Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 166 / Wednesday, August 27, 2014 / Notices 51153 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An Agency may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before September 26, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OA–2010–0757, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan Moreau, Office of Diversity, 

Advisory Committee Management and 

Outreach, Office of Administration and 

Resources Management, Mail Code 

1601M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–564–5320; fax number: 

202–564–8129; email address: 

moreau.megan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection request is to 

assist the EPA in selecting federal 

advisory committee members who will 

be appointed as Special Government 

Employees (SGEs), mostly to the EPA’s 

scientific and technical committees. To 

select SGE members as efficiently and 

cost effectively as possible, the Agency 

needs to evaluate potential conflicts of 

interest before a candidate is hired as an 

SGE and appointed as a member to a 

committee by the EPA’s Administrator 

or Deputy Administrator. Agency 

officials developed the ‘‘Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Form for Special 

Government Employees Serving on 

Federal Advisory Committees at the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,’’ 

also referred to as Form 3110–48, for 

greater inclusion of information to 

discover any potential conflicts of 

interest as recommended by the 

Government Accountability Office. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 3110–48. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Individuals. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required in order to serve as a SGE on 

an EPA federal advisory committee (5 

CFR 2634.903). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

250 (total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 250 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $22,000 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

decrease of 50 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This change is due to a decrease 

in the estimated number of respondents 

from 300 to 250. 

Spencer Clark, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20286 Filed 8–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9915–72–OW] 

Notice of a Public Meeting: The 

National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council (NDWAC) Lead and Copper 

Rule Working Group Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of a Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

a public meeting of the National 

Drinking Water Advisory Council 

(NDWAC) Lead and Copper Rule 

Working Group (LCRWG). The meeting 

is scheduled for September 18 and 19, 

2014, in Arlington, VA. During this 

meeting, the LCRWG and the EPA will 

focus discussions on the Lead and 

Copper Rule revision issues associated 

with lead sampling protocols and public 

education requirements for lead and 

copper. 

DATES: The meeting on September 18, 

2014, will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., eastern time, and on September 

19, 2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 

eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Cadmus Group Inc., 1555 

Wilson Blvd., Suite 300, Arlington, VA, 

and will be open to the public. All 

attendees must sign in with the security 

desk and show photo identification to 

enter the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information about this meeting or 

to request written materials contact 

Lameka Smith, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, at the EPA, 

by phone at (202) 564–1629 or by email 

at LCRWorkingGroup@epa.gov. For 

additional information about the Lead 

and Copper Rule, please visit: http://

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

lcr/index.cfm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Details about Participating in the 

Meeting: Members of the public who 

would like to register for this meeting 

should contact Lameka Smith by 

September 16, 2014, by email at 

LCRWorkingGroup@epa.gov or by 

phone at 202–564–1629. The LCRWG 

will allocate 15 minutes for the public’s 

input at the meeting on September 18th 

and 15 minutes on September 19th. 

Each oral statement will be limited to 

five minutes at the meeting. It is 

preferred that only one person present 

a statement on behalf of a group or 

organization. To ensure adequate time 

for public involvement, individuals or 

organizations interested in presenting 

an oral statement should notify Lameka 

Smith no later than September 11, 2014. 

Any person who wishes to file a written 

statement can do so before or after the 

LCRWG meeting. Written statements 

intended for the meeting must be 

received by September 11, 2014, to be 

distributed to all members of the 

working group before the meeting. Any 

statements received on or after the date 

specified will become part of the 

permanent file for the meeting and will 

be forwarded to the LCRWG members 

for their information. 

Special Accommodations: For 

information on access or to request 

special accommodations for individuals 

with disabilities please contact Lameka 

Smith at (202) 564–1629 or by email at 

LCRWorkingGroup@epa.gov at least 10 

days prior to the meeting to give the 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

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51154 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 166 / Wednesday, August 27, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: August 15, 2014. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–20274 Filed 8–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9915–76–OA] 

Notification of Public Teleconferences 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces two public 

teleconferences of the chartered SAB to 

(1) conduct a quality review of an SAB 

draft report on connectivity of streams 

and wetlands to downstream waters and 

(2) deliberate on the adequacy of the 

scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

of the United States Under the Clean 

Water Act. 

