                    SUPPORTING STATEMENT FOR THE RENEWAL OF

               EPA INFORMATION COLLECTION REQUEST NUMBER 1613.06

DATA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AND LOCAL VEHICLE EMISSION INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE (I/M) PROGRAMS

                               TABLE OF CONTENTS

 Identification of the Information Collection
	1(a) Title .................................................................................................................. 4
	1(b) Short Characterization/Abstract .................................................................................. 4

 Need for and Use of the Collection
	2(a) Need/Authority for the Collection ............................................................................... 4
	2(b) Practical Utility/Users of the Data ............................................................................... 5

 Non-Duplication, Consultations, & Other Collection Criteria
	3(a) Non-Duplication ........................................................................................................... 6
      3(b) Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB.......................................... 6
	3(c) Consultations ................................................................................................................ 7
	3(d) Effects of Less Frequent Collection ............................................................................. 7
	3(e) General Guidelines ....................................................................................................... 7
	3(f) Confidentiality .............................................................................................................. 8
	3(g) Sensitive Questions ...................................................................................................... 8

 Respondents and the Information Requested
	4(a) Respondents/SIC Codes ............................................................................................... 8
	4(b) Information Requested ................................................................................................. 8
 Data items, including record keeping requirements ............................ 9
 Respondent Activities ............................................................ 14

 Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management
	5(a) Agency Activities ...................................................................................................... 16
	5(b) Collection Methodology and Management ............................................................... 16
	5(c) Small Entity Flexibility ............................................................................................. 17
	5(d) Collection Schedule .................................................................................................. 17

 Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection
	6(a) Estimating Respondent Burden ................................................................................. 17
	6(b) Estimating Respondent Costs .................................................................................... 17
                   Estimating Labor Costs .......................................................... 17
                   Estimating Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs ................. 18
                   Annualizing Capital Cost ......................................................... 18
	6(c) Estimating Agency Burden and Cost ........................................................................ 18
	6(d) Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs ......................19
	6(e) Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables ............................................................ 19
                   Respondent Tally................................................................... 20
             Agency Tally.......................................................................... 22
 Variations in the Annual Bottom Line.............................................. 22
	6(f) Reasons for Change in Burden .................................................................................. 22
       6(g) Burden Statement .............................................................................. 23

1. 	Identification of the Information Collection

1(a) 	Title

	Data Reporting Requirements for State and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Programs (Renewal). EPA ICR Number 1613.06; Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2060-0252.

1(b) 	Short Characterization/Abstract

      To provide general oversight and support to state and local I/M programs, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires that state or local program management for both basic and enhanced I/M programs compile and submit two different reports to their EPA Regional Office. The first reporting requirement is the submittal of an annual report providing general program operating data and summary statistics addressing the program's current design and coverage, a summary of testing data, enforcement program efforts, quality assurance and quality control efforts, as well as other miscellaneous information allowing for an assessment of the program's relative effectiveness. The second is a biennial report addressing any changes to the program over the two-year period prior to the biennial report's submission, including the impact of such changes, any weaknesses discovered during the reporting period, and the corrections made or planned.

      General program effectiveness is determined by the degree to which the operating program compares to the program described in the state's approved state implementation plan (SIP), which, in turn, must meet or exceed the minimum requirements for mandatory I/M programs, as promulgated under 40 CFR Part 51, Subpart S in response to requirements established in section 182 of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The information provided by the annual and biennial I/M reports described above are used by the EPA Regional Office to determine whether a given I/M program is meeting its obligations under the approved SIP. The information may also be used by EPA Headquarters to assess national trends in the implementation of both basic and enhanced I/M programs, as well as to help determine when anomalous reporting results are due to national versus local causes.

2. 	Need for and Use of the Collection

2(a)	Need/Authority for the Collection

      The collection of a variety of program operating and summary data is essential to the assessment of an I/M program's overall effectiveness and the degree to which it complies with requirements established in response to CAA sections 182(a)(2)(b)(ii); 182(b)(4); and 182(c)(3) under which EPA is authorized to impose these collection and recordkeeping requirements. The specific program data to be collected are listed under the "Data analysis and reporting" section of EPA's I/M rule (40 CFR Part 51 Subpart S, section 51.366). A list of the required reporting elements is included in section 4(b)(i) of this ICR renewal.

2(b) 	Practical Utility/Users of the Data

      There are, in effect, three users of the information required by this collection  -  the  primary user, represented by the state or local agency or department in charge of managing the I/M program itself (hereafter referred to as "the state" and/or "the respondent"); the secondary user, represented by the EPA Regional Office (henceforth referred to as "the Region") to help determine the degree to which the program complies with its approved SIP; and finally, EPA Headquarters, to help identify national trends in the implementation of both basic and enhanced I/M programs, as well as to help determine when anomalous results being observed by a state or Region are due to national versus local causes.

      The State

      For the purpose of effectively managing its I/M program, the state must gather a wide range of program data, including data from the testing program, quality control and assurance efforts, and the enforcement program. For example, sufficient test data must be gathered to unambiguously link specific test results to a specific vehicle, I/M program registrant, test site, and inspector, to help determine whether or not the correct test parameters were observed for the specific vehicle in question. This programmatic need  -  which is distinct from any need and/or burden imposed by this ICR  -  is reflected in the fact that current testing equipment specifications include extensive data capture requirements to serve just this purpose. In turn, the state can analyze this data and compare it to the registration database (in programs enforced through registration denial, per the CAA) or otherwise use it to establish a vehicle's compliance with program requirements. Owners of vehicles found to be out-of-compliance are not allowed to register said vehicle(s) (again, in programs enforced through registration denial) or must be otherwise prevented from operating the non-complying vehicle(s) in the program area. Penalties may also be assessed for non-compliance with program requirements.

      Data collected as part of the testing program can also be used to target audits of inspection stations and inspectors, with irregularities such as unusually high pass or fail rates, mismatched vehicle information, etc. acting as red flags to possible fraud or other problems. In addition, the state must gather and analyze quality control data to ensure that motorists are given accurate and consistent measurements and/or results. In the interest of effectively managing its enforcement and quality assurance efforts, the program must keep records of such efforts, including the number of investigations conducted (including internal control reviews to detect weaknesses within the program itself, as well as investigations of testing sites and inspectors), the methodology used, and the results of investigations and other enforcement and quality assurance activities.

      EPA Regional Office

      To comply with this information collection, the state must summarize and report the above data to the EPA Regional Office with jurisdiction over the state in question. The state will have maximum flexibility to use pre-existing, internal reporting mechanisms to meet these summary data reporting requirements, and may submit the required reports in whatever format is most convenient for the state, including electronically, via hardcopy, or by directing the EPA Regional Office to web resources which include the required information. The Regional Office will use this information to assess specific state programs and their success or any weaknesses in complying with I/M requirements. This assessment may lead to follow-up conversations with the state to discuss possible program improvements or corrective action necessary to address anomalies.

	EPA Headquarters

	When anomalies are discovered in the reported summary information and cannot be resolved by the state and Region, EPA Headquarters may help determine whether a given anomaly is the result of local or unique conditions or is perhaps indicative of a larger, national trend. In such situations, EPA Headquarters will work with the state and the Region to identify and address the causes of the anomaly. Information regarding the resolution of such cases  -  to the extent it may be relevant outside the program in question  -  will be made available to other states, Regions, and the public in general through various communication methods, including biweekly conference calls with the EPA Regions, a bimonthly stakeholder call with the I/M states, and the I/M Clearinghouse web site (http://obdclearinghouse.com/) currently managed by Weber State University under a grant from EPA.

