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(SSOs), and stormwater can present 

difficult and expensive engineering 

challenges. Population growth, aging 

infrastructure, and the current economic 

challenges are stressing many 

municipalities that are implementing 

CWA programs. Many state and local 

governments face difficult financial 

conditions. Their ability to finance 

improvements by raising revenues or 

issuing bonds has been significantly 

impacted during the ongoing economic 

recovery. EPA is committed to work 

with States and municipalities to 

improve how CWA programs are 

implemented to ensure continued 

progress in public health and 

environmental protection. 

EPA believes that integrated planning 

can better meet America’s clean water 

objectives, create jobs and strengthen 

our economy by offering municipalities 

an opportunity to meet their CWA 

requirements in a more cost-effective 

manner. To encourage integrated 

planning efforts, on October 27, 2011, 

EPA’s Office of Water and Office of 

Enforcement Compliance and Assurance 

issued a joint memorandum to the EPA 

Regions that expresses the Agency’s 

commitment to and support for 

integrated approaches to municipal 

stormwater and wastewater 

management. The integrated approach 

provides interested municipalities with 

an opportunity to develop a 

comprehensive plan that balances 

competing CWA requirements and 

allows municipalities to focus their 

resources on the most pressing public 

health and environmental protection 

issues first. The integrated approach is 

voluntary and the responsibility to 

develop an integrated plan rests with 

municipalities. 

The integrated planning approach 

maintains existing regulatory standards 

for the protection of public health and 

water quality. The approach takes 

advantage of the flexibilities in existing 

EPA regulations, policies and guidance 

to allow municipalities to sequence 

implementation of their CWA 

obligations to focus on the highest 

priorities first. EPA and/or the State will 

work with municipalities who are 

interested in this concept to develop 

appropriate requirements and 

schedules. 

As part of the integrated approach, 

EPA encourages municipalities to 

pursue more innovative approaches 

such as green infrastructure 

technologies and asset management or 

similar utility-wide planning 

approaches. EPA has strongly 

encouraged these innovative approaches 

for several years. Many cities and 

communities have implemented green 

infrastructure approaches and are 

starting to see that the value of such 

projects goes beyond protecting water 

resources. In addition to improving 

water quality, green infrastructure also 

makes communities more livable by 

providing opportunities for greenways 

and multiuse recreational areas, 

improves property values, saves energy 

and creates green jobs. On April 29, 

2011, EPA released the Strategic Agenda 

to Protect Waters and Build More 

Livable Communities Through Green 

Infrastructure. The Strategic Agenda 

outlines activities that EPA is taking to 

help communities implement green 

infrastructure approaches. This Strategy 

is intended to advance the wider use of 

green infrastructure within the 

regulatory and enforcement contexts 

through improvements in outreach and 

information exchange, financing, and 

tool development and capacity building. 

EPA continues to work closely with 

State and local governments to 

incorporate green infrastructure 

approaches within permits and 

enforcement actions. 

II. Purpose of the Workshops on 

Integrated Municipal Stormwater and 

Wastewater Plans 

In conjunction with the October 27, 

2011 memorandum, EPA is developing 

a framework document that will more 

fully describe the integrated planning 

concept that could be used to help EPA 

work with State and local governments 

toward providing for cost-effective, 

integrated solutions to multiple causes 

of water pollution. The Agency 

anticipates that the framework 

document will identify and clarify 

overarching principles that EPA and 

states will use in working with 

municipalities to implement an 

integrated approach as well as guiding 

principles that EPA recommends 

municipalities use in the development 

of their integrated plans. The framework 

document will identify the key elements 

that EPA anticipates will be in an 

effective integrated plan. The framework 

will also discuss the appropriate roles of 

permit and enforcement authorities in 

addressing the regulatory requirements 

identified in the plan. 

EPA will hold five workshops to 

discuss a draft of the integrated 

planning framework. The workshops 

will be facilitated discussions with 

individuals from a range of stakeholder 

groups to assist EPA in developing the 

framework through gaining better 

understanding of their individual 

perspectives. EPA is not seeking group 

recommendations, but rather seeks to 

hear from individuals with different 

perspectives. Prior to these meetings, 

EPA will post a draft of the framework 

document at http://www.epa.gov/npdes/ 

integratedplans. The draft framework 

posted on EPA’s Web site will be 

updated as appropriate. 

