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EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: April 24, 2012. 

Kevin W. McLean, 

Acting Associate General Counsel. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0217; FRL–9669–1] 

Request for Nominations of Drinking 

Water Contaminants for the Fourth 

Contaminant Candidate List 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting 

nominations of chemical and microbial 

contaminants for possible inclusion in 

the fourth drinking water Contaminant 

Candidate List (CCL 4). EPA is also 

requesting supporting information that 

has been made available since the 

development of the third CCL (CCL 3), 

or existing information that was not 

considered for CCL 3, which shows that 

the nominated contaminant may have 

an adverse health effect on people and 

occurs or is likely to occur in public 

water systems. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

on or before June 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your nominations 

by one of the following methods: 

• To the CCL 4 Nominations Web 

site: http://water.epa.gov/scitech/ 

drinkingwater/dws/ccl/ccl4.cfm by 

following the on-line instructions for 

submitting nominations. 

• Mail: Water Docket, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Identify your nominations by Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0217. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, U.S. 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC). Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

EPA Docket Center, Water Docket is 

located in Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20004. The telephone number for the 

Water Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact the EPA 

Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 

426–4791 or email: hotlinesdwa@epa.gov. For technical questions 

about this notice and/or inquires 

regarding EPA’s CCL 4 Nominations 

Web site, please contact Clifton 

Townsend, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., MC:4607M, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–1576; email address: 

townsend.clifton@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This notice does not impose any 

requirements on anyone; it only 

requests drinking water contaminant 

candidate nominations and provides 

information on how the public can 

submit nominations to the agency. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0217. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (see ADDRESSES section) 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Web site 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

II. Background 

A. What is the CCL? 

The CCL is a list of contaminants that 

are currently not subject to any 

proposed or promulgated national 

primary drinking water regulations, that 

are known or anticipated to occur in 

public water systems, and which may 

require regulation under the Safe 

Drinking Water Act (SDWA). EPA uses 

this list of unregulated contaminants to 

help the agency determine whether it 

should regulate a specific contaminant 

and to prioritize research and data 

collection efforts. SDWA requires that 

EPA publish the CCL every five years 

(SWDA Section 1412(b)(1)). EPA is also 

required to consult with the scientific 

community and provide notice and 

opportunity for public comment prior to 

publication of the CCL. 

SDWA also requires EPA to determine 

whether to regulate at least five 

contaminants from the CCL every five 

years (SWDA Section 1412(b)(1)) with a 

national primary drinking water 

regulation (NPDWR). In making a 

determination to regulate a 

contaminant, SDWA specifies that three 

criteria must be met: 

1. The contaminant may have an 

adverse effect on the health of persons; 

2. The contaminant is known to occur 

or there is a substantial likelihood that 

the contaminant will occur in public 

water systems with a frequency and at 

levels of public health concern; and 

3. In the sole judgment of the 

Administrator, regulation of such 

contaminant presents a meaningful 

opportunity for health risk reduction for 

persons served by public water systems. 

B. How did EPA develop previous 

contaminant candidate lists? 

EPA published the first CCL (CCL 1), 

which contained 60 chemical and 

microbiological contaminants, on March 

2, 1998 (63 FR 10273). EPA consulted 

with the scientific community and the 

National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council (NDWAC) on the process used 

to develop CCL 1. Based on the NDWAC 

recommendations, the agency 

developed and used screening and 

evaluation criteria to identify the list of 

chemical contaminants for CCL 1. For 

microbiological contaminants, the 

agency followed the NDWAC 

recommendations and sought external 

expertise to identify and select potential 

waterborne pathogens. The agency 

convened a workshop of microbiologists 

and public health experts who 

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evaluation and subsequently developed 

an initial list of potential 

microbiological contaminants. On July 

18, 2003 (68 FR 42897), EPA announced 

its final regulatory determination for 9 

of the 60 contaminants listed on CCL 1 

and concluded that sufficient data and 

information were available to make the 

determination not to regulate these 9 

contaminants (8 chemicals and 1 

microbial) with an NPDWR. 

EPA published the second CCL (CCL 

2) on February 24, 2005 (70 FR 9071), 

and carried forward the remaining 51 

chemical and microbial contaminants 

listed on CCL 1. On July 30, 2008 (73 

FR 44251), EPA announced its final 

regulatory determination for 11 of the 51 

contaminants listed on CCL 2 and 

concluded that sufficient data and 

information were available to make the 

determination not to regulate these 11 

contaminants with an NPDWR. 

