orem/listings/oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-board-meetings.

    Issued at Washington, DC, on July 27, 2017.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-16236 Filed 8-1-17; 8:45 am]
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authorized by the agreement creating • Review that the entity has a under the Administrative Procedure Act
the debt or permitted by law.11 corrective action program to address any pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b). Because no
Supervision has found that one or violations identified and to reimburse notice of proposed rulemaking is
more mortgage servicers that met the consumers when appropriate. required, the Regulatory Flexibility Act
definition of ‘‘debt collector’’ under the Entities should also consider does not require an initial or final
FDCPA violated the Act when they reviewing employee and service regulatory flexibility analysis. 5 U.S.C.
charged fees for taking mortgage provider production incentive programs 603(a), 604(a). The Bureau has
payments over the phone to borrowers to see if there are incentives to steer determined that this Compliance
whose mortgage instruments did not borrowers to certain payment types or to Bulletin does not impose any new or
expressly authorize collecting such fees avoid disclosures. As discussed in more revise any existing recordkeeping,
and who reside in states where detail in CFPB Compliance Bulletin reporting, or disclosure requirements on
applicable law does not expressly 2016–03,15 the Bureau acknowledges covered entities or members of the
permit collecting such fees. Supervision that production incentives have been public that would be collections of
directed one or more servicers to review common across many economic sectors information requiring OMB approval
mortgage notes and applicable state law, and can affect a wide range of outcomes under the Paperwork Reduction Act, 44
and to only collect pay-by-phone fees for employees or service providers, from U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
where expressly authorized by contract their compensation levels to whether
Dated: July 25, 2017.
or state law.12 they will continue to be employed or
retained at all. The Bureau has also Richard Cordray,
The Bureau’s Expectations Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial
highlighted the risks posed to
The Bureau expects entities to review consumers by production incentive Protection.
their practices on charging phone pay programs, especially when they create [FR Doc. 2017–16188 Filed 8–1–17; 8:45 am]
fees for potential risks of committing an unrealistic culture of high-pressure BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P
UDAAPs or violating the FDCPA. While targets or when the activities of
the Bureau does not mandate any employees or service providers are not
particular method for informing adequately monitored for compliance DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
consumers about the available phone with the law.
pay options and fees, entities should In the context of phone pay fees, Environmental Management Site-
consider the following suggestions in production incentives may enhance the Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge
assessing whether their practices may potential risk of entities engaging in Reservation
present a risk of constituting a UDAAP UDAAPs. Production incentives that AGENCY: Department of Energy.
or FDCPA violation: reward employees or service providers
• Review applicable State and based on consumers using a higher-cost ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
Federal laws, including the FDCPA, to phone pay option may potentially lead SUMMARY: This notice announces a
confirm whether entities are permitted entities to steer consumers to a higher- meeting of the Environmental
to charge phone pay fees. cost option despite the availability of Management Site-Specific Advisory
• Review underlying debt agreements lower-cost alternatives. Similarly, Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge
to determine whether such fees are incentive programs that reward Reservation. The Federal Advisory
authorized by the contract. representatives who complete a large
• Review internal and service Committee Act requires that public
number of daily calls may potentially notice of this meeting be announced in
providers’ policies and procedures on cause these representatives to spend less
phone pay fees, including call scripts the Federal Register.
time discussing the available phone pay DATES: Saturday, August 19, 2017, 9:00
and employee training materials, and options and fees resulting in the
revise policies and procedures to a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
consumer paying a higher fee because
address any concerns identified during ADDRESSES: Tremont Lodge, 7726 East
the consumer is not informed of the
the review, as appropriate.13 lower-cost alternatives. Entities should Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend,
• Review whether information on review these programs accordingly. Tennessee 37882.
phone pay fees is shared in account The Bureau will continue to review FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
disclosures, loan agreements, periodic closely the practices of entities assessing Melyssa P. Noe, Alternate Deputy
statements, payment coupon books, on phone pay fees for potential UDAAPs Designated Federal Officer, U.S.
the company’s Web site, over the phone, and FDCPA violations, including the Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Office
or through other mechanisms. practices described above. The Bureau of Environmental Management, P.O.
• Incorporate pay-by-phone issues in will use all appropriate tools to assess Box 2001, EM–942, Oak Ridge, TN
regular monitoring or audits of calls whether supervisory, enforcement, or 37831. Phone (865) 241–3315; Fax (865)
with consumers. other actions may be necessary. 241–6932; Email: Melyssa.Noe@
• Review consumer complaints orem.doe.gov. Or visit the Web site at
regarding phone pay fees. [2]. Regulatory Requirements https://energy.gov/orem/services/
• Perform regular reviews of service This Compliance Bulletin is a non- community-engagement/oak-ridge-site-
providers as to their pertinent binding general statement of policy specific-advisory-board.
practices.14 articulating considerations relevant to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the Bureau’s exercise of its supervisory Purpose of the Board: The purpose of
11 15 U.S.C. 1692f(1).
and enforcement authority. It is the Board is to make recommendations
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12 See Supervisory Highlights, Fall 2015 edition at
pp. 20–21. therefore exempt from notice and to DOE–EM and site management in the
13 Entities should refer to CFPB Compliance comment rulemaking requirements areas of environmental restoration,
Bulletin and Policy Guidance; 2016–02, Service waste management, and related
Providers (Oct. 31, 2016), available at https:// 15 See CFPB Bulletin 2016–03, Detecting and
activities.
www.consumerfinance.gov/documents/1385/ Preventing Consumer Harm from Production
102016_cfpb_OfficialGuidanceServiceProvider
Tentative Agenda:
Incentives (Nov. 28, 2016), available at https://
Bulletin.pdf. www.consumerfinance.gov/documents/1537/ • Welcome, Opening Remarks and
14 Id. 201611_cfpb_Production_Incentives_Bulletin.pdf. Introductions

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of open meeting.
Dates		Saturday, August 19, 2017, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Contact		Melyssa P. Noe, Alternate Deputy Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, P.O. Box 2001, EM-942, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 241-3315; Fax (865) 241-6932; Email: [email protected] Or visit the Web site at https://energy.gov/ orem/services/community-engagement/oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory- board.
FR Citation		82 FR 35938