Proposed Information Collection Request Renewal; Comment Request; Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate Program; EPA ICR No. 2461.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0686 (Renewal), 75587-75588 [2023-24292]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2012–0103; FRL 10814–01–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request Renewal; Comment Request;
Clean School Bus (CSB) Rebate
Program; EPA ICR No. 2461.05, OMB
Control No. 2060–0686 (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR)
renewal, ‘‘Clean School Bus (CSB)
Rebate Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 2461.05,
OMB Control No. 260–0686 (Renewal)
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. An
Emergency ICR No. 2780.01 was
approved by OMB in September 2023
that included additional data necessary
to adequately review and administer the
CSB Rebate Program. This ICR renewal
consolidates all components of the CSB
Rebate Program collection and renews
the existing ICR No. 2461.04, which is
currently approved through August 31,
2025. 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 January 2, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2012–0103, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@
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:
Timothy Thomas, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality,
(6406A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
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number: 734–214–4465; email address:
thomas.tim.l@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents that explain in
detail the information that EPA will be
collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR renewal. 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. The ICR renewal package
will be submitted to OMB for review
and approval.
Abstract:
This supporting statement is for the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
renewal for the Clean School Bus (CSB)
Rebate Program. The CSB Rebate
Program currently collects information
under an existing ICR; namely the
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA)
and Clean School Bus Rebate Program
ICR No. 2060–0686. The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) currently uses
ICR No. 2060–0686 to collect
information for the CSB Rebate Program
to ensure its successful administration
and management. An Emergency ICR
No. 2780.01 was approved by OMB in
September 2023 that included
additional data necessary to adequately
review and administer the CSB Rebate
Program. This ICR renewal consolidates
all components of the CSB Rebate
Program collection.
School buses collectively travel over
four billion miles each year. They
provide safe transportation to and from
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school for more than 25 million
American children every day. While
new buses meet the EPA’s tighter
emission standards, most school buses
on the road emit pollutants, including
nitrogen oxides (NOX) and particulate
matter (PM), in diesel exhaust. These
pollutants can contribute to poor air
quality and negatively impact human
health, especially for children, as well
as for bus drivers, other school staff, and
other community members. The CSB
Rebate Program funds the replacement
of existing school buses with cleaner
buses, the operation of which result in
better air quality throughout the
communities in which they operate.
EPA uses approved procedures and
forms to collect necessary information
to operate the CSB Rebate Program and
has been providing these rebates since
2022. For each rebate program, EPA
utilizes three online forms for the three
phases of the rebate lifecycle: (1)
Application Form, for eligible entities to
apply to a new rebate program, (2)
Payment Request Form, for selectees to
submit order documentation and receive
funds, and (3) Close Out Form, for
selectees to document completion of the
rebate-eligible activity. In Fall 2023,
EPA launched the 2023 CSB Rebate
Application for applicants, and the 2022
CSB Rebate Close Out Form for existing
2022 program participants; EPA is
currently preparing to launch the 2023
CSB Rebate Payment Request Form in
early Spring of 2024. EPA will
subsequently launch the 2023 CSB
Rebate Close Out Form, as well as each
rebate form for any future rebate
programs (e.g., 2024 CSB Rebate
Program). The data collected in these
forms are needed to operate the rebate
program as authorized by Congress
under the CSB statute.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
those interested in applying for a rebate
under EPA’s CSB Program and include
but are not limited to the following
NAICS (North American Industry
Classification System) codes: 23
Construction; 482 Rail Transportation;
483 Water Transportation; 484 Truck
Transportation; 485 Transit and Ground
Passenger Transportation; 4854 School
and Employee Bus Transportation;
61111 Elementary and Secondary
Schools; 61131 Colleges, Universities,
and Professional Schools; 9211
Executive, Legislative, and Other
Government Support; and 9221 Justice,
Public Order, and Safety Activities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory for CSB rebate recipients.
Estimated number of respondents:
2,400 applicants annually.
Frequency of response: Once per year.
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Total estimated burden: 19,763 hours
for applicants annually and 59,289
hours for applicants over the ICR
period. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b)
Changes in the estimates: There is an
increase of 2,476 hours burden hours in
the total estimated respondent burden
compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This change is due
to minor decreases to the respondent
count for the Payment Request Form
and Close Out Form, offset by increases
to the respondents’ time burden for all
forms to more accurately reflect the time
required for program participants to
complete the forms given changes in
program requirements and changes to
the amount of time given to selectees to
edit their forms.
