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Agreement. For purposes of 

commenting on the Programmatic 

Agreement, we propose to restrict the 

service list for Project No. 2322–060 as 

follows: 

Dr. John Eddins, Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation, 401 F Street 

NW., Suite 308, Washington, DC 

20001–2637 

Kirk F. Mohney, SHPO, Maine Historic 

Preservation Commission, 55 Capitol 

Street, 65 State House Station, 

Augusta, ME 04333–0065 

Robin K. Reed or Representative, Maine 

Historic Preservation Commission, 55 

Capitol Street, 65 State House Station, 

Augusta, ME 04333–0065 

Frank Dunlap and Representative, 

Brookfield Renewable Energy Group, 

26 Katherine Drive, Hallowell, ME 

04347 

Jennifer Pictou, THPO, or 

Representative, Aroostook Band of 

Micmac, 7 Northern Road, Presque 

Isle, ME 04769 

Chris Sockalexis, THPO, or 

Representative, Penobscot Indian 

Nation, 12 Wabanaki Way, Indian 

Island, ME 04468 

Donald Soctomah, THPO, 

Passamaquoddy Tribe—Pleasant 

Point, or Representative, P.O. Box 

159, Princeton, ME 04668 

Chief William Nicolas, Sr. or 

Representative, Passamaquoddy 

Tribe—Indian Township, P.O. Box 

301, Princeton, ME 04668 

Chief Brenda Commander or 

Representative, Houlton Band of 

Maliseet, 88 Bell Road, Littleton, ME 

04730 

David Saunders, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Eastern Region, 545 Marriott 

Drive, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37214 

Harold Peterson, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Eastern Region, 545 Marriott 

Drive, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37214 

Any person on the official service list 

for the above-captioned proceedings 

may request inclusion on the restricted 

service list, or may request that a 

restricted service list not be established, 

by filing a motion to that effect within 

15 days of this notice date. A copy of 

any such motion must be filed with the 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426 and must be 

served on each person whose name 

appears on the official service list. If no 

such motions are filed, the restricted 

service list will be effective at the end 

of the 15 day period. Otherwise, a 

further notice will be issued ruling on 

the motion. 

Dated: February 9, 2016. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03021 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD16–16–000] 

Implementation Issues Under the 

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act 

of 1978; Notice of Technical 

Conference 

Take notice that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission plans to hold a 

technical conference in the abovecaptioned docket on implementation 

issues under the Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 796(17)–(18), 824a–3 (2012) 

(PURPA). The technical conference will 

take place on June 29, 2016. The 

conference will be held at the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The technical conference will be 

webcast and transcribed. 

Further information concerning topics 

and speakers, as well as matters relevant 

to the organization of the technical 

conference, will be provided at a later 

date in supplemental notices. 

Dated: February 9, 2016. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03016 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 9942–42–OA] 

Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC); Notice of Charter 

Renewal 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that, in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

the Local Government Advisory 

Committee (LGAC) is a necessary 

committee which is in the public 

interest. Accordingly, LGAC will be 

renewed for an additional two-year 

period. The purpose of LGAC is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

EPA’s Administrator on ways to 

improve its partnership with Local 

Governments and provide more efficient 

and effective environmental protection. 

Inquiries may be directed to Frances 

Eargle, Designated Federal Officer, 

LGAC, U.S. EPA, (Mail Code 1301A), 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, or 

eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

Dated: February 4, 2016. 

