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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Proposed Agency Information
Collection
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that
DOE is developing for submission to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are
invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) 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; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before November 10,
2015. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Mr. Chris Early, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies Office,
Mail Stop EE–5B, Forrestal Building,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121 or by fax at
202–586–4617 or by email at
Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Mr. Chris Early, U.S.
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Order granting blanket authority to export previously imported LNG by vessel.
Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Office, Mail Stop EE–5B,
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–
0121. Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. New; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Programs for
Improving Energy Efficiency in
Residential Buildings (3) Type of
Request: New; (4) Purpose: The
proposed collection will enable DOE to
understand the universe of
organizations participating in four
voluntary programs: Zero Energy Ready
Home Program, the Better Buildings
Residential Network, the Home Energy
Score, and the Home Performance with
ENERGY STAR Program (HPwES). The
DOE published a notice and request for
comments for 60 days related to this
current request to collect information on
May 15, 2014 (79 FR 27867) and
received no comments. That notice
asked for comments for four voluntary
programs at DOE, three of which are the
same as for this current request for
clearance and one is different. The DOE
decided not to collect information for
one of the four programs that was part
of that May 15, 2014 request for
comments, the Building America
Program. The DOE, however, is adding
the HPwES program to this current
request for comments. The purpose of
this 15 day notice and request for
comments is to again request public
comments on the three programs that
were in the earlier 60 day notice and
request for comments and also request
comments on the HPwES program
which was not included in that earlier
60 day FR notice. Through these four
programs DOE encourages and assists
the people and organizations that
volunteer to participate in them to build
and renovate new and existing houses to
use less energy. The program partners
who voluntarily participate in the
programs consist of most of the actors in
the home building industry including
home owners, home builders, home
builder tradesman and associations,
home design professionals, students in
architecture and related building
construction industries, home energy
raters, home energy auditors, home
inspectors, building consultants,
manufacturers of building products,
professional trainers, utility companies,
home building and manufacturing
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industry associations, consumer and
home building industry advocacy
organizations, financial institutions,
non-profit organizations, educational
institutions, nonprofit organizations,
energy program administrators and
implementers, Home Performance with
ENERGY STAR sponsors, state or local
government energy offices or agencies,
clean energy non-profits with existing
residential energy programs and other
organizations who believe peer sharing
will help them improve their
effectiveness in encouraging
homeowners to complete energy
upgrades. DOE proposes to collect
information about the participants such
as their names and addresses, their
evaluations of training they received
about the programs, descriptions of their
qualifications to conduct training for the
programs, their plans to get people to
participate in the programs, their
certifications describing how they can
assess homes, estimates of how many
homes they can get to participate in the
programs, and information about the
homes. The collected information will
help DOE understand the participating
partners’ activities and progress toward
achieving scheduled milestones
enabling DOE to make decisions about
the best way to run the programs and
respond to partners’ needs to improve
their operations and actions to lower
energy consumption. The portion of the
HPwES Program for which DOE is
requesting comments was run by EPA.
The operation of part of the HPwES
program is to be transferred to the DOE
from the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). The DOE intends to
operate HPwES substantially similarly
to the way EPA operates the program.
The difference in estimates of numbers
of responses, number of respondents,
burden hours, and costs to respond
between the HPwES that was approved
by OMB for EPA and the one requested
to be approved by DOE are minor. The
OMB did give the EPA clearance for
collection of information in the HPwES
program on August 14, 2014. OMB gave
it the ICR Control Number 2060–0586.
EPA did not receive any comments in
either the 30 or 60 day Federal Register
Notices for that collection of
information; (5) Annual Estimated
Number of Respondents: 11,585. (6)
Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 46,909. (7) Annual
Estimated Number of Burden Hours:
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22,926. (8) Annual Estimated Reporting
and Recordkeeping Cost Burden: zero
dollars. DOE estimates that there are no
additional costs to respondents
associated with the surveys other than
the costs associated with the burden
hours.
Statutory Authority: The U.S. Code, Title
42, Chapter 149, Subchapter IX, Part A,
Section 16191—Energy Efficiency.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 2,
2015.
