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telephone number: 202–564–5627;
email address: Letnes.amelia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information 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 Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), 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 collection of
information is necessary in order to
receive applications for credit assistance
pursuant to section 5024 of the Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation
Act (WIFIA) of 2014, 33 U.S.C. 3903.
The purpose of the WIFIA program is to
provide Federal credit assistance in the
form of direct loans and loan guarantees
to eligible clean water and drinking
water projects.
WIFIA requires that an eligible entity
submit to the Administrator an
application at such time, in such
manner, and containing such
information, as the Secretary or the
Administrator may require to receive
assistance under WIFIA. To satisfy these
requirements, EPA must collect an
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seeking funding. The Letters of Interest
and Applications collected from
prospective borrowers through this
solicitation will be used by the EPA,
WIFIA program staff, and reviewers to
evaluate applications for credit
assistance under the WIFIA eligibility
requirements and selection criteria.
Form Numbers: EPA 6100–030, 6100–
031, and 6100–032.
Respondents/affected entities: The
respondents affected by this collection
activity include: corporations,
partnerships, joint ventures, trusts,
federal, state, or local government
entities, tribal governments or a
consortium of tribal governments, and
state infrastructure finance authorities.
The Letters of Interest and Applications
collected from prospective borrowers
through this solicitation will be used by
EPA to evaluate requests for credit
assistance under the WIFIA eligibility
requirements and selection criteria.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
The collection is required to obtain
credit assistance pursuant to section
5024 of WIFIA, 33 U.S.C. 3903.
Estimated number of respondents:
105 per year (total).
Frequency of response: one per
funding round.
Total estimated burden: 10,450 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $10,000,000.00
(per year), includes no annualized
capital or operation and maintenance
costs.
Change in Estimates: There is a
decrease of 375 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to a
reduction in the expected number of
collections from 55 to 45.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2018–0248; FRL–10155–
01–OECA]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Air
Stationary Source Compliance and
Enforcement Information Reporting
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency is planning to submit
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an information collection request (ICR),
the Air Stationary Source Compliance
and Enforcement Information Reporting
(Renewal) (EPA ICR No. 0107.13, OMB
Control No. 2060–0096) 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 currently approved ICR.
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 October 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing the Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2018–0248, online using
https://www.regulations.gov/ (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460.
The EPA’s policy is that all relevant
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. We
encourage the public to submit
comments via https://
www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there
may be a delay in processing mail and
faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may
be received by scheduled appointment
only. For further information on EPA
Docket Center services and the current
status, please visit us online at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
David A. Meredith, Enforcement
Targeting and Data Division, Office of
Compliance, (2222A), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: 202–564–
4152; email address: meredith.david@
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 https://
www.regulations.gov/ or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
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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, the 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. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b). 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, the
EPA will issue another Federal Register
document to announce the submission
of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity
to submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: Air Stationary Source
Compliance and Enforcement
Information Reporting is an activity
whereby State, Local, Native American,
Territorial, and Commonwealth
governments (hereafter referred to as
either ‘‘states/locals’’ or ‘‘state and local
agencies’’) make air stationary source
compliance and enforcement
information available to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA
or the Agency) on a cyclic basis via
input to the Air component of the
Integrated Compliance Information
System (ICIS-Air). ICIS-Air supports
EPA and state and local agency efforts
to ensure compliance with the nation’s
environmental laws pertaining to air,
via the collection and management of
important Clean Air Act (CAA or the
‘‘Act’’) compliance and enforcement
information. ICIS-Air is a subcomponent
of ICIS, which provides compliance and
enforcement information on thousands
of facilities regulated under numerous
federal statutes. The majority of
delegated agencies maintain their own
data system and extract data from it and
report it to ICIS-Air using either
electronic data transfer (EDT) or
manually (‘‘direct entry’’). A small
number of delegated agencies use ICIS-
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Air exclusively, since they have no
internal air compliance and
enforcement database. The information
provided to EPA via ICIS-Air includes
source characterization, compliance
monitoring, and enforcement activities.
