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Download as PDF 40330 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 133 / Wednesday, July 13, 2005 / Notices the total costs of BMP implementation. Full consideration of costs would include consideration of the opportunity costs (e.g., the costs to the landowner of partial loss of use of property). EPA anticipates that such opportunity costs associated with BMP implementation would be borne by individual landowners, and that such costs may comprise the largest component of total costs associated with runoff abatement. To better understand the economic potential of implementation of a voluntary and decentralized runoff control program, EPA proposes to assess the opportunity costs associated with implementation of best management practices to abate the adverse effects of storm water runoff. The proposed survey would provide a means of gathering this information. It also would ask 10–12 non-invasive demographic questions, required for the proper statistical analysis of the data. The survey would be conducted using six (6) groups of ten (10) residential landowners from the Shepherd Creek watershed. Participation would be completely voluntary. Residents who wish to participate in the study would be identified and recruited through a liaison from the Hamilton County Soil and Water Conservation District, who is familiar with the community. The survey would be conducted using a computer simulated nonuniform-price, sequential auction for the procurement of best management practices. Participants would be presented with a selection of best management practices that should be feasible for use on their actual parcel. Information regarding how each BMP should perform on their specific parcel, as well as the installation, operation, and maintenance costs, would be provided to the landowner. In the computer-simulated auction, participants who wish to implement BMPs would submit bids that consist of the size and type of the BMPs and the minimum compensation that the participant landowner would accept. The goal of the simulation would be to elicit the minimum compensation levels that individual landowners will accept in exchange for implementation of the best management practices. This information would then be used to estimate the minimum compensation that would likely be necessary to achieve control stormwater runoff through such on-site, structural best management practices. Data gathered would be stored on U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) computer files that would protect the confidentiality of individual participants. Summary results would be made available to the public. An agency VerDate jul<14>2003 17:40 Jul 12, 2005 Jkt 205001 may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. The EPA solicits comments in this proposal to: (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. Burden Statement: The total number of expected participants would be 60. The cost to participants would be their time, at an estimate total of 120 hours collectively. EPA would compensate participants for their participation at a minimum rate of $24.95 per hour. An additional bonus amount of compensation would vary with their performance in the auction. This is a commonly accepted practice used in experimental economics, in order to overcome hypothetical survey bias. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: July 5, 2005. Sally C. Gutierrez, Acting Director, National Risk Management Research Laboratory. [FR Doc. 05–13783 Filed 7–12–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–7935–3] Receipt of Requests for Initial Certification of Predictive Emission Monitoring Systems Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of data availability; request for public comment. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of receipt of requests for initial certification of alternative monitoring systems for nitrogen oxides emissions under the Acid Rain Program or the NOX Budget Program. The emissions monitoring regulations require EPA to provide notice of each request in the Federal Register and, following a public comment period of 60 days, to approve or disapprove the request. EPA has recently received requests for initial certification of nine alternative monitoring systems. All of these are predictive emission monitoring systems (PEMS). In order to be considered equivalent to a continuous emission monitoring system, each of these PEMS must meet the regulatory requirements for approval of an alternative monitoring system. EPA has conditionally approved three of these PEMS and is still reviewing the other six PEMS petitions. DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received by September 12, 2005. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket ID number OAR– 2005–0099, online at https:// www.epa.gov/edocket (EPA’s preferred method); by e-mail to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; or by hand delivery or courier to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room B108, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD– ROM should be formatted in Wordperfect or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address above. E:\FR\FM\13JYN1.SGM 13JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 133 / Wednesday, July 13, 2005 / Notices John Schakenbach, Clean Air Markets Division (6204J), Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, telephone: (202) 343–9158. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: I. Additional Information About the Certification Requests Requests for initial certification of nitrogen oxides (NOX) PEMS have been received from the following sources, each subject to either the Acid Rain Program or the NOX Budget Program, or both: MeadWestvaco (Alabama) —1 gas-fired combustion turbine (conditionally approved); and —1 gas-fired, pressurized furnace industrial boiler (conditionally approved) Dearborn Industrial Generation (Michigan) —3 gas-fired boilers; and —3 gas-fired combustion turbines (one conditionally approved) Braintree Electric Light Department (Massachusetts) —1 gas- and oil-fired combustion turbine (Potter II Station) Pursuant to § 75.20(f) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, for a period of sixty (60) days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the requests for initial certification of the nine PEMS. EPA may disapprove a request for initial certification of a PEMS if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such approval is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with the requirements of the Act or if the request otherwise fails to meet the requirements of part 75, subpart E, available at: https:// www.epa.gov/airmarkets/monitoring/ consolidated then click on Volume 1. II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Requests A. How Can I Get a Copy of the Requests? EPA has established an official public docket for this action under Docket ID No. OAR–2005–0099, which contains a copy of the requests. The official public docket is available for public viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room B108, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 VerDate jul<14>2003 17:40 Jul 12, 2005 Jkt 205001 40331 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 Air Docket is (202) 566–1742. An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA’s electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select ‘‘search’’, and then key in the appropriate docket identification number. It is important to note that EPA’s policy is that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing in EPA’s electronic public docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business information, or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as confidential business information and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official public docket or in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted material, including copyrighted material contained in a public comment, will not be placed in EPA’s electronic public docket but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available docket materials through the EPA Docket Center. on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. 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. Your use of EPA’s electronic public docket to submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA’s preferred method for receiving comments. The electronic public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. In contrast to EPA’s electronic public docket, EPA’s electronic mail (e-mail) system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you send an e-mail comment directly to the Docket without going through EPA’s electronic public docket, your e-mail address is automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made available in EPA’s electronic public docket. B. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments? You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section. Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period will be marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to consider these late comments. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further information AGENCY: PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dated: June 14, 2005. Sam Napolitano, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Air and Radiation. [FR Doc. 05–13784 Filed 7–12–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [Docket Number ORD–2005–0023; FRL– 7938–1] Board of Scientific Counselors, Global Change Subcommittee Meetings Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meetings. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, the Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development (ORD), announces three meetings of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Global Change Subcommittee. The conference calls and face-to-face meeting will focus on reviewing the Office of Research and Development’s Global Change Research Program. DATES: Two teleconference call meetings will be held, the first on Thursday, August 4, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and the second on Tuesday, September 13, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. A E:\FR\FM\13JYN1.SGM 13JYN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7935-3]


