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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 110, 112, 116, 117, 122, 

230, 232, 300, 302, and 401 

[FRL–9911–61–OA] 

Definition of ‘‘Waters of the United 

States’’ Under the Clean Water Act; 

Meeting of the Local Government 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Local Government 

Advisory Committee’s Protecting 

America’s Waters Workgroup is seeking 

input on its Charge from the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

to give advice and recommendations on 

a proposed rule to clarify protection 

under the Clean Water Act for streams 

and wetlands that form the foundation 

of the nation’s water resources. The 

LGAC Protecting America’s Waters 

Workgroup will have a series of 

meetings to hear from local elected and 

appointed officials at several geographic 

field locations. 

The focus of the workgroup meeting 

is to hear from local officials on local 

issues of concern related to Waters of 

the United States proposed rule 

published on April 21, 2014 (79 FR 

22188). This is an open meeting and 

state, local and tribal officials are 

invited to attend. Individuals or 

organizations wishing to address the 

workgroup meeting will be allowed a 

maximum of five minutes to present 

their point of view. 

DATES: The first of the meetings will be 

held on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in 

St. Paul, MN. The Workgroup will hear 

comments from state, local and tribal 

officials and the public between 11:20 

a.m.–12:25 p.m. on Wednesday, May 28, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The LGAC Protecting 

America’s Waters Workgroup meeting 

will be held at the City Hall, 15 Kellogg 

Boulevard West, Room 40 A & B, St. 

Paul, Minnesota 55102. The 

Workgroup’s meeting summary will be 

available after the meeting online at 

www.epa.gov/ocir/scas and can be 

obtained by written request to the DFO. 

Written comments may be submitted 

electronically to Zinsmeister.Emma@

epa.gov or provided to the designated 

EPA staff on comment cards. Please 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO) at the number listed below to 

schedule comment time. Time will be 

allotted on a first-come, first-served 

basis. If you are interested in attending 

subsequent meetings of the workgroup, 

details will be posted when they are 

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

ocirpage/scas_lgac/lgac_index.htm. 

You should be aware that comments 

submitted to the workgroup are solely 

for the workgroup’s consideration. If 

you want to submit comments directly 

to the EPA on the proposed rule you 

should go to: http://

www.regulations.gov Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0880. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments or 

email ow-docket@epa.gov. Include 

EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0880 in the subject 

line of the message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emma Zinsmeister, Protecting 

America’s Waters Workgroup at (202) 

343–9043 or Fran Eargle, the Designated 

Federal Officer for the Local 

Government Advisory Committee 

(LGAC) at (202) 564–3115 or email at 

Eargle.frances@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

Information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Frances Eargle at (202) 564– 

3115 or eargle.frances@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please request 2 days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: May 19, 2014. 

Frances Eargle, 

Designated Federal Officer, Local Government 

Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12463 Filed 5–27–14; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 141 

[FRL9911–60–OW] 

Notice of Public Meeting and Webinar: 

Revisions to the Unregulated 

Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 

4) for Public Water Systems 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water, 

Standards and Risk Management 

Division’s Technical Support Center 

(TSC) announces a public meeting and 

webinar to discuss the approach to the 

fourth Unregulated Contaminant 

Monitoring Rule (UCMR 4) for public 

drinking water systems. EPA will 

present information concerning the 

status of the agency’s efforts in the areas 

of analyte selection, analytical methods, 

sampling design, determination of 

minimum reporting levels and other 

possible revisions relative to the current 

rule. 

DATES: The public meeting and webinar 

will be held on Wednesday, June 25, 

2014, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Eastern Time. Persons wishing to attend 

the meeting in-person or on-line via the 

webinar must register by June 18, 2014, 

as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at The Cadmus Group, Inc., third 

floor conference room located at 1555 

Wilson Blvd. Suite 300, Arlington, VA 

22209. All attendees must show 

government-issued photo identification 

(e.g., a driver’s license) when signing in. 

This meeting will also be 

simultaneously broadcast as a webinar, 

available through the Internet. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

receive further information about the 

meeting and webinar or have questions 

about this notice should contact Brenda 

Parris or Melissa Simic, Technical 

Support Center, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MS 140), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 26 

West Martin Luther King Drive, 

Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone 

number: (513) 569–7961 or (513) 569– 

7864; email address: parris.brenda@

epa.gov or simic.melissa@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. How may I participate in this 

meeting? 

Persons wishing to attend the meeting 

in-person or online via the webinar 

must register in advance no later than 

5:00 p.m., Eastern Time on June 18, 

2014, by sending an email to: 

UCMRWebinar@cadmusgroup.com. The 

agenda for the public meeting and 

webinar will include time for public 

involvement. To ensure adequate time 

for public involvement, individuals or 

organizations interested in making a 

statement should mention their interest 

when they register. All presentation 

materials should be emailed to 

UCMRWebinar@cadmusgroup.com by 

June 18, 2014, so that the information 

can be incorporated into the webinar. 

We ask that only one person present the 

statement on behalf of a group or 

organization, and that the statement be 

limited to ten minutes. Any additional 

comments or written statements from 

attendees will be taken if time permits 

or can be sent to UCMRWebinar@


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cadmusgroup.com after the public 

meeting and webinar. The number of 

seats and webinar connections available 

for the meeting is limited and will be 

available on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

B. How can I get a copy of the meeting 

and webinar materials? 

