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Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. 

• Bureau of Safe Drinking Water, 

Pennsylvania Department of 

Environmental Protection, 11th Floor 

Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 

Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Moran at the Philadelphia address 

given above, telephone (215) 814–2331, 

fax (215) 814–2302, or email 

Moran.Kelly@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All 

interested parties are invited to submit 

written comments on this determination 

and may request a public hearing. All 

comments will be considered; if 

necessary, EPA will issue a response. 

Frivolous or insubstantial requests for a 

hearing may be denied by the Regional 

Administrator. However, if a substantial 

request for a public hearing is made by 

January 29, 2015, a public hearing will 

be held. A request for public hearing 

shall include the following: (1) The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the individual, organization, or other 

entity requesting a hearing; (2) a brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in the Regional Administrator’s 

determination and of information that 

the requesting person intends to submit 

at such a hearing; and (3) the signature 

of the individual making the request; or, 

if the request is made on behalf of an 

organization or other entity, the 

signature of a responsible official of the 

organization or other entity. 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Shawn M. Garvin, 

Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30601 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9920–84–OA] 

Notification of a Joint Public 

Teleconference of the Chartered 

Science Advisory Board and the Board 

of Scientific Counselors and a Public 

Teleconference 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: (1) A joint 

teleconference of the Chartered SAB and 

Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) 

to discuss a draft report providing 

advice on implementation of Office of 

Research and Development’s (ORD’s) 

strategic directions for research; and (2) 

a teleconference of the Chartered SAB to 

discuss information provided in the 

agency’s Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 

regulatory agenda and to review draft 

SAB reports on the EPA’s draft webbased Report on the Environment and 

the EPA’s draft Environmental Justice 

Technical Guidance. 

DATES: The public teleconference for the 

Chartered SAB and the BOSC will be 

held on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, from 

3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) 

and the public teleconference for the 

Chartered SAB will be held on Friday, 

January 23, 2015, from 1:00 p.m. to 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 

information concerning the public 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Angela 

Nugent, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2218 

or at nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB as well as 

any updates concerning the 

teleconferences announced in this 

notice may be found on the EPA 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 BOSC was 

established by the EPA to provide 

advice, information, and 

recommendations regarding the ORD 

research program. The SAB and BOSC 

are federal advisory committees 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 

2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, 

notice is hereby given that: (1) The 

Chartered SAB and Chartered BOSC 

will hold a joint teleconference to 

discuss a draft report on future 

directions for ORD’s research programs 

and (2) the Chartered SAB will hold a 

public teleconference for two purposes. 

The first purpose is to discuss 

information provided in the agency’s 

Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 regulatory 

agenda, specifically planned actions and 

their supporting science. The second 

purpose is to review two draft SAB 

reports (on the EPA’s draft web-based 

Report on the Environment and the 

EPA’s draft Environmental Justice 

Technical Guidance). The SAB and 

BOSC will comply with the provisions 

of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

Joint SAB–BOSC teleconference on 

future directions for ORD’s research 

programs. On January 13, 2015, the 

Chartered SAB and Chartered BOSC 

will discuss a draft report entitled 

Strategic Research Planning for 2016– 

2019: A Joint Report (11/20/14 Draft) of 

the SAB and ORD BOSC. The draft 

report was developed as a result of 

deliberations at a joint SAB–BOSC 

meeting on July 24–25, 2014. 

Information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the Web at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/ORD%20Strat%20

Dir%202016-2019?OpenDocument. 

Chartered SAB teleconference to 

discuss EPA planned actions and review 

two draft SAB reports. On January 23, 

2015, the chartered SAB will hold a 

teleconference for two purposes. The 

first purpose is to discuss information 

provided in the agency’s Fall 2013 and 

Spring 2014 regulatory agenda, 

specifically planned actions and their 

supporting science. The Chartered SAB 

will conclude discussions begun at an 

SAB public teleconference on June 11, 

2014 (79 FR 27604–27605) regarding the 

Fall 2013 Unified (Regulatory) Agenda 

and Regulatory Plan. Information about 

this advisory activity can be found on 

the Web at http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/ 

sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/

SAB%20Fall%202013%20Agenda%20

Disc?OpenDocument. The Chartered 

SAB will also discuss recommendations 

regarding the Spring 2014 Unified 

(Regulatory) Agenda and Regulatory 

Plan. Information about this advisory 

activity can be found on the Web at 

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

nsf/fedrgstr_activites/SAB%20

Spring%202014%20Agenda%20Disc?

OpenDocument. 

