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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9688–6] 

Public Meeting on Draft Permitting 

Guidance for Oil and Gas Hydraulic 

Fracturing Activities Using Diesel 

Fuels 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or agency) is announcing 

a public meeting to discuss draft 

permitting guidance the agency has 

developed on the use of diesel fuels in 

oil and gas hydraulic fracturing and to 

solicit input during the public comment 

period. The meeting is open to all 

interested parties. The agency requests 

input on the following technical aspects 

of the draft permitting guidance: Diesel 

fuels description; diesel fuels usage 

information; permit duration and well 

closure; area of review; information 

submitted with the permit application; 

and monitoring. 

DATES: The meeting will take place on 

Monday, June 29, 2012, in Room 1153 

EPA East, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. Participants may 

choose from two sessions, from 

8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. or from 1:30 p.m. 

to 5:00 p.m. Seating is limited. 

Registration will be filled on a firstcome, first-served basis. To allow for 

maximum public participation, 

registrants are asked to select one 

session only. Pre-registration will open 

on Wednesday, June 20, 2012, and close 

on Thursday, June 28, 2012, at noon. 

Registration may also be available at the 

door as space permits. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

registration details. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherri Comerford, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Mailcode 

4606M, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–4639; 

email address: 

comerford.sherri@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is 

hosting a public informational meeting 

to discuss ‘‘Permitting Guidance for Oil 

and Gas Hydraulic Fracturing Activities 

Using Diesel Fuels—Draft: Underground 

Injection Control Program Guidance 

#84.’’ The draft guidance, available at 

this Web site, http://water.epa.gov/type/ 

groundwater/uic/class2/hydraulic

fracturing/hydraulic-fracturing.cfm, is 

intended to provide information for EPA 

permit writers issuing permits under the 

Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure 

protection of underground sources of 

drinking water. The draft guidance is 

open for public comment from May 10, 

2012, to July 9, 2012, to allow 

stakeholders to provide input and 

feedback before it is finalized. The 

meeting is open to the public, and all 

interested stakeholders are invited to 

attend. 

Registration details: Registration is 

scheduled to open on Wednesday, June 

20, 2012, and close on Thursday, June 

28, 2012, at noon. Participants are 

requested to pre-register for either the 

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. session or the 

1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. session, using an 

online form that will be accessible from 

the following Web site: http://water.epa.

gov/type/groundwater/uic/class2/

hydraulicfracturing/wells_hydroout.cfm. 

Registration may also be available at the 

door as space permits. Please check the 

Web site for availability. 

Meeting information: Both morning 

and afternoon sessions will begin with 

a brief presentation by the EPA Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water on 

the basics of the guidance. Copies of 

EPA’s presentation will be available at 

the meeting and posted on the Web at 

http://water.epa.gov/type/groundwater/

uic/class2/hydraulicfracturing/wells_

hydroout.cfm the day of the meeting. An 

oral comment session will follow the 

presentation. Oral comments will be 

limited to two (2) minutes each, and it 

is preferred that only one person present 

the statement on behalf of a group or 

organization to accommodate as many 

participants as possible. Registered 

attendees requesting to make an oral 

presentation will be placed on the 

commenting schedule. Time slots are 

limited and will be filled on a firstcome, first-served basis. EPA may ask 

clarifying questions during the oral 

presentations, but will not respond to 

the presentations. 

You may present oral comments 

during the meeting; and/or submit 

written comments and supporting 

information directly to EPA. 

Instructions for submitting comments, 

the draft guidance, and a Federal 

Register notice providing detail on 

topics on which the agency invites 

comment, are available on the Web site, 

http://water.epa.gov/type/groundwater/

uic/class2/hydraulicfracturing/

hydraulic-fracturing.cfm. Written 

statements and supporting information 

submitted during the comment period 

will be considered in the same manner 

as any oral comments and supporting 

information presented at the public 

meeting. The agency requests input on 

the following technical aspects of the 

draft permitting guidance: diesel fuels 

description; diesel fuels usage 

information; permit duration and well 

closure; area of review; information 

submitted with the permit application; 

and monitoring. 

All attendees must go through a metal 

detector, sign in with the security desk, 

and show government-issued photo 

identification to enter the building. 

Special Accommodations: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities and to 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Sherri Comerford at (202) 

564–4639 or Comerford.Sherri@epa.gov, 

preferably at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: June 11, 2012. 

Pamela S. Barr, 

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9688–5] 

Notification of a Joint Public Meeting 

of the Chartered Science Advisory 

Board and Chartered Board of 

Scientific Counselors 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a joint 

public meeting of the Chartered SAB 

and the EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD) Chartered Board of 

Scientific Counselors (BOSC) to provide 

advice on ORD’s plans to implement its 

research program. 

DATES: The public meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, July 10, 2012 from 

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, 

July 11, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

(Eastern Daylight Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the The Renaissance Raleigh North Hills 

Hotel, 4100 Main at North Hills Street, 

Raleigh, NC 27609. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes 

further information concerning the 

meeting may contact Dr. Angela Nugent, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail 

(202) 564–2218, fax (202) 565–2098; or 

email at nugent.angela@epa.gov. 

