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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–10918–01–OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request for the
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Information Collection Request for the
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program’’
(EPA ICR No. 2300.20, OMB Control No.
2060–0629) 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 ICR, which is currently approved
through March 31, 2024. 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 July 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2022–0883, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue 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: Joe
Ford, Climate Change Division, Office of
Atmospheric Protection, Office of Air
and Radiation (MAIL CODE 6207A),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: 202–564–
7659; fax number: 202–343–2342; email
address: GHGReporting@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
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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 the 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: In response to the FY2008
Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R.
2764; Pub. L. 110–161) and under
authority of the Clean Air Act, the EPA
finalized the Mandatory Reporting of
Greenhouse Gases Rule (GHG Reporting
Rule) (74 FR 56260; October 30, 2009).
The GHG Reporting Rule, which became
effective on December 29, 2009,
establishes reporting requirements for
certain large facilities and suppliers. It
does not require control of greenhouse
gases. Instead, it requires that sources
emitting greenhouse gases, supplying
certain products that contain
greenhouse gases, or injecting carbon
dioxide (CO2) underground in
quantities above certain threshold levels
of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 e)
monitor and report their annual
emissions.
Subsequent rules have promulgated
requirements for additional facilities,
suppliers, and mobile sources; provided
clarification and corrections to existing
requirements; finalized confidentiality
business information (CBI)
determinations, amended recordkeeping
requirements, and implemented an
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alternative verification approach.
Collectively, the GHG Reporting Rule
and its associated rulemakings are
referred to as the Greenhouse Gas
Reporting Program (GHGRP).
The purpose for this ICR is to renew
and revise the GHG Reporting Rule ICR
to update and consolidate the burdens
and costs imposed by the current ICR
under the GHGRP.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities:
Facilities emitting GHGs, supplying
certain products that contain GHGs, or
injecting carbon dioxide (CO2)
underground in quantities above certain
threshold levels of CO2 equivalent
(CO2e).
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.).
Estimated number of respondents
(annual average): 12,434.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 705,554
hours per year.
Total estimated cost: $95,175,521 per
year.
Changes in Estimates: There is a
decrease of 34,458 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with that identified in the last ICR
renewal. Furthermore, the annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 0.07 hours per
response. The last ICR estimated an
average burden of 0.08 hours per
response. This change in burden reflects
an adjustment in the number of
respondents from projected to actual, an
adjustment of labor rates and capital
and O&M costs to reflect 2021 dollars.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose
or provide information to or for a federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; develop, acquire,
install, and utilize technology and
systems for the purposes of collecting,
validating, and verifying information,
processing and maintaining
information, and disclosing and
providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; train personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
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and transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Sharyn Lie,
Acting Director, Climate Change Division,
Office of Atmospheric Protection, Office of
Air and Radiation.
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Information Collections Being
Reviewed by the Federal
Communications Commission
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
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 Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) 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 OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before July 3, 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.
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Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0250.
Title: Sections 73.1207, 74.784, and
74.1284, Rebroadcasts.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities, Not for-profit institutions
and State, local or Tribal Governments.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 6,462 respondents and
11,012 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency of Response:
Recordkeeping requirement; on
occasion reporting requirement; semiannual reporting requirement; third
party disclosure requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this information collection
is contained in Sections 154(i) and
325(a) of the Communications Act of
1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 5,506 hours.
Total Annual Cost: No cost.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
adopted on April 17, 2023, the Report
and Order (R&O), In the Matter of
Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the
Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules
for Digital Low Power Television and
Television Translator Stations, Update
of Parts 74 of the Commission’s Rules
Related to Low Power Television and
Television Translator Stations, MB
Docket Nos. 03–185 and 22–261, FCC
23–25. The Report and Order adopted
the following revision to 47 CFR
74.784(b):
47 CFR 74.784(b) states that a licensee
of a low power television or TV
translator station shall not rebroadcast
the programs of any other TV broadcast
station without obtaining prior consent
of the station whose signals or programs
are proposed to be retransmitted.
Section 74.784(b) requires licensees of
low power television and TV translator
stations to notify the Commission when
rebroadcasting programs or signals of
another station. This notification shall
include the call letters of each station
rebroadcast. The licensee of the low
power television or TV translator station
shall certify that written consent has
been obtained from the licensee of the
station whose programs are
retransmitted. This notification shall be
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provided by email to TVRebroadcast@
fcc.gov, the Media Bureau, Video
Division’s email box.
