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of 1987’’ (U.S.C. 1381–1387 et seq.), 

created a Title VI which authorizes 

grants to States for the establishment of 

State Water Pollution Control Revolving 

Funds (SRF). The American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) 

established a matching State Water 

Pollution Control Revolving Fund 

Program with funds that had to be 

obligated in one year. The information 

collection activities will occur primarily 

at the program level through the State 

‘‘Intended Use Plan’’ (IUP) and ‘‘Annual 

Report’’. The information is needed 

annually to implement Section 606 of 

the CWA. 

The 1987 Act declares that water 

pollution control revolving funds shall 

be administered by an instrumentality 

of the State subject to the requirements 

of the act. This means that each State 

has a general responsibility for 

administering its revolving fund and 

must take on certain specific 

responsibilities in carrying out its 

administrative duties. The information 

collection activities will occur primarily 

at the program level through the State 

IUP and Annual Report. The 

information is needed annually to 

implement section 606 of the Clean 

Water Act. The Act requires the 

information to ensure national 

accountability, adequate public 

comment and review, fiscal integrity 

and consistent management directed to 

achieve environmental benefits and 

results. The individual information 

collections are: 

(1) Capitalization Grant Application 

and Agreement/State IUP: The State 

will prepare a Capitalization Grant 

application that includes a State IUP 

outlining in detail how it will use all of 

the funds available to the fund. The 

grant agreement contains or 

incorporates by reference the IUP, 

application materials, payment 

schedule, and required assurances. The 

bulk of the information is provided in 

the IUP, the legal agreement which 

commits the State and EPA to execute 

their responsibilities under the Act. 

(2) Annual Report: The State must 

agree to complete and submit an Annual 

Report that indicates how the State has 

met the goals and objectives of the 

previous fiscal year as stated in the IUP 

and grant agreement. The report 

provides information on loan recipients, 

loan amounts, loan terms, project 

categories, environmental benefits and 

similar data on other forms of 

assistance. The report describes the 

extent to which the existing SRF 

financial operating policies, alone or in 

combination with other State financial 

assistance programs, will provide for the 

long term fiscal health of the Fund and 

carry out other provisions specified in 

the grant operating agreement. 

(3) Annual Audit: Most States have 

agreed to conduct or have conducted a 

separate financial audit of the 

Capitalization Grant which will provide 

opinions on the financial statements 

and a report on the internal controls and 

compliance with program requirements. 

The remaining States will be covered by 

audits conducted under the 

requirements of the Single Audit Act 

and by EPA’s Office of Inspector 

General. 

(4) Application for SRF Financial 

Assistance: Local communities and 

other eligible entities have to prepare 

and submit applications for SRF 

assistance to their respective State 

Agency which manages the SRF 

program. The State reviews the 

completed loan application and verifies 

that the proposed projects will comply 

with applicable Federal and State 

requirements. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 108 hours per 

response for the base program and 97.5 

hours per response for the ARRA 

program. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: State 

and Local governments; local 

communities and tribes. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Base Program: 8,262; ARRA Program: 

4,669. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

Base Program: 441,405; ARRA Program: 

364,442. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: Base 

Program: $12,916,260. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $6,389,280 

State, and $6,526,980 Local. ARRA 

Program: $10,902,487. This includes an 

estimated burden cost of $6,805,440 

State, and $4,097,047 Local. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 4,437 responses and 

decrease of 65,376 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase reflects EPA’s 

acceptance of additional loan applicants 

for the State SRF loan program. The 

decrease in burden hours is the time 

needed to process and report on these 

loans on an annual basis. 

Dated: November 21, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9496–9; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0050] 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment 

for Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of extension of public 

comment. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing an 

extension of the public comment period 

for the second external review draft of 

a document titled, ‘‘Second External 

Review Draft Integrated Science 

Assessment for Ozone and Related 

Photochemical Oxidants’’ (EPA/600/R– 

10/076B). The original Federal Register 

notice announcing the public comment 

period was published on September 30, 

2011 (76 FR 60820). This assessment 

document was developed by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development as part of 

the review of the national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone. 

