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procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB Radiation Advisory 

Committee will hold two public 

teleconferences to learn about the 

agency’s ANPRM to consider revising 

the Environmental Radiation Protection 

Standards for Nuclear Power Operations 

(40 CFR part 190). The Committee will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation 

requested an opportunity to brief the 

SAB Radiation Advisory Committee on 

the agency’s ANPRM to consider 

revising the Environmental Radiation 

Protection Standards for Nuclear Power 

Operations (40 CFR part 190), which 

was released for public review and 

comment on February 4, 2014 (79 FR 

6509). The briefing will help to inform 

the Committee in preparation for a later 

consultation, where the SAB will 

provide early advice for the agency’s 

consideration on technical issues 

associated with standards for radiation 

dose to the public from normal 

operation of nuclear power plants and 

other uranium fuel cycle facilities. The 

purpose of the teleconference on 

November 10, 2015 is for EPA to brief 

the Committee about the agency’s 

ANPRM and for the public to provide 

comments for the Committee’s 

consideration regarding the ANPRM. If 

all oral comments from registered public 

speakers cannot be accommodated at 

the November 10, 2015 teleconference, 

an additional teleconference will be 

held on November 13, 2015 for that 

purpose. Additional information about 

this SAB activity can be found at the 

following URL http://yosemite.epa.gov/

sab/sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

40%20CFR%20190?OpenDocument. 

Technical Contacts: Any technical 

questions concerning EPA’s ANPRM to 

consider revising the Environmental 

Radiation Protection Standards for 

Nuclear Power Operations (40 CFR part 

190) should be directed to Mr. Brian 

Littleton in the EPA Office of Air and 

Radiation, by telephone at (202) 343– 

9216 or by email at littleton.brian@

epa.gov. 

Availability of Teleconference 

Materials: Prior to the teleconference, 

the agenda and other materials will be 

accessible through the calendar link on 

the blue navigation bar at http://

www.epa.gov/sab/. Materials may also 

be accessed at the URL provided above. 

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 the EPA. 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information on the topic 

of this advisory activity, and/or the 

group conducting the activity, for the 

SAB to consider during the advisory 

process. Input from the public to the 

SAB will have the most impact if it 

provides specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for SAB 

committees and panels 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 the DFO directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at the teleconferences will 

be limited to three minutes. Interested 

parties wishing to provide comments 

should contact Mr. Hanlon, DFO, in 

writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above by 

November 3, 2015, to be placed on the 

list of public speakers for the 

teleconference. Written Statements: 

Written statements will be accepted 

throughout the advisory process; 

however, for timely consideration by 

Committee members, statements should 

be supplied to the DFO (preferably via 

email) at the contact information noted 

above by November 3, 2015. It is the 

SAB Staff Office general policy to post 

written comments on the Web page for 

advisory meetings. Submitters are 

requested to provide an unsigned 

version of each document because the 

SAB Staff Office does not publish 

documents with signatures on its Web 

sites. Members of the public should be 

aware that their personal contact 

information, if included in any written 

comments, may be posted to the SAB 

Web site. Copyrighted material will not 

be posted without explicit permission of 

the copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Hanlon 

at the contact information provided 

above. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Mr. Hanlon 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

teleconferences to give EPA as much 

time as possible to process your request. 

Dated: August 7, 2015. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–20498 Filed 8–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0150; FRL–9932–70– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Establishing No-Discharge Zones 

(NDZs) Under Clean Water Act § 312 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency plans to submit an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Establishing 

No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under 

Clean Water Act § 312 (Renewal)’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 1791.07, OMB Control No. 

2040–0187) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, 

EPA solicits public comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension of 

the ICR, which is currently approved 

through December 31, 2015. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0150, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-Docket@

epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

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: 

Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans and Coastal 

Protection Division, Office of Wetlands, 

Oceans and Watersheds, (4504T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

1266; fax number: 202–566–1337; email 

address: fox-norse.virginia@epa.gov. 


