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Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ 

‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ’’ TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘FISHWAY 

PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. All 

comments, recommendations, terms and 

conditions or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). All comments, 

recommendations, terms and conditions 

or prescriptions should relate to project 

works which are the subject of the 

license amendment. Agencies may 

obtain copies of the application directly 

from the applicant. A copy of any 

protest or motion to intervene must be 

served upon each representative of the 

applicant specified in the particular 

application. If an intervener files 

comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. A copy of all 

other filings in reference to this 

application must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed in 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

p. As provided for in 18 CFR 

4.34(b)(5)(i), a license applicant must 

file, no later than 60 days following the 

date of issuance of this notice of 

acceptance and ready for environmental 

analysis: (1) A copy of the water quality 

certification; (2) a copy of the request for 

certification, including proof of the date 

on which the certifying agency received 

the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of 

water quality certification. 

q. e-Filing: Motions to intervene, 

protests, comments, recommendations, 

terms and conditions, and fishway 

prescriptions may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e 

Filing’’ link. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0085; FRL–9275–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Protection of 

Stratospheric Ozone: Critical Use 

Exemption From the Phaseout of 

Methyl Bromide (Applications, 

Recordkeeping, and Periodic 

Reporting) (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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, 2031.03, is scheduled to expire on 

October 31, 2011. 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 May 2, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0085 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1741. 

• Mail: EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0085, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2011–0085, Air and Radiation Docket at 

EPA West, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Room B108, Mail Code 6102T, 

Washington, DC 20460. 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–2011– 

0085. 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: 

Jeremy Arling, Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, (6205J), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9055; fax 

number: (202) 343–2338; e-mail 

address: arling.jeremy@epa.gov. You 

may also visit the Ozone Depletion 

website of EPA’s Stratospheric 

Protection Division at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ozone/strathome.html for 

further information about EPA’s 

Stratospheric Ozone Protection 

regulations, the science of ozone layer 

depletion, and related topics. 

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–2011–0085, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 


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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 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the 

telephone number for Air and Radiation 

Docket is 202–566–1742. 

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 producers, 

importers, distributors, and custom 

applicators of methyl bromide, 

organizations, consortia, and 

associations of methyl bromide users, as 

well as individual methyl bromide 

users. 

Title: Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Protection of 

Stratospheric Ozone: Critical Use 

Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl 

Bromide (Applications, Recordkeeping, 

and Periodic Reporting) (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2031.06, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0482. 

ICR status: EPA ICR 2031.03 is 

currently scheduled to expire on 

October 31, 2011. 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: EPA is seeking to renew 

EPA ICR 2031.03 which allows EPA to 

collect CUE applications from regulated 

entities on an annual basis, and which 

requires the submission of data from 

regulated industries to the EPA and 

requires recordkeeping of key 

documents to ensure compliance with 

the Montreal Protocol on Substances 

that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) 

and the CAA. 

Entities applying for this exemption 

are asked to submit to EPA applications 

with necessary data to evaluate the need 

for a critical use exemption. This 

information collection is conducted to 

meet U.S. obligations under Article 2H 

of the Montreal Protocol on Substances 

that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol). 

The information collection request is 

required to obtain a benefit under 

Section 604(d)(6) of the CAA, added by 

Section 764 of the 1999 Omnibus 

Consolidated and Emergency 

Supplemental Appropriations Act (Pub. 

L. 105–277; October 21, 1998). 

Since 2002, entities have applied to 

EPA for a critical use exemption that 

would allow for the continued 

production and import of methyl 

bromide after the phaseout in January 

2005. These exemptions are for 

consumption only in those agricultural 

sectors that have demonstrated that 

there are no technically or economically 

feasible alternatives to methyl bromide. 

The applications are rigorously assessed 

and analyzed by EPA staff, including 

experts from the Office of Pesticide 

Programs. On an annual basis, EPA uses 

the data submitted by end users to 

create a nomination of critical uses 

which the U.S. Government submits to 

the Protocol’s Ozone Secretariat for 

review by an international panel of 

experts and advisory bodies. These 

advisory bodies include the Methyl 

Bromide Technical Options Committee 

(MBTOC) and the Technical and 

Economic Assessment Panel (TEAP). 

