Access by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Contractor and Subcontractors to Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted Under Clean Air Act (CAA), Act To Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS) and the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM), 83494-83495 [2024-23842]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECAd-2024–0420; FRL–12264–
01–OECA]
Access by U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) Contractor
and Subcontractors to Confidential
Business Information (CBI) Submitted
Under Clean Air Act (CAA), Act To
Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS)
and the American Innovation and
Manufacturing Act (AIM)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The United States
Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA’s) Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance (OECA) plans to
authorize a contractor and several
subcontractors to access information
that will be submitted to the EPA under
the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Act to
Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS)
and the American Innovation and
Manufacturing Act (AIM) that may be
claimed as, or may be determined to be,
confidential business information (CBI).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before October 21, 2024. The
contractor’s and subcontractors’ access
to information collected under the CAA,
the APPS and the AIM, will begin on
October 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA HQ–
OECA–2024–0420, by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov/ (our
preferred method). Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Email: docket.oeca@epa.gov.
Include Docket ID No. EPA HQ–OECA–
2024–0420 in the subject line of the
message.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the Docket ID No. for this
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rulemaking. Comments received may be
posted without change to https://
www.regulations.gov/, including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Griffith Brown, Air Enforcement
Division, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance (Mail Code
8MSU), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1595 Wynkoop St., Denver, CO
80202; telephone number: (202) 250–
8551; email address: brown.griffith@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Does this notice apply to me?
This action is directed to the general
public. However, this action may be of
particular interest to certain parties,
including the following: owners and
operators of stationary sources subject to
the CAA including, but not limited to,
State Implementation Plans (SIPs),
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs, MACT
Rules) under Section 112, permits
including New Source Review and
Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(NSR/PSD), New Source Performance
Standards (NSPS), and Prevention of
Accidental Releases under Section
112(r); motor vehicle manufacturers and
importers; engine manufacturers and
importers; motor vehicle fuel and fuel
additive producers and importers;
manufacturers, importers, users and
distributors of hydrofluorocarbons
(HFCs); manufacturers, importers and
distributors of motor vehicle and engine
emission control equipment and parts;
and any other parties subject to the
regulations found in 40 CFR parts 52,
60, 63–80, 82, 84–86, 89–92, 94, 98, 600,
1033, 1036, 1037, 1039, 1042, 1043,
1045, 1048, 1051, 1054, 1060, 1065,
1068, and 1090.
This Federal Register notice may be
of particular relevance to parties that
have submitted data to the EPA under
the above-listed regulations. Because
other parties may also be interested, the
EPA has not attempted to describe all
the specific parties that may be affected
by this action. If you have further
questions regarding the applicability of
this action to a particular party, please
contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
II. How can I get copies of this
document and other related
information?
A. Electronically
The EPA has established a public
docket for this Federal Register notice
under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–
2024–0420.
All documents in the docket are
identified in the docket index available
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at https://www.regulations.gov. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, such as CBI or
other information for which disclosure
is restricted by statute.
B. EPA Docket Center
Materials listed under Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OECA–2024–0420 will be
available for public viewing at the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20004. The EPA
Docket Center Public Reading Room is
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Air Docket
is (202) 566–1742.
III. Description of Programs and
Potential Disclosure of Information
Claimed as CBI to Contractor and
Subcontractors
The EPA’s OECA has responsibility
for protecting public health and the
environment by enforcing standards for
air pollution. In order to implement
various CAA, APPS and AIM programs,
OECA collects compliance reports and
other information from the regulated
industry. Occasionally, the information
submitted to, or obtained by, the EPA is
claimed to be CBI by persons submitting
data to the EPA. Information submitted
under such a claim is handled in
accordance with the EPA’s regulations
at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, and in
accordance with the EPA procedures
that are consistent with those
regulations. When the EPA has
determined that disclosure of
information claimed as CBI to EPA
contractors or subcontractors is
necessary, the corresponding contract
must address the appropriate use and
handling of the information by the EPA
contractor and subcontractors and the
EPA contractor and subcontractors must
require its personnel who require access
to information claimed as CBI to sign
written non-disclosure agreements
before they are granted access to data.
