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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9906–54–Region–8] 

Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Settlement Agreement for a Bona Fide 

Prospective Purchaser at the Moline 

Street PCB Site Located in Aurora, 

Adams County, Colorado 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice; Request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122 (h)(l) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 

9622(h)(l), notice is hereby given of the 

proposed Administrative Settlement 

Agreement for Removal Action by Bona 

Fide Prospective Purchaser at the 

Moline Street PCB Site located in 

Aurora, Adams County, Colorado (Site). 

The proposed Settlement Agreement is 

with Hi-Tec Plastics, Incorporated 

(hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘Purchaser’’).The Settlement Agreement 

requires the Purchaser to perform a 

portion of the removal action at the 

property located at 3555 Moline Street, 

Aurora, Colorado 80010. The remainder 

of the removal action selected will be 

performed by the Dow Chemical 

Company and is addressed in a separate 

administrative order on consent. The 

Settlement Agreement includes an EPA 

covenant not to sue the Purchaser 

pursuant to sections 106 and 107(a) of 

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607(a) for 

existing contamination at the Site. For 

thirty (30) days following the 

publication of this notice, the United 

States will receive written comments 

relating to the Settlement Agreement. 

The United States will consider all 

comments received and may modify or 

withdraw its consent to the Settlement 

Agreement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the Settlement Agreement 

is inappropriate, improper or 

inadequate. The United States’ response 

to any comments received will be 

available for public inspection at the 

EPA Region 8 Records Center located at 

1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202–1129, during normal business 

hours. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed Settlement 

Agreement is also available for public 

inspection at the EPA Region 8 Records 

Center located at 1595 Wynkoop Street, 

Denver, Colorado 80202–1129, during 

normal business hours. A copy of the 

proposed settlement may be obtained 

from Scott Wilder, Enforcement 

Specialist, 8ENF–RC, U.S. EPA, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202– 

1129. Scott Wilder can be reached at 

(206) 553–6693. Comments should 

reference the Moline Street PCB Site, 

and should be addressed to Scott Wilder 

at the address given above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Wilder, 8ENF–RC, U.S. EPA, 

Technical Enforcement Program, 1595 

Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 

80202–1129. Telephone: (206) 553– 

6693. 

Dated: January 29, 2014. 

Eddie A. Sierra, 

Acting Assistant Regional Administrator, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–1013; FRL–9904–51– 

OW] 

Notice of Availability of EPA 

Documents Regarding Implementation 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act’s 

Underground Injection Control 

Program Existing Requirements for Oil 

and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing 

Activities Using Diesel Fuels 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing an 

interpretive memorandum and technical 

recommendations for implementing the 

Underground Injection Control (UIC) 

Program Class II requirements under the 

Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended by 

the Energy Policy Act in 2005, for oil 

and gas hydraulic fracturing (HF) 

activities using diesel fuels. The EPA is 

providing these documents to alleviate 

uncertainty regarding the applicability 

of UIC Class II permitting requirements 

and the agency’s interpretation of the 

term ‘‘diesel fuels’’ in the statute. A key 

component of our nation’s energy future 

is the safe, responsible development of 

oil and gas resources. If produced 

responsibly, expanded use of natural gas 

in lieu of other fossil fuels has the 

potential to improve air quality, 

stabilize energy prices, and provide 

greater certainty about future energy 

reserves. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald Bergman, Underground Injection 

Control Program, Drinking Water 

Protection Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MC–4606M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–3823; email address: 

bergman.ronald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

Today, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is providing 

notice of the release of an interpretive 

memorandum and technical 

recommendations for EPA Regions and 

State Directors responsible for 

implementing the Underground 

Injection Control Program Class II 

requirements under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act, as amended by the Energy 

Policy Act in 2005, for oil and gas 

hydraulic fracturing (HF) activities 

using diesel fuels. In the 2005 Energy 

Policy Act, Congress excluded HF from 

UIC regulation, except where ‘‘diesel 

fuels’’ are used in fracturing fluids or 

propping agents. The technical 

recommendations have been developed 

for EPA Regional Offices to consider in 

applying existing Class II UIC Program 

regulations when permitting the use of 

diesel fuels for HF. EPA permit writers 

have the discretion to consider 

alternative best practices that are 

consistent with statutory and regulatory 

requirements. The EPA also anticipates 

that owners and operators may find the 

technical recommendations useful in 

understanding what factors EPA permit 

writers may consider in issuing permits 

for HF operations using diesel fuels. 

These guidelines are consistent with 

best practices for hydraulic fracturing in 

general, including those found in state 

regulations as well as model guidelines 

and voluntary standards developed by 

industry and stakeholders. Thus, States 

and Tribes responsible for issuing 

permits and/or updating regulations 

may find the recommendations useful in 

improving the protection of 

underground sources of drinking water 

and public health wherever hydraulic 

fracturing is practiced. The EPA is 

committed to working with coregulators and other stakeholders to 

ensure that oil and shale gas 

development occurs safely and 

responsibly and to encourage use of best 

practices, including voluntary use of 

greener alternatives in HF fluids 

generally. 

