[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36122-36123]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12890]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0120; FRL--9938-01-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Primary Magnesium Refining
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Primary Magnesium
Refining (EPA ICR Number 2098.10, OMB Control Number 2060-0536), to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30,
2022. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal
Register, on April 13, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2021-0120, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our
preferred method), or by email to [email protected], or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that
all comments received will be included in the public docket without
change including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, 27711; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person, at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is<PHONE_NUMBER>. For
additional information about EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants (NESHAP) for Primary Magnesium Refining (40 CFR part 63,
subpart TTTTT) were proposed on January 22, 2003; promulgated on
October 10, 2003; and amended on April 20, 2006. These regulations
apply to existing and new facilities that perform primary magnesium
refining where the total hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) emitted are
greater than, or equal to, 10 tons per year for each HAP, or where the
total HAPs emitted are greater than, or equal to, 25 tons per year of
any combination of HAPs. New facilities include those that commenced
either construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This
information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR part
63, subpart TTTTT. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial
notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/
operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup,
shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or
any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These
notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining

compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to the
NESHAP.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Primary magnesium refining
facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory 40 CFR 63, Subpart
TTTTT.
    Estimated number of respondents: One (total).
    Frequency of response: Semiannually.
    Total estimated burden: 972 hours (per year). Burden is defined at
5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $116,000 (per year), which includes $1,200 in
annualized capital/startup and/or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment increase in the
total estimated burden as currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens. This increase is not due to any program changes. The
burden in this ICR has been adjusted to account for more accurate
estimates for performance testing costs based on consultations with
industry. The previous ICR assumed that a single performance test was
conducted once every three years by the affected facility. This ICR
adjusts the performance testing costs to reflect that the facility
conducts separate performance tests for individual units during the
term of the ICR. The regulation, 40 CFR 63.9912, requires performance
testing no less frequently than twice (at mid-term and renewal) of each
term of the Title V permit, or every 2.5 years, for each emission
point. For the facility subject to this rule, we have clarified that
multiple emission points must be tested twice during the Title V permit
term, with approximately 20 percent of units anticipated to require a
retest. This ICR therefore assumes that performance tests are conducted
for approximately two emission units in each year during the three-year
period of this ICR. Therefore, labor costs have been adjusted to
account for submission of notification and reports for performance
tests twice annually. This change also results in an increase in the
number of responses.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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[Federal Register: February 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 39)]
[Notices]
[Page 10085-10086]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. 34-53341; File No. SR-Amex-2006-15]

Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC;
Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change to
Increase the Options Marketing Fee Applicable to Certain Types of
Equity Options

February 21, 2006.
    Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(``Act''),\1\ and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,\2\ notice is hereby given that
on February 15, 2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC (``Amex'' or
``Exchange'') filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(``Commission'') the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II
and III below, which Items have been prepared by the Amex. The Amex has
designated this proposal as one establishing or changing a due, fee, or
other charge imposed by a self-regulatory organization pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act \3\ and Rule 19-4(f)(2)
thereunder,\4\ which renders the proposal effective upon filing with
the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit
comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4.
    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \4\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of Substance
of the Proposed Rule Change

    The Exchange proposes to increase the options marketing fee
applicable to certain equity options. The text of the proposed rule
change is available on the Amex's Web site at http://www.amex.com, at

the principal office of the Exchange, and at the Commission's Public
Reference Room.

II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

    In its filing with the Commission, the Amex included statements
concerning the purpose of, and basis for, the proposed rule change and
discussed any comments it received on the proposal. The text of these
statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below.
The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C
below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.

A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and
Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change

1. Purpose
    In June 2003, the Exchange re-instated its options marketing fee of
$0.40 per contract on the transactions of specialists and registered
options traders (``ROTs'') in equity options.\5\ Currently, the options
marketing fee is eligible to be assessed on all equity options
transactions (including options on exchange-traded funds and trust
issued receipts). The Exchange now proposes to amend the equity options
marketing fee to increase the fee from the current level of $0.40 to
$0.75 per contract (except for SPDR options, which will continue to
remain subject to the current fee level of $1.00 per contract).\6\ The
Exchange also proposes to revise the equity options marketing fee by
limiting its assessment to customer orders that are from payment
accepting firms with whom a specialist has negotiated a payment for
order flow arrangement and that are executed electronically (i.e.,
through the Exchange's ANTE system).\7\ The current equity options
marketing fee is assessed on all executed customer orders (whether
electronically or manually executed) of payment accepting firms. This
revision further limits the assessment of the marketing fee to
electronic executions.
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    \5\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 48053 (June 17,
2003), 68 FR 37880 (June 25, 2003).
    \6\ See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51685 (May 11,
2005), 70 FR 28587 (May 18, 2005).
    \7\ Telephone conversation between Caroline McCaffery, Assistant
General Counsel, Amex, and Hong Anh Tran, Special Counsel, Division
of Market Regulation, on February 17, 2006.
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    The Exchange represents that it has no role with respect to the
negotiations between specialists and payment accepting firms. The
Exchange states that it collects and administers the payment of the fee
collected on those transactions for which the specialist has

