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EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0544, which is 

available for public viewing Online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 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 the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NESHAP for Stationary 

Combustion Turbines (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1967.04, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0540. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on September 30, 2010. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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, and 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: The affected entities are 

subject to the General Provisions of the 

NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, 

and any changes, or additions to the 

Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart YYYY. Owners or operators of 

the affected facilities must submit a onetime-only report of any physical or 

operational changes, initial performance 

tests, and periodic reports and results. 

Owners or operators 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. Reports, at a minimum, are 

required semiannually. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 8 hours (rounded) 

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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Stationary combustion turbines. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

31. 

Frequency of Response: 

Semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

435. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$42,652, which includes $41,152 in 

labor costs, $1,500 in capital/startup 

costs and no operation and maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the labor hours to 

respondents in this ICR compared to the 

previous ICR. This is due to two 

considerations: (1) The regulations have 

not changed over the past three years 

and are not anticipated to change over 

the next three years; and (2) the growth 

rate for the industry is very low, 

negative or non-existent. Therefore, the 

labor hours in the previous ICR reflect 

the current burden to the respondents 

and are reiterated in this ICR. 

The increase in cost to the 

respondents and the Agency is due to 

labor rate adjustments to reflect the 

most recent available estimates. 

Dated: July 9, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–17278 Filed 7–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0560; FRL–9175–9] 

Call for Information: Information on 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Associated With Bioenergy and Other 

Biogenic Sources 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Call for Information. 

SUMMARY: EPA is publishing this Call for 

Information to solicit information and 

viewpoints from interested parties on 

approaches to accounting for 

greenhouse gas emissions from 

bioenergy and other biogenic sources. 

The purpose of this Call is to request 

comment on developing an approach for 

such emissions under the Prevention of 

Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Title 

V Programs as well as to receive data 

submissions about these sources and 

their emissions, general technical 

comments on accounting for these 

emissions, and comments on the 

underlying science that should inform 

possible accounting appoaches. 

DATES: Information and comments must 

be received on or before September 13, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your information, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–0560, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov: Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: GHGBiogenic@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–1741. 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center, Attention 

Docket OAR–2010–0560, Mail code 

2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket 

Center, Public Reading Room, Room 

3334, EPA West Building, Attention 

Docket OAR–2010–0560, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20004. 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 information 

and comments to Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2010–0560. EPA’s policy is 

that all information received will be 

included in the public docket without 


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1 GHG emissions from bioenergy and other 

biogenic sources are generated during the 

combustion or decomposition of biologically-based 

material, and include sources such as, but not 

limited to, utilization of forest or agricultural 

products for energy, wastewater treatment and 

livestock management facilities, landfills, and 

fermentation processes for ethanol production. 

2US EPA. 2010. Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse 

Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2008. U.S. EPA 

#430–R–10–06. Available in Docket at EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–0560. 3 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

(IPCC). 1996. Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines for 

National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, Prepared by 

the National Greenhouse Gas Inventories 

Programme. Published: IGES, Japan. 3 Volumes. 

Available in Docket at EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0560. 

change and may be made available 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided, unless the information 

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. 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 or any form of 

encryption, and should be free of any 

defects or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

EPA’s Docket Center, Public Reading 

Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. This Docket 

Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number 

for the Public Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Air Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Jenkins, Climate Change 

Division, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs (MC–6207J), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9361; fax 

number: (202) 343–2359; e-mail address: 

jenkins.jennifer@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. General Information 

A. What is today’s action? 

B. What additional background information 

is EPA making available? 

C. Where can I get the information? 

D. What specific information is EPA seeking? 

E. What should I consider as I prepare my 

information and comments for EPA? 

F. Submitting Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). 

I. General Information 

A. What is today’s action? 

On June 3, 2010, EPA published the 

final Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse 

Gas Tailoring Rule (known hence forth 

as the Tailoring Rule) (75 FR 31514). In 

that Rule, EPA did not take action on a 

request from commenters to exclude 

CO2 emissions from biogenic fuels 1. 

Instead, EPA explained that the legal 

basis for the Rule, reflecting specifically 

the overwhelming permitting burdens 

that would be created under the 

statutory emissions thresholds, does not 

itself provide a rationale for excluding 

all emissions of CO2 from combustion of 

a particular fuel, even a biogenic one. 