III. Participation in the Workshop 

Members of the public are welcome to 

participate as observers in the 

workshop. The agenda will be 

structured to invite specific verbal 

comments from observers on key issues. 

If you plan to participate as an observer 

at the workshop, whether or not you 

plan to make verbal comments, in order 

that EPA may properly anticipate the 

correct number of people, EPA requests 

that you preregister by January 20, 2012 

at http://www.epa.gov/npdes/ 

integratedplans. 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq. 

Dated: January 3, 2012. 

Nancy K. Stoner, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[DA 11–2022] 

Notice of Debarment 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Enforcement Bureau (the 

‘‘Bureau’’) debars Mr. Tyrone D. Pipkin 

from the schools and libraries universal 

service support mechanism (or ‘‘E–Rate 

Program’’) for a period of three years. 

The Bureau takes this action to protect 

the E–Rate Program from waste, fraud 

and abuse. 

DATES: Debarment commences on the 

date Mr. Tyrone D. Pipkin receives the 

debarment letter or February 10, 2012, 

whichever date comes first, for a period 

of three years. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy 

M. Ragsdale, Federal Communications 

Commission, Enforcement Bureau, 

Investigations and Hearings Division, 

Room 4–A236, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. Joy Ragsdale 

may be contacted by phone at (202) 

418–1697 or by email at 

Joy.Ragsdale@fcc.gov. If Ms. Ragsdale is 

unavailable, you may contact Ms. Terry 

Cavanaugh, Acting Chief, Investigations 

and Hearings Division, by telephone at 

(202) 418–1420 and by email at 

Theresa.Cavanaugh@fcc.gov. 


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1 47 CFR 54.8(g) (2010). See also 47 CFR 0.111 

(delegating authority to the Enforcement Bureau to 

resolve universal service suspension and debarment 

proceedings). 2Letter from Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, Acting Chief, 

Investigations and Hearings Division, Enforcement 

Bureau, Federal Communications Commission to 

Tyrone D. Pipkin, Notice of Suspension and 

Initiation of Debarment Proceeding, DA 11–1424, 26 

FCC Rcd 11389 (Inv. & Hearings Div., Enf. Bur. 

2011). 

3 76 FR 54768 (September 2, 2011). 

4Supra note 2. 

5Notice of Suspension, 26 FCC Rcd at 11390. 

6 Id. 

7See United States v. Tyrone D. Pipkin, Criminal 

Case Nos. 10–325 and 11–15 ‘‘A’’, Judgment (E.D. 

La. filed June 21, 2011). 

8Notice of Suspension, 26 FCC Rcd at 11391. 

9 47 CFR 54.8(c). 

10 47 CFR 54.8 (e)(3), (4). Any opposition had to 

be filed no later than September 16, 2011. 

11 47 CFR 54.8(e)(5), (g). 

12 47 CFR 54.8(a)(1), (5), (d). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau debarred Mr. Tyrone D. Pipkin 

from the schools and libraries universal 

service support mechanism for a period 

of three years pursuant to 47 CFR 54.8. 

Attached is the debarment letter, DA 

11–2022, which was mailed to Mr. 

Tyrone D. Pipkin and released on 

December 15, 2011. The complete text 

of the notice of debarment is available 

for public inspection and copying 

during regular business hours at the 

FCC Reference Information Center, 

Portal II, 445 12th Street SW., Room 

CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. In 

addition, the complete text is available 

on the FCC’s Web site at http:// 

www.fcc.gov. The text may also be 

purchased from the Commission’s 

duplicating inspection and copying 

during regular business hours at the 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

Portal II, 445 12th Street SW., Room 

CY–B420, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone (202) 488–5300 or (800) 378– 

3160, facsimile (202) 488–5563, or via 

email http://www.bcpiweb.com. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Theresa Z. Cavanaugh, 

Acting Chief, Investigations and Hearings 

Division, Enforcement Bureau. 

The debarment letter follows: 

December 15, 2011 

DA 11–2022 

VIA CERTIFIED MAIL RETURN 

RECEIPT REQUESTED AND E-MAIL 

Mr. Tyrone D. Pipkin 

c/o Mr. Walter Francis Becker, Jr. 

