43492 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 157 / Thursday, August 14, 1997 / Proposed Rules

in the Records Disposal Act of 1944, 44

U.S.C. 3301 through 3314; the Federal

Property Management Regulations, 41

CFR 101–11.4; and the General Records

Schedules of the National Archives and

Records Administration.

(b) Furnishing records. We will

furnish copies only of records that we

have or can retrieve. We are not

required to create new records or to

perform research for you. We may

decide to conserve Government

resources and at the same time supply

the records you need by consolidating

information from various records rather

than copying them all. For instance, we

could extract sections from various

similar records instead of providing

repetitious information. We generally

will furnish only one copy of a record.

We will make reasonable efforts to

provide the records in the form or

format you request if the record is

readily reproducible in that form or

format.

(c) Deletions. When we publish or

otherwise make available any record, we

may delete information that is exempt

from disclosure. For example, in an

opinion or order, statement of policy, or

other record which relates to a private

party or parties, the name or names and

other identifying details may be deleted.

When technically feasible, we will

indicate the extent of deletions on the

portion of the record that is released or

published at the place of the deletion

unless including that indication would

harm an interest protected by an

exemption. If we deny a request, in

whole or in part, we will make a

reasonable effort to estimate the volume

of any requested matter that is not

disclosed, unless such an estimate

would harm an interest protected by an

exemption.

(d) Creation of records. We are not

required to create new records merely to

satisfy a request. However, we will

search manually or by automated means

to locate information that is responsive

to the request. If extensive computer

programming is needed to respond to a

request, we may decline to commit such

resources, or if we agree to do so, we

may charge you for the reasonable cost

of doing so. We do not mean that we

will never help you get information that

does not already exist in our records.

However, diverting staff and equipment

from our other responsibilities may not

always be possible.

12. Section 402.150 is amended by

revising paragraph (a), removing

paragraph (b), and redesignating

paragraph (c) as new paragraph (b) to

read as follows:

§ 402.150 Release of records.

(a) Records previously released. If we

have released a record, or a part of a

record, to others in the past, we will

ordinarily release it to you also.

However, we will not release it to you

if a statute forbids this disclosure, and

we will not necessarily release it to you

if an exemption applies in your

situation and it did not apply, or

applied differently, in the previous

situation(s) or if the previous release

was unauthorized. See § 402.45(d)

regarding records in electronic reading

rooms.

* * * * *

13. Section 402.160 is amended by

revising paragraphs (b) and (c) to read

as follows:

§ 402.160 Fees to be charged—general

provisions.

* * * * *

(b) If we are not charging you for the

first two hours of search time, under

paragraph (c) of § 402.155, and those

two hours are spent on a computer

search, then the two free hours are the

first two hours of the time needed to

access the information in the computer.

(c) If we are not charging you for the

first 100 pages of duplication, under

paragraph (b) or (c) of § 402.155, then

those 100 pages are the first 100 pages

of photocopies of standard size pages, or

the first 100 pages of computer printout.

* * * * *

[FR Doc. 97–21546 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 141

[FRL–5874–7]

Stakeholders Meeting on Drinking

Water Regulation Action

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of Stakeholders

meeting on EPA’s revision to the public

notification rule under the 1996 Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

amendments.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a

public meeting on August 27, 1997. The

purpose of the meeting will be to gather

information and collect opinions from

parties who will be affected by

provisions of the Public Notification

Rule of the new Safe Drinking Water Act

(SDWA), amended in 1996. Comments

and views expressed will be used to

help develop the new Federal and state

program requirements. EPA is seeking

input from State drinking water

programs, the regulated community

(public water systems), public health

and safety organizations, environmental

and public interest groups, and other

stakeholders on a number of issues

related to developing the drinking water

regulation. EPA encourages the full

participation of all stakeholders

throughout this process.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the

drinking water regulation for public

notification will be held on August 27,

1997, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Central

Daylight Savings Time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Rice Auditorium, Indiana State

Department of Health, 1330 West

Michigan Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.

For information on meeting logistics or

if you want to register for the meeting,

please contact the EPA Safe Drinking

Water Hotline at 1–800–426–4791, or

Stacy Jones of the Indiana Department

of Environmental Management at (317)

308–3292. Participants registering in

advance will be mailed a packet of

materials before the meeting.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl

Reeverts, U.S. EPA, at (202) 260–7273;

or Linda Selmer, U.S. EPA, Region 5

Office, at (312) 886–6197.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Environmental Protection Agency is

developing revised Public Notification

regulations (under existing 40 CFR

141.32) to incorporate the new

provisions enacted under the 1996 Safe

Drinking Water Amendments (SDWA),

specifically the amended sections 1414

(c)(1) and (c)(2) of the SDWA. The 1996

SDWA amendments completely

replaced the language in the statute

under 1414(c). There is no statutory

deadline for implementing the amended

sections 1414(c)(1) and (c)(2).

