51154 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 166 / Wednesday, August 27, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: August 15, 2014. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20274 Filed 8–26–14; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

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Notification of Public Teleconferences 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces two public 

teleconferences of the chartered SAB to 

(1) conduct a quality review of an SAB 

draft report on connectivity of streams 

and wetlands to downstream waters and 

(2) deliberate on the adequacy of the 

scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

of the United States Under the Clean 

Water Act. 

DATES: The chartered SAB will conduct 

public teleconferences on September 26, 

2014 and September 29, 2014. Each of 

the teleconferences will begin at 1:30 

p.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information regarding the 

teleconferences should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA SAB (1400R), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail 

(202) 564–2218; fax (202) 565–2098 or 

via email at nugent.angela@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

SAB can be found on the SAB Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the EPA’s chartered SAB will hold 

two public teleconferences. On the first 

teleconference, the chartered SAB will 

conduct a quality review of an SAB 

draft report and on the second, the 

chartered SAB will deliberate on the 

adequacy of the science supporting a 

proposed EPA regulation. The SAB was 

established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for agency positions 

and regulations. 

The SAB is a federal advisory 

committee under FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

(1) Quality review of an SAB draft 

report on connectivity of streams and 

wetlands to downstream waters: Quality 

review is a key function of the chartered 

SAB. Draft reports prepared by SAB 

committees, panels, or work groups 

must be reviewed and approved by the 

chartered SAB before transmittal to the 

EPA Administrator. The chartered SAB 

makes a determination in a public 

meeting consistent with FACA about the 

quality of all draft reports and 

determines whether the report is ready 

to be transmitted to the EPA 

Administrator. 

On September 26, 2014, the chartered 

SAB will conduct a quality review of an 

SAB draft report entitled SAB Review of 

the Draft EPA Report Connectivity of 

Streams and Wetlands to Downstream 

Waters (August 11, 2014, Draft). This 

draft SAB panel report peer reviews the 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) draft report 

Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands 

to Downstream Waters: A Review and 

Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence 

(September, 2013 External Review Draft, 

EPA/600/R–11/098B). 

The ORD draft report was written to 

inform development of a rule proposed 

by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers to clarify the definition of 

waters of the United States under the 

Clean Water Act (79 FR 22188–22274). 

The SAB panel was charged with 

reviewing the overall clarity and 

technical accuracy of the ORD draft 

report, whether it included and 

correctly summarized the most relevant 

peer-reviewed scientific literature, and 

whether the findings and conclusions 

were supported by the available science. 

Background information about this 

advisory activity can be found on the 

SAB Web site at: http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/Watershed%20Connectivity

%20Report?OpenDocument. 

(2) Deliberations on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

of the United States under the Clean 

Water Act (79 FR 22188–22274): 

ERDDAA requires the EPA to make 

available to the SAB proposed criteria 

documents, standards, limitations, or 

regulations at the time that they are 

provided to any other federal agency for 

formal review and comment, together 

with the relevant scientific and 

technical information on which the 

proposed action is based. The SAB then 

may make available to the 

Administrator its advice and comments 

on the adequacy of the scientific and 

technical basis of the proposed actions. 

The purpose of the teleconference on 

September 29, 2014, is for the chartered 

SAB to deliberate on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule cited above. The 

chartered SAB will consider 

information provided by the agency, 

members of the SAB Panel for the 

Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report, and by the public 

through written or oral comments 

provided for their consideration. 

Information about this advisory activity 

may be found at http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/WOUS-adv%26com

?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agendas and other materials in support 

of the teleconferences will be posted on 

the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.

gov/sab in advance of the 

teleconferences. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit relevant 

comments pertaining to the group 

providing advice, EPA’s charge 

questions and EPA review or 

background documents. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it consists of comments that 

provide specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB to 

consider or if it relates to the clarity or 

accuracy of the technical information. 

Members of the public wishing to 

provide comment should contact Dr. 

Nugent at the contact information 

provided above. 

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Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting time to 

make an oral presentation at a public 

SAB teleconference will be limited to 

three minutes. Those interested in being 

placed on the public speakers’ list for 

the September 26, 2014 teleconference 

should contact Dr. Nugent at the contact 

information provided above by 

September 19, 2014. Those interested in 

being placed on the public speakers’ list 

for the September 29, 2014 

teleconference should contact Dr. 

