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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2014–0694; FRL—9922– 

67–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Requirements and Exemptions for 

Specific RCRA Wastes (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Requirements 

and Exemptions for Specific RCRA 

Wastes (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

1597.11, OMB Control No. 2050–0145) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

February 28, 2015. Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (79 FR 65652) on 

November 5, 2014 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

An Agency may not conduct or sponsor 

and a person is not required to respond 

to a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2014–0694, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to rcradocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peggy Vyas, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 703–308–5477; fax number: 

703–308–8433; email address: 

vyas.peggy@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 ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: In 1995, EPA promulgated 

regulations at 40 CFR part 273 that 

govern the collection and management 

of widely-generated hazardous wastes 

known as ‘‘Universal Wastes.’’ Part 273 

regulations are designed to ensure 

facilities collect and properly manage 

these wastes. EPA needs to collect 

notifications of Universal Waste 

management to obtain general 

information on handlers and to facilitate 

enforcement of the part 273 regulations, 

to ensure that Universal Waste is being 

accumulated responsibly, to collect 

information on illegal Universal Waste 

shipments, and lastly to help ensure 

that Universal Waste is being properly 

treated, recycled, and/or disposed. In 

2001, EPA promulgated regulations in 

40 CFR part 266 that provide increased 

flexibility to facilities managing wastes 

commonly known as ‘‘Mixed Waste.’’ 

Section 266.345(a) requires that 

generators or treaters notify EPA or the 

Authorized State that they are claiming 

the Transportation and Disposal 

Conditional Exemption prior to the 

initial shipment of a waste to a LLRW 

disposal facility. Finally, the regulations 

at 40 CFR part 279 establish streamlined 

procedures for notification, testing, 

labeling, and recordkeeping including 

an approach for tracking off-site 

shipments that allow used oil handlers 

to use standard business practices (e.g., 

invoices, bill of lading). Used oil 

transporters must comply with all 

applicable packaging, labeling, and 

placarding requirements of 49 CFR parts 

173, 178, and 179. In addition, used oil 

transporters must report discharges of 

used oil according to existing 49 CFR 

part 171 and 33 CFR part 153 

requirements. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

Sector and State, Local, or Tribal 

Governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 273), required 

to obtain or retain a benefit (40 CFR 

parts 266 and 279). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

134,280. 

Frequency of response: Occasionally. 

Total estimated burden: 679,354 

hours per year. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: $44,737,952 (per 

year), includes $10,015,823 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 28,189 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to updating 

the current Universe and Mixed Waste 

estimates. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03541 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0269; FRL–9923–38– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Transportation Conformity 

Determinations for Federally Funded 

and Approved Transportation Plans, 

Programs and Projects 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Transportation Conformity 

Determinations for Federally Funded 

and Approved Transportation Plans, 

Programs, and Projects’’ (EPA ICR No. 

2130.05, OMB Control No. 2060–0561) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–0269 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 


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1Some projects are exempt from all or certain 

conformity requirements; see 40 CFR 93.126, 

93.127, and 93.128. 2See 78 FR 34178 (June 3, 2013). 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Astrid Larsen, Transportation and 

Climate Division, State Measures and 

Transportation Planning Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 

Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 

48105; telephone number: 734–214– 

4812; fax number: 734–214–4052; email 

address: larsen.astrid@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 ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit www.epa.gov/

dockets. 

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

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Transportation conformity is 

required under Clean Air Act section 

176(c) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) to ensure that 

federally supported transportation 

activities are consistent with (‘‘conform 

to’’) the purpose of the state air quality 

implementation plan (SIP). 

Transportation activities include 

transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs (TIPs), and 

federally funded or approved highway 

or transit projects. Conformity to the 

purpose of the SIP means that 

transportation activities will not cause 

or contribute to new air quality 

violations, worsen existing violations, or 

delay timely attainment of the relevant 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS or ‘‘standards’’) or interim 

milestones. 

Transportation conformity applies 

under EPA’s conformity regulations at 

40 CFR part 93, subpart A, to areas that 

are designated nonattainment, and those 

redesignated to attainment after 1990 

(‘‘maintenance areas’’ with plans 

developed under Clean Air Act section 

175A) for the following transportationrelated criteria pollutants: ozone, 

particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), 

carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen 

dioxide (NO2). The EPA published the 

original transportation conformity rule 

on November 24, 1993 (58 FR 62188), 

and subsequently published several 

revisions. EPA develops the conformity 

regulations in coordination with the 

Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) and Federal Transit 

Administration (FTA). 