Karl Simon,
Director, Transportation and Climate
Division, Office of Air and Radiation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–11464–01–OA]
Request for Nominations of
Candidates for the Clean Air Scientific
Advisory Committee (CASAC) Nitrogen
Oxides (NOX) Panel
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
(SAB) Staff Office requests public
nominations of scientific experts for the
CASAC NOX Panel. This panel will
provide advice through the chartered
CASAC on the scientific and technical
bases for the agency’s review of the
Primary National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS) for nitrogen oxides.
DATES: Nominations should be
submitted by November 24, 2023 per the
instructions below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information regarding this Notice and
Request for Nominations may contact
Mr. Aaron Yeow, Designated Federal
Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by
telephone at (202) 564–2050 or via
email at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General
information concerning the CASAC can
be found on the CASAC website:
https://casac.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The CASAC was
established pursuant to the Clean Air
Act (CAA) Amendments of 1977,
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codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409(d)(2), to
review air quality criteria and NAAQS
and recommend to the EPA
Administrator any new NAAQS and
revisions of existing criteria and
NAAQS as may be appropriate. The
CASAC shall also: advise the EPA
Administrator of areas in which
additional knowledge is required to
appraise the adequacy and basis of
existing, new, or revised NAAQS;
describe the research efforts necessary
to provide the required information;
advise the EPA Administrator on the
relative contribution to air pollution
concentrations of natural as well as
anthropogenic activity; and advise the
EPA Administrator of any adverse
public health, welfare, social, economic,
or energy effects which may result from
various strategies for attainment and
maintenance of such NAAQS. As
amended, 5 U.S.C. app. section
109(d)(1) of the Clean Air Act (CAA)
requires that EPA carry out a periodic
review and revision, as appropriate, of
the air quality criteria and the NAAQS
for the six ‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants,
including nitrogen oxides.
The CASAC is a Federal advisory
committee chartered under the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As a
Federal Advisory Committee, the
CASAC conducts business in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. 10)
and related regulations. The CASAC and
the CASAC NOX Panel will comply with
the provisions of FACA and all
appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural
policies.
Request for Nominations: The SAB
Staff Office is seeking nominations of
nationally and internationally
recognized scientists with demonstrated
expertise and research in the field of air
pollution related to criteria pollutants.
For the CASAC NOX Panel, experts are
being sought in the following fields,
especially with respect to NOX:
atmospheric science, human exposure,
dosimetry, toxicology, epidemiology,
medicine, public health, biostatistics,
and risk assessment.
Process and Deadline for Submitting
Nominations: Any interested person or
organization may nominate qualified
individuals in the areas of expertise
described above. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be
submitted in electronic format
(preferred) using the online nomination
form under ‘‘Public Input on
Membership’’ on the CASAC web page
at https://casac.epa.gov. To be
considered, all nominations should
include the information requested
below. EPA values and welcomes
diversity. All qualified candidates are
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encouraged to apply regardless of sex,
race, disability or ethnicity.
Nominations should be submitted by
November 24, 2023.
The following information should be
provided on the nomination form:
contact information for the person
making the nomination; contact
information for the nominee; and the
disciplinary and specific areas of
expertise of the nominee. Nominees will
be contacted by the SABSO and will be
asked to provide a recent curriculum
vitae and a narrative biographical
summary that includes current position,
educational background, research
activities, sources of research funding
for the last two years, and recent service
on other national advisory committees
or national professional organizations.
Persons having questions about the
nomination process, or the public
comment process described below, or
who are unable to submit nominations
through the CASAC website, should
contact the DFO, as identified above.
The names and biosketches of qualified
nominees identified by respondents to
this Federal Register notice, and
additional experts identified by the SAB
Staff Office, will be posted in a List of
Candidates on the CASAC website at
https://casac.epa.gov. Public comments
on each List of Candidates will be
accepted for 21 days from the date the
list is posted. The public will be
requested to provide relevant
information or other documentation on
nominees that the SAB Staff Office
should consider in evaluating
candidates.
For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a
balanced review panel includes
candidates who possess the necessary
domains of knowledge, the relevant
scientific perspectives (which, among
other factors, can be influenced by work
history and affiliation), and the
collective breadth of experience to
adequately address the charge. In
forming this expert panel, the SAB Staff
Office will consider public comments
on the List of Candidates, information
provided by the candidates themselves,
and background information
independently gathered by the SAB
Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used
for panel membership include: (a)
scientific and/or technical expertise,
knowledge, and experience (primary
factors); (b) availability and willingness
to serve; (c) absence of financial
conflicts of interest; (d) absence of an
appearance of a lack of impartiality; (e)
skills working in committees,
subcommittees and advisory panels; and
(f) for the panel as a whole, diversity of
expertise and viewpoints.
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