Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Periodic Reporting of the Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Renewal), 24917-24918 [2015-10123]
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following methods. All comments must
include the name, address, and
telephone number of the commenter.
Mail: Send paper comments to Ms.
Catherine Gockel, Office of Water and
Watersheds; USEPA Region 10; 1200 6th
Ave., Suite 900, OWW–191; Seattle,
Washington 98101.
Email: Send electronic comments to
catherin.gockel@epa.gov. Make sure to
write ‘‘Comments on the Draft Tribal
Marine Net Pen Enhancement Facilities
General Permit’’ in the subject line.
Fax: Fax comments to the attention of
Catherine Gockel at (206) 553–0325.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Deliver
comments to Catherine Gockel, EPA
Region 10, Office of Water and
Watersheds, Mail Stop OWW–191, 1200
6th Avenue, Suite 900, Seattle, WA
98101–3140. Call (206) 553–0523 before
delivery to verify business hours.
Viewing and/or Obtaining Copies of
Documents. A copy of the draft General
Permit and the Fact Sheet, which
explains the proposal in detail, may be
obtained by contacting EPA at 1 (800)
424–4372. Copies of the documents are
also available for viewing and
downloading at: www.epa.gov/r10earth/
waterpermits.htm.
Requests may also be made to Audrey
Washington at (206) 553–0523 or
washington.audrey@epa.gov.
Public Hearing: Persons wishing to
request a public hearing should submit
their written request by June 30, 2015
stating the nature of the issues to be
raised as well as the requester’s name,
address, and telephone number to
Catherine Gockel at the address above.
If a public hearing is scheduled, notice
will be published in the Federal
Register. Notice will also be posted on
the Region 10 Web site, and will be
mailed to all interested persons
receiving letters of the availability of the
Draft General Permit.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Additional information can be obtained
by contacting Catherine Gockel, Office
of Water and Watersheds, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 10. Contact information is
included above in the ‘‘Submitting
Comments’’ Section.
Other Legal Requirements
Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C.
1531 et al.]. Section 7 of the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) requires Federal
agencies to consult with NOAA
Fisheries (NMFS) and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (USFWS) (the Services)
if their actions have the potential to
either beneficially or adversely affect
any threatened or endangered species.
EPA has analyzed the discharges
proposed to be authorized by the draft
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General Permit, and their potential to
adversely affect any of the threatened or
endangered species or their designated
critical habitat areas in the vicinity of
the discharges. Based on this analysis,
EPA has determined that the issuance of
this permit will have no effect to any
threatened or endangered species in the
vicinity of the discharge. Therefore, ESA
consultation is not required.
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] and
Other Federal Requirements.
Regulations at 40 CFR 122.49, list the
federal laws that may apply to the
issuance of permits i.e., ESA, National
Historic Preservation Act, the Coastal
Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments
(CZARA), NEPA, and Executive Orders,
among others. The NEPA compliance
program requires analysis of
information regarding potential impacts,
development and analysis of options to
avoid or minimize impacts; and
development and analysis of measures
to mitigate adverse impacts. EPA
determined that no Environmental
Assessments (EAs) or Environmental
Impact Statements (EISs) are required
under NEPA. EPA also determined that
CZARA does not apply.
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH). The
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management
and Conservation Act requires EPA to
consult with NOAA–NMFS when a
proposed discharge has the potential to
adversely affect a designated EFH. The
EFH regulations define an adverse effect
as ‘‘any impact which reduces quality
and/or quantity of EFH . . . [and] may
include direct (e.g. contamination or
physical disruption), indirect (e.g. loss
of prey, reduction in species’ fecundity),
site-specific or habitat-wide impacts,
including individual, cumulative, or
synergistic consequences of actions.’’
NMFS may recommend measures for
attachment to the federal action to
protect EFH; however, such
recommendations are advisory, and not
prescriptive in nature. EPA has
evaluated the Draft General Permit and
has made the determination that
issuance of the General Permit will have
no effect on EFH.