Roland J. Risser,
Director, Building Technologies Office,
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015–27202 Filed 10–23–15; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9936–18—Region 6]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petition for Objection to
State Operating Permits for Shell
Chemical LP Deer Park Chemical Plant
and Shell Oil Company Deer Park
Refinery in Texas
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Clean Air Act
(CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR
70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed
an Order, dated September 24, 2015,
granting in part and denying in part two
petitions asking EPA to object to
operating permits issued by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality
for Shell Chemical LP’s Deer Park
Chemical Plant and Shell Oil
Company’s Deer Park Refinery (Title V
operating permit numbers O1668 and
O1669). The EPA’s September 24, 2015
Order responds to the two petitions,
dated May 19, 2014, submitted by the
Environmental Integrity Project (EIP),
Sierra Club, and Air Alliance Houston.
Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the
CAA provide that a petitioner may ask
for judicial review by the United States
Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit of those portions of the Order
that deny issues raised in the petition.
Any petition for review shall be filed
within 60 days from the date this notice
appears in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 307(b) of the CAA.
ADDRESSES: You may review copies of
the final Order, the petition, and other
supporting information at EPA Region 6,
1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–
2733.
EPA requests that if at all possible,
you contact the individual listed in the
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section to view copies of the final Order,
petitions, and other supporting
information. You may view the hard
copies Monday through Friday, from
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., excluding
Federal holidays. If you wish to
examine these documents, you should
make an appointment at least 24 hours
before the visiting day. Additionally, the
final September 24, 2015 Order is
available electronically at: https://
www2.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/
order-responding-2014-petitionrequesting-administrator-object-deerpark.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aimee Wilson at (214) 665–7596, email
address: wilson.aimee@epa.gov or the
above EPA, Region 6 address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA
affords EPA a 45-day period to review,
and object, as appropriate, to a title V
operating permit proposed by a state
permitting authority. Section 505(b)(2)
of the CAA authorizes any person to
petition the EPA Administrator, within
60 days after the expiration of this
review period, to object to a title V
operating permit if EPA has not done so.
Petitions must be based only on
objections to the permit that were raised
with reasonable specificity during the
public comment period provided by the
state, unless the petitioner demonstrates
that it was impracticable to raise such
objections during the comment period
or unless the grounds for the objection
arose after this period.
The Petitioners maintain that the
Shell Deer Park title V operating permits
are inconsistent with the Act based on
the following contentions: (1) The
proposed permits’ incorporation by
reference of minor NSR authorizations
fails to assure compliance; (2) The
proposed permits’ incorporation by
reference of permits by rule fails to
assure compliance; (3) The proposed
permits fail to require monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting sufficient
to assure compliance with applicable
requirements; (4) The proposed permit
for the Deer Park Refinery
impermissibly uses the permit shield
provisions; (5) The proposed permits
fail to require Shell to obtain SIPapproved authorizations for qualified
facilities changes; (6) The proposed
permit for the Chemical Plant fails to
address Shell’s non-compliance with 30
Texas Administrative Code section
116.116(d), which requires PBRs for
previously permitted facilities to be
incorporated into existing permits on
renewal or amendment; (7) The
Executive Director’s revision to draft
permits’ special condition 28 in O1668
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and special condition 29 in O1669 are
improper; and (8) The proposed permits
must clarify that credible evidence may
be used by citizens to enforce the terms
and conditions of the permits. The
claims are described in detail in Section
IV of the Order.
Pursuant to sections 505(b) and 505(e)
of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7661d(b)
and (e)) and 40 CFR 70.7(g) and 70.8(d),
the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has 90
days from the receipt of the
Administrator’s order to resolve the
objections identified in Claims 2., 3.B.,
3.C., and 6. of the Order and submit a
proposed determination or termination,
modification, or revocation and
reissuance of the Shell Deer Park title V
permits in accordance with EPA’s
objections. The Order issued on
September 24, 2015 responds to the
Petitions and explains the basis for
EPA’s decisions.
Dated: October 15, 2015.
Samuel Coleman,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 6.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL 9936–15–OA]
Notification of a Public Teleconference
of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory
Committee Secondary National
Ambient Air Quality Standards Review
Panel for Oxides of Nitrogen and
Sulfur
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office announces a public
teleconference of the Clean Air
Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC)
Secondary National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (NAAQS) Review
Panel for Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur
to peer review EPA’s Integrated Review
Plan (IRP) for the Secondary (welfarebased) National Ambient Air Quality
Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen and
Oxides of Sulfur.