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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. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology 

(e.g., permitting electronic submission 

of responses). EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: (A) Sewage No-discharge 

Zones: The need for EPA to obtain 

information for, or to support, the 

establishment of no-discharge zones 

(NDZs) for vessel sewage in state waters 

stems from CWA sections 312(f)(3), 

(f)(4)(A), and (f)(4)(B), and 

implementing regulations at 40 CFR 

140.4. No-discharge zones are 

established to provide greater 

environmental protection of specified 

state waters from treated and untreated 

vessel sewage. This ICR addresses the 

information requirements associated 

with the establishment of NDZs for 

vessel sewage. The information 

collection activities discussed in this 

ICR do not require the submission of 

any confidential information. 

(B) UNDS No-discharge Zones: Under 

section 312(n) of the Clean Water Act 

(‘‘Uniform National Discharge Standards 

for Vessels of the Armed Forces’’ or 

‘‘UNDS’’) no-discharge zones (‘‘NDZs’’) 

for discharges from Armed Forces 

vessels may be established by either 

state prohibition or EPA prohibition 

following the procedures in 40 CFR part 

1700. UNDS also provides that the 

Governor of any state may petition EPA 

and the Secretary of Defense to review 

any determination or standard 

promulgated under the UNDS program 

if there is significant new information 

that could reasonably result in a change 

to the determination or standard. This 

ICR discusses the information that is 

required from a state if it decides (1) to 

establish a NDZ by state prohibition or 

(2) to apply for a NDZ by EPA 

prohibition for the UNDS discharges for 

which EPA and DOD have determined 

that it is not reasonable or practicable to 

require a Marine Pollution Control 

Device to mitigate adverse effects on the 

marine environment. 40 CFR 1700.5. 

The ICR also discusses the information 

that is required from a state to submit 

a petition for review of EPA and DOD 

determinations that it is not reasonable 

or practicable to require a Marine 

Pollution Control Device for a particular 

UNDS discharge identified at 40 CFR 

1700.5. NDZs for UNDS discharges that 

do require a Marine Pollution Control 

Device will not become applicable until 

after EPA and DOD promulgate 

performance standards for such Marine 

Pollution Control Devices, and after 

DOD promulgates regulations governing 

the design, construction, installation 

and use of Marine Pollution Control 

Devices to meet achieve the 

performance standards. The information 

collection activities discussed in this 

ICR do not require the submission of 

any confidential information. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: States. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

The responses to this collection of 

information are required to obtain the 

benefit of a sewage NDZ (CWA sections 

312(f)(3), (f)(4)(A), and (f)(4)(B), and 

subsequent regulations at 40 CFR 140.4. 

The responses to this collection of 

information are required to obtain the 

benefit of an UNDS NDZ or a review of 

an UNDS determination or standard (see 

33 U.S.C. 1322(n)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 16 

(total). 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Total estimated burden: 2266 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $108,622 (per 

year), includes $2,300 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: EPA expects 

that the burden hours will stay the same 

as the current estimate for this ICR 

extension. Cost estimates will likely 

remain the same or rise when EPA 

revises them for this ICR extension 

because of changes in the state and 

federal labor costs. 

Dated: August 13, 2015. 

Benita Best-Wong, 

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and 

Watersheds. 

[FR Doc. 2015–20508 Filed 8–18–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9932–71–OA] 

Request for Public Comments on the 

List of Candidates for EPA’s Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Agricultural 

Science Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites public 

comments on the list of candidates 

being considered for appointment to the 

EPA’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

Agricultural Science Committee to 

provide advice to the chartered SAB 

regarding matters referred to the SAB 

that will have a significant direct impact 

on farming and agriculture-related 

industries. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

September 9, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public wishing to obtain 

further information may contact Ms. 

Stephanie Sanzone, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) for the committee, by 

email at sanzone.stephanie@epa.gov or 

by telephone at 202–564–2067. 

Background: The chartered SAB (the 

Board) was established in 1978 by the 

Environmental Research, Development 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 4365) to provide independent 

advice to the Administrator on general 

scientific and technical matters 

underlying the Agency’s policies and 

actions. Members of the SAB and its 

subcommittees constitute a 

distinguished body of non-EPA 

scientists, engineers, economists, and 

social scientists that are nationally and 

internationally recognized experts in 

their respective fields. Members are 

appointed by the EPA Administrator, 

generally for a period of three years. The 

SAB conducts business in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and 


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