Final Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for 2022 Control Periods, 26538-26539 [2023-08795]

Download as PDF lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 26538 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 83 / Monday, May 1, 2023 / Notices additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov//dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566–0453; vyas.peggy@ 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. Materials can also be viewed at the Reading Room located at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. 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The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, the 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 published a final rule to regulate the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities as solid waste under RCRA Subtitle D (see 80 FR 21302, April 17, 2015). EPA established national minimum criteria for existing and new CCR landfills and CCR surface VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Apr 28, 2023 Jkt 259001 impoundments and all lateral expansions to include location restrictions, design and operating criteria, groundwater monitoring and corrective action, closure requirements and post-closure care, and recordkeeping, notification, and internet posting requirements. 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Total estimated burden: 177,498 hours. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $18,347,854, which includes $10,024,078 annualized labor costs and $8,323,776 annualized capital or O&M costs. Changes in estimates: The burden hours are likely to stay substantially the same. Carolyn Hoskinson, Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. [FR Doc. 2023–09123 Filed 4–28–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9542–04–OAR] Final Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for 2022 Control Periods Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of data availability. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 availability of data on emission allowance allocations to certain units under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading programs. EPA has completed final calculations for the allocations of allowances from the CSAPR new unit set-asides (NUSAs) for the 2022 control periods and has posted spreadsheets containing the calculations on EPA’s website. EPA has also completed calculations for allocations of the remaining 2022 NUSA allowances to existing units and has posted spreadsheets containing those calculations on EPA’s website as well. DATES: May 1, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action should be addressed to Jason Kuhns at (202) 564–3236 or kuhns.jason@epa.gov or Andrew Reighart at (202) 564–0418 or reighart.andrew@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under each CSAPR trading program where EPA is responsible for determining emission allowance allocations, a portion of each state’s emissions budget for the program for each control period is reserved in a NUSA (and in an additional Indian country NUSA in the case of states with Indian country within their borders) for allocation to certain units that would not otherwise receive allowance allocations. The procedures for identifying the eligible units for each control period and for allocating allowances from the NUSAs and Indian country NUSAs to these units are set forth in the CSAPR trading program regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b) and 97.412 (NOX Annual), 97.511(b) and 97.512 (NOX Ozone Season Group 1), 97.611(b) and 97.612 (SO2 Group 1), 97.711(b) and 97.712 (SO2 Group 2), 97.811(b) and 97.812 (NOX Ozone Season Group 2), and 97.1011(b) and 97.1012 (NOX Ozone Season Group 3). Each NUSA allowance allocation process involves allocations to eligible units, termed ‘‘new’’ units, followed by the allocation to ‘‘existing’’ units of any allowances not allocated to new units. In a notice of data availability (NODA) published in the Federal Register on February 27, 2022 (88 FR 12356), EPA provided notice of the preliminary calculations of NUSA allowance allocations for the 2022 control periods and described the process for submitting any objections. EPA received no objections in response to the February 27, 2022 NODA. This NODA concerns the final NUSA allowance allocations, which are unchanged from the preliminary calculations. The detailed unit-by-unit data and final allowance allocation calculations are set forth in Excel spreadsheets titled E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 83 / Monday, May 1, 2023 / Notices ‘‘CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_Annual_ Final_Data_New_Units,’’ ‘‘CSAPR_ NUSA_2022_NOx_OS_Final_Data_ New_Units,’’ ‘‘CSAPR_NUSA_2022_ SO2_Final_Data_New_Units,’’ ‘‘CSAPR_ NUSA_2022_NOx_Annual_Final_Data_ Existing_Units,’’ ‘‘CSAPR_NUSA_2022_ NOx_OS_Final_Data_Existing_Units,’’ and ‘‘CSAPR_NUSA_2022_SO2_Final_ Data_Existing_Units’’, available on EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ csapr/csapr-compliance-year-2022nusa-nodas. EPA notes that an allocation or lack of allocation of allowances to a given unit does not constitute a determination that CSAPR does or does not apply to the unit. EPA also notes that, under 40 CFR 97.411(c), 97.511(c), 97.611(c), 97.711(c), 97.811(c), and 97.1011(c), allocations are subject to potential correction if a unit to which allowances have been allocated for a given control period is not actually an affected unit as of the start of that control period. (Authority: 40 CFR 97.411(b), 97.511(b), 97.611(b), 97.711(b), 97.811(b), and 97.1011(b).) Rona Birnbaum, Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Protection, Office of Air and Radiation. [FR Doc. 2023–08795 Filed 4–28–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: [EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0706; FRL–10934–01– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances (EPA ICR Number 1432.38, OMB Control Number 2060–0170) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2023. Public lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Apr 28, 2023 Jkt 259001 comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 24, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before May 31, 2023. 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Robert Burchard, Stratospheric Protection Division, (6205A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343– 9126; email address: burchard.robert@ epa.gov. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 24, 2022, during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 51976). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26539 Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Abstract: This ICR covers provisions under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Montreal Protocol) and Title VI of the CAA that establish limits on total U.S. production, import, and export of class I and class II ozone-depleting substances (or controlled substances). Production and import of class I controlled substances (chlorofluorocarbons and others) was phased out in the United States. The phaseout includes exceptions for essential uses, critical uses of methyl bromide, quarantine and pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, previously used material, and material that will be transformed or destroyed. There are also regulations that restrict the use of class II controlled substances and require a gradual reduction in the production and consumption of these chemicals leading to their eventual phaseout. The class II controlled substance phaseout regulations include exceptions for previously used material and material that will be transformed or destroyed. Form Numbers: 5900–137, 5900–136, 5900–149, 5900–150, 5900–153, 5900– 151, 5900–199, 5900–202, 5900–200, 5900–201, 5900–205, 5900–155, 5900– 140, 5900–144, 5900–142, 5900–141, 5900–148, 5900–147, 5900–473, 5900– 138, 5900–139, 5900–152, 5900–472, 5900–154, 5900–146. Respondents/affected entities: Producers, importers, exporters, and certain users of ozone-depleting substances; methyl bromide applicators, distributors, and end users including commodity storage and quarantine users. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (CAA sections 114, 603(b), and 604(d)(6)). Estimated number of respondents: 1,174 (total). Frequency of response: Quarterly, annually, as needed. Total estimated burden: 3,022 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b) Total estimated cost: $375,086 (per year), includes $8,250 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 83 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase is a result of updated assumptions associated with recordkeeping requirements that are more consistent with other ICRs that cover similar recordkeeping activities (e.g., the HFC Allowance Allocation E:\FR\FM\01MYN1.SGM 01MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 83 (Monday, May 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26538-26539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08795]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9542-04-OAR]