The fact that the Tailoring Rule did not 

take final action one way or another 

concerning such an exclusion does not 

mean that EPA has decided there is no 

basis for treating biomass CO2 emissions 

differently from fossil fuel CO2

emissions under the Clean Air Act’s 

PSD and Title V Programs. Further, in 

finalizing the Tailoring Rule, the 

Agency did not have sufficient 

information to address the issue of the 

carbon neutrality of biogenic energy in 

any event. 

This Call for Information serves as a 

first step for EPA in considering options 

for addressing emissions of biogenic 

CO2 under the PSD and Title V 

programs as indicated above. 

Given the broad and complex nature 

of this issue, EPA also welcomes 

stakeholders to respond to this Call for 

Information by providing data 

submissions about these sources and 

their emissions and technical comments 

on approaches generally to accounting 

for GHG emissions from bioenergy and 

other biogenic sources. EPA requests 

that stakeholders provide relevant 

information on the underlying science 

that should inform possible accounting 

approaches. 

In response to this Call for 

Information, interested parties are 

invited to assist EPA in the following: 

(1) Surveying and assessing the science 

by submitting research studies or other 

relevant information, and (2) evaluating 

different accounting approaches and 

options by providing policy analyses, 

proposed or published methodologies, 

or other relevant information. Interested 

parties are also invited to submit data or 

other relevant information about the 

current and projected scope of GHG 

emissions from bioenergy and other 

biogenic sources. 

B. What additional background 

information is EPA making available? 

National-level GHG inventories are a 

common starting point for evaluations 

and discussions of approaches to 

accounting for GHG emissions from 

bioenergy sources. EPA’s Inventory of 

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and 

Sinks (the Inventory) 2 is an impartial, 

policy-neutral report that tracks annual 

GHG emissions including carbon 

dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous 

oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons 

(HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and 

sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). The United 

States has submitted the Inventory to 

the Secretariat of the United Nations 

Framework Convention on Climate 

Change (UNFCCC) under its obligation 

as a Party to the Convention every year 

since 1993. The UNFCCC, ratified by the 

United States in 1992, defines the 

overall framework for intergovernmental 

efforts to tackle the challenge posed by 

climate change. The Inventory 

submitted by the United States is 

consistent with national inventory data 

submitted by other UNFCCC Parties, 

and uses internationally accepted 

methodologies established by the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change (IPCC). 

The Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines 

(IPCC Guidelines) 3 provide 

methodologies for estimating all 

anthropogenic sources and sinks of GHG 

emissions at the national scale, 

classified into six broad sectors: Energy, 

Industrial Processes, Solvents and Other 

Product Uses, Agriculture, Land-Use 

Change and Forestry (LUCF), and Waste. 

The Energy Sector includes all GHGs 


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4 Ibid., Reference Manual (Vol. 3), Page 1.10. 

5Emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from 

the combustion of biomass for energy are included 

in the Energy Sector, however, because their 

magnitude is dependent on the specific way in 

which the fuel is burned (i.e., combustion 

technology and operating conditions), which cannot 

be known by analyzing the changes in the amount 

of carbon in standing biomass. 

6World Resources Institute/World Business 

Council on Sustainable Development. 2004. A 

Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. 

Available in Docket at EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0560. 

7Letter from Mr. Daniel Fulton, President and 

CEO, Weyerhaeuser Corporation to Administrator 

Jackson, May 24, 2010. Available in Docket at EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2010–0560. 

emitted during the production, 

transformation, handling and 

consumption of energy commodities, 

including fuel combustion. The LUCF 

Sector includes emissions and 

sequestration resulting from human 

activities which change the way land is 

used or which affect the amount of 

biomass in existing biomass stocks. 

