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By direction of the Commission. 

Issued: December 15, 2016. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–30970 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9957–34–OA] 

Meetings of the Local Government 

Advisory Committee and the Small 

Communities Advisory Subcommittee 

(SCAS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Small Communities 

Advisory Subcommittee (SCAS) will 

meet via teleconference on Friday, 

January 13, 2017, at 11:30 a.m.–12:30 

p.m. (ET). The Subcommittee will 

discuss the LGAC Biannual Report, and 

other environmental and public health 

issues affecting small communities. This 

is an open meeting and all interested 

persons are invited to participate. The 

Subcommittee will hear comments from 

the public between 11:40 a.m.–11:55 

a.m. on January 13, 2017. Individuals or 

organizations wishing to address the 

Subcommittee will be allowed a 

maximum of five minutes to present 

their point of view. Also, written 

comments should be submitted 

electronically to eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Please contact the Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO) at the number listed 

below to schedule a time on the agenda. 

Time will be allotted on a first-come 

first-serve basis, and the total period for 

comments may be extended if the 

number of requests for presentations 

requires it. 

The Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC) will meet via 

teleconference on Friday, January 13, 

2017, 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. (ET). The 

Committee will discuss 

recommendations of the subcommittee 

and LGAC workgroups including a draft 

LGAC Biannual Report; and 

environmental and public health issues. 

This is an open meeting and all 

interested persons are invited to 

participate. The Committee will hear 

comments from the public between 

12:45 p.m.–1:00 p.m. (ET) on Friday, 

January 13, 2017. Individuals or 

organizations wishing to address the 

Committee will be allowed a maximum 

of five minutes to present their point of 

view. Also, written comments should be 

submitted electronically to 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. Please contact 

the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at 

the number listed below to schedule a 

time on the agenda. Time will be 

allotted on a first-come first-serve basis, 

and the total period for comments may 

be extended if the number of requests 

for presentations requires it. 

ADDRESSES: EPA’s Local Government 

Advisory Committee meetings will be 

held via teleconference. Meeting 

summaries will be available after the 

meeting online at www.epa.gov/ocir/ 

scas_lgac/lgac_index.htm and can be 

obtained by written request to the DFO. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Local Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) contact Frances Eargle at (202) 

564–3115 or email at eargle.frances@

epa.gov. 

Information Services for Those with 

Disabilities: For information on access 

or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Frances 

Eargle at (202) 564–3115 or 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

request it 10 days prior to the meeting, 

to give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: December 16, 2016. 

Jack Bowles, 

Director, State and Local Relations, EPA’s 

Office of Congressional and 

Intergovernmental Relations. 

[FR Doc. 2016–31036 Filed 12–22–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0353; FRL 9957–26– 

OW] 

Draft Field-Based Methods for 

Developing Aquatic Life Criteria for 

Specific Conductivity 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing the 

availability of Draft Field-Based 

Methods for Developing Aquatic Life 

Criteria for Specific Conductivity for 

public comment. Elevated ionic 

concentration measured as specific 

conductivity has been shown to 

negatively impact aquatic life in a range 

of freshwater resources. Once finalized, 

states and authorized tribes located in 

any region of the country may use the 

methods to develop field-based 

conductivity criteria for flowing waters. 

This document does not impose binding 

water quality criteria on any state, but 

instead provides methods to assist states 

and tribes that seek to develop such 

criteria for adoption into their water 

quality standards. The draft document 

provides a scientific assessment of 

ecological effects and is not a regulation. 

Following closure of this 60-day public 

comment period, EPA will consider the 

comments, revise the document, as 

appropriate, and then publish a final 

document that will provide methods for 

states and authorized tribes that they 

may use to develop water quality 

standards. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2016–0353, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. EPA may publish 

any comment received to its public 

docket. Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. EPA will generally not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e., 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). For additional submission 

methods, the full EPA public comment 

policy, information about CBI or 

multimedia submissions, and general 

guidance on making effective 

comments, please visit http://

www2.epa.gov/dockets/commentingepa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colleen Flaherty, Health and Ecological 

Criteria Division (Mail Code 4304T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

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