Given the significant public interest 

in the issue, EPA solicited comment 

from local, State, and Federal agencies, 

Tribes, and the public via a Federal 

Register (FR) notice published on May 

10, 2012 (77 FR 27451). The docket 

number for this action is EPA–HQ–OW– 

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8452 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 29 / Wednesday, February 12, 2014 / Notices 

2011–1013. The comment period closed 

on August 23, 2012, after allowing for 

an extension from 60 days to 105 days, 

as requested by stakeholders, to give 

additional time to provide input. EPA 

considered information submitted by 

these entities, as well as information 

obtained from stakeholder outreach 

meetings and webinars held during the 

open comment period, in developing 

the documents released today. 

II. How can I get copies of Permitting 

Guidance for Oil and Gas Hydraulic 

Fracturing Activities Using Diesel 

Fuels, and other related information? 

A. Docket. The EPA has established a 

docket for this document under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011–1013. The 

public docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this notice, 

any public comments received and 

other information related to this notice. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy in 

the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center 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, 

and the telephone number for the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

B. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

by either visiting the Underground 

Injection Control Program’s Hydraulic 

Fracturing and the Safe Drinking Water 

Act Web site, http://water.epa.gov/type/ 

groundwater/uic/class2/

hydraulicfracturing/hydraulicfracturing.cfm at or http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: February 5, 2014. 

Peter C. Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[MB Docket No. 14–16; FCC 14–8] 

Annual Assessment of the Status of 

Competition in the Market for the 

Delivery of Video Programming 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is required 

to report annually to Congress on the 

status of competition in markets for the 

delivery of video programming. This 

document solicits data, information, and 

comment on the status of competition in 

the market for the delivery of video 

programming for the Commission’s 

Sixteenth Report (16th Report). The 

16th Report will provide updated 

information and metrics regarding the 

video marketplace in 2013. Comments 

and data submitted in response to this 

document in conjunction with publicly 

available information and filings 

submitted in relevant Commission 

proceedings will be used for the report 

to Congress. 

DATES: Interested parties may file 

comments, on or before March 21, 2014 

and reply comments on or before April 

21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Bring, Media Bureau (202) 418–2164, or 

email at danny.bring@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s Annual 

Assessment of the Status of Competition 

in the Market for Delivery of Video 

Programming, Notice of Inquiry (NOI), 

in MB Docket No. 14–16, FCC 14–8, 

released January 31, 2014. The complete 

text of the document is available for 

inspection and copying during normal 

business hours in the FCC Reference 

Center, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554, and may also be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, BCPI, Inc., Portals II, 445 

12th Street SW., Washington, DC 20054. 

Customers may contact BCPI, Inc. at 

their Web site http://www.bcpi.com or 

call 1–800–378–3160. 

Synopsis of Notice of Inquiry 

Introduction 

1. This Notice of Inquiry (NOI) solicits 

data, information, and comment on the 

state of competition in the delivery of 

video programming for the 

Commission’s Sixteenth Report (16th 

Report). We seek to update the 

information and metrics provided in the 

Fifteenth Report (15th Report) and 

report on the state of competition in the 

video marketplace in 2013. Using the 

information collected pursuant to this 

NOI, we seek to enhance our analysis of 

competitive conditions, better 

understand the implications for the 

American consumer, and provide a 

solid foundation for Commission policy 

making with respect to the delivery of 

video programming to consumers. 

2. Section 19 of the Cable Television 

Consumer Protection and Competition 

Act of 1992 (1992 Cable Act) amended 

the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended (Act or Communications Act) 

and directed the Commission to 

establish regulations for the purpose of 

increasing competition and diversity in 

multichannel video programming 

distribution, increasing the availability 

of satellite delivered programming, and 

spurring the development of 

communications technologies. To 

measure progress toward these goals, 

Congress required the Commission to 

report annually on the status of 

competition in the market for the 

delivery of video programming. 

3. In 1992, when Congress first 

required the Commission to report on 

the status of competition in the market 

for the delivery of video programming, 

most consumers had the limited choice 

of receiving over-the-air broadcast 

television stations or subscribing to the 

video service their local cable company 

offered. From the consumer perspective, 

head-to-head competition in 

multichannel video programming 

distribution (MVPD) began with the 

introduction of direct broadcast satellite 

(DBS) video services. An additional 

competitive alternative for MVPD 

service became available to consumers 

when telephone companies began 

offering video services in some areas 

cable operators already served. More 

recently, most consumers have 

additional alternatives for delivered 

video programming from online video 

distributors’ (OVDs) offerings of video 

content over the Internet. 

Scope of the Report 

4. In the 16th Report, we plan to 

continue using the analytical framework 

first adopted in the 14th Report. Under 

this framework, we categorize entities 

that deliver video programming in one 

of three groups—MVPDs, broadcast 

television stations, or OVDs. Our 

placement of entities into groups is an 

organizational tool to facilitate the 

presentation of information. This 

approach is useful for several reasons. 

First, the three categories reflect the 

historical evolution of video 

programming as initially delivered by 

over-the-air broadcast television 

stations, then also through MVPDs, and, 

more recently, via the Internet by OVDs. 

Second, to some degree the groupings 

reflect market participants’ selfidentification. Entities within each 

group tend to identify other entities in 

the same group as their foremost 

competitors in marketing materials and 

when describing their businesses to 

shareholders. Third, the business 

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