According to the IPCC Guidelines, CO2

emissions from biomass combustion 

‘‘* * * should not be included in national 

CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. If 

energy use, or any other factor, is causing a 

long term decline in the total carbon 

embodied in standing biomass (e.g. forests), 

this net release of carbon should be evident 

in the calculation of CO2 emissions described 

in the Land Use Change and Forestry 

chapter.’’ 4

Thus, at the national level, these CO2

emissions are not included in the 

estimate of emissions from a country’s 

Energy Sector, even though the 

emissions physically occur at the time 

and place in which useful energy is 

being generated (i.e., power plant or 

automobile). The purpose of this 

accounting convention is to avoid 

double-counting that would provide a 

misleading characterization of a 

country’s contribution to global GHG 

emissions (i.e., to avoid having CO2

emissions accounted both in the Energy 

Sector and the LUCF Sector). Carbon 

dioxide emissions from bioenergy 

sources are still reported as information 

items in the Energy Sector of the 

Inventory, but are not included in 

national fuel-combustion totals to avoid 

this double-counting at the national 

scale.5

The IPCC Guidelines for National 

Greenhouse Gas Inventories are relevant 

to today’s Call for Information because 

they have influenced subsequent 

reporting systems, such as the World 

Resources Institute/World Business 

Council for Sustainable Development 

(WRI/WBCSD) protocols.6 Additionally, 

some stakeholders have identified the 

IPCC Guidelines and the Inventory as 

providing a foundational methodology 

for accounting for GHG emissions from 

bioenergy.7

Separately, to assist interested parties 

in considering the broader issues 

pertaining to this Call for Information, 

EPA has assembled and placed into the 

docket a set of documents relevant to 

the topic of today’s action. This 

collection of documents is not intended 

to represent a complete or exhaustive 

set of materials, but rather serves as a 

starting point to provide further 

background information to interested 

parties regarding key concepts and 

scientific research. For example, the 

Docket includes for review the 

following information: 

• U.S. EPA. 2010. Inventory of U.S. 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 

1990–2008. U.S. EPA #430–R–10–06. 

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change (IPCC). 1996. Revised 1996 IPCC 

Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas 

Inventories, Prepared by the National 

Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme. 

Published: IGES, Japan. 

• IPCC. 2000. Special Report on Land 

Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry. 

Watson, R., Noble, I., Bolin, B., 

Ravindranath, N., Verardo, D., and 

Dokken, D. (eds.). Cambridge: 

Cambridge University Press. 

• IPCC. 2000. Good Practice Guidance 

and Uncertainty Management in 

National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, 

Prepared by the National Greenhouse 

Gas Inventories Programme. Published: 

IGES, Japan. 

• IPCC. 2003. Good Practice Guidance 

for Land Use, Land-Use Change and 

Forestry. Prepared by the National 

Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme. 

Penman, J., Gytarsky, M., Krug, T., 

Kruger, D., Pipatti, R., Buendia, L., 

Miwa, K., Ngara, T., Tanabe, K. and 

Wagner, F. (eds.). Published: IGES, 

Japan. 

• IPCC. 2006. 2006 IPCC Guidelines 

for National Greenhouse Gas 

Inventories, Prepared by the National 

Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme. 

Eggleston, H.S., Buendia, L., Miwa, K., 

Ngara, T. and Tanabe, K. (eds.). 

Published: IGES, Japan. 

• World Resources Institute/World 

Business Council on Sustainable 

Development. 2004. A Corporate 

Accounting and Reporting Standard. 

• Letter from Mr. Daniel S. Fulton, 

President and CEO, Weyerhaeuser 

Corporation to Administrator Lisa P. 

Jackson. May 24, 2010. 

• Response from Assistant 

Administrator Gina McCarthy to Mr. 

Fulton. June 2, 2010. 

• Interim Phase I Report of the 

Climate Change Work Group of the 

Permits, New Source Review and Toxics 

Subcommittee, Clean Air Act Advisory 

Committee. February 3, 2010. 

• Manomet Center for Conservation 

Sciences. 2010. Massachusetts Biomass 

Sustainability and Carbon Policy Study: 

Report to the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts Department of Energy 

Resources. Walker, T. (Ed.). 

Contributors: Cardellichio, P., Colnes, 

A., Gunn, J., Kittler, B., Recchia, C., 

Saah, D., and Walker, T. Natural Capital 

Initiative Report NCI–2010–03. 

Brunswick, Maine. 

• USDA Forest Service, Pacific 

Southwest Research Station. 2009. 

Biomass to Energy: Forest Management 

for Wildfire Reduction, Energy 

Production, and Other Benefits. 

California Energy Commission, Public 

Interest Energy Research (PIER) 

Program. CEC–500–2009–080. 

