82_FR_47703 82 FR 47507 - Notice of Extension to Comment Period on the Request for Public Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate

82 FR 47507 - Notice of Extension to Comment Period on the Request for Public Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 196 (October 12, 2017)

Page Range47507-47508
FR Document2017-22112

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending the comment period for the notice, ``Request for Public Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate.'' In response to stakeholder requests, EPA is extending the comment period for the ``Draft Report: Proposed Approaches To Inform the Derivation of a Maximum Contaminant Level Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking Water'' (draft MCLG Approaches Report)'' an additional 21 days, from October 30, 2017, to November 20, 2017.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 196 (Thursday, October 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47507-47508]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22112]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0438; FRL-9969-49-OW]


Notice of Extension to Comment Period on the Request for Public 
Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe 
Drinking Water Act Decision Making on Perchlorate

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is extending 
the comment period for the notice, ``Request for Public Comments To Be 
Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials To Inform the Safe Drinking Water 
Act Decision Making on Perchlorate.'' In response to stakeholder 
requests, EPA is extending the comment period for the ``Draft Report: 
Proposed Approaches To Inform the Derivation of a Maximum Contaminant 
Level Goal for Perchlorate in Drinking Water'' (draft MCLG Approaches 
Report)'' an additional 21 days, from October 30, 2017, to November 20, 
2017.

DATES: The comment period announced in the notice that was published on 
September 15, 2017 (82 FR 43354) is extended. Comments must now be

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received by EPA on or before November 20, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2016-0438 to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information please 
contact Samuel Hernandez at the U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and 
Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division (Mail Code 
4607M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 
202-564-1735; or email: hernandez.samuel@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 2017, EPA published in the 
Federal Register (82 FR 43354), a notice announcing the release of 
materials for public comment. The materials will undergo expert peer 
review in support of the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Act decision making 
on perchlorate. The Agency requested comment on the draft MCLG 
Approaches Report. The notice of request for public comment, as 
initially published in the Federal Register, provided for written 
comments to be submitted to EPA on or before October 30, 2017 (a 45-day 
public comment period). Since publication, EPA has received requests 
for additional time to submit comments. EPA is extending the public 
comment period for 21 days until November 20, 2017. EPA will consider 
public comments and peer review recommendations in future revisions to 
the MCLG Approaches Report. The draft report is available at http://www.regulations.gov (Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2016-0438). The revised 
BBDR model code files can be accessed at https://hero.epa.gov/hero/index.cfm/reference/details/reference_id/3352518.

