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Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in this proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. In 

reference to filings initiating a new 

proceeding, interventions or protests 

submitted on or before the comment 

deadline need not be served on persons 

other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

eSubscription link on the Web site that 

enables subscribers to receive email 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance 

with any FERC Online service, please 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or 

call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time 

on June 19, 2013. 

Dated: June 7, 2013. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0152; FRL–9823–6] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 40 CFR 

Part 64 Compliance Assurance 

Monitoring Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request, ‘‘40 CFR 

Part 64 Compliance Assurance 

Monitoring Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 

1663.08, OMB Control No. 2060–0376) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

for review and approval in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 

U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). Before doing so, 

the EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension of 

the information collection request, 

which is currently approved through 

December 31, 2013. 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 Office of Management 

and Budget control number. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 12, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0152 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

The 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 or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Hackel, Office of Air Quality and 

Planning Standards, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (D243–05), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone number: (919) 541–5262; fax 

number: (919) 541–3207; email address: 

hackel.angela@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting are available in the 

public docket for this information 

collection request (ICR). The docket can 

be viewed online at 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is (202) 566–1744. 

For additional information about the 

EPA’s public docket, visit: http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act, the 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. The EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. At that time, the 

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: The Clean Air Act (CAA) 

contains several provisions directing the 

EPA to require source owners to 

conduct monitoring to support 

certification as to their status of 

compliance with applicable 

requirements. These provisions are set 

forth in section 504 and section 114 of 

the CAA. Under CAA section 504(c), 

each operating permit must ‘‘set forth 

inspection, entry, monitoring, 

compliance, certification, and reporting 

requirements to assure compliance with 

the permit terms and conditions.’’ See 

also CAA section 504(a) (each permit 

shall require reporting of monitoring 

and such other conditions as are 

necessary to assure compliance). CAA 

section 504(b) allows us to prescribe by 

rule, methods and procedures for 

determining compliance recognizing 

that continuous emissions monitoring 

systems need not be required if other 

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sufficiently reliable and timely 

information for determining 

compliance. Section 114A(a)(1) of the 

CAA provides additional authority 

concerning monitoring, reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. This 

section provides the Administrator with 

the authority to require any owner or 

operator of a source to install and 

operate monitoring systems and to 

record the resulting monitoring data. We 

promulgated the Compliance Assurance 

Monitoring rule, 40 CFR part 64, on 

October 22, 1997 (62 FR 54900) 

pursuant to these provisions. In 

accordance with CAA section 114(c) 

and CAA section 503(e), the monitoring 

information source owners must submit 

must also be available to the public 

except under circumstances set forth in 

section 114(c) of the CAA. 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. 

We are soliciting comments 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 

election submission of responses. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are all 

facilities required to have an operating 

permit under Title V of the CAA. See 

section 502(a) of the CAA, which 

defines the sources required to obtain a 

Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and 

71.2. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under Title V of the CAA. 

See section 502(a) of the CAA, which 

defines the sources required to obtain a 

Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and 

71.2. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

3,290 owner and operators and 112 

permitting authorities. The total number 

of respondents is 3,402. 

Frequency of response: At least every 

6 months per Title V, 70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) 

and (B). 

Total estimated burden: 343,187 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $14,168,185 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is 

decrease of 7,110,394 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is a result of the 

fact that most facilities are now using 

electronic monitoring to conduct their 

recording, thus, resulting in a decrease 

in the number of labor hours needed. 

Additionally, all facilities with existing 

permits that include approved 40 CFR 

part 64 monitoring have now submitted 

the existing monitoring approach in 

their renewal applications, therefore, 

significantly reducing the costs for new 

monitoring development. Furthermore, 

in order to reflect projected trends for 

the next 3 years, we updated some of 

the formulas used to calculate burden. 

All of these factors have contributed to 

the decrease in burden. 

Dated: June 6, 2013. 

Kevin Culligan, 

Acting Director, Sector Policies and Programs 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[WC Docket No. 11–42; DA 13–1188] 

Wireline Competition Bureau Provides 

Guidance Regarding the 2013 Lifeline 

Recertification Process 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) 

provides guidance regarding the 2013 

Lifeline recertification process. The 

Bureau clarifies that all active Lifeline 

subscribers enrolled or recertified in a 

calendar year must be recertified the 

next calendar year, and in every 

calendar year thereafter. The Bureau 

also describes the process by which 

ETCs can elect to have the Universal 

Service Administrative Company 

perform the recertification process. 

DATES: Effective June 13, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Lechter, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, (202) 418–7387 or TTY: (202) 

418–0484. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Wireline Competition 

Bureau’s Public Notice in WC Docket 

No. 11–42; DA 13–1188, released May 

22, 2013. The complete text of this 

document is available for inspection 

and copying during normal business 

hours in the FCC Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 12th Street SW., 

Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 20554. 

The document may also be purchased 

from the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc. 

(BCPI), 445 12th Street SW., Room CY– 

B402, Washington, DC 20554, telephone 

(800) 378–3160 or (202) 863–2893, 

facsimile (202) 863–2898, or via the 

Internet at http://www.bcpiweb.com. It 

is also available on the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.fcc.gov/ 

document/wcb-provides-guidanceregarding-2013-lifeline-recertificationprocess. 

I. Clarifications Regarding 

Recertification 

1. On October 1, 2012, GCI filed a 

petition seeking clarification of the 

recertification process after 2012 and 

the requirement that subscribers be 

recertified ‘‘annually.’’ GCI argues that 

the Commission should clarify that the 

subscribers subject to the annual 

recertification are only those subscribers 

that have not provided an initial 

certification in the same calendar year. 

GCI argues that ‘‘annual’’ means that 

ETCs recertify subscribers once every 

calendar year, not every twelve months 

from the subscriber’s initial certification 

or last recertification. Most commenters 

agreed that requiring recertification 

once each calendar year is the most 

administratively efficient option and is 

consistent with the Lifeline Reform 

Order, 77 FR 12784, March 2, 2012. 

2. We agree with GCI and clarify that 

ETCs must recertify each new subscriber 

in the calendar year following the year 

in which the subscriber initially 

enrolled in the Lifeline program. We 

also clarify that ETCs are required to 

recertify subscribers each calendar year. 

As discussed in more detail below, if a 

subscriber is either initially enrolled 

with or recertified by an ETC in a 

particular calendar year (e.g., 2013), the 

subscriber must be recertified by that 

ETC the next calendar year (e.g., 2014). 

3. Permitting recertification during 

the next calendar year, after both initial 

certification and recertification, is 

consistent with the Commission’s 

approach in the Lifeline Reform Order to 

balance the need for a recertification 


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