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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL_9942–93–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Louisiana’s 

request to revise its National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation EPA-authorized 

program to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective May 

26, 2016 for the State of Louisiana’s 

National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program, if 

no timely request for a public hearing is 

received and accepted by the Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On February 8, 2016, the Louisiana 

Department of Health and Hospitals 

(LDHH) submitted an application titled 

Compliance Monitoring Data Portal for 

revision to its EPA-approved drinking 

water program under title 40 CFR to 

allow new electronic reporting. EPA 

reviewed LDHH’s request to revise its 

EPA-authorized program and, based on 

this review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program revision 

set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In 

accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this 

notice of EPA’s decision to approve 

Louisiana’s request to revise its Part 

142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR 

part 141 is being published in the 

Federal Register. 

LDHH was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of 

Louisiana’s request to revise its 

authorized public water system program 

under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for a 

hearing must be submitted to EPA 

within 30 days of publication of today’s 

Federal Register notice. Such requests 

should include the following 

information: 

(1) The name, address and telephone 

number of the individual, organization 

or other entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the State 

of Louisiana’s request to revise its part 

142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9945–70–OA] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

gives notice of a meeting of the Farm, 

Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Committee (FRRCC). The FRRCC is a 

policy-oriented committee that provides 

policy advice, information, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on a range of 

environmental issues and policies that 

are of importance to agriculture and 

rural communities. 

The purpose of this meeting is to draft 

and review recommendations regarding 

how EPA can best create a framework 

for facilitating collaborative and 

innovative partnerships, building upon 

existing resource protection efforts to 

promote soil health, particularly as it 

relates to water and air and to 

adaptation of a changing climate. 

DATES: The Farm, Ranch, and Rural 

Communities Committee will hold an 

open meeting on Wednesday, May 25, 

2016, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and 

Thursday, May 26, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. 

until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

EPA One Potomac Yard, 2777 Crystal 

Dr., Arlington VA, 22202, Room 4370/ 

80 fourth floor. The meeting is open to 

the public, with limited seating on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Perla, Acting Designated Federal 

Officer, perla.donna@epa.gov, 202–564– 

0184, U.S. EPA, Office of the 

Administrator (1101A), Room 2415, 

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1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make brief oral comments or provide 

written statements to the FRRCC should 

be sent to Donna Perla, Acting 

Designated Federal Officer, at the 

contact information above. All requests 

must be submitted no later than May 18, 

2016, at the contact information above. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Donna Perla 

at 202–564–0184 or perla.donna@

epa.gov. To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact Donna Perla, 

preferably at least 10 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: April 19, 2016. 

Donna Perla, 

Acting Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–09733 Filed 4–25–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2016–0150; FRL–9945–67– 

OW] 

General Permit for Ocean Disposal of 

Marine Mammal Carcasses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed general permit. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) proposes to issue a 

general permit to authorize any officer, 

employee, agent, department, agency, or 

instrumentality of federal, state, tribal, 

or local unit of government, as well as 

any Marine Mammal Health and 

Stranding Response Program 

(MMHSRP) Stranding Agreement 

Holder, and any Alaska Native 

subsistence user to transport from the 

United States and dispose of marine 

mammal carcasses in ocean waters. 

EPA’s purpose in proposing a general 

permit is to expedite required 

authorizations that otherwise currently 

require the issuance of an emergency 

permit for the ocean disposal of marine 

mammal carcasses. EPA also proposes 

permit terms that would apply for at sea 

disposal of marine mammal carcasses 

generally by governmental entities (and 

MMHSRP Agreement Holders), as well 

as by Alaska Native subsistence users 

based on circumstances specific to the 

remote locations of such disposals. The 

EPA invites public comment on all 

aspects of this proposed general permit. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before June 27, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2016–0150, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. The EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e. on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian Rappoli, Ocean and Coastal 

Protection Division, Office of Water, 

4504T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–1548; fax number: 

202–566–1546; email address: 

rappoli.brian@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

The proposed general permit would 

apply to any officer, employee, agent, 

department, agency, or instrumentality 

of federal, state, tribal, or local unit of 

government, as well as any MMHSRP 

Stranding Agreement Holder, and any 

Alaska Native subsistence user that 

transports from the United States and 

disposes of marine mammal carcasses in 

ocean waters. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 

mark the part or all of the information 

that you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

claimed as CBI). In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for Preparing Your Comments. 

When submitting comments, remember 

to: 

• Identify the rulemaking by docket 

number and other identifying 

information (subject heading, Federal 

Register date and page number). 

• Follow directions—The agency may 

ask you to respond to specific questions 

or organize comments by referencing a 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 

or section number. 

• Explain why you agree or disagree; 

suggest alternatives and substitute 

language for your requested changes. 

• Describe any assumptions and 

provide any technical information and/ 

or data that you used. 

• If you estimate potential costs or 

burdens, explain how you arrived at 

your estimate in sufficient detail to 

allow for it to be reproduced. 

• Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, and suggest 

alternatives. 

• Explain your views as clearly as 

possible, avoiding the use of profanity 

or personal threats. 

• Make sure to submit your 

comments by the comment period 

deadline identified. 

II. Federal Law and International 

Conventions 

The EPA proposes general terms of 

authorization under Title I of the Marine 

Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries 

Act (MPRSA), sometimes referred to as 

the Ocean Dumping Act, for the ocean 

disposal of the marine mammal 

carcasses. The term ‘‘marine mammal’’ 

would mean any mammal that is 

morphologically adapted to the marine 

environment (including sea otters and 

members of the orders Sirenia, 

Pinnipedia, and Cetacea), or primarily 

inhabits the marine environment (e.g., 

polar bears). Other than Alaska Native 

subsistence users, EPA does not 

anticipate that ocean disposal would be 

necessary for marine mammal carcasses 

except in unusual circumstances, such 

as (1) beached whale carcasses and (2) 

after mass strandings of other marine 

mammals. 

Transportation for the purpose of 

disposal of any material in the ocean 

requires authorization under the 

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