Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 26, 2012 / Notices 76035 

EPA has revised three of its rules to 

comply with the National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations, including 

the Total Coliform Rule, the Public 

Notification Rule, and the Filter 

Backwash Recycling Rule. EPA has 

determined that these revisions are 

consistent with and no less stringent 

than the corresponding federal 

regulations. Therefore, EPA intends to 

approve these revisions to the State of 

Ohio’s public water system supervision 

program, thereby giving Ohio EPA 

primary enforcement responsibility for 

these regulations. Ohio EPA’s revised 

coliform and public notification 

requirements became effective on 

December 20, 2007, and Ohio EPA has 

been administering the filter backwash 

recycling requirements since August 3, 

2004. 

Any interested party may request a 

public hearing. A request for a public 

hearing must be submitted by January 

23, 2013, to the Regional Administrator 

at the EPA Region 5 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 

January 23, 2013, EPA Region 5 will 

hold a public hearing, and a notice of 

such hearing will be given in the 

Federal Register and a newspaper of 

general circulation. If EPA Region 5 

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 January 23, 2013. 

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 at the following offices: Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Division of Drinking and Ground 

Waters, 50 West Town Street, Suite 700, 

Columbus, Ohio 43215, between the 

hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, and the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 5, Ground Water and 

Drinking Water Branch (WG–15J), 77 

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, 

Illinois 60604, between the hours of 

9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy Drake, EPA Region 5, Ground 

Water and Drinking Water Branch, at 

the address given above, by telephone at 

(312) 886–6705, or at 

drake.wendy@epa.gov. 

Authority: Section 1413 of the Safe 

Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300g–2, and 

the federal regulations implementing Section 

1413 of the Act set forth at 40 CFR Part 142. 

Dated: December 10, 2012. 

Susan Hedman, 

Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2012–30953 Filed 12–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2012–0774; FRL–9764–3] 

Office of Environmental Information; 

Announcement of Availability and 

Comment Period for the Draft Quality 

Standard for Environmental Data 

Collection, Production, and Use by 

Non-EPA (External) Organizations and 

two associated QA Handbooks 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability & request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice of availability for a 30 

day review and comment period is 

hereby given for the draft Quality 

Standard for Environmental Data 

Collection, Production, and Use by NonEPA (External) Organizations and two 

associated draft QA Handbooks; 1) draft 

Handbook for Preparing Quality 

Management Plans (QMPs) and 2) draft 

Handbook for Preparing Quality 

Assurance (QA) Project Plans (QAPPs). 

The draft Quality Standard for 

Environmental Data Collection, 

Production, and Use by Non-EPA 

(External) Organizations contains no 

new requirements. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 25, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2012–0774 by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: oei.docket@epa.gov 

• Fax: 202–566–9744 

• Mail: Announcement of Availability 

and Comment Period for Draft Quality 

Standard For Environmental Data 

Collection, Production, and Use By 

Non-EPA (External) Organizations 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW.,Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., EPA West Building, Room 

3334, Washington, DC 20460. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2012– 

0774. 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. 

The www.regulations.gov website 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 email 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 FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Warren; Environmental Protection 

Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, MC 

2811R; Washington, DC 20460; Phone: 

202 564–6876; Fax: 202 565 2441; 

Email: quality@epa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

Standard provides greater clarity about 

QA requirements for environmental data 

projects; addresses modeling activities, 

which were not specifically addressed 

in the previous EPA Order (CIO 


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76036 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 26, 2012 / Notices 

1http://intranet.epa.gov/quality/documents/ 

21050.pdf 

2http://intranet.epa.gov/quality/documents/ 

21060.pdf 

3http://www.epa.gov/quality/qs-docs/r2-final.pdf 

4http://www.epa.gov/quality/qs-docs/r5-final.pdf 

2105.0) 1 and provides greater alignment 

with the EPA Quality Policy (CIO 

2106.0)2. The draft Quality Standard 

defines how EPA quality requirements 

shall be applied to non-EPA 

organizations under authorized 

agreements governed by Federal 

regulations; and defines the general 

requirements an organization shall use 

to establish and maintain an effective 

quality management system for 

environmental programs. Non-EPA 

organizations will still be required to 

develop and submit a Quality 

Management Plan to EPA for approval 

for environmental data operations 

conducted on behalf of EPA and to use 

QAPPs or equivalent documents to 

establish quality specifications in 

individual project activities that collect, 

produce, and use environmental data. 

