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program and build capacity for both 

permitting and enforcement functions. 

IPDES Program Summary: As 

required under section 402(b) of the 

CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1342(b), and 40 CFR 

123.22, the IPDES program description 

specifies how IDEQ will administer the 

NPDES program. IDEQ will issue IPDES 

permits under their jurisdiction; 

conduct compliance and enforcement 

activities; gather and maintain NPDES 

records and report to the EPA; and 

oversee the regulated activities of all 

IPDES-permitted facilities. The EPA will 

retain the authority to issue NPDES 

permits for facilities located on tribal 

lands and/or discharging to tribal 

waters. The scope of IDEQ permitting 

authority includes individual and 

general permits for discharges to waters 

of the United States from facilities or 

activities, including industrial (e.g., 

commercial, mining, oil and gas, and 

silviculture discharges; animal feeding 

operations; and aquatic animal 

production facilities) and municipal 

wastewater treatment facilities (e.g., 

publicly and privately owned treatment 

works); discharges to waters of the 

United States from federal facilities; 

storm water discharges, including 

municipal storm sewer systems 

(combined and separate); construction 

and industrial storm water general 

permits; and individual permits for 

storm water discharges; sewage sludge 

(biosolids) under 40 CFR part 503 and 

the pretreatment program under 40 CFR 

part 403. IDEQ’s program will not 

include permitting of discharges 

incidental to the normal operation of a 

non-military, non-recreational vessel 

operating in a capacity as a means of 

transportation; the EPA will continue to 

issue permits under CWA section 402 to 

regulate such discharges from nonmilitary, non-recreational vessels greater 

than 79 feet in length and all ballast 

water discharges. 

IDEQ will assume permitting and 

compliance authority for the NPDES 

program in four phases. The EPA will 

retain full permitting and compliance 

authority over facilities until that 

authority is transferred to IDEQ in 

accordance with the following schedule: 

Phase I—Individual Municipal 

Permits and Pretreatment upon gaining 

program authority (anticipated July 1, 

2018). 

Phase II—Individual Industrial 

Permits, one year after program 

authorization (anticipated July 1, 2019). 

Phase III—General Permits 

(Aquaculture, Pesticide, CAFO, Suction 

Dredge, Remediation), two years after 

program authorization (anticipated July 

1, 2020). 

Phase IV—Federal Facilities, General 

and Individual Stormwater Permits and 

Biosolids, three years after program 

authorization (anticipated July 1, 2021). 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1342. I hereby 

provide public notice of the application by 

the State of Idaho for approval to administer 

the State NPDES program, in accordance 

with 40 CFR 123.61. 

Dated: July 17, 2017. 

Daniel D. Opalski, 

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator, EPA, 

Region 10. 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(‘‘Privacy Act’’), this document 

announces the establishment of a 

computer matching program the Federal 

Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’ 

or ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘Agency’’) and the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) will conduct with the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). The purpose of 

this matching program is to verify the 

eligibility of applicants to and 

subscribers of the Universal Service 

Fund (USF) Lifeline program, which is 

administered by USAC under the 

direction of the FCC. 

DATES: Written comments are due on or 

before September 11, 2017. This 

computer matching program will 

commence on September 11, 2017 

unless comments are received that 

require a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. 

Leslie F. Smith, Privacy Manager, 

Information Technology (IT), Room 

1–C216, FCC, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554, or to 

Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Leslie F. Smith, (202) 418–0217, or 

Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Lifeline program provides support for 

discounted broadband and voice 

services to low-income consumers. 

Lifeline is administered by the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) under FCC direction. 

Consumers qualify for Lifeline through 

proof of income or participation in a 

qualifying program, such as Medicaid, 

the Supplemental Nutritional 

Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal 

Public Housing Assistance, 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or 

Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit. 

In a Report and Order adopted on March 

31, 2016, the Commission ordered 

USAC to create a National Lifeline 

Eligibility Verifier (‘‘National Verifier’’), 

including the National Lifeline 

Eligibility Database (LED), that would 

match data about Lifeline applicants 

and subscribers with other data sources 

to verify the eligibility of an applicant 

or subscriber. The Commission found 

that the National Verifier would reduce 

compliance costs for Lifeline service 

providers, improve service for Lifeline 

subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud, 

and abuse in the program. 

PARTICIPATING AGENCY: 

The Department of Housing and Urban 

Development—Enterprise Income 

Verification System (EIV) (HUD/PIH–05), 

Inventory Management System (IMS/PIC) 

(HUD/PIH–01), and Tenant Rental 

Assistance Certification Systems (TRACS) 

(HUD/H–11); 

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING

PROGRAM: 

47 U.S.C. 254; 47 CFR 54.400 et seq.; 

Lifeline and Link Up Reform and 

Modernization, et al., Third Report and 

Order, Further Report and Order, and 

Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 

3962, 4006–21, paras. 126–66 (2016) 

(2016 Lifeline Modernization Order). 

PURPOSE(S): 

In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization 

Order, the FCC required USAC to 

develop and operate a National Lifeline 

Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) to 

improve efficiency and reduce waste, 

fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline 

program. The stated purpose of the 

National Verifier is ‘‘to increase the 

integrity and improve the performance 

of the Lifeline program for the benefit of 

a variety of Lifeline participants, 

including Lifeline providers, 

subscribers, states, community-based 

organizations, USAC, and the 

Commission.’’ 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006, 

para. 126. To help determine whether 

Lifeline applicants and subscribers are 

eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order 

contemplates that a USAC-operated 

Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED) will 

communicate with information systems 

and databases operated by other Federal 

and State agencies. Id. at 4011–2, paras. 

135–7. 