The uses authorized internationally by 

the Parties to the Protocol are made 

available in the U.S. on an annual basis. 

The applications will enable EPA to: 

1. Maintain consistency with the 

Protocol by supporting critical use 

nominations to the Parties to the 

Protocol, in accordance with paragraph 

2 of Decision IX/6 of the Protocol; 

2. Ensure that critical use exemptions 

comply with Section 604(d)(6); 

3. Provide EPA with necessary data to 

evaluate the technical and economic 

feasibility of methyl bromide 

alternatives in the circumstance of the 

specific use, as presented in an 

application for a critical use exemption; 

The reported data will enable EPA to: 

1. Ensure that critical use exemptions 

comply with Section 604(d)(6); 

2. Maintain compliance with the 

Protocol requirements for annual data 

submission on the production of ozone 

depleting substances; 

3. Analyze technical use data to 

ensure that exemptions are used in 

accordance with requirements included 

in the annual authorization 

rulemakings. 

EPA informs respondents that they 

may assert claims of business 

confidentiality for any of the 

information they submit. Information 

claimed confidential will be treated in 

accordance with the procedures for 

handling information claimed as 


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confidential under 40 CFR Part 2, 

Subpart b, and will be disclosed only if 

EPA determines that the information is 

not entitled to confidential treatment. If 

no claim of confidentiality is asserted 

when the information is received by 

EPA, it may be made available to the 

public without further notice to the 

respondents (40 CFR 2.203). Individual 

reporting data may be claimed as 

sensitive and will be treated as 

confidential information in accordance 

with procedures outlined in 40 CFR 

Part 2. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.3 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 annual application, reporting, 

and recordkeeping burden is as follows: 

52 applicants to the critical use 

exemption program at 1,976 hours per 

year; 4 producers and importers at a 

total of 188 hours per year (quarterly 

reporting); 75 distributors and 

applicators at 975 hours per year 

(annual reporting); and 2,000 end users 

at 575 hours per year (periodic 

certification of purchases of critical use 

methyl bromide at the time of each 

purchase). The total industry burden is 

therefore 3,714 hours per year. 

The annual public application burden 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average 38 hours per 

response (1,976 hours divided by 52 

responses). The annual public reporting 

and recordkeeping burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 0.61 hours per response (1,738 

hours divided by 2,846 responses). 

Overall, the total annual public burden 

(application, reporting, and 

recordkeeping) for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 1.3 

hours per response (3,714 hours divided 

by 2,898 responses). 

The total annual labor cost burden 

associated with information collection 

request is $843,845. EPA estimates the 

costs as follows: Application costs 

totaling $199,299 per year, 

recordkeeping and reporting costs 

totaling $582,769 per year, and self 

certification by producers, importers, 

distributors, and end users costing 

$61,777 per year. EPA estimates the 

capital costs to be $0. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 1,203 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the 

EPA ICR 2031.03 which is currently 

approved by OMB. The reasons for the 

decrease in burden hours include a 

decrease in the number of applicants 

and a similar decline in the number of 

end users. Furthermore, stakeholders 

are more familiar with the critical use 

exemption program and have already 

organized associations to apply on 

behalf of multiple growers. Other 

reasons for burden reduction include 

the encouragement of electronic 

submission of applications and other 

data and frequent EPA communication 

with methyl bromide stakeholders. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 22, 2011. 

Drusilla Hufford, 

Director, Stratospheric Protection Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4638 Filed 3–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2010–0874; FRL–9273–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Safer Detergent Stewardship 

Initiative (SDSI) Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval: Safer Detergent Stewardship 

Initiative (SDSI) Program; EPA ICR No. 

2261.02, OMB No. 2070–0171. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection 

activity and its expected burden and 

costs. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 1, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPPT–2010–0874 to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to: 

Document Control Office (DCO), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Myrick, (acting) Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408–M, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

9838; e-mail address: TSCA– 

Hotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On November 22, 2010 (75 FR 71123), 

EPA sought comments on this renewal 

ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments during the 

comment period. Any additional 

comments related to this ICR should be 

submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 

days of this notice. 


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