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of resilience. It also demonstrates the 

utility of this systematic and flexible 

method in providing useful information 

for future adaptation planning for 

different types of cities. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0357, by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: Docket_ORD@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(ORD Docket), Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. The phone number is 202– 

566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The ORD Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. If you provide comments 

by mail or hand delivery, please submit 

three copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2013– 

0357. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is the EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information through 

www.regulations.gov or email that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected. The www.regulations.gov 

Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system, which means the 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 

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 

disk or CD–ROM 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 additional information 

about the EPA’s public docket visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www2.epa.gov/dockets. 

Docket: 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 materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket in the EPA 

Headquarters Docket Center. 

Dated: June 9, 2016. 

Mary A. Ross, 

Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9947–99–OW] 

The National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council: Request for Nominations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) invites 

nominations of qualified candidates to 

be considered for a three-year 

appointment to the National Drinking 

Water Advisory Council (NDWAC or 

Council). The 15-member Council was 

established by the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (SDWA) to provide practical and 

independent advice, consultation and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the activities, 

functions, policies and regulations 

required by the SDWA. This notice 

solicits nominations to fill one new 

vacancy from December 2016 through 

December 2019. To maintain the 

representation required by statute, a 

nominee will be selected to represent 

state and local agencies concerned with 

water hygiene and public water supply. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted on or before July 31, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to 

Michelle Schutz, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), The National Drinking 

Water Advisory Council, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water, Mail Code 4601–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. You may also email 

nominations with the subject line 

NDWACResume2016 to 

schutz.michelle@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Email your questions to Michelle Schutz 

or call her at (202) 564–7374. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council: The Council was created by 

Congress on December 16, 1974, as part 

of the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, 

Public Law 93–523, 42 U.S.C. 300j–5, 

and is operated in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

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

The Council consists of 15 members, 

including the Chairperson, all of whom 

are appointed by the EPA’s 

Administrator. Five members represent 

appropriate state and local agencies 

concerned with water hygiene and 

public water supply; five members 

represent private organizations or 

groups demonstrating an active interest 

in the field of water hygiene and public 

water supply—of which two such 

members shall be associated with small, 

rural public water systems; and five 

members represent the general public. 

The current list of members is available 

on the EPA Web site at http://

water.epa.gov/drink/ndwac. 

The Council will meet in person once 

each year and may hold a second 

meeting during the year either in person 

or by video/teleconferencing. These 

meetings generally occur in the spring 

and fall. Additionally, members may be 

asked to participate in ad hoc 

workgroups to develop policy 

recommendations, advice letters and 

reports to address specific program 

issues. 

Member Nominations: Any interested 

person and/or organization may 

nominate qualified individuals for 

membership. EPA values and welcomes 

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nominations of diverse candidates, the 

Agency encourages nominations of 

women and men of all racial and ethnic 

groups. 

All nominations will be fully 

considered, but applicants need to be 

aware that EPA is currently only 

soliciting for the current vacancy in the 

category to represent state and local 

agencies concerned with water hygiene 

and public water supply, pursuant to 

the SDWA. Other criteria used to 

evaluate nominees will include: 

• Demonstrated experience with 

drinking water issues at the national, 

state or local level; 

• Excellent interpersonal, oral and 

written communication and consensusbuilding skills; 

• Willingness to commit time to the 

Council and demonstrated ability to 

work constructively on committees; 

• Absence of financial conflicts of 

interest; 

• Absence of appearance of a lack of 

impartiality; and 

• Background and experience that 

would help members contribute to the 

diversity of perspectives on the Council, 

e.g., geographic, economic, social, 

cultural, educational backgrounds, 

professional affiliations and other 

considerations. 

Nominations must include a resume, 

which provides the nominee’s 

background, experience and educational 

qualifications, as well as a brief 

statement (one page or less) describing 

the nominee’s interest in serving on the 

Council and addressing the other 

criteria previously described. Nominees 

are encouraged to provide any 

additional information that they think 

would be useful for consideration, such 

as: Availability to participate as a 

member of the Council; how the 

nominee’s background, skills and 

experience would contribute to the 

diversity of the Council; and any 

concerns the nominee has regarding 

membership. Nominees should be 

identified by name, occupation, 

position, current business address, 

email and telephone number. Interested 

candidates may self-nominate. The DFO 

will acknowledge receipt of 

nominations. 

Persons selected for membership will 

receive compensation for travel and a 

nominal daily compensation (if 

appropriate) while attending meetings. 

Additionally, the selected candidate 

will be designated as a Special 

Government Employee (SGE) and will 

be required to fill out the ‘‘Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Form for 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Special Government Employees’’ (EPA 

Form 3110–48). This confidential form 

provides information to EPA’s ethics 

officials to determine whether there is a 

conflict between the SGE’s public duties 

and their private interests, including an 

appearance of a loss of impartiality as 

defined by federal laws and regulations. 

The form may be viewed and 

downloaded through the ‘‘Ethics 

Requirements for Advisors’’ link on the 

EPA NDWAC Web site at https://

www.epa.gov/ndwac/membershipnational-drinking-water-advisorycouncil#tab-2. 

Other sources, in addition to this 

Federal Register notice, may also be 

utilized in the solicitation of nominees. 

To help EPA in evaluating the 

effectiveness of its outreach efforts, 

please tell us how you learned of this 

opportunity. 

Dated: June 15, 2016. 

Carlos Osegueda, 

Acting Deputy Office Director, Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water. 

[FR Doc. 2016–14667 Filed 6–20–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 

at 10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street NW., Washington, 

DC. 

STATUS: This Meeting Will Be Closed to 

the Public. 

FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: 81 FR 37196. 

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: This meeting 

was continued on June 16, 2016. 

* * * * * 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Shelley E. Garr, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2016–14736 Filed 6–17–16; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the proposed 

information collection project: 

‘‘Hospital Survey on Patient Safety 

Culture Comparative Database.’’ In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521, 

AHRQ invites the public to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register on April 8, 2016, and allowed 

60 days for public comment. AHRQ 

received no substantive comments. The 

purpose of this notice is to allow an 

additional 30 days for public comment. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by July 21, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: AHRQ’s OMB Desk 

Officer by fax at (202) 395–6974 

(attention: AHRQ’s desk officer) or by 

email at OIRA_submission@

omb.eop.gov (attention: AHRQ’s desk 

officer). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Hospital Survey on Patient Safety 

Culture Comparative Database 

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine 

called for health care organizations to 

develop a ‘‘culture of safety’’ such that 

their workforce and processes focus on 

improving the reliability and safety of 

care for patients (IOM, 1999; To Err is 

Human: Building a Safer Health 

System). To respond to the need for 

tools to assess patient safety culture in 

health care, AHRQ developed and pilot 

tested the Hospital Survey on Patient 

Safety (SOPS)Culture with OMB 

approval (OMB NO. 0935–0115; 

Approved 2/4/2003). 

The survey is designed to enable 

hospitals to assess staff opinions about 

patient safety issues, medical errors, and 

error reporting. The survey includes 42 

items that measure 12 composites of 

patient safety culture. AHRQ made the 

survey publicly available on the AHRQ 

Web site along with a Survey User’s 

Guide and other toolkit materials in 

November 2004 (located at http://

www.ahrq.gov/professionals/qualitypatient-safety/patientsafetyculture/

hospital/index.html). Since its release, 

the survey has been voluntarily used by 

hundreds of hospitals in the U.S. 

The Hospital SOPS Comparative 

Database consists of data from the 


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