The EPA uses this information and
information from other data systems,
such as the Compliance and Emissions
Data Interface (CEDRI) to assess the
health of the compliance and
enforcement program established under
the Clean Air Act (CAA), to perform
oversight activities of delegated
agencies, and to provide public
transparency about activities and
findings related to compliance and
enforcement both at individual facilities
or aggregated categories of facilities. The
EPA also uses ICIS-Air to record
comparable federal activities to support
program management and transparency.
Agencies receive delegation of the CAA
through regulated grant authorities, and
report compliance/enforcement
activities undertaken at stationary
sources pursuant to the Minimum Data
Requirements (MDRs) as outlined in this
ICR. The provisions of section 114(a)(1)
of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C.
7414(a)(1) provide the broad authority
for the reporting of compliance
monitoring and enforcement
information, along with Subpart Q—
Reports in 40 CFR part 51: §§ 51.324(a)
and (b) and 51.327. This renewal
requires the continuation of reporting of
previously established MDRs via either
direct, on-line entry or electronic data
transfer (EDT) to ICIS-Air.
The EPA collects compliance data
from regulated sources via CEDRI and
tracks enforcement and compliance
monitoring information for stationary
sources from delegated agencies and
EPA Regions via ICIS-Air. The EPA is
considering a process to standardize the
facility identification process so that
data can easily be shared across
systems. As such, the EPA seeks
comments, on a voluntary basis,
regarding the following issues and
questions we consider improvements to
the integration of ICIS-Air and CEDRI
information.
• The EPA seeks comments on
whether it would be beneficial for the
EPA to import facilities from CEDRI into
ICIS-Air that are currently not found in
ICIS-Air and create a means to link
those facilities for purposes of more
comprehensive compliance tracking.
Additionally, we are seeking comment
on, for cases where a delegated agency
uses EDT to share data with EPA,
whether the delegated agency would
want the ability to create facilities from
CEDRI facilities and manage those data
in the delegated agency’s database.
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• Assuming that some delegated
agencies are reviewing compliance
reports within CEDRI, the EPA seeks
comments on how data within the
CEDRI reports could be provided to
ICIS-Air to reduce the need for
overlapping data entry in ICIS-Air. We
are seeking comment on whether
delegated agencies perceive that there
are identical data in CEDRI reports and
data uploads into ICIS-Air, and whether
data exists in CEDRI but not in ICIS-Air
that would be helpful to share with
ICIS-Air. We are specifically seeking
comment on which data would be most
helpful to share between the systems.
• The EPA is seeking comment on the
utility of future functionality that would
automatically flag situations within
ICIS-Air when a CEDRI compliance
report is due, but not received by the
deadline.
• The EPA is seeking information on
whether delegated agencies that do not
currently provide Title V Certifications
to CEDRI plan to do so in the near
future.
• The EPA seeks comments on
whether we should consider requiring
that violations have a linkage to a
discovery action, or CEDRI ID number,
so that ECHO users can understand the
activity that led to the violation
finding(s).
• The EPA seeks comments on
whether we should consider, in the
future, developing a new reporting
approach for delegated agencies that
provide the CEDRI document ID to limit
potential duplicate data entry (for
example, linking certain fields that
would not have to be manually entered).
• The EPA has begun collecting
benzene fenceline monitoring data from
refineries on a bi-weekly basis. We seek
comment on whether, when deficiencies
are noted that require follow-up actions
by the facility, those deficiencies should
be populated into ICIS-Air and shared
via ECHO.
• Through CEDRI, the EPA is
receiving performance reports directly
from regulated entities. Some of these
reports are used by delegated agencies
to make compliance determinations.
The EPA seeks comments on the
effectiveness of the current process of
making these reports accessible through
the Agency’s WebFIRE website and
suggestions for improvements that could
assist delegated agencies with making
compliance determinations.
• Finally, we seek comments on
whether having a common facility
numbering protocol for ICIS-Air and
CEDRI would improve the overall
management of the CAA program and
associated data.
