Administration of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Trading Program Assurance Provisions for 2020 Control Periods, 26720-26721 [2021-10303]

Download as PDF 26720 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 93 / Monday, May 17, 2021 / Notices requirements concerning the recall of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 allowances allocated for control periods after 2020, recordation of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 3 allowances will be deferred until the source has fully complied with the recall requirements.8 EPA notes that an allocation or lack of allocation of emission allowances to a given unit does not constitute a determination that CSAPR does or does not apply to the unit.9 EPA also notes that allocations are subject to potential termination or correction under the regulations.10 Authority: 40 CFR 97.1011(a)(1). Reid Harvey, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and Radiation. BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10023–28–OAR] Announcing Upcoming Meeting of Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, EPA announces an upcoming meeting of the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS), which is a subcommittee under the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC). This is a virtual meeting and open to the public. The meeting will include discussion of current topics and presentations about activities being conducted by EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality. MSTRS listserv subscribers will receive notification when the agenda is available on the Subcommittee website. To subscribe to the MSTRS listserv, send an email to MSTRS@epa.gov. DATES: EPA will hold a virtual public meeting on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Please monitor the website https://www.epa.gov/caaac/mobilesources-technical-review-subcommitteemstrs-caaac for any changes to meeting logistics. The final meeting agenda will be posted on the website. 8 See 40 CFR 97.1021(m); see also 40 CFR 97.811(d). 9 See 40 CFR 97.1011(a)(1). 10 See 40 CFR 97.1011(a)(2) and (c). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:56 May 14, 2021 Jkt 253001 Any member of the public who wishes to attend the meeting or provide comments should express this intent by emailing MSTRS@epa.gov no later than Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Further information concerning this public meeting and general information concerning the MSTRS can be found at: https:// www.epa.gov/caaac/mobile-sourcestechnical-review-subcommittee-mstrscaaac. Other MSTRS inquiries can be directed to Julia Burch, the Designated Federal Officer for MSTRS, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, at 202– 564–0961 or burch.julia@epa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: During the meeting, the Subcommittee may also hear progress reports from its workgroups as well as updates and announcements on Office of Transportation and Air Quality activities of general interest to attendees. Participation in virtual public meetings. Please note that EPA is deviating from its typical approach because the President has declared a national emergency. Because of current CDC recommendations, as well as state and local orders for social distancing to limit the spread of COVID–19, EPA cannot hold in-person public meetings at this time. The virtual public meeting will provide interested parties the opportunity to participate in this Federal Advisory Committee meeting. EPA is asking all meeting attendees, even those who do not intend to speak, to register for the meeting by sending an email to the address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section above, by Tuesday, June 1, 2021. This will help EPA ensure that sufficient participation capacity will be available. Please note that any updates made to any aspect of the meeting logistics, including potential additional sessions, will be posted online at https:// www.epa.gov/caaac/mobile-sourcestechnical-review-subcommittee-mstrscaaac. While EPA expects the meeting to go forward as set forth above, please monitor the website for any updates. For individuals with disabilities: For information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, please email MSTRS@epa.gov. To request accommodate of a disability, please email MSTRS@epa.gov, preferably at least 10 business days prior to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [FR Doc. 2021–10304 Filed 5–14–21; 8:45 am] SUMMARY: For information on the public meeting or to register to attend, please contact MSTRS@epa.gov. ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. Julia Burch, Designated Federal Officer, Mobile Source Technical Review Subcommittee, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. 2021–10301 Filed 5–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–10023–68–OAR] Administration of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Trading Program Assurance Provisions for 2020 Control Periods Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of data availability. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the availability of data on the administration of the assurance provisions of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading programs for the control periods in 2020. Total emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) reported by Mississippi and Missouri units participating in the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program during the 2020 control period exceeded the respective states’ assurance levels under the program. Data demonstrating the exceedances and EPA’s preliminary calculations of the amounts of additional allowances that the owners and operators of certain Mississippi and Missouri units must surrender have been posted in a spreadsheet on EPA’s website. EPA will consider timely objections to the data and calculations before making final determinations of the amounts of additional allowances that must be surrendered. DATES: Objections to the information referenced in this notice must be received on or before June 16, 2021. ADDRESSES: Submit your objections via email to CSAPR@epa.gov. Include ‘‘2020 CSAPR Assurance Provisions’’ 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 Garrett Powers at (202) 564–2300 or powers.jamesg@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations for each CSAPR trading program contain ‘‘assurance provisions’’ designed to ensure that the emissions reductions required from each state SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\17MYN1.SGM 17MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 93 / Monday, May 17, 2021 / Notices covered by the program occur within the state. If the total emissions from a given state’s affected units exceed the state’s assurance level under the program, then two allowances must be surrendered for each ton of emissions exceeding the assurance level (in addition to the ordinary obligation to surrender one allowance for each ton of emissions). In the quarterly emissions reports covering the 2020 control period, Mississippi and Missouri units participating in the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program reported emissions that exceed the respective states’ assurance levels under the program. Mississippi units exceeded that state’s assurance level by 260 tons, resulting in a requirement for the surrender of 520 additional allowances, and Missouri units exceeded that state’s assurance level by 2,448 tons, resulting in a requirement for the surrender of 4,896 additional allowances. When a state’s assurance level is exceeded, responsibility for surrendering the required additional allowances is apportioned among groups of units in the state represented by ‘‘common designated representatives’’ based on the extent to which each such group’s emissions exceeded the group’s share of the state’s assurance level. For the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program, the procedures are set forth at 40 CFR 97.802 (definitions of ‘‘common designated representative,’’ ‘‘common designated representative’s assurance level,’’ and ‘‘common designated representative’s share’’), 97.806(c)(2), and 97.825. Applying the procedures in the regulations for the 2020 control period, EPA has completed preliminary calculations indicating that responsibility for surrendering 520 additional allowances in Mississippi should be apportioned between the groups of units operated by Entergy Corporation and Mississippi Power Company, while responsibility for surrendering 4,896 additional allowances in Missouri should be apportioned almost entirely to the group of units operated by Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., with much smaller shares apportioned to the groups of units operated by the municipal utilities of Chillicothe and Higginsville. In this document, EPA is providing notice of the data relied on to determine the amounts of the exceedances of the Mississippi and Missouri assurance levels discussed above, as required under 40 CFR 97.825(b)(1)(ii), and notice of the preliminary calculations of the amounts of additional allowances that the owners and operators of certain Mississippi and Missouri units must VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:56 May 14, 2021 Jkt 253001 surrender as a result of the