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h),
the EPA has determined that EPA
contractor Eastern Research Group,
Incorporated (ERG), 14555 Avion
Parkway, Suite 200, Chantilly, VA
20151, and ERG subcontractors Allen
Lyons Consulting LLC; CohnReznick
LLP; and James J. Carroll, CPA
(collectively referred to as
‘‘subcontractors’’ in this notice) require
access to CBI submitted to the EPA
under the CAA, APPS, and the AIM for
the work they perform under Contract
Number 68HERC24D0009. We are
providing notice and an opportunity to
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comment on their access to information
claimed as CBI. We are issuing this
Federal Register notice to inform all
affected submitters that we plan to grant
access to material that may be claimed
as CBI to ERG and its subcontractors on
a need-to-know basis.
Under Contract Number
68HERC24D0009, ERG provides
enforcement support for the EPA’s
regulatory and enforcement activities,
including field inspections,
investigations, audits, and other CAA
regulatory and enforcement support that
involve access to information claimed as
CBI. ERG also employs subcontractors,
who support these activities, under the
above-listed contract. ERG and its
subcontractors require access to
information claimed as CBI to support
EPA enforcement activities described
above. Access to data, including
information claimed as CBI, will
commence six days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, and will continue until
October 21, 2029. If the contract and
associated subcontracts are extended,
this access will continue for the
remainder of the ERG contract without
further notice. If the contract expires
prior to October 21, 2029, the access
will cease at that time. If ERG employs
additional subcontractors to support the
EPA on a regular basis or on a limited
or one-time basis under the above-listed
contract, and those subcontractors
require access to CBI, the EPA will
notify affected companies of the
contemplated disclosure and provide
them with an opportunity to comment
by either sending them a letter or by
publishing an additional notice in the
Federal Register.
Parties who wish to obtain further
information about this Federal Register
notice, or about OECA’s disclosure of
information claimed as CBI to ERG and
its subcontractors, may contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: October 9, 2024.
Mary E. Greene,
Director, Air Enforcement Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0449; FRL 10095–02–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
GreenChill Advanced Refrigeration
Partnership (Revision)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to
submit an information collection
request (ICR), ‘‘GreenChill Advanced
Refrigeration Partnership (Revision)’’
(EPA ICR No. 2349.03, OMB Control No.
2060–0702) 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 revision of the
information collection request, which is
currently approved through July 31,
2027. This notice allows for 60 days for
public comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before December 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
QAR–2022–0449, to EPA 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:
Annie Kee, Stratospheric Protection
Division—Office of Air and Radiation,
(3204A), Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–2056; email address:
kee.annie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
proposed revision of the ICR, which is
currently approved through July 31,
2027. 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.
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This notice allows 60 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.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act (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. 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: GreenChill is a voluntary
partnership program sponsored by EPA
that encourages food retailers and
manufacturers to adopt cost effective
technologies and practices that reduce
refrigerant emissions and improve
operational efficiency. The GreenChill
Program works with the food retail
industry to lower barriers inhibiting the
implementation of technologies and
practices that reduce refrigerant
emissions. The Program effectively
promotes the adoption of emission
reduction practices and technologies by
engaging GreenChill Partners to set an
annual refrigerant emission reduction
goal and develop a refrigerant
management plan reflecting the
company’s implementation objectives.
Implementation of the Partners’
refrigeration management plan to reduce
refrigerant emissions enhances the
protection of the environment and may
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECAd-2024-0420; FRL-12264-01-OECA]
Access by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Contractor
and Subcontractors to Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted
Under Clean Air Act (CAA), Act To Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS)
and the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's)
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) plans to
authorize a contractor and several subcontractors to access information
that will be submitted to the EPA under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the
Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and the American Innovation
and Manufacturing Act (AIM) that may be claimed as, or may be
determined to be, confidential business information (CBI).
DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 21, 2024. The
contractor's and subcontractors' access to information collected under
the CAA, the APPS and the AIM, will begin on October 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA HQ-
OECA-2024-0420, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov/
(our preferred method). Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Email: [email protected]. Include Docket ID No. EPA HQ-
OECA-2024-0420 in the subject line of the message.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the Docket ID
No. for this rulemaking. Comments received may be posted without change
to https://www.regulations.gov/, including any personal information
provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Griffith Brown, Air Enforcement
Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (Mail Code
8MSU), Environmental Protection Agency, 1595 Wynkoop St., Denver, CO
80202; telephone number: (202) 250-8551; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Does this notice apply to me?
