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negotiated rulemaking process. Based 

on the amount of funding appropriated 

for the IHBG program, HUD calculates 

the annual grant for each Indian tribe 

and provides this information to the 

Indian tribes. An Indian Housing Plan 

for the Indian tribe is then submitted to 

HUD. If the Indian Housing Plan is 

found to be in compliance with 

statutory and regulatory requirements, 

the grant is made. 

On July 3, 2012 (77 FR 39452), HUD 

published a document in the Federal 

Register announcing its intent to initiate 

negotiated rulemaking required by 

Section 106 of NAHASDA and program 

regulations found at 24 CFR 1000.306. 

The July 3, 2012, Federal Register 

document provides additional 

information on the negotiated 

rulemaking process. 

II. This Document 

This document is the next step in the 

process of establishing the negotiated 

rulemaking committee to review the 

IHBG funding formula. Specifically, the 

document solicits nominations for 

membership on the negotiated 

rulemaking committee and explains 

how persons may be nominated for 

committee membership. The committee 

will consist of representatives of the 

various interests that are potentially 

affected by the rulemaking. Members 

may include tribally designated housing 

entities, elected officials of tribal 

governments, and HUD representatives. 

Members will serve at HUD’s discretion. 

The Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 

1990 (5 U.S.C. 561–570) provides, at 5 

U.S.C. 565(b), that the membership of a 

negotiated rulemaking committee 

should generally be limited to 25 

members. It is not required that each 

potentially affected organization or 

entity have its own representative. HUD 

must be satisfied, however, that the 

group as a whole reflects a 

geographically diverse cross-section of 

small, medium, and large Indian tribes. 

III. Requests for Representation 

If you are interested in serving as a 

member of the committee or in 

nominating another person to serve as a 

member of the committee, you may 

submit a nomination to HUD in 

accordance with the ADDRESSES section 

of this notice. Your nomination for 

membership on the Committee must 

include: 

1. The name of your nominee and a 

description of the interests the nominee 

would represent; 

2. Evidence that your nominee is 

authorized to represent a tribal 

government, which may include a 

tribally designed housing entity of a 

tribe with the interests the nominee 

would represent, so long as the tribe 

provides evidence that it authorizes 

such representation; and 

3. A written commitment that the 

nominee will actively participate in 

good faith in the development of the 

rule. 

HUD will determine whether a 

proposed member will serve on the 

committee. HUD will make its decision 

based on whether a proposed member 

would be significantly affected by the 

proposed rule, whether the interest of 

the proposed member could be 

represented adequately by other 

members, and whether space permits. 

IV. Additional Notice 

In accordance with section 564 of the 

Negotiated Rulemaking Act of 1990, 

prior to the establishment of the 

negotiated rulemaking committee, HUD 

will publish a document in the Federal 

Register that will announce the 

proposed membership of the committee, 

solicit additional nominations for 

membership, and provide additional 

information required by the Negotiated 

Rulemaking Act. 

Dated: September 10, 2012. 

Sandra B. Henriquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142 

[FRL–9727–9] 

Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water 

Treatment Rule: Public Meeting on 

Monitoring Data Analysis, Occurrence 

Forecasts, Binning, and the Microbial 

Toolbox 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a 

public meeting on November 15, 2012, 

concerning monitoring, binning and 

microbial toolbox information as part of 

the regulatory review of the Long Term 

2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment 

Rule (LT2 rule). At this meeting, EPA 

plans to discuss and solicit public input 

on data and information related to 

several topics. The first topic is the 

results of the first round of LT2 

Cryptosporidium monitoring that are 

used to determine which one of the four 

categories (i.e., bins) a public drinking 

water system (PWS) should be placed. 

The second topic is the implications of 

predicted occurrence and bin category 

placement that may result from a second 

round of Cryptosporidium monitoring 

using the existing or enhanced 

analytical methods. The third topic is 

the effectiveness of Escherichia coli as a 

screen to identify small filtered PWSs 

that need to perform Cryptosporidium 

monitoring for bin placement. The 

fourth topic is the determination of the 

potential credits assigned to different 

risk mitigation tools. EPA will also 

provide background information on the 

LT2 rule’s monitoring and binning 

requirements, microbial toolbox options 

for risk management, and the agency’s 

Six Year Review process. EPA will 

consider the data and/or information 

discussed at this meeting during the 

agency’s review of the LT2 rule, which 

the agency has announced as part of 

both the Retrospective Review Plan 

under Executive Order (E.O.) 13563 and 

the third Six-Year Review under the 

Safe Drinking Water Act. 

Date and Location: The public meeting 

will be held on Thursday, November 15, 

2012 (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern 

Time). The public meeting will be held 

at the EPA East Building, Room 1153, 

1201 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical inquiries, contact Ce ́sar 

Cordero, Standards and Risk 

Management Division, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MC 4607M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460 at (202) 564–3716 or 

cordero.cesar@epa.gov. For more 

information about the LT2 rule or the 

Six-Year Review process, visit: http:// 

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

lt2/ or http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/ 

rulesregs/regulatingcontaminants/ 

sixyearreview/index.cfm, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Registration: Individuals planning to 

participate in the public meeting must 

register at this Web site https://www.

surveymonkey.com/s/LT2November

Registration no later than November 9, 

2012. Teleconferencing will be available 

for individuals unable to attend the 

meeting in person. EPA will do its best 

to include all those interested, but may 

have to limit attendance due to room 

and/or teleconference size limitations 

and therefore urges people to register 

early. Teleconference information will 

be emailed to registered participants in 

advance of the meeting. If you have any 

difficulty registering or have questions, 

please send an email to Morgan Hoenig 

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mhoenig@rossstrategic.com. 

