Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Notices 6075 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 

on February 12, 2015. 

Dated: January 28, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02113 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA HQ–OA–2008–0701; FRL–9922–48– 

OA] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Focus 

Groups as used by EPA for Economics 

Projects (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Focus Groups as used by EPA for 

Economics Projects (Renewal)’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 2205.15, OMB Control No. 

2090–0028) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before 

doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

renewal of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through June 30, 2015. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor and 

a person is not required to respond to 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OA–2008–0701, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy, (MC 

1809T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–2347; fax number: 

202–566–2363 email address: 

simon.nathalie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: EPA is seeking renewal of a 

generic ICR for the conduct of focus 

groups and protocol interviews 

(hereafter jointly referred to as focus 

groups) related to economics projects. 

Over the next three years, the Agency 

anticipates embarking on a number of 

survey development efforts associated 

with a variety of economics projects 

including those related to valuation of 

ecosystems, children’s health risks, 

mortality risk reductions, improvements 

to coastal waters including the 

Chesapeake Bay, to name a few. Focus 

groups are an important part of any 

survey development process, allowing 

researchers to directly gauge what 

specific issues are important to the 

public and providing a means for 

explicitly testing draft survey materials. 

These focus groups will allow the 

Agency to gain a more in-depth 

understanding of the public’s attitudes, 

beliefs, motivations and feelings 

regarding specific issues and will 

provide valuable information regarding 

the quality of draft survey instruments. 

The information collected in the focus 

groups may be used to develop and 

improve economics-related surveys. To 

the extent that these surveys are 

ultimately successfully administered, 

they will serve to expand the Agency’s 

understanding of benefits and costs of a 

variety of actions and could provide the 

means to quantitatively assess the 

effects of others. Participation in the 

focus groups will be voluntary and the 

identity of the participants will be kept 

confidential. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Individuals. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,066 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once. 

Total estimated burden: 1,359 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $41,356 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. 

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6076 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Notices 

Dated: January 27, 2015. 

Joel Beauvais, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02200 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0217; FRL–9922–38– 

OW] 

RIN 2040–A537 

Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate 

List 4— Draft 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is publishing for public 

review and comment a draft list of 

contaminants that are currently not 

subject to any proposed or promulgated 

national primary drinking water 

regulations. These contaminants are 

known or anticipated to occur in public 

water systems and may require 

regulation under the Safe Drinking 

Water Act (SDWA). This draft list is the 

fourth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 

4) published by the agency since the 

SDWA amendments of 1996. This Draft 

CCL 4 includes 100 chemicals or 

chemical groups and 12 microbial 

contaminants. The EPA seeks comment 

on the Draft CCL 4 and on 

improvements to the selection process 

for future CCLs for the agency to 

consider. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2012–0217, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail code: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC) EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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 comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2012– 

0217. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http://

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 information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http://

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://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 http://

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 instructions on 

submitting comments, go to Section I.B 

of the GENERAL INFORMATION 

section of this document. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

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

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http://

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20004. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the EPA Docket Center is 

(202) 566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on chemical contaminants 

contact Meredith Russell, Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water, 

Standards and Risk Management 

Division, at (202) 564–0814 or email 

russell.meredith@epa.gov. For 

information on microbial contaminants 

contact Hannah Holsinger, Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water, 

Standards and Risk Management 

Division, at (202) 564–0403 or email 

holsinger.hannah@epa.gov. For general 

information contact the EPA Safe 

Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426– 

4791 or email: hotline-sdwa@epa.gov. 

Abbreviations and Acronyms 

ATSDR—Agency for Toxic Substances and 

Disease Registry 

CA—California 

CASRN—Chemical Abstract Services 

Registry Number 

CDC—Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

CCL—Contaminant Candidate List 

CCL 1—EPA’s First Contaminant Candidate 

List 

CCL 2—EPA’s Second Contaminant 

Candidate List 

CCL 3—EPA’s Third Contaminant Candidate 

List 

CCL 4—EPA’s Fourth Contaminant 

Candidate List 

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations 

EPA—United States Environmental 

Protection Agency 

ESA—Ethanesulfonic acid 

FL—Florida 

FR—Federal Register 

HPC—Heterotrophic Plate Count 

IL—Illinois 

MCL—Maximum Contaminant Level 

MCLG—Maximum Contaminant Level Goal 

MMWR—Morbidity and Mortality Weekly 

Report 

NC—North Carolina 

NCOD—National Contaminant Occurrence 

Database 

NDWAC—National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council 

NRC—National Academy of Science’s 

National Research Council 

NPDWR—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulation 

OH—Ohio 

PCCL 3—Preliminary Contaminant Candidate 

List 3 

PCCL 4—Preliminary Contaminant Candidate 

List 4 

PFOA—Perfluorooctanoic Acid 

PFOS—Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid 

PWS—Public Water System 

SAB—Science Advisory Board 

SDWA—Safe Drinking Water Act 

SD—South Dakota 

STORET—EPA’s Storage and Retrieval 

database of water quality monitoring data 

collected by water resource management 

groups across the U.S. 

TX—Texas 

UCM—Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring 

UCMR 1—First Unregulated Contaminant 

Monitoring Rule 

UCMR 2—Second Unregulated Contaminant 

Monitoring Rule 

USDA—United States Department of 

Agriculture 

USEPA—United States Environmental 

Protection Agency 

USGS—United States Geological Survey 

WHO—World Health Organization 

WI—Wisconsin 

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