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meet agreed-upon goals. Furthermore, 

the Framework is designed to foster 

dialogue on enforcement and 

compliance performance between the 

states that will enhance relationships 

and increase feedback, which will in 

turn lead to consistent program 

management and improved 

environmental results. The Framework 

is described in the April 26, 2005 

Federal Register Notice (79 FR 21408). 

This amendment will allow OECA to 

collect information from enforcement 

and compliance files reviewed during 

routine on-site visits of state or local 

agency offices that will assist in the 

evaluation of the State Review 

Framework implementation from FY 

2014 to the end of FY 2016. This request 

will allow EPA to make inquiries to 

assess the State Review Framework 

process, including the consistency 

achieved among the EPA Regions and 

states, the resources required to conduct 

the reviews, and the overall 

effectiveness of the program. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: States, 

localities, and territories. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required as part of program 

authorization under the Clean Water, 

Clean Air, and Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Acts. 

Estimated number of respondents: 54. 

Frequency of response: Once every 

five years. 

Total estimated burden: 11,016 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $393,342.84 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is likely 

to be no change in hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Lisa Lund, 

Office Director, Office of Compliance, Office 

of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21992 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9900–84–OA] 

Notification of Public Teleconference 

of the Hydraulic Fracturing Research 

Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

teleconference of the Hydraulic 

Fracturing Research Advisory Panel to 

receive written and oral comments from 

the public on new and emerging 

information related to hydraulic 

fracturing and drinking water resources. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on November 20, 2013, from 

12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern 

Daylight Time). 

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the 

teleconference may contact Mr. Edward 

Hanlon, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; via 

telephone/voicemail at (202) 564–2134, 

fax at (202) 565–2098; or email at 

hanlon.edward@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the SAB can be 

found on the EPA Web site at http://

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: 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 and 

the SAB Hydraulic Fracturing Research 

Advisory Panel 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 SAB 

Hydraulic Fracturing Research Advisory 

Panel will hold a public teleconference 

to receive written and oral comments 

from the public on new and emerging 

information related to hydraulic 

fracturing and drinking water resources. 

In response to public concern, in 

August 2010 Congress urged EPA to 

study the relationship between 

hydraulic fracturing and drinking water. 

In March 2013, the SAB Staff Office 

formed an SAB panel to provide 

individual expert advice for the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD) on its ongoing research on the 

potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing 

on drinking water resources. 

Information about panel formation and 

activities can be found at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

02ad90b136fc21ef85256eba00436459/

b436304ba804e3f885257a5b00521b3b!

OpenDocument&TableRow=2.0#2. 

The Panel held a May 7–8, 2013 

meeting in Arlington Virginia where 

individual members of the Panel 

provided their individual expert 

comments on charge questions 

associated with research described in 

ORD’s Study of the Potential Impacts of 

Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water 

Resources: Progress Report, released in 

December 2012. At the May 2013 

meeting, the SAB Staff Office 

announced there would be opportunity 

for the public to provide new and 

emerging information related to 

hydraulic fracturing to the Panel. The 

information provided to the Panel will 

serve as background to assist the Panel 

in its review of the EPA’s draft report on 

the potential impacts of hydraulic 

fracturing on drinking water resources. 

This report is scheduled for completion 

in December 2014. The SAB will hold 

a public teleconference to provide 

opportunity to receive information from 

the public. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agenda and other materials in support of 

the November 20, 2013 teleconference 

call will be available on the SAB Web 

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

advance of the teleconference call. 

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 the EPA. Members of the 

public can submit relevant comments 

for consideration by the Panel. Input 

from the public to the SAB will have the 

most impact if it provides 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. 

For the November 20, 2013 telephone 

conference meeting, members of the 

public are encouraged to provide 

written and oral comments on new and 

emerging information related to 

hydraulic fracturing and drinking water 

resources. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the DFO directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

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will be limited to five minutes. Persons 

interested in providing oral statements 

at the November 20, 2013 teleconference 

meeting should contact Mr. Hanlon at 

the contact information provided above 

by November 13, 2013. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements for the November 20, 2013 

teleconference meeting should be 

received in the SAB Staff Office by 

November 13, 2013, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the SAB for its consideration prior to 

this meeting and teleconference call. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: 

either an electronic copy (preferred), via 

email (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format), 

or in hard copy. Submitters are asked to 

provide electronic versions of each 

document submitted without signatures, 

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 Mr. Hanlon, 

at the phone number or email address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting and teleconference 

call, to give the EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: August 29, 2013. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2013–22027 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT IMPORT BANK 

[Public Notice 2013–6005] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review and 

comments request. 

Form Title: EIB 92–34 Application for 

Short-Term Letter of Credit Export 

Credit Insurance Policy. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Banks of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

This collection of information is 

necessary, pursuant to 12 U.S.C. 

635(a)(1), to determine eligibility of the 

applicant for Ex-Im Bank assistance. 

The Application for Short Term Letter 

of Credit Export Credit Insurance Policy 

is used to determine the eligibility of the 

applicant and the transaction for Export 

Import Bank assistance under its 

insurance program. Export Import Bank 

customers are able to submit this form 

on paper or electronically. 

The application tool can be reviewed 

at: http://www.exim.gov/pub/pending/ 

eib92-34.pdf. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 12, 2013 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically on 

www.regulations.gov or by mail to 

Michele Kuester, Export-Import Bank of 

the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title and Form Number: EIB 92–34 

Application for Short-Term Letter of 

Credit Export Credit Insurance Policy. 

OMB Number: 3048–0009. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Need and Use: This form is used by 

a financial institution (or broker acting 

on its behalf) to obtain approval for 

coverage of a short-term letter of credit. 

The information allows the Ex-Im Bank 

staff to make a determination of the 

eligibility of the applicant and 

transaction for Ex-Im Bank assistance 

under its programs. 

Affected Public: This form affects 

entities involved in the export of U.S. 

goods and services. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 11. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 hr. 

Annual Burden Hours: 11. 

Frequency of Reporting of Use: On 

occasion. 

Government Reviewing Time per 

Year: 11 hours. 

Average Wages per Hour: $42.50. 

Average Cost per Year: $468. 

(time*wages) 

Benefits and Overhead: 20%. 

Total Government Cost: $598. 

Kalesha Malloy, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21975 Filed 9–9–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

burdens, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995. Comments are 

requested concerning whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information shall 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Commission’s burden estimate; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information collected; 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and ways to further reduce the 

information collection burden on small 

business concerns with fewer than 25 

employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before November 12, 

2013. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov mailto:PRA@fcc.gov and to 

Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov 

mailto:Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0995. 


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