• Searchinger, T., Hamburg, S., 

Melillo, J., Chameides, W., Havlik, P., 

Kammen, D., Likens, G., Lubowski, R., 

Obersteiner, M., Oppenheimer, W., 

Robertson, G.P., Schlesinger, W., 

Tilman, G.D. 2009. Fixing a critical 

climate accounting error. Science 326: 

527–528. 

• Meridian Institute. 2010. Summary 

of Bioenergy Greenhouse Gas 

Accounting Stakeholder Group 

Discussions. May 13, 2010. Washington, 

DC. 

C. Where can I get the information? 

All of the information can be obtained 

through the Air Docket and at http:// 

www.regulations.gov (see ADDRESSES

section above for docket contact 

information). 

D. What specific information is EPA 

seeking? 

As described in Section I.A, EPA is 

requesting two types of submissions via 

this Call for Information: (1) Technical 

comments and data submissions related 

to the accounting for GHG emissions 

from bioenergy and other biogenic 

sources with respect specifically to the 

PSD and Title V Programs, and (2) more 

general technical comments and data 

submissions related to accounting for 

GHG emissions from bioenergy and 

other biogenic sources without reference 

to specific rulemaking efforts. 

EPA is soliciting from interested 

parties information and views on topics 

and questions including, but not limited 

to the following: 

• Biomass under PSD/BACT. What 

criteria might be used to consider 

biomass fuels differently with regard to 

the Best Available Control Technology 

(BACT) review process under PSD? How 

could the process of determining BACT 

under the PSD program allow for 


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adequate consideration of the impacts 

and benefits of using biomass fuels? 

• National-scale carbon neutrality in 

the IPCC Guidelines. In the IPCC 

accounting approach described in 

Section I.B, at the national scale 

emissions from combustion for 

bioenergy are included in the LUCF 

Sector rather than the Energy Sector. To 

what extent does this approach suggest 

that biomass consumption for energy is 

‘‘neutral’’ with respect to net fluxes of 

CO2? 

• Smaller-scale accounting 

approaches. The Clear Air Act (CAA) 

provisions typically apply at the unit, 

process, or facility scale, whereas the 

IPCC Guidance on accounting for GHG 

emissions from bioenergy sources was 

written to be applicable at the national 

scale. EPA is interested in 

understanding the strengths and 

limitations of applying the nationalscale IPCC approach to assess the net 

impact (i.e. accounting for both 

emissions and sequestration) on the 

atmosphere of GHG emissions from 

specific biogenic sources, facilities, 

fuels, or practices. To what extent is the 

accounting procedure in the IPCC 

Guidelines applicable or sufficient for 

such specific assessments? 

• Alternative accounting approaches. 

Both a default assumption of carbon 

neutrality and a default assumption that 

the greenhouse gas impact of bioenergy 

is equivalent to that of fossil fuels may 

be insufficient because they 

oversimplify a complex issue. If this is 

the case, what alternative approaches or 

additional analytical tools are available 

for determining the net impact on the 

atmosphere of CO2 emissions associated 

with bioenergy? Please comment 

specifically on how these approaches 

address: 

—The time interval required for 

production and consumption of 

biological feedstocks and bioenergy 

products. For example, the concept of 

‘‘carbon debt’’ has been proposed as 

the length of time required for a 

regrowing forest to ‘‘pay back’’ the 

carbon emitted to the atmosphere 

when biomass is burned for energy. 

—The appropriate spatial/geographic 

scale for conducting this 

determination. For example, the 

question of spatial scale has legal 

complications under the CAA, but 

may be relevant for some of the 

suggested approaches. 

• Comparison with fossil energy. EPA 

is interested in approaches for assessing 

the impact on the atmosphere of 

emissions from bioenergy relative to 

emissions from fossil fuels such as coal, 

oil, and gas. What bases or metrics are 

appropriate for such a comparison? 

• Comparison among bioenergy 

sources. EPA is also interested in 

comments on accounting methods that 

might be appropriate for different types 

of biological feedstocks and bioenergy 

sources. What bases or metrics are 

appropriate for such a comparison 

among sources? In other words, are all 

biological feedstocks (e.g. corn stover, 

logging residues, whole trees) the same, 

and how do we know? 

• Renewable or sustainable 

feedstocks. Specifically with respect to 

bioenergy sources (especially forest 

feedstocks), if it is appropriate to make 

a distinction between biomass 

feedstocks that are and are not classified 

as ‘‘renewable’’ or ‘‘sustainable,’’ what 

specific indicators would be useful in 

making such a determination? 

