Request for Information: Great Salt Lake Mercury Data, 48100-48101 [2015-19736]

Download as PDF 48100 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 154 / Tuesday, August 11, 2015 / Notices 2000), in which Respondent agreed to conduct a systematic, documented, and objective review of its compliance with applicable provisions of the CWA and EPCRA. Respondent agreed to submit a final audit report detailing the specific facilities assessed, information setting forth violations discovered, and corrective actions taken. Respondent ultimately audited a total of 286 facilities, and as agreed upon with the EPA, Respondent submitted a final audit report to the EPA on January 5, 2015. All violations discovered and disclosed by the Respondent are listed in Attachments A and B to the CAFO. Proposed Settlement The EPA determined that Respondent satisfactorily completed its audit and has met all conditions set forth in the Audit Policy. Comcast has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $28,782 for the violations identified in Attachments A and B. This figure is the calculated economic benefit of noncompliance based on information provided by Respondent and use of the Economic Benefit (BEN) computer model. Of this amount $22,393 is attributable to CWA violations, and $6,389 is attributable to EPCRA violations. The EPA and Respondent negotiated the Consent Agreement in accordance with the Consolidated Rules of Practice, 40 CFR part 22, specifically 40 CFR 22.13(b) and 22.18(b) (In re: Comcast Cable Communications, L.L.C.; enforcement settlement identifier numbers CWA–HQ–2015–8001 and EPCRA–HQ–2015–8001). This Consent Agreement is subject to public notice and comment under Section 311(b)(6)(C) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C). The procedures by which the public may comment on a proposed CWA Class II penalty order, or participate in a Class II penalty proceeding, are set forth in 40 CFR 22.45. The deadline for submitting public comment on this proposed Final Order is September 10, 2015. All comments will be transferred to the EAB for consideration. The EAB’s powers and duties are outlined in 40 CFR 22.4(a). asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Disclosed and Corrected Violations CWA Respondent disclosed that it failed to prepare and implement a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan in violation of CWA Section 311(j), 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), and the implementing regulations found at 40 CFR part 112, at 10 facilities located in Alabama, VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:44 Aug 10, 2015 Jkt 235001 Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, identified in Attachment B. Under CWA Section 311(b)(6)(A), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(A), any owner, operator, or person in charge of a vessel, onshore facility, or offshore facility from which oil is discharged in violation of CWA Section 311(b)(3), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(3), or who fails or refuses to comply with any regulations that have been issued under CWA Section 311(j), 33 U.S.C. 1321(j), may be assessed an administrative civil penalty of up to $177,500 by the EPA. Class II proceedings under CWA Section 311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), are conducted in accordance with 40 CFR part 22. As authorized by CWA Section 311(b)(6), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6), the EPA has assessed a civil penalty for these violations. Pursuant to CWA Section 311(b)(6)(C), 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(C), the EPA will not issue an order in this proceeding prior to the close of the public comment period. EPCRA Respondent disclosed that it violated EPCRA Section 302(c), 42 U.S.C. 11002(c), and the implementing regulations found at 40 CFR part 355, at six facilities listed in Attachment A when it failed to notify the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) and/or the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) that these facilities are subject to the requirements of Section 302(c) of EPCRA. These facilities are located in Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Respondent disclosed that it violated EPCRA Section 311(a), 42 U.S.C. 11021(a), and the implementing regulations found at 40 CFR part 370, at 22 facilities listed in Attachment A when it failed to submit a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for hazardous chemicals and/or extremely hazardous substances or, in the alternative, a list of such chemicals, to the LEPCs, SERCs, and the fire departments with jurisdiction over these facilities. These facilities are located in Alabama, California, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Respondent disclosed that it violated EPCRA Section 312(a), 42 U.S.C. 11022(a), and the implementing regulations found at 40 CFR part 370, at 26 facilities listed in Attachment A when it failed to prepare and submit emergency and chemical inventory forms to the LEPCs, SERCs, and the fire departments with jurisdiction over these facilities. These facilities are located in Alabama, California, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee. PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Under EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C. 11045, the Administrator may issue an administrative order assessing a civil penalty against any person who has violated applicable emergency planning or right-to-know requirements, or any other requirement of EPCRA. Proceedings under EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C. 11045, are conducted in accordance with 40 CFR part 22. The EPA, as authorized by EPCRA Section 325, 42 U.S.C. 11045, has assessed a civil penalty for these violations. List of Subjects Environmental protection. Dated: August 4, 2015. Andrew R. Stewart, Acting Director, Special Litigation and Projects Division, Office of Civil Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. [FR Doc. 2015–19725 Filed 8–10–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R08–OW–2015–0415; FRL–9932–13– Region 8] Request for Information: Great Salt Lake Mercury Data Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for information. AGENCY: As part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) review of Utah’s 2012–2014 Clean Water Act section 303(d) list, we deferred action on Utah’s decision not to list the Great Salt Lake as impaired. We are seeking data from the Great Salt Lake for consideration. While we are seeking all available mercury concentration data (any medium) from the Great Salt Lake we are particularly interested in obtaining mercury concentration data in avian: tissue (particularly liver tissue), blood, diet, and eggs. Ideally, we would like raw data and any available quality assurance metadata and quality criteria. Reports and publications are also desirable. DATES: Data must be received on or before September 10, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your data, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08–OW–2015– 0415, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting data. • Email: bunch.william@epa.gov. • Fax: (303) 312–7206 (please alert the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing data). SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1 asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 154 / Tuesday, August 11, 2015 / Notices • Mail: William Bunch, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8EPR–EP, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. • Hand Delivery: William Bunch, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8EPR–EP, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. Such deliveries are only accepted Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding federal holidays. Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your data to Docket ID No. EPA–R08–OW–2015– 0415. EPA’s policy is that all data received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, unless the data includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The www.regulations.gov Web site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it along with your data. If you email data directly to EPA, without going through www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the data that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit electronic data, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information along with your data and with any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your data due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your data. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at https:// www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. For additional instructions on submitting data, go to section I, General Information, of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:44 Aug 10, 2015 Jkt 235001 available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Ecosystems Protection Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129. EPA requests that if at all possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You may view the hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Bunch, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8EPR–EP, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202–1129, (303) 312–6412, bunch.william@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information What should I consider as I prepare my data for EPA? 1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not submit CBI to EPA through https://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to one complete version of the data that includes information claimed as CBI, a copy of the data that does not contain the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 2. Tips for preparing your data. When submitting data, remember to: • Identify the notice by docket number and other identifying information (subject heading, Federal Register, date, and page number); • Follow directions and organize your data; • Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/ or QA/QC that you used; • Make sure to submit your data by the deadline identified Dated: July 13, 2015. Martin Hestmark, Assistant Regional Administrator, Region 8. [FR Doc. 2015–19736 Filed 8–10–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48101 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–AO–2015–0553; FRL–9932–16– OA] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; CEQ– EPA Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Application Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘CEQ–EPA Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators Application’’ 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 request for approval of a new collection. 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 October 13, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– AO–2015–0553, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to oei.docket@ 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: Carly Carroll, AO Office of Environmental Education, MC–1704–A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 2769; fax number: 202–564–2754; email address: carroll.carly@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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48100-48101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19736]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R08-OW-2015-0415; FRL-9932-13-Region 8]