3. 	Non-Duplication, Consultations, & Other Collection Criteria

3(a)	Non-Duplication

      EPA has made an effort to ensure that the data collection efforts associated with renewal of this ICR are not duplicated. EPA Headquarters has consulted with state and local environmental programs, and EPA's Regional Offices. To the best of EPA's knowledge, data currently required by this information collection are not available from any other source.

3(b)	Public Notice Required Prior to ICR Submission to OMB

      Prior to submittal to OMB and in compliance with the 1995 Amendments to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), EPA published a notice seeking public comment on the renewal of this ICR in the Federal Register on April 11, 2018 (83 FR 15560) which included a 60-day comment period ending on June 11, 2018. Eleven public comments were submitted to the docket during the comment period. All comments were unsigned, non-responsive, and non-substantive.  A second, 30-day public comment period on the proposed renewal will be announced in the Federal Register coincident with the submission of the ICR renewal package to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, providing an opportunity for all respondents and any other members of the public interested in doing so to provide relevant information regarding this I/M ICR to EPA.

3(c)	Consultations

      In addition to the public comment process discussed above, EPA also consulted with its Regional Offices with jurisdiction over the respondent states to see if there have been any material changes among those states since the previous ICR renewal that would impact the Agency's burden estimates. Such material changes would include but not be limited to whether a current respondent state was planning changes to their program that would increase or decrease their reporting burden or change their status as a respondent. While the Regional Offices noted no such material changes for the current renewal period as part of their discussions with their states regarding future program plans, two Regional Offices noted planned changes among their states that may change the burden calculation for subsequent ICR renewal periods. Additionally, EPA included the ICR renewal on the agenda of a bimonthly stakeholders' call it holds with the I/M program states and invited participants to volunteer any information that might be relevant to the current ICR burden calculations. None of the call's participants volunteered information, either on the call or afterward.

3(d)	Effects of Less Frequent Collection

      The I/M Rule requires annual and biennial reporting by the I/M programs to ensure that states are achieving the emission reductions claimed by such programs in their approved SIPs.  EPA has considered a range of alternatives for data reporting requirement frequency. Collecting the required information less frequently would limit EPA's ability to determine a program's progress toward meeting requirements under 40 CFR Part 51, Subpart S and would delay its ability to identify and resolve programmatic deficiencies that may negatively impact a program's ability to achieve the needed emission reductions. More frequent reporting would be unduly burdensome. To supplement the current reporting cycle and thus ensure that major program deficiencies do not go undetected for an unreasonable period of time, EPA holds bimonthly conference calls with I/M states as a forum for raising, discussing, and resolving implementation issues as they arise. State participation in these calls is voluntary but has remained strong since the calls were initiated.

3(e)	General Guidelines

      This ICR was prepared in accordance with the October 2009 version of EPA's Guide to Writing Information Collection Requests Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (or "ICR Handbook") prepared by EPA's Office of Environmental Information, Office of Information Collection, Collection Strategies Division. The ICR Handbook provides the most current instructions for ICR preparation to ensure compliance with the 1995 PRA amendments and OMB's implementing guidelines. This ICR does not exceed any of the OMB guidelines found 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(2).

3(f)	Confidentiality

      No confidential information will be collected as a result of this ICR.

3(g)	Sensitive Questions

      No information of a sensitive nature will be collected as a result of this ICR.

 	Respondents and the Information Requested

4(a)	Respondents/SIC Codes

      The respondents to this information collection are the state government agencies or departments responsible for oversight and operation of the I/M programs (SIC# 91). As of January 2018, twenty-seven states plus the District of Columbia are required to implement I/M programs in compliance with the CAA and I/M rule. There are, therefore, 28 respondents to this collection. This category of respondent was selected because it represents those entities most comprehensively involved in gathering the information to be summarized for this collection (i.e., those parties responsible for establishing, maintaining, and analyzing the program's central database, or overseeing contractor personnel responsible for such activities). Although I/M programs can and do vary by type (i.e., basic I/M programs versus enhanced I/M programs), the data elements to be addressed by this information collection remain consistent across program types, and hence the burden does not vary by program type. It should also be noted that this ICR covers only I/M programs required by the CAA for light-duty, gasoline-fueled vehicles; it does not include voluntary programs to inspect diesel vehicles that some states have adopted and may have incorporated into their SIPs.

4(b)	Information Requested

      Under current I/M program practice, various internal analyses and reports are routinely generated using the data collected on vehicle tests, as well as quality control, quality assurance, and enforcement efforts. The information requested in this ICR renewal is currently collected by state programs in compliance with the I/M rule. These reports are used primarily as management tools for internal monitoring and evaluation of the program. Summaries of the information provided in these reports are also currently being used by EPA (primarily the Agency's Regional Offices and, secondarily, EPA Headquarters) to fulfill the Agency's statutory obligation to provide oversight to mandatory I/M programs and to ensure that such programs are achieving the emission reductions claimed in their approved SIPs. The purpose of this current request is to renew a previously approved information collection (OMB Control Number 2060-0252; EPA ICR Number 1613.05) so that EPA can continue to meet its statutory obligation with regard to providing I/M program implementation guidance and oversight.

   (i)	Data items, including record keeping requirements

      In fulfilling the requirements of this information collection, respondents gather and maintain records on the following data items per vehicle inspected as part of the I/M program and as required under 40 CFR 51.365.

	1) Test record number
	2) Inspection station and inspector number
	3) Test system number
	4) Date of the test
            5) Emission test start time and the time final emission scores are determined
	6) Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
	7) License plate number
	8) Test certificate number
	9) Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
	10) Vehicle model year, make, and type
	11) Number of cylinders or displacement
	12) Transmission type
	13) Odometer reading
	14) Type of test performed (i.e., initial test, first retest, or subsequent retest)
	15) Fuel type of the vehicle (i.e., gas, diesel, or other fuel)
	16) Type of vehicle preconditioning performed (if any)
	17) Emission test sequence(s) used
	18) Hydrocarbon emission scores and standards for each applicable test mode
            19) Carbon monoxide (CO) emission scores and standards for each applicable test mode
            20) Carbon dioxide (CO2) emission scores (CO+CO2) and standards for each applicable test mode
            21) Nitrogen oxides emission scores and standards for each applicable test mode
            22) Results (Pass/Fail/Not Applicable) of the applicable visual inspections for the catalytic converter, air system, gas cap, evaporative system, positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve, and fuel inlet restrictor
            23) Results of the evaporative pressure test expressed as a pass or fail (where applicable)
            24) Results of the evaporative system purge test expressed as a pass or fail along with the total purge flow in liters achieved during the test (where applicable)
            25) Results of the on-board diagnostic check expressed as pass or fail along with the diagnostic trouble codes revealed (where applicable).

	In addition, I/M programs must gather and maintain records on the results of all applicable quality control checks per 40 CFR 51.359, quality assurance checks per 40 CFR 51.363, and enforcement efforts per 40 CFR 51.361, 40 CFR 51.362, and 40 CFR 51.364. The data requirements reflected in these sections of the I/M rule were originally based upon data gathering and reporting best practices of I/M programs already in operation at the time the original information collection was developed.

      The above data items represent information which a program needs to gather and maintain as part of the day-to-day administration and enforcement of the program. Many of these data items are also included in the data recording requirements of the programs' testing equipment specifications while others are currently employed as management tools to facilitate the monitoring and evaluation of the program-by-program management. States should be gathering this information separate from any requirement to report the data to EPA. As such, gathering these data items does not constitute an additional burden triggered by this information collection or its renewal but instead reflect the minimum data needed to run an effective I/M program.

