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the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit original 

and five copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on October 9, 2015. 

Dated: September 18, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–24240 Filed 9–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2004–0019; FRL–9934–70– 

OW] 

Extension of Request for Scientific 

Views on the Draft Aquatic Life 

Ambient Water Quality Criterion for 

Selenium—Freshwater 2015 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is extending the comment 

period for the Agency’s draft 

recommended aquatic life water quality 

chronic criterion for selenium in 

freshwater. The draft criterion was 

announced in a July 27, 2015 notice 

entitled ‘‘Request for Scientific Views: 

Draft Recommended Aquatic Life 

Ambient Water Quality Chronic 

Criterion for Selenium—Freshwater 

2015.’’ In response to stakeholder 

requests, EPA is extending the period of 

time in which the Agency will accept 

scientific views for an additional 15 

days. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 10, 2015. Scientific 

views postmarked after this date may 

not receive the same consideration. The 

comment period was originally 

scheduled to end on September 25, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

notice may be submitted to the EPA 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile or 

through hand delivery/courier. Please 

refer to the proposal (80 FR 44350– 

44354) for the addresses and detailed 

instructions. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the 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 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the EPA–HQ–OW–2004–0019 Docket, 

EPA/DC, William Jefferson Clinton 

Building West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. 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 

Water Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Gallagher at U.S. EPA, Office of 

Water, Health and Ecological Criteria 

Division (4304T), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: (202) 564–1398; or email: 

gallagher.kathryn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 

27, 2015, EPA announced the 

availability of the draft recommended 

aquatic life water quality criterion for 

selenium in a previous notice entitled 

‘‘Request for Scientific Views: Draft 

Recommended Aquatic Life Ambient 

Water Quality Chronic Criterion for 

Selenium—Freshwater 2015’’ in the 

Federal Register (80 FR 44350). EPA’s 

recommended aquatic life water quality 

criteria provide technical information 

for states and authorized tribes to adopt 

water quality standards under the Clean 

Water Act to protect aquatic life. 

EPA is extending the public comment 

period for the Draft Aquatic Life 

Ambient Water Quality Criterion for 

Selenium—Freshwater 2015 (EPA–822– 

P–15–001). The original comment 

deadline was September 25, 2015. This 

action extends the comment period for 

15 days. Written scientific views must 

now be received by October 10, 2015. 

Following closure of the public 

comment period, EPA will consider the 

public comments and revise the 

document as necessary. EPA will then 

publish a Federal Register notice 

announcing the availability of the final 

updated selenium criterion. 

Dated: September 18, 2015. 

Elizabeth Southerland, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2015–24310 Filed 9–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2002–0059; FRL–9934–63– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Safe 

Drinking Water Act State Revolving 

Fund Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 

submit an information collection 

request (ICR), ‘‘Safe Drinking Water Act 

State Revolving Fund Program’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 1803.07, OMB Control No. 

2040–0185) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 


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Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, 

EPA is soliciting public comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described in 

this renewal notice. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through December 31, 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 November 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2002–0059, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-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: Nick 

Chamberlain, Drinking Water Protection 

Division, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water, 4606M, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–1871; fax 

number: 202–564–3754; email address: 

Chamberlain.Nick@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: The Safe Drinking Water Act 

(SDWA) Amendments of 1996 (Pub. L. 

104–182) authorized the creation of the 

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund 

(DWSRF; the Fund) program in each 

state and Puerto Rico to assist public 

water systems to finance the costs of 

infrastructure needed to achieve or 

maintain compliance with SDWA 

requirements and to protect public 

health. SDWA section 1452 authorizes 

the Administrator of the EPA to award 

capitalization grants to the states and 

Puerto Rico which, in turn, provide lowcost loans and other types of assistance 

to eligible drinking water systems. 

States can also reserve a portion of their 

grants to conduct various set-aside 

activities. The information collection 

activities will occur primarily at the 

program level through the (1) 

Capitalization Grant Application and 

Agreement/State Intended Use Plan; (2) 

Biennial Report; (3) Annual Audit; (4) 

Assistance Application Review; and (5) 

DWSRF National Information 

Management System and the Projects 

and Benefits Reporting System. 

(1) Capitalization Grant Application 

and Agreement/State Intended Use Plan: 

The state must prepare a Capitalization 

Grant Application that includes an 

Intended Use Plan (IUP) outlining in 

detail how it will use all the funds 

covered by the capitalization grant. The 

state may, as an alternative, develop the 

IUP in a two part process, with one part 

identifying the distribution and uses of 

the funds among the various set-asides 

in the DWSRF program and the other 

part dealing with project assistance from 

the Fund. 