Request for Information: Great Salt Lake Mercury Data

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for information.

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SUMMARY: As part of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) review of Utah's 2012-2014 Clean Water Act section 303(d) list, 
we deferred action on Utah's decision not to list the Great Salt Lake 
as impaired. We are seeking data from the Great Salt Lake for 
consideration. While we are seeking all available mercury concentration 
data (any medium) from the Great Salt Lake we are particularly 
interested in obtaining mercury concentration data in avian: tissue 
(particularly liver tissue), blood, diet, and eggs. Ideally, we would 
like raw data and any available quality assurance metadata and quality 
criteria. Reports and publications are also desirable.

DATES: Data must be received on or before September 10, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your data, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-OW-
2015-0415, by one of the following methods:
     https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 
instructions for submitting data.
     Email: bunch.william@epa.gov.
     Fax: (303) 312-7206 (please alert the individual listed in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT if you are faxing data).

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     Mail: William Bunch, Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8EPR-EP, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202-1129.
     Hand Delivery: William Bunch, Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8EPR-EP, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 
Colorado 80202-1129. Such deliveries are only accepted Monday through 
Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., excluding federal holidays. Special 
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your data to Docket ID No. EPA-R08-OW-2015-
0415. EPA's policy is that all data received will be included in the 
public docket without change and may be made available online at 
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided, 
unless the data includes information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to 
be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or email. The 
www.regulations.gov Web site is an ``anonymous access'' system, which 
means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you 
provide it along with your data. If you email data directly to EPA, 
without going through www.regulations.gov your email address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the data that is placed 
in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit 
electronic data, EPA recommends that you include your name and other 
contact information along with your data and with any disk or CD-ROM 
you submit. If EPA cannot read your data due to technical difficulties 
and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to 
consider your data. Electronic files should avoid the use of special 
characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or 
viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the 
EPA Docket Center homepage at https://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 
For additional instructions on submitting data, go to section I, 
General Information, of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
document.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Ecosystems Protection 
Program, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. EPA requests that if at all 
possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You 
may view the hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Bunch, Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, Mail Code 8EPR-EP, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-6412, 
bunch.william@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information

What should I consider as I prepare my data for EPA?

    1. Submitting Confidential Business Information (CBI). Do not 
submit CBI to EPA through https://www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly 
mark the part or all of the information that you claim to be CBI. For 
CBI information on a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the 
outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically 
within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is claimed as 
CBI. In addition to one complete version of the data that includes 
information claimed as CBI, a copy of the data that does not contain 
the information claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the 
public docket. Information so marked will not be disclosed except in 
accordance with procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your data. When submitting data, remember to:
     Identify the notice by docket number and other identifying 
information (subject heading, Federal Register, date, and page number);
     Follow directions and organize your data;
     Describe any assumptions and provide any technical 
information and/or QA/QC that you used;
     Make sure to submit your data by the deadline identified

    Dated: July 13, 2015.
Martin Hestmark,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Region 8.
[FR Doc. 2015-19736 Filed 8-10-15; 8:45 am]
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