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CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS: 

The categories of individuals whose 

information is involved in this matching 

program include, but are not limited to, 

those individuals (residing in a single 

household) who have applied for 

Lifeline benefits; are currently receiving 

Lifeline benefits; are individuals who 

enable another individual in their 

household to qualify for Lifeline 

benefits; are minors whose status 

qualifies a parent or guardian for 

Lifeline benefits; are individuals who 

have received Lifeline benefits; or are 

individuals acting on behalf of an 

eligible telecommunications carrier 

(ETC) who have enrolled individuals in 

the Lifeline program. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: 

The categories of records involved in 

the matching program include, but are 

not limited to, a Lifeline applicant or 

subscriber’s full name; physical and 

mailing addresses; partial Social 

Security number or Tribal ID number; 

date of birth; qualifying person’s full 

name (if qualifying person is different 

from subscriber); qualifying person’s 

physical and mailing addresses; 

qualifying person’s partial Social 

Security number or Tribal ID number, 

and qualifying person’s date of birth. 

The National Verifier will transfer these 

data elements to the source agencies, 

which will respond either ‘‘yes’’ or ‘‘no’’ 

that the individual is enrolled in a 

Lifeline-qualifying assistance program. 

SYSTEM(S) OF RECORDS: 

The USAC records shared as part of 

this matching program reside in the 

Lifeline system of records, FCC/WCB–1, 

Lifeline Program, a notice of which the 

FCC published at 78 FR 73535 (Dec. 6, 

2013). The FCC is in the process of 

publishing an update to this system of 

records that reflects the new uses 

involved in operating this matching 

program. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Katura Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Privacy Act of 1974; Matching Program 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of a new matching 

program. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(‘‘Privacy Act’’), this notice announces 

the establishment of a computer 

matching program the Federal 

Communications Commission (‘‘FCC’’ 

or ‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘Agency’’) and the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) will conduct with the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD). The purpose of 

this matching program is to verify the 

eligibility of applicants to and 

subscribers of the Universal Service 

Fund (USF) Lifeline program, which is 

administered by USAC under the 

direction of the FCC. 

DATES: Written comments are due on or 

before September 11, 2017. This 

computer matching program will 

commence on September 11, 2017 

unless comments are received that 

require a contrary determination. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. 

Leslie F. Smith, Privacy Manager, 

Information Technology (IT), Room 

1–C216, FCC, 445 12th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20554, or to 

Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Leslie F. Smith, (202) 418–0217, or 

Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Lifeline program provides support for 

discounted broadband and voice 

services to low-income consumers. 

Lifeline is administered by the 

Universal Service Administrative 

Company (USAC) under FCC direction. 

Consumers qualify for Lifeline through 

proof of income or participation in a 

qualifying program, such as Medicaid, 

the Supplemental Nutritional 

Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal 

Public Housing Assistance, 

Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or 

Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit. 

In a Report and Order adopted on March 

31, 2016, the Commission ordered 

USAC to create a National Lifeline 

Eligibility Verifier (‘‘National Verifier’’), 

including the National Lifeline 

Eligibility Database (LED), that would 

match data about Lifeline applicants 

and subscribers with other data sources 

to verify the eligibility of an applicant 

or subscriber. The Commission found 

that the National Verifier would reduce 

compliance costs for Lifeline service 

providers, improve service for Lifeline 

subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud, 

and abuse in the program. 

PARTICIPATING AGENCY: 

The Department of Housing and 

Urban Development—Enterprise Income 

Verification System (EIV) (HUD/PIH– 

05), Inventory Management System 

(IMS/PIC) (HUD/PIH–01), and Tenant 

Rental Assistance Certification Systems 

(TRACS) (HUD/H–11); 

AUTHORITY FOR CONDUCTING THE MATCHING

PROGRAM: 

47 U.S.C. 254; 47 CFR 54.400 et seq.; 

Lifeline and Link Up Reform and 

Modernization, et al., Third Report and 

Order, Further Report and Order, and 

Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 

3962, 4006–21, paras. 126–66 (2016) 

(2016 Lifeline Modernization Order). 

PURPOSE(S): 

In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization 

Order, the FCC required USAC to 

develop and operate a National Lifeline 

Eligibility Verifier (National Verifier) to 

improve efficiency and reduce waste, 

fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline 

program. The stated purpose of the 

National Verifier is ‘‘to increase the 

integrity and improve the performance 

of the Lifeline program for the benefit of 

a variety of Lifeline participants, 

including Lifeline providers, 

subscribers, states, community-based 

organizations, USAC, and the 

Commission.’’ 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006, 

para. 126. To help determine whether 

Lifeline applicants and subscribers are 

eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order 

contemplates that a USAC-operated 

Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED) will 

communicate with information systems 

and databases operated by other Federal 

and State agencies. Id. at 4011–2, paras. 

135–7. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS: 

The categories of individuals whose 

information is involved in this matching 

program include, but are not limited to, 

those individuals (residing in a single 

household) who have applied for 

Lifeline benefits; are currently receiving 

Lifeline benefits; are individuals who 

enable another individual in their 

household to qualify for Lifeline 

benefits; are minors whose status 

qualifies a parent or guardian for 

Lifeline benefits; are individuals who 

have received Lifeline benefits; or are 

individuals acting on behalf of an 

eligible telecommunications carrier 

(ETC) who have enrolled individuals in 

the Lifeline program. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS: 

The categories of records involved in 

the matching program include, but are 

not limited to, a Lifeline applicant or 

subscriber’s full name; physical and 

mailing addresses; partial Social 

Security number or Tribal ID number; 

date of birth; qualifying person’s full 

name (if qualifying person is different 

from subscriber); qualifying person’s 

physical and mailing addresses; 


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