Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Regional Haze Regulations (Renewal), 58473-58474 [2015-24332]

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Pursuant to 41 CFR 102–3.140, and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the public or interested organizations may submit written statements to the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board. Written statements may be submitted to the committee at any time or in response to an approved meeting agenda. All written statements shall be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Scientific Advisory Board. The DFO will ensure that the written statements are provided to the membership for their consideration. Contact information for the DFO can be obtained from the GSA’s FACA Database at https:// www.facadatabase.gov/. Time is allotted at the close of each meeting day for the public to make comments. Oral comments are limited to 5 minutes per person. Dated: September 23, 2015. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2015–24595 Filed 9–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Docket ID: DoD–2015–HA–0006] Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES ACTION: Notice. The Department of Defense has submitted to OMB for clearance, the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. DATES: Consideration will be given to all comments received by October 29, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Licari, 571–372–0493. SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Sep 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title, Associated Form and OMB Number: Defense Medical Human Resources System internet (DMHRSi); OMB Control Number 0720–0041. Type of Request: Reinstatement. Number of Respondents: 85,000. Responses per Respondent: 1. Annual Responses: 85,000. Average Burden per Response: 7.5 minutes. Annual Burden Hours: 10,625. Needs and Uses: DMHRSi is a Department of Defense software application that provides the Military Health System (MHS) with a comprehensive enterprise human resource system with capabilities to manage personnel, manpower, education & training, labor cost assignment and readiness functional areas. It has built-in safeguards to limit access and visibility of personal or sensitive information in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974. The application accounts for everyone in the MHS—Active Duty, Reserves, National Guard, government civilian, contractors and volunteers assigned or borrowed— this also includes nonappropriated fund employees and foreign nationals. Affected Public: Federal Government, Individuals or households. Business or other For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Institutions. Frequency: Quarterly. Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: Mr. Josh Brammer. Comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection should be emailed to Mr. Josh Brammer, DoD Desk Officer, at Oira_submission@ omb.eop.gov. Please identify the proposed information collection by DoD Desk Officer and the Docket ID number and title of the information collection. You may also submit comments and recommendations, identified by Docket ID number and title, by the following method: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name, Docket PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Dr. Sharon Bewick, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD. Dr. John Hall, Resource Conservation and Climate Change, Program Manager. Dr. John Marra, NOAA NESDIS NCEI, Honolulu, HI. Dr. John Hall, Resource Conservation and Climate Change, Program Manager. ID number and title for this Federal Register document. The general policy for comments and other submissions from members of the public is to make these submissions available for public viewing on the Internet at https:// www.regulations.gov as they are received without change, including any personal identifiers or contact information. DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Frederick Licari. Written requests for copies of the information collection proposal should be sent to Mr. Licari at WHS/ESD Directives Division, 4800 Mark Center Drive, East Tower, Suite 02G09, Alexandria, VA 22350–3100. Dated: September 23, 2015. Aaron Siegel, Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense. [FR Doc. 2015–24611 Filed 9–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001–06–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0162; FRL–9934–62– OAR] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Regional Haze Regulations (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Renewal of the ICR for the Regional Haze Regulations’’ (EPA ICR No. 1813.09, OMB Control No. 2060.0421) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 ICR, which is SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1 asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 58474 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 188 / Tuesday, September 29, 2015 / Notices currently approved through March 31, 2016. 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 November 30, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2003–0162, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ commenting-epa-dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Werner, Air Quality Policy Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C539–04, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; telephone number: (919) 541–5133; fax number: (919) 541–5315; email address: werner.christopher@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting document(s) 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 the EPA’s public docket, visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Sep 28, 2015 Jkt 235001 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., allowing 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 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: This ICR is for activities related to the implementation of the EPA’s regional haze rule, for the time period between March 31, 2016, and March 31, 2019, and renews the previous ICR. The regional haze rule codified at 40 CFR parts 308 and 309, as authorized by sections 169A and 169B of the Clean Air Act, requires states to develop implementation plans to protect visibility in 156 federallyprotected Class I areas. Tribes may choose to develop implementation plans. For this time period, states will primarily be developing and submitting periodic comprehensive implementation plan revisions (or initial implementation plans) and progress reports to comply with the regulations. Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are state, local and tribal air quality agencies, regional planning organizations and facilities potentially regulated under the regional haze rule. Title: Regional Haze Regulations; EPA ICR No. 1813.09, OMB Control No. 2060.0421. Respondent’s Obligation To Respond: Mandatory [see 40 CFR 51.308(b), (f) and (g) and 40 CFR 51.309(d)(10)]. Estimated Number of Respondents: 52 (total); 52 state agencies. Frequency of Response: Approximately every 5 years. Total Estimated Burden: 10,307 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total Estimated Cost: $510,489 (per year). There are no annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs. PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 4,259 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase is due to this ICR renewal period covering different task elements than the previous renewal (EPA ICR No. 1813.08). These differences reflect the requirements of the current regional haze rule with respect to the scheduled events and activities in the implementation process. The last collection request anticipated the program consisting mainly of submission of 5-year progress reports. The change in burden reflects changes in labor rates and changes in the activities conducted due to the normal progression of the program, especially the fact that states will be working on and submitting periodic comprehensive State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions (or initial SIPs). Dated: September 15, 2015. Stephen D. Page, Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. [FR Doc. 2015–24332 Filed 9–28–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P EXPORT-IMPORT BANK [Public Notice: 2015–6018] Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request Export-Import Bank of the United States. ACTION: Submission for OMB Review and Comments Request. AGENCY: Form Title: EIB 00–02 Annual Competitiveness Report Survey of Exporters and Bankers. SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank), as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Ex-Im Bank plans to invite approximately 150 U.S. exporters and commercial lending institutions that have used Ex-Im Bank’s short-, medium-, and long-term programs over the previous calendar year with an electronic invitation to participate in the online survey. The proposed survey will ask participants to evaluate the competitiveness of Ex-Im Bank’s programs and how the programs compare to those of foreign credit agencies. Ex-Im Bank will use the E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0162; FRL-9934-62-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Regional Haze Regulations (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Renewal of the ICR 
for the Regional Haze Regulations'' (EPA ICR No. 1813.09, OMB Control 
No. 2060.0421) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 ICR, which is