Nichole Distefano, 

Associate Administrator, Office of 

Congressional and Intergovernmental 

Relations. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03101 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2015–0469; FRL–9942–26– 

OW] 

Draft Technical Support Document: 

Recommended Estimates for Missing 

Water Quality Parameters for 

Application in EPA’s Biotic Ligand 

Model 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is announcing availability 

of the draft technical support document: 

Recommended Estimates for Missing 

Water Quality Parameters for 

Application in EPA’s Biotic Ligand 

Model for public comment. In 2007, 

EPA published updated criteria for 

freshwater copper using the Biotic 

Ligand Model (BLM), a bioavailability 

model that relies on ten water quality 

input parameters to estimate copper 

criteria protective of aquatic life in 

freshwater. This draft technical support 

document summarizes data analysis 

approaches EPA used to develop 

recommendations for default values for 

water quality parameters used in the 

Freshwater Copper BLM when data are 

lacking. These default values may also 

be used to fill in missing water quality 

input parameters in the application of 

other metal BLM models as well, when 

data are lacking. Following closure of 

this 30 day public comment period, EPA 

will consider the comments, revise the 

document, as appropriate, and then 

publish a final technical support 

document that will serve as a source of 

information for states, tribes, territories, 

and other stakeholders. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 17, 2016. 

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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2015–0469, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. 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. 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/commentingepa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Gallagher, Health and 

Ecological Criteria Division, Office of 

Water (Mail Code 4304T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone: (202) 564–1398; 

email address: gallagher.kathryn@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. How can I get copies of this 

document and other related 

information? 

1. 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 Water Docket, EPA/ 

DC, EPA 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 Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. For additional 

information about EPA’s public docket, 

visit EPA Docket Center homepage at 

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

dockets.htm. 

II. What is the relationship between 

state or tribal water quality standards 

and the draft technical support 

document? 

Recommended estimates for missing 

water quality parameters for application 

in EPA’s biotic ligand model? 

As part of the water quality standards 

triennial review process defined in 

section 303(c)(1) of the CWA, the states 

and authorized tribes are responsible for 

maintaining and revising water quality 

standards. Water quality standards 

consist of designated uses, water quality 

criteria to protect those uses, a policy 

for antidegradation, and may include 

general policies for application and 

implementation. States and authorized 

tribes must adopt water quality criteria 

that protect designated uses. Protective 

criteria are based on a sound scientific 

rationale and contain sufficient 

parameters or constituents to protect the 

designated uses. States and authorized 

tribes have four options when adopting 

water quality criteria for which EPA has 

published section 304(a) criteria. They 

can: 

(1) Establish numerical values based 

on recommended section 304(a) criteria; 

(2) Adopt section 304(a) criteria 

modified to reflect site-specific 

conditions; 

(3) Adopt criteria derived using other 

scientifically defensible methods; or 

(4) Establish narrative criteria where 

numeric criteria cannot be established 

or to supplement numerical criteria (40 

CFR 131.11(b)). 

The current 304(a) criteria 

recommendation for freshwater copper 

relies on implementation of the BLM 

model. The model requires 10 inputs to 

determine the criteria. This technical 

support document provides default 

values for 8 of the 10 parameters, where 

site-specific data are not available, and 

thereby facilitates the use of the BLM 

model. The document describes the 

methods used to estimate missing 

parameters. 

III. Information on the Draft Technical 

Support Document 

Recommended Estimates for Missing 

Water Quality Parameters for 

Application in EPA’s Biotic Ligand 

Model 

The Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) is 

used to derive Aquatic Life Ambient 

water quality criteria for copper in 

freshwater. The BLM requires 10 input 

parameters: Temperature, pH, dissolved 

organic carbon, alkalinity, calcium, 

magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfate, 

and chloride to derive water quality 

criteria. In 2007, EPA published 

updated criteria for freshwater copper 

using the biotic ligand model. An 

ongoing implementation challenge for 

state water quality standards is 

completing a parameter database for 

BLM use when a site has missing model 

input parameters. EPA developed 

approaches to estimate missing water 

quality parameters including 

geochemical ions (calcium, magnesium, 

sodium, potassium, sulfate, chloride, 

and alkalinity) and dissolved organic 

carbon (DOC). For geochemical ions (GI) 

parameter estimates, specific 

conductivity was combined with 

geostatistical techniques (Kriging) to 

generate protective estimates for use in 

the BLM when data are not available. 

