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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2741–039]
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Kings River Conservation District;
Notice Of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application
Document, and Approving Use of the
Traditional Licensing Process
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 2741–039
c. Date Filed: February 1, 2024.
d. Submitted By: Kings River
Conservation District (KRCD).
e. Name of Project: Jeff L. Taylor Pine
Flat Power Plant.
f. Location: On the Kings River in
Fresno County, California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the
Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: David
Merritt, General Manager, Kings River
Conservation District, 4886 E. Jensen
Ave., Fresno, CA 93725; (559) 237–
5567; email: powerplantferc@krcd.org.
i. FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta
at (202) 552–2739 or email at
shannon.archuleta@ferc.gov.
j. KRCD filed its request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process on
February 1, 2024. KRCD provided
public notice of its request on February
15, 2024. In a letter dated March 22,
2024, the Acting Director of the Division
of Hydropower Licensing approved
KRCD’s request to use the Traditional
Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service under section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act and the
joint agency regulations thereunder at
50 CFR part 402. We are also initiating
consultation with the California State
Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106, National
Historical Preservation Act, and the
implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. With this notice, we are designating
KRCD as the Commission’s non-federal
representative for carrying out informal
consultation, pursuant to section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act and section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. KRCD filed a Pre-Application
Document (PAD; including a proposed
process plan and schedule) with the
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of
the Commission’s regulations.
n. A copy of the PAD may be viewed
and/or printed on the Commission’s
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website https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number, excluding the last three digits
in the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY (202)
502–8659.
You may register online at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to
be notified via email of new filings and
issuances related to this or other
pending projects. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support.
o. The licensee states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
subsequent license for Project No. 2741.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.20 each
application for a subsequent license and
any competing license applications
must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration
of the existing license. All applications
for license for this project must be filed
by August 31, 2027.
q. The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: March 22, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0883; FRL11863–01–
OMS]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request;
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), Greenhouse
Gas Reporting Program (EPA ICR
Number 2300.20, OMB Control Number
SUMMARY:
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2060–0629) 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 March 31,
2024. Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
May 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2022–0883, to EPA online using
https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@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.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection within
30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
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: ford.joe@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
May 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment
period (88 FR 28546). 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
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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.
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, to
monitor and report annual emissions in
amounts of carbon dioxide equivalent
(CO2e).
Subsequent rules have promulgated
requirements for additional facilities,
suppliers, and mobile sources; provided
clarification and corrections to existing
requirements; finalized 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 CO2 underground in quantities
above certain threshold levels of 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). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $95,175,521 (per
year), which includes $33,282,257
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
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
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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
and an adjustment of labor rates, capital,
and operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs to reflect 2021 dollars. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to
generate, maintain, retain, 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; adjusting the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; training personnel to be able to
respond to a collection of information;
searching data sources; completing and
reviewing the collection of information;
and transmitting or otherwise disclosing
the information.
July 28, 2023 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 April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OLEM–2018–0534, to EPA online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method) 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.
Submit written comments and
recommendations to OMB for the
proposed information collection within
30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–566–0453; vyas.peggy@
epa.gov.
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01–OMS]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget; Comment
Request; Identification, Listing, and
Rulemaking Petitions (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Identification, Listing and Rulemaking
Petitions (Renewal), EPA ICR Number
1189.32, OMB Control Number 2050–
0053 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 March 31, 2024.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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.
Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
July 28, 2023 during a 60-day comment
period (88 FR 48845). 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 Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: Under the authority of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act of 1976 (RCRA), as amended,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0883; FRL11863-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
(EPA ICR Number 2300.20, OMB Control Number 2060-0629) 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 March 31, 2024. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 4, 2023,
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2022-0883, to EPA 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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
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: 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on May 4, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 28546). 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
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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.
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, to monitor
and report annual emissions in amounts of carbon dioxide equivalent
(CO2e).
Subsequent rules have promulgated requirements for additional
facilities, suppliers, and mobile sources; provided clarification and
corrections to existing requirements; finalized 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 CO2
underground in quantities above certain threshold levels of
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). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $95,175,521 (per year), which includes
$33,282,257 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
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 and an
adjustment of labor rates, capital, and operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs to reflect 2021 dollars. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
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;
adjusting the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable
instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; training
personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information;
searching data sources; completing and reviewing the collection of
information; and transmitting or otherwise disclosing the information.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-06553 Filed 3-27-24; 8:45 am]
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