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Dated: June 7, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0152; FRL–9823–6]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; 40 CFR
Part 64 Compliance Assurance
Monitoring Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request, ‘‘40 CFR
Part 64 Compliance Assurance
Monitoring Program’’ (EPA ICR No.
1663.08, OMB Control No. 2060–0376)
to the Office of Management and Budget
for review and approval in accordance
with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). Before doing so,
the EPA is soliciting public comments
on specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described
below. This is a proposed extension of
the information collection request,
which is currently approved through
December 31, 2013. 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 Office of Management
and Budget control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2003–0152 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
The EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Hackel, Office of Air Quality and
Planning Standards, Sector Policies and
Programs Division (D243–05),
Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541–5262; fax
number: (919) 541–3207; email address:
hackel.angela@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
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will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this information
collection request (ICR). The docket can
be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is (202) 566–1744.
For additional information about the
EPA’s public docket, visit: https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act, the EPA
is soliciting comments and information
to enable it 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. The EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. At that time, the
EPA will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA)
contains several provisions directing the
EPA to require source owners to
conduct monitoring to support
certification as to their status of
compliance with applicable
requirements. These provisions are set
forth in section 504 and section 114 of
the CAA. Under CAA section 504(c),
each operating permit must ‘‘set forth
inspection, entry, monitoring,
compliance, certification, and reporting
requirements to assure compliance with
the permit terms and conditions.’’ See
also CAA section 504(a) (each permit
shall require reporting of monitoring
and such other conditions as are
necessary to assure compliance). CAA
section 504(b) allows us to prescribe by
rule, methods and procedures for
determining compliance recognizing
that continuous emissions monitoring
systems need not be required if other
procedures or methods provide
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sufficiently reliable and timely
information for determining
compliance. Section 114A(a)(1) of the
CAA provides additional authority
concerning monitoring, reporting and
recordkeeping requirements. This
section provides the Administrator with
the authority to require any owner or
operator of a source to install and
operate monitoring systems and to
record the resulting monitoring data. We
promulgated the Compliance Assurance
Monitoring rule, 40 CFR part 64, on
October 22, 1997 (62 FR 54900)
pursuant to these provisions. In
accordance with CAA section 114(c)
and CAA section 503(e), the monitoring
information source owners must submit
must also be available to the public
except under circumstances set forth in
section 114(c) of the CAA. 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 are listed in 40 CFR
part 9.
We are soliciting comments 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
election submission of responses.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are all
facilities required to have an operating
permit under Title V of the CAA. See
section 502(a) of the CAA, which
defines the sources required to obtain a
Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and
71.2.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory under Title V of the CAA.
See section 502(a) of the CAA, which
defines the sources required to obtain a
Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and
71.2.
Estimated number of respondents:
3,290 owner and operators and 112
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permitting authorities. The total number
of respondents is 3,402.
Frequency of response: At least every
6 months per Title V, 70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A)
and (B).
Total estimated burden: 343,187
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $14,168,185 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is
decrease of 7,110,394 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is a result of the
fact that most facilities are now using
electronic monitoring to conduct their
recording, thus, resulting in a decrease
in the number of labor hours needed.
Additionally, all facilities with existing
permits that include approved 40 CFR
part 64 monitoring have now submitted
the existing monitoring approach in
their renewal applications, therefore,
significantly reducing the costs for new
monitoring development. Furthermore,
in order to reflect projected trends for
the next 3 years, we updated some of
the formulas used to calculate burden.
All of these factors have contributed to
the decrease in burden.
Dated: June 6, 2013.
Kevin Culligan,
Acting Director, Sector Policies and Programs
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards.
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Wireline Competition Bureau Provides
Guidance Regarding the 2013 Lifeline
Recertification Process
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In this document, the
Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau)
provides guidance regarding the 2013
Lifeline recertification process. The
Bureau clarifies that all active Lifeline
subscribers enrolled or recertified in a
calendar year must be recertified the
next calendar year, and in every
calendar year thereafter. The Bureau
also describes the process by which
ETCs can elect to have the Universal
Service Administrative Company
perform the recertification process.
DATES: Effective June 13, 2013.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Lechter, Wireline Competition
Bureau, (202) 418–7387 or TTY: (202)
418–0484.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
synopsis of the Wireline Competition
Bureau’s Public Notice in WC Docket
No. 11–42; DA 13–1188, released May
22, 2013. The complete text of this
document is available for inspection
and copying during normal business
hours in the FCC Reference Information
Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW.,
Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554.
The document may also be purchased
from the Commission’s duplicating
contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc.
