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304(b), 304(g), 304(m), 306, 307(b), and 

308 of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(d), 

1314(b), 1314(g), 1314(m), 1316, 

1317(b), and 1318. 

B. Summary of the Preliminary 2016 

Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 

EPA prepared the Preliminary 2016 

Plan pursuant to CWA section 304(m). 

The Preliminary 2016 Plan provides a 

summary of EPA’s review of effluent 

guidelines and pretreatment standards, 

consistent with CWA sections 301(d), 

304(b), 304(g), 304(m), and 307(b). From 

these reviews, the Preliminary 2016 

Plan identifies any new or existing 

industrial categories selected for 

effluent guidelines or pretreatment 

standards rulemakings, and provides a 

schedule for such rulemakings. In 

addition, the Preliminary 2016 Plan 

presents any new or existing categories 

of industry selected for further review 

and analysis. The Preliminary 2016 Plan 

and 2015 Annual Effluent Guidelines 

Review Report can be found at http://

www.epa.gov/eg/effluent-guidelinesplan. 

C. Request for Public Comments and 

Information 

EPA requests comments and 

information on the following topics: 

1. Data Sources and Methodologies 

EPA solicits comments on the 

evaluation factors, criteria, and data 

sources used in conducting its 2015 

Annual Review and in developing the 

Preliminary 2016 Plan. EPA also solicits 

comment on other data sources it might 

use in its annual reviews and biennial 

planning process. 

2. The Preliminary 2016 Effluent 

Guidelines Program Plan 

EPA solicits comments on its 

Preliminary 2016 Plan, including the 

data and information used to support 

the findings, actions, and conclusions as 

stated in the Preliminary 2016 Plan. 

Specifically, EPA solicits public 

comment and stakeholder input, data 

and information on: 

(a) Industry Reviews. EPA is initiating 

or continuing to review wastewater 

discharges for the following industry 

categories: Iron and Steel 

Manufacturing; Organic Chemicals, 

Plastics, and Synthetic Fibers; Pulp, 

Paper, and Paperboard; Battery 

Manufacturing; and Electrical and 

Electronic Components Manufacturing. 

EPA solicits data and information 

regarding the discharge and treatment of 

pollutants identified in the Preliminary 

2016 Plan from these industrial 

processes, as well as any other 

information relevant to EPA’s review. 

(b) Continued Study of Centralized 

Waste Treatment (CWT) facilities. EPA 

gathered information about CWT 

facilities across the country and 

identified those facilities that currently 

accept or have in the past accepted oil 

and gas extraction wastewaters. EPA 

included a memorandum in the record 

that identifies these facilities. EPA 

requests comment on the accuracy and 

completeness of the information 

contained in this memorandum, as well 

as any other information relevant to 

EPA’s study of CWT facilities. 

(c) Conventional Extraction in the Oil 

and Gas Industry. EPA solicits data and 

information for the first time on known 

transfers of wastewater originating from 

conventional oil and gas extraction 

facilities to Publicly Owned Treatment 

Works (POTWs). In particular, EPA 

seeks information on the extent to 

which this practice is occurring, 

including the identification of 

conventional oil and gas facilities which 

discharge to POTWs. EPA also requests 

information on wastewater volumes 

transferred to POTWs as well as 

information on the pollutants in these 

wastewater (type, concentration, etc.) 

and any other known characteristics of 

the pollutants. 

(d) Produced Water Discharges in the 

Oil and Gas Industry. EPA solicits 

information for the first time on the 

quantity, composition, and purpose of 

well treatment and workover fluids in 

produced water discharges authorized 

under 40 CFR part 435, subpart E 

(Agricultural and Wildlife Water Use 

Subcategory) which, if good enough 

quality, can be used for wildlife or 

livestock watering or other agricultural 

uses, and are actually put to such use 

during periods of discharge. EPA 

solicits information on both 

conventional and unconventional oil 

and gas extraction. For this solicitation, 

‘‘Well treatment fluids’’ means any fluid 

used to restore or improve productivity 

by chemically or physically altering 

hydrocarbon-bearing strata after a well 

has been drilled. ‘‘Workover fluids’’ 

means salt solutions, weighted brines, 

polymers, or other specialty additives 

used in a producing well to allow for 

maintenance, repair, or abandonment 

procedures. 