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currently approved through March 31, 2016. 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 November 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0162, to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 
EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not 
submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must 
be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered 
the official comment and should include discussion of all points you 
wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment 
contents located outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, 
cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission 
methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or 
multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective 
comments, please visit https://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Werner, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C539-04, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 
telephone number: (919) 541-5133; fax number: (919) 541-5315; email 
address: werner.christopher@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting document(s) 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 the EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 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., 
allowing 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 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: This ICR is for activities related to the implementation 
of the EPA's regional haze rule, for the time period between March 31, 
2016, and March 31, 2019, and renews the previous ICR. The regional 
haze rule codified at 40 CFR parts 308 and 309, as authorized by 
sections 169A and 169B of the Clean Air Act, requires states to develop 
implementation plans to protect visibility in 156 federally-protected 
Class I areas. Tribes may choose to develop implementation plans. For 
this time period, states will primarily be developing and submitting 
periodic comprehensive implementation plan revisions (or initial 
implementation plans) and progress reports to comply with the 
regulations.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are state, local and tribal air quality agencies, regional 
planning organizations and facilities potentially regulated under the 
regional haze rule.
    Title: Regional Haze Regulations; EPA ICR No. 1813.09, OMB Control 
No. 2060.0421.
    Respondent's Obligation To Respond: Mandatory [see 40 CFR 
51.308(b), (f) and (g) and 40 CFR 51.309(d)(10)].
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52 (total); 52 state agencies.
    Frequency of Response: Approximately every 5 years.
    Total Estimated Burden: 10,307 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $510,489 (per year). There are no annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 4,259 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to this ICR renewal period 
covering different task elements than the previous renewal (EPA ICR No. 
1813.08). These differences reflect the requirements of the current 
regional haze rule with respect to the scheduled events and activities 
in the implementation process. The last collection request anticipated 
the program consisting mainly of submission of 5-year progress reports. 
The change in burden reflects changes in labor rates and changes in the 
activities conducted due to the normal progression of the program, 
especially the fact that states will be working on and submitting 
periodic comprehensive State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions (or 
initial SIPs).

    Dated: September 15, 2015.
Stephen D. Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. 2015-24332 Filed 9-28-15; 8:45 am]
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