• Other biogenic sources of CO2. 

Other biogenic sources of CO2 (i.e., 

sources not related to energy production 

and consumption) such as landfills, 

manure management, wastewater 

treatment, livestock respiration, 

fermentation processes in ethanol 

production, and combustion of biogas 

not resulting in energy production (e.g., 

flaring of collected landfill gas) may be 

covered under certain provisions of the 

CAA, and guidance will be needed 

about exactly how to estimate them. 

How should these ‘‘other’’ biogenic CO2

emission sources be considered and 

quantified? In what ways are these 

sources similar to and different from 

bioenergy sources? 

• Additional technical information. 

EPA is also interested in receiving 

quantitative data and qualitative 

information relevant to biogenic 

greenhouse gas emissions, including but 

not limited to the following topics: 

—Current and projected utilization of 

biomass feedstocks for energy. 

—Economic, technological, and landmanagement drivers for projected 

changes in biomass utilization rates. 

—Current and projected levels of GHG 

emissions from bioenergy and other 

biogenic sources. 

—Economic, technological and landmanagement drivers for projected 

changes in emissions. 

—Current and projected C sequestration 

rates in lands used to produce 

bioenergy feedstocks. 

—Economic, technological and landmanagement drivers for projected 

changes in sequestration rates. 

—The types of processes that generate 

or are expected to generate emissions 

from bioenergy and other biogenic 

sources. 

—The number of facilities that generate 

or are expected to generate such 

emissions. 

—Emission factor information, 

particularly for the biogenic CO2

source categories of wastewater 

treatment, livestock management, and 

ethanol fermentation processes. 

—Potential impacts on specific 

industries and particular facilities of 

various methods of accounting for 

biogenic GHG emissions. 

—Potential impacts of GHG emissions 

from bioenergy and other biogenic 

sources on other resources such as 

water availability and site nutrient 

quality. 

—Potential impacts of GHG emissions 

from bioenergy and other biogenic 

sources on other air pollutants such as 

VOCs, other criteria pollutants, and 

particulate matter. 

E. What should I consider as I prepare 

information for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide any technical information 

or data you used that support your 

views. 

4. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns, suggestions, 

and recommendations. 

5. Offer alternatives, if possible, if a 

particular approach is criticized. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

information by the deadline identified. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

identify the appropriate docket 

identification number in the subject line 

on the first page of your response. It 

would also be helpful if you provided 

the name, date, and Federal Register 

citation related to your comments. 

F. Submitting Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). 

Do not submit information you are 

claiming as CBI to EPA through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. Clearly 

mark the part of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. Information so 

marked will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. For CBI information in 

a disk or CD ROM that you mail to EPA, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 

as CBI and then identify electronically 

within the disk or CD ROM the specific 

information that is claimed as CBI. In 

addition to one complete version of the 

comment that includes information 

claimed as CBI, a copy of the comment 

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claimed as CBI must be submitted for 

inclusion in the public docket. 

Dated: July 9, 2010. 

Gina McCarthy, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–0280; FRL–9173–9] 

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: 

Request for Methyl Bromide Critical 

Use Exemption Applications for 2013 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of 

applications and information on 

alternatives. 

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting applications 

for the critical use exemption from the 

phaseout of methyl bromide for 2013. 

Critical use exemptions last only one 

year. All entities interested in obtaining 

a critical use exemption for 2013 must 

provide EPA with technical and 

economic information to support a 

‘‘critical use’’ claim and must do so by 

the deadline specified in this notice 

even if they have applied for an 

exemption in a previous year. Today’s 

notice also invites interested parties to 

provide EPA with new data on the 

technical and economic feasibility of 

methyl bromide alternatives. The U.S. 

critical use exemption program has 

cushioned the U.S. transition in an 

important way. Thus far, EPA has 

allocated critical use methyl bromide 

through rulemaking for each of the six 

years (2005–2010) since the U.S. 

phaseout, and plans to do so for another 

four years (2011–2014). Critical use 

nominations must be approved each 

year at the international level by the 

Parties to the Montreal Protocol, and the 

U.S. is one of five remaining developed 

countries requesting such exemptions; 

several of these countries have 

announced final dates for all or part of 

their requests in the years between now 

and 2015, the year that developing 

countries are required to phase out 

methyl bromide. While EPA with this 

notice is seeking applications for 2013 

and will likely request applications for 

2014, EPA believes it is appropriate at 

this time to consider a year in which the 

Agency will stop requesting 

applications for critical use exemptions. 