DOC estimates were derived using 

several water quality databases 

including the National Organic Carbon 

Database, Storage and Retrieval Data 

System, National Waters Information 

System, Wadeable Stream Assessment, 

and National River and Stream 

Assessment (NRSA) database. 

This draft support document provides 

default recommended values that could 

be used to fill in missing water quality 

input parameters when data are lacking 

for 8 of 10 BLM parameters. Default 

recommended values for GI parameters 

are 10th percentile ecoregional, streamorder specific values. Default 

recommended values for DOC are 10th 

percentile ecoregional values. These 

default values could also be used to fill 

in missing water quality input 

parameters in the application of other 

metal BLM models as well, when data 

are lacking. In addition, the document 

also recommends that the other two 

parameters, temperature and pH, be 

measured directly in the field. Sitespecific data are always preferable for 

use in the BLM and should be used to 

develop copper criteria via the BLM 

when possible. Users of the BLM are 

encouraged to sample their water body 

of interest, and to analyze the samples 

for the constituent (parameter) 

concentrations as a basis for 

determining BLM inputs, when 

possible. 

This document underwent an internal 

EPA review and an independent 

contractor-led external peer review. 

IV. Solicitation of Scientific Views 

EPA is soliciting additional scientific 

views, data, and information regarding 

the science and technical approach used 

in the derivation of this draft technical 

document. 

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Dated: February 4, 2016. 

Elizabeth Southerland, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2016–03119 Filed 2–12–16; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9942–45–OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 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. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Courtney Kerwin (202) 566–1669, or 

email at kerwin.courtney@epa.gov and 

please refer to the appropriate EPA 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 2031.08; Protection 

of Stratospheric Ozone: Request for 

Applications from Critical Use 

Exemption for the Phase out of Methyl 

Bromide (Renewal); 40 CFR part 82; was 

approved with change on 8/4/2015; 

OMB Number 2060–0482; expires on 8/ 

31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2207.06; Exchange 

Network Grants Progress Reports 

(Renewal); 2 CFR parts 200 and 1500; 

was approved without change on 8/4/

2015; OMB Number 2025–0006; expires 

on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2183.06; Drug 

Testing for Contractor Employees 

(Renewal); 5 CFR parts 731, 732 and 

736; was approved without change on 8/ 

4/2015; OMB Number 2030–0044; 

expires on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2159.06; 

Background Checks for Contractor 

Employees (Renewal); 5 CFR parts 731, 

732 and 736; was approved without 

change on 8/4/2015; OMB Number 

2030–0043; expires on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2494.01; Survey of 

the Public and Commercial Building 

Industry (New); was approved without 

change on 8/5/2015; OMB Number 

2070–0193; expires on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1250.10; Request for 

Contractor Access to TSCA Confidential 

Business Information (CBI); 15 CFR part 

2613; was approved without change on 

8/11/2015; OMB Number 2070–0075; 

expires on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1365.10; AsbestosContaining Materials in Schools and 

Asbestos Model Accreditation Plans 

(Renewal); 40 CFR part 763 subpart E 

appendix C, 40 CFR part 763 subpart E; 

was approved without change on 8/17/ 

2015; OMB Number 2070–0091; expires 

on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2403.03; EG for 

Sewage Sludge Incinerators (Renewal); 

40 CFR part 60, subparts A and MMMM; 

was approved without change on 8/18/ 

2015; OMB Number 2060–0661; expires 

on 8/31/2015. 