Executive Order 12866: The Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
exempts this action from the review
requirements of Executive Order 12866
pursuant to Section 6 of that order.
Economic Impact [Executive Order
12291]: The EPA has reviewed the effect
of Executive Order 12291 on this Draft
General Permit and has determined that
it is not a major rule pursuant to that
Order.
Paperwork Reduction Act [44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.] The EPA has reviewed the
requirements imposed on regulated
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facilities in the Draft General Permit and
finds them consistent with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Regulatory Flexibility Act [5 U.S.C.
601 et seq.] The Regulatory Flexibility
Act (RFA) requires that EPA prepare an
initial regulatory flexibility analysis for
rules subject to the requirements of the
Administrative Procedures Act [APA, 5
U.S.C. 553] that have a significant
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. However, EPA has concluded
that NPDES General Permits are not
rulemakings under the APA, and thus
not subject to APA rulemaking
requirements or the RFA.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act:
Section 201 of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act (UMRA), Public Law 104–4,
generally requires Federal agencies to
assess the effects of their regulatory
actions (defined to be the same as rules
subject to the RFA) on tribal, state, and
local governments, and the private
sector. However, General NPDES
Permits are not rules subject to the
requirements of the APA, and are,
therefore, not subject to the UMRA.
Authority: This action is taken under the
authority of Section 402 of the Clean Water
Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1342. I hereby
provide public notice of the Draft General
Permit for Tribal Marine Net Pen
Enhancement Facilities in Washington State
in accordance with 40 CFR 124.10.
Dated: April 23, 2015.
Daniel D. Opalski,
Director, Office of Water and Watersheds,
Region 10.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0891; FRL–9927–06–
OEI]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Recordkeeping and Periodic Reporting
of the Production, Import, Export,
Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment,
and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting
Substances (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Recordkeeping and Periodic Reporting
of the Production, Import, Export,
Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment,
and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting
Substances (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No.
SUMMARY:
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1432.31, OMB Control No. 2060–0170 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 June 30, 2015. 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing the Docket ID No. listed
above, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), 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:
Staci Gatica, Stratospheric Protection
Division, Office of Atmospheric
Programs (6205J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343–9469; fax
number: (202) 343–2338; email address:
gatica.staci@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, WJC 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
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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
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: This ICR authorizes the
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements established in the
regulations stated in 40 CFR part 82,
subpart A and as required by the United
States’ commitments under The
Montreal Protocol on Substances that
Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol). This
information collection allows EPA to
monitor the United States’ compliance
with the Protocol and Title VI of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
(CAA).
Under its Protocol commitments, the
United States is obligated to cease
production and import of Class I
controlled substances excluding
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that are
subject to essential use exemptions,
methyl bromide that is subject to critical
use exemptions or exemptions for
quarantine and preshipment uses,
previously used material, and material
that will be transformed, destroyed, or
exported to developing countries. The
Protocol also establishes limits and
reduction schedules leading to the
eventual phaseout of Class II controlled
substances with similar exemptions
beyond the phaseout. The CAA has its
own limits on production and
consumption of controlled substances
that EPA must adhere to and enforce.
Under 40 CFR 82.13, producers,
importers, exporters, and distributors of
Class I ozone-depleting substances
(ODS) must meet quarterly, annual, and/
or transactional recordkeeping and
reporting requirements.
The reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for Class I ODS will enable
EPA to: (1) Ensure compliance with the
restrictions on production, import, and
export of Class I controlled substances;
(2) allow exempted production and
import for certain uses and the
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consequent tracking of that production
and import; (3) address industry and
Federal concerns regarding the illegal
import of mislabeled used controlled
substances; (4) satisfy the United States’
obligations to report data under Article
7 of the Montreal Protocol; (5) fulfill
statutory obligations under Section
603(b) of the CAA for reporting and
monitoring; (6) provide information to
report to the U.S. Congress on the
production, use, and consumption of
Class I controlled substances as
statutorily required in Section 603(d) of
Title VI of the CAA.