(2) Biennial Report: The state must 

agree to complete and submit a Biennial 

Report on the uses of the capitalization 

grant. The scope of the report must 

cover assistance provided by the Fund 

and all other set-aside activities 

included under the Capital Grant 

Agreement. States which jointly 

administer the DWSRF and the Clean 

Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) 

programs, in accordance with section 

1452(g)(1), may submit reports 

(according to the schedule specified for 

each program) which cover both 

programs. 

(3) Annual Audit: A state must 

comply with the provisions of the 

Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996. 

Best management practices suggest and 

EPA recommends that a state conduct 

an annual independent audit of its 

DWSRF program. The scope of the 

report must cover the DWSRF Fund and 

all other set-aside activities included in 

the Capitalization Grant Agreement. 

States which jointly administer the 

DWSRF and the CWSRF programs, in 

accordance with SDWA section 

1452(g)(1), may submit audits that cover 

both programs but which report 

financial information for each program 

separately. 

(4) Assistance Application Review: 

Local applicants seeking financial 

assistance must prepare and submit 

DWSRF loan applications. States then 

review completed loan applications and 

verify that proposed projects will 

comply with applicable federal and 

state requirements. 

(5) DWSRF National Information 

Management System (DWNIMS) and the 

Projects and Benefits Reporting System 

(PBR): To ensure that funds are being 

used in an expeditious and timely 

manner for eligible projects and 

expenses, states must annually enter 

state-level financial data into DWNIMS 

and quarterly enter project-level data 

into PBR. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

affected by this action are states and 

local governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit per 

the Safe Drinking Water Act Section 

1452(g)(1). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,015 (total). 

Frequency of response: Varies by 

requirement (i.e., quarterly, semiannually and annually). 

Total estimated burden: 269,800 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $10,639,925 (per 

year). 

Changes in Estimates: The EPA 

expects a decrease in the total estimated 

respondent burden hours compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. The currently approved ICR 

includes increased burden from 

additional Congressional program 


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appropriations from the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act 

(ARRA), which nearly doubled burden 

in some years. Inflation will offset some 

of the decrease achieved by removing 

ARRA burden from this ICR. 

Date: September 17, 2015. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2015–24198 Filed 9–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0588; FRL–9934–66– 

ORD] 

Human Studies Review Board; 

Notification of a Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Office of the Science 

Advisor announces two separate public 

meetings of the Human Studies Review 

Board to advise the Agency on the 

ethical and scientific reviews of EPA 

research with human subjects. 

DATES: A public virtual meeting will be 

held on October 19–20, 2015, from 1:00 

p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time each day. A separate 

teleconference meeting is planned for 

Monday, December 7, 2015, from 1:00 

p.m. to approximately 2:30 p.m. for the 

HSRB to finalize its Final Report of the 

October 19–20, 2015 meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Both of these meetings will 

be conducted entirely on the Internet 

using Adobe Connect. Registration is 

required to attend this meeting. Please 

visit the HSRB Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/hsrb to register. 

Comments: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2015–0588, by one of 

the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 

Email: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: The EPA Docket Center EPA/

DC, ORD Docket, Mail code: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The hours of operation are 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 

Updates to Public Reading Room access 

are available on the Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/epahome/

dockets.htm. 

Instructions: The Agency’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 or other 

information the disclosure of which 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 the 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, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

electronic storage media you submit. If 

the EPA cannot read your comment due 

to technical difficulties and cannot 

contact you for clarification, the 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

receive further information should 

contact Jim Downing on telephone 

number (202) 564–2468; fax number: 

(202) 564–2070; email address: 

downing.jim@epa.gov; or mailing 

address Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of the Science Advisor, 

Mail code 8105R, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

General information concerning the EPA 

HSRB can be found on the EPA Web site 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Meeting access: Access to these 

Internet meetings are open to all by 

following the information provided 

above. 

Procedures for providing public 

input: Interested members of the public 

may submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in Section I, ‘‘Public Meeting’’ 

under subsection D. ‘‘How May I 

Participate in this Meeting?’’ of this 

notice. 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This Notice may, however, 

be of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by the EPA, or to persons who 

are, or may be required to conduct 

testing of chemical substances under the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act. This notice might 

also be of special interest to participants 

of studies involving human subjects, or 

representatives of study participants or 

experts on community engagement. The 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may have 

interest in human subjects research. If 

you have any questions regarding this 

notice, consult Jim Downing listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I access electronic copies of 

this document and other related 

information? 

In addition to using regulations.gov, 

you may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

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 ORD Docket, EPA Docket Center, in 

the Public Reading Room. The Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA WJC West, at 1301 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The hours of operation are 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, excluding 

federal holidays. Please call (202) 566– 

1744 or email the ORD Docket at 

ord.docket@epa.gov for instructions. 


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