The Administrator is required by

statute to prescribe by regulation the

manner, frequency, form, and content

that public water systems must follow

for giving public notice. The 1996

SDWA amendments amended this EPA

obligation to require consultation with

the States prior to rulemaking. Public

Water Systems are currently required to

notify their customers whenever: (1) A

violation of any drinking water

regulation occurs (including MCL,

treatment technique, and monitoring/

reporting requirements); (2) a variance

or exemption (V&E) to those regulations

is in place or the conditions of the V&E

are violated; or (3) results from

unregulated contaminant monitoring

required under section 1445 of the

SDWA are received. This coverage was
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not changed by the 1996 SDWA

Amendments.

The current rule sets different

requirements based on the type of

violation and type of system. The 1996

SDWA amendments substantially alter

what is currently in place: (1) SDWA

section 1414(c)(2)(C) requires notice

within 24 hours and sets other new,

more prescriptive notice requirements

for violations with ‘‘Potential to Have

Serious Adverse Health Risks to Human

Health’’; (2) SDWA section 1414(c)(2)(D)

gives EPA more discretion to set less

prescriptive notice requirements for all

other violations, including requiring the

notice in an annual report; and (3)

SDWA section 1414(c)(2)(B) allows the

State to prescribe alternative

notification requirements by rule to the

form and content of the notice,

consistent with the current primacy

requirements. To meet the letter and spirit of the

new statutory provisions, EPA will hold

three or more public stakeholder

meetings prior to drafting the regulation.

This is the first of the scheduled

stakeholder meetings that are planned

over the next several months, to

exchange information on our mutual

experience with the current regulation

and the elements needed in the new

regulation to meet the intent of

Congress. The legislative changes

provide an excellent opportunity to

streamline the existing regulations by

focusing the notices on situations that

have potential to have serious adverse

effects on human health. EPA will also

solicit from the stakeholders existing

public notification programs that work,

and seek to share these experiences

through our rulemaking

communication. The reports from these

meetings will be presented to the public

notification workgroup to define the

issues and to develop options for their

resolution.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

[FR Doc. 97–21537 Filed 8–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 64

[CC Docket No. 94–129; FCC 97–248]

Implementation of the Subscriber

Carrier Selection Changes Provisions

of the Telecommunications Act of 1996

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission adopted a

combined Further Notice of Proposed

Rule Making and Memorandum

Opinion and Order on Reconsideration

which amends the Commission’s rules

and policies governing the unauthorized

switching of subscribers’ primary

interexchange carriers (PICs), an activity

more commonly known as ‘‘slamming.’’

In the Further NPRM, the Commission

proposes specific requirements to

implement Section 258 of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996, which

extends the Commissions PIC-change

verification rules to apply with equal

force to all telecommunications carriers.

The Commission also seeks comment

regarding the liability among carriers

and subscribers when slamming occurs.

The Commission’s objective in seeking

comment in the FNPRM is to identify

and evaluate further safeguards to

protect consumers from unauthorized

switching of their long distance carriers

and to encourage full and fair

competition among telecomunications

carriers in the marketplace.

DATES: Written comments by the public

on the proposed and/or modified

information collections are due

September 15, 1997 and reply

comments on or before September 29,

1997. Written comments must be

submitted by the OMB on the proposed

and/or modified information collections

on or before October 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: In addition to filing

comments with the Secretary, a copy of

any comments on the information

collections contained herein should be

submitted to Judy Boley, Federal

Communications Commission, Room

234, 1919 M Street, N.W., Washington,

DC 20554, or via the Internet to

jboley@fcc.gov, and to Timothy Fain,

OMB Desk Officer, 10236 NEOB, 725—

17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20503 or via the Internet to

fainlt@al.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cathy Seidel, Enforcement Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, (202) 418–

0960. For additional information

concerning the information collections

contained in this Further NPRM contact

Judy Boley at 202–418–0217, or via the

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Further

NPRM in CC Docket No. 94–129 [FCC

97–248], adopted on July 14, 1997 and

released on July 15, 1997. The full text

of the Further NPRM is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center, Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s duplicating

contractor, International Transcription

Services, 1231 20th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. This Further NPRM

contains proposed or modified

information collections subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA), Public Law 104–13. It has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review under

Section 3507(d) of the PRA. OMB, the

general public, and other Federal

agencies are invited to comment on the

proposed or modified information

collections contained in this

proceeding. Paperwork Reduction Act:

This Further NPRM contains either a

proposed or modified information

collection. The Commission, as part of

its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork burdens, invites the general

public and the OMB to comment on the

information collections contained in

this Further NPRM, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Public and agency

comments are due at the same time as

other comments on this Further NPRM;

OMB notification of action is due

Otober 14, 1997.

Comments should address: (a)

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;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) 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.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Title: Implementation of the

Subscriber Carrier Selection Changes

Provisions of the Telecommunications

Act of 1996.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: New collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, including small business.