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addition, via a separate rulemaking 

process, the Department intends to 

remove the current ban on Victims of 

Crime Act funding for treatment and 

rehabilitation services for incarcerated 

victims of sexual abuse. 

The Department’s Request for 

Comments 

The Department is soliciting public 

input on the Commission’s proposed 

national standards. The Department 

welcomes all comments, including any 

comments addressing specific standards 

proposed by the Commission. In 

addition, the Department specifically 

requests comments regarding three 

general questions listed below. 

1. The Commission’s proposed 

standards are intended to prevent, 

detect, and respond to ‘‘sexual abuse,’’ 

which is defined in the glossary that 

precedes each checklist. PREA directed 

the Department to publish a final rule 

adopting national standards for the 

detection, prevention, reduction, and 

punishment of prison ‘‘rape,’’ which is 

defined in section 10 of Public Law 

108–79 (42 U.S.C. 15609(9)). What 

would be the implications of referring to 

one term as opposed to the other in the 

Department’s consideration of the 

Commission’s proposed national 

standards? 

2. PREA mandates that the Attorney 

General shall not establish a national 

standard ‘‘that would impose substantial 

additional costs compared to the costs 

presently expended by Federal, State 

and local prison authorities.’’ Would any 

of the Commission’s proposed standards 

impose ‘‘substantial additional costs’’? 

How should any such standards be 

revised so as not to impose such costs? 

The Department welcomes all cost data 

or cost estimations that would help it 

determine whether particular proposed 

standards would—or would not— 

impose substantial additional costs. In 

assessing costs, please consider whether 

and to what extent implementation of 

particular standards would mitigate 

costs currently expended. 

3. Should the Department consider 

differentiating within any of the four 

categories of facilities for which the 

Commission proposed standards (i.e., 

adult prisons and jails; juvenile 

facilities; community corrections 

facilities; and lockups) with compliance 

requirements dependent on size, 

personnel or resource limitations, or any 

other factors? 

Regulatory Certifications 

This action is an Advance Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM). 

Accordingly, the requirement of 

Executive Order 12866 to assess the 

costs and benefits of this action does not 

apply. Similarly, the requirements of 

section 603 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act do not apply to this action because, 

at this stage, it is an ANPRM and not a 

‘‘rule’’ as defined in section 601 of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. Following 

review of the comments received to this 

ANPRM, as the Department promulgates 

a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

regarding this issue, the Department 

will conduct all analyses required by 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act, Executive 

Order 12866, and any other statutes or 

Executive Orders relevant to those rules 

and in effect at the time of 

promulgation. 

Dated: March 3, 2010. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr., 

Attorney General. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4907 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 44120–05–P; 4410–18–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 131 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0596; FRL–9125–7] 

RIN 2040–AF11 

Extension of Public Comment Period 

for Water Quality Standards for the 

State of Florida’s Lakes and Flowing 

Waters 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of the 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: On January 14, 2010, EPA 

signed a proposed rule entitled ‘‘Water 

Quality Standards for the State of 

Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters.’’ 

On January 26, 2010 (75 FR 4174), EPA 

published this proposed rule. Written 

comments on the proposed rulemaking 

were to be submitted to EPA on or 

before March 29, 2010 (a 60-day public 

comment period). Since publication, the 

Agency has received several requests for 

additional time to submit comments. 

Therefore, EPA is extending the public 

comment period for 30 days. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 28, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2009–0596, by one of the following 

methods: 

1. http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov. 

3. Mail to: Water Docket, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

code: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

Attention: Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2009–0596. 

4. Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20004, Attention Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0596. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2009– 

0596. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

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 http:// 

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 

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in hard copy at a docket facility. The 

Office of Water (OW) Docket Center is 

open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The OW Docket Center 

telephone number is (202) 566–2426, 

and the Docket address is OW Docket, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20004. The Public Reading Room is 

open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. 

Public Hearings: Additional public 

hearings will be held in Florida in midApril, 2010. The dates and locations of 

these hearings have yet to be confirmed. 

