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2. On page 5443, column 1, in the 

preamble, under the caption 

ADDRESSES:, second paragraph, first 

line, the language ‘‘Mail outlines to 

CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG-’’ is corrected to 

read ‘‘Mail submissions and outlines to 

CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG-’’. 

LaNita Van Dyke, 

Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, 

Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief 

Counsel, Procedure and Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4850 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Part 20 

[REG–112196–07] 

RIN 1545–BH64 

Gross Estate; Election to Value on 

Alternate Valuation Date; Hearing 

Cancellation 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Cancellation of notice of public 

hearing on proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document cancels a 

public hearing on proposed regulations 

(REG–112196–07), providing guidance 

respecting the election to use the 

alternate valuation method under 

section 2032 of the Internal Revenue 

Code. 

DATES: The public hearing originally 

scheduled for March 9, 2012 at 10 a.m., 

is cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaNita Van Dyke of the Publications and 

Regulations Branch, Legal Processing 

Division, Associate Chief Counsel 

(Procedures and Administration), at 

(202) 622–7180 (not a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

of proposed rulemaking and notice of 

public hearing that appeared in the 

Federal Register on Friday, November 

18, 2011 (76 FR 71491), announced that 

a public hearing was scheduled for 

March 9, 2012, at 10 a.m., in the IRS 

Auditorium, Internal Revenue Service 

Building, 1111 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC. The subject of 

the public hearing is under section 2032 

of the Internal Revenue Code. 

The public comment period for these 

regulations expired on February 16, 

2012. The notice of proposed 

rulemaking and notice of public 

hearing, instructed those interested in 

testifying at the public hearing to submit 

a request to speak and an outline of the 

topics to be addressed. As of Monday, 

February 27, 2012, no one has requested 

to speak. Therefore, the public hearing 

scheduled for March 9, 2012, is 

cancelled. 

LaNita Van Dyke, 

Chief, Publications and Regulations Branch, 

Legal Processing Division, Associate Chief 

Counsel, Procedures and Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4861 Filed 2–28–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142 

[FRL–9641–3] 

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rule: Uncovered Finished 

Water Reservoirs; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is hosting a public 

meeting on April 24, 2012, concerning 

information that may inform the 

regulatory review of the uncovered 

finished water reservoir requirement in 

the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface 

Water Treatment Rule (LT2 rule). At this 

meeting, EPA will provide background 

information on the LT2 rule’s uncovered 

finished water reservoir requirement 

and the agency’s Six Year Review 

process. EPA also plans to discuss and 

solicit public input on data and 

information related to microbial 

occurrence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, 

viruses, and other pathogens/indicators 

in uncovered finished water reservoirs; 

public health risks; strategies to control 

or remove contaminants in uncovered 

finished water reservoirs; and potential 

assessment approaches to determine the 

effectiveness of these control and/or 

removal strategies. The primary focus of 

this meeting is to have a scientific and 

technical discussion related to 

uncovered finished water reservoirs. 

EPA will consider the data and/or 

information discussed at this meeting 

during the agency’s review of the LT2 

rule, which the agency announced as 

part of EPA’s Retrospective Review Plan 

under Executive Order (E.O.) 13563 in 

August 2011. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 (8 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the EPA East Building, Room 

1153, 1201 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical inquiries, contact, Ce ́sar 

Cordero, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MC 4607M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460 at (202) 564–3716 or 

cordero.cesar@epa.gov. For more 

information about the LT2 rule or the 

Six Year Review Process, visit: http:// 

water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/ 

lt2/ or http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/ 

rulesregs/regulatingcontaminants/ 

sixyearreview/index.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the LT2 rule, promulgated in 

2006, is to reduce disease incidence 

associated with Cryptosporidium and 

other disease-causing microorganisms in 

drinking water. The rule includes 

requirements for public water systems 

to either cover an uncovered finished 

water storage facility or treat the storage 

facility discharge to address the risk of 

contamination. The 1996 Amendments 

to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 

require EPA to review its existing 

drinking water regulations every six 

years. SDWA (Section 1412(b)(9)) 

specifies that any revision to a national 

primary drinking water regulation 

‘‘shall maintain, or provide for greater, 

protection of the health of persons.’’ In 

response to E.O. 13563, EPA announced 

in the August 2011 document, 

Improving Our Regulations: Final Plan 

for Periodic Review Retrospective 

Reviews of Existing Regulations, that the 

agency would review the LT2 rule. As 

part of the review, EPA plans to analyze 

information and data to evaluate the 

approaches for managing risks related to 

uncovered finished water reservoirs 

while ‘‘maintaining, or providing for 

greater, protection of the health of 

persons’’ as specified in SDWA. 

