Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Production, Import, Export, Destruction, Transhipment, and Exempted Uses of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Renewal), 33930-33931 [2018-15311]

Download as PDF 33930 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 18, 2018 / Notices comments provided under the Public Participation section of this notice. amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Consultation Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act In accordance with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s implementing regulations for section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the Commission is using this notice to initiate consultation with the applicable State Historic Preservation Offices (SHPO), and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian tribes, and the public on the project’s potential effects on historic properties.3 Commission staff will define the project-specific Area of Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPOs as the project develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include construction right-of-way, contractor/ pipe storage yards, compressor stations, and access roads). The EA for this project will document findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status of consultations under section 106. Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission’s regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits comments on the project. Commission staff will update the environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that information related to this environmental review is sent to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. If the Commission publishes and distributes the EA, copies will be sent to the environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of 3 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Jul 17, 2018 Jkt 244001 the document instead of a CD version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please return the attached ‘‘Mailing List Update Form’’ (appendix 2). Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the Commission’s Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding the last three digits (i.e., CP18–506). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. Finally, public sessions or site visits will be posted on the Commission’s calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information. Dated: July 12, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018–15321 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2017–0639; FRL—9980–77– OEI] Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Production, Import, Export, Destruction, Transhipment, and Exempted Uses of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 information collection request (ICR), Production, Import, Export, Destruction, Transhipment, and Exempted Uses of Ozone-Depleting Substances (EPA ICR No. 1432.34, OMB Control No. 2060– 0170), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed revision of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 2018. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on January 19, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 17, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HW–OAR–2017–0639, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 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: Katherine Sleasman, Stratospheric Protection Division, (6205T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 7716; fax number: (202) 343–2338; email address: sleasman.katherine@ 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. E:\FR\FM\18JYN1.SGM 18JYN1 amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 18, 2018 / Notices Abstract: EPA is seeking to combine multiple ICRs to establish one ICR for all recordkeeping and reporting related to the production, import, export, transformation, destruction, transhipment, and exempted uses of all ozone-depleting substances (ODS). As part of this consolidation, the ICR is also being updated to include the option of electronic reporting and improvements to the electronic forms under Title VI of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The ICRs being consolidated into the existing ICR for Class I ODS (ICR No. 1432.33; OMB Control No. 2060–0170) are the ICRs for Class II ODS (HCFC Allowance System—EPA ICR Number 2014.08; OMB Control Number 2060–0498) and Methyl Bromide Critical Use Exemptions (Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Request for Applications from Critical use Exemption for the Phase-out of Methyl Bromide—EPA ICR Number 2031.09; OMB Control Number 2060– 0482). This ICR covers the requirements under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) and Title VI of the CAA that establish limits on total U.S. production, import, and export of class I and class II controlled ODS (or controlled substances). Production and import of class I controlled substances (chlorofluorocarbons and others) was phased out in the United States with exemptions for essential uses, critical uses of methyl bromide, quarantine and pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, previously used material, and material that will be transformed or destroyed. There are also limits and reduction schedules leading to the eventual phaseout of class II controlled substances, with limited exemptions for previously used material, and material that will be transformed, destroyed, or exported to developing countries. To implement the CAA provisions and meet commitments under the Montreal Protocol, the ODS phaseout regulations establish control measures for individual companies. EPA monitors company compliance through the recordkeeping and reporting requirements established in the regulations at 40 CFR part 82, subpart A. As part of this ICR renewal, EPA is also removing reporting elements that are no longer needed, revising others to address changes to a new electronic ODS Tracking System, and consolidating forms. Forms: Class I Producer Quarterly Report, Class II Producer Quarterly Report, Methyl Bromide Producer Quarterly Report, Class I Importer Quarterly Report, Class II Importer Quarterly Report, Methyl bromide VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:19 Jul 17, 2018 Jkt 244001 Importer Quarterly Report, Class I Exporter Annual Report, Class II Exporter Quarterly Report, Methyl Bromide Exporter Quarterly Report, Second-Party Destruction Annual Report, Second-Party Transformation Annual Report, Class I Laboratory Supplier, Methyl Bromide Pre-2005 Stocks Annual Report, Distributor of QPS Methyl Bromide Quarterly Report, Methyl Bromide Trades Report, Methyl Bromide Sales of Critical Use Annual Report, Class II Request for Additional Consumption Allowances, and Class II Trades Report. Respondents/affected entities: Chemical producers, importers, and exporters (chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons); research and development (laboratories); and methyl bromide producers, importers, exporters, distributors, and applicators. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory—Section 603(b) of the Clean Air Act. Estimated number of respondents: 2,929 (total). Frequency of response: Quarterly, annually, and as needed. Total estimated burden: 3,763 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $442,926 (per year), which includes $13,082 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,726 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the three ICRs currently approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of efficiencies from transitioning from paper to electronic reporting. While the one-time burden increase is associated with the transition to electronic reporting, overall burden will decrease from efficiencies associated with electronic reporting. Additionally, EPA estimates fewer companies reporting on imports and exports of ODS based on 2015 reporting activity. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2018–15311 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 33931 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–SFUND–2004–0006; FRL–9980– 74–OLEM] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request: Community Right-to-Know Reporting Requirements Under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA ICR Number 1352.14, OMB Control Number 2050–0072 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Community Right-to-Know Reporting Requirements under Sections 311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA ICR Number 1352.14, OMB Control Number 2050–0072 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 December 31, 2018. 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 17, 2018. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– SFUND–2004–0006, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to superfund.docket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 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: Wendy Hoffman, Office of Emergency SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\18JYN1.SGM 18JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 18, 2018)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0639; FRL--9980-77-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Production, Import, Export, Destruction, 
Transhipment, and Exempted Uses of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Production, Import, Export, 
Destruction, Transhipment, and Exempted Uses of Ozone-Depleting 
Substances (EPA ICR No. 1432.34, OMB Control No. 2060-0170), to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed 
revision of the ICR, which is currently approved through October 2018. 
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on 
January 19, 2018 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 
an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the 
ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the 
public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 17, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HW-
OAR-2017-0639, to EPA online using www.regulations.gov or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and OMB via email to 
[email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for 
EPA.
    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: Katherine Sleasman, Stratospheric 
Protection Division, (6205T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-7716; fax number: (202) 343-2338; email address: 
[email protected].