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Although we are soliciting comment
on these issues, the EPA intends to
continue the status quo with respect to
the minimum data requirements
reported to ICIS-Air at this time. We
will consider any comments received as
we evaluate potential future
improvements to the integration of
information collected via ICIS-Air and
CEDRI. The anticipated burden
requirements for the current minimum
data requirements associated with ICISAir are as follows:
Respondents: State, Local, Territorial,
Indian Nations, and Commonwealth
governments.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (section 114(a)(1) of the
Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7414(a)(1)).
Estimated number of respondents: 99.
Frequency of response: Every 60 days.
Estimated annual burden: 26,100
hours.
Estimated annual cost: $1,280,000.
There are no annualized capital/startup
or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates: There is no
anticipated change in burden from the
most recently approved ICR as currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. This is due to
several considerations. First, the ICISAir reporting system and minimum data
reporting requirements have not
changed over the past three years.
Second, there is no anticipated change
in the number of respondents or the
number of responses from the prior ICR,
so there is likely no significant change
in the overall burden. For this ICR
renewal, EPA will use experience from
the last three years to provide burden
estimates that adequately reflect the
actual burden. EPA will consider any
comments received and will conduct
consultation with delegated agencies
that are use ICIS-Air. There are no
capital/startup or operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs associated
with this reporting activity. There is
likely a slight increase in costs, due to
the use of updated labor rates. This ICR
will use labor rates from the most recent
Office of Personnel Management (OPM),
2022 General Schedule.
John Dombrowski,
Director, Office of Compliance.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL OP–OFA–031]
Environmental Impact Statements;
Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
Activities, General Information 202–
564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/nepa.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements (EIS)
Filed August 15, 2022 10 a.m. EST
Through August 22, 2022 10 a.m. EST
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice: Section 309(a) of the Clean Air
Act requires that EPA make public its
comments on EISs issued by other
Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
on EISs are available at: https://
cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/
action/eis/search.
EIS No. 20220120, Draft, FERC, VA,
Virginia Electrification Project,
Comment Period Ends: 10/11/2022,
Contact: Office of External Affairs
866–208–3372.
Amended Notice
EIS No. 20220094, Draft, BLM, NV,
Goldrush Mine Project, Comment
Period Ends: 08/29/2022, Contact:
Scott Distel 775–635–4093. Revision
to FR Notice Published 07/08/2022;
Extending the Comment Period from
08/22/2022 to 08/29/2022.
Dated: August 22, 2022.
Robert Tomiak,
Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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individuals and businesses contained in
the records in this system to collect and
maintain points of contact at regulated
entities and in related industries, and
ensure compliance with FCC rules
through certifications of information
provided to the Commission. This
modification expands the categories of
individuals and record source categories
of this system of records to include
other Federal, state, local, U.S.
territorial, and Tribal government
entities and expands the purpose and
routine uses of this system of records to
include additional purposes for
disclosing business contact and
certification information and adding
state, local, U.S. territorial, and Tribal
government entities to the types of
entities that may receive information
from this system.
DATES: This modified system of records
will become effective on August 26,
2022. Written comments on the routine
uses are due by September 26, 2022.
The routine uses will become effective
on September 26, 2022, unless written
comments are received that require a
contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Brendan
McTaggart, at privacy@fcc.gov, or at
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554 at (202) 418–1738.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brendan McTaggart, (202) 418–1738, or
privacy@fcc.gov (and to obtain a copy of
the Narrative Statement and the
Supplementary Document, which
includes details of the modifications to
this system of records).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER:
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
FCC–2, Business Contacts and
Certifications
[FR ID: 101751]
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of a modified system of
records.
AGENCY:
The Federal Communications
Commission (FCC, Commission, or
Agency) proposes to modify an existing
system of records, FCC–2, Business
Contacts and Certifications, subject to
the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended.