3. Innovation and Technology in the 

Effluent Guidelines Program 

EPA solicits input on ideas, 

approaches and information on how to 

design smart regulations to support 

emerging technologies as described in 

‘‘A Strategy for American Innovation,’’ 

prepared by the National Economic 

Council and Office of Science and 

Technology Policy. October 2015. See: 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/

default/files/strategy_for_american_

innovation_october_2015.pdf. 

Dated: June 17, 2016. 

Joel Beauvais, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9948–36–Region 9] 

Casmalia Resources Superfund Site; 

Notice of Proposed CERCLA 

Administrative De Minimis Settlement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act, as 

amended (CERCLA) and section 7003 of 

the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA), the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is hereby providing notice of a proposed 

administrative de minimis settlement 

concerning the Casmalia Resources 

Superfund Site in Santa Barbara County, 

California (the Casmalia Resources Site). 

Section 122(g) of CERCLA provides EPA 

with the authority to enter into 

administrative de minimis settlements. 

This settlement is intended to resolve 

the liabilities of the 171 settling parties 

identified below for the Casmalia 

Resources Site under sections 106 and 

107 of CERCLA and section 7003 of 

RCRA. These parties have also elected 

to resolve their liability for response 

costs and potential natural resource 

damage claims by the United States Fish 

and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA). These 171 

parties sent 27,811,584 lbs. of waste to 

the Casmalia Resources Site, which 

represents 0.005 (0.5%) of the total Site 

waste of 5.6 billion pounds. This 

settlement requires these parties to pay 

over $1.7 million to EPA. 

DATES: EPA will receive written 

comments relating to the settlement 

until July 27, 2016. EPA will consider 

all comments it receives during this 

period, and may modify or withdraw 

consent to the settlement if any 

comments disclose facts or 

considerations indicating that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. 

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Public Meeting: In accordance with 

section 7003(d) of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. 

6973(d), commenters may request an 

opportunity for a public meeting in the 

affected area. The deadline for 

requesting a public meeting is July 11, 

2016. Requests for a public meeting may 

be made by contacting Russell Mechem 

by email at Mechem.russell@epa.gov. If 

a public meeting is requested, 

information about the date and time of 

the meeting will be published in the 

local newspaper, The Santa Maria 

Times, and will be sent to persons on 

the EPA’s Casmalia Resources Site 

mailing list. To be added to the mailing 

list, please contact: Alejandro Diaz at 

(415) 972–3242 or by email at 

diaz.alejandro@epa.gov. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to Casmalia Case Team, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street (mail 

code SFD–7–1), San Francisco, 

California 94105–3901, or may be sent 

by email to Mechem.russell@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the settlement document and 

additional information about the 

Casmalia Resources Site and the 

proposed settlement may be obtained on 

the EPA-maintained Casmalia Resources 

Site Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/

region09/casmalia or by calling Russell 

Mechem at (415) 972–3192. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Settling Parties: Parties that have 

elected to settle their liability with EPA 

at this time are as follows: 

3M/McGhan Medical Corporation; 

A&E Products Group, Inc.; Aberdeen 

American Petroleum Company; 

Advance Packaging Systems/Interamics; 

AGL Resources, Inc. and its 

subsidiaries; AHMC Healthcare, Inc.; 

Alhambra Unified School District; 

Amvac Chemical Corporation; Apache 

Nitrogen Products, Inc.; Applied 

Graphics Technologies; AVX 

Corporation; Bank of America, N.A., 

successor in interest to Security Pacific 

Corp—Brea Operations; Barclays 

American Business Credit; Bayer; Benge 

Trumpet Co.; BGN Fremont Square, 

LTD; BHP Billiton Petroleum; BMW of 

San Diego; Broadway So. Calif 

Crenshaw Shopping; Bulk 

Transportation; Burbank Plating Service 

Corporation; Burlington Engineering, 

Inc.; Canon, Inc.; Carmen Plaza Car 

Wash; Casitas Municipal Water District; 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc and it’s wholly 

owned subsidiaries Primary Fuels, Inc.; 

Central Coast Analytical Services; 

Certified Freight Lines; City of Benicia; 

City of El Monte; City of Escondido; City 

of Piedmont; City of West Covina; 

Consolidated Container Company LP for 

itself and as an alleged successor in 

interest to Stewart/Walker Co; 

Consolidated Oil & Gas, Inc.; Cooper 

Companies, Inc.; County of Napa; 

County of Solano; County of Stanislaus; 

Creative Press; Danco Metal Surfacing; 

Data General Corp; Davlin Paint Co.; 

Daylight Transport, LLC; Deep Water 

Oil and Gas Corp; Dignity Health; Dole 

Food Company; Dura Tech Processes, 

Inc.; EKC Technology, Inc.; El Dorado 

Newspapers dba McClatchy Printing Co; 

ENGS Motor Truck Company; Ennis 

Business Forms; Excellon Automation; 

Farrar Grinding; Federal Envelope 

Company; Foster Lumber; Fujitsu; 

Gardena Specialized Processing; Genstar 

Roofing Products Company; GEO 

Western Drilling Fluids; Gerald V. 