exceedances, as required under 40 CFR 97.825(b)(2)(ii).1 By October 1, 2021, EPA will provide notice of the final calculations of the amounts of additional allowances that must be surrendered, incorporating any adjustments made in response to objections received, as required under 40 CFR 97.825(b)(2)(iii)(B). Each set of owners and operators identified pursuant to the notice of the final calculations must hold the required additional allowances in an assurance account by November 1, 2021. The data and preliminary calculations are set forth in an Excel spreadsheet entitled ‘‘2020_CSAPR_assurance_ provision_calculations_prelim.xlsx’’ available at https://www.epa.gov/csapr/ csapr-assurance-provision-nodas. The spreadsheet contains data for the 2020 control period showing, for each Mississippi and Missouri unit identified as affected under the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program, the amount of NOX emissions reported by the unit and the amount of CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 allowances allocated to the unit, including any allowances allocated from a new unit set-aside. The spreadsheet also contains calculations for the 2020 control period showing the total NOX emissions reported by all such units in each state and the amounts by which the total reported NOX emissions exceeded the respective states’ assurance levels under the program. Finally, the spreadsheet also includes calculations for the 2020 control period showing, for each common designated representative for a group of such units in each state, the common designated representative’s share of the total reported NOX emissions, the common designated representative’s share of the state’s assurance level, and the amount of additional CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 allowances that the owners and operators of the units in the group must surrender. Any objections should be strictly limited to whether EPA has identified the data and performed the calculations in the spreadsheet correctly in accordance with the regulations. Objections must include (1) precise identification of the specific data or calculations the commenter believes are inaccurate, (2) new proposed data or calculations upon which the commenter believes EPA should rely instead, and (3) the reasons why EPA should rely on the commenter’s proposed data or calculations and not the data and calculations referenced in this notice. (Authority: 40 CFR 97.825(b)) Reid Harvey, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and Radiation. [FR Doc. 2021–10303 Filed 5–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P EXPORT-IMPORT BANK Information Request on U.S. and Foreign Content in Transformational Exports; Extension of Comment Period Export-Import Bank of the United States. AGENCY: ACTION: Notice. On April 23, 2021, the ExportImport Bank of the United States (EXIM) requested information on the U.S. and foreign content in certain transformational export areas and sought public comment within 21 days of the date the notice appeared in the Federal Register. SUMMARY: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested parties may also submit comments to Scott.Condren@exim.gov or by mail to 811 Vermont Avenue NW, Room 1261, Washington, DC 20571. EXIM is extending the comment period on FR Doc. 2021–08418 an additional 14 days to May 28th, 2021. Comments can be made at www.regulations.gov by searching EIB–2021–0001. Authority: To assist the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) in the implementation of its historic sevenyear reauthorization and directive to establish a new ‘‘Program on China and Transformational Exports’’ (‘‘directive’’), EXIM seeks information on the level of U.S. and foreign content in U.S. exports in the identified transformational export areas. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scott Condren, Sr. Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Analysis and International Relations. [FR Doc. 2021–10323 Filed 5–14–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6690–01–P 1 The regulations allow the notice under § 97.825(b)(2)(ii) to be published approximately two months after the notice under § 97.825(b)(1)(ii), but in this instance EPA already has all the information needed to prepare both notices and therefore is publishing them together. PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 26721 E:\FR\FM\17MYN1.SGM 17MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 93 (Monday, May 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26720-26721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-10303]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-10023-68-OAR]


