13598 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 47 / Tuesday, March 11, 2014 / Proposed Rules 

GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/

default.htm. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Interested persons may submit either 

electronic comments regarding the 

issues to be included in the EIS for the 

proposed rule to http://

www.regulations.gov or written 

comments to the Division of Dockets 

Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only 

necessary to send one set of comments. 

Identify comments with the docket 

number found in brackets in the 

heading of this document. Received 

comments may be seen in the Division 

of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 

will be posted to the docket at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

V. Reference 

The following reference has been 

placed on display in the Division of 

Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES) 

and may be seen by interested persons 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday and is available 

electronically at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

1. Statement from FDA Deputy 

Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary 

Medicine, Michael Taylor, on Key Provisions 

of the Proposed FSMA Rules Affecting 

Farmers. December 19, 2013, available from 

http://www.fda.gov/Food/

GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/

ucm379397.htm?source=govdelivery&utm_

medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery. 

Dated: March 5, 2014. 

Leslie Kux, 

Assistant Commissioner for Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05181 Filed 3–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2005–AL–0002; FRL–9907– 

75-Region 4] 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans: Alabama: Error 

Correction and Disapproval of 

Revisions to the Visible Emissions 

Rule; Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing an 

extension of the public comment period 

for the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Approval 

and Promulgation of Implementation 

Plans: Alabama: Error Correction and 

Disapproval of Revisions to the Visible 

Emissions Rule.’’ The proposed rule was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 13, 2014. Written comments 

on the proposed rule were to be 

submitted to EPA on or before March 

17, 2014 (30-day comment period). As 

requested, EPA is extending the original 

public comment period by 60 days. The 

public comment period will now close 

on May 16, 2014. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 16, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R04– 

OAR–2005–AL–0002, by one of the 

following methods: 

1. www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. Email: R4-RDS@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: 404–562–9019. 

4. Mail: ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2005–AL– 

0002,’’ Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. 

5. Hand Delivery or Courier: Lynorae 

Benjamin, Chief, Regulatory 

Development Section, Air Planning 

Branch, Air, Pesticides and Toxics 

Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Regional Office’s normal hours of 

operation. The Regional Office’s official 

hours of business are Monday through 

Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, excluding federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. ‘‘EPA–R04–OAR–2005– 

AL–0002.’’ EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit through 

www.regulations.gov or email, 

information that you consider to be CBI 

or otherwise protected. The 

www.regulations.gov Web site is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http://

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: EPA has established a docket 

for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–R04–OAR– 

2005–AL–0002. All documents in the 

docket are listed on the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Regulatory Development Section, 

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides and 

Toxics Management Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. EPA 

requests that, if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Joel Huey, Regulatory Development 

Section, Air Planning Branch, Air, 

Pesticides and Toxics Management 

Division, Region 4, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 61 Forsyth Street 

SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303–8960. The 

telephone number is (404) 562–9104. 

Mr. Huey can also be reached via 

electronic mail at huey.joel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed rule was signed by the Acting 

Region 4 Regional Administrator on 

January 24, 2014, and published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2014 

(79 FR 8645). The proposed action 

provided a 30-day public comment 

period. EPA has received four requests 

for an additional 30 to 60 days to 

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comment on the proposed rule. EPA has 

considered these requests and has 

decided to extend the comment period 

for an additional 60 days. The comment 

period now closes on May 16, 2014. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: February 28, 2014. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. 2014–05222 Filed 3–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 54 

[WC Docket No. 13–184; DA 14–308] 

Wireline Competition Bureau Seeks 

Focused Comment on E-Rate 

Modernization 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau seeks 

focused comment on three issues raised 

in the E-rate Modernization NPRM that 

merit further inquiry as the Commission 

moves towards the goal of meeting 

schools’ and libraries’ broadband 

connectivity needs. The E-rate 

Modernization NPRM sought broad 

comment on modernizing the E-rate 

program and proposed three goals for 

the program: ensuring that schools and 

libraries have affordable access to 21st 

Century broadband that supports digital 

learning; maximizing the costeffectiveness of E-rate funds; and 

streamlining the administration of the 

program. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

April 7, 2014 and reply comments are 

due on or before April 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file 

comments on or before April 7, 2014 

and reply comments on or before April 

21, 2014. All pleadings are to reference 

WC Docket No. 13–184. Comments may 

be filed using the Commission’s 

Electronic Comment Filing System 

(ECFS) or by filing paper copies, by any 

of the following methods: 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the Internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

• People with Disabilities: To request 

materials in accessible formats for 

people with disabilities (Braille, large 

print, electronic files, audio format), 

send an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or call 

the Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0530 (voice), (202) 

418–0432 (tty). 

