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2. Describe any assumptions that you
used.
3. Provide copies of any technical
information and/or data you used that
support your views.
4. If you estimate potential burden or
costs, explain how you arrived at the
estimate that you provide.
5. Offer alternative ways to improve
the collection activity.
6. Make sure to submit your
comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA,
be sure to identify the docket ID number
assigned to this action in the subject
line on the first page of your response.
You may also provide the name, date,
and Federal Register citation.
What information collection activity or
ICR does this apply to?
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Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–
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Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are units
producing electric power which are
affected by the Clean Air Interstate Rule
(CAIR).
Title: Clean Air Interstate Rule to
Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine
Particle Matter and Ozone (Renewal).
ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2152.05,
OMB Control No. 2060–0570.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on February 29,
2012. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at
OMB. An Agency 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 title 40
of the CFR, after appearing in the
Federal Register when approved, are
listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed
either by publication in the Federal
Register or by other appropriate means,
such as on the related collection
instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in
certain EPA regulations is consolidated
in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The United States (U.S.)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
promulgated the Clean Air Interstate
Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of
Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone,
which includes reporting requirements
and combines these requirements with
existing requirements from the
Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule
(CERR), the Emission Reporting
Requirements for Ozone State
Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions
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Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOX
Emissions to Reduce Regional Transport
of Ozone (NOX SIP Call) and the Acid
Rain Program under Title IV of the CAA
Amendments of 1990. Each of these
three existing requirements has an
approved ICR in place. The current ICRs
are: For the CERR, ICR #0916.13, for the
NOX SIP Call, ICR #1857.05, and for the
Acid Rain Program, ICR #1633.15. The
supporting statement references the
burden analysis included in ICR #s
0916.13, 1857.05, and 1633.15. This ICR
renewal is open for public review and
comment.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 77 hours per
response. 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 which have subsequently
changed; 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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 1,221.
Frequency of response: Quarterly.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
407,039 hours.
Estimated total annual costs:
$51,492,383, which included
$26,329,380 in capital and O&M costs.
This ICR incorporates the burden
associated with all CAIR-affected
sources, including those located in NOX
SIP Call States.
Are there changes in the estimates from
the last approval?
To date, there are no changes in the
number of hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with that
identified in the ICR currently approved
by OMB. However, EPA is still
evaluating information that may lead to
a change in the estimates.
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What is the next step in the process for
this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: January 5, 2012.
Larry F. Kertcher,
Acting Director, Clean Air Markets Division.
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National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee
Meeting.
AGENCY:
Under the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA
gives notice of a public meeting of the
National Advisory Council for
Environmental Policy and Technology
(NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to
the EPA Administrator on a broad range
of environmental policy, technology,
and management issues. NACEPT
members represent academia, industry,
non-governmental organizations, and
local, state, and tribal governments. The
purpose of this meeting is to begin
developing recommendations to the
Administrator regarding actions that
EPA can take in response to the
National Academy of Sciences Report
on ‘‘Incorporating Sustainability in the
U.S Environmental Protection Agency.’’
A copy of the agenda for the meeting
will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/
ofacmo/nacept/cal-nacept.htm.
DATES: NACEPT will hold a two-day
public meeting on Monday, February
13, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST)
and Tuesday, February 14, 2012, from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the EPA Potomac Yard Conference
Center, One Potomac Yard, 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Joyce, Acting Designated Federal
Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, (202)
564–2130, U.S. EPA, Office of Federal
Advisory Committee Management and
Outreach (1601M), 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests
to make oral comments or to provide
written comments to NACEPT should be
sent to Eugene Green at
green.eugene@epa.gov by Monday,
February 6, 2012. The meeting is open
to the public, with limited seating
available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Members of the public wishing to
attend should contact Eugene Green at
green.eugene@epa.gov or (202) 564–
2432 by February 6, 2012.
Meeting Access: Information regarding
accessibility and/or accommodations for
individuals with disabilities, should be
directed to Eugene Green at the email
address or phone number listed above.
To ensure adequate time for processing,
please make requests for
accommodations at least 10 days prior
to the meeting.
Dated: January 4, 2012.
Mark Joyce,
Acting Designated Federal Officer.
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Notification of a Public Teleconference
of the Science Advisory Board
Committee on Science Integration for
Decision Making
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA or Agency) Science
Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office
announces a public teleconference of
the SAB Committee on Science
Integration for Decision Making.