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.

[[Page 33931]]

    Abstract: EPA is seeking to combine multiple ICRs to establish one 
ICR for all recordkeeping and reporting related to the production, 
import, export, transformation, destruction, transhipment, and exempted 
uses of all ozone-depleting substances (ODS). As part of this 
consolidation, the ICR is also being updated to include the option of 
electronic reporting and improvements to the electronic forms under 
Title VI of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The ICRs being consolidated into 
the existing ICR for Class I ODS (ICR No. 1432.33; OMB Control No. 
2060-0170) are the ICRs for Class II ODS (HCFC Allowance System--EPA 
ICR Number 2014.08; OMB Control Number 2060-0498) and Methyl Bromide 
Critical Use Exemptions (Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Request for 
Applications from Critical use Exemption for the Phase-out of Methyl 
Bromide--EPA ICR Number 2031.09; OMB Control Number 2060-0482).
    This ICR covers the requirements under the Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) and Title 
VI of the CAA that establish limits on total U.S. production, import, 
and export of class I and class II controlled ODS (or controlled 
substances). Production and import of class I controlled substances 
(chlorofluorocarbons and others) was phased out in the United States 
with exemptions for essential uses, critical uses of methyl bromide, 
quarantine and pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, previously used 
material, and material that will be transformed or destroyed. There are 
also limits and reduction schedules leading to the eventual phaseout of 
class II controlled substances, with limited exemptions for previously 
used material, and material that will be transformed, destroyed, or 
exported to developing countries. To implement the CAA provisions and 
meet commitments under the Montreal Protocol, the ODS phaseout 
regulations establish control measures for individual companies. EPA 
monitors company compliance through the recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements established in the regulations at 40 CFR part 82, subpart 
A. As part of this ICR renewal, EPA is also removing reporting elements 
that are no longer needed, revising others to address changes to a new 
electronic ODS Tracking System, and consolidating forms.
    Forms: Class I Producer Quarterly Report, Class II Producer 
Quarterly Report, Methyl Bromide Producer Quarterly Report, Class I 
Importer Quarterly Report, Class II Importer Quarterly Report, Methyl 
bromide Importer Quarterly Report, Class I Exporter Annual Report, 
Class II Exporter Quarterly Report, Methyl Bromide Exporter Quarterly 
Report, Second-Party Destruction Annual Report, Second-Party 
Transformation Annual Report, Class I Laboratory Supplier, Methyl 
Bromide Pre-2005 Stocks Annual Report, Distributor of QPS Methyl 
Bromide Quarterly Report, Methyl Bromide Trades Report, Methyl Bromide 
Sales of Critical Use Annual Report, Class II Request for Additional 
Consumption Allowances, and Class II Trades Report.
    Respondents/affected entities: Chemical producers, importers, and 
exporters (chlorofluorocarbons and hydrochlorofluorocarbons); research 
and development (laboratories); and methyl bromide producers, 
importers, exporters, distributors, and applicators.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory--Section 603(b) of 
the Clean Air Act.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,929 (total).
    Frequency of response: Quarterly, annually, and as needed.
    Total estimated burden: 3,763 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $442,926 (per year), which includes $13,082 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,726 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the three ICRs 
currently approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of efficiencies 
from transitioning from paper to electronic reporting. While the one-
time burden increase is associated with the transition to electronic 
reporting, overall burden will decrease from efficiencies associated 
with electronic reporting. Additionally, EPA estimates fewer companies 
reporting on imports and exports of ODS based on 2015 reporting 
activity.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-15311 Filed 7-17-18; 8:45 am]
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