DATES: The CASAC Secondary NAAQS
Review Panel for Oxides of Nitrogen
and Sulfur will hold a teleconference on
Tuesday December 1, 2015 from 1:00
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard
Time).
Location: The public teleconference
will take place by telephone only.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Proposed Agency Information Collection
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S.
Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Energy (DOE) invites public comment on a
proposed collection of information that DOE is developing for
submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pursuant to the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (b) 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; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before November 10, 2015. If you anticipate difficulty
in submitting comments within that period, contact the person listed in
ADDRESSES as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Mr. Chris Early, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building Technologies Office, Mail Stop EE-5B,
Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121 or by fax at 202-586-4617 or by email at Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Mr. Chris Early, U.S. Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Office, Mail Stop EE-5B, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121.
Chris.Early@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request
contains: (1) OMB No. New; (2) Information Collection Request Title:
Programs for Improving Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings (3)
Type of Request: New; (4) Purpose: The proposed collection will enable
DOE to understand the universe of organizations participating in four
voluntary programs: Zero Energy Ready Home Program, the Better
Buildings Residential Network, the Home Energy Score, and the Home
Performance with ENERGY STAR Program (HPwES). The DOE published a
notice and request for comments for 60 days related to this current
request to collect information on May 15, 2014 (79 FR 27867) and
received no comments. That notice asked for comments for four voluntary
programs at DOE, three of which are the same as for this current
request for clearance and one is different. The DOE decided not to
collect information for one of the four programs that was part of that
May 15, 2014 request for comments, the Building America Program. The
DOE, however, is adding the HPwES program to this current request for
comments. The purpose of this 15 day notice and request for comments is
to again request public comments on the three programs that were in the
earlier 60 day notice and request for comments and also request
comments on the HPwES program which was not included in that earlier 60
day FR notice. Through these four programs DOE encourages and assists
the people and organizations that volunteer to participate in them to
build and renovate new and existing houses to use less energy. The
program partners who voluntarily participate in the programs consist of
most of the actors in the home building industry including home owners,
home builders, home builder tradesman and associations, home design
professionals, students in architecture and related building
construction industries, home energy raters, home energy auditors, home
inspectors, building consultants, manufacturers of building products,
professional trainers, utility companies, home building and
manufacturing industry associations, consumer and home building
industry advocacy organizations, financial institutions, non-profit
organizations, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations,
energy program administrators and implementers, Home Performance with
ENERGY STAR sponsors, state or local government energy offices or
agencies, clean energy non-profits with existing residential energy
programs and other organizations who believe peer sharing will help
them improve their effectiveness in encouraging homeowners to complete
energy upgrades. DOE proposes to collect information about the
participants such as their names and addresses, their evaluations of
training they received about the programs, descriptions of their
qualifications to conduct training for the programs, their plans to get
people to participate in the programs, their certifications describing
how they can assess homes, estimates of how many homes they can get to
participate in the programs, and information about the homes. The
collected information will help DOE understand the participating
partners' activities and progress toward achieving scheduled milestones
enabling DOE to make decisions about the best way to run the programs
and respond to partners' needs to improve their operations and actions
to lower energy consumption. The portion of the HPwES Program for which
DOE is requesting comments was run by EPA. The operation of part of the
HPwES program is to be transferred to the DOE from the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). The DOE intends to operate HPwES substantially
similarly to the way EPA operates the program. The difference in
estimates of numbers of responses, number of respondents, burden hours,
and costs to respond between the HPwES that was approved by OMB for EPA
and the one requested to be approved by DOE are minor. The OMB did give
the EPA clearance for collection of information in the HPwES program on
August 14, 2014. OMB gave it the ICR Control Number 2060-0586. EPA did
not receive any comments in either the 30 or 60 day Federal Register
Notices for that collection of information; (5) Annual Estimated Number
of Respondents: 11,585. (6) Annual Estimated Number of Total Responses:
46,909. (7) Annual Estimated Number of Burden Hours:
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22,926. (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
zero dollars. DOE estimates that there are no additional costs to
respondents associated with the surveys other than the costs associated
with the burden hours.
Statutory Authority: The U.S. Code, Title 42, Chapter 149,
Subchapter IX, Part A, Section 16191--Energy Efficiency.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2015.
Roland J. Risser,
Director, Building Technologies Office, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-27202 Filed 10-23-15; 8:45 am]
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