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filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request shall be 

treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

Dated: October 18, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27426 Filed 10–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0085; FRL–9482–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Protection of Stratospheric 

Ozone: Critical Use Exemption From 

the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before November 23, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0085, to (1) EPA online 

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

preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 

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: 

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 Web 

site 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: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On March 2, 2011 (76 FR 11447), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment during the comment period, 

which is addressed in the ICR. Any 

additional comments on this ICR should 

be submitted to EPA and OMB within 

30 days of this notice. 

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 Docket 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 8:30 

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 Air Docket is 202–566–1742. 

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: Protection of Stratospheric 

Ozone: Critical Use Exemption from the 

Phaseout of Methyl Bromide (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2031.06, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0482. 

ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on October 31, 2011. 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 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 this 

ICR, which allows EPA to collect methyl 

bromide Critical Use Exemption (CUE) 

applications from regulated entities on 

an annual basis, and which requires the 

submission of data from regulated 

industries to the EPA and 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 

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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); and (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; and (3) analyze 

technical use data to ensure that 

exemptions are used in accordance with 

requirements included in the annual 

allocation rulemakings. 

EPA informs respondents that they 

may assert claims of business 

confidentiality for any of the 

information they submit. Information 

claimed to be confidential will be 

treated in accordance with the 

procedures for handling information 

claimed as 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 hour 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: 

Producers, importers, distributors, and 

custom applicators of methyl bromide, 

organizations, consortia, and 

associations of methyl bromide users, as 

well as individual methyl bromide 

users. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,919. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly, 

Annually, Occasionally. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

3,258. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$988,840 in labor costs. 

Change in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 1,660 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. The primary reason for the 

decrease in burden hours is a decrease 

in the number of applicants and a 

related decline in the number of end 

users. Stakeholders are also 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. 

Dated: October 18, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–27438 Filed 10–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9482–7] 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences; Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces two public teleconferences 

of the chartered Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) to 

discuss its draft review of EPA’s 

Integrated Science Assessment for Lead 

(First External Review Draft, May 2011) 

and EPA’s draft Near-Road NO2

Monitoring Technical Assistance 

Document. 

DATES: A public teleconference call will 

be held on November 28, 2011 from 

10 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Another teleconference will be held on 

January 27, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

public teleconference may contact Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), SAB Staff Office, by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2073; 

by fax at (202) 565–2098 or via e-mail 

at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA CASAC 

can be found at the EPA CASAC Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/casac. Any 

inquiry regarding EPA’s Integrated 

Science Assessment for Lead (First 

External Review Draft, May 2011) 

should be directed to Dr. Ellen Kirrane, 

EPA Office of Research and 

Development, at kirrane.ellen@epa.gov 

or 919–541–1340. Any inquiry regarding 

EPA’s draft Near-Road NO2 Monitoring 

Technical Assistance Document should 

be directed to Mr. Nealson Watkins, 

EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (OAQPS) at 

watkins.nealson@epa.gov or 919–541– 

5522. 


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