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0484. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to 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, 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 EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

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 EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

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 Board of Scientific Counselors, 

NCER Standing Subcommittee—2009 

Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 

B102, 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 ORD Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Designated Federal Officer via mail at: 

Susan Peterson, Mail Code 8104–R, 

Office of Science Policy, Office of 

Research and Development, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via phone/voice 

mail at: (202) 564–1077; via fax at: (202) 

565–2911; or via e-mail at: 

peterson.susan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Information 

Proposed agenda items for the 

meeting include, but are not limited to, 

an overview of NCER grants research 

with emphasis on investments in 

emerging areas of research, the 

Fellowships Program restructuring and 

goals, and status of action items from 

the 2006 BOSC review. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Susan Peterson at (202) 564– 

1077 or peterson.susan@epa.gov. To 

request accommodation of a disability, 

please contact Susan Peterson, 

preferably at least ten days prior to the 

meeting, to give EPA as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

Dated: January 6, 2009. 

Mary Ellen Radzikowski, 

Acting Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–470 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8761–6] 

Total Coliform Rule / Distribution 

Systems Advisory Committee 

Agreement In Principle 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of agreement in 

principle. 

SUMMARY: In September 2008, the Total 

Coliform Rule/Distribution Systems 

Advisory Committee (Committee) 

signed an Agreement in Principle, 

making recommendations to the 

Administrator of the Environmental 

Protection Agency on revisions to the 

Total Coliform Rule and research/ 

information needs to better inform 

distribution system issues. The purpose 

of this notice is to make available to the 

public the Agreement in Principle, 

which includes the full 

recommendations of the Committee. 

The Agreement in Principle can be 

found on EPA’s Office of Water, Office 

of Ground Water and Drinking Water’s 

Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Agreement in Principle (AIP) can be 

accessed on the Agency’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ 

disinfection/tcr/regulation_

revisions.html. If accessing the AIP 

through EPA’s Web site is not possible 

or for general information, contact the 

Drinking Water Hotline at 1–800–426– 

4791 or go to the Internet Web site 

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ 

disinfection/tcr/regulation_revisions_

tcrdsac.html. For technical inquiries, 

contact Karl Anderson, Standards and 

Risk Management Division, Office of 

Ground Water and Drinking Water (MC 

4607M), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–2833; fax number: 

(202) 564–3767; e-mail address: 

anderson.karld@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Total 

Coliform Rule (TCR) is a National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulation, 

originally promulgated in 1989 by EPA 

under the Safe Drinking Water Act 

(SDWA), 42 U.S.C. 300f et seq., which 

sets both health goals (MCLGs) and legal 

limits (MCLs) for the presence of 

microbial indicators, such as total 

coliform, in drinking water. The rule 

also details the type and frequency of 

testing public water systems must 

undertake. EPA announced its intent to 

revise the rule in 2003. 

In June 2007, EPA established the 

Total Coliform Rule/Distribution System 

Advisory Committee (Committee, 

TCRDSAC) in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

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

9 (c). The purpose of the TCRDSAC was 

to advise and make recommendations to 

the Agency on revisions to the TCR, and 

on what information about distribution 

systems is needed to better understand 

the public health impact from the 

degradation of drinking water quality in 

distribution systems. The Committee’s 

activities included efforts to utilize 

available information, analyze options 

for revisions to the TCR and to consider 

research and information needed to 

better understand and address public 

health risks from contamination of 

distribution systems. 

The Committee consisted of 

organizational members representing 

EPA, public interest groups, State and 

local public health and regulatory 

agencies, local elected officials, Indian 

tribes, and drinking water suppliers. 

The Committee met on 13 occasions 

between July 2007 and September 2008. 

All Committee members signed a final 

AIP in September 2008. The AIP 

contains recommendations on which all 

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members of the Committee agreed. The 

recommendations can be divided into 

two main topics. The first topic is 

recommendations on how EPA should 

revise the TCR while maintaining or 

improving public health protection. The 

second topic concerns what data should 

be collected, research conducted, and/or 

risk management strategies evaluated to 

better inform distribution system 

contaminant occurrence and associated 

public health risks. 

Today’s notice, in addition to its 

posting on the EPA’s TCR Web page, 

provides additional notification to the 

public regarding the availability of the 

AIP. In accordance with its usual rule 

development process, the Agency will 

provide a public comment period for the 

proposed Revised Total Coliform Rule 

when it is published and will address 

those comments in completing the final 

rule. 

The Agreement in Principle (AIP) is 

the result of a tremendous collaborative 

effort and EPA would like to express its 

appreciation to all members of the 

Committee, as well as to members of the 

Technical Workgroup that supported 

the Committee. 