      With regard to record keeping, the above data items should be retained for a minimum of two complete inspection cycles (i.e., two years in annual programs, and four years in biennial programs). This is because the comparison of a vehicle's information and test results from one inspection cycle to the next is essential for the program's own internal auditing as well as program enforcement (with changes in vehicle information from one test cycle to the next being one of the primary red flags used for fraud detection). Again, these record keeping requirements would exist separate from this information collection or its renewal.

      Under the ICR, state I/M programs are required to submit annually summary statistics and effectiveness evaluations of the program's testing element, its quality assurance system, the quality control program, and the enforcement mechanisms. In addition, state I/M programs are required to submit biennially a report of any program deficiencies identified and the corrective actions taken by program management. The specific elements of each of these summary reports is described below under the appropriate heading.

	Test Data Summary
	I/M programs are required by 40 CFR 51.366(a) to submit to their EPA Regional Office by July of each year a report providing basic statistics on the testing program for January through December of the previous year, including:
      (1) The number of vehicles tested by model year and vehicle type;
      (2) By model year and vehicle type, the number and percentage of vehicles:
      (i) Failing initially, per test type;
      (ii) Failing the first retest per test type;
      (iii) Passing the first retest per test type;
      (iv) Initially failed vehicles passing the second or subsequent retest per test type;
      (v) Initially failed vehicles receiving a waiver; and
      (vi) Vehicles with no known final outcome (regardless of reason).
      (vii) - (x) [Reserved]
      (xi) Passing the on-board diagnostic check;
      (xii) Failing the on-board diagnostic check;
            (xiii) Failing the on-board diagnostic check and passing the tailpipe test (if applicable);
            (xiv) Failing the on-board diagnostic check and failing the tailpipe test (if applicable);
            (xv) Passing the on-board diagnostic check and failing the I/M gas cap evaporative system test (if applicable);
            (xvi) Failing the on-board diagnostic check and passing the I/M gas cap evaporative system test (if applicable);
            (xvii) Passing both the on-board diagnostic check and I/M gas cap evaporative system test (if applicable);
            (xviii) Failing both the on-board diagnostic check and I/M gas cap evaporative system test (if applicable);
      (xix) Malfunction Indicator Light (MIL) is commanded on and no codes are stored;
      (xx) MIL is not commanded on and codes are stored;
      (xxi) MIL is commanded on and codes are stored;
      (xxii) MIL is not commanded on and codes are not stored;
            (xxiii) Readiness status indicates that the evaluation is not complete for any module supported by on-board diagnostic systems;
      (3) The initial test volume by model year and test station;
      (4) The initial test failure rate by model year and test station; and
      (5) The average increase or decrease in tailpipe emission levels for hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), and oxides of nitrogen (NOX) (if applicable) after repairs by model year and vehicle type for vehicles receiving a mass emissions test.

      It should be noted that as state programs gradually phase-out tailpipe testing and begin to move toward the exclusive use of onboard diagnostic (OBD) based testing, an added benefit of doing such will be a significant reduction in the number of reporting elements that need to be gathered, summarized, and reported. For example, the by-pollutant reporting requirements will no longer apply, and neither will any of the reporting elements that presume dual testing of OBD-equipped vehicles. Although EPA notes this eventuality, the Agency has not attempted to quantify the impact on respondent burden because individual respondent programs will vary greatly with regard to when such a change to OBD-only testing may be possible and/or desirable. Because most programs will eventually reach the stage described above (varying only with regard to when) EPA is confident that the respondent burden estimates in this proposed information collection renewal can be characterized as conservative. Currently, 10 of the 28 respondent states covered by the I/M ICR are OBD-only states.

	Quality Assurance Summary
	I/M programs covered by this ICR are required by 40 CFR 51.366(b) to submit to their EPA Regional Office by July of each year a report providing basic statistics on the quality assurance program for January through December of the previous year, including:
      (1) The number of inspection stations and lanes:
      (i) Operating throughout the year; and
      (ii) Operating for only part of the year;
      (2) The number of inspection stations and lanes operating throughout the year:
      (i) Receiving overt performance audits in the year;
            (ii) Not receiving overt performance audits in the year;
      (iii) Receiving covert performance audits in the year;
      (iv) Not receiving covert performance audits in the year; and
      (v) That have been shut down as a result of overt performance audits;
      (3) The number of covert audits:
      (i) Conducted with the vehicle set to fail per test type;
            (ii) Conducted with the vehicle set to fail any combination of two or more test types;
      (iii) Resulting in a false pass per test type;
      (iv) Resulting in a false pass for any combination of two or more test types;
      (v) - (viii) [Reserved]
      (4) The number of inspectors and stations:
            (i) That were suspended, fired, or otherwise prohibited from testing as a result of covert audits;
            (ii) That were suspended, fired, or otherwise prohibited from testing for other causes; and
      (iii) That received fines;
      (5) The number of inspectors licensed or certified to conduct testing;
      (6) The number of hearings:
      (i) Held to consider adverse actions against inspectors and stations; and
      (ii) Resulting in adverse actions against inspectors and stations;
      (7) The total amount collected in fines from inspectors and stations by type of violation;
      (8) The total number of covert vehicles available for undercover audits over the year; and
      (9) The number of covert auditors available for undercover audits.

	Quality Control Summary
	I/M programs covered by this ICR are required by 40 CFR 51.366(c) to submit to their EPA Regional Office by July of each year a report providing basic statistics on the quality assurance program for January through December of the previous year, including:
      (1) The number of emission testing sites and lanes in use in the program;
      (2) The number of equipment audits by station and lane;
      (3) The number and percentage of stations that have failed equipment audits; and
      (4) Number and percentage of stations and lanes shut down as a result of equipment audits.

      As with the test summary report, the eventual transition from relying on a combination of tailpipe-based testing and OBD testing to relying exclusively upon OBD-based testing will reduce the reporting burden for the quality control summary. This is because OBD-based testing equipment does not need to be calibrated like tailpipe-based systems. Therefore, the need to perform and record calibration results as part of the overt equipment auditing process is likewise eliminated.

	Enforcement Summary

	I/M programs covered by this ICR are required by 40 CFR 51.366(d) to submit to their EPA Regional Office by July of each year a report providing basic statistics on the quality assurance program for January through December of the previous year, including:

      (1) All varieties of enforcement programs shall, at a minimum, submit to their EPA Regional Office by July of each year a report providing basic statistics on the enforcement program for January through December of the previous year, including:
            (i) An estimate of the number of vehicles subject to the inspection program, including the results of an analysis of the registration data base;
            (ii) The percentage of motorist compliance based upon a comparison of the number of valid final tests with the number of subject vehicles;
      (iii) The total number of compliance documents issued to inspection stations;
      (iv) The number of missing compliance documents;
      (v)  The number of time extensions and other exemptions granted to motorists; and
            (vi) The number of compliance surveys conducted, number of vehicles surveyed in each, and the compliance rates found.
     (2) Registration denial based enforcement programs shall provide the following additional information:
            (i) A report of the program's efforts and actions to prevent motorists from falsely registering vehicles out of the program area or falsely changing fuel type or weight class on the vehicle registration, and the results of special studies to investigate the frequency of such activity; and
            (ii) The number of registration file audits, number of registrations reviewed, and compliance rates found in such audits.
     (3) Computer-matching based enforcement programs shall provide the following additional information:
            (i) The number and percentage of subject vehicles that were tested by the initial deadline, and by other milestones in the cycle;
            (ii) A report on the program's efforts to detect and enforce against motorists falsely changing vehicle classifications to circumvent program requirements, and the frequency of this type of activity; and
            (iii) The number of enforcement system audits, and the error rate found during those audits.
      (4) Sticker-based enforcement systems shall provide the following additional information:
            (i) A report on the program's efforts to prevent, detect, and enforce against sticker theft and counterfeiting, and the frequency of this type of activity;
            (ii) A report on the program's efforts to detect and enforce against motorists falsely changing vehicle classifications to circumvent program requirements, and the frequency of this type of activity; and
            (iii) The number of parking lot sticker audits conducted, the number of vehicles surveyed in each, and the noncompliance rate found during those audits.

