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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. IC13-8-000]

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC Form No. 556);
Comment Request; Extension

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of information collection and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, 44 USC 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the
currently approved information collection, OMB No. 1902-0075, FERC Form
No. 556, ``Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF) Status for a Small
Power Production or Cogeneration Facility'' (Form No. 556).

DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due March 1, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments (identified by Docket No. IC13-8-
000) by either of the following methods:
     eFiling at Commission's Web Site: http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
     Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
    Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in
accordance with submission guidelines at: http://www.ferc.gov/help/submission-guide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support
by email at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or by phone at:<PHONE_NUMBER>
(toll-free), or<PHONE_NUMBER> for TTY.
    Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of
activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and
issuances in this docket may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/docs-filing.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>telephone at<PHONE_NUMBER>, and fax at (202)
273-0873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: FERC Form No. 556, Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF)
Status for a Small Power Production or Cogeneration Facility.

    OMB Control No.: 1902-0075.
    Type of Request: Three-year extension of the Form No. 556
information collection requirements with no changes to the current
reporting requirements.
    Abstract: The Commission requires the Form No. 556 to implement the
statutory provisions in Sections 201 and 210 of the Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).\1\ FERC is authorized to
encourage cogeneration and small power production and to prescribe such
rules as necessary in order to carry out the statutory directives.
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    \1\ PublicLaw 95-617, November 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3117. Codified
at 16 U.S.C. 46,2601-45.
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    A primary statutory objective is the conservation of energy through
efficient use of energy resources and facilities by electric utilities.
One means of achieving this goal is to encourage production of electric
power by cogeneration facilities which make use of reject heat
associated with commercial or industrial processes, and by small power
production facilities which use other wastes and renewable resources.
PURPA, encourages the development of small power production facilities
and cogeneration facilities which meet certain technical and corporate
criteria through establishment of various regulatory benefits.
Facilities that meet these criteria are called Qualifying Facilities or
QFs.
    FERC's regulations \2\ specify:
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    \2\ 18 CFR part 292.
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     The certification procedures which must be followed by
owners or operators of small power production and cogeneration
facilities;
     The criteria which must be met;
     The information which must be submitted to FERC in order
to obtain qualifying status;
     The PURPA benefits which are available to QFs to encourage
small power production and cogeneration; and
     The requirements pertaining to PURPA implementation plans
regarding the transaction obligations that electric utilities have with
respect to QFs.
    Among PURPA provisions in Part 292 are requirements for electric
utilities to:
     Purchase energy and capacity from QFs favorably priced on
the basis of the avoided cost of the power that is displaced by the QF
power (i.e. the incremental cost to the purchasing utility if it had
generated the displaced power or purchased it from another source);
     Sell backup, maintenance and other power services to QFs
at rates based on the cost of rendering the services;
     Provide certain interconnection and transmission services
priced on a nondiscriminatory basis;
     Operate in ``parallel'' with other interconnected QFs so
that they may be electrically synchronized with electric utility grids;
and
     Make available to the public avoided cost information and
system capacity needs.
    18 CFR Part 292 exempts QFs from certain corporate, accounting,
reporting and rate regulation requirements, certain state laws and in
certain instances, regulation under the Federal Power Act \3\ and the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.\4\
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    \3\ 16 U.S.C. 791, et seq.
    \4\ 42 U.S.C. 16, 451-63.
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    Type of Respondents: Respondents to the Form No. 556 are
cogeneration facilities and small power producers with a generating
capacity greater than 1Megawatt (MW) who are self-certifying their
status as a cogenerator facility or small power producer facility or
who are submitting an application for FERC certification of their
status as a cogenerator facility.
    Estimate of Annual Burden \5\: The Commission estimates the total
Public Reporting Burden for this information collection as:
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    \5\ The Commission defines burden as 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. For further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.