This action is directed to the general public. However, this action
may be of particular interest to certain parties, including the
following: owners and operators of stationary sources subject to the
CAA including, but not limited to, State Implementation Plans (SIPs),
hazardous air pollutants (HAPs, MACT Rules) under Section 112, permits
including New Source Review and Prevention of Significant Deterioration
(NSR/PSD), New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), and Prevention of
Accidental Releases under Section 112(r); motor vehicle manufacturers
and importers; engine manufacturers and importers; motor vehicle fuel
and fuel additive producers and importers; manufacturers, importers,
users and distributors of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); manufacturers,
importers and distributors of motor vehicle and engine emission control
equipment and parts; and any other parties subject to the regulations
found in 40 CFR parts 52, 60, 63-80, 82, 84-86, 89-92, 94, 98, 600,
1033, 1036, 1037, 1039, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1048, 1051, 1054, 1060, 1065,
1068, and 1090.
This Federal Register notice may be of particular relevance to
parties that have submitted data to the EPA under the above-listed
regulations. Because other parties may also be interested, the EPA has
not attempted to describe all the specific parties that may be affected
by this action. If you have further questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a particular party, please contact the
person listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
II. How can I get copies of this document and other related
information?
A. Electronically
The EPA has established a public docket for this Federal Register
notice under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2024-0420.
All documents in the docket are identified in the docket index
available at https://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, such as CBI or other
information for which disclosure is restricted by statute.
B. EPA Docket Center
Materials listed under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-2024-0420 will be
available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004. The
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742.
III. Description of Programs and Potential Disclosure of Information
Claimed as CBI to Contractor and Subcontractors
The EPA's OECA has responsibility for protecting public health and
the environment by enforcing standards for air pollution. In order to
implement various CAA, APPS and AIM programs, OECA collects compliance
reports and other information from the regulated industry.
Occasionally, the information submitted to, or obtained by, the EPA is
claimed to be CBI by persons submitting data to the EPA. Information
submitted under such a claim is handled in accordance with the EPA's
regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B, and in accordance with the EPA
procedures that are consistent with those regulations. When the EPA has
determined that disclosure of information claimed as CBI to EPA
contractors or subcontractors is necessary, the corresponding contract
must address the appropriate use and handling of the information by the
EPA contractor and subcontractors and the EPA contractor and
subcontractors must require its personnel who require access to
information claimed as CBI to sign written non-disclosure agreements
before they are granted access to data.
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), the EPA has determined that EPA
contractor Eastern Research Group, Incorporated (ERG), 14555 Avion
Parkway, Suite 200, Chantilly, VA 20151, and ERG subcontractors Allen
Lyons Consulting LLC; CohnReznick LLP; and James J. Carroll, CPA
(collectively referred to as ``subcontractors'' in this notice) require
access to CBI submitted to the EPA under the CAA, APPS, and the AIM for
the work they perform under Contract Number 68HERC24D0009. We are
providing notice and an opportunity to
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comment on their access to information claimed as CBI. We are issuing
this Federal Register notice to inform all affected submitters that we
plan to grant access to material that may be claimed as CBI to ERG and
its subcontractors on a need-to-know basis.
Under Contract Number 68HERC24D0009, ERG provides enforcement
support for the EPA's regulatory and enforcement activities, including
field inspections, investigations, audits, and other CAA regulatory and
enforcement support that involve access to information claimed as CBI.
ERG also employs subcontractors, who support these activities, under
the above-listed contract. ERG and its subcontractors require access to
information claimed as CBI to support EPA enforcement activities
described above. Access to data, including information claimed as CBI,
will commence six days after the date of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register, and will continue until October 21, 2029. If the
contract and associated subcontracts are extended, this access will
continue for the remainder of the ERG contract without further notice.
If the contract expires prior to October 21, 2029, the access will
cease at that time. If ERG employs additional subcontractors to support
the EPA on a regular basis or on a limited or one-time basis under the
above-listed contract, and those subcontractors require access to CBI,
the EPA will notify affected companies of the contemplated disclosure
and provide them with an opportunity to comment by either sending them
a letter or by publishing an additional notice in the Federal Register.
Parties who wish to obtain further information about this Federal
Register notice, or about OECA's disclosure of information claimed as
CBI to ERG and its subcontractors, may contact the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: October 9, 2024.
Mary E. Greene,
Director, Air Enforcement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-23842 Filed 10-15-24; 8:45 am]
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