The public meeting announced in this 

notice will be the second meeting 

related to the LT2 rule hosted by the 

agency in response to E.O. 13563. The 

first meeting occurred on December 7, 

2011, and focused on analytical 

methods for Cryptosporidium and the 

source water monitoring data from the 

LT2 rule. 

This meeting is open to the public. 

EPA encourages public input and will 

allocate time on the agenda to receive 

verbal statements. EPA requests that 

participants limit statements to the 

topics described in the SUMMARY section 

of this notice and will hold participants 

to a set timeframe for their statements. 

EPA also requests that only one person 

present a statement on behalf of a group 

or organization. Individuals or 

organizations interested in presenting a 


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statement should notify Ce ́sar Cordero 

by email at cordero.cesar@epa.gov no 

later than April 20, 2012. Individuals 

that have scientific data that they would 

like EPA to consider during regulatory 

review of the uncovered finished water 

reservoir requirement are encouraged to 

email their data to Ce ́sar Cordero. It 

would be helpful to have the data in 

advance of the public meeting. 

Registration: Individuals planning to 

participate in the public meeting must 

register for the meeting by email at 

LT2Aprilmeeting@epa.gov no later than 

April 20, 2012. Teleconferencing will be 

available for individuals unable to 

attend the meeting in person. EPA will 

do its best to include all those 

interested, but may have to limit 

attendance due to room and/or 

teleconference size limitations and 

therefore urges people to register early. 

When registering, please include your 

full name, organization, phone number, 

and email address in the body of the 

email message and indicate whether you 

would be participating in person or via 

teleconference. Teleconference 

information will be emailed to 

registered participants in advance of the 

meeting. 

Special Accommodations: For 

information on access or 

accommodations for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Jini Mohanty 

at (202) 564–5269 or by email at 

mohanty.jini@epa.gov. Please allow at 

least five business days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA time to process 

your request. 

Dated: February 24, 2012. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 271 

[EPA–R10–RCRA–2011–0973; FRL–9633–8] 

Idaho: Proposed Authorization of State 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Program; Revision 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: Idaho has applied to EPA for 

final authorization of certain changes to 

its hazardous waste program under the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act, as amended (RCRA). RCRA allows 

EPA to authorize State hazardous waste 

management programs if EPA finds that 

such programs are equivalent to and 

consistent with the Federal program and 

provide adequate enforcement of 

compliance. EPA has reviewed Idaho’s 

application, has preliminarily 

determined these changes satisfy all 

requirements needed to qualify for final 

authorization, and is proposing to 

authorize the State’s changes. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed rule 

must be received on or before March 30, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R10– 

RCRA–2011–0973 by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: kocourek.nina@epa.gov. 

• Mail: Nina Kocourek, U.S. EPA, 

Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 

900, Mail Stop AWT–122, Seattle, 

Washington 98101. 

• Hand Delivery: Nina Kocourek, U.S. 

EPA, Region 10, 1200 Sixth Avenue, 

Suite 900, Mail Stop AWT–122, Seattle, 

Washington 98101. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the normal 

business hours of operation; special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R10–RCRA–2011– 

0973. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA Region 10 Library, 1200 Sixth 

Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, Washington 

98101. The EPA Region 10 Library is 

open from 9 a.m. to noon, and 1 to 

4 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The EPA 

Region 10 Library telephone number is 

(206) 553–1289. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nina Kocourek, U.S. EPA, Region 10, 

1200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 900, Mail 

Stop AWT–122, Seattle, Washington 

98101, email: kocourek.nina@epa.gov, 

phone number (206) 553–6502. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Proposed Authorization Revision 

A. Why are revisions to State programs 

necessary? 

States which have received final 

authorization from EPA under RCRA 

section 3006(b), 42 U.S.C. 6926(b), must 

maintain a hazardous waste program 

that is equivalent to, consistent with, 

and no less stringent than the Federal 

program. As the Federal program 

changes, States must change their 

programs and ask EPA to authorize their 

changes. Changes to State programs may 

be necessary when Federal or State 

statutory or regulatory authority is 

modified or when certain other changes 

occur. Most commonly, States must 

change their programs because of 

changes to EPA’s regulations codified in 

Title 40 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) parts 124, 260 

through 268, 270, 273, and 279. 

B. What decisions have we made in this 

proposed rule concerning 

authorization? 

EPA has preliminarily determined 

that Idaho’s application to revise its 

authorized program meets all of the 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

established by RCRA. Therefore, we are 

proposing to grant Idaho final 

authorization to operate its hazardous 


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