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email address:
FuelsProgramsReporting@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is
hosting a virtual public workshop to
discuss the implementation of the new
biointermediate provisions promulgated
as a part of Renewable Fuel Standard
(RFS) final rule for years 2020, 2021,
and 2022 (see 87 FR 39600, July 1,
2022).
These new provisions allow for the
use of certain biointermediates to
produce qualifying renewable fuels and
specify requirements that apply when
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transfer, and use of biointermediates
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using a biointermediate for renewable
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The virtual public workshop will
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update stakeholders on how to register
and comply with requirements for
producing, transferring and using
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renewable-fuel-standard-program/
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as much time as possible to process
your request.
Byron Bunker,
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Transportation & Air Quality.
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AGENCY
[EPA–EPA–HQ–ORD–2021–0601; FRL–
9066–01–ORD]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request for
Underground Storage Tank Finder
Application
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Underground Storage Tank Finder
Application’’ (EPA ICR No. 2696.01–
NEW, OMB Control No. 2050–NEW) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so,
EPA is soliciting public comments on
specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described
below. This is a request for approval of
a new collection. 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.
SUMMARY:
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Comments must be submitted on
or before November 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
ORD–2021–0601, online using https://
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to Docket_ORD@
epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexander Hall Office of Research and
Development, Center for Environmental
Solutions and Emergency Response,
Environmental Protection Agency, 26
West Martin Luther King Drive.,
Cincinnati, OH 45268; 513–569–7374,
hall.alexander@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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it to: (i)
evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (ii) evaluate the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) minimize the burden
of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
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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 EPA recently developed
the Underground Storage Tank (UST)
Finder application (hereafter ‘‘UST
Finder’’). UST Finder is a publicly
available web map application
containing a comprehensive, statesourced national map of UST and
leaking underground storage tank
(LUST) data. UST Finder is available via
EPA’s GeoPlatform at https://
gispub.epa.gov/ustfinder. UST Finder
provides users access to information on
the attributes and locations of active and
closed USTs, UST facilities, and LUSTs
in states in a geographic information
system (GIS) environment. The
application provides users with
geospatial information about UST
facilities and LUST sites, resulting in
better understanding and assessment of
vulnerability to human health and the
environment. UST Finder also contains
information about proximity of UST
facilities and LUST sites to surface and
groundwater public drinking water
protection areas; the estimated number
of private domestic wells and number of
people living nearby; and areas prone to
floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and other
hazards. UST Finder may be used to
import additional geospatial data layers
of interest or to export UST facility and
LUST site information for use by other
software programs. The underlying data
accessible in UST Finder are publicly
available and free to use.
This information collection relates to
information that state and territorial
agencies already collect from UST and
LUST owners and operators as part of
their customary business practice to
manage their compliance and
enforcement programs. To successfully
implement, maintain, and improve the
data quality and usability of UST
Finder, the Agency seeks to gather, on
a voluntary basis, information from state
and territorial agencies that oversee
UST/LUST programs. Specifically, EPA
will request that these agencies provide
location and other relevant data about
USTs and LUSTs that is already being
collected and managed by states and
territories. The UST Finder application
may be used for many purposes, such as
helping regulators, owners, and
operators in decision-making;
prioritizing site cleanups or inspections;
triaging risk; and identifying sites that
may be more likely to have a release
based on UST age and substance stored.
The application may also be used by
emergency response personnel to
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protect UST facilities from extreme
weather events. After disasters, the UST
Finder can be used to rapidly identify
LUST site cleanups impacted by natural
disasters and assist in restarting
cleanups after these events.
In order to have a dynamic database
that provides more detailed and current
data, the EPA intends to request UST/
LUST data from state and territorial
agencies that oversee UST/LUST
programs. This information collection is
voluntary and does not require the
agencies to collect additional data on
USTs/LUSTs beyond the data elements
that are already being collected through
their previously implemented programs.
States and territories will decide the
extent of information to be provided.
The EPA intends to implement four
options for collecting the UST/LUST
data from states and territories: (1) by
developing an Exchange server or other
automated service through which states
can ‘‘push’’ their data to the EPA, (2) by
developing a link to the agencies’ preexisting electronic service used to
maintain public websites such that the
EPA can ‘‘pull’’ the data, (3) by allowing
states and territories to submit existing
databases or spreadsheets through an
approved file sharing method, or (4) by
EPA obtaining publicly available data
from state and territory public agency
websites (an option that will be
exercised if states and territories do not
voluntarily submit their data). For all
data transfer options, the EPA will
standardize, curate, and enter records
into the UST Finder application. The
EPA does not intend to collect any data
that would be considered confidential
business information.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: States
and territories with delegated authority
to operate UST and LUST programs
under 40 CFR parts 280, 281, 282, and
40 CFR 302.4.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 56
(total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 3,470 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $175,000 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: This is a new
information collection, therefore, there
are no previous burden estimates. The
estimated burden reflects assumptions
based on Agency experience from the
development of the UST Finder
application, consultation with affected
entities, and any comments received.
