Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery (Renewal), 33908-33909 [2017-15345]

Download as PDF 33908 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2017 / Notices Boston, MA 02109–3912, (617) 918– 1403; greendlinger.stacy@epa.gov. Technical questions can also be directed to Stacy Greendlinger. For legal questions, John Kilborn, Office of Environmental Stewardship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OES04–3), Boston, MA 02109–3912, (617) 918–1893; kilborn.john@epa.gov. This proposed administrative settlement for recovery of past response costs concerning the Parker Street Waste Site, located in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts is made in accordance with Section 122(h)(l) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). EPA covenants not to sue or take administrative action against the Settling Party, the City of New Bedford, pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), for Past Response Costs. In exchange, the Settling Party agrees to pay EPA $1,600,000. Payment of such amount shall be due within 30 days after the Effective Date and, if timely paid, shall include no interest. If payment is not paid as stipulated, interest shall accrue beginning as of the Effective Date and shall continue to accrue on any unpaid amount until the total amount due has been received. For 30 days following the date of publication of this notice, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the settlement for recovery of response costs. The Effective Date of the Agreement is the date upon which EPA notifies the City that the public comment period has closed and that such comments, if any, do not require that EPA modify or withdraw from the Agreement. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: June 22, 2017. Bryan Olson, Director, Office of Site Remediation and Restoration. Notice is hereby given that a reissuance of an exemption to the Land Disposal Restrictions, under the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, has been granted to Vopak for one Class I hazardous waste injection well located at their Deer Park, Texas facility. The company has adequately demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Environmental Protection Agency by the petition reissuance application and supporting documentation that, to a reasonable degree of certainty, there will be no migration of hazardous constituents from the injection zone for as long as the waste remains hazardous. This final decision allows the underground injection by Vopak of the specific restricted hazardous wastes identified in this exemption reissuance, into Class I hazardous waste injection Well WDW– 157 until December 31, 2030, unless EPA moves to terminate this exemption or other petition condition limitations are reached. Additional conditions included in this final decision may be reviewed by contacting the Region 6 Ground Water/UIC Section. A public notice was issued May 3, 2017, and the public comment period closed on June 19, 2017, and no comments were received. This decision constitutes final Agency action and there is no Administrative appeal. This decision may be reviewed/appealed in compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act. SUMMARY: This action is effective as of June 23, 2017. DATES: Copies of the petition reissuance and all pertinent information relating thereto are on file at the following location: Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, Water Division, Safe Drinking Water Branch (6WQ–S), 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. ADDRESSES: [FR Doc. 2017–15378 Filed 7–20–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [FRL–9964–92–Region 6] sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Notice of a final decision on a UIC no migration petition reissuance. ACTION: Underground Injection Control Program; Hazardous Waste Injection Restrictions; Petition for Exemption Reissuance—Class I Hazardous Waste Injection; Vopak Logistics Services USA Inc. Deer Park, Texas Philip Dellinger, Chief Ground Water/ UIC Section, EPA—Region 6, telephone (214) 665–8324. Dated: June 23, 2017. William K. Honker, Director, Water Division. [FR Doc. 2017–15382 Filed 7–20–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:50 Jul 20, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OEI–2017–0380; FRL–9964–69– OEI] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery’’ to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 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 November 30, 2017. 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 September 19, 2017. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OEI–2017–0380 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: Courtney Kerwin, Office of Environmental Information, Regulatory Support Division, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–1669 and email address: Kerwin.courtney@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supporting documents for this ICR (Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1 sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2017 / Notices Delivery, EPA ICR No. 2434.75, OMB Control No. 2010–0042), 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: The information collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Administration’s commitment to improving service delivery. Qualitative feedback includes information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study. This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and actionable communications between the Agency VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:50 Jul 20, 2017 Jkt 241001 and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the Agency’s services will be unavailable. The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if: The collections are voluntary; the collections are lowburden for respondents and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government; the collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies; the collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the near future; personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained; information gathered will be used only internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended for release outside of the agency; information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; information gathered will yield qualitative information. Respondents/affected entities: Individuals and Households; Businesses and Organizations; State, Local or Tribal Government. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 120,000 (total). Frequency of response: Once per request. Total estimated burden: 30,000 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: There are no annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in estimates: There is an increase of 10,000 hours annually in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase in hours is due to the increase in the use of surveys by the Agency. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2017–15345 Filed 7–20–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 33909 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9963–99-Region 6] Clean Air Act Operating Permit Program; Petitions for Objection to State Operating Permit for Bunge North America, Inc. Destrehan Grain Elevator, Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of final action. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA), the EPA Administrator signed an Order, dated June 7, 2017, denying a petition asking EPA to object to the operating permit issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to Bunge North America, Inc. (Bunge) for its Destrehan Grain Elevator. Title V operating permit number 2520–00048–V5 was issued on December 18, 2015 by the LDEQ to Bunge for modifications to the Destrehan Grain Elevator located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. EPA’s June 7, 2017 Order responds to a petition submitted on January 24, 2016 by the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic on behalf of Petitioners Ms. Cynthia Portera and Ms. Toni Offerman. Sections 307(b) and 505(b)(2) of the Act provide that a petitioner may ask for judicial review of those portions of the Orders that deny objections raised in the petitions in the appropriate United States Court of Appeals. 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 Act. 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 SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to view copies of the final Order, petition, 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 June 7, 2017 Order is available electronically at: https://www.epa.gov/ sites/production/files/2017-06/ documents/bunge_response2016.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad Toups at (214) 665–7258, email address: toups.brad@epa.gov or the above EPA, Region 6 address. E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2017)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEI-2017-0380; FRL-9964-69-OEI]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Generic 
Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service 
Delivery (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), ``Generic Clearance for the 
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 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 November 30, 2017. 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 September 19, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2017-0380 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: Courtney Kerwin, Office of 
Environmental Information, Regulatory Support Division, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-1669 and email address: 
Kerwin.courtney@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The supporting documents for this ICR 
(Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency 
Service

[[Page 33909]]

Delivery, EPA ICR No. 2434.75, OMB Control No. 2010-0042), 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: The information collection activity provides a means to 
garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, 
timely manner, in accordance with the Administration's commitment to 
improving service delivery. Qualitative feedback includes information 
that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions, but are not 
statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be 
generalized to the population of study.
    This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder 
perceptions, experiences and expectations, provide an early warning of 
issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, 
training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or 
services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative and 
actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and 
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the 
improvement of program management. The solicitation of feedback will 
target areas such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of 
information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution 
of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and 
inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to 
the public. If this information is not collected, vital feedback from 
customers and stakeholders on the Agency's services will be 
unavailable.
    The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this 
generic clearance if: The collections are voluntary; the collections 
are low-burden for respondents and are low-cost for both the 
respondents and the Federal Government; the collections are 
noncontroversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal 
agencies; the collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions 
from respondents who have experience with the program or may have 
experience with the program in the near future; personally identifiable 
information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not 
retained; information gathered will be used only internally for general 
service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended 
for release outside of the agency; information gathered will not be 
used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy 
decisions; information gathered will yield qualitative information.
    Respondents/affected entities: Individuals and Households; 
Businesses and Organizations; State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 120,000 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once per request.
    Total estimated burden: 30,000 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 
1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: There are no annualized capital or operation 
& maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is an increase of 10,000 hours annually 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. This increase in hours is due to the 
increase in the use of surveys by the Agency.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-15345 Filed 7-20-17; 8:45 am]
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