The draft Quality Standard contains 

appendices which provide the 

requirements for QMPs and the 

requirements for QA Project Plans. 

When the standards are issued, EPA 

QA/R–2, EPA Requirements for Quality 

Management Plans, March 2001 

(Reissued May 2006) 3 and EPA QA/R– 

5, EPA Requirements for Quality 

Assurance Project Plans, March 2001 

(Reissued May 2006) 4 will be rescinded. 

Section 2.3.1 of the draft Quality 

Standard describes how this will impact 

non-EPA organizations with existing 

external agreements. Design of the draft 

Handbooks provides assistance to users 

creating QMPs and QAPPs that address 

the specifications listed in the draft 

Quality Standard. 

EPA also plans to issue a Quality 

Standard for Environmental Collection, 

Production and Use by EPA 

organizations. The content of this 

standard is similar to the draft Quality 

Standard for External Organizations. 

This draft Quality Standard is currently 

being reviewed by EPA organizations. It 

is anticipated that both Quality 

Standards will be issued 

simultaneously. 

Dated: December 18, 2012. 

Monica D. Jones, 

Director, Quality Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31096 Filed 12–21–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT–IMPORT BANK OF THE U.S. 

[Public Notice 2012–0555] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Final Collection; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB Review 

and Comments Request. 

Form Title: EIB 03–02 Application for 

Medium Term Insurance or Guarantee. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of 

the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part 

of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal Agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

The purpose of this collection is to 

gather information necessary to make a 

determination of eligibility of a 

transaction for Ex-Im Bank assistance 

under its medium-term guarantee and 

insurance program. 

The form can be viewed at 

www.exim.gov/pub/pending/eib03– 

02.pdf 

DATES: Comments should be received on 

or before (insert 30 days after 

publication) to be assured of 

consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments maybe submitted 

electronically on 

WWW.REGULATIONS.GOV or by mail 

to Patricia Brewer, Export Import Bank 

of the United States, 811 Vermont Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20571. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Titles and 

Form Number: EIB 03–02 Application 

for Medium Term Insurance or 

Guarantee. 

OMB Number: 3048–0014. 

Type of Review: Regular. 

Need and Use: The purpose of this 

collection is to gather information 

necessary to make a determination of 

eligibility of a transaction for Ex-Im 

Bank assistance under its medium-term 

guarantee and insurance program. 

Affected Public: This form affects 

entities involved in the export of U.S 

goods and services. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 400. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour and 45 minutes. 

Number of forms reviewed by Ex-Im 

Bank: 400. 

Government Annual Burden Hours: 

700 hours. 

Government Cost: $38,115. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: As 

needed—each time a company seeks 

medium term guarantee or insurance 

support for an export sale. 

Sharon A. Whitt, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31038 Filed 12–21–12; 4:15 pm] 

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

FDIC Advisory Committee on 

Economic Inclusion (ComE–IN); Notice 

of Charter Renewal 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the FDIC 

Advisory Committee on Economic 

Inclusion. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(‘‘FACA’’), 5 U.S.C. App., and after 

consultation with the General Services 

Administration, the Chairman of the 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

has determined that renewal of the FDIC 

Advisory Committee on Economic 

Inclusion (‘‘the Committee’’) is in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed upon the 

FDIC by law. The Committee has been 

a successful undertaking by the FDIC 

and has provided valuable feedback to 

the agency on important initiatives 

focused on expanding access to banking 

services for underserved populations. 

The Committee will continue to provide 

advice and recommendations on 

initiatives to expand access to banking 

services for underserved populations. 

The Committee will continue to review 

various issues that may include, but not 

be limited to, basic retail financial 

services such as check cashing, money 

orders, remittances, stored value cards, 

short-term loans, savings accounts, and 

other services to promote asset 

accumulation and financial stability. 

The structure and responsibilities of the 

Committee are unchanged from when it 

was originally established in November 

2006. The Committee will continue to 

operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert E. Feldman, Committee 

Management Officer of the FDIC, at 

(202) 898–7043. 

Dated: December 20, 2012. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Robert E. Feldman, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–31003 Filed 12–21–12; 4:15 pm] 

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