Transportation conformity 

determinations are required before 

federal approval or funding is given to 

certain types of transportation planning 

documents as well as non-exempt 

highway and transit projects.1

EPA considered the following in 

renewing the existing ICR: 

• Burden estimates for transportation 

conformity determinations (including 

both regional and project-level) in 

current nonattainment and maintenance 

areas for the ozone, PM2.5, PM10, CO, 

and NO2 NAAQS; 

• Federal burden associated with 

EPA’s adequacy review process for 

submitted SIP motor vehicle emissions 

budgets that are to be used in 

conformity determinations; 

• Efficiencies in areas making 

conformity determinations for multiple 

NAAQS; 

• Differences in conformity resource 

needs in large and small metropolitan 

areas and isolated rural areas; 

• Burden estimates for the transition 

from MOVES2010 to MOVES2014: 

• Reduced burden as a result of areas 

no longer determining conformity for 

the 1997 ozone NAAQS due to 

revocation 2 anticipated in early 2015; 

and, 

• Reduced burden as a result of areas 

completing 20 years of maintenance for 

the PM10 and CO NAAQS, at which time 

transportation conformity is no longer 

required. 

This ICR does not include burden 

associated with the general 

development of transportation planning 

and air quality planning documents for 

meeting other federal requirements. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

metropolitan planning organizations, 

local transit agencies, state departments 

of transportation, and state and local air 

quality agencies. Federal agencies 

potentially affected by this action 

include FHWA, FTA, and EPA. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory pursuant to Clean Air Act 

section 176(c) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) and 40 

CFR part 51 and 93. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

EPA estimates that 126 MPOs will be 

subject to conformity requirements 

during the period covered by this ICR 

and that EPA Regional Offices, the 

FHWA, and FTA will be involved in 

interagency consultation, and review of 

transportation-related conformity 

determinations performed by MPOs 

during this process. EPA also estimates 

that similar consultation will occur for 

projects in isolated rural areas. 

Frequency of response: The 

information collections described in this 

ICR must be completed before a 

transportation plan, TIP, or project 

conformity determination is made. The 

Clean Air Act requires conformity to be 

determined for transportation plans and 

TIPs every four years. Conformity 

determinations on projects in 

metropolitan and isolated rural areas are 

required on as as-needed bases. 

Total estimated burden: 63,237 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $3,768,668 (per 

year), includes zero annualized capital 

or operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in estimates: There is a 

decrease of 136,200 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due to less 

burden associated with decreased 

conformity analysis for PM10, CO and 

1997 ozone NAAQS, the transition from 

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project-level conformity analyses, and 

decreased EPA adequacy findings. 

Dated: February 12, 2015. 

Karl Simon, 

Director, Transportation and Climate 

Division, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03577 Filed 2–20–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9923–16–Region 6] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petitions for Objection to 

State Operating Permits for Luminant 

Generating Company, LLC Steam 

Electric Generating Stations Martin 

Lake, Monticello, and Big Brown in 

Texas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Clean Air Act 

(CAA) Section 505(b)(2) and 40 CFR 

70.8(d), the EPA Administrator signed 

an Order, dated January 23, 2015, 

denying in part three petitions asking 

the EPA to object to operating permits 

issued by the Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to 

Luminant Generating Company, LLC 

(Luminant) relating to three coal fired 

steam electric generating stations (SES) 

located in East and Northeast Texas. 

Title V operating permit number O53 

was issued by the TCEQ to Luminant for 

the Martin Lake SES located in Rusk 

County, Texas. Title V operating permit 

number O64 was issued to Luminant for 

the Monticello SES located in Titus 

County, Texas, while title V operating 

permit number O65 was issued to 

Luminant for the Big Brown SES located 

in Freestone County, Texas. The EPA’s 

January 23, 2015 Order responds to the 

three petitions submitted by the 

Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) 

representing themselves and on behalf 

of Sierra Club (collectively, the 

Petitioners): the petition addressing the 

Martin Lake permit was received on 

February 26, 2014, while the petitions 

addressing the Monticello permit and 

Big Brown permit were both received on 

March 4, 2014. Sections 307(b) and 

505(b)(2) of the Act provide that a 

petitioner may ask for judicial review of 

those portions of the Orders that deny 

objections raised in the petitions by the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

appropriate circuit. Any petition for 

review shall be filed within 60 days 

from the date this notice appears in the 

Federal Register, pursuant to section 

307(b) of the Act. 