Chaffe McCall LLP 

Energy Centre 

1100 Poydras St., Suite 2300 

New Orleans, LA 70163–2300 

Re: Notice of Debarment 

File No. EB–11–IH–1071 

Dear Mr. Pipkin: 

The Federal Communications Commission 

(Commission) hereby notifies you that, 

pursuant to Section 54.8 of its rules, you are 

prohibited from participating in the schools 

and libraries universal service support 

mechanism (E–Rate program) for three years 

from either the date of your receipt of this 

Notice of Debarment, or of its publication in 

the Federal Register, whichever is earlier in 

time (Debarment Date).1

On August 17, 2011, the Commission’s 

Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) sent you a 

Notice of Suspension and Initiation of 

Debarment Proceeding (Notice of 

Suspension) 2 that was published in the 

Federal Register on September 2, 2011.3 The 

Notice of Suspension suspended you from 

participating in activities associated with or 

relating to the schools and libraries universal 

service support mechanism and described 

the basis for initiating debarment 

proceedings against you, the applicable 

debarment procedures, and the effect of 

debarment.4

As discussed in the Notice of Suspension, 

you and others conspired to control the E– 

Rate application and implementation process 

for several schools located in four states.5

Specifically, you obstructed the open 

competitive bidding process by paying 

school officials $79,382 in bribes and 

kickbacks to ensure more than $1.4 million 

in E–Rate contracts would be steered to your 

company, Global Networking Technologies, 

Inc.6 For your role in the conspiracy, you 

were sentenced to serve one year and one day 

in federal prison, followed by two years of 

supervised release for federal crimes in 

connection with your participation in a 

scheme to defraud the E–Rate program.7 The 

court ordered you to pay a $6,000 criminal 

fine in addition to your sentence.8 Pursuant 

to Section 54.8(c) of the Commission’s rules, 

your conviction of criminal conduct in 

connection with the E–Rate program serves 

as a basis for your debarment.9

In accordance with the Commission’s 

debarment rules, you were required to file 

with the Commission any opposition to your 

suspension or its scope, or to your proposed 

debarment or its scope, no later than 30 

calendar days from either the date of your 

receipt of the Notice of Suspension or of its 

publication in the Federal Register, 

whichever date occurs first.10 The 

Commission did not receive any such 

opposition. 

For the foregoing reasons, you are debarred 

for three years from the Debarment Date.11

During this debarment period, you are 

excluded from participating in any activities 

associated with or related to the E–Rate 

program, including the receipt of funds or 

discounted services through the schools and 

libraries support mechanism, or consulting 

with, assisting, or advising applicants or 

service providers regarding the schools and 

libraries support mechanism.12

Sincerely, 

Theresa Z. Cavanaugh 

Acting Chief 

Investigations and Hearings Division 

Enforcement Bureau 

cc: Johnnay Schrieber, Universal Service 

Administrative Company (via email) 

Rashann Duvall, Universal Service 

Administrative Company (via email) 

Juan Rodriguez, Antitrust Division, United 

States Department of Justice (via email) 

Marvin Opotowsky, Antitrust Division, 

United States Department of Justice (via 

email) 

[FR Doc. 2012–348 Filed 1–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL LABOR RELATIONS 

AUTHORITY 

Public Availability of Federal Labor 

Relations Authority FY 2011 Service 

Contract Inventory 

AGENCY: Federal Labor Relations 

Authority. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Availability of 

FY 2011 Service Contract Inventories. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

743 of Division C of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–117), the Federal Labor Relations 

Authority (FLRA) is publishing this 

notice to advise the public of the 

availability of the FY 2011 Service 

Contract inventory. This inventory 

provides information on service contract 

actions over $25,000 that were made in 

FY 2011. The information is organized 

by function to show how contracted 

resources are distributed throughout the 

agency. The inventory has been 

developed in accordance with guidance 

issued on November 5, 2010 by the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

Office of Federal Procurement Policy 

(OFPP). OFPP’s guidance is available at 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ 

default/files/omb/procurement/memo/ 

service-contract-inventories-guidance11052010.pdf. The FLRA has posted its 

inventory and a summary of the 

inventory on the FLRA homepage at the 

following link: http://www.flra.gov/ 

webfm_send/555. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the service contract 

inventory should be directed to Dennis 

Dorsey, Director, Administrative 

Services Division, Federal Labor 

Relations Authority, at (202) 218–7764. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

Sonna Stampone, 

Executive Director, Federal Labor Relations 

Authority. 

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BILLING CODE 6727–01–P 

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION 

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 


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