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157.205 of the Commission’s
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR
157.205) a protest to the request. If no
protest is filed within the time allowed
therefore, the proposed activity shall be
deemed to be authorized effective the
day after the time allowed for protest. If
a protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the time allowed
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests,
and interventions via the internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov)
under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Persons
unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 5 copies of the
protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Dated: June 20, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Information
Requirements for Boilers and
Industrial Furnaces
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
Information Requirements for Boilers
and Industrial Furnaces (EPA ICR No.
1361.16, OMB Control No. 2050–0073)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through October 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 OMB control
number.
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Comments must be submitted on
or before August 26, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2013–0405, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to rcradocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
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 (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Vyas, Office of Resource
Conservation and Recovery (mail code
5303P), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 703–308–5477; fax number:
703–308–8433; email address:
vyas.peggy@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 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 EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, 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. EPA will consider the
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comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, 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: EPA regulates the burning of
hazardous waste in boilers, incinerators,
and industrial furnaces (BIFs) under 40
CFR parts 63, 264, 265, 266 and 270.
This ICR describes the paperwork
requirements that apply to the owners
and operators of BIFs. This includes the
requirements under the comparable/
syngas fuel specification at 40 CFR
261.38; the general facility requirements
at 40 CFR parts 264 and 265, subparts
B thru H; the requirements applicable to
BIF units at 40 CFR part 266; and the
RCRA Part B permit application and
modification requirements at 40 CFR
part 270.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
business or other for-profit.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
mandatory (per 40 CFR 264, 265, and
270).
Estimated number of respondents: 86.
Frequency of response: on occasion.
Total estimated burden: 238,785
Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $43,088,240,
which includes $16,029,240 annualized
labor costs and $27,059,000 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in Estimates: The burden
hours are likely to stay substantially the
same.
Dated: June 10, 2013.
Suzanne Rudzinski,
Director, Office of Resource Conservation and
Recovery.
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[EPA–HQ–OA–2012–0033; FRL–9828–7]
Additional Documents Available for
Public Review Related to Willingness
To Pay Survey for Chesapeake Bay
Total Maximum Daily Load: Instrument,
Pre-Test, and Implementation;
Comment Request
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has made available for public
review a revised Supporting Statement
and additional documentation related to
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its recent information collection request
(ICR) submission to OMB entitled
‘‘Willingness to Pay Survey for
Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily
Load: Instrument, Pre-test, and
Implementation’’ (EPA ICR No. 2456.01,
OMB Control No. 2010–NEW). The
additional documents, now available in
the associated docket, are: The Peer
Review Report, the Focus Group and
Cognitive Interview Report and the
Description of Hydrological,
Biochemical, and Ecosystem Models
(Attachment 17 of the revised
Supporting Statement). These
documents may provide useful
information to interested parties
regarding the development and design
of the survey instruments proposed for
this project. Full transcripts of the focus
groups and cognitive interviews were
not prepared and are therefore not
available. Public comments were
previously requested on the ICR via the
Federal Register on May 24, 2012
during a 60-day comment period, which
was later extended for an additional 30
days. An additional 30-day comment
period was initiated upon submission of
the ICR to OMB for review and
consideration. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days of public comments
on the ICR in light of the availability of
the additional documentation.
Additional comments may be
submitted on or before July 29, 2013.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OA–2012–0033, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method); by email to
oei.docket@epa.gov; by fax at (202) 566–
9744; or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB via email to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
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 (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
ADDRESSES:
Dr.