EPA published the third CCL (CCL 3), 

which listed 116 contaminants, on 

October 8, 2009 (74 FR 51850). In 

developing CCL 3, EPA improved and 

built upon the process that was used for 

CCL 1 and CCL 2. EPA based the new 

CCL 3 process on substantial expert 

input and recommendations from the 

National Academy of Science’s (NAS) 

National Research Council (NRC) and 

the National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council (NDWAC) as well as input from 

the public. Based on these consultations 

and input, EPA developed a multi-step 

process to select candidates for the final 

CCL 3, which included the following 

key steps: 

(a) Identification of a broad universe 

of ∼7,500 potential drinking water 

contaminants (the CCL 3 Universe); 

(b) screening the CCL 3 Universe to a 

preliminary CCL (PCCL) of ∼600 

contaminants based on the potential to 

occur in public water systems and the 

potential for public health concern; and 

(c) evaluation of the PCCL 

contaminants based on a more detailed 

review of the occurrence and health 

effects data to identify a final list of 116 

CCL 3 contaminants. 

A complete summary of the key steps 

used to identify contaminants for CCL 3 

and a more detailed discussion of the 

analyses and decisions made to develop 

the final CCL 3 can be found in the draft 

and final CCL 3 Federal Register notices 

(73 FR 9628, February 21, 2008, and 74 

FR 51850, October 8, 2009, respectively) 

and related supporting documents. 

More information can also be found on 

the CCL 3 Web site: http:// 

water.epa.gov/scitech/drinkingwater/ 

dws/ccl/ccl3.cfm. 

The agency is currently in the process 

of further evaluating CCL 3 

contaminants to determine whether any 

of these contaminants require regulation 

with an NPDWR. 

C. What data sources did EPA use to 

identify contaminants for the CCL 3? 

A complete summary of how EPA 

evaluated data sources to identify 

chemical contaminants for the CCL 3 

can be found in the draft and final CCL 

3 Federal Register notices (73 FR 9628, 

February 21, 2008, and 74 FR 51850, 

October 8, 2009, respectively). A list of 

the data sources used to evaluate 

contaminants for the CCL 3 as well as 

a more detailed summary of the process 

EPA used to evaluate data sources can 

be found in the CCL 3 support 

document (Contaminant Candidate List 

3 Chemicals: Identifying the Universe 

(EPA 815–R–09–006)). These documents 

can be found on the Web at: http:// 

water.epa.gov/scitech/drinkingwater/ 

dws/ccl/ccl3_processflowdiagram.cfm 

or in the CCL 3 docket (docket number 

EPA–HQ–OW–2007–1189) at 

www.regulations.gov. 

A summary of how EPA evaluated 

data sources to identify microbial 

contaminants for CCL 3 can be found in 

the draft and final CCL 3 Federal 

Register notices (73 FR 9628, February 

21, 2008, and 74 FR 51850, October 8, 

2009, respectively), as well as the CCL 

3 support document, Contaminant 

Candidate List 3 Microbes: Identifying 

the Universe (EPA 815–R–R–09–004), 

which can be found on the Web at: 

http://water.epa.gov/scitech/ 

drinkingwater/dws/ccl/upload/ 

CCL3MicrobesUniverse_7_22_09.pdf or 

in the CCL 3 docket (docket number 

EPA–HQ–OW–2007–1189) at 

www.regulations.gov. 

EPA will use the nominations process 

to ensure that the CCL 4 process 

captures emerging chemicals and 

pathogens. 

D. Why is EPA soliciting contaminant 

nominations? 

EPA is requesting contaminant 

nominations from the public to ensure 

that contaminants that may not be 

identified for consideration as part of 

the CCL process are considered. 

While NAS and NDWAC 

recommended that the CCL be a data 

driven, step-wise approach to 

classifying contaminants, these experts 

also recognized the importance of 

providing an additional pathway for the 

public to identify new and emerging 

contaminants that may not be identified 

in an evaluation of the data sources. A 

public nominations process allows the 

agency to consider new and emerging 

contaminants that might not otherwise 

be considered because new information 

has not been widely reported or 

recorded. 

Following the recommendations of 

NAS and NDWAC, the agency 

implemented a process to screen and 

identify contaminants for inclusion in 

the CCL 3. The nominated contaminants 

will be considered as EPA evaluates 

contaminants for inclusion on the CCL 

4. 

III. EPA CCL Nominations Process 

This contaminant nominations 

process is the first opportunity to make 

nominations to the CCL 4. The agency 

will also accept nominations during the 

notice and comment period following 

EPA’s publication of the draft CCL 4. 

A. How can stakeholders, other 

agencies, industry and the public 

nominate contaminants for the CCL 4? 

EPA’s preferred method for 

submission of contaminant nominations 

is through the EPA CCL 4 Nomination 

Web site. Interested parties can also 

nominate chemicals, microbes or other 

materials for consideration on the new 

CCL by sending information 

electronically or in hard copy to EPA. 

Do not submit confidential business 

information (CBI) through email. If you 

wish to submit CBI, first contact EPA 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section) for instructions on how to 

submit CBI. When submitting a 

nomination, it is preferred that the 

nominators include a name, affiliation, 

phone number, mailing address, and 

email address; however, this 

information is not required and 

nominations can be submitted 

anonymously. The nominator should 

also address the following questions for 

each contaminant nominated to the 

CCL: 

1. What is the contaminant’s name, 

CAS number, and/or common synonym 

(if applicable)? 