Special Accommodations: For 

information on access or 

accommodations for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Jini Mohanty 

at (202) 564–5269 or by email at 

mohanty.jini@epa.gov. Please allow at 

least five business days prior to the 

meeting to give EPA time to process 

your request. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. EPA encourages public input 

and will allocate time on the agenda to 

receive verbal statements. EPA requests 

that participants limit statements to the 

topics described in the agenda and in 

the SUMMARY section of this notice. 

Participants will be provided with a set 

time frame for their statements. EPA 

also requests that only one person 

present a statement on behalf of a group 

or organization. Individuals or 

organizations interested in presenting a 

statement should notify Cesar Cordero 

by email at cordero.cesar@epa.gov no 

later than November 9, 2012. 

Individuals that have scientific data that 

they would like EPA to consider during 

the regulatory review of the LT2 rule are 

encouraged to email their data to Cesar 

Cordero at the email address listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section by December 31, 2012. 

The LT2 Rule: The purpose of the LT2 

rule, promulgated in 2006 (71 FR 654; 

January 5, 2006), is to reduce disease 

incidence associated with 

Cryptosporidium and other diseasecausing microorganisms in drinking 

water. The rule includes requirements 

for PWSs that provide filtration to be 

classified in one of four categories (bins) 

for additional Cryptosporidium 

treatment that may be needed based on 

the occurrence of Cryptosporidium or E. 

coli in their source waters. Systems that 

are placed into the first bin require no 

additional treatment, while systems that 

are placed into bins 2, 3 or 4 will need 

to conduct additional treatment but will 

be able to select from a range of 

treatment and management strategies 

(i.e. microbial toolbox options) to meet 

their treatment requirements. 

EPA Reviews: The Safe Drinking 

Water Act (SDWA) requires EPA to 

review each existing national primary 

drinking water regulation (NPDWR) 

every six years and revise the regulation 

if appropriate (see SDWA Section 

1412(b)(9)). Section 1412(b)(9) of SDWA 

specifies that any revision to a NPDWR 

‘‘shall maintain, or provide for greater, 

protection of the health of persons.’’ In 

addition to reviewing the LT2 rule 

under the third Six-Year Review, EPA 

announced in the August 2011 

document, Improving Our Regulations: 

Final Plan for Periodic Review 

Retrospective Reviews of Existing 

Regulations, that the agency would 

review the LT2 rule in response to E.O. 

13563, which requires agencies to 

review regulations to determine where 

the agencies could streamline or 

eliminate ineffective, overly 

burdensome, and outdated rules. As 

part of these reviews, EPA plans to 

assess and analyze information and data 

regarding occurrence, analytical 

methods, and treatment to evaluate 

whether there are new or additional 

ways to manage risk. 

The public meeting announced in this 

notice will be the third meeting hosted 

by the agency for the purpose of 

reviewing the LT2 rule in response to 

SDWA Section 1412(b)(9) and E.O. 

13563. The first meeting occurred on 

December 7, 2011, and focused on the 

analytical methods for Cryptosporidium 

and the preliminary drinking water 

source monitoring results from samples 

collected under the LT2 rule. The 

second meeting occurred on April 24, 

2012, and focused on the uncovered 

finished water reservoirs requirement of 

the LT2 rule. 

Dated: September 6, 2012. 

Pamela Barr, 

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 300 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–1998–0010, EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2012–0598, 0599, 0600, 0601, 0602, 

0603, 0604, 0606, 0607 and 0647; FRL–9722– 

7] 

National Priorities List, Proposed Rule 

No. 57 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’ or ‘‘the Act’’), as amended, 

requires that the National Oil and 

Hazardous Substances Pollution 

Contingency Plan (‘‘NCP’’) include a list 

of national priorities among the known 

releases or threatened releases of 

hazardous substances, pollutants or 

contaminants throughout the United 

States. The National Priorities List 

(‘‘NPL’’) constitutes this list. The NPL is 

intended primarily to guide the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’ or ‘‘the agency’’) in determining 

which sites warrant further 

investigation. These further 

investigations will allow the EPA to 

assess the nature and extent of public 

health and environmental risks 

associated with the site and to 

determine what CERCLA-financed 

remedial action(s), if any, may be 

appropriate. This rule proposes to: (1) 

Add seven sites to the General 

Superfund section of the NPL; (2) add 

one site to the Federal Facilities section 

of the NPL; (3) correct an error in the 

Appendix B footnote description; and 

(4) correct an error in the state location 

for Five Points PCE Plume site. This 

rule also withdraws one site from 

proposal to the NPL. 

DATES: Comments regarding any of these 

proposed listings must be submitted 

(postmarked) on or before November 19, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Identify the appropriate 

Docket Number from the table below. 

DOCKET IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS BY SITE

Site name City/county, state Docket ID No. 

Pike and Mulberry Streets PCE Plume ........................ Martinsville, IN ............................................................ EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0598. 

Former United Zinc & Associated Smelters ................. Iola, KS ....................................................................... EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0599. 

Creese & Cook Tannery (Former) ............................... Danvers, MA ............................................................... EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0600. 

Walton & Lonsbury Inc ................................................. Attleboro, MA .............................................................. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0601. 

Matlack, Inc .................................................................. Woolwich Township, NJ ............................................. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0602. 

Riverside Industrial Park .............................................. Newark, NJ ................................................................. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0603. 

Clinch River Corporation .............................................. Harriman, TN .............................................................. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0604. 

700 South 1600 East PCE Plume ............................... Salt Lake City, UT ...................................................... EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0647. 

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