This action is necessary to meet the
requirements of the Privacy Act to
publish in the Federal Register notice of
the existence and character of records
maintained by the Agency. The
Commission uses the information on
SUMMARY:
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Unclassified.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC), 45 L Street NE, Washington, DC
20554; Universal Service Administrative
Company, 700 12th Street NW, Suite
900, Washington, DC 20005; or FISMA
compliant contractor.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S):
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC); Universal Service Administrative
Company (USAC); or FISMA compliant
contractor.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
47 U.S.C. 151, 152, 154 (i)–(j) & (o),
155, 251(e)(3), 254, 257, 301, 303, 332,
402, 1302; and 5 U.S.C. 602(c) and
609(a)(3).
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2018-0248; FRL-10155-01-OECA]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Air
Stationary Source Compliance and Enforcement Information Reporting
(Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit
an information collection request (ICR), the Air Stationary Source
Compliance and Enforcement Information Reporting (Renewal) (EPA ICR No.
0107.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0096) 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 currently approved ICR. 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 October 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing the Docket ID number EPA-
HQ-OECA-2018-0248, online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.
The EPA's policy is that all relevant 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. We
encourage the public to submit comments via https://www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there may be a delay in processing
mail and faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may be received by
scheduled appointment only. For further information on EPA Docket
Center services and the current status, please visit us online at
https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David A. Meredith, Enforcement
Targeting and Data Division, Office of Compliance, (2222A), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-4152; 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 https://www.regulations.gov/ or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The
telephone number
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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, the 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. Burden
is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 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, the EPA will
issue another Federal Register document to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to
OMB.
Abstract: Air Stationary Source Compliance and Enforcement
Information Reporting is an activity whereby State, Local, Native
American, Territorial, and Commonwealth governments (hereafter referred
to as either ``states/locals'' or ``state and local agencies'') make
air stationary source compliance and enforcement information available
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) on a
cyclic basis via input to the Air component of the Integrated
Compliance Information System (ICIS-Air). ICIS-Air supports EPA and
state and local agency efforts to ensure compliance with the nation's
environmental laws pertaining to air, via the collection and management
of important Clean Air Act (CAA or the ``Act'') compliance and
enforcement information. ICIS-Air is a subcomponent of ICIS, which
provides compliance and enforcement information on thousands of
facilities regulated under numerous federal statutes. The majority of
delegated agencies maintain their own data system and extract data from
it and report it to ICIS-Air using either electronic data transfer
(EDT) or manually (``direct entry''). A small number of delegated
agencies use ICIS-Air exclusively, since they have no internal air
compliance and enforcement database. The information provided to EPA
via ICIS-Air includes source characterization, compliance monitoring,
and enforcement activities. The EPA uses this information and
information from other data systems, such as the Compliance and
Emissions Data Interface (CEDRI) to assess the health of the compliance
and enforcement program established under the Clean Air Act (CAA), to
perform oversight activities of delegated agencies, and to provide
public transparency about activities and findings related to compliance
and enforcement both at individual facilities or aggregated categories
of facilities. The EPA also uses ICIS-Air to record comparable federal
activities to support program management and transparency. Agencies
receive delegation of the CAA through regulated grant authorities, and
report compliance/enforcement activities undertaken at stationary
sources pursuant to the Minimum Data Requirements (MDRs) as outlined in
this ICR. The provisions of section 114(a)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. 7414(a)(1) provide the broad authority for the reporting of
compliance monitoring and enforcement information, along with Subpart
Q--Reports in 40 CFR part 51: Sec. Sec. 51.324(a) and (b) and 51.327.
This renewal requires the continuation of reporting of previously
established MDRs via either direct, on-line entry or electronic data
transfer (EDT) to ICIS-Air.
The EPA collects compliance data from regulated sources via CEDRI
and tracks enforcement and compliance monitoring information for
stationary sources from delegated agencies and EPA Regions via ICIS-
Air. The EPA is considering a process to standardize the facility
identification process so that data can easily be shared across
systems. As such, the EPA seeks comments, on a voluntary basis,
regarding the following issues and questions we consider improvements
to the integration of ICIS-Air and CEDRI information.