      Biennial Report

      In addition to the annual reports identified above, I/M programs covered by this ICR are required by 40 CFR 51.366(e) to submit to their EPA Regional Office by July of every other year, biennial reports addressing:

      (1) Any changes made in program design, funding, personnel levels, procedures, regulations, and legal authority, with detailed discussion and evaluation of the impact on the program of all such changes; and
      (2) Any weaknesses or problems identified in the program within the two-year reporting period, what steps have already been taken to correct those problems, the results of those steps, and any future efforts planned.

   (ii)	Respondent Activities

	When responding programs were originally preparing to submit the first round of the above-listed summary data for this approved information collection, the respondents had to pursue the activities identified below. Several of these activities were essentially one-time efforts (such as pursuing legal authority and constructing testing sites) required to comply with the Act's mandate that such programs be implemented in the first place, while others are activities that are currently conducted for the sake of ongoing program implementation, management, and enforcement, and would therefore be pursued regardless of this information collection. Such activities have been identified here as common business practice (CBP), even though the respondent entities are representatives of state government agencies or departments. Respondent activities have been separated for the annual and biennial reports, and separate burden estimates are provided for each in Section 6 of this supporting statement.

	Annual Report

 Read the I/M regulation (CBP)
 Review the regulatory provisions addressing the annual reporting requirement and assess respondent responsibility
 Secure necessary legal authority to establish program (CBP)
 Develop the regulatory basis for the program (CBP)
 Prepare a SIP and submit to EPA (CBP)
 Receive appropriate training relative to program operation (CBP)
 Begin program implementation (i.e., establish testing sites, begin testing, etc.) (CBP)
 Gather test and quality control information and review for accuracy (CBP)
 Analyze the test and quality control data (CBP)
 Based upon analysis of data, begin enforcement efforts against motorists, stations, and inspectors (CBP)
 Complete written or electronic "paperwork" associated with enforcement and program oversight efforts (CBP)
 Store, file, and maintain all relevant program records and information (CBP)
 Assemble existing reports in preparation for summarization
 Prepare annual summaries of program operating statistics for the enforcement mechanism, the quality assurance system, the quality control program, and the testing element based upon existing, internal reports
 Review summary information for accuracy
 Prepare and submit annual report to EPA (or otherwise provide EPA access to the required information)

	Biennial Report

	In addition to the above activities associated with the submittal of the annual information collection, I/M programs must also submit a biennial report that addresses program changes since the last reporting period, including any program weaknesses identified and improvements made. Again, many of these activities, given their importance in the areas of effective program management and helping to ensure that program resources are not wasted or abused, will need to be pursued internally regardless of this external reporting requirement. As such, many of these activities are designated as CBP.

 Track and record all changes made in program design, funding, personnel levels, procedures, regulations, and legal authority
 Conduct an evaluation of the impact on the program of all such changes (CBP)
 Conduct periodic internal investigations to discover and correct weaknesses (CBP)
 Track and record all such weaknesses or problems identified in the program within the two-year reporting period, and the steps taken to correct those problems
 Evaluate the results of those steps (CBP)
 Assemble and report the above required information, including any future efforts planned to the local EPA Regional Office

5.  	Agency Activities, Collection Methodology, and Information Management

5(a)	Agency Activities

	In implementing the I/M information collection, EPA does the following:

 Answers respondent questions
 Reviews individual annual and biennial reports
 Meets with its Regional Offices to review and discuss collective findings and trends
 Through its Regional Offices, communicates the findings of individual reviews to individual responding states

5(b)	Collection Methodology and Management

	Respondents have the option to supply their data in either hardcopy or electronically, and are free to adopt whatever reporting format results in the least burden for the respondent, while also addressing the data elements listed in this ICR. EPA is aware of at least one Regional Office which has been granted limited, online access to a state's I/M database so the Region itself may generate the required data summary reports when they are due.

	The information received from I/M programs has been used by EPA Regional Offices to assess specific state programs and their success in complying with the I/M requirements as well as their approved SIPs. As part of this assessment, EPA's Regional Offices conduct follow-up conversations with their states to discuss possible program improvements or corrective actions necessary to address anomalies (if found). When an anomaly discovered in the reported summary information cannot be resolved by the state and/or EPA Regional Office, EPA Headquarters has helped to determine whether the anomaly is the result of local conditions or is perhaps indicative of a larger, national trend. In such situations, EPA Headquarters has worked with the state and the Region to identify and address the causes of the anomaly. Information regarding the resolution of such cases  -  to the extent it may be relevant outside the program in question  -  are made available to other states, Regions, and the public in general through various communication vehicles, including monthly conference calls with the EPA Regions, a bimonthly stakeholder call with the I/M states, and the OBD Clearinghouse web site, currently managed by Weber State University under a grant from EPA and recently renewed through April 2022. The last of these may be accessed at the following: http://www.obdclearinghouse.com/.

5(c)	Small Entity Flexibility

	This section is not applicable.  The respondents to the I/M ICR are not small business entities but state governments and their representatives.

5(d)	Collection Schedule

	Under the original 1992 I/M rulemaking, basic I/M programs were required to begin reporting by July 1995, with the first biennial report coming due in July 1996. Enhanced I/M programs were required to begin reporting by July 1996, with the first biennial report coming due in July 1997. Currently  -  and for simplicity sake  -  the reporting schedule is as follows: all required I/M programs must submit their annual I/M summary data reports by July of each year. Basic I/M programs must submit the required biennial report in even numbered years, and enhanced I/M programs must submit the biennial report in odd numbered years. If, for administrative reasons, it is easier for a given program to combine its biennial report with its annual report and submit the combined report annually, EPA will accommodate the state's preference in this regard.

6.	Estimating the Burden and Cost of the Collection

6(a)	Estimating Respondent Burden

	The burden estimates for both the recordkeeping and annual reporting requirements were made using professional judgment. Recordkeeping activities are assumed to be routine, automated, and conducted primarily for the effective management of the program. Nonetheless, an hour of burden has been assumed for this category. The estimate of the burden for information gathering by technical staff for the annual report is conservative based upon EPA's previous experience working with states as they respond to the I/M reporting requirements. See 6(e)(i) Respondent Tally below.