ADDRESSES: You may review copies of 

the final Orders, the petitions, and other 

supporting information at EPA Region 6, 

1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202– 

2733. 

For Information: Please contact Brad 

Toups at (214) 665–7258, email address: 

toups.brad@epa.gov or the above EPA, 

Region 6 address, to view copies of the 

final Orders, petitions, and other 

supporting information. You may view 

the hard copies Monday through Friday, 

from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. If you wish to 

examine these documents, you should 

make an appointment at least 24 hours 

before the visiting day. Additionally, the 

final January 23, 2015 Order is available 

electronically at: http://www.epa.gov/

region07/air/title5/petitiondb/petitions/

luminant_response2014.pdf. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords the EPA a 45-day period to 

review, and object, as appropriate, to a 

title V operating permit proposed by a 

state permitting authority. Section 

505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes any 

person to petition the EPA 

Administrator, within 60 days after the 

expiration of this review period, to 

object to a title V operating permit if the 

EPA has not done so. Petitions must be 

based only on objections to the permit 

that were raised with reasonable 

specificity during the public comment 

period provided by the state, unless the 

petitioner demonstrates that it was 

impracticable to raise these issues 

during the comment period or unless 

the grounds for the issue arose after this 

period. 

The EPA received three petitions from 

the Petitioners, one dated February 26, 

2014 for the Martin Lake permit, and 

one each dated March 3, 2014 for the 

Monticello and Big Brown permits, to 

object to operating permits issued to 

Luminant Generating Company, LLC 

relating respectively to facilities located 

in Rusk, Titus, and Freestone counties, 

Texas. 

The Order issued on January 23, 2015 

responds to claim V.A of the Martin 

Lake Petition (pp. 5–9), the Monticello 

Petition (pp. 5–11) and the Big Brown 

Petition (pp. 7–14) raised by EIP, the 

Sierra Club having withdrawn all of 

their objections prior to the issuance of 

the order. The EIP requested that the 

Administrator object to the proposed 

operating permits issued by the TCEQ to 

Luminant on several bases. The three 

petitions did not raise identical claims; 

however, three common claims are 

addressed in the issued order. The 

remaining issues are to be withdrawn by 

the petitioner in accordance with a 

settlement agreement reached on 

January 22, 2015 between the Petitioner 

and the EPA. 

The claims are described in detail in 

Section IV of the Order. In summary, the 

issues raised are that: (1) the 

Compliance Assurance Monitoring 

(CAM) provisions in the Martin Lake, 

Monticello and Big Brown permits do 

not assure compliance with the 

applicable particulate matter (PM) 

emission limit during periods of startup, 

shutdown, maintenance and 

malfunction; (2) the record supporting 

the CAM opacity indicator ranges for 

PM for Monticello Units 1, 2 and 3 is 

deficient and not based on reliable data; 

and (3) the Big Brown permit must be 

revised to ensure that any credible 

evidence may be used to demonstrate 

noncompliance with applicable 

requirements. 

Due to significant overlap in the 

issues raised in the Petitions and the 

similarity of the relevant permit 

conditions in each of the three permits, 

the EPA is responding to the identified 

portion of all three Petitions in this 

Order on January 23, 2015. The EPA’s 

rationale for denying the addressed 

claims is described in the Order. 

Dated: February 9, 2015. 

Ron Curry, 

Regional Administrator, Region 6. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9923–31–Region 2] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of List Decisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

decision to identify certain water 

quality limited waters and the 

associated pollutant to be listed 

pursuant to the Clean Water Act Section 

303(d)(2) on New York’s list of impaired 

waters, and requests public comment. 

Section 303(d)(2) requires that States 

submit, and EPA approve or disapprove, 

lists of waters for which existing 

technology-based pollution controls are 

not stringent enough to attain or 

maintain State water quality standards 

and for which total maximum daily 

loads (TMDLs) must be prepared. 

On January 13, 2015, EPA 

disapproved New York’s decision to 


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