2. What factors make this contaminant 

a priority for the CCL 4 process (e.g., 

widespread occurrence; anticipated 

toxicity to humans; potentially harmful 

effects to susceptible populations (e.g., 

children, elderly or 

immunocompromised); potentially 

contaminated source water (surface or 

ground water) and/or finished water; 

release to air, land and/or water; 

contaminant is manufactured in large 

quantities with a potential to occur in 

source waters)? 

3. What are the new significant health 

effects and occurrence data that are 

available since CCL 3, or existing 

information that was not considered in 

CCL 3, which you believe supports the 

CCL requirement(s) that a contaminant 

may have an adverse effect on the health 


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of persons and is known or anticipated 

to occur in public water systems? 

4. Please provide complete citations, 

including author(s), title, journal and 

date. Contact information for the 

primary investigator would also be 

helpful. 

B. How do I submit nominations 

through EPA’s nominations Web site? 

The Web site is designed to provide 

key information to the agency, as 

described in Section III.A of this notice, 

for each contaminant nominated to the 

CCL process. 

The Web address where you can 

nominate a contaminant is http:// 

water.epa.gov/scitech/drinkingwater/ 

dws/ccl/ccl4.cfm 

C. How do I submit nominations in hard 

copy? 

You may submit nominations through 

the mail. To allow full agency 

consideration of your nomination, 

please ensure that your nominations are 

received or postmarked by midnight 

June 22, 2012. The addresses for 

submittal of nominations by mail are 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

document. 

D. What will happen to my nominations 

after I submit them? 

The agency will evaluate the 

information available for the nominated 

contaminants to determine the 

appropriateness of inclusion on the CCL 

4. EPA does not intend to respond to the 

nominations directly or individually. 

The agency will publish a document 

summarizing the nominations received 

along with the draft CCL 4 list. 

IV. References 

Copies of these documents are found 

at www.regulations.gov, Docket ID No. 

EPA–OW–2012–0217. 

NAS 2001. National Academy of Sciences, 

National Research Council. 2001. 

Classifying Drinking Water 

Contaminants for Regulatory 

Consideration. National Academy Press. 

Washington, DC. Available at http:// 

books.nap.edu/books/0309074088/html/ 

index.html. 

NDWAC 2004. National Drinking Water 

Advisory Council. National Drinking 

Water Advisory Council Report on the 

CCL Classification Process to the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, May 

18, 2004. Available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/safewater/ndwac/pdfs/ 

report_ccl_ndwac_07-06-04.pdf. 

USEPA. 2008. Drinking Water Contaminant 

Candidate List 3—Draft Notice. Federal 

Register. Vol, 73. No 35. p. 9628. 

February 21, 2008. 

USEPA. 2009a. SAB Advisory on EPA’s Draft 

Third Drinking Water Contaminant List 

(CCL 3). EPA–SAB–09–011. January 

2009. http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/ 

WebProjectsbyNameBOARD!OpenView. 

USEPA. 2009b. Summary of Nominations for 

the Third Contaminants Candidate List. 

EPA 815–R–09–011. Final. August, 2009. 

USEPA. 2009c. Final Contaminant Candidate 

List 3 Chemicals: Identifying the 

Universe. EPA. 815–R–09–006. August, 

2009. 

USEPA. 2009d. Final Contaminant Candidate 

List 3 Microbes: Identifying the 

Universe. EPA. 815–R–09–004. August, 

2009. 

Dated: April 27, 2012. 

Nancy K. Stoner, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2012–11048 Filed 5–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collections Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

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 estimates; 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 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before June 7, 2012. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your PRA comments 

to Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), via fax 

at 202–395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov 

mailto : Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.

gov and to Judith B. Herman, Federal 

Communications Commission, via the 

Internet at Judith-b.herman@fcc.gov. To 

submit your PRA comments by email 

send them to: PRA@fcc.gov 

mailto: PRA@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Judith B. Herman, Office of Managing 

Director, FCC, at 202–418–0214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0936. 

Title: Section 95.1215, Medical Device 

Radiocommunications Service 

(MedRadio), Disclosure Policies; and 

Section 95.1217, Labeling 

Requirements. 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit and not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 100 

respondents; 100 responses. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour 

for each manufacturer (20 

manufacturers). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement and third party 

disclosure requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151 and 303 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended. 

Total Annual Burden: 100 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N/A. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will submit this information collection 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) during this 30 day comment 

period in order to obtain the full three 

year clearance from them. 

The Commission now seeks OMB 

approval for a revision. The 

Commission adopted and released a 

Report and Order, FCC 11–176, 

Amendment of Parts 2 and 95 of the 


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