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representative an official with 

credibility and authority to insure that 

needed information is provided and 

decisions are made in a timely fashion. 

Negotiated rulemaking efforts can 

require a very significant contribution of 

time by the appointed members. The 

convening meeting of the Negotiated 

Rulemaking Committee is expected to 

be held in March 2017, and the work of 

the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 

is expected to conclude approximately 

in September 2017. 

Other qualities that can be very 

helpful are negotiating experience and 

skills, as well as sufficient technical 

knowledge to participate in substantive 

negotiations. Certain concepts are 

central to negotiating in good faith. One 

is the willingness to bring key issues to 

the bargaining table in an attempt to 

reach a consensus, instead of keeping 

issues in reserve. The second is a 

willingness to keep the issues at the 

table and not take them to other forums. 

Finally, good faith includes a 

willingness to move away from the type 

of positions usually taken in a more 

traditional rulemaking process, and 

instead explore openly with other 

parties all ideas that may emerge from 

the discussions of the Negotiated 

Rulemaking Committee. 

E. Facilitator 

The facilitator will not be involved 

with the substantive development of 

any proposed rule. Rather, the 

facilitator’s role generally includes 

facilitating the meetings of the 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee in an 

impartial manner and impartially 

assisting the members of the Negotiated 

Rulemaking Committee in conducting 

discussions and negotiations. 

F. EPA Representative 

The EPA representative will be a full 

and active participant in the consensus 

building negotiations. The Agency’s 

representative will meet regularly with 

various senior Agency officials, briefing 

them on the negotiations and receiving 

their suggestions and advice, in order to 

effectively represent the Agency’s views 

regarding the issues before the 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. 

EPA’s representative also will ensure 

that the entire spectrum of federal 

governmental interests affected by the 

rulemaking, including the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

other Departments and agencies, are 

kept informed of the negotiations and 

encouraged to make their concerns 

known in a timely fashion. 

VI. Comments Requested 

EPA requests comment on the extent 

to which the issues, interests, 

Negotiated Rulemaking Committee 

representatives, and procedures 

described in this document are adequate 

and appropriate. 

VII. References 

The following is a listing of the 

documents that are specifically 

referenced in this document. The docket 

includes these documents and other 

information considered by EPA, 

including documents referenced within 

the documents that are included in the 

docket, even if the referenced document 

is not physically located in the docket. 

For assistance in locating these other 

documents, please consult the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

1. EPA (2016). Instructions for Reporting 

2016 TSCA CDR, https://www.epa.gov/ 

sites/production/files/2016-05/ 

documents/instructions_for_reporting_

2016_tsca_cdr_13may2016.pdf. 

Retrieved October 21, 2016. 

2. EPA (2012). CDR Byproduct and Recycling 

Scenarios, https://www.epa.gov/sites/ 

production/files/documents/2012_cdr_

byproducts_scenaros_0.pdf. Retrieved 

October 21, 2016. 

3. EPA (2016). TSCA CDR Fact Sheet: 

Byproducts Reporting for the Printed 

Circuit Board Industry, https://

www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/ 

2016-02/documents/final_cdr_fact_

sheet_printed_circuit_board_2_22_

16.pdf. Retrieved October 21, 2016. 

4. EPA (2016). TSCA CDR Fact Sheet: 

Reporting Manufactured Chemical 

Substances from Metal Mining and 

Related Activities, https://www.epa.gov/ 

sites/production/files/2016-05/ 

documents/cdr_fact_sheet_metal_

mining_5may2016.pdf. Retrieved 

October 21, 2016. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2601 et seq. 

Dated: December 7, 2016. 

Jim Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2016–30177 Filed 12–14–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[9956–91–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Oregon 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Oregon’s request 

to revise/modify its EPA Administered 

Permit Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System EPAauthorized program to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

December 15, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On November 3, 2016, the Oregon 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(OR DEQ) submitted an application 

titled ‘‘National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System’’ for revision/ 

modification to its EPA-approved 

program under title 40 CFR to allow 

new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

OR DEQ’s request to revise/modify its 

EPA-authorized programs and, based on 

this review, EPA determined that the 

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approval of authorized program 

revisions/modifications set out in 40 

CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of 

EPA’s decision to approve request to 

revise/modify its following EPAauthorized programs to allow electronic 

reporting under 40 CFR parts 122, 125, 

403, and 503 is being published in the 

Federal Register: 

Part 123—EPA Administered Permit 

Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System; 

Part 403—General Pretreatment 

Regulations for Existing and New 

Sources of Pollution 

Part 501—State Sludge Management 

Program Regulations 

OR DEQ was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Management. 

[FR Doc. 2016–30172 Filed 12–14–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0667 and 3060–1104] 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communication 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

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 OMB 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 OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before January 17, 2017. 

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 contacts below as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, OMB, via email 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov; and 

to Cathy Williams, FCC, via email PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

Include in the comments the OMB 

control number as shown in the 

‘‘Supplementary Information’’ section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. To view a 

copy of this information collection 

request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) Go 

to the Web page <http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain>, 

(2) look for the section of the Web page 

called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) 

click on the downward-pointing arrow 

in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the 

‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) 

select ‘‘Federal Communications 

Commission’’ from the list of agencies 

presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, 

(5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the 

right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) 

when the list of FCC ICRs currently 

under review appears, look for the OMB 

control number of this ICR and then 

click on the ICR Reference Number. A 

copy of the FCC submission to OMB 

will be displayed. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0667. 

Title: Section 76.630, Compatibility 

with Consumer Electronics Equipment; 

Section 76.1621, Equipment 

Compatibility Offer; Section 76.1622, 

Consumer Education of Equipment 

Compatibility. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 8,250 respondents; 66,501 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: .017 

hours-3 hours. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping and third party 

disclosure requirements; On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. The statutory 

authority for this collection is contained 

in Section 4(i) and Section 632 of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 17,353 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,355. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality with 

this collection of information. 

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.630(a) 

states a cable system operator shall not 

scramble or otherwise encrypt signals 

carried on the basic service tier. This 

requirement is subject to certain 

exemptions explained below. Requests 

for waivers of this prohibition, which 

are allowed under 47 CFR 76.630(a)(2), 

must demonstrate either a substantial 

problem with theft of basic tier service 

or a strong need to scramble basic 

signals for other reasons. As part of this 

showing, cable operators are required to 

notify subscribers by mail of waiver 

requests. The notice to subscribers must 

be mailed no later than thirty calendar 

days from the date the request waiver 

was filed with the Commission, and 

cable operators must inform the 

Commission in writing, as soon as 

possible, of that notification date. The 

notification to subscribers must state: 

On (date of waiver request was filed 

with the Commission), (cable operator’s 

name) filed with the Federal 

Communications Commission a request 

for waiver of the rule prohibiting 

scrambling of channels on the basic tier 

of service. The request for waiver states 

(a brief summary of the waiver request). 

A copy of the request for waiver is on 

file for public inspection at (the address 

of the cable operator’s local place of 

business). 

Individuals who wish to comment on 

this request for waiver should mail 

comments to the Federal 

Communications Commission by no 

later than 30 days from (the date the 

notification was mailed to subscribers). 

Those comments should be addressed to 

the: Federal Communications 

Commission, Media Bureau, 

Washington, DC 20554, and should 

include the name of the cable operator 

to whom the comments are applicable. 

Individuals should also send a copy of 

their comments to (the cable operator at 

its local place of business). Cable 

operators may file comments in reply no 


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