   Form No. 556 (IC13-8-000): Certification of Qualifying Facility (QF) Status for a Small Power Production or
                                              Cogeneration Facility
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                                                                                Average burden     Estimated
         Facility type             Filing type        No. of       Total No. of      hours per     total annual
                                                    Respondents      responses       response      burden hours
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cogeneration facility > 1MW...  self-                         53               2               8             848
                                 certification.
cogeneration facility > 1 MW..  application for                2               2              50             200
                                 FERC
                                 certification.
small power production          self-                        690               2               3            4140
 facility > 1 MW.                certification.
small power production          application for                0               0               6               0
 facility > 1 MW.                FERC
                                 certification.
cogeneration and small power    self-                        192               2               3            1152
 production facility <= 1MW      certification.
 (not required to file).
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    Totals....................  ................             937  ..............  ..............           6,340
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    The total estimated annual cost burden to respondents is
$374,757.40 [6,340 * $59.11].\6\
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    \6\ The cost figures are derived by multiplying the total hours
to prepare a response (hours) by an hourly wage estimate of $59.11
(a composite estimate that includes legal, engineering and support
staff wages and benefits obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistic
data at http://bls.gov/oes/current/naics3_221000.htm and http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm rates.
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    Comments: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Commission, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden and
cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

    Dated: December 20, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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[Pages 40113-40114]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[SEC File No. 270-465, OMB Control No. 3235-0528]

Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available From: Securities and Exchange
Commission, Office of FOIA Services, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC
20549-2736

Extension:
    Rule 237, 60-Day Notice (2019)

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the
collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to
submit this existing collection of information to the Office of
Management and Budget (``OMB'') for extension and approval.
    In Canada, as in the United States, individuals can invest a
portion of their earnings in tax-deferred retirement savings accounts
(``Canadian retirement accounts''). These accounts, which operate in a
manner similar to individual retirement accounts in the United States,
encourage retirement savings by permitting savings on a tax-deferred
basis. Individuals who establish Canadian retirement accounts while
living and working in Canada and who later move to the United States
(``Canadian-U.S. Participants'' or ``participants'') often continue to
hold their retirement assets in their Canadian retirement accounts
rather than prematurely withdrawing (or ``cashing out'') those assets,
which would result in immediate taxation in Canada.
    Once in the United States, however, these participants historically
have been unable to manage their Canadian retirement account
investments. Most securities that are ``qualified investments'' for
Canadian retirement accounts are not registered under the U.S.
securities laws. Those securities, therefore, generally cannot be
publicly offered and sold in the United States without violating the
registration requirement of the Securities Act of 1933 (``Securities
Act'').\1\ As a result of this registration requirement, Canadian-U.S.
Participants previously were not able to purchase or exchange
securities for their Canadian retirement accounts as needed to meet
their changing investment goals or income needs.
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 77. In addition, the offering and selling of
securities of investment companies (``funds'') that are not
registered pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940
(``Investment Company Act'') is generally prohibited by U.S.
securities laws. 15 U.S.C. 80a.
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    The Commission issued a rulemaking in 2000 that enabled Canadian-
U.S. Participants to manage the assets in their Canadian retirement
accounts by providing relief from the U.S. registration requirements
for offers of securities of foreign issuers to Canadian-U.S.
Participants and sales to Canadian retirement accounts.\2\ Rule 237
under the Securities Act \3\ permits securities of foreign issuers,
including securities of foreign funds, to be offered to Canadian-U.S.
Participants and sold to their Canadian retirement accounts without
being registered under the Securities Act.
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    \2\ See Offer and Sale of Securities to Canadian Tax-Deferred
Retirement Savings Accounts, Release Nos. 33-7860, 34-42905, IC-
24491 (June 7, 2000) [65 FR 37672 (June 15, 2000)]. This rulemaking
also included new rule 7d-2 under the Investment Company Act,
permitting foreign funds to offer securities to Canadian-U.S.
Participants and sell securities to Canadian retirement accounts
without registering as investment companies under the Investment
Company Act. 17 CFR 270.7d-2.
    \3\ 17 CFR 230.237.
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    Rule 237 requires written offering documents for securities offered
and sold in reliance on the rule to disclose prominently that the
securities are not registered with the Commission and are exempt from
registration under the U.S. securities laws. The burden under the rule
associated with adding this disclosure to written offering documents is
minimal and is non-recurring. The foreign issuer, underwriter, or
broker-dealer can redraft an existing prospectus or other written
offering material to add this disclosure statement, or may draft a
sticker or supplement containing this disclosure to be added to
existing offering materials. In either case, based on discussions with
representatives of the Canadian fund industry, the staff estimates that
it would take an average of 10 minutes per document to draft the
requisite disclosure statement.
    The Commission understands that there are approximately 2,412
Canadian issuers other than funds that may rely on rule 237 to make an
initial public offering of their securities to Canadian-U.S.
Participants.\4\ The staff estimates