Nathalie Simon, National Center for
Environmental Economics, Office of
Policy, (1809T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–566–2347; fax
number: 202–566–2363; email address:
simon.nathalie@epa.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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The
revised Supporting Statement, the Peer
Review Report, the Focus Group and
Cognitive Interview Report and the
Description of Hydrological,
Biochemical, and Ecosystem Models are
available in the public docket for this
ICR together with other supporting
documents made available previously
which explain in detail the information
that the EPA will be collecting. 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 EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: The Clean Water Act (CWA)
directs EPA to coordinate Federal and
State efforts to improve water quality in
the Chesapeake Bay. In 2009, Executive
Order (E.O.) 13508 reemphasized this
mandate, directing EPA to define the
next generation of tools and actions to
restore water quality in the Bay and
describe the changes to be made to
regulations, programs, and policies to
implement these actions. The
Chesapeake Bay watershed encompasses
64,000 square miles in parts of six states
and the District of Columbia. It is the
largest estuary in the United States and
the third largest in the world. The
Chesapeake Bay’s unique set of
ecological and cultural elements has
motivated efforts to preserve and restore
its condition for more than 25 years.
Significant progress has been made over
that period however, pollution budgets,
called Total Maximum Daily Loads
(TMDLs), are necessary to continue
progress toward the goal of a healthy
Bay. The watershed states of New York,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia,
Virginia, and Maryland, as well as the
District of Columbia, have developed
Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs)
detailing the steps each will take to
meet its obligations under the TMDL.
As part of the next phase of this effort,
EPA is undertaking an assessment of the
costs and benefits of meeting Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), of
nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment for
the Chesapeake Bay. As an input to the
TMDL benefits study, EPA’s National
Center for Environmental Economics
(NCEE) is seeking approval to conduct
a stated preference survey to collect data
on households’ use of Chesapeake Bay
and its watershed, willingness to pay for
a variety of water quality improvements
likely to follow from pollution
reduction programs, and demographic
information. If approved, the survey
would be administered by mail in two
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phases to a sample of 9,140 residents
living in the Chesapeake Bay states,
Chesapeake Bay watershed, and other
eastern states within 100 miles of the
Atlantic Ocean.
Benefits from meeting the TMDL for
the Chesapeake Bay will accrue to those
who live near the Bay or visit for
recreation, those who live near or visit
lakes and rivers in the watershed, and
those who live further away and/or may
never visit the Bay but have a general
concern for the environment quality of
the Bay. While benefits from the first
two categories can be measured using
hedonic property value, recreational
demand, and other revealed preference
approaches, only stated preference
methods can capture nonuse benefits.
This study will provide policy makers
with additional information on the
public’s preferences for improvements
to the Chesapeake Bay and lakes in the
watershed. NCEE will use the survey
responses to estimate willingness to pay
for changes related to reductions in
nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment
loadings to the Bay and lakes in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed. The
analysis relies on state of the art
theoretical and statistical tools for nonmarket welfare analysis. The results of
this study will inform the public and
policy makers about the benefits of
improvements to the Chesapeake Bay
and lakes in the watershed. A nonresponse survey will also be
administered to inform the
interpretation and validation of survey
responses. Participation in the survey
will be voluntary and the identity of the
respondents will be kept confidential to
the extent provided by law.
Dated: June 20, 2013.
Shelley Levitt,
Acting Director, National Center for
Environmental Economics.
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Program Approval for the State of
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Environmental Protection
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ACTION: Notice of tentative approval.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the State of Illinois is revising its
approved public water system
supervision program for the Ground
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2012-0033; FRL-9828-7]
Additional Documents Available for Public Review Related to
Willingness To Pay Survey for Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load:
Instrument, Pre-Test, and Implementation; Comment Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has made available for
public review a revised Supporting Statement and additional
documentation related to
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its recent information collection request (ICR) submission to OMB
entitled ``Willingness to Pay Survey for Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum
Daily Load: Instrument, Pre-test, and Implementation'' (EPA ICR No.