6(b)	Estimating Respondent Costs

 Estimating Labor Costs

      Given that the respondents to this ICR are state government employees, in managerial, technical, and clerical positions, the federal government's General Schedule was adopted as a benchmark for estimating hourly labor rates. To ensure that our estimates are conservative, only the higher ranges of these categories were used. For the clerical category, GS-8 was used, while GS-13 was selected to represent the technical position, and GS-15 was used as the basis for calculating management labor rates. For each GS category, EPA used the step 3 level, to reflect the assumption that state and local burden hours would be completed by experienced staff in each category. EPA then multiplied these hourly rates by the standard government overhead factor of 1.6. This calculation results in a state and local cost of $32.46, $61.84, and $85.97 per burden hour for clerical, technical, and managerial burden hours, respectively. Calendar year 2018 was chosen as the base year. The resulting labor rates are shown in Table 1 below:

    Table 1.  Hourly Labor Rates, By Category, Adjusted for Overhead Factor

Hours Rates
                                   Clerical
                                   (GS-8.3)
                                   Technical
                                   (GS-13.3)
                             Managerial (GS-15.3)
2018 base year
                                     20.29
                                     38.65
                                     53.73
Adjusted by the overhead factor 1.6
                                     32.46
                                     61.84
                                     85.97

 Estimating Capital and Operations and Maintenance Costs

      The cost and labor associated with maintenance and other program operations previously identified as CBP have not been included in the current burden estimates. Some of the ongoing costs associated with running an I/M program include the cost of calibrating and maintaining the test equipment and the training, licensing, and labor costs associated with the inspectors used to run the equipment. These costs are imposed by the CAA requirement that a given area adopt and operate an I/M program and would be incurred even without the reporting requirements covered by the ICR proposed for renewal.

  Annualizing Capital Costs

      There are no annualized capital costs.

6(c)	Estimating Agency Burden and Cost

	The estimates of each class of hours needed to handle the burdens associated with this ICR are based upon the experience EPA has had in handling similar tasks such as assembling and processing pre-audit information from individual states on an as-needed basis. The labor categories and hourly labor rates are the same as those used for the respondent burden estimates, and are decidedly conservative. The collection activities covered by this estimate include time spent answering questions concerning the collection; reviewing the data submissions; recording the data submissions; analyzing and storing the data; summarizing the data; and drafting an internal report comparing the state submissions for red flags and/or best practices. See 6(e)(ii) Agency Tally below.

6(d)	Estimating the Respondent Universe and Total Burden and Costs

      The respondent universe consists of the states required by the CAA to implement I/M programs either because of their nonattainment status for ozone, or because of their location within the Northeast Ozone Transport Region (OTR). Currently, the number of such states is 27, plus the District of Columbia, for a total respondent universe of 28. It does not include states with voluntary I/M programs approved as either SIP-strengthening measures or as part of a maintenance plan. EPA estimated the total respondent burden and costs for this ICR using the following equation:

      Number of states        X	Number of burden hours         X 	Cost per hour
      implementing I/M 		for each state

6(e)	Bottom Line Burden Hours and Cost Tables

                 Table 2.  Bottom Line Annual Burden and Cost

ICR Reporting Element
                                     Total
                                    Comment
Number of respondents
                                      28
27 states plus D.C.
Total annual respondents
                                      28
One response per respondent
Hours per respondent
                                      86
Tables 3 and 4
Cost per respondent
                                    $5,448
Tables 3 and 4
Total respondent hours
                                     2,408
Hours per resp. x 28
Total respondent cost
                                   $152,544
Cost per resp. x 28
Total Agency hours
                                      194
Table 5
Total Agency cost
                                    $11,053
Table 5

 Respondent Tally

        Table 3.  Respondent Burden Hours & Cost for Annual Report

                              Collection Activity
                               Managerial Hours
                                Technical Hours
                                Clerical Hours
                                 Burden Hours
                             Annual Cost/Response
1. Read regulatory provisions
                                       1
                                       1

                                       2
                                    $147.81
2. Assess data requirements

                                       8

                                       8
                                    $494.72
3. Assemble reports and data

                                      16

                                      16
                                    $989.44
4. Review information for accuracy

                                       8

                                       8
                                    $494.72
5. Summarize information

                                       4

                                       4
                                    $247.36
6. Prepare and submit report

                                       4
                                       1
                                       5
                                    $279.82
7. Record, store, and maintain files

                                       1

                                       1
                                    $61.84
Total
                                       1
                                      42
                                       1
                                      44
                                    $2,716

       Table 4. 	Respondent Burden Hours & Cost for Biennial Report

Collection Activity
Managerial Hours
Technical Hours
Clerical Hours
Burden Hours
Annual Cost/Response
1. Track/record program change

                                      16

                                      16
                                    $989.44
2. Track/record weakness/correction

                                      16

                                      16
                                    $989.44
3. Assemble/report findings/future plans
                                      16
                                      32
                                       4
                                      52
                                   $3,484.24
Total
                                      16
                                      64
                                       4
                                      84
                                    $5,463

Annual burden hours
per respondent		= Hr. of annual report + (Hr of biennial report/2)
			= 44 + (84/2)
			= 86

Annual burden cost
per respondent 		= $2,716 + ($5,463/2)
			= $5,448

Annual total burden hours for all respondents:
                     = annual burden hours per respondent   X   total number of respondents
			= 86 x 28
			= 2,408

Annual total burden costs for all respondents
			= annual burden cost per respondent   X   total number of respondents
			= $5,448 x 28
			= $152,544

 Agency Tally

    Table 5.  EPA Burden Hours & Cost per Annual & Biennial Report

Collection Activity
Managerial Hours
Technical Hours
Clerical Hours
 Burden Hours
Annual Cost/ Reporting Period
1. Answer  questions
                                       4
                                      34

                                      38
                                   $2,446.44
2. Review data submissions

                                      34

                                      34
                                   $2,102.56
3. Record data submission

                                      34
                                      34
                                   $1,103.64
4. Analyze data and store

                                       4

                                       4
                                    $247.36
5. Summarize data and report
                                       8
                                      68
                                       8
                                      84
                                   $5,152.56
Total
                                      12
                                      140
                                      42
                                      194
                                    $11,053

  Variations in the Annual Bottom Line

      The bottom line burden hours and costs appear in Table 2. Total annual respondent burden associated with this ICR is estimated to be approximately 2,408 burden hours. The corresponding total annual respondent costs are estimated to be $152,544. Total national burden, including respondent burden and EPA burden, is estimated to be 2,602 hours annually. The total national cost, for respondents and EPA, is estimated to be $163,597 annually. EPA does not anticipate a significant variation (>25%) in the annual respondent reporting/recordkeeping burden or cost over the course of the clearance period it has requested.

6(f)	Reasons for Change in Burden

	There has been no change in the number of respondents or respondent burden hours since this ICR was renewed in 2015. The individual cost per respondent has risen, due to increases in the Office of Personnel Management's hourly wage estimates for clerical, technical, and managerial positions used to estimate the cost of the respondent's burden.

6(g)	Burden Statement

	The public reporting burden for the collections included in this ICR is detailed above. The annual burden per response is estimated to be 86 hours. These estimates include time for summarizing data as well as reporting summaries. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, "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; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information." 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.

 	To comment on the Agency's need for this information, the accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods for minimizing respondent burden, including the use of automated collection techniques, EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0707, which is available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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<PHONE_NUMBER>, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

 	An electronic version of the public docket is available at www.regulations.gov. This site can be used to submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. When in the system, select "search," then key in the Docket ID Number identified above. Also, you can send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. Please include the EPA Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0707 and OMB Control Number 2060-0252 in any correspondence.