that in any given year approximately 24 (or 1 percent) of those issuers
are likely to rely on rule 237 to make a public offering of their
securities to participants, and that each of those 24 issuers, on
average, distributes 3 different written offering documents concerning
those securities, for a total of 72 offering documents.
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    \4\ This estimate is based on the following calculation: 2,322
equity issuers + 90 bond issuers = 2,412 total issuers (as of Dec.
2018). See The MiG Report, Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture
Exchange (Dec. 2018) (providing number of equity and bond issuers on
the Toronto Exchange).
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    The staff therefore estimates that during each year that rule 237
is in effect, approximately 24 respondents \5\ would be required to
make 72 responses by adding the new disclosure statements to
approximately 72 written offering documents. Thus, the staff estimates
that the total annual burden associated with the rule 237 disclosure
requirement would be approximately 18 hours (108 offering documents x
10 minutes per document). The total annual cost of burden hours is
estimated to be $4,980 (12 hours x $415 per hour of attorney time).\6\
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    \5\ This estimate of respondents only includes foreign issuers.
The number of respondents would be greater if foreign underwriters
or broker-dealers draft stickers or supplements to add the required
disclosure to existing offering documents.
    \6\ The Commission's estimate concerning the wage rate for
attorney time is based on salary information for the securities
industry compiled by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association (``SIFMA''). The $415 per hour figure for an attorney is
from SIFMA's Management & Professional Earnings in the Securities
Industry 2013, modified by Commission staff to account for an 1,800-
hour work-year and multiplied by 5.35 to account for bonuses, firm
size, employee benefits, overhead, and inflation.
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    In addition, issuers from foreign countries other than Canada could
rely on rule 237 to offer securities to Canadian-U.S. Participants and
sell securities to their accounts without becoming subject to the
registration requirements of the Securities Act. However, the staff
believes that the number of issuers from other countries that rely on
rule 237, and that therefore are required to comply with the offering
document disclosure requirements, is negligible.
    These burden hour estimates are based upon the Commission staff's
experience and discussions with the fund industry. The estimates of
average burden hours are made solely for the purposes of the Paperwork
Reduction Act. These estimates are not derived from a comprehensive or
even a representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules.
    Compliance with the collection of information requirements of the
rule is mandatory and is necessary to comply with the requirements of
the rule in general. 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 control number.
    Please direct your written comments to Charles Riddle, Acting
Director/Chief Information Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission,
C/O Candace Kenner, 100 F Street NE, Washington, DC 20549; or send an
email to<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: August 7, 2019.
Jill M. Peterson,
Assistant Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. RM98-1-000]

Public Notice; Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications

    This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of
the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications.
    Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission
decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-
the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested
proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of
the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any
oral communication.
    Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional
file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the
proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited
communication and any responses thereto should become a part of the
decisional record, the prohibited off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to respond to any facts or
contentions made in a prohibited off-the-record communication, and may
request that the Commission place the prohibited communication and
responses thereto in the decisional record. The Commission will grant
such a request only when it determines that fairness so requires. Any
person identified below as having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the

document on all parties listed on the official service list for the
applicable proceeding in accordance with Rule 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
    Exempt off-the-record communications are included in the decisional
record of the proceeding, unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40 CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
    The following is a list of off-the-record communications recently
received by the Secretary of the Commission. The communications listed
are grouped by docket numbers in ascending order. These filings are
available for electronic review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits, in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll free at<PHONE_NUMBER>, or for TTY,
contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.

