Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs: ACM Smelter and Refinery Site, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, 62861-62862 [2018-26484]
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trading programs. EPA has posted
spreadsheets containing the lists on
EPA’s website. EPA will consider timely
objections to the lists before
determining the amounts of the secondround allocations.
DATES: Objections to the information
referenced in this notice must be
received on or before January 4, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your objections via
email to CSAPR_NUSA@epa.gov.
Include ‘‘2018 NUSA allocations’’ in the
email subject line and include your
name, title, affiliation, address, phone
number, and email address in the body
of the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions concerning this action should
be addressed to Kenon Smith at (202)
343–9164 or smith.kenon@epa.gov or
Jason Kuhns at (202) 564–3236 or
kuhns.jason@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
each CSAPR trading program where
EPA is responsible for determining
emission allowance allocations, a
portion of each state’s emissions budget
for the program for each control period
is reserved in a NUSA (and in an
additional Indian country NUSA in the
case of states with Indian country
within their borders) for allocation to
certain units that would not otherwise
receive allowance allocations. The
procedures for identifying the eligible
units for each control period and for
allocating allowances from the NUSAs
and Indian country NUSAs to these
units are set forth in the CSAPR trading
program regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b)
and 97.412 (NOX Annual), 97.511(b) and
97.512 (NOX Ozone Season Group 1),
97.611(b) and 97.612 (SO2 Group 1),
97.711(b) and 97.712 (SO2 Group 2), and
97.811(b) and 97.812 (NOX Ozone
Season Group 2). Each NUSA allowance
allocation process involves up to two
rounds of allocations to eligible units,
termed ‘‘new’’ units, followed by the
allocation to ‘‘existing’’ units of any
allowances not allocated to new units.
This notice concerns EPA’s
preliminary identification of units
eligible to receive allowances in the
second round of NUSA allocations for
the 2018 control periods. The units
eligible for second-round allocations for
a given control period are CSAPRaffected units that commenced
commercial operation between January
1 of the year before that control period
and November 30 of the year of that
control period. In the case of the 2018
control periods, an eligible unit
therefore must have commenced
commercial operation between January
1, 2017 and November 30, 2018
(inclusive). Generally, where a unit is
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eligible to receive a second-round
NUSA allocation under a given CSAPR
trading program for a given control
period, the unit’s maximum potential
second-round allocation equals the
positive difference (if any) between the
unit’s emissions during the control
period as reported under 40 CFR part 75
and any first-round NUSA allocation the
unit received. If the total of such
maximum potential allocations to all
eligible units would exceed the total
allowances remaining in the NUSA, the
allocations are reduced on a pro-rata
basis. EPA notes that under 40 CFR
97.406(c)(3), 97.506(c)(3), 97.606(c)(3),
97.706(c)(3), and 97.806(c)(3), a unit’s
emissions occurring before its monitor
certification deadline are not considered
to have occurred during a control period
and consequently are not included in
the emission amounts used to determine
NUSA allocations.
The preliminary lists of eligible units
are set forth in Excel spreadsheets titled
‘‘CSAPR_NUSA_2018_NOX_Annual_
2nd_Round_Prelim_Data,’’ ‘‘CSAPR_
NUSA_2018_NOX_Ozone_Season_2nd_
Round_Prelim_Data,’’ and ‘‘CSAPR_
NUSA_2018_SO2_2nd_Round_Prelim_
Data’’ available on EPA’s website at
https://www.epa.gov/csapr/csaprcompliance-year-2018-nusa-nodas. Each
spreadsheet contains a separate
worksheet for each state covered by that
program showing each unit
preliminarily identified as eligible for a
second-round NUSA allocation. Each
state worksheet also contains a
summary showing (1) the quantity of
allowances initially available in that
state’s 2018 NUSA, (2) the sum of the
2018 NUSA allowance allocations that
were made in the first round to new
units in that state, if any, and (3) the
quantity of allowances in the 2018
NUSA available for second-round
allocations to new units (or ultimately
for allocations to existing units), if any.