The meeting materials will be sent by 

email to the registered attendees prior to 

the public meeting and webinar; copies 

will also be provided for attendees at 

the meeting. Information about 

registration and participation in the 

meeting and webinar can be found on 

the EPA’s Unregulated Contaminant 

Monitoring Program Meetings and 

Materials Web page: http://

water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/sdwa/

ucmr/calendar.cfm. 

Special Accommodations: Individuals 

with disabilities who wish to attend the 

meeting in person can request special 

accommodations by contacting 

UCMRWebinar@cadmusgroup.com no 

later than June 18, 2014. 

II. Background 

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 

requires the EPA to promulgate rules 

establishing criteria for a monitoring 

program for unregulated contaminants 

in drinking water. Monitoring varies 

based on system size, source water, and 

contaminants likely to be found. SDWA 

also specifies that for systems serving 

10,000 persons or fewer, only a 

representative sample of systems must 

monitor. Per SDWA, EPA is required to 

issue, every five years, a list of not more 

than 30 unregulated contaminants to be 

monitored by public water systems. The 

third and most recent rule (UCMR 3) 

was published on May 2, 2012. The 

fourth (UCMR 4) is scheduled to be 

published by December 2016. 

Dated: May 20, 2014. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–12467 Filed 5–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 90 

[PS Docket No. 09–19; DA 14–508] 

Audio Filtering Requirement for 

Travelers’ Information Stations 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Commission seeks comment on a 

proposal filed by the National 

Association of Broadcasters (NAB) that 

would relax but not eliminate certain of 

the Commission’s rules which require 

the filtering of Travelers’ Information 

Stations (TIS) audio frequencies 

between 3 and 20 kHz. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

June 30, 2014 and reply comments are 

due on or before July 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by PS Docket No. 09–19 by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Federal Communications 

Commission’s Web site: http://

fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs2/. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Filings can be sent by hand or 

messenger delivery, by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• People with Disabilities: Contact the 

Commission to request reasonable 

accommodations (accessible format 

documents, sign language interpreters, 

CART, etc.) by email: FCC504@fcc.gov 

or phone: 202–418–0530 or TTY: 202– 

418–0432. For detailed instructions for 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 

East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, 

MD 20743. 

U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail should be 

addressed to 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington DC 20554. 

To request materials in accessible 

formats for people with disabilities 

(Braille, large print, electronic files, 

audio format), send an email to fcc504@

fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202– 

418–0530 (voice), 202–418–0432 (TTY). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Ehrenreich, Policy and Licensing 

Division, Public Safety and Homeland 

Security Bureau, at (202) 418–1726 or 

Eric.Ehrenreich@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the document in PS Docket 

No. 09–19, DA 14–508, released on 

April 16, 2014. This document is 

available to the public at http://

hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/Query

.do?numberFld=14–508&numberFld2

=&docket=&dateFld=&docTitleDesc=. 

Synopsis 

1. By this document we seek comment 

on a proposal filed by the National 

Association of Broadcasters (NAB) that 

would relax but not eliminate 

§ 90.242(b)(8) of the Commission’s rules, 

47 CFR. 90.242(b)(8). This rule section 

requires the filtering of Travelers’ 

Information Stations (TIS) audio 

frequencies between 3 and 20 kHz. NAB 

filed its proposal by way of reply 

comments to a Further Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM), which 

proposed elimination of § 90.242(b)(8). 

I. Background 

2. Following the Commission’s 

adoption of a 2010 Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) that sought 

comment on various TIS issues, 

numerous commenters asserted that the 

TIS filtering requirement decreases the 

audibility of TIS broadcasts, especially 

at night and over difficult terrain. 

Because the filtering issue was not 

raised in the NPRM but rather was 

introduced for the first time by 

commenters in the record, the 

Commission sought further comment on 

the issue in the FNPRM, asking whether 

this requirement should be eliminated. 

The Commission received nine 

comments and four reply comments in 

response to the FNPRM. All 

commenters, save two, support 

elimination of the filtering requirement. 

In addition, many commenters, while 

supporting this elimination, oppose any 

mandates to require filter removal or to 

recertify TIS transmitters as a result of 

the filter removal. 

3. The Society of Broadcast Engineers 

(SBE) and NAB submitted comments 

opposing removal of the TIS filtering 

restriction. SBE states that ‘‘[w]hile it is 

correct that removal of the filtering . . . 

would improve the audio quality of a 

TIS transmission, this would be 

accomplished by a secondary spectrum 

user at the cost of harmful interference 

to adjacent channel AM Broadcast 

station reception.’’ 

4. Although NAB submitted 

comments opposing removal of the 

filtering requirement, it also noted that 

‘‘a compromise approach may be 

workable.’’ Specifically, NAB states that 

‘‘a filter capable of filtering audio 

frequencies above 5 kHz should allow 

for a TIS signal of sufficiently higher 

quality, without impeding neighboring 

AM services.’’ NAB notes that ‘‘fullpower AM radio stations routinely use 

5 kHz filters to address and prevent 

interference among AM stations, with 

few significant problems.’’ NAB tempers 


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