advised the Exchange that it has negotiated with a payment accepting
firm to pay for the firm's order flow. Included in this general
administrative support, the Exchange tracks the number of qualified
orders sent by a payment accepting firm, bills specialists and ROTs
through their clearing firms and issues payments to payment accepting
firms to reflect the collection and payment of the marketing fee. The
Exchange rebates to specialists and ROTs, on a quarterly basis, the
amount of marketing fees collected that have not been paid to order
flow providers.
    The Exchange further states that the specialists are solely
responsible, but are not required, to negotiate payment for order flow
agreements with payment accepting firms and are responsible for any
arrangements made with the payment accepting firms. The specialists
will use the funds that are collected from a particular post on the
Exchange to market for those specific products traded at that
particular post on the Exchange. So long as it is within the above
described parameters, the specific terms governing the orders that
qualify for payment and the amount of any payments are determined by
the specialists in their discretion.
    The Exchange asserts that the proposal is equitable as required by
Section 6(b)(4) of the Act.\8\ In connection with the revision to the
equity options marketing fee, the Exchange notes that increasing the
fee from $0.40 to $0.75 per contract (except for SPDR options, which
will continue to remain subject to the current fee level of $1.00 per
contract) and limiting assessment to the electronic executions of
customer orders from payment accepting firms is reasonable given the
competitive pressure to attract options order flow. In addition, the
Exchange submits that those trading crowds that benefit from a payment
for order flow arrangement negotiated by the specialist should
contribute to the success of the particular products. Accordingly, the
Exchange believes that the proposal is an equitable allocation of
reasonable fees among Exchange members.
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    \8\ Section 6(b)(4) of the Act, 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4), states that
the rules of a national securities exchange provide for the
equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges
among its members and issuers and other persons using its
facilities.
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2. Statutory Basis
    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change is consistent
with Section 6(b) of the Act,\9\ in general, and furthers the
objectives of Section 6(b)(4),\10\ in particular, in that it is
designed to provide for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues,
fees, and other charges among its members and issuers and other persons
using facilities.
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    \9\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b).
    \10\ 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).
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B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition

    The Exchange believes that the proposed rule change will not impose
any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in
furtherance of the purposes of the Act.

C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed
Rule Change Received From Members, Participants, or Others

    The Exchange has neither solicited nor received comments on the
proposed rule change. The Amex has not received any unsolicited written
comments from members or other interested parties.

III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for
Commission Action

    The foregoing proposed rule change has become effective pursuant to
Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act,\11\ and paragraph (f)(2) of Rule
19b-4 thereunder \12\ because it establishes or changes a due, fee, or
other charge. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed
rule change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if
it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or
appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or
otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
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    \11\ 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).
    \12\ 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).
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IV. Solicitation of Comments

    Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and
arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule
change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of
the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml.
); or     Send an e-mail to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Please include

File Number SR-Amex-2006-15 on the subject line.

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20549-1090.
    All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Amex-2006-15. This
file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used.
To help the Commission process and review your comments more
efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all
comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml
). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments,

all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that
are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating
to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person,
other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance
with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for inspection
and copying in the Commission's Public Reference Room. Copies of such
filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the Amex.
All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission
does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You
should submit only information that you wish to make available
publicly. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-Amex-2006-15
and should be submitted on or before March 21, 2006.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation,
pursuant to delegated authority.\13\
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    \13\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).
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Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8282-8283]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OA-2019-0296; FRL-10660-01-OMS]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy
Act and Assessing the Environmental Effects Abroad of EPA Actions
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Procedures for Implementing the
National Environmental Policy Act and Assessing the Environmental
Effects Abroad of EPA Actions (EPA ICR Number 2243.10, OMB Control
Number 2020-0033) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved
through February 23, 2023. Public comments were previously requested
via the Federal Register on June 28, 2022, during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before March 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID Number
EPA-HQ-OA-2019-0296, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all
comments received will be included in the public docket without change
including any personal information provided, unless the comment
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Candi Schaedle, NEPA Compliance
Division, Office of Federal Activities, Mail Code 2501G, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through February 23, 2023. An agency may
not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on June 28, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows
for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting documents,
which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be
collecting, are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA
Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, visit
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42
U.S.C. 4321-4347 establishes a national policy for the environment. The
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) oversees the NEPA
implementation. CEQ's Regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508 set
the standard for NEPA compliance. They also require agencies to
establish their own NEPA implementing procedures. The EPA's procedures
for implementing NEPA are found in 40 CFR part 6. Through this part,
the EPA adopted the CEQ Regulations and supplemented those regulations
for actions proposed by the EPA that are subject to NEPA requirements.
The EPA actions subject to NEPA include the award of wastewater
treatment construction grants under section 201 of the Clean Water Act,
the EPA's issuance of new source National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permits under section 402 of the Clean Water
Act, certain research and development projects, the EPA actions
involving renovations or new construction of EPA facilities, and
certain grants awarded for projects authorized by Congress through the
agency's annual appropriations act. The EPA is collecting information
from certain applicants as part of the process of complying with either
NEPA or Executive Order 12114 (``Environmental Effects Abroad of Major
Federal Actions''). The EPA's NEPA regulations apply to actions of the
EPA that are subject to NEPA in order to ensure that environmental
information is available to the agency's decision-makers and the public
before decisions are made and before actions are taken. When the EPA
conducts an environmental assessment pursuant to its Executive Order
12114 procedures, the agency generally follows its NEPA procedures.
Compliance with the procedures is the responsibility of the EPA's
Responsible Officials, and for applicant proposed actions applicants
may be required to provide environmental information to the EPA as part
of the environmental review process. For this ICR, applicant-proposed
projects subject to either NEPA or Executive Order 12114 (and that are
not addressed in other EPA programs' ICRs) are addressed through the
NEPA process.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Certain grant or permit applicants
who must submit environmental information documentation to the EPA for
their projects to comply with NEPA or Executive Order 12114, including
Wastewater Treatment Construction Grants Program facilities funded
under section 201 of the Clean Water Act, State and Tribal Assistance
Grant recipients, and new source NPDES permittees.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 516 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 73,800 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).

    Total estimated cost: $6,259,214 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 66,240 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This increase is due to an adjustment change in the
size of the respondent universe due to the return of congressional
earmarks in the EPA annual appropriations act.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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