    Dated: October 4, 2017.
Michael H. Shapiro,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2017-22112 Filed 10-11-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 196 / Thursday, October 12, 2017 / Notices 47507 projections are based on the FY 2019 received in April 2017 as indicated in these projections on the Web site as data Reclamation and WAPA work plans Table 1. WAPA will post updates to become available. TABLE 1—ACTUAL & PROJECTED INVESTMENT AND OM&R COSTS REQUIRING REPAYMENT FY 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Reimbursable CIP ............................ .................. $5,800,000 Olmsted O&M .................................. $160,000 10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $140,000 $751,300 $561,352 $281,800 WAPA O&M ..................................... .................. .................. 9,500 10,000 10,500 11,000 11,000 11,500 FY Totals .................................. 160,000 5,810,000 19,500 20,000 150,500 762,300 572,352 293,300 WAPA will provide the Olmsted U.S.C. 485h(c)); the CRSP Act of 1956 an action included as part of marketing power customers with the initial (43 U.S.C. 620); and other acts that of the Olmsted Powerplant generation. installment information at least 30 days specifically apply to the project Determination Under Executive Order prior to initiation of service. Service is involved. 12866 expected to begin July 1, 2018, or as By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00B, soon as Olmsted is declared effective November 19, 2016, the WAPA has an exemption from commercially operable. The FY 2018 Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The centralized regulatory review under annual installment will include all authority to develop power and Executive Order 12866. Accordingly, no actual and projected OM&R costs transmission rates to WAPA’s clearance of this notice by the Office of requiring repayment through FY 2018 in Administrator, (2) the authority to Management and Budget is required. addition to amortized payments on confirm, approve, and place such rates Dated: September 5, 2017. capital investments plus interest. The into effect on an interim basis to the Mark A. Gabriel, FY 2018 installment amount will be Deputy Secretary of Energy, and (3) the Administrator. divided by the number of months of authority to confirm, approve, and place [FR Doc. 2017–21936 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] service, which is anticipated to be 3 into effect on a final basis, to remand, BILLING CODE 6450–01–P months. Thereafter, the annual or to disapprove such rates to FERC. installment amount, in 12 monthly Existing DOE procedures for public payments, will be established in participation in power rate adjustments advance by WAPA and submitted to the (10 CFR 903) were published on ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Olmsted power customers on or before September 18, 1985 (50 FR 87835). AGENCY August 31 prior to the new FY. Availability of Information [EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0438; FRL–9969–49– The calculation of the annual OW] installment will include adjustments All studies, comments, letters, between estimated and actual costs memorandums, or other documents that Notice of Extension to Comment included in preceding installments. If WAPA initiates or uses to develop the Period on the Request for Public costs in the preceding installment are proposed rates are available for Comments To Be Sent to EPA on Peer underestimated, an amount equal to the inspection and copying at the Colorado Review Materials To Inform the Safe difference will be added to the next River Storage Project Management Drinking Water Act Decision Making on annual installment. Conversely, if costs Center, Western Area Power Perchlorate in the preceding installment are Administration, 150 East Social Hall overestimated, the amount would be AGENCY: Environmental Protection Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT. deducted from the next installment. Agency (EPA). WAPA is scheduled to relocate to a new address in October 2017. In addition to ACTION: Notice; extension of comment Legal Authority being available at the new address, period. The proposed formula rate constitutes WAPA will post information about the a major rate adjustment as defined by 10 SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental rate process on WAPA’s Web site at Protection Agency (EPA) is extending CFR 903.2(e); therefore, WAPA will https://www.wapa.gov/regions/CRSP/ hold both a public information forum the comment period for the notice, rates/Pages/rate-order-177.aspx. ‘‘Request for Public Comments To Be and a public comment forum for this formula rate proposal under 10 CFR Ratemaking Procedure Requirements Sent to EPA on Peer Review Materials 903.15 and 903.16. WAPA will review To Inform the Safe Drinking Water Act Environmental Compliance Decision Making on Perchlorate.’’ In all timely public comments and will make amendments or adjustments to the The U.S. Department of the Interior, response to stakeholder requests, EPA is proposal, as appropriate. The final Central Utah Project Completion Act extending the comment period for the formula rate will be forwarded to the Office, and the Central Utah Water ‘‘Draft Report: Proposed Approaches To Deputy Secretary of Energy for approval Conservancy District completed an Inform the Derivation of a Maximum Contaminant Level Goal for Perchlorate asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES on an interim basis. Environmental Assessment (EA) on the WAPA is establishing an electric Olmsted Hydroelectric Powerplant in Drinking Water’’ (draft MCLG service formula rate for Olmsted under Replacement Project. These agencies Approaches Report)’’ an additional 21 the DOE Organization Act (42 U.S.C. issued a Finding Of No Significant days, from October 30, 2017, to 7152); the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. Impact (FONSI) on the EA. This action November 20, 2017. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and was signed January 16, 2015. WAPA DATES: The comment period announced supplemented by subsequent laws, adopted the EA and FONSI for its action in the notice that was published on particularly section 9(c) of the of marketing the output from the September 15, 2017 (82 FR 43354) is Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 Olmsted Powerplant. This rate action is extended. Comments must now be VerDate Sep<11>2014 22:35 Oct 11, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12OCN1.SGM 12OCN1