Dicker Commercial Properties; Gooch & 

Housego PLC; Gorham Manufacturing 

Company; Granitize Products, Inc.; H 

Koch & Sons Div; Handy & Harman 

Electronic Materials Corp; Helix Water 

District; Henry Soss & Co; Hordis 

Brothers, Inc.; Hycor Biomedical, Inc.; 

Immunetech Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; 

Inamed Corporation; Industrial Process 

& Chemical Co., Inc.; International 

Paper Company; Interstate 

Consolidation; J B Hunt; J E Dewitt, Inc.; 

J.C. Penneys; John Deere Parts Depot; 

John L. Armitage & Co.; Kasler 

Continental Heller; Kester Solder; 

Knape & Vogt Mfg.; Knight Foundry, 

Inc.; Lehigh Hanson, Inc.; Levins Metal 

Corp; LH Research, Inc.; Lincoln Blvd. 

Car Wash; Liquid Air Corporation; Loma 

Linda Foods Co.; Ludlow Saylor n/k/a 

Metso Minerals Industries, Inc.; Marbro 

Lamp Company; McClatchy Newspaper 

Inc.; Mission Kleensweep Products, Inc.; 

Model Lands, Inc.; MWH Global; Myers 

Electronic Products, Inc.; National 

Airmotive Corporation; New Mexico 

Institute of Technology; New Mexico 

State University; Newpark Resources, 

Inc.; Newport Adhesive; Newport 

Specialty Hospital for itself and on 

behalf of Prospect Medical Holdings; 

Nike, Inc.; North American Philips; 

North American Van Lines; NuSil 

Technology, LLC; Opto Electronics; 

Overton Moore & Associates, Inc.; P.T.I. 

Technologies, Inc.; Pacific Wood 

Preserving Co.; PacOrd, Inc.; Palomar 

Systems & Machine; Paramount 

Machine Co.; Peen Rite, Inc.; Pell 

Development Company; Petoseed 

Company; Petrol Transport, Inc.; 

Petrominerals Corp.; Pfizer; Pharm-Eco 

Laboratories, Inc.; Pick-A-Part Auto 

Recycling; Pirelli Cable; Placentia-Yorba 

Linda Unified School District; Pomona 

Valley Hospital Medical Center; 

Providence Health & Services; Public 

Service Marine, Inc.; Pure Fishing, Inc.; 

Quality Heat Treating; R E Hazard 

Contracting Company; R F White 

Company, Inc.; R&G Sloane 

Maintenance; Rally Chevrolet; Ramser 

Development Company; Red Lions Inn; 

Reid Metal Finishing; Richmond 

Technology; Roadway Express; Rossi 

Enterprises; S&P Company; Santa 

Barbara New Press; Santa Clara 

University; Schurgin Development 

Company; Sea World; Security Pacific 

Bank; SESCO; Setzer Forest Products, 

Inc.; Sierra Pacific Power Co.; Sonoco 

Products Company; SPS Technologies; 

State of Arizona; Superior Metal 

Finishing, Inc.; Telic Corporation; The 

E.W. Scripps Company, as successor to 

New Chronicle; The Toro Company; 

Thoratec Laboratories Corporation; 

Time Warner, Inc. including its former 

subsidiaries, Warner Music Group Inc., 

Westland Graphics Inc., Allied Record 

Company & Allied Record Company.; 

True Value Hardware Simi Valley; TW 

Graphics; U S Divers (USD Corp); 

United Oil Company; UVP, Inc.; 

Ventura Townehouse; Ventura Transfer 

Company; Vulcan Materials Company; 

Weatherford BMW; Weber Nameplate; 

Williams Bros Market; Winonics, Inc.; 

Winters Industrial Cleaning; XIK, LLC a 

Delaware LLC, as successor by merger to 

Arwood Corporation; Zep, Inc. 

Dated: June 17, 2016. 

Enrique Manzanilla, 

Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA 

Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–1159] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC or Commission) 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

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