The reported data will enable EPA to
maintain compliance with the Protocol
requirements for annual data
submission on the production of ODS
and analyze technical use data to ensure
that exemptions are used in accordance
with requirements included in the
annual authorization rulemakings.
Respondents/affected entities:
Chemical Producers, Importers, and
Exporters (CFCs); Research and
Development (Laboratories); and MeBr
Producers, Importers, Exporters,
Distributors, and Applicators.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory.
Estimated number of respondents:
1143 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly,
annually, occasionally.
Total estimated burden: 2583 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $277,085 (per
year), includes $5,535 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collections Strategies
Division.
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Receipt of Test Data Under the Toxic
Substances Control Act
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
EPA issued a notice in the
Federal Register of April 14, 2015,
announcing its receipt of test data
submitted pursuant to a test rule issued
by EPA under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA). As required by
TSCA, this document identifies each
chemical substance and/or mixture for
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0891; FRL-9927-06-OEI]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Recordkeeping and Periodic Reporting of the Production, Import, Export,
Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-
Depleting Substances (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR), ``Recordkeeping and Periodic
Reporting of the Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction,
Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No.
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1432.31, OMB Control No. 2060-0170 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 June 30, 2015. 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing the Docket ID No. listed
above, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), 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: Staci Gatica, Stratospheric Protection
Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (6205J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9469; fax number: (202) 343-2338; email
address: gatica.staci@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, WJC 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 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: This ICR authorizes the recordkeeping and reporting
requirements established in the regulations stated in 40 CFR part 82,
subpart A and as required by the United States' commitments under The
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(Protocol). This information collection allows EPA to monitor the
United States' compliance with the Protocol and Title VI of the Clean
Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAA).
Under its Protocol commitments, the United States is obligated to
cease production and import of Class I controlled substances excluding
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) that are subject to essential use
exemptions, methyl bromide that is subject to critical use exemptions
or exemptions for quarantine and preshipment uses, previously used
material, and material that will be transformed, destroyed, or exported
to developing countries. The Protocol also establishes limits and
reduction schedules leading to the eventual phaseout of Class II
controlled substances with similar exemptions beyond the phaseout. The
CAA has its own limits on production and consumption of controlled
substances that EPA must adhere to and enforce.
Under 40 CFR 82.13, producers, importers, exporters, and
distributors of Class I ozone-depleting substances (ODS) must meet
quarterly, annual, and/or transactional recordkeeping and reporting
requirements.
The reporting and recordkeeping requirements for Class I ODS will
enable EPA to: (1) Ensure compliance with the restrictions on
production, import, and export of Class I controlled substances; (2)
allow exempted production and import for certain uses and the
consequent tracking of that production and import; (3) address industry
and Federal concerns regarding the illegal import of mislabeled used
controlled substances; (4) satisfy the United States' obligations to
report data under Article 7 of the Montreal Protocol; (5) fulfill
statutory obligations under Section 603(b) of the CAA for reporting and
monitoring; (6) provide information to report to the U.S. Congress on
the production, use, and consumption of Class I controlled substances
as statutorily required in Section 603(d) of Title VI of the CAA.
The reported data will enable EPA to maintain compliance with the
Protocol requirements for annual data submission on the production of
ODS and analyze technical use data to ensure that exemptions are used
in accordance with requirements included in the annual authorization
rulemakings.
Respondents/affected entities: Chemical Producers, Importers, and
Exporters (CFCs); Research and Development (Laboratories); and MeBr
Producers, Importers, Exporters, Distributors, and Applicators.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
Estimated number of respondents: 1143 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly, annually, occasionally.
Total estimated burden: 2583 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $277,085 (per year), includes $5,535
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collections Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-10123 Filed 4-30-15; 8:45 am]
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