DATES: The chartered SAB will conduct 

public teleconferences on September 26, 

2014 and September 29, 2014. Each of 

the teleconferences will begin at 1:30 

p.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information regarding the 

teleconferences should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA SAB (1400R), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail 

(202) 564–2218; fax (202) 565–2098 or 

via email at nugent.angela@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

SAB can be found on the SAB Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the EPA’s chartered SAB will hold 

two public teleconferences. On the first 

teleconference, the chartered SAB will 

conduct a quality review of an SAB 

draft report and on the second, the 

chartered SAB will deliberate on the 

adequacy of the science supporting a 

proposed EPA regulation. The SAB was 

established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for agency positions 

and regulations. 

The SAB is a federal advisory 

committee under FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

(1) Quality review of an SAB draft 

report on connectivity of streams and 

wetlands to downstream waters: Quality 

review is a key function of the chartered 

SAB. Draft reports prepared by SAB 

committees, panels, or work groups 

must be reviewed and approved by the 

chartered SAB before transmittal to the 

EPA Administrator. The chartered SAB 

makes a determination in a public 

meeting consistent with FACA about the 

quality of all draft reports and 

determines whether the report is ready 

to be transmitted to the EPA 

Administrator. 

On September 26, 2014, the chartered 

SAB will conduct a quality review of an 

SAB draft report entitled SAB Review of 

the Draft EPA Report Connectivity of 

Streams and Wetlands to Downstream 

Waters (August 11, 2014, Draft). This 

draft SAB panel report peer reviews the 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) draft report 

Connectivity of Streams and Wetlands 

to Downstream Waters: A Review and 

Synthesis of the Scientific Evidence 

(September, 2013 External Review Draft, 

EPA/600/R–11/098B). 

The ORD draft report was written to 

inform development of a rule proposed 

by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers to clarify the definition of 

waters of the United States under the 

Clean Water Act (79 FR 22188–22274). 

The SAB panel was charged with 

reviewing the overall clarity and 

technical accuracy of the ORD draft 

report, whether it included and 

correctly summarized the most relevant 

peer-reviewed scientific literature, and 

whether the findings and conclusions 

were supported by the available science. 

Background information about this 

advisory activity can be found on the 

SAB Web site at: http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/Watershed%20Connectivity

%20Report?OpenDocument. 

(2) Deliberations on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

of the United States under the Clean 

Water Act (79 FR 22188–22274): 

ERDDAA requires the EPA to make 

available to the SAB proposed criteria 

documents, standards, limitations, or 

regulations at the time that they are 

provided to any other federal agency for 

formal review and comment, together 

with the relevant scientific and 

technical information on which the 

proposed action is based. The SAB then 

may make available to the 

Administrator its advice and comments 

on the adequacy of the scientific and 

technical basis of the proposed actions. 

The purpose of the teleconference on 

September 29, 2014, is for the chartered 

SAB to deliberate on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule cited above. The 

chartered SAB will consider 

information provided by the agency, 

members of the SAB Panel for the 

Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report, and by the public 

through written or oral comments 

provided for their consideration. 

Information about this advisory activity 

may be found at http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_

activites/WOUS-adv%26com

?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agendas and other materials in support 

of the teleconferences will be posted on 

the SAB Web site at http://www.epa.

gov/sab in advance of the 

teleconferences. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit relevant 

comments pertaining to the group 

providing advice, EPA’s charge 

questions and EPA review or 

background documents. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it consists of comments that 

provide specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB to 

consider or if it relates to the clarity or 

accuracy of the technical information. 

Members of the public wishing to 

provide comment should contact Dr. 

Nugent at the contact information 

provided above. 

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