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labeling until June 8, 2012. Thereafter, 

registrants will be prohibited from 

selling or distributing the products 

whose labels include the deleted uses 

identified in Table 1 of Unit III., except 

for export consistent with FIFRA section 

17 or for proper disposal. For oxamyl, 

because the soybean use has not been 

included on oxamyl product labels 

since 2006, EPA and the registrant 

believe that no existing stocks period is 

needed. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Almond, 

Grape, Imidacloprid, Methomyl, 

Oxamyl, Pesticides and pests, Soybean. 

Dated: December 15, 2011. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Pesticide Re-evaluation Division, 

Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0986; FRL–9617–1] 

EPA Workshops on Achieving Water 

Quality Through Integrated Municipal 

Stormwater and Wastewater Plans 

Under the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is holding a series of workshops 

to solicit the individual views of 

stakeholders on the use of integrated 

municipal stormwater and wastewater 

plans to meet the water quality 

objectives of the CWA. The workshops 

are intended to assist EPA in developing 

an integrated planning approach 

framework that could be used to help 

municipalities prioritize their 

infrastructure investments in order to 

maximize water quality benefits and 

consider various innovative approaches, 

such as green infrastructure, that may be 

more sustainable. The workshops will 

include a facilitated discussion with 

representatives of organizations that 

represent elected local officials, publicly 

owned treatment works (POTW), 

municipal stormwater managers, state 

NPDES permitting and enforcement 

authorities, and environmental 

advocacy groups. EPA invites other 

interested members of the public to 

observe the workshops and to offer 

verbal comments at designated times 

during the workshops. 

In addition to submitting information 

at the listening sessions, the public may 

also provide input to the Agency 

through email, fax or mail. 

DATES: EPA is asking for statements and 

input from the interested public on or 

before February 29, 2012. The dates for 

the workshops are provided below. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your statements or 

input, identified by Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2011–0986, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

input. 

• Email: OW–Docket@epa.gov, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2011–0986. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Water Docket, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

code: 4203M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011– 

0986. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West Building 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0986. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your input to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011– 

0986. EPA’s policy is that all input 

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 input includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. 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 input. 

If you send an email with input directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the input that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic input, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

input and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

input due to technical difficulties and 

cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 

may not be able to consider your input. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about this notice, 

contact Kevin Weiss, EPA Headquarters, 

Office of Water, Office of Wastewater 

Management at tel.: (202) 564–0742 or 

email: weiss.kevin@epa.gov. 

Workshop Dates and Addresses: The 

workshops will be held on the following 

dates at the listed locations: 

• January 31, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 4 Office, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, GA 30303; 

• February 6, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 2 Office, 290 Broadway, 

New York, NY 10007–1866; 

• February 13, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 10 Office, 1200 Sixth 

Avenue Seattle, WA 98101; 

• February 15, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 7 Office, 901 N. 5th 

Street Kansas City, KS 66101; and 

• February 17, 2012, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

at EPA Region 5 Office, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard Chicago, IL 60604–3507. 

If you plan to participate in a 

workshop as an observer, whether or not 

you plan to make verbal comments, EPA 

requests that you preregister by January 

20, 2012 at http://www.epa.gov/npdes/ 

integratedplans. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Since the passage of the CWA, great 

progress has been made toward 

restoring the nation’s waters. Many 

more streams, rivers and bays are 

fishable and swimmable than 40 years 

ago. During this time, the overall 

number of people served by municipal 

wastewater treatment facilities that 

either do not discharge or provide at 

least secondary treatment increased 

from 84.1 million in 1972 to 222.5 

million in 2008. In addition, many 

municipalities have begun to make 

significant investments in advanced 

treatment, controlling combined sewer 

overflows (CSOs) and sanitary sewer 

overflows (SSOs) and are beginning to 

address water quality problems 

associated with stormwater. 

While significant progress has been 

made in reducing pollutant discharges, 

much work remains to be done to 

restore impaired waters. The challenges 

municipalities face in making additional 

water quality improvements are 

particularly complex. Providing 

advanced treatment for nutrients and 

controlling combined sewer overflows 

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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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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 

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