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SUMMARY:
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent
decree; request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C.
7413(g), notice is hereby given of a
proposed consent decree to address a
SUMMARY:
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lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological
Diversity, Greenpeace, Inc., and Port
Townsend Airwatchers (collectively,
‘‘Plaintiffs’’) in the United States District
Court for the Northern District of
California: Center for Biological
Diversity, et al. v. EPA, No. C–11–06059
YGR (N.D. CA). On December 6, 2011,
Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that
EPA failed to review, and if appropriate
revise, the New Source Performance
Standards for Kraft Pulp Mills (‘‘Kraft
Pulp NSPS’’) under CAA section
111(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(B).
The proposed consent decree
establishes deadlines for EPA to take
action.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by October 15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2012–0730, online at
www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred
method); by email to
oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail 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 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC, 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 Word or
ASCII file, avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption,
and may be mailed to the mailing
address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Jordan, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564–7508; fax number (202) 564–5603;
email address: jordan.scott@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
7411(b)(1)(B); (2) a proposed
determination under section
111(b)(1)(B) not to revise NSPS Subpart
BB; or (3) sign for publication a
determination that review is not
appropriate in light of readily available
information on the efficacy of NSPS
Subpart BB. The proposed consent
decree also states that if EPA signs a
proposed rule or a proposed
determination then no later than March
14, 2014, EPA shall sign one or a
combination of the following: (1) A final
rule containing revisions to NSPS
Subpart BB under section 111(b)(1)(B) of
the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(B); or (2)
a final determination under section
111(b)(1)(B) not to revise Subpart BB.
The proposed consent decree requires
that, within 10 business days following
signature of the proposed or final rules
or determinations required in the
proposed consent decree, EPA shall
forward it or them to the Office of the
Federal Register for publication in the
Federal Register. After EPA fulfills its
obligations under the proposed consent
decree, the matter shall be terminated
and the case dismissed with prejudice.
For a period of thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
notice, the Agency will accept written
comments relating to the proposed
consent decree from persons who were
not named as parties or intervenors to
the litigation in question. EPA or the
Department of Justice may withdraw or
withhold consent to the proposed
consent decree if the comments disclose
facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate,
improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless
EPA or the Department of Justice
determines that consent to this consent
decree should be withdrawn, the terms
of the decree will be affirmed.
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would
resolve a lawsuit filed by the Plaintiffs
seeking to compel EPA to review the
existing Kraft Pulp NSPS under CAA
Section 111(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C.
7411(b)(1)(B).
Under the proposed consent decree
EPA shall review no later than May 15,
2013, the Kraft Pulp NSPS and sign for
publication one or a combination of the
following: (1) A proposed rule
containing revisions to the Kraft Pulp
NSPS, 40 CFR part 60, Subpart BB
(‘‘NSPS Subpart BB’’), under section
111(b)(1)(B) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C.
A. How can I get a copy of the consent
decree?
The official public docket for this
action (identified by Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OGC–2012–0730) contains a
copy of the proposed consent decree.
The official public docket is available
for public viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC. 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,
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II. Additional Information About
Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
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and the telephone number for the OEI
Docket is (202) 566–1752.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the official
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, key in the appropriate docket
identification number then select
‘‘search’’.
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 online at www.regulations.gov
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Information
claimed as CBI and other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute
is not included in the official public
docket or in the 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 email
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
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and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment.
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web
site 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, email 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 (email)
system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’
system. If you send an email comment
directly to the Docket without going
through www.regulations.gov, your
email 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: September 7, 2012.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
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Federal Mediation and
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ACTION: Submission for OMB Review:
Request for Comments.
AGENCY:
The Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service (FMCS) hereby
announces the submission of the
following public information collection
request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13). The information
collection request is the Notice to
Mediation Agencies (Agency Form F–7),
OMB control number 3076–0004. No
comments were received pursuant to
FMCS’s prior 60-day notice in the
Federal Register on June 26, 2012.
However, we would like to make a
correction to that notice. The collection
is actually being submitted to OMB as
a reinstatement with change of a
previously approved collection. The
changes include modest streamlining
and improvements for clarity. OMB is
interested in comments on specific
aspects of the collection. The OMB is
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that: (1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
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for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluates the accuracy of the
agency’s estimates of the burden of the
proposed collection information;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collections of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic
collection technologies or other forms of
information technology.
Burden: FMCS receives
approximately 21,000 responses to the
form Notice to Mediation Agencies
(OMB No. 3076–004).
Affected Entities: Private sector
employers and labor unions involved in
interstate commerce that file notices for
mediation services to the FMCS and
state, local and territorial agencies.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit written comments
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oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov. Please
include the FMCS form number, the
information collection title, and the
OMB control number in the subject line
of the message. Comments may also be
sent to fax number 202.395.5806 to the
attention of Desk Officer for FMCS.
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additional information, see the related
60-day notice published in the Federal
Register at Vol. 77 No. 38062 on June
26, 2012.
Dated: September 10, 2012.
Jeannette Walters-Marquez,
Attorney Advisor.
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final approval of a proposed information
collection by the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System (Board)
under OMB delegated authority, as per
5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on
Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the
Public). Board-approved collections of
information are incorporated into the
official OMB inventory of currently
approved collections of information.