2456.01, OMB Control No. 2010-NEW). The additional documents, now
available in the associated docket, are: The Peer Review Report, the
Focus Group and Cognitive Interview Report and the Description of
Hydrological, Biochemical, and Ecosystem Models (Attachment 17 of the
revised Supporting Statement). These documents may provide useful
information to interested parties regarding the development and design
of the survey instruments proposed for this project. Full transcripts
of the focus groups and cognitive interviews were not prepared and are
therefore not available. Public comments were previously requested on
the ICR via the Federal Register on May 24, 2012 during a 60-day
comment period, which was later extended for an additional 30 days. An
additional 30-day comment period was initiated upon submission of the
ICR to OMB for review and consideration. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days of public comments on the ICR in light of the
availability of the additional documentation.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OA-2012-0033, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method); by email to oei.docket@epa.gov; by fax at (202) 566-
9744; or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address
comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA.
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 (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Nathalie Simon, National Center
for Environmental Economics, Office of Policy, (1809T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-566-2347; fax number: 202-566-2363; email
address: simon.nathalie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The revised Supporting Statement, the Peer
Review Report, the Focus Group and Cognitive Interview Report and the
Description of Hydrological, Biochemical, and Ecosystem Models are
available in the public docket for this ICR together with other
supporting documents made available previously which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting. 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 EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: The Clean Water Act (CWA) directs EPA to coordinate
Federal and State efforts to improve water quality in the Chesapeake
Bay. In 2009, Executive Order (E.O.) 13508 reemphasized this mandate,
directing EPA to define the next generation of tools and actions to
restore water quality in the Bay and describe the changes to be made to
regulations, programs, and policies to implement these actions. The
Chesapeake Bay watershed encompasses 64,000 square miles in parts of
six states and the District of Columbia. It is the largest estuary in
the United States and the third largest in the world. The Chesapeake
Bay's unique set of ecological and cultural elements has motivated
efforts to preserve and restore its condition for more than 25 years.
Significant progress has been made over that period however, pollution
budgets, called Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), are necessary to
continue progress toward the goal of a healthy Bay. The watershed
states of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia,
and Maryland, as well as the District of Columbia, have developed
Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) detailing the steps each will
take to meet its obligations under the TMDL.
As part of the next phase of this effort, EPA is undertaking an
assessment of the costs and benefits of meeting Total Maximum Daily
Loads (TMDLs), of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment for the Chesapeake
Bay. As an input to the TMDL benefits study, EPA's National Center for
Environmental Economics (NCEE) is seeking approval to conduct a stated
preference survey to collect data on households' use of Chesapeake Bay
and its watershed, willingness to pay for a variety of water quality
improvements likely to follow from pollution reduction programs, and
demographic information. If approved, the survey would be administered
by mail in two phases to a sample of 9,140 residents living in the
Chesapeake Bay states, Chesapeake Bay watershed, and other eastern
states within 100 miles of the Atlantic Ocean.
Benefits from meeting the TMDL for the Chesapeake Bay will accrue
to those who live near the Bay or visit for recreation, those who live
near or visit lakes and rivers in the watershed, and those who live
further away and/or may never visit the Bay but have a general concern
for the environment quality of the Bay. While benefits from the first
two categories can be measured using hedonic property value,
recreational demand, and other revealed preference approaches, only
stated preference methods can capture nonuse benefits. This study will
provide policy makers with additional information on the public's
preferences for improvements to the Chesapeake Bay and lakes in the
watershed. NCEE will use the survey responses to estimate willingness
to pay for changes related to reductions in nitrogen, phosphorous, and
sediment loadings to the Bay and lakes in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
The analysis relies on state of the art theoretical and statistical
tools for non-market welfare analysis. The results of this study will
inform the public and policy makers about the benefits of improvements
to the Chesapeake Bay and lakes in the watershed. A non-response survey
will also be administered to inform the interpretation and validation
of survey responses. Participation in the survey will be voluntary and
the identity of the respondents will be kept confidential to the extent
provided by law.
Dated: June 20, 2013.
Shelley Levitt,
Acting Director, National Center for Environmental Economics.
[FR Doc. 2013-15439 Filed 6-26-13; 8:45 am]
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