Objections should be strictly limited
to whether EPA has correctly identified
the units eligible for second-round 2018
NUSA allocations according to the
criteria established in the regulations
and should be emailed to the address
identified in ADDRESSES. Objections
must include: (1) Precise identification
of the specific data the commenter
believes are inaccurate, (2) new
proposed data upon which the
commenter believes EPA should rely
instead, and (3) the reasons why EPA
should rely on the commenter’s
proposed data and not the data
referenced in this notice.
EPA notes that an allocation or lack
of allocation of allowances to a given
unit does not constitute a determination
that CSAPR does or does not apply to
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the unit. EPA also notes that under 40
CFR 97.411(c), 97.511(c), 97.611(c),
97.711(c), and 97.811(c), allocations are
subject to potential correction if a unit
to which NUSA allowances have been
allocated for a given control period is
not actually an affected unit as of the
start of that control period.
(Authority: 40 CFR 97.411(b),
97.511(b), 97.611(b), 97.711(b), and
97.811(b).)
Dated: November 1, 2018.
Reid P. Harvey,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office
of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and
Radiation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL 9987–33–Region 8]
Settlement Agreement for Recovery of
Past Response Costs: ACM Smelter
and Refinery Site, Great Falls, Cascade
County, Montana
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
requirements of section 122(h)(1) of the
Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’)
notice is hereby given of the proposed
settlement under section 122 (h)(1) of
CERCLA, between the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), Atlantic Richfield Company and
ARCO Environmental Remediation, LLC
(Settling Parties). The proposed
Settlement Agreement requires the
Settling Parties to reimburse the EPA for
past response costs. The Settling Parties
will pay ($851,393.17) within 30 days
after the effective date of the Proposed
Agreement to the EPA. The Settling
Parties consent to and will not contest
the authority of the United States to
enter into the Agreement or to
implement or enforce its terms. The
Settling Parties recognize that the
Agreement has been negotiated in good
faith and that the Agreement is entered
into without the admission or
adjudication of any issue of fact or law.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before January 4, 2019. For thirty (30)
days following the date of publication of
this notice, the Agency will receive
written comments relating to the
agreement. The Agency will consider all
comments received and may modify or
SUMMARY:
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withdraw its consent to the agreement if
comments received disclose facts or
considerations that indicate that the
agreement is inappropriate, improper, or
inadequate.
ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement
and additional background information
relating to the agreement, as well as the
Agency’s response to any comments are
or will be available for public inspection
at the EPA Superfund Record Center,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver,
Colorado, by appointment. Comments
and requests for a copy of the proposed
agreement should be addressed to
Maureen O’Reilly, Senior Enforcement
Specialist, Environmental Protection
Agency-Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF–RC,
1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202, and should reference the ACM
Smelter and Refinery Superfund Site,
EPA Docket No. CERCLA–08–2019–
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Naftz, Enforcement Attorney,
Legal Enforcement Program,
Environmental Protection AgencyRegion 8, Mail Code 8ENF–L, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado
80202, (303) 312–6942.
Dated: November 16, 2018.
Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of
Enforcement, Compliance and Environmental
Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Region VIII.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–XXXX]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
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the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before February 4,
2019. If you anticipate that you will be
submitting comments, but find it
difficult to do so within the period of
time allowed by this notice, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email PRA@
fcc.gov and to Nicole.ongele@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Nicole
Ongele, (202) 418–2991.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX.
Title: Creation of Interstitial 12.5
Kilohertz Channels in the 800 MHz
Band Between 809–817/854–862 MHz.
Form Number: N/A.
Type of Review: New information
collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions; State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 700 respondents, 350
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response: One-time
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in 47 U.S.C. 151, 154, 301, 303, and 332
of the Communications Act of 1934.