Relevant information pertaining to these 

hearings will be provided at the 

following Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ 

waterscience/standards/rules/florida/ 

Information on the public hearings will 

be available shortly after publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register. For 

further information, please contact 

Sharon Frey at 202–566–1480 or 

frey.sharon@epa.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Danielle Salvaterra, U.S. EPA 

Headquarters, Office of Water, 

Mailcode: 4305T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–1649; fax 

number: 202–566–9981; e-mail address: 

salvaterra.danielle@epa.gov. 

Dated: March 4, 2010. 

Peter S. Silva, 

Assistant Administrator for Water. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5103 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[FWS- R4-ES-2010-0003] 

[MO 92210-0-0009-B4] 

[RIN 1018-AW55] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Designation of Critical 

Habitat for Carex lutea (Golden Sedge) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, propose to designate 

critical habitat for the Carex lutea 

(golden sedge) under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended. We 

propose to designate as critical habitat 

approximately 189 acres (76 hectares) in 

8 units. The proposed critical habitat is 

located in Onslow and Pender Counties 

in North Carolina. 

DATES: We will consider comments from 

all interested parties until May 10, 2010. 

We must receive requests for public 

hearings, in writing, at the address 

shown in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section by April 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2010-0003. 

• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public 

Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-R4- 

ES-2010-0003; Division of Policy and 

Directives Management; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203. 

We will not accept e-mail or faxes. We 

will post all comments on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This generally 

means that we will post any personal 

information you provide us (see the 

Public Comments section below for 

more information). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pete 

Benjamin, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Raleigh Fish and 

Wildlife Office, P.O. Box 33726, 

Raleigh, NC 27636-3726; telephone 919- 

856-4520; facsimile 919-856-4556. If you 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comments 

We intend that any final action 

resulting from this proposed rule will be 

based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available and be as 

accurate and as effective as possible. 

Therefore, we request comments or 

information from government agencies, 

the scientific community, industry, or 

any other interested party concerning 

this proposed rule. We particularly seek 

comments concerning: 

(1) The reasons why we should or 

should not designate habitat as ‘‘critical 

habitat’’ under section 4 of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

including whether there are threats to 

the species from human activity, the 

degree of which can be expected to 

increase due to the designation, and 

whether the benefit of designation 

would be outweighed by threats to the 

species caused by the designation, such 

that the designation of critical habitat is 

not prudent. 

(2) Comments or information that may 

assist us in identifying or clarifying the 

primary constituent elements for Carex 

lutea. 

(3) Specific information on: 

•The amount and distribution of Carex 

lutea habitat, 

•What areas occupied at the time of 

listing and that contain features 

essential to the conservation of the 

species which may require special 

management considerations or 

protections we should include in 

the designation and why, and 

•What areas not occupied at the time of 

listing are essential for the 

conservation of the species and 

why. 

(4) Land use designations and current 

or planned activities in the subject areas 

and their possible impacts on proposed 

critical habitat. 

(5) Any probable economic, national 

security, or other relevant impacts of 

designating any area that may be 

included in the final designation. We 

are particularly interested in any 

impacts on small entities (e.g., small 

businesses or small governments) or 

families, and the benefits of including or 

excluding areas that exhibit these 

impacts. 

(6) Whether any specific areas we are 

proposing as critical habitat should be 

considered for exclusion under section 

4(b)(2) of the Act, and whether the 

benefits of potentially excluding any 

specific area outweigh the benefits of 

including that area under section 4(b)(2) 

of the Act. 

(7) Information on any quantifiable 

economic costs or benefits of the 

proposed designation of critical habitat. 

(8) Information on the projected and 

reasonably likely impacts of climate 

change on Carex lutea, and any special 

management needs or protections that 

may be needed in the critical habitat 

areas we are proposing. 

(9) Whether we could improve or 

modify our approach to designating 

critical habitat in any way to provide for 

greater public participation and 

understanding, or to better 

accommodate public concerns and 

comments. 

You may submit your comments and 

materials concerning this proposed rule 

by one of the methods listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. We will not accept 

comments sent by e-mail or fax or to an 

address not listed in the ADDRESSES

section. 

We will post your entire comment— 

including your personal identifying 

information—on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. If your written 

comments provide personal identifying 

information, you may request at the top 

of your document that we withhold this 

information from public review. 


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