EPA ICR Number 2025.06; NESHAP 

for Friction Materials Manufacturing 

(Renewal); 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

QQQQQ and 40 CFR part 63, subpart A; 

was approved without change on 8/18/ 

2015; OMB Number 2060–0481; expires 

on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1284.10; NSPS for 

Polymeric Coating of Supporting 

Substrates Facilities (Renewal); 40 CFR 

part 60, subparts VVV and A; was 

approved without change on 8/18/2015; 

OMB Number 2060–0181; expires on 8/ 

31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1643.08; 

Application Requirements for the 

Approval and Delegation of Federal Air 

Toxics Programs to State, Territorial, 

Local, and Tribal Agencies (Renewal); 

40 CFR part 63, subpart E; was approved 

without change on 8/18/2015; OMB 

Number 2060–0264; expires on 8/31/

2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2303.04; NESHAP 

for Ferroalloys Production Area Sources 

(Renewal); 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

YYYYYY and subpart A; was approved 

with change on 8/18/2015; OMB 

Number 2060–0625; expires on 8/31/

2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2014.06; Reporting 

and Recordkeeping Requirements of the 

HCFC Allowance System (Change); 40 

CFR part 82, subpart A; was approved 

without change on 8/18/2015; OMB 

Number 2060–0498; expires on 4/30/

2016. 

EPA ICR Number 2466.01; Revisions 

to the Total Coliform Rule (Final Rule) 

(Revision); 40 CFR parts 141 and 142; 

was approved without change on 8/18/ 

2015; OMB Number 2040–0288; expires 

on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1789.09; NESHAP 

for Natural Gas Transmission and 

Storage (Renewal); 40 CFR part 63, 

subparts HHH and A; was approved 

without change on 8/19/2015; OMB 

Number 2060–0418; expires on 8/31/

2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1684.18; Emissions 

Certification and Compliance 

Requirements for Nonroad 

Compression-Ignition Engines and OnHighway Heavy Duty Engines 

(Renewal); 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

YYYYYY; 40 CFR part 1042, subparts C, 

D, G and H; 40 CFR parts 85, 86, 89, 94, 

1027, 1039, 1042, 1045, 1060, 1065, and 

1068; was approved with change on 8/ 

20/2015; OMB Number 2060–0287; 

expires on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1051.13; NSPS for 

Portland Cement Plants (Renewal); 40 

CFR part 40, subparts A and F; was 

approved without change on 8/21/2015; 

OMB Number 2060–0025; expires on 8/ 

31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 0276.15; 

Experimental Use Permits (EUPs) for 

Pesticides (Renewal); 40 CFR part 172; 

was approved without change on 8/21/ 

2015; OMB Number 2070–0040; expires 

on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 2455.02; Revision to 

the Export Provisions of the Cathode 

Ray Tube (CRT) Rule (Final Rule); 40 

CFR part 261; was approved without 

change on 8/21/2015; OMB Number 

2050–0208; expires on 8/31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 1630.12; Oil 

Pollution Act Facility Response Plans 

(Renewal); 40 CFR parts 112.20, 112.21, 

and 40 CFR part 112, subpart D; was 

approved without change on 8/21/2015; 

OMB Number 2050–0135; expires on 8/ 

31/2018. 

EPA ICR Number 0664.11; NSPS for 

Bulk Gasoline Terminals (Renewal); 40 

CFR part 60, subparts XX and A; was 

approved without change on 8/24/2015; 

OMB Number 2060–0006; expires on 8/ 

31/2018. 

Comment Filed 

EPA ICR Number 2517.01; Proposed 

Rule Related Addendum to the Existing 

EPA ICR Entitled: Chemical-Specific 

Rules; Toxic Substances Control Act 

Section 8(a) (Proposed Rule); 40 CFR 

part 704; OMB filed comment on 8/21/ 

2015. 

EPA ICR Number 2394.04; 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Fuel 

Efficiency Standards (Proposed Rule for 

Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and 

Vehicles—Phase 2); 40 CFR parts 1043, 

1065, 1066, 1068, 22, 600, 85, 86, 1033, 

1036, 1037, 1039, 1042, 523, 5234, 534 

and 535; OMB filed comment on 8/21/ 

2015. 

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