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0297; FRL-8821-6]

Pesticide Products; Registration Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: EPA has received applications to register pesticide products
containing an active ingredient not included in any previously
registered pesticide product. Pursuant to the provisions of section
3(c)(4) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and opportunity to
comment on these applications.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 4, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0297 by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket Facility's normal hours of operation (8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed
information. The Docket Facility telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2010-0297. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the docket without change and may be made available on-line at
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through regulations.gov or e-
mail. The regulations.gov website is an ``anonymous access'' system,
which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information
unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-
mail comment directly to EPA without going through regulations.gov,
your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part
of the comment that is placed in the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic
files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the docket index
available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index,
some information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the Internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available either in the electronic
docket at http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard
copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One Potomac
Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of
operation of this Docket Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shaunta Hill, Registration Division
(7504P), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone
number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; e-mail address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

    You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
     Crop production (NAICS code 111).
     Animal production (NAICS code 112).
     Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
     Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B. What Should I Consider as I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

     1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through
regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly mark the part or all of the
information that you claim to be CBI. For CBI information in a disk or
CD-ROM that you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the disk or CD-ROM as
CBI and then identify electronically within the disk or

CD-ROM the specific information that is claimed as CBI. In addition to
one complete version of the comment that includes information claimed
as CBI, a copy of the comment that does not contain the information
claimed as CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket.
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with
procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.
    2. Tips for preparing your comments. When submitting comments,
remember to:
    i. Identify the document by docket ID number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal Register date and page number).
     ii. Follow directions. The Agency may ask you to respond to
specific questions or organize comments by referencing a Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number.
    iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and
substitute language for your requested changes.
     iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information
and/or data that you used.
    v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you
arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be
reproduced.
    vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and
suggest alternatives.
    vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of
profanity or personal threats.
     viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period
deadline identified.

II. Registration Applications

    EPA has received applications to register pesticide products
containing an active ingredient not included in any previously
registered pesticide product. Pursuant to the provisions of section
3(c)(4) of FIFRA, EPA is hereby providing notice of receipt and
opportunity to comment on these applications. Notice of receipt of
these applications does not imply a decision by the Agency on these
applications.
    File Symbol: 66330-UNG. Applicant: Arysta LifeScience, LLC, 15401
Westin Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513. Product name: Kasugamycin
Technical. Active ingredient: Kasugamycin hydrochloride at 85.8%.
Proposed classification/Use: Manufacturing use product.
    File Symbol: 66330-UNU. Applicant: Arysta LifeScience, LLC 15401
Westin Parkway, Suite 150, Cary, NC 27513. Product name: Kasumin 2L.
Active ingredient: Kasugamycin hydrochloride at 2.3%. Proposed
classification/Use: Terrestrial food use on pome fruit, walnuts and
fruiting vegetables.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection, Pesticides and pests.

    Dated: April 20, 2010.
G. Jeffrey Herndon,
Acting Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 619-000]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and City of Santa Clara,
California; Notice of Authorization for Continued Project Operation

    On December 12, 2016, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and City of
Santa Clara, California, licensees for the Bucks Creek Hydroelectric
Project, filed an Application for a New License pursuant to the Federal
Power Act (FPA) and the Commission's regulations thereunder. The Bucks
Creek Hydroelectric Project is located on Bucks, Grizzly, and Milk
Ranch Creek in Plumas County, California.
    The license for Project No. 619 was issued for a period ending
December 31, 2018. Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 808(a)(1),
requires the Commission, at the expiration of a license term, to issue
from year-to-year an annual license to the then licensee under the
terms and conditions of the prior license until a new license is
issued, or the project is otherwise disposed of as provided in section
15 or any other applicable section of the FPA. If the project's prior
license waived the applicability of section 15 of the FPA, then, based
on section 9(b) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c),
and as set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the licensee of such project
has filed an application for a subsequent license, the licensee may
continue to operate the project in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the license after the minor or minor part license
expires, until the Commission acts on its application. If the licensee
of such a project has not filed an application for a subsequent
license, then it may be required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), to
continue project operations until the Commission issues someone else a
license for the project or otherwise orders disposition of the project.
    If the project is subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is
hereby given that an annual license for Project No. 619 is issued to
the licensee for a period effective January 1, 2019 through December
31, 2019, or until the issuance of a new license for the project or
other disposition under the FPA, whichever comes first. If issuance of
a new license (or other disposition) does not take place on or before
December 31, 2019, notice is hereby given that, pursuant to 18 CFR
16.18(c), an annual license under section 15(a)(1) of the FPA is
renewed automatically without further order or notice by the
Commission, unless the Commission orders otherwise.
    If the project is not subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice is
hereby given that the licensee, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and
City of Santa Clara, are authorized to continue operation of the Bucks
Creek Hydroelectric Project, until such time as the Commission acts on
its application for a subsequent license.

    Dated: December 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Combined Notice of Filings 1

November 20, 2009.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
corporate filings:

    Docket Numbers: EC10-22-000.
    Applicants: Cleco Power LLC, Acadia Power Partners, LLC.
    Description: Cleco Power LLC and Acadia Power Partners, LLC submits
joint application for Order Authorizing Acquisition and Disposition of
Jurisdictional Facilities under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act.
    Filed Date: 11/16/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091120-0201.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, December 07, 2009.

    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
rate filings:

    Docket Numbers: ER96-780-024; ER03-1383-013; ER01-1633-010; ER00-
3240-013.
    Applicants: DeSoto County Generating Company, LLC, Oleander Power
Project, L.P., Southern Company--Florida LLC, Southern Power Company,
Southern Company Services, Inc.
    Description: Request for Confirmation of Southern Power Company, et
al.
    Filed Date: 10/20/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091020-5095.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, November 30, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-92-001.
    Applicants: EDF Trading North America, LLC.
    Description: Notice of Change of Status of EDF Trading North
America, LLC.
    Filed Date: 11/19/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091119-5124.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, December 10, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-287-000.
    Applicants: PacifiCorp.
    Description: PacifiCorp Energy submits notice of termination of
Rate Schedule FERC No 392.
    Filed Date: 11/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091119-0062.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-288-000.
    Applicants: Carolina Power & Light Company & Florida.
    Description: Progress Energy Service Co, LLC submit proposed
modifications to the Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff.
    Filed Date: 11/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091119-0061.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-289-000.
    Applicants: Florida Power & Light Company.
    Description: Florida Power & Light Company submits Seventh Revised
Service Agreement No 162.
    Filed Date: 11/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091119-0057.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-290-000.
    Applicants: New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
    Description: New York Independent System Operator, Inc submits
revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff with respect to the
NYISO's interconnection queue study processes.
    Filed Date: 11/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091119-0056.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.

    Docket Numbers: ER10-291-000.
    Applicants: Florida Power & Light Company.
    Description: Florida Power & Light Company submits First Revised
Service Agreement 80 and First Revised Sheets 9, 39, and 40 to First
Revised Rate Schedule 110 and requests waiver of the Commission's 60
days notice requirement etc.
    Filed Date: 11/18/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091119-0048.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, December 9, 2009.
    Take notice that the Commission received the following electric
reliability filings:

    Docket Numbers: RD10-3-000.
    Applicants: North American Electric Reliability Corp.
    Description: Petition of the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation for Approval of an Interpretation to Reliability Standard
CIP-007-2, Requirement R2.
    Filed Date: 11/17/2009.
    Accession Number: 20091117-5085.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, December 08, 2009.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above
proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment
date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket
related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the
same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in
determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to
make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the
Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding,
interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline
need not be served on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at http://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet
access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an
intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
    Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and
14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission,

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the
Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link
on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification
when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with
any FERC Online service, please e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or
call<PHONE_NUMBER> (toll free). For TTY, call<PHONE_NUMBER>.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2010-N-0001]

Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of
Meeting

AGENCY:  Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION:  Notice.