Should the EPA request to extend this
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information collection 3 years from
now, changes in burden will be
evaluated at that time.
Charlotte Coleman,
Deputy Director, Center for Environmental
Solutions and Emergency Response (CESER),
Office of Research and Development.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
[Docket No. OP–1779]
Policy Statement on Prudent
Commercial Real Estate Loan
Accommodations and Workouts
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
ACTION: Proposed policy statement with
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (Board) is
inviting comment on a proposed policy
statement for prudent commercial real
estate loan accommodations and
workouts (proposed statement), which
would be relevant to all financial
institutions supervised by the Board.
The proposed statement was developed
jointly by the Board, the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(FDIC), and the National Credit Union
Administration (NCUA) in consultation
with state bank and credit union
regulators and is identical in content to
the proposal issued by the OCC, FDIC,
and NCUA on August 2, 2022. The
proposed statement would build on
existing guidance on the need for
financial institutions to work prudently
and constructively with creditworthy
borrowers during times of financial
stress, update existing interagency
guidance on commercial real estate loan
workouts, and add a new section on
short-term loan accommodations. The
proposed statement would also address
recent accounting changes on estimating
loan losses and provide updated
examples of how to classify and account
for loans subject to loan
accommodations or loan workout
activity. The proposed statement is
timely in the post-pandemic era, as
trends such as increased remote
working may shift historic patterns of
demand for commercial real estate in
ways that adversely affect the financial
condition and repayment capacity of
CRE borrowers.
DATES: Comments must be received by
November 14, 2022.
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Interested parties are
encouraged to submit written
comments.
Comments should be directed to:
• Agency Website: https://
www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
about_foia.htm, choose ‘‘Proposals for
Comment’’.
• Email: regs.comments@
federalreserve.gov. Include the docket
number in the subject line of the
message.
• FAX: (202) 452–3819 or (202) 452–
3102.
• Mail: Ann E. Misback, Secretary,
Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, 20th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20551.
Instructions: All public comments are
available from the Board’s website at
https://www.federalreserve.gov/foia/
readingrooms.htm as submitted.
Accordingly, comments will not be
edited to remove any identifying or
contact information. Public comments
may also be viewed electronically or in
paper in Room M–4365A, 2001 C Street
NW, Washington, DC 20551, between
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. during Federal
business weekdays. For security
reasons, the Board requires that visitors
make an appointment to inspect
comments by calling (202) 452–3684.
Upon arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo
identification and to submit to security
screening in order to inspect and
photocopy comments. For users of
TTY–TRS, please call 711 from any
telephone, anywhere in the United
States.
ADDRESSES:
Juan
Climent, Assistant Director, (202) 872–
7526; Kathryn Ballintine, Manager,
(202) 452–2555; Carmen Holly, Lead
Financial Institution Policy Analyst,
(202) 973–6122; Ryan Engler, Senior
Financial Institution Policy Analyst I,
(202) 452–2050; Kevin Chiu, Senior
Accounting Policy Analyst, (202) 912–
4608, the Division of Supervision and
Regulation; Jay Schwarz, Assistant
General Counsel, (202) 452–2970;
Gillian Burgess, Senior Counsel, (202)
736–5564, Legal Division, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 20th and C Streets NW,
Washington, DC 20551. For users of
TTY–TRS, please call 711 from any
telephone, anywhere in the United
States.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Background
On October 30, 2009, the Board, along
with the OCC, FDIC, NCUA, Federal
Financial Institutions Examination
Council (FFIEC) State Liaison
Committee, and the former Office of
Thrift Supervision, adopted the Policy
Statement on Prudent Commercial Real
Estate Loan Workouts, which was
issued by the FFIEC (2009 statement).1
The Board views the 2009 statement as
being useful for both agency staff and
financial institutions in understanding
risk management and accounting
practices for commercial real estate
(CRE) loan workouts.
The Board is proposing to update and
expand the 2009 statement by
incorporating recent policy guidance on
loan accommodations and accounting
developments for estimating loan losses.
The Board developed the proposed
statement with the OCC, FDIC, and
NCUA and consulted with state bank
and credit union regulators. If finalized,
the proposed statement would
supersede the 2009 statement for all
supervised financial institutions.2
II. Overview of the Proposed Statement
The proposed statement discusses the
importance of working constructively
with CRE borrowers who are
experiencing financial difficulty and
would be appropriate for all supervised
financial institutions engaged in CRE
lending that apply U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
The proposed statement addresses
supervisory expectations with respect to
a financial institution’s handling of loan
accommodations and loan workouts on
matters including (1) risk management
elements, (2) classification of loans, (3)
regulatory reporting, and (4) accounting
considerations. While focused on CRE
loans, the proposed statement includes
general principles that are relevant to a
financial institution’s commercial loans
that are collateralized by either real
property or other business assets (e.g.,
furniture, fixtures, or equipment) of a
borrower. Additionally, the proposed
statement would include updated
references to supervisory guidance 3 and
1 See FFIEC Press Release, October 30, 2009,
available at: https://www.ffiec.gov/press/pr103009.
htm; See Federal Reserve Supervision and
Regulation (SR) letter 09–7 (October 30, 2009).