DATES: The teleconference date is
January 31, 2012 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
(Eastern Time).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by
teleconference only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Members of the public who wish to
obtain further information about this
teleconference must contact Dr. Angela
Nugent, Designated Federal Officer
(DFO). Dr. Nugent may be contacted at
the EPA Science Advisory Board
(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection
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Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via
telephone/voice mail; (202) 565–2218;
fax (202) 564–2050; or email at
nugent.angela@epa.gov. General
information about the EPA SAB, as well
as any updates concerning the public
meeting announced in this notice, may
be found on the SAB Web site at
https://www.epa.gov/sab.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is
hereby given that the SAB Committee
on Science Integration for Decision
Making will hold a public
teleconference to discuss a draft report
based on fact-finding activities
conducted as part of a study of science
integration supporting EPA decision
making. The SAB was established
pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 4365 to provide
independent scientific and technical
advice to the Administrator on the
technical basis for Agency positions and
regulations. The SAB is a Federal
Advisory Committee chartered under
FACA. The SAB will comply with the
provisions of FACA and all appropriate
SAB Staff Office procedural policies.
Background: The SAB is undertaking
an advisory activity to provide
recommendations to strengthen science
integration for EPA’s environmental
decisions. The purpose of the January
31, 2012 teleconference is for the SAB
committee to discuss a draft report.
Additional information about this
advisory activity may be found on the
SAB Web site at https://
yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/
fedrgstr_activites/
Science%20Integration?OpenDocument.
Availability of Meeting Materials: The
agenda and other material in support of
this upcoming meeting are posted on
the SAB Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/sab.
Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant written or oral
information on the topic of this advisory
activity for the SAB to consider during
the advisory process. Oral Statements:
In general, individuals or groups
requesting an oral presentation at a
public teleconference will be limited to
three minutes per speaker. Interested
parties should contact Dr. Nugent, DFO,
in writing (preferably via email) at the
contact information noted above, by
January 26, 2012 to be placed on a list
of public speakers for the
teleconference. Written Statements:
Written statements should be received
in the SAB Staff Office by January 26,
2012 so that the information may be
made available to the SAB committee
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members for their consideration.
Written statements should be supplied
to the DFO in the following formats: one
hard copy with original signature, and
one electronic copy via email
(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat
PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM–
PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).
Submitters are requested to provide two
versions of each document submitted
with and without signatures, because
the SAB Staff Office does not publish
documents with signatures on its Web
sites.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at
the phone number or email address
noted above, preferably at least ten days
prior to the teleconference to give EPA
as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: January 5, 2012.
Vanessa T. Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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Information Collection Being
Submitted for Review and Approval to
the Office of Management and Budget
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burden and as
required b y the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3502–
3520), the Federal Communications
Commission invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collection(s).
Comments are requested concerning: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (e) ways to
further reduce the information
SUMMARY:
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National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meeting.
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SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92463,
EPA gives notice of a public meeting of the National Advisory Council
for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT). NACEPT provides
advice to the EPA Administrator on a broad range of environmental
policy, technology, and management issues. NACEPT members represent
academia, industry, non-governmental organizations, and local, state,
and tribal governments. The purpose of this meeting is to begin
developing recommendations to the Administrator regarding actions that
EPA can take in response to the National Academy of Sciences Report on
``Incorporating Sustainability in the U.S Environmental Protection
Agency.'' A copy of the agenda for the meeting will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/ofacmo/nacept/cal-nacept.htm.
DATES: NACEPT will hold a two-day public meeting on Monday, February
13, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST) and Tuesday, February 14,
2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (EST).
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the EPA Potomac Yard Conference
Center, One Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Joyce, Acting Designated Federal
Officer, joyce.mark@epa.gov, (202) 564-2130, U.S. EPA, Office of
Federal Advisory Committee Management and Outreach (1601M), 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests to make oral comments or to provide
written comments to NACEPT should be sent to Eugene Green at
green.eugene@epa.gov by Monday, February 6, 2012. The meeting is open
to the public, with limited seating available on a first-come, first-
served basis. Members of the public wishing to attend should contact
Eugene Green at green.eugene@epa.gov or (202) 564-2432 by February 6,
2012.
Meeting Access: Information regarding accessibility and/or
accommodations for individuals with disabilities, should be directed to
Eugene Green at the email address or phone number listed above. To
ensure adequate time for processing, please make requests for
accommodations at least 10 days prior to the meeting.
Dated: January 4, 2012.
Mark Joyce,
Acting Designated Federal Officer.
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