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    This notice announces a forthcoming meeting of a public advisory
committee of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The meeting will
be open to the public.

    Name of Committee: Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory
Committee.
    General Function of the Committee: To provide advice and
recommendations to the agency on FDA's regulatory issues.
    Date and Time: The meeting will be held on May 27, 2010, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Location: The Inn and Conference Center, University of Maryland
University College (UMUC), 3501 University Blvd. East, Adelphi, MD. The
hotel telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Contact Person: Paul Tran, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
(HFD-21), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane (for express
delivery, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1093) Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-
7001, FAX:<PHONE_NUMBER>, e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or FDA Advisory
Committee Information Line, 1-800-741-8138<PHONE_NUMBER> in the
Washington, DC area), code<PHONE_NUMBER>. Please call the Information Line
for up-to-date information on this meeting. A notice in the Federal
Register about last minute modifications that impact a previously
announced advisory committee meeting cannot always be published quickly
enough to provide timely notice. Therefore, you should always check the
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    Agenda: On May 27, 2010, the committee will discuss the safety and
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    Dated: March 16, 2010.
Jill Hartzler Warner,
Acting Associate Commissioner for Special Medical Programs.
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 7, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 88133-88135]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29309]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

49 CFR Part 225

RIN 2130-AC58

Update to Email Address for the Electronic Submission via the
Internet of Certain Accident/Incident Reports

AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule updates FRA's accident/incident reporting
regulations to provide the current electronic mail address railroads
must use to electronically submit to FRA certain accident/incident
report forms.

DATES: Effective: December 7, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kebo Chen, Staff Director, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office
of Safety Analysis, RRS-22, Mail Stop 25, West Building 3rd Floor, Room
W33-314, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-
493-6079); or Gahan Christenson, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Chief
Counsel, RCC-10, Mail Stop 10, West Building 3rd Floor, Room W33-435,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590 (telephone 202-493-
1381).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule updates the electronic mail
(email) address provided in 49 CFR part 225 for railroads to
electronically submit certain FRA accident/incident report forms.\1\
Part 225 references the FRA email address in two places: Paragraph (c)
of Sec.  225.27 and paragraph (c)(1) of Sec.  225.37. Those paragraphs
direct railroads to submit the specified forms to the following email
address<EMAIL_ADDRESS>This FRA email address is out of date
and no longer functional. Accordingly, in this rule FRA is updating the
email address referenced in paragraph (c) of Sec.  225.27 and paragraph
(c)(1) of Sec.  225.37 to the current email address where FRA can
receive these reports. The current email address is:
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ FRA is not simultaneously updating the email address in the
FRA Guide for Preparing Accident/Incident Reports (Guide) because
this final rule and updates on FRA's Web site, in addition to
communication between FRA and individual railroads, makes it
unnecessary to revise the Guide at this time.
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    Starting in 2013, FRA informed railroad reporting officers of the
change in the email address in Sec. Sec.  225.27 and 225.37 and started
transitioning to the new<EMAIL_ADDRESS>email address. FRA
established the<EMAIL_ADDRESS>email address to avoid increased
costs associated with the previous email address in the regulations.
Until December 31, 2015, FRA accepted emailed accident/incident report
forms at the email address in part 225<EMAIL_ADDRESS>and at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>but the<EMAIL_ADDRESS>email address no
longer functions.
    This rule only updates the email address in the regulation and
makes no other changes to part 225. FRA is issuing this final rule
without providing an opportunity for prior to public notice and comment
as the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) normally requires. See 5
U.S.C. 553. The APA authorizes agencies to dispense with certain notice
and comment procedures if the agency finds for good cause that notice
and public procedure are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the
public interest. See 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). Because this final rule
makes no substantive amendment to FRA's regulations and only changes
the email address for railroads to submit to FRA certain already
required documents, FRA finds, for good cause, that notice and public
comment is unnecessary, because the public would not benefit from such
notice. Moreover, The scope of this regulatory change is very limited;
FRA is merely replacing an outdated email address with a current email
address.

Regulatory Evaluation

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 and DOT Regulatory Policies and
Procedures

    FRA evaluated this final rule under existing policies and
procedures and determined it to be a non-significant regulatory action
under both Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 and DOT policies and
procedures. See 44 FR 11034, Feb. 26, 1979. This final rule only
updates the email address used by railroads to report certain accident/
incident forms to FRA, and makes no substantive changes to part 225's
reporting requirements. This rule is necessary because the current
email address is out of date and no longer accepts accident/incident
report forms. Over the past three years, FRA has repeatedly notified
railroads of the new email address that should be used for submitting
accident/incident report forms. Consequently, most railroads already
use the new email address referenced in this rule, but some do not and
will need to do so under this final rule. These railroads will incur a
minor administrative burden to make note of the new email address and
revise their contact lists accordingly, in comparison to no change in
the email address used to submit accident/incident report forms to FRA.
    The administrative burden to update the email address will depend
on how the railroads submit accident/incident report forms to FRA. In
general, railroads use the email address in two ways to submit
accident/incident report forms. First, a railroad may manually enter
the email address into its email program or electronic device (such as
a multi-function printer) each time the railroad submits an accident/
incident report form to FRA. In this case, substituting the new email
address for the old one would present no additional burden because the
railroad would have had to enter an email address regardless.
Furthermore, if occasionally updating email addresses is a regular part
of a railroad reporting officer's duties (the employee most likely to
submit accident/incident report forms to FRA), the burden of updating
the email address is already taken into account. The railroad employee
would only need to take note of the new email address, requiring a
minimal amount of time.
    Second, a railroad may use an automated system to submit accident/
incident report forms to FRA. In such a system, the reporting officer
would need to update, save and/or compile, and check for errors when
using the new email address (such as entering in the email address
wrong). These steps are standardized, and again, would require minimal
time to update one email address. In addition, whether email addresses
are entered manually, or stored in an automated system, the email
address would only need to be updated once. Thus, given the small
amount of time needed to revise the current email address to the new
one, and one-time occurrence of the task, the costs associated with
this change will be minimal.

    In sum, this final rule makes no substantive changes to part 225's
reporting requirements. The rule only makes an administrative change to
facilitate railroads submission of accident/incident forms to FRA.
Thus, the rule imposes no significant additional costs, and creates no
new significant benefits and FRA has determined further analysis under
Executive Orders 12866, 13563 or DOT policies and procedures is not
necessary.

Regulatory Flexibility Act and Executive Order 13272

    FRA developed this rule under Executive Order 13272 (``Proper
Consideration of Small Entities in Agency Rulemaking'') and DOT's
procedures and policies to promote compliance with the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to ensure potential impacts of
rules on small entities are properly considered.
    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) requires an agency to
review regulations to assess their impact on small entities. An agency
must conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis unless it determines and
certifies that a rule is not expected to have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities.
    This final rule simply updates an email address railroads use to
electronically submit to FRA certain accident/incident report forms.
This rule does not contain any new substantive regulatory requirements.
As a result, this rule will impose no new compliance costs on small
entities other than those minimal potential costs outlined above in the
Regulatory Evaluation section. Under the RFA, the Administrator of FRA
certifies this final rule will have no significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
    Furthermore, FRA has determined the RFA does not apply to this
rulemaking because FRA is not publishing a proposed rule in this
proceeding. Given the minor change to replace an outdated email address
with a current email address and FRA's finding that notice and public
comment is unnecessary and would serve no public benefit, per guidance
from the Small Business Administration, the RFA does not apply. See A
Guide for Government Agencies: How to Comply with the Regulatory
Flexibility Act, Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy (May
2012, p.55).

