[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 19, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-20388]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0578; FRL-9984-03-OLEM]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Technical Assistance Needs Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or
Removal Sites

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR), ``Technical Assistance Needs
Assessments'' (EPA ICR No. 2470.02, OMB Control No. 2050-0211) to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is
soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension
of the ICR, which is currently approved through November 30, 2018. An
Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 19, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2012-0578 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Shewack, Office of Site

Remediation and Restoration, (OSRR01-5), Environmental Protection
Agency, Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 02109-
3912; telephone number:<PHONE_NUMBER>; fax 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
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<PHONE_NUMBER>. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting
comments and information to enable it to: (i) Evaluate whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of
the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. EPA
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate.
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the usage of TANAs with members of the
impacted community in order to determine how the community is receiving
technical information about a Superfund remedial or removal site;
whether the community requires additional assistance in order to
understand and respond to site-related technical information; and
whether there are organizations in the community that are interested or
involved in site-related issues and capable of acting as an appropriate
conduit for technical assistance services to the affected community.
Given the specific nature of the TANA, 8 to 10 persons will be
interviewed per site, with an estimated total of 80 persons being
interviewed per year (8 sites). Responses to the collection of
information are voluntary and the names of respondents will be
protected by the Privacy Act. The TANA will help ensure the community's
needs for technical information assistance are defined as early in the
remedial/removal process as possible and enable meaningful community
involvement in the Superfund decision-making process. Additionally, the
TANA process produces a blueprint for designing a coordinated effort to
meet the community's needs for additional technical assistance while
minimizing the overlap of services provided.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Respondents to this ICR are local/
state government officials, potentially-responsible party (PRP)
representatives, community organizations, businesses and individuals
who may be impacted by a Superfund site or a removal action lasting 120
days or longer. These community members voluntarily participate in
community involvement activities throughout the remedial phase of the
Superfund process. SIC Codes are OSHA's Standard Industrial
Classification System used to identify different groups. Local/state
governments are categorized as Division J: Public Administration, Major
Group 95: Administration of Environmental Quality, subgroup 9511: Air
and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management. The other respondents,
community members, do not have a SIC Code as they do not constitute an
industry.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 80 (per year).
    Frequency of response: Once during the remediation of the Site.
Each TANA interview is expected to last approximately one hour in
duration.
    Total estimated burden: 80 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,860 (per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: A reduction in the total estimated respondent
burden is expected when compared with the ICR currently approved by
OMB.

    Dated: September 12, 2018.
James E. Woolford,
Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation.
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[Federal Register: October 9, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 194)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL07-103-000]

California Department of Water Resources; Notice of Filing

September 28, 2007.
    Take notice that on September 18, 2007, pursuant to Rule 207 of the
Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC or Commission), 18 CFR 385.207 and 18 CFR 381.108, the
California Department of Water Resources (CDWR) filed a petition for
declaratory order finding that the Commission does not have exclusive
jurisdiction over the claims now pending in arbitration between CDWR
and Sempra Generation; and confirming that FERC would not, in the
circumstances presented, exercise primary jurisdiction over those
claims.
    Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 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. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices,
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov.
 Persons unable to file electronically should submit an

original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the

``eLibrary'' link and is 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>.
    Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on October 9, 2007.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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