Final Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances 
From New Unit Set-Asides for 2022 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 emission allowance allocations to 
certain units under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading 
programs. EPA has completed final calculations for the allocations of 
allowances from the CSAPR new unit set-asides (NUSAs) for the 2022 
control periods and has posted spreadsheets containing the calculations 
on EPA's website. EPA has also completed calculations for allocations 
of the remaining 2022 NUSA allowances to existing units and has posted 
spreadsheets containing those calculations on EPA's website as well.

DATES: May 1, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action 
should be addressed to Jason Kuhns at (202) 564-3236 or 
[email protected] or Andrew Reighart at (202) 564-0418 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under each CSAPR trading program where EPA 
is responsible for determining emission allowance allocations, a 
portion of each state's emissions budget for the program for each 
control period is reserved in a NUSA (and in an additional Indian 
country NUSA in the case of states with Indian country within their 
borders) for allocation to certain units that would not otherwise 
receive allowance allocations. The procedures for identifying the 
eligible units for each control period and for allocating allowances 
from the NUSAs and Indian country NUSAs to these units are set forth in 
the CSAPR trading program regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b) and 97.412 
(NOX Annual), 97.511(b) and 97.512 (NOX Ozone 
Season Group 1), 97.611(b) and 97.612 (SO2 Group 1), 
97.711(b) and 97.712 (SO2 Group 2), 97.811(b) and 97.812 
(NOX Ozone Season Group 2), and 97.1011(b) and 97.1012 
(NOX Ozone Season Group 3). Each NUSA allowance allocation 
process involves allocations to eligible units, termed ``new'' units, 
followed by the allocation to ``existing'' units of any allowances not 
allocated to new units.
    In a notice of data availability (NODA) published in the Federal 
Register on February 27, 2022 (88 FR 12356), EPA provided notice of the 
preliminary calculations of NUSA allowance allocations for the 2022 
control periods and described the process for submitting any 
objections. EPA received no objections in response to the February 27, 
2022 NODA. This NODA concerns the final NUSA allowance allocations, 
which are unchanged from the preliminary calculations.
    The detailed unit-by-unit data and final allowance allocation 
calculations are set forth in Excel spreadsheets titled

[[Page 26539]]

``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_Annual_Final_Data_New_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_OS_Final_Data_New_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_SO2_Final_Data_New_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_Annual_Final_Data_Existing_Units,'' 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_NOx_OS_Final_Data_Existing_Units,'' and 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2022_SO2_Final_Data_Existing_Units'', available on EPA's 
website at https://www.epa.gov/csapr/csapr-compliance-year-2022-nusa-nodas.
    EPA notes that an allocation or lack of allocation of allowances to 
a given unit does not constitute a determination that CSAPR does or 
does not apply to the unit. EPA also notes that, under 40 CFR 
97.411(c), 97.511(c), 97.611(c), 97.711(c), 97.811(c), and 97.1011(c), 
allocations are subject to potential correction if a unit to which 
allowances have been allocated for a given control period is not 
actually an affected unit as of the start of that control period.

(Authority: 40 CFR 97.411(b), 97.511(b), 97.611(b), 97.711(b), 
97.811(b), and 97.1011(b).)

Rona Birnbaum,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Protection, 
Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2023-08795 Filed 4-28-23; 8:45 am]
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