The EPA seeks comments on whether it would be beneficial
for the EPA to import facilities from CEDRI into ICIS-Air that are
currently not found in ICIS-Air and create a means to link those
facilities for purposes of more comprehensive compliance tracking.
Additionally, we are seeking comment on, for cases where a delegated
agency uses EDT to share data with EPA, whether the delegated agency
would want the ability to create facilities from CEDRI facilities and
manage those data in the delegated agency's database.
Assuming that some delegated agencies are reviewing
compliance reports within CEDRI, the EPA seeks comments on how data
within the CEDRI reports could be provided to ICIS-Air to reduce the
need for overlapping data entry in ICIS-Air. We are seeking comment on
whether delegated agencies perceive that there are identical data in
CEDRI reports and data uploads into ICIS-Air, and whether data exists
in CEDRI but not in ICIS-Air that would be helpful to share with ICIS-
Air. We are specifically seeking comment on which data would be most
helpful to share between the systems.
The EPA is seeking comment on the utility of future
functionality that would automatically flag situations within ICIS-Air
when a CEDRI compliance report is due, but not received by the
deadline.
The EPA is seeking information on whether delegated
agencies that do not currently provide Title V Certifications to CEDRI
plan to do so in the near future.
The EPA seeks comments on whether we should consider
requiring that violations have a linkage to a discovery action, or
CEDRI ID number, so that ECHO users can understand the activity that
led to the violation finding(s).
The EPA seeks comments on whether we should consider, in
the future, developing a new reporting approach for delegated agencies
that provide the CEDRI document ID to limit potential duplicate data
entry (for example, linking certain fields that would not have to be
manually entered).
The EPA has begun collecting benzene fenceline monitoring
data from refineries on a bi-weekly basis. We seek comment on whether,
when deficiencies are noted that require follow-up actions by the
facility, those deficiencies should be populated into ICIS-Air and
shared via ECHO.
Through CEDRI, the EPA is receiving performance reports
directly from regulated entities. Some of these reports are used by
delegated agencies to make compliance determinations. The EPA seeks
comments on the effectiveness of the current process of making these
reports accessible through the Agency's WebFIRE website and suggestions
for improvements that could assist delegated agencies with making
compliance determinations.
Finally, we seek comments on whether having a common
facility numbering protocol for ICIS-Air and CEDRI would improve the
overall management of the CAA program and associated data.
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Although we are soliciting comment on these issues, the EPA intends
to continue the status quo with respect to the minimum data
requirements reported to ICIS-Air at this time. We will consider any
comments received as we evaluate potential future improvements to the
integration of information collected via ICIS-Air and CEDRI. The
anticipated burden requirements for the current minimum data
requirements associated with ICIS-Air are as follows:
Respondents: State, Local, Territorial, Indian Nations, and
Commonwealth governments.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (section 114(a)(1) of
the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7414(a)(1)).
Estimated number of respondents: 99.
Frequency of response: Every 60 days.
Estimated annual burden: 26,100 hours.
Estimated annual cost: $1,280,000. There are no annualized capital/
startup or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in estimates: There is no anticipated change in burden from
the most recently approved ICR as currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved Burdens. This is due to several considerations.
First, the ICIS-Air reporting system and minimum data reporting
requirements have not changed over the past three years. Second, there
is no anticipated change in the number of respondents or the number of
responses from the prior ICR, so there is likely no significant change
in the overall burden. For this ICR renewal, EPA will use experience
from the last three years to provide burden estimates that adequately
reflect the actual burden. EPA will consider any comments received and
will conduct consultation with delegated agencies that are use ICIS-
Air. There are no capital/startup or operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs associated with this reporting activity. There is likely a slight
increase in costs, due to the use of updated labor rates. This ICR will
use labor rates from the most recent Office of Personnel Management
(OPM), 2022 General Schedule.
John Dombrowski,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-18425 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
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