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General information concerning the 

SAB can be found on the EPA Web site 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB was 

established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The BOSC was 

established by the EPA to provide 

advice, information, and 

recommendations regarding the ORD 

research program. The SAB and BOSC 

are Federal Advisory Committees 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

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

2. Pursuant to FACA and EPA policy, 

notice is hereby given that the chartered 

SAB and chartered BOSC will hold a 

joint public meeting to discuss advice 

on ORD’s research programs. The SAB 

and BOSC will comply with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

ORD has restructured its research 

programs to better understand 

environmental problems and inform 

sustainable solutions to meet EPA’s 

strategic goals. The restructured 

research programs comprise six program 

areas: Air, Climate, and Energy; Safe 

and Sustainable Water Resources; 

Sustainable and Healthy Communities; 

Chemical Safety for Sustainability; 

Human Health Risk Assessment; and 

Homeland Security. 

ORD requested that the SAB work 

jointly with the BOSC in 2011 to 

provide early advice on ORD strategic 

research directions. In response, the 

SAB and BOSC held a joint public 

meeting on June 29–30, 2011 (76 FR 

32198–32199) and a public 

teleconference on September 19, 2011 

(76 FR 54463) to develop a report, Office 

of Research and Development (ORD) 

New Strategic Research Directions: A 

Joint Report of the Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) and ORD Board of 

Scientific Councilors (BOSC), EPA– 

SAB–12–001. After receiving this 

advisory report, ORD requested SAB 

and BOSC additional advice on ORD’s 

research implementation plans, efforts 

to strengthen program integration and 

efforts to strengthen and measure 

innovation. The SAB and BOSC will 

focus on those topics at the July 10–11, 

2012 meeting. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: A 

meeting agenda and other materials for 

the meeting will be placed on the SAB 

Web site at http://epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. Federal advisory 

committees and panels, including 

scientific advisory committees, provide 

independent advice to EPA. Members of 

the public can submit relevant 

comments pertaining to the group 

providing advice, EPA’s charge 

questions and EPA review or 

background documents. Input from the 

public to the SAB will have the most 

impact if it consists of comments that 

provide specific scientific or technical 

information or analysis for the SAB 

panel to consider or if it relates to the 

clarity or accuracy of the technical 

information. Members of the public 

wishing to provide comment should 

contact the DFO for the relevant 

advisory committee directly. Oral 

Statements: In general, individuals or 

groups requesting an oral presentation 

at a public meeting will be limited to 

five minutes. To be placed on the public 

speaker list for the July 10–11, 2012 

meeting, interested parties should notify 

Dr. Angela Nugent, DFO, by email no 

later than July 3, 2012. Written 

Statements: Written statements for the 

July 10–11, 2012 meeting should be 

received in the SAB Staff Office by 

July 3, 2012, so that the information 

may be made available to the SAB and 

BOSC for their consideration prior to 

this meeting. Written statements should 

be supplied to the DFO in the following 

formats: one hard copy with original 

signature and one electronic copy via 

email (acceptable file format: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, WordPerfect, 

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in 

IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitters are asked to provide 

electronic versions of each document 

submitted with and without signatures, 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at 

the phone number or email address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: June 11, 2012. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R04–OW–2011–0937; FRL–9688–2] 

Public Water System Supervision 

Program Revision for the State of 

Alabama 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the State of Alabama is revising its 

approved Public Water System 

Supervision Program. Alabama has 

adopted the following rules: Long Term 

1 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 

Rule, Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface 

Water Treatment Rule, and Stage 2 

Disinfection/Disinfection Byproducts 

Rule. EPA has determined that 

Alabama’s rules are no less stringent 

than the corresponding federal 

regulations. Therefore, EPA is 

tentatively approving this revision to 

the State of Alabama’s Public Water 

System Supervision Program. 

DATES: Any interested person may 

request a public hearing. A request for 

a public hearing must be submitted by 

July 18, 2012, to the Regional 

Administrator at the EPA Region 4 

address shown below. The Regional 

Administrator may deny frivolous or 

insubstantial requests for a hearing. 

However, if a substantial request for a 

public hearing is made by July 18, 2012, 

a public hearing will be held. If EPA 

Region 4 does not receive a timely and 

appropriate request for a hearing and 

the Regional Administrator does not 

elect to hold a hearing on her own 

motion, this determination shall become 

final and effective on July 18, 2012. Any 

request for a public hearing shall 

include the following information: The 

name, address, and telephone number of 

the individual, organization, or other 

entity requesting a hearing; a brief 

statement of the requesting person’s 

interest in the Regional Administrator’s 

determination and a brief statement of 

the information that the requesting 

person intends to submit at such 

hearing; and 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. 

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to 

this determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 

8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, at the following offices: 

Alabama Department of Environmental 

Management, Drinking Water Branch, 

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