(BCPI), 445 12th Street SW., Room CY–
B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone
(800) 378–3160 or (202) 863–2893,
facsimile (202) 863–2898, or via the
Internet at https://www.bcpiweb.com. It
is also available on the Commission’s
Web site at https://www.fcc.gov/
document/wcb-provides-guidanceregarding-2013-lifeline-recertificationprocess.
I. Clarifications Regarding
Recertification
1. On October 1, 2012, GCI filed a
petition seeking clarification of the
recertification process after 2012 and
the requirement that subscribers be
recertified ‘‘annually.’’ GCI argues that
the Commission should clarify that the
subscribers subject to the annual
recertification are only those subscribers
that have not provided an initial
certification in the same calendar year.
GCI argues that ‘‘annual’’ means that
ETCs recertify subscribers once every
calendar year, not every twelve months
from the subscriber’s initial certification
or last recertification. Most commenters
agreed that requiring recertification
once each calendar year is the most
administratively efficient option and is
consistent with the Lifeline Reform
Order, 77 FR 12784, March 2, 2012.
2. We agree with GCI and clarify that
ETCs must recertify each new subscriber
in the calendar year following the year
in which the subscriber initially
enrolled in the Lifeline program. We
also clarify that ETCs are required to
recertify subscribers each calendar year.
As discussed in more detail below, if a
subscriber is either initially enrolled
with or recertified by an ETC in a
particular calendar year (e.g., 2013), the
subscriber must be recertified by that
ETC the next calendar year (e.g., 2014).
3. Permitting recertification during
the next calendar year, after both initial
certification and recertification, is
consistent with the Commission’s
approach in the Lifeline Reform Order to
balance the need for a recertification
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-9823-6]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 40 CFR
Part 64 Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request, ``40 CFR Part 64 Compliance Assurance
Monitoring Program'' (EPA ICR No. 1663.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0376)
to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.).
Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This
is a proposed extension of the information collection request, which is
currently approved through December 31, 2013. 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 Office of Management
and Budget control number.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 12, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0152 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by
email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in
the public docket without change, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hackel, Office of Air Quality
and Planning Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-5262; fax number: (919) 541-3207; email
address: hackel.angela@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that
the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this
information collection request (ICR). The docket can be viewed online
at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is (202) 566-1744. For additional
information about the EPA's public docket, visit: https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act,
the EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it 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. The
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. At that time,
the EPA will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the
submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional
comments to OMB.
Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) contains several provisions
directing the EPA to require source owners to conduct monitoring to
support certification as to their status of compliance with applicable
requirements. These provisions are set forth in section 504 and section
114 of the CAA. Under CAA section 504(c), each operating permit must
``set forth inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance, certification,
and reporting requirements to assure compliance with the permit terms
and conditions.'' See also CAA section 504(a) (each permit shall
require reporting of monitoring and such other conditions as are
necessary to assure compliance). CAA section 504(b) allows us to
prescribe by rule, methods and procedures for determining compliance
recognizing that continuous emissions monitoring systems need not be
required if other procedures or methods provide
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sufficiently reliable and timely information for determining
compliance. Section 114A(a)(1) of the CAA provides additional authority
concerning monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping requirements. This
section provides the Administrator with the authority to require any
owner or operator of a source to install and operate monitoring systems
and to record the resulting monitoring data. We promulgated the
Compliance Assurance Monitoring rule, 40 CFR part 64, on October 22,
1997 (62 FR 54900) pursuant to these provisions. In accordance with CAA
section 114(c) and CAA section 503(e), the monitoring information
source owners must submit must also be available to the public except
under circumstances set forth in section 114(c) of the CAA. 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 are
listed in 40 CFR part 9.
We are soliciting comments 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 election
submission of responses.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are all facilities required to have an operating permit
under Title V of the CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines
the sources required to obtain a Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2
and 71.2.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under Title V of the
CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines the sources required
to obtain a Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and 71.2.
Estimated number of respondents: 3,290 owner and operators and 112
permitting authorities. The total number of respondents is 3,402.
Frequency of response: At least every 6 months per Title V,
70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) and (B).
Total estimated burden: 343,187 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $14,168,185 (per year), includes $0
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is decrease of 7,110,394 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of the fact that most
facilities are now using electronic monitoring to conduct their
recording, thus, resulting in a decrease in the number of labor hours
needed. Additionally, all facilities with existing permits that include
approved 40 CFR part 64 monitoring have now submitted the existing
monitoring approach in their renewal applications, therefore,
significantly reducing the costs for new monitoring development.
Furthermore, in order to reflect projected trends for the next 3 years,
we updated some of the formulas used to calculate burden. All of these
factors have contributed to the decrease in burden.
Dated: June 6, 2013.
Kevin Culligan,
Acting Director, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards.
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