Dated: January 7, 2009. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. E9–469 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Submission for OMB Review 

AGENCY: Equal Employment 

Opportunity Commission. 

ACTION: Final notice of submission for 

OMB review—no change: Employer 

Information Report (EEO–1). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Commission (EEOC) hereby gives notice 

that it has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request for an extension through 2010 of 

the existing collection requirements 

under 29 CFR 1602, Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements under Title VII. 

The Commission has requested an 

extension of an existing collection as 

listed below. 

DATES: Written comments on this final 

notice must be submitted on or before 

February 12, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance 

(SF 83–I), supporting statement, and 

other documents submitted to OMB for 

review may be obtained from: Ronald 

Edwards, Director, Program Research 

and Surveys Division, 131 M Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20507. Comments on 

this final notice must be submitted to 

Chandana Achanta, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or electronically mailed to 

Chandana_L._Achanta@omb.eop.gov. 

Comments should also be sent to 

Stephen Llewellyn, Executive Officer, 

Executive Secretariat, Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission, 

10th Floor, 131 M Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20507 by the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. After accessing 

this web site, follow its instructions for 

submitting comments. As a convenience 

to commentators, the Executive 

Secretariat will accept comments 

totaling six or fewer pages by facsimile 

(‘‘FAX’’) machine. This limitation is 

necessary to assure access to the 

equipment. The telephone number of 

the FAX receiver is (202) 663–4114. 

(This is not a toll-free number). Receipt 

of FAX transmittals will not be 

acknowledged, except that the sender 

may request confirmation of receipt by 

calling the Executive Secretariat staff at 

(202) 663–4070 (voice) or (202) 663– 

4074 (TDD). (These are not toll-free 

telephone numbers). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald Edwards, Director,Program 

Research and Surveys Division, 131 M 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20507, at 

(202) 663–4958 or TDD (202) 663–7063. 

This notice is also available in the 

following formats: large print, braille, 

audio tape and electronic file on 

computer disk. Requests for this notice 

in an alternative format should be made 

to the Publications Center at 1–800– 

669–3362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice 

that EEOC would be submitting this 

request was published in the Federal 

Register on October 3, 2008, allowing 

for a 60-day public comment period. 

One comment was received stating that 

the period of time for the extension 

should be longer. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

Type of Review: Extension—No 

change. 

Collection Title: Employer 

Information Report (EEO–1). 

Frequency of Report: Annual. 

Type of Respondent: Private industry 

employers with 100 or more employees 

and certain Federal Government 

contractors and first-tier subcontractors 

with 50 or more employees. 

Description of Affected Public: Private 

industry employers with 100 or more 

employees and certain Federal 

Government contractors and first-tier 

subcontractors with 50 or more 

employees. 

Reporting Hours: 599,000. 

Federal Cost: $2.1 million. 

Number of Forms: 1. 

Abstract: Section 709 (c) of Title VII 

of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as 

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(c), requires 

employers to make and keep records 

relevant to a determination of whether 

unlawful employment practices have 

been or are being committed and to 

make reports therefrom as required by 

the EEOC. Accordingly, the EEOC has 

issued regulations, Title 29, Chapter 

XIV, Subpart B, §§ 1602.7, which set 

forth the reporting requirements for 

various kinds of employers. Employers 

in the private sector with 100 or more 

employees and some Federal contractors 

with 50 or more employees have been 

required to submit EEO–1 reports 

annually since 1966. The individual 

reports are confidential. EEO–1 data are 

used by EEOC to investigate charges of 

employment discrimination against 

employers in private industry and to 

provide information about the 

employment status of minorities and 

women. The data are shared with the 

Office of Federal Contract Compliance 

Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of 

Labor, and several other Federal 

agencies. Pursuant to § 709(d) of Title 

VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as 

amended, EEO–1 data are also shared 

with eighty-six State and local Fair 

Employment Practices Agencies 

(FEPAs). 

Burden Statement: The estimated 

number of respondents included in the 

annual EEO–1 survey is 45,000 private 

employers. The estimated number of 

establishment-based responses per 

reporting company is between 3 and 4 

EEO–1 reports annually. The annual 

number of responses is approximately 

170,000. The form is estimated to 

impose 599,000 burden hours annually. 

In order to help reduce survey burden, 

respondents are encouraged to report 

data electronically whenever possible. 

Dated: January 8, 2009. 

For the Commission. 

Reed L. Russell, 

Legal Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E9–490 Filed 1–12–09; 8:45 am] 

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