Paperwork Reduction Act

    There are no new or additional information collection requirements
associated with this final rule. FRA's collection of accident/incident
reporting and recordkeeping information is currently approved under OMB
No. 2130-0500. Therefore, FRA is not required to provide an estimate of
a public reporting burden in this document.

Federalism Implications

    Executive Order 13132, ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, Aug. 10, 1999),
requires FRA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful
and timely input by State and local officials in the development of
regulatory policies that have federalism implications.'' ``Policies
that have federalism implications'' are defined in the Executive Order
to include regulations that have ``substantial direct effects on the
States, on the relationship between the national government and the
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the
various levels of government.'' Under Executive Order 13132, the agency
may not issue a regulation with federalism implications that imposes
substantial direct compliance costs and that is not required by
statute, unless the Federal government provides the funds necessary to
pay the direct compliance costs incurred by State and local
governments, or the agency consults with State and local government
officials early in the process of developing the regulation. Where a
regulation has federalism implications and preempts State law, the
agency seeks to consult with State and local officials in the process
of developing the regulation.
    FRA analyzed this final rule under the principles and criteria in
Executive Order 13132. This rule will not have a substantial direct
effect on States, on the relationship between the national government
and the States, or on the distribution of power and the
responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified
in the Executive Order 13132. In addition, FRA determined this rule
does not impose substantial direct compliance costs on State and local
governments. Accordingly, FRA concluded the consultation and funding
requirements of Executive Order 13132 do not apply and preparation of a
federalism assessment is not required.

Environmental Impact

    FRA evaluated this final rule under its ``Procedures for
Considering Environmental Impacts'' (FRA's Procedures) (64 FR 28545,
May 26, 1999) as required by the National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), other environmental statutes, Executive Orders,
and related regulatory requirements. FRA has determined this final rule
is not a major FRA action (requiring the preparation of an
environmental impact statement or environmental assessment) because it
is categorically excluded from detailed environmental review under
section 4(c)(20) of FRA's Procedures. See 64 FR 28547, May 26, 1999.
Section 4(c)(20) reads as follows:

(c) Actions categorically excluded. Certain classes of FRA actions
have been determined to be categorically excluded from the
requirements of these Procedures as they do not individually or
cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment. . .
. The following classes of FRA actions are categorically excluded: .
. . (20) Promulgation of railroad safety rules and policy statements
that do not result in significantly increased emissions or air or
water pollutants or noise or increased traffic congestion in any
mode of transportation.

    Consistent with section 4(c)(20) of FRA's Procedures, FRA concluded
that no extraordinary circumstances exist with respect to this
regulation that might trigger the need for a more detailed
environmental review. As a result, FRA finds this rule is not a major
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human
environment.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    Under Section 201 of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Public Law 104-4, 2 U.S.C. 1531), each Federal agency ``shall, unless
otherwise prohibited by law, assess the effects of Federal regulatory
actions on State, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector
(other than to the extent that such regulations incorporate
requirements specifically set forth in law).'' Section 202 of the Act
(2 U.S.C. 1532) further requires that

before promulgating any general notice of proposed rulemaking that
is likely to result in the promulgation of any rule that includes
any Federal mandate that may result in expenditure by State, local,
and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector,
of $100,000,000 or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any 1
year, and before promulgating any final rule for which a general
notice of proposed rulemaking was published, the agency shall
prepare a written statement

detailing the effect on State, local, and tribal governments and the
private sector. This final rule will not result in the expenditure of
more than $156,000,000 by the public sector in any one year. Thus,
preparation of such a statement is not required.

Energy Impact

    Executive Order 13211 requires Federal agencies to prepare a
Statement of Energy Effects for any ``significant energy action.'' 66
FR 28355, May 22, 2001. Under the Executive Order, a ``significant
energy action'' is defined as any action by an agency (normally
published in the Federal Register) that promulgates or is expected to
lead to the promulgation of, a final rule or regulation (including a
notice of inquiry, advance notice of proposed rulemaking, and notice of
proposed rulemaking) that (1)(i) is a significant regulatory action
under Executive Order 12866 or any successor order, and (ii) is likely
to have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or
use of energy; or (2) is designated by the Administrator of the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs as a significant energy action.
FRA has evaluated this rule under Executive Order 13211. FRA has
determined this rule will not have a significant adverse effect on the
supply, distribution, or use of energy, and, thus, is not a
``significant energy action'' under Executive Order 13211.

Executive Order 12898 (Environmental Justice)

    Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, and DOT
Order 5610.2(a) (91 FR 27534, May 10, 2012) require DOT agencies to
achieve environmental justice as part of their mission by identifying
and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects, including interrelated social
and economic effects, of their programs, policies, and activities on
minority populations and low-income populations. The DOT Order
instructs DOT agencies to address compliance with Executive Order 12898
and requirements within the DOT Order in rulemaking activities, as
appropriate. FRA evaluated this final rule under Executive Order 12898
and the DOT Order and determined it would not cause disproportionately
high and adverse human health and environmental effects on minority or
low-income populations.

Executive Order 13175 (Tribal Consultation)

    FRA evaluated this final rule under the principles and criteria in
Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal
Governments, dated November 6, 2000. The final rule would not have a
substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, would not
impose substantial direct compliance costs on Indian tribal
governments, and would not preempt tribal laws. Therefore, the funding
and consultation requirements of Executive Order 13175 do not apply,
and a tribal summary impact statement is not required.

Trade Impact

    The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.) prohibits
Federal agencies from engaging in any standards setting or related
activities that create unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of
the United States. Legitimate domestic objectives, such as safety, are
not considered unnecessary obstacles. The statute also requires
consideration of international standards and, where appropriate, that
they be the basis for U.S. standards. FRA assessed the potential effect
of this final rule on foreign commerce and concluded its requirements
are consistent with the Trade Agreements Act.

Privacy Act

    Interested parties should be aware that anyone can search the
electronic form of all written comments received into any agency docket
by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in
the Federal Register (65 FR 19477-19478, Apr. 11, 2000) or you may
visit http://www.transportation.gov/privacy.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 225

    Investigations, Penalties, Railroad safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.

The Rule

    In consideration of the foregoing, FRA amends part 225 of chapter
II, subtitle B of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows:

PART 225--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 225 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 103, 322(a), 20103, 20107, 20901-02, 21301,
21302, 21311; 28 U.S.C. 2461, note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

0
2. Amend Sec.  225.27 by revising the first sentence of paragraph (c)
to read as follows:

Sec.  225.27  Retention of records.

* * * * *
    (c) Each railroad shall retain the original hard copy of each
completed and signed Form FRA F 6180.55, ``Railroad Injury and Illness
Summary,'' that the railroad submits to FRA on optical media (CD-ROM)
or electronically via the Internet to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>for at
least five years after the calendar year to which it relates. * * *
* * * * *

0
3. Amend Sec.  225.37 by revising paragraph (c)(1) introductory text to
read as follows:

Sec.  225.37  Optical media transfer and electronic submission.

* * * * *
    (c)(1) Each railroad utilizing the electronic submission via the
Internet option shall submit to FRA at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>* * * * *

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 1, 2016.
Amitabha Bose,
Acting Administrator.
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