EPA will seek comment on this issue in 

the proposed rule for the 2011 critical 

use exemption. 

DATES: Applications for the 2013 critical 

use exemption must be postmarked on 

or before September 13, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: EPA encourages users to 

submit their applications electronically 

to Jeremy Arling, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, at 

arling.jeremy@epa.gov. If the 

application is submitted electronically, 

applicants must fax a signed copy of 

Worksheet 1 to 202–343–9055 by the 

application deadline. Applications for 

the methyl bromide critical use 

exemption can also be submitted by 

mail to: U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Stratospheric Protection Division, 

Attention Methyl Bromide Team, Mail 

Code 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460 or by 

courier delivery (other than U.S. Post 

Office overnight) to: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air and 

Radiation, Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Attention Methyl Bromide 

Review Team, 1310 L St., NW., Room 

1047E, Washington, DC 20005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General Information: U.S. EPA 

Stratospheric Ozone Information 

Hotline, 1–800–296–1996; also http:// 

www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr. 

Technical Information: Bill Chism, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Pesticide Programs (7503P), 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, 703–308–8136. 

E-mail: chism.bill@epa.gov. 

Regulatory Information: Jeremy 

Arling, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Stratospheric Protection 

Division (6205J), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, 202– 

343–9055. E-mail: 

arling.jeremy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. What do I need to know to respond to this 

request for applications? 

A. Who can respond to this request for 

information? 

B. Who can I contact to find out if a 

consortium is submitting an application 

form for my methyl bromide use? 

C. How do I obtain an application form for 

the methyl bromide critical use 

exemption? 

D. What alternatives must applicants 

address when applying for a critical use 

exemption? 

E. What portions of the applications will be 

considered confidential business 

information? 

F. What if I submit an incomplete 

application? 

G. What if I applied for a critical use 

exemption in a previous year? 

II. What is the legal authority for the critical 

use exemption? 

A. What is the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

authority for the critical use exemption? 

B. What is the Montreal Protocol authority 

for the critical use exemption? 

III. How will the U.S. implement the critical 

use exemption in 2013 and beyond? 

A. What is the timing for applications for 

the 2013 control period? 

B. How might EPA implement the critical 

use exemption after the 2013 control 

period? 

I. What do I need to know to respond 

to this request for applications? 

A. Who can respond to this request for 

information? 

Entities interested in obtaining a 

critical use exemption must complete 

the application form available at 

http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr. The 

application may be submitted either by 

a consortium representing multiple 

users who have similar circumstances or 

by individual users who anticipate 

needing methyl bromide in 2013 and 

have evaluated alternatives and as a 

result of that evaluation, believe they 

have no technically and economically 

feasible alternatives. EPA encourages 

groups of users with similar 

circumstances of use to submit a single 

application (for example, any number of 

pre-plant users with similar soil, pest, 

and climactic conditions can join 

together to submit a single application). 

In some instances, state agencies will 

assist users with the application process 

(see discussion of voluntary state 

involvement in Part I.B. below). 

In addition to requesting information 

from applicants for the critical use 

exemption, this solicitation for 

information provides an opportunity for 

any interested party to provide EPA 

with information on methyl bromide 

alternatives (e.g., technical and/or 

economic feasibility research). 

B. Who can I contact to find out whether 

a consortium is submitting an 

application for my methyl bromide use? 

You should contact your local, state, 

regional, or national commodity 

association to find out whether it plans 

to submit an application on behalf of 

your commodity group. 

Additionally, you should contact your 

state regulatory agency (generally this 

will be the state’s agriculture or 

environmental protection agency) to 

receive information about its 

involvement in the process. If your state 

agency has chosen to participate, EPA 

recommends that you first submit your 

application to the state agency, which 

will then forward applications to EPA. 

The National Pesticide Information 

Center Web site identifies the lead 

pesticide agency in each state (http:// 

npic.orst.edu/state1.htm). 


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