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Copies of the Paperwork Reduction Act
Submission, supporting statements and
approved collection of information
instrument(s) are placed into OMB’s
public docket files. The Federal Reserve
may not conduct or sponsor, and the
respondent is not required to respond
to, an information collection that has
been extended, revised, or implemented
on or after October 1, 1995, unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer—Cynthia Ayouch—Division
of Research and Statistics, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202)
452–3829. Telecommunications
Device for the Deaf (TDD) users may
contact (202) 263–4869, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551.
OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta Ahmed—
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, New Executive Office
Building, Room 10235, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Final approval under OMB delegated
authority of the extension for three
years, with revision, of the following
reports:
Report title: Report of Changes in
Organizational Structure, Annual Report
of Bank Holding Companies, and
Annual Report of Foreign Banking
Organizations.
Agency form number: FR Y–10, FR Y–
10 verification, FR Y–6, and FR Y–7.
OMB Control number: 7100–0297.
Effective Date: The proposed changes
to the FR Y–6 and FR Y–7 reporting
forms and instructions will be effective
December 31, 2012. The proposed
changes to the FR Y–10 reporting form
and instructions for foreign banking
organizations (FBOs), top-tier bank
holding companies (BHCs), state
member banks that are not controlled by
a BHC, Edge and agreement
corporations that are not controlled by
a member bank, a BHC, or a FBO;
nationally chartered banks that are not
controlled by a BHC (with regard to
their foreign investments only),
securities holding companies (SHCs),
nonbank financial companies, and
designated financial market utilities
(DFMUs) will be effective December 1,
2012. The proposed changes to the FR
Y–10 form and instructions for savings
and loan holding companies (SLHCs)
will be effective December 1, 2012,
except for data on nonbank subsidiaries.
SLHCs will file the FR Y–10 data by
June 30, 2013, for their nonbank
subsidiaries that meet the quarterly
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air Act Citizen Suit
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent decree; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with section 113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as
amended (``CAA'' or the ``Act''), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby
given of a proposed consent decree to address a
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lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, Greenpeace, Inc.,
and Port Townsend Airwatchers (collectively, ``Plaintiffs'') in the
United States District Court for the Northern District of California:
Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. EPA, No. C-11-06059 YGR
(N.D. CA). On December 6, 2011, Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging
that EPA failed to review, and if appropriate revise, the New Source
Performance Standards for Kraft Pulp Mills (``Kraft Pulp NSPS'') under
CAA section 111(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(B). The proposed consent
decree establishes deadlines for EPA to take action.
DATES: Written comments on the proposed consent decree must be received
by October 15, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OGC-2012-0730, online at www.regulations.gov (EPA's preferred method);
by email to oei.docket@epa.gov; by mail 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 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC, 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 Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use of special characters
and any form of encryption, and may be mailed to the mailing address
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Jordan, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone: (202) 564-7508; fax number (202) 564-5603; email address:
jordan.scott@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the Proposed Consent Decree
The proposed consent decree would resolve a lawsuit filed by the
Plaintiffs seeking to compel EPA to review the existing Kraft Pulp NSPS
under CAA Section 111(b)(1)(B), 42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(B).
Under the proposed consent decree EPA shall review no later than
May 15, 2013, the Kraft Pulp NSPS and sign for publication one or a
combination of the following: (1) A proposed rule containing revisions
to the Kraft Pulp NSPS, 40 CFR part 60, Subpart BB (``NSPS Subpart
BB''), under section 111(b)(1)(B) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(B);
(2) a proposed determination under section 111(b)(1)(B) not to revise
NSPS Subpart BB; or (3) sign for publication a determination that
review is not appropriate in light of readily available information on
the efficacy of NSPS Subpart BB. The proposed consent decree also
states that if EPA signs a proposed rule or a proposed determination
then no later than March 14, 2014, EPA shall sign one or a combination
of the following: (1) A final rule containing revisions to NSPS Subpart
BB under section 111(b)(1)(B) of the CAA, 42 U.S.C. 7411(b)(1)(B); or
(2) a final determination under section 111(b)(1)(B) not to revise
Subpart BB.
The proposed consent decree requires that, within 10 business days
following signature of the proposed or final rules or determinations
required in the proposed consent decree, EPA shall forward it or them
to the Office of the Federal Register for publication in the Federal
Register. After EPA fulfills its obligations under the proposed consent
decree, the matter shall be terminated and the case dismissed with
prejudice.
For a period of thirty (30) days following the date of publication
of this notice, the Agency will accept written comments relating to the
proposed consent decree from persons who were not named as parties or
intervenors to the litigation in question. EPA or the Department of
Justice may withdraw or withhold consent to the proposed consent decree
if the comments disclose facts or considerations that indicate that
such consent is inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or inconsistent
with the requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or the Department of
Justice determines that consent to this consent decree should be
withdrawn, the terms of the decree will be affirmed.
II. Additional Information About Commenting on the Proposed Consent
Decree
A. How can I get a copy of the consent decree?
The official public docket for this action (identified by Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OGC-2012-0730) contains a copy of the proposed consent
decree. The official public docket is available for public viewing at
the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket
Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
www.regulations.gov. You may use www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the
official public docket, and to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, key in
the appropriate docket identification number then select ``search''.
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 online at www.regulations.gov without change, unless
the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Information claimed as CBI
and other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute is not
included in the official public docket or in the 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 email 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
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and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to
consider your comment.
Use of the www.regulations.gov Web site 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, email 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
(email) system is not an ``anonymous access'' system. If you send an
email comment directly to the Docket without going through
www.regulations.gov, your email 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: September 7, 2012.
Lorie J. Schmidt,
Associate General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 2012-22762 Filed 9-13-12; 8:45 am]
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