The second purpose of the call on 

January 23, 2015, is for the SAB to 

review two draft SAB reports. 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. Consistent with 

FACA, the chartered SAB makes a 

determination in a public meeting about 

each draft report and determines 

whether the report is ready to be 

transmitted to the EPA Administrator. 

The first Chartered SAB review will 

focus on a draft report on the scientific 

and technical merit of the EPA’s draft 

Web-based Report on the Environment 

with particular attention to its adoption 

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of a sustainability framework and new 

sustainability indicators, as well as the 

online format as a tool to communicate 

to scientists, policy makers and public 

audiences. The SAB undertook this 

review at the request of the EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development. 

Information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the Web at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/ROE%202014?Open

Document. 

The second Chartered SAB review 

will focus on an SAB draft report 

reviewing the EPA’s draft 

Environmental Justice Technical 

Guidance. The EPA developed the 

guidance to assist agency staff on how 

to assess disproportionate 

environmental and public health 

impacts of proposed rules and actions 

on minority, low income and 

indigenous populations in a variety of 

regulatory contexts. The EPA’s Office of 

Policy requested the SAB’s assessment 

of the appropriateness and scientific 

soundness of the technical guidance. 

Information about this advisory activity 

can be found on the Web at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/EJ%20Technical%20

Guidance?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

agendas and materials in support of 

these teleconferences will be available 

on the EPA 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 comments for a federal 

advisory committee to consider as it 

develops advice for EPA. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

SAB 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 Designated Federal Officer 

as noted above. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a teleconference will be 

limited to three minutes. Each person 

making an oral statement should 

consider providing written comments as 

well as their oral statement so that the 

points presented orally can be expanded 

upon in writing. Interested parties 

should contact Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, 

in writing (preferably via email) at the 

contact information noted above one 

week before each of the teleconferences 

to be placed on the list of public 

speakers. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO, preferably via email, at the contact 

information noted above one week 

before each of the teleconferences so 

that the information may be made 

available to the Board members for their 

consideration. It is the SAB Staff Office 

general policy to post written comments 

on the Web page for the advisory 

meeting or teleconference. 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 Dr. Angela 

Nugent at (202) 564–2218 or 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Nugent preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: December 15, 2014. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Staff 

Office. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30403 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9921–07–Region 6] 

Draft National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permit for Discharges From Horse, 

Cattle and Dairy Concentrated Animal 

Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in New 

Mexico (Except Indian Country) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed permit 

reissuance. 

SUMMARY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 6 Water Quality 

Protection Division is today proposing 

for public comment the reissuance of a 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System general permit 

(NMG010000) for discharges from 

eligible owners/operators of existing 

concentrated animal feeding operations 

(CAFOs), in New Mexico, except those 

discharges on Indian Country. CAFOs 

discharging on Indian Country would be 

required to apply for an individual 

permit. 

This permit was originally issued 

with an effective date of September 3, 

2009, and an expiration date of 

September 2, 2014. Conditions from the 

2009 permit are continued with the 

following changes proposed as part of 

this reissuance: (1) Removing eligibility 

for coverage for ‘‘New sources’’ under 

the proposed permit, (2) adding on-site 

rainfall measurement and record 

keeping, and (3) adding requirement for 

paperless submittal of application 

documents (NOIs and NMPs). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before March 2, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted to Ms. Evelyn Rosborough via 

email: rosborough.evelyn@epa.gov, or 

may be mailed to Ms. Evelyn 

Rosborough, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Water Quality Protection 

Division (6WQ–NP), 1445 Ross Ave., 

Suite 1200, Dallas, TX 75202. 

DATES: Public Meeting: An informal 

public meeting is scheduled. The 

meeting will include a presentation on 

the proposed permit followed by the 

opportunity for questions and answers. 

Written, but not oral, comments for the 

administrative record will be accepted 

at the public meeting. 

Date: February 10, 2015. 

Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Place: Eastern New Mexico State 

University—Roswell, Occupational 

Technology Center, Seminar Room 124, 

20 West Mathis, Roswell, New Mexico 

88202–6000. 

Public Hearings: No public hearing is 

scheduled at this time; however, 

interested persons may request a public 

hearing pursuant to 40 CFR 124.12 

concerning the proposed permit. 

Requests for a public hearing must be 

sent or delivered in writing to the same 

address as provided above for public 

comments prior to the close of the 

comment period. Requests for a public 

hearing must state the nature of the 

issues proposed to be raised in the 

hearing. Pursuant to 40 CFR 124.12, 

EPA shall hold a public hearing if it 

finds, on the basis of requests, a 

significant degree of public interest in a 

public hearing on the proposed permit. 

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