Receipt of Requests for Initial Certification of Predictive 
Emission Monitoring Systems

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of data availability; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of receipt of requests for initial 
certification of alternative monitoring systems for nitrogen oxides 
emissions under the Acid Rain Program or the NOX Budget 
Program. The emissions monitoring regulations require EPA to provide 
notice of each request in the Federal Register and, following a public 
comment period of 60 days, to approve or disapprove the request. EPA 
has recently received requests for initial certification of nine 
alternative monitoring systems. All of these are predictive emission 
monitoring systems (PEMS). In order to be considered equivalent to a 
continuous emission monitoring system, each of these PEMS must meet the 
regulatory requirements for approval of an alternative monitoring 
system. EPA has conditionally approved three of these PEMS and is still 
reviewing the other six PEMS petitions.

DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received 
by September 12, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket ID number OAR-
2005-0099, online at https://www.epa.gov/edocket (EPA's preferred 
method); by e-mail to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov; mailed to EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; or by hand delivery 
or courier to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room B108, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday 
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. Comments on a disk or CD-ROM 
should be formatted in Wordperfect or ASCII file, avoiding the use of 
special characters and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the 
mailing address above.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Schakenbach, Clean Air Markets 
Division (6204J), Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 
telephone: (202) 343-9158.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Additional Information About the Certification Requests

    Requests for initial certification of nitrogen oxides 
(NOX) PEMS have been received from the following sources, 
each subject to either the Acid Rain Program or the NOX 
Budget Program, or both:

MeadWestvaco (Alabama)

--1 gas-fired combustion turbine (conditionally approved); and
--1 gas-fired, pressurized furnace industrial boiler (conditionally 
approved)

Dearborn Industrial Generation (Michigan)

--3 gas-fired boilers; and
--3 gas-fired combustion turbines (one conditionally approved)

Braintree Electric Light Department (Massachusetts)

--1 gas- and oil-fired combustion turbine (Potter II Station)

    Pursuant to Sec.  75.20(f) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, for a period of sixty (60) days following the date of 
publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments 
relating to the requests for initial certification of the nine PEMS. 
EPA may disapprove a request for initial certification of a PEMS if the 
comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that such 
approval is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent with 
the requirements of the Act or if the request otherwise fails to meet 
the requirements of part 75, subpart E, available at: https://
www.epa.gov/airmarkets/monitoring/consolidated then click on Volume 1.

II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Requests

A. How Can I Get a Copy of the Requests?

    EPA has established an official public docket for this action under 
Docket ID No. OAR-2005-0099, which contains a copy of the requests. The 
official public docket is available for public viewing at the Air 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room B108, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20004. The EPA Docket Center 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 Air Docket is 
(202) 566-1742.
    An electronic version of the public docket is available through 
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may 
use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the official 
public docket, and access those documents in the public docket that are 
available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search'', and 
then key in the appropriate docket identification number.
    It is important to note that EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EPA's electronic public docket as EPA receives 
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, confidential business information, or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as 
confidential business information and other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute is not included in the official 
public docket or in EPA's electronic public docket. EPA's policy is 
that copyrighted material, including copyrighted material contained in 
a public comment, will not be placed in EPA's electronic public docket 
but will be available only in printed, paper form in the official 
public docket. Although not all docket materials may be available 
electronically, you may still access any of the publicly available 
docket materials through the EPA Docket Center.

B. How and to Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments as provided in the ADDRESSES section. 
Please ensure that your comments are submitted within the specified 
comment period. Comments received after the close of the comment period 
will be marked ``late.'' EPA is not required to consider these late 
comments.
    If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you 
include your name, mailing address, and an e-mail address or other 
contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or 
CD-ROM you submit. This ensures that you can be identified as the 
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA 
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further 
information on the substance of your comment. Any identifying or 
contact information provided in the body of a comment will be included 
as part of the comment that is placed in the official public docket, 
and made available in EPA's electronic public docket. 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.
    Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to submit comments to 
EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for receiving comments. 
The electronic public docket system is an ``anonymous access'' system, 
which means EPA will not know your identity, e-mail address, or other 
contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. 
In contrast to EPA's electronic public docket, EPA's electronic mail 
(e-mail) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an 
e-mail comment directly to the Docket without going through EPA's 
electronic public docket, your e-mail address is automatically captured 
and included as part of the comment that is placed in the official 
public docket, and made available in EPA's electronic public docket.

    Dated: June 14, 2005.
Sam Napolitano,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 05-13784 Filed 7-12-05; 8:45 am]
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