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1. CP16-454-000..................          5-29-2018  U.S. Congress.\1\
2. CP17-458-000..................          5-30-2018  FERC Staff.\2\
3. CP15-138-000..................           6-7-2018  U.S. House Representative Lloyd Smucker.
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\1\ Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz. House Representatives Jodey Arrington, Kevin Brady, Mike Conaway, Pete
  Olson, and Gene Green.
\2\ Record of phone conference and follow-up communications between May 17 to 23, 2018 with Environmental
  Resources Management, Inc. and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

    Dated: June 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0162; FRL-8044-2]

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submissions for OMB
Review; Comment Request; EPA Information Collection Request for the
Regional Haze Rule; EPA ICR No. 1813.06; OMB Control No. 2060-0421

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is
scheduled to expire on July 31, 2006. Before submitting the ICR to OMB
for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 12, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0612, by one of the following methods:
     http://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line

instructions for submitting comments.
     E-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>     Fax:<PHONE_NUMBER>.
     Mail: OAR Docket, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Mail Code B102, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Please include a total of 2 copies.
     Hand Delivery: EPA/DC, EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0162. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online 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 http://www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site

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 http://www.regulations.gov your e-mail address will be

automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public 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. For additional information about EPA's public
docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm
.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General questions concerning today's
action should be addressed to Kathy Kaufman, U.S. EPA, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Strategies and Standards
Division, Mail Code C504-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,
telephone<PHONE_NUMBER>, e-mail<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

How Can I Access the Docket and/or Submit Comments?

    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0162, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov or in-person viewing at the Air Docket in

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.
The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
This Docket Facility is open from Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The Air Docket telephone number is<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    Use http://www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft

collection of information, submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once
in the system, select ``search,'' then key in

the docket ID number identified in this document.

What Information is EPA Particularly Interested in?

    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits 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. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.

What Should I Consider When I Prepare My Comments for EPA?

    You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your
comments:
    1. Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific
examples.
    2. Describe any assumptions that you used.
    3. Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used
that support your views.
    4. If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you
arrived at the estimate that you provide.
    5. Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity.
    6. Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified
under DATES.
    7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket
ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page
of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and Federal
Register citation.

What Information Collection Activity or ICR Does this Apply to?

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
State, local, and Tribal air permitting agencies; regional planning
organizations; certain facilities built between 1962 and 1977.
    Title: Regional haze regulations, ICR No. 1813.06, and OMB Control
Number 2060-0421, expiration date: July 31, 2006. This is a request for
extension of a currently approved collection.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1813.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0421.
    ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on July 31,
2006. 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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: This ICR is for activities related to the implementation
of EPA's 1999 regional haze rule, for the time period between August 1,
2006 and July 31, 2009. This ICR renews the previous ICR, which
addressed the second three year time period after the rule was
promulgated. The regional haze rule, as authorized by sections 169A and
169B of the Clean Air Act, requires States to develop implementation
plans to protect visibility in 156 federally-protected Class I areas.
Tribes may choose to develop implementation plans. For this time
period, States will be conducting technical analyses in support of
development of reasonable progress goals and strategies for regional
haze, as required by the rule. EPA has encouraged States to work
together in regional planning organizations to develop and implement
multi-state strategies.
    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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 219
hours per response. 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 which have subsequently changed; 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.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 205.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 3.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 44,917 hours.
    Estimated total annual costs: $1,862,383.
    This represents an estimated burden cost. It does not include
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs, as these types
of costs will not be incurred during the 2006 to 2009 time period.

Are There Changes in the Estimates From the Last Approval?