For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Regina Brown at (202) 418–0792 or 

James Bachtell at (202) 4182694, 

Telecommunications Access Policy 

Division, Wireline Competition Bureau 

or TTY (202) 418–0484. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s 

document in WC Docket No. 13–184; 

DA 14–308, released March 6, 2014. The 

full text of this document is available for 

inspection during regular business 

hours in the FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington DC 20554. 

This document may also be purchased 

from the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., Room 

CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 202–488–5300, facsimile 

202–488–5563, or via email at FCC@

BCPIWEB.com. It is also available via 

the Internet in the Commission’s 

Electronic Document System (EDOCS) 

at http://www.fcc.gov/documents under 

WC Docket No. 13–184. 

Synopsis 

1. The Wireline Competition Bureau 

(Bureau) seeks focused comment on 

three issues raised in the E-rate 

Modernization NPRM, 78 FR 51597, 

August 20, 2013, that merit further 

inquiry as the Commission moves 

towards modernizing the E-rate program 

to meet schools’ and libraries’ 

broadband connectivity needs. The Erate Modernization NPRM sought broad 

comment on and proposed three goals 

for the program: (1) Ensuring that 

schools and libraries have affordable 

access to 21st Century broadband that 

supports digital learning; (2) 

maximizing the cost-effectiveness of Erate funds; and (3) streamlining the 

administration of the program. The 

Commission has received more than 

1,500 comments and ex parte filings in 

response to the E-rate Modernization 

NPRM including numerous comments 

from individual educators and school 

administrators; school districts and 

consortia; librarians and library systems; 

E-rate vendors and educational content 

providers; and other interested public 

and private organizations. 

2. The record in this proceeding 

demonstrates overwhelming agreement 

among stakeholders that the E-rate 

program has been a crucial part of 

helping our nation’s schools and 

libraries connect to the Internet. The 

record also shows a strong commitment 

to ensuring that the E-rate program 

quickly evolve to meet the ever-growing 

need for high-capacity broadband so our 

students and communities have access 

to 21st Century educational tools. The 

record is replete with support and 

suggestions for how to meet the goals for 

the E-rate program proposed in the Erate Modernization NPRM. 

3. Based on the extensive input the 

Commission has received, it appears 

that meeting the Commission’s 

proposed goals for the E-rate program 

will require that, in the near term, the 

program focus on providing the support 

necessary to ensure schools and 

libraries can afford high-speed 

connectivity to and within schools and 

libraries, even as the Commission 

develops a long-term approach that 

allows applicants to scale up capacity 

while driving down costs. More 

specifically, the record underscores the 

importance of providing consistent and 

broadly available support for the 

equipment and services needed to 

enable high-capacity wireless 

broadband within schools and libraries; 

greater support, at least in the short 

term, for last-mile deployments needed 

to connect schools and libraries that do 

not currently have access to high-speed 

connections; a support methodology 

that allows applicants to capture the 

long-term cost-efficiencies associated 

with access to scalable, high-speed 

connections; less support for voice 

services, as the cost of voice services 

transition in the long run to the 

marginal cost of packet-based voice 

services provided over high-capacity 

broadband connections; incentives for 

making cost-effective purchasing 

decisions, including incentives and 

opportunities for schools and libraries 

to benefit from economies of scale in 

purchasing supported services; and as 

much administrative simplicity as 

possible, while protecting against waste, 

fraud and abuse. 

4. In light of these themes that emerge 

from the record, as the Commission 

seeks to modernize the E-rate program, 

there are three issues raised in the E-rate 

Modernization NPRM that merit further 

focused inquiry at this time: (1) How 

best to focus E-rate funds on highcapacity broadband, especially highspeed Wi-Fi and internal connections; 

(2) whether and how the Commission 

should begin to phase down or phase 

out support for traditional voice services 

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