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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OGC–2020–0020; FRL–10569–01–
OGC]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Renewal
of Existing Information Collection
Request for Confidential Business
Information Substantiation
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Renewal of Existing Information
Collection Request for Confidential
Business Information Substantiation’’
(EPA ICR No. 1665.15, OMB Control No.
2020–0003) 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 proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through September 20, 2023.
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 March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OGC–2020–0020 online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to hq.foia@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:
Brandon A. Levine, Office of General
Counsel, (2310A), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–564–6625;
email address: levine.brandon@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
SUMMARY:
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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 (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: EPA established the
requirements set forth in 40 CFR part 2,
subpart B, ‘‘Confidentiality of Business
Information.’’ The requirements govern
CBI claims. The requirements include
the handling by the Agency of business
information, which is or may be entitled
to confidential treatment; requiring
business submitters to substantiate CBI
claims; and determining whether such
information is entitled to confidential
treatment for reasons of business
confidentiality. This request to renew an
existing ICR allows the Agency to
continue collecting information the
Agency requires to make final
determinations regarding whether
information claimed as confidential is
entitled to confidential treatment under
EPA’s CBI regulations.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Respondents include any entity
submitting information claimed as CBI
to EPA. EPA receives such information
from both the manufacturing (SIC codes
20–39) and non-manufacturing sectors
(no SIC codes identified).
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Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary and mandatory.
Estimated number of respondents:
225 (per year) (total).
Frequency of response: One-time
submission for information claimed as
CBI.
Total estimated burden: 3,217.5 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,287,000 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an
increase of 2,465.1 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. Since the last ICR renewal, the
Agency has experienced a modest
increase in the number of respondents.
Additionally, after consulting with a
sample of respondent businesses (or
respective outside counsels), EPA
determined the average estimated
burden for each response has increased
compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. Calculating the
burden for responding to a
substantiation request letter is factspecific, and the burden can vary based
on the following factors: a respondent’s
familiarity with recent changes in the
applicable law, the volume and
complexity of the CBI claims asserted,
and/or familiarity with the CBI
substantiation request letters and
substantiation process. As part of
consulting with respondent businesses,
EPA received burden estimates ranging
from as few as 5 hours to as many as
nearly 40 hours to substantiate varying
amounts of CBI claims. The average
estimated burden across the responses
that the Agency received is
approximately 14.3 hours per response.
The median estimated burden is
approximately 10 hours per response.
For purposes of this ICR renewal, the
Agency calculated the estimated burden
using the average.
Charlotte Youngblood,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
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COMMISSION
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Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
AGENCY:
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Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
the Commission) invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on the
following information collection.
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;
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 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 Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before March 27,
2023. 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: 3060–0233.
Title: Part 54—Rate-of-Return Carrier
Universal Service Reporting
Requirements.
Form Number: FCC Form 507, FCC
Form 508 and FCC Form 509.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 1,095 respondents; 4,044
responses.
SUMMARY:
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Estimated Time per Response: 1–22
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and annual reporting requirements.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. Statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 214,
218–220, 221(c), 254, and 303(r).
Total Annual Burden: 43,638 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No Cost.
Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No
impact(s).
Nature and Extent of Confidentiality:
No assurance of confidentiality has been
given regarding the information.
However, respondents may request
materials or information submitted to
the Commission be withheld from
public inspection under 47 CFR 0.459 of
the FCC’s rules.
Needs and Uses: In order to determine
which carriers are entitled to universal
service support, all rate-of-return
regulated (rate-of-return) incumbent
local exchange carriers (LECs) must
provide the National Exchange Carrier
Association (NECA) with the loop cost
and loop count data required by section
54.1305 for each of its study areas and,
if applicable, for each wire center as that
term is defined in 47 CFR part 54. See
47 CFR 54.1305 and 54.5. The loop cost
and loop count information is to be filed
annually with NECA by July 31st of
each year, and may be updated
occasionally pursuant to section
54.1306. See 47 CFR 54.1306. Pursuant
to section 54.1307, the information filed
on July 31st of each year will be used
to calculate universal service support
for each study area and is filed by NECA
with the Commission on October 1 of
each year. See 47 CFR 54.1307. An
incumbent LEC is defined as a carrier
that meets the definition of ‘‘incumbent
local exchange carrier’’ in section 51.5
of the Commission’s rules. See 47 CFR
51.5.
In March 2016, the Commission
adopted the Rate-of-Return Reform
Order to continue modernizing the
universal service support mechanisms
for rate-of-return carriers. The Rate-ofReturn Reform Order replaced the
Interstate Common Line Support (ICLS)
mechanism with the Connect America
Fund—Broadband Loop Support (CAF–
BLS) mechanism. While ICLS supported
only lines used to provide traditional
voice service (including voice service
bundled with broadband service), CAF–
BLS also supports consumer broadbandonly loops. In March 2016, the
Commission adopted the Rate-of-Return
Reform Order to continue modernizing
the universal service support
mechanisms for rate-of-return carriers.
The Rate-of-Return Reform Order
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OGC-2020-0020; FRL-10569-01-OGC]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Renewal
of Existing Information Collection Request for Confidential Business
Information Substantiation
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), ``Renewal of Existing
Information Collection Request for Confidential Business Information
Substantiation'' (EPA ICR No. 1665.15, OMB Control No. 2020-0003) 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 proposed extension
of the ICR, which is currently approved through September 20, 2023. 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 March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OGC-
2020-0020 online using 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: Brandon A. Levine, Office of General
Counsel, (2310A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-6625; email
address: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (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: EPA established the requirements set forth in 40 CFR part
2, subpart B, ``Confidentiality of Business Information.'' The
requirements govern CBI claims. The requirements include the handling
by the Agency of business information, which is or may be entitled to
confidential treatment; requiring business submitters to substantiate
CBI claims; and determining whether such information is entitled to
confidential treatment for reasons of business confidentiality. This
request to renew an existing ICR allows the Agency to continue
collecting information the Agency requires to make final determinations
regarding whether information claimed as confidential is entitled to
confidential treatment under EPA's CBI regulations.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Respondents include any entity
submitting information claimed as CBI to EPA. EPA receives such
information from both the manufacturing (SIC codes 20-39) and non-
manufacturing sectors (no SIC codes identified).
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Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary and mandatory.
Estimated number of respondents: 225 (per year) (total).
Frequency of response: One-time submission for information claimed
as CBI.
Total estimated burden: 3,217.5 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $1,287,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 2,465.1 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. Since the last ICR renewal, the Agency has experienced
a modest increase in the number of respondents. Additionally, after
consulting with a sample of respondent businesses (or respective
outside counsels), EPA determined the average estimated burden for each
response has increased compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.
Calculating the burden for responding to a substantiation request
letter is fact-specific, and the burden can vary based on the following
factors: a respondent's familiarity with recent changes in the
applicable law, the volume and complexity of the CBI claims asserted,
and/or familiarity with the CBI substantiation request letters and
substantiation process. As part of consulting with respondent
businesses, EPA received burden estimates ranging from as few as 5
hours to as many as nearly 40 hours to substantiate varying amounts of
CBI claims. The average estimated burden across the responses that the
Agency received is approximately 14.3 hours per response. The median
estimated burden is approximately 10 hours per response. For purposes
of this ICR renewal, the Agency calculated the estimated burden using
the average.
Charlotte Youngblood,
Acting Associate General Counsel.
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