47508 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 196 / Thursday, October 12, 2017 / Notices received by EPA on or before November EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0438). The revised BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov.; or Michael 20, 2017. BBDR model code files can be accessed Goodis, Registration Division (RD) ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, at https://hero.epa.gov/hero/index.cfm/ (7505P), main telephone number: (703) identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– reference/details/reference_id/3352518. 305–7090; email address: OW–2016–0438 to the Federal Dated: October 4, 2017. RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing eRulemaking Portal: http:// Michael H. Shapiro, address for each contact person is: www.regulations.gov. Follow the online Office of Pesticide Programs, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of instructions for submitting comments. Water. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Once submitted, comments cannot be Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, [FR Doc. 2017–22112 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] edited or withdrawn. The EPA may DC 20460–0001. As part of the mailing BILLING CODE 6560–50–P publish any comment received to its address, include the contact person’s public docket. Do not submit name, division, and mail code. The electronically any information you ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION division to contact is listed at the end consider to be Confidential Business AGENCY of each application summary. Information (CBI) or other information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: whose disclosure is restricted by statute. [EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0007; FRL–9967–35] Multimedia submissions (audio, video, I. General Information etc.) must be accompanied by a written Pesticide Product Registration; A. Does this action apply to me? comment. The written comment is Receipt of Applications for New Active considered the official comment and Ingredients You may be potentially affected by should include discussion of all points this action if you are an agricultural AGENCY: Environmental Protection producer, food manufacturer, or you wish to make. The EPA will Agency (EPA). generally not consider comments or pesticide manufacturer. The following ACTION: Notice. list of North American Industrial comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, Classification System (NAICS) codes is SUMMARY: EPA has received applications cloud, or other file sharing system). For not intended to be exhaustive, but rather to register pesticide products containing additional submission methods, the full provides a guide to help readers active ingredients not included in any EPA public comment policy, determine whether this document currently registered pesticide products. information about CBI or multimedia applies to them. Potentially affected Pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, submissions, and general guidance on entities may include: Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act making effective comments, please visit • Crop production (NAICS code 111). (FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice • Animal production (NAICS code http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ of receipt and opportunity to comment 112). commenting-epa-dockets. on these applications. • Food manufacturing (NAICS code FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For DATES: Comments must be received on 311). additional information please contact or before November 13, 2017. • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS Samuel Hernandez at the U.S. EPA, ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, code 32532). Office of Ground Water and Drinking identified by the Docket Identification Water, Standards and Risk Management (ID) Number and the File Symbol of B. What should I consider as I prepare Division (Mail Code 4607M), 1200 interest as shown in the body of this my comments for EPA? Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, document, by one of the following 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this DC 20460; telephone: 202–564–1735; or methods: information to EPA through email: hernandez.samuel@epa.gov. • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On www.regulations.gov. Follow the online the part or all of the information that September 15, 2017, EPA published in instructions for submitting comments. you claim to be CBI. For CBI the Federal Register (82 FR 43354), a Do not submit electronically any information in a disk or CD–ROM that notice announcing the release of information you consider to be you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the materials for public comment. The Confidential Business Information (CBI) disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then materials will undergo expert peer or other information whose disclosure is identify electronically within the disk or review in support of the EPA’s Safe restricted by statute. CD–ROM the specific information that Drinking Water Act decision making on • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental is claimed as CBI. In addition to one perchlorate. The Agency requested Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ complete version of the comment that comment on the draft MCLG DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. includes information claimed as CBI, a Approaches Report. The notice of NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. copy of the comment that does not request for public comment, as initially • Hand Delivery: To make special contain the information claimed as CBI published in the Federal Register, arrangements for hand delivery or must be submitted for inclusion in the provided for written comments to be delivery of boxed information, please public docket. Information so marked submitted to EPA on or before October follow the instructions at http:// will not be disclosed except in 30, 2017 (a 45-day public comment www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. accordance with procedures set forth in period). Since publication, EPA has Additional instructions on 40 CFR part 2. commenting or visiting the docket, asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES received requests for additional time to 2. Tips for preparing your comments. submit comments. EPA is extending the along with more information about When preparing and submitting your public comment period for 21 days until dockets generally, is available at http:// comments, see the commenting tips at November 20, 2017. EPA will consider www.epa.gov/dockets. http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ public comments and peer review FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments.html. recommendations in future revisions to Robert McNally, Biopesticides and the MCLG Approaches Report. 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Document Created: 2018-10-25 10:04:04
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; extension of comment period.
DatesThe comment period announced in the notice that was published on September 15, 2017 (82 FR 43354) is extended. Comments must now be received by EPA on or before November 20, 2017.
ContactFor additional information please contact Samuel Hernandez at the U.S. EPA, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division (Mail Code 4607M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202-564-1735; or email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 47507 
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