    For the 2006 to 2009 time period, there will be an increase in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase will reflect EPA's new
estimates covering the time period from 2006 until 2009, during which
time State and local air permitting agencies will be finalizing and
submitting to EPA their Regional Haze State Implementation Plans
(SIPs). As these estimates are updated, an annotated ICR will be placed
into the docket.

What Is the Next Step in the Process for This ICR?

    The 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 pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will
issue another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: February 28, 2006.
Scott Mathias,
Associate Director, Air Quality Policy Division, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards.
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in the phase-out of CFC-12 and controlled it’s use to only certified
service personnel its replacement R-134a use was not controlled.

The uncontrolled sale of R-134a in the US resulted in the atmospheric
loading of this high global warming chemical providing international
reason to eliminate its future use.

Productions of new vehicles using HFC-134a systems were first introduced
in MY1992 and full production MY1995. The US Clean Air Act required that
refrigerant Recovery Recycle service equipment was mandatory. These new
HFC-134a systems incorporated new technologies to reduce refrigerant
emissions therefore required minimal refrigerant for servicing the fleet
in that time period.

In the October 12, 2001 Executive Summary of Technologies to Reduce
Emissions of Non-CO2Greenhouse Gases and Black Carbon National Climate
Change Technology Initiative (NCCTI), data from the EPA Inventory of
U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks 1999 and 2000 indicated high
emission levels for HFC-134a. In 1998 an unexplained HFC-134a emissions,
accountable to MAC service industry, of an additional 14,000 equivalent
metric tonnes of carbon dioxide or 31 million pounds of HFC-134a was
reported.

Since the sale of CFC-12 was restricted to service professionals,
HFC-134a was used to service the leaking MAC CFC-12 fleet estimated by
R.L. Polk to be 159.4 million in 1992 and 13.7 million in 1998,
therefore impacting the high R-134a atmospheric loading.


[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 30915]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12294]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2310-193-California; Project No. 2266-102-California]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Nevada Irrigation District;
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the Drum-Spaulding and Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Projects

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC)
regulations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (18 CFR
part 380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897]), the Office of Energy
Projects has reviewed the application for license for the Drum-
Spaulding Project (FERC No. 2310) and the Yuba-Bear Project (FERC No.
2266) and has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for
the projects. The Drum-Spaulding Project is located within three
primary river basins, the South Yuba River, Bear River, and North Fork
of the North Fork American River, in Nevada and Placer Counties,
California, and occupies 994 acres of federal lands administered by the
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Bureau of
Reclamation. The Yuba-Bear Project is located within three major river
basins, the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, and Bear River, in
Sierra, Nevada, and Placer Counties, California, and occupies 1,748
acres of federal lands administered by the Forest Service and BLM.
    The draft EIS contains staff's analysis of the applicants'
proposals and the alternatives for relicensing the Drum-Spaulding and
Yuba-Bear Projects. The draft EIS documents the views of governmental
agencies, non-governmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the
public, the license applicants, and Commission staff.
    A copy of the draft EIS is available for review at the Commission
or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov,
using the ``e-Library'' link. Enter the docket number, excluding the
last three digits, to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>or toll-free at (866)208-
3676, or for TTY, contact<PHONE_NUMBER>.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
    All comments must be filed by Tuesday, July 23, 2013, and should
reference Project Nos. 2310-193 and 2266-102. Comments may be filed
electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method
of submitting text only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. Although the Commission
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and five copies to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this draft EIS (18
CFR 380.10). You must file your request to intervene as specified
above.\1\ You do not need intervenor status to have your comments
considered.
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    \1\ Interventions may also be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing
comments electronically.
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    Commission staff will hold two public meetings for the purpose of
receiving comments on the draft EIS. The daytime meeting will focus on
resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental organization
comments, while the evening meeting is primarily for receiving input
from the public. All interested individuals and entities will be
invited to attend one or both of the public meetings. A notice
detailing the exact date, time, and location of the public meetings
will be forthcoming.
    For further information, please contact Alan Mitchnick at (202)
502-6074 or at<EMAIL_ADDRESS>
    Dated: May 17, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-12294 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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