Total Annual Burden: 700 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
There is no need for applicants filing
applications to license channels in the
809–817/854–862 MHz band segment
(800 MHz Mid-Band) to include
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confidential information with their
application. Nonetheless, there is a need
for confidentiality with respect to all
applications filed with the Commission
through its Universal Licensing System
(ULS). Although ULS stores all
information pertaining to the individual
license via an FCC Registration Number
(FRN), confidential information is
accessible only by persons or entities
that hold the password for each account,
and the Commission’s licensing staff.
Information on private land mobile
radio licensees is maintained in the
Commission’s system of records, FCC/
WTB–1, ‘‘Wireless Services Licensing
Records.’’ The licensee records will be
publicly available and routinely used in
accordance with subsection (b) of the
Privacy Act. TIN Numbers and material
which is afforded confidential treatment
pursuant to a request made under 47
CFR 0.459 will not be available for
Public inspection. Any personally
identifiable information (PII) that
individual applicants provide is covered
by a system of records, FCC/WTB–1,
‘‘Wireless Services Licensing Records,’’
and these and all other records may be
disclosed pursuant to the Routine Uses
as stated in this system of records
notice.
Needs and Uses: This collection will
be submitted as a new collection after
this 60-day comment period to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) in order to obtain the full threeyear clearance. Section 90.621(d)(4)
adopted in the Commission’s Report
and Order FCC 18–143 requires an
applicant to include a letter of
concurrence from an incumbent
licensee if the applicant files an
application which causes contour
overlap under a forward analysis or
receives contour overlap under a
reciprocal analysis when the applicant
seeks to license channels in the 800
MHz Mid-Band. In the case of the
forward analysis, the incumbent
licensee must agree in its concurrence
letter to accept any interference that
occurs as a result of the contour overlap.
In the case of the reciprocal analysis, the
incumbent licensee must state in its
concurrence letter that it does not object
to the applicant receiving contour
overlap from the incumbent’s facility.
The purpose of requiring applicants to
obtain letters of concurrence if their
application causes contour overlap
under a forward analysis or receives
contour overlap under a reciprocal
analysis is to ensure incumbents in the
800 MHz Mid-Band are aware of the
contour overlap before an application is
granted.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL 9987-33-Region 8]
Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Past Response Costs: ACM
Smelter and Refinery Site, Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 122(h)(1) of
the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended (``CERCLA'') notice is hereby given of the
proposed settlement under section 122 (h)(1) of CERCLA, between the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Atlantic Richfield Company
and ARCO Environmental Remediation, LLC (Settling Parties). The
proposed Settlement Agreement requires the Settling Parties to
reimburse the EPA for past response costs. The Settling Parties will
pay ($851,393.17) within 30 days after the effective date of the
Proposed Agreement to the EPA. The Settling Parties consent to and will
not contest the authority of the United States to enter into the
Agreement or to implement or enforce its terms. The Settling Parties
recognize that the Agreement has been negotiated in good faith and that
the Agreement is entered into without the admission or adjudication of
any issue of fact or law.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 4, 2019. For
thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this notice, the
Agency will receive written comments relating to the agreement. The
Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or
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withdraw its consent to the agreement if comments received disclose
facts or considerations that indicate that the agreement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement and additional background information
relating to the agreement, as well as the Agency's response to any
comments are or will be available for public inspection at the EPA
Superfund Record Center, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado, by
appointment. Comments and requests for a copy of the proposed agreement
should be addressed to Maureen O'Reilly, Senior Enforcement Specialist,
Environmental Protection Agency-Region 8, Mail Code 8ENF-RC, 1595
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, and should reference the ACM
Smelter and Refinery Superfund Site, EPA Docket No. CERCLA-08-2019-
0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Naftz, Enforcement Attorney,
Legal Enforcement Program, Environmental Protection Agency-Region 8,
Mail Code 8ENF-L, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, (303)
312-6942.
Dated: November 16, 2018.
Suzanne Bohan,
Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of Enforcement, Compliance and
Environmental Justice, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region
VIII.
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