The information collection
requirements contained in 47 CFR
73.1207 and 74.1284 remain the same.
They are as follows:
47 CFR 73.1207 requires that
licensees of broadcast stations obtain
written permission from an originating
station prior to retransmitting any
program or any part thereof. A copy of
the written consent must be kept in the
station’s files and made available to the
FCC upon request. Section 73.1207 also
specifies procedures that broadcast
stations must follow when
rebroadcasting time signals, weather
bulletins, or other material from nonbroadcast services.
47 CFR 74.1284 requires that the
licensee of a FM translator station
obtain prior consent to rebroadcast
programs of any broadcast station or
other FM translator. The licensee of the
FM translator station must notify the
Commission of the call letters of each
station rebroadcast and must certify that
written consent has been received from
the licensee of that station. Also, AM
stations are allowed to use FM translator
stations to rebroadcast the AM signal.
FM translator stations are low power
facilities licensed for the limited
purpose of retransmitting the signals of
either a full power radio station or
another translator station. See 47 CFR
74.1201.
OMB Control Number: 3060–0236.
Title: Section 74.703, Interference.
Form Number: N/A.
Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit entities, State, local or Tribal
Governments and Not for-profit
institutions.
Type of Review: Reinstatement of a
previously approved collection.
Number of Respondents and
Responses: 50 respondents and 50
responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 2
hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
reporting requirement.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits. The statutory
authority for this collection is contained
in Section 154(i) of the Communications
Act of 1934, as amended.
Total Annual Burden: 100 hours.
Total Annual Cost: $100,000.
Needs and Uses: The Commission
adopted on April 17, 2023, the Report
and Order (R&O), In the Matter of
Amendment of Parts 73 and 74 of the
Commission’s Rules to Establish Rules
for Digital Low Power Television and
Television Translator Stations, Update
of Parts 74 of the Commission’s Rules
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-10918-01-OAR]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request for the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
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), ``Information
Collection Request for the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program'' (EPA ICR
No. 2300.20, OMB Control No. 2060-0629) 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 ICR, which is currently
approved through March 31, 2024. 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 July 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2022-0883, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or
by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 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: Joe Ford, Climate Change Division,
Office of Atmospheric Protection, Office of Air and Radiation (MAIL
CODE 6207A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-7659; fax number:
202-343-2342; 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, 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 the 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: In response to the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act
(H.R. 2764; Pub. L. 110-161) and under authority of the Clean Air Act,
the EPA finalized the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule (GHG
Reporting Rule) (74 FR 56260; October 30, 2009). The GHG Reporting
Rule, which became effective on December 29, 2009, establishes
reporting requirements for certain large facilities and suppliers. It
does not require control of greenhouse gases. Instead, it requires that
sources emitting greenhouse gases, supplying certain products that
contain greenhouse gases, or injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) underground
in quantities above certain threshold levels of carbon dioxide
equivalent (CO2 e) monitor and report their annual emissions.
Subsequent rules have promulgated requirements for additional
facilities, suppliers, and mobile sources; provided clarification and
corrections to existing requirements; finalized confidentiality
business information (CBI) determinations, amended recordkeeping
requirements, and implemented an alternative verification approach.
Collectively, the GHG Reporting Rule and its associated rulemakings are
referred to as the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP).
The purpose for this ICR is to renew and revise the GHG Reporting
Rule ICR to update and consolidate the burdens and costs imposed by the
current ICR under the GHGRP.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Facilities emitting GHGs, supplying
certain products that contain GHGs, or injecting carbon dioxide (CO2)
underground in quantities above certain threshold levels of CO2
equivalent (CO2e).
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7401-
7671q.).
Estimated number of respondents (annual average): 12,434.
Frequency of response: Annually.
Total estimated burden: 705,554 hours per year.
Total estimated cost: $95,175,521 per year.
Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 34,458 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
last ICR renewal. Furthermore, the annual public reporting and
recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to
average 0.07 hours per response. The last ICR estimated an average
burden of 0.08 hours per response. This change in burden reflects an
adjustment in the number of respondents from projected to actual, an
adjustment of labor rates and capital and O&M costs to reflect 2021
dollars. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements
which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond
to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information;
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and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Sharyn Lie,
Acting Director, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric
Protection, Office of Air and Radiation.
[FR Doc. 2023-09524 Filed 5-3-23; 8:45 am]
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