Nugent at the contact information 

provided above by September 23, 2014. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied for the 

September 26, 2014 teleconference 

should be provided to the DFO via 

email to nugent.angela@epa.gov by 

September 19, 2014. Written statements 

should be supplied for the September 

29, 2014 teleconference should be 

provided to the DFO in the same 

manner by September 23, 2014. Written 

statements should be supplied in one of 

the following acceptable file formats: 

Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows format). It is the SAB Staff 

Office general policy to post written 

comments on the Web page for the 

advisory meeting or teleconferences. 

Submitters are requested to provide an 

unsigned version of each document 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. Members of the public 

should be aware that their personal 

contact information, if included in any 

written comments, may be posted to the 

SAB Web site. Copyrighted material will 

not be posted without explicit 

permission of the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at 

the contact information provided above. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Dr. Nugent 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

teleconference, to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Dated: August 18, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20391 Filed 8–26–14; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comments Request 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection—Extension With Change: 

State and Local Government 

Information Report (EEO–4). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission 

(EEOC) announces that it intends to 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) a request for a three-year 

extension with change of the State and 

Local Government Information Report 

(EEO–4 Report, Form 164). EEOC is in 

the process of revising the race and 

ethnicity categories on the EEO–4 report 

to conform to OMB’s Revisions to the 

Standards for the Classification of 

Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity 

(October 30, 1997) (Revised Standards), 

as applied in OMB Bulletin No. 00–02, 

Guidance on Aggregation and 

Allocation of Data on Race for Use in 

Civil Rights Monitoring and 

Enforcement (March 9, 2000). See 

Appendix A for a draft version of the 

proposed Form 164. Pending OMB 

approval of an emergency extension 

request, to be effective after the current 

August 31, 2014 expiration date, a 

regular clearance request for OMB 

review and approval of a three-year 

extension of the EEO–4 Report is 

beginning. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before October 

27, 2014. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 2000e– 

8(c), a public hearing concerning the 

proposed changes to the EEO–4 will be 

held at a place and time to be 

announced. Persons wishing to present 

their views orally should notify the 

Commission of their desire to do so in 

writing no later than September 26, 

2014. The request to present views 

orally at a public hearing should 

include a written summary of the 

remarks to be offered. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

Bernadette Wilson, Acting Executive 

Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

131 M Street NE., Washington, DC 

20507. As a convenience to 

commenters, the Executive Secretariat 

will accept comments totaling six or 

fewer pages by facsimile (‘‘FAX’’) 

machine. This limitation is necessary to 

assure access to the equipment. The 

telephone number of the fax receiver is 

(202) 663–4114. (This is not a toll-free 

number). Receipt of FAX transmittals 

will not be acknowledged, except that 

the sender may request confirmation of 

receipt by calling the Executive 

Secretariat staff at (202) 663–4070 

(voice) or (202) 663–4074 (TTD). (These 

are not toll-free telephone numbers.) 

Instead of sending written comments to 

EEOC, you may submit comments and 

attachments electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov, which is the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the 

instructions online for submitting 

comments. All comments received 

through this portal will be posted 

without change, including any personal 

information you provide, except as 

noted below. Copies of comments 

submitted by the public to EEOC 

directly or through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal will be available for 

review, by advance appointment only, 

at the Commission’s library between the 

hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern 

Time or can be reviewed at http://

www.regulations.gov. EEOC reserves the 

right to refrain from posting comments, 

including those that contain obscene, 

indecent, or profane language; contain 

threats or defamatory statements; 

contain hate speech directed at race, 

color, sex, sexual orientation, national 

origin, ethnicity, age, religion, or 

disability; or promote or endorse 

services or products. To schedule an 

appointment to inspect the comments at 

EEOC’s library, contact the library staff 

at (202) 663–4630 (voice) or (202) 663– 

4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-free 

numbers.) 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 

Research and Surveys Division, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, 

Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663–4949 

(voice) or (202) 663–7063 (TTY). 

Requests for this notice in an alternative 

format should be made to the Office of 

Communications and Legislative Affairs 

at (202) 663–4191 (voice) or (202) 663– 

4494 (TTY). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EEOC 

has collected information from state and 

local governments with 100 or more 

full-time employees since 1974. The 

Commission now proposes to revise the 

EEO–4 report to conform with OMB’s 

Revisions to the Standards for the 

Classification of Federal Data on Race 

and Ethnicity (October 30, 1997) 

(Revised Standards), as applied in OMB 

Bulletin No. 00–02, Guidance on 

Aggregation and Allocation of Data on 

Race for Use in Civil Rights Monitoring 

and Enforcement (March 9, 2000). This 

will require a change of the Form 164. 

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