DATES: The public comment period 

began on September 30, 2011, and ends 

December 30, 2011. Comments must be 

received by EPA by December 30, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘Second External 

Review Draft Integrated Science 

Assessment for Ozone and Related 

Photochemical Oxidants’’ will be 

available primarily via the Web page 

under the Recent Additions and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

CD–ROM or paper copies will be 

available. Contact Ms. Marieka Boyd by 

phone ((919) 541–0031) facsimile ((919) 

541–5078) or email 

(Boyd.Marieka@epa.gov) to request 

either of these, and please provide your 

name, your mailing address, and the 


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document title, ‘‘Second External 

Review Draft Integrated Science 

Assessment for Ozone and Related 

Photochemical Oxidants’’ (EPA/600/R– 

10/076B) to facilitate processing of your 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Dr. James 

Brown, NCEA; telephone: (919) 541– 

0765; facsimile: (919) 541–1818; or 

email: Brown.James@epa.gov. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of Federal Register 

Notice (76 FR 60820). 

For information on submitting 

comments to the docket, please contact 

the Office of Environmental Information 

Docket; telephone: (202) 566–1752; 

facsimile: (202) 566–1753; or email: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Dated: November 18, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 2011–30555 Filed 11–25–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9497–1] 

Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the Chartered 

SAB on December 21, 2011 to conduct 

a quality review of a draft SAB report, 

a draft Advisory on EPA Draft Document 

‘‘Considerations Related to Post-Closure 

Monitoring of Uranium In-Situ ISL/ISR 

Sites.’’ 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on December 21, 2011 from 2:30 

p.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information concerning the 

public teleconference may contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO). Dr. Nugent may be 

contacted at the EPA Science Advisory 

Board (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; or 

by telephone/voice mail at (202) 564– 

2218; fax at (202) 565–2098; or email at 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA Science 

Advisory Board can 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 

(ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

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 the SAB will 

hold a public teleconference to conduct 

a quality review of a draft SAB report, 

a draft Advisory on EPA Draft Document 

‘‘Considerations Related to Post-Closure 

Monitoring of Uranium In-Situ ISL/ISR 

Sites.’’ The SAB will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

Background 

EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation 

(OAR) has requested SAB advice related 

to EPA’s review of its regulatory 

standards in 40 CFR Part 192—Health 

and Environmental Protection 

Standards for Uranium and Thorium 

Mill Tailings in regard to underground 

In-Situ Leach Recovery (ISL/ISR) 

facilities. 

EPA is authorized to develop 

standards for the protection of public 

health, safety, and the environment 

from radiological and non-radiological 

hazards associated with residual 

radioactive materials. The Agency is 

currently undertaking a review to 

determine if the existing standards, last 

revised by EPA in 1995, should be 

updated. The expectation is that ISL/ISR 

operations will be the most common 

type of new uranium extraction facility 

in the United States. These facilities can 

affect groundwater. Accordingly, EPA is 

seeking scientific advice and relevant 

technical criteria to establish standards 

and procedures, including the relevant 

period of monitoring for ISL/ISR 

facilities, once uranium extraction 

operations are completed, in order to 

provide reasonable assurances of aquifer 

stability and groundwater protection. 

Background information about this 

advisory activity can be found on the 

SAB Web site at http:// 

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

fedrgstr_activites/ 

Monitoring%20ISL?OpenDocument. 

Availability of Meeting Materials 

The agenda and other materials in 

support of the teleconference will be 

placed on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab in advance of the 

teleconference. 

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 

the SAB 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 

directly. 

Oral Statements 

In general, individuals or groups 

requesting an oral presentation at a 

teleconference will be limited to three 

minutes. Those interested in being 

placed on the public speakers list for the 

December 21, 2011 teleconference 

should contact Dr. Nugent at the contact 

information provided above no later 

than December 14, 2011. 

Written Statements 

Written statements should be 

supplied to the DFO via email at the 

contact information noted above by 

December 14, 2011 for the 

teleconference so that the information 

may be made available to the Panel 

members for their consideration. 

Written statements should be supplied 

in one of the following electronic 

formats: Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. 

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 


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