Administration of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Trading Program 
Assurance Provisions for 2020 Control Periods

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of data availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
of the availability of data on the administration of the assurance 
provisions of the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading 
programs for the control periods in 2020. Total emissions of nitrogen 
oxides (NOX) reported by Mississippi and Missouri units 
participating in the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading 
Program during the 2020 control period exceeded the respective states' 
assurance levels under the program. Data demonstrating the exceedances 
and EPA's preliminary calculations of the amounts of additional 
allowances that the owners and operators of certain Mississippi and 
Missouri units must surrender have been posted in a spreadsheet on 
EPA's website. EPA will consider timely objections to the data and 
calculations before making final determinations of the amounts of 
additional allowances that must be surrendered.

DATES: Objections to the information referenced in this notice must be 
received on or before June 16, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your objections via email to [email protected]. Include 
``2020 CSAPR Assurance Provisions'' 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 Garrett Powers at (202) 564-2300 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations for each CSAPR trading 
program contain ``assurance provisions'' designed to ensure that the 
emissions reductions required from each state

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covered by the program occur within the state. If the total emissions 
from a given state's affected units exceed the state's assurance level 
under the program, then two allowances must be surrendered for each ton 
of emissions exceeding the assurance level (in addition to the ordinary 
obligation to surrender one allowance for each ton of emissions). In 
the quarterly emissions reports covering the 2020 control period, 
Mississippi and Missouri units participating in the CSAPR 
NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program reported emissions 
that exceed the respective states' assurance levels under the program. 
Mississippi units exceeded that state's assurance level by 260 tons, 
resulting in a requirement for the surrender of 520 additional 
allowances, and Missouri units exceeded that state's assurance level by 
2,448 tons, resulting in a requirement for the surrender of 4,896 
additional allowances.
    When a state's assurance level is exceeded, responsibility for 
surrendering the required additional allowances is apportioned among 
groups of units in the state represented by ``common designated 
representatives'' based on the extent to which each such group's 
emissions exceeded the group's share of the state's assurance level. 
For the CSAPR NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program, the 
procedures are set forth at 40 CFR 97.802 (definitions of ``common 
designated representative,'' ``common designated representative's 
assurance level,'' and ``common designated representative's share''), 
97.806(c)(2), and 97.825. Applying the procedures in the regulations 
for the 2020 control period, EPA has completed preliminary calculations 
indicating that responsibility for surrendering 520 additional 
allowances in Mississippi should be apportioned between the groups of 
units operated by Entergy Corporation and Mississippi Power Company, 
while responsibility for surrendering 4,896 additional allowances in 
Missouri should be apportioned almost entirely to the group of units 
operated by Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., with much smaller 
shares apportioned to the groups of units operated by the municipal 
utilities of Chillicothe and Higginsville.
    In this document, EPA is providing notice of the data relied on to 
determine the amounts of the exceedances of the Mississippi and 
Missouri assurance levels discussed above, as required under 40 CFR 
97.825(b)(1)(ii), and notice of the preliminary calculations of the 
amounts of additional allowances that the owners and operators of 
certain Mississippi and Missouri units must surrender as a result of 
the exceedances, as required under 40 CFR 97.825(b)(2)(ii).\1\ By 
October 1, 2021, EPA will provide notice of the final calculations of 
the amounts of additional allowances that must be surrendered, 
incorporating any adjustments made in response to objections received, 
as required under 40 CFR 97.825(b)(2)(iii)(B). Each set of owners and 
operators identified pursuant to the notice of the final calculations 
must hold the required additional allowances in an assurance account by 
November 1, 2021.
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    \1\ The regulations allow the notice under Sec.  
97.825(b)(2)(ii) to be published approximately two months after the 
notice under Sec.  97.825(b)(1)(ii), but in this instance EPA 
already has all the information needed to prepare both notices and 
therefore is publishing them together.
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    The data and preliminary calculations are set forth in an Excel 
spreadsheet entitled 
``2020_CSAPR_assurance_provision_calculations_prelim.xlsx'' available 
at https://www.epa.gov/csapr/csapr-assurance-provision-nodas. The 
spreadsheet contains data for the 2020 control period showing, for each 
Mississippi and Missouri unit identified as affected under the CSAPR 
NOX Ozone Season Group 2 Trading Program, the amount of 
NOX emissions reported by the unit and the amount of CSAPR 
NOX Ozone Season Group 2 allowances allocated to the unit, 
including any allowances allocated from a new unit set-aside. The 
spreadsheet also contains calculations for the 2020 control period 
showing the total NOX emissions reported by all such units 
in each state and the amounts by which the total reported 
NOX emissions exceeded the respective states' assurance 
levels under the program. Finally, the spreadsheet also includes 
calculations for the 2020 control period showing, for each common 
designated representative for a group of such units in each state, the 
common designated representative's share of the total reported 
NOX emissions, the common designated representative's share 
of the state's assurance level, and the amount of additional CSAPR 
NOX Ozone Season Group 2 allowances that the owners and 
operators of the units in the group must surrender.
    Any objections should be strictly limited to whether EPA has 
identified the data and performed the calculations in the spreadsheet 
correctly in accordance with the regulations. Objections must include 
(1) precise identification of the specific data or calculations the 
commenter believes are inaccurate, (2) new proposed data or 
calculations upon which the commenter believes EPA should rely instead, 
and (3) the reasons why EPA should rely on the commenter's proposed 
data or calculations and not the data and calculations referenced in 
this notice.

(Authority: 40 CFR 97.825(b))

Reid Harvey,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 
Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2021-10303 Filed 5-14-21; 8:45 am]
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