2 For purposes of this guidance, financial
institutions are those supervised by the Board.
3 Supervisory guidance outlines the Board’s
supervisory practices or priorities and articulates
the Board’s general views regarding appropriate
practices for a given subject area. The Board has
adopted regulation setting forth Statements
Clarifying the Role of Supervisory Guidance. See 12
CFR 262, appendix A.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-EPA-HQ-ORD-2021-0601; FRL-9066-01-ORD]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request for Underground Storage Tank Finder
Application
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Underground Storage
Tank Finder Application'' (EPA ICR No. 2696.01-NEW, OMB Control No.
2050-NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described below. This is a request
for approval of a new collection. 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.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2021-0601, 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.
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: Alexander Hall Office of Research and
Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response,
Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive.,
Cincinnati, OH 45268; 513-569-7374, [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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: The EPA recently developed the Underground Storage Tank
(UST) Finder application (hereafter ``UST Finder''). UST Finder is a
publicly available web map application containing a comprehensive,
state-sourced national map of UST and leaking underground storage tank
(LUST) data. UST Finder is available via EPA's GeoPlatform at https://gispub.epa.gov/ustfinder. UST Finder provides users access to
information on the attributes and locations of active and closed USTs,
UST facilities, and LUSTs in states in a geographic information system
(GIS) environment. The application provides users with geospatial
information about UST facilities and LUST sites, resulting in better
understanding and assessment of vulnerability to human health and the
environment. UST Finder also contains information about proximity of
UST facilities and LUST sites to surface and groundwater public
drinking water protection areas; the estimated number of private
domestic wells and number of people living nearby; and areas prone to
floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and other hazards. UST Finder may be
used to import additional geospatial data layers of interest or to
export UST facility and LUST site information for use by other software
programs. The underlying data accessible in UST Finder are publicly
available and free to use.
This information collection relates to information that state and
territorial agencies already collect from UST and LUST owners and
operators as part of their customary business practice to manage their
compliance and enforcement programs. To successfully implement,
maintain, and improve the data quality and usability of UST Finder, the
Agency seeks to gather, on a voluntary basis, information from state
and territorial agencies that oversee UST/LUST programs. Specifically,
EPA will request that these agencies provide location and other
relevant data about USTs and LUSTs that is already being collected and
managed by states and territories. The UST Finder application may be
used for many purposes, such as helping regulators, owners, and
operators in decision-making; prioritizing site cleanups or
inspections; triaging risk; and identifying sites that may be more
likely to have a release based on UST age and substance stored. The
application may also be used by emergency response personnel to protect
UST facilities from extreme weather events. After disasters, the UST
Finder can be used to rapidly identify LUST site cleanups impacted by
natural disasters and assist in restarting cleanups after these events.
In order to have a dynamic database that provides more detailed and
current data, the EPA intends to request UST/LUST data from state and
territorial agencies that oversee UST/LUST programs. This information
collection is voluntary and does not require the agencies to collect
additional data on USTs/LUSTs beyond the data elements that are already
being collected through their previously implemented programs. States
and territories will decide the extent of information to be provided.
The EPA intends to implement four options for collecting the UST/LUST
data from states and territories: (1) by developing an Exchange server
or other automated service through which states can ``push'' their data
to the EPA, (2) by developing a link to the agencies' pre-existing
electronic service used to maintain public websites such that the EPA
can ``pull'' the data, (3) by allowing states and territories to submit
existing databases or spreadsheets through an approved file sharing
method, or (4) by EPA obtaining publicly available data from state and
territory public agency websites (an option that will be exercised if
states and territories do not voluntarily submit their data). For all
data transfer options, the EPA will standardize, curate, and enter
records into the UST Finder application. The EPA does not intend to
collect any data that would be considered confidential business
information.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: States and territories with
delegated authority to operate UST and LUST programs under 40 CFR parts
280, 281, 282, and 40 CFR 302.4.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: 56 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 3,470 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $175,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: This is a new information collection,
therefore, there are no previous burden estimates. The estimated burden
reflects assumptions based on Agency experience from the development of
the UST Finder application, consultation with affected entities, and
any comments received. Should the EPA request to extend this
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information collection 3 years from now, changes in burden will be
evaluated at that time.
Charlotte Coleman,
Deputy Director, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency
Response (CESER), Office of Research and Development.
[FR Doc. 2022-19895 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]
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