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Submitting this document is not a 

requirement of the Methane Challenge 

Program partnership. The fact sheet 

template covered under this ICR is: 

• Methane Challenge Program— 

Historical Actions Fact Sheet 

Template: EPA Form No. 5900–413 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

Natural Gas STAR Programs are open to 

companies in the production segment of 

the oil industry, and to companies in 

the production, gathering & boosting, 

processing, transmission & storage, and 

distribution segments of the natural gas 

industry. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 97 

(Natural Gas STAR) and 58 (Methane 

Challenge) partners, and 50 vendors 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual for 

partners and semi-annual for vendors. 

Total estimated burden: 2,846 hours 

(per year) for the Natural Gas STAR 

Program plus 2,978 hours (per year) for 

the Methane Challenge Program. Burden 

is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $268,577.00 (per 

year) for the Natural Gas STAR Program 

plus $268,952 hours (per year) for the 

Methane Challenge Program. There are 

no capital/start-up costs or O&M costs 

associated with this information 

collection. 

Changes in Estimates: EPA expects 

that the burden associated with the final 

ICR submission for the Methane 

Challenge Program will increase 

compared to its previous estimated 

burden due to modifying this ICR to 

include the addition of respondents 

from the Natural Gas STAR Program. 

However, the final total burden for the 

total of the two programs is not 

expected to exceed the sum of the 

burdens for Natural Gas STAR and 

Methane Challenge Programs. 

Hans Christopher Grundler, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10016–80-Region 3] 

Delegation of Authority to the 

Commonwealth of Virginia To 

Implement and Enforce Additional or 

Revised National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants Standards 

and New Source Performance 

Standards 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of delegation of 

authority. 

SUMMARY: On October 8, 2020, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

sent the Commonwealth of Virginia 

(Virginia) a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia’s delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce the National 

Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 

Pollutants (NESHAPs) and New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) had been 

updated, as provided for under 

previously approved delegation 

mechanisms. To inform regulated 

facilities and the public, EPA is making 

available a copy of EPA’s letter to 

Virginia through this notice. 

DATES: On October 8, 2020, EPA sent 

Virginia a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia’s delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce Federal 

NESHAPs had been updated. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of documents 

pertaining to this action are available for 

public inspection during normal 

business hours at the Air and Radiation 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103–2029. Copies of 

Virginia’s submittal are also available at 

the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality, 1111 East Main 

Street, Richmond, VA 23219. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Riley Burger, Permits Branch (3AD10), 

Air & Radiation Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103. The telephone 

number is (215) 814 2217, or by Mr. 

Burger can also be reached via 

electronic mail at burger.riley@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

5, 2020, Virginia notified EPA that 

Virginia had updated its incorporation 

by reference of Federal NESHAP, NSPS, 

and Maximum Achievable Control 

Technology (MACT) standards to 

include many such standards, as they 

were published in final form in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) dated 

July 1, 2019. On October 8, 2020, EPA 

sent Virginia a letter acknowledging that 

Virginia now has the authority to 

implement and enforce the NESHAPs as 

specified by Virginia in its notice to 

EPA, as provided for under previously 

approved automatic delegation 

mechanisms. All notifications, 

applications, reports, and other 

correspondence required pursuant to 

the delegated NESHAPs must be 

submitted to both EPA, Region III and 

to the Virginia Department of 

Environmental Quality, unless the 

delegated standard specifically provides 

that such submittals may be sent to EPA 

or a delegated State. In such cases, the 

submittals should be sent only to the 

Virginia Department of Environmental 

Quality. A copy of EPA’s letter to 

Virginia follows: 

‘‘Michael G. Dowd, Director, 

Air Division, 

Virginia Department of Environmental 

Quality, 

P.O. Box 1105, 

Richmond, Virginia 23218 

Dear Mr. Dowd: 

The United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) has previously 

delegated to the Commonwealth of 

Virginia (Virginia) the authority to 

implement and enforce various federal 

New Source Performance Standards 

(NSPS), National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), 

and National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 

Categories (MACT standards) which are 

found at 40 CFR parts 60, 61 and 63, 

respectively. In those actions, EPA also 

delegated to Virginia the authority to 

implement and enforce any future 

federal NSPS, NESHAP or MACT 

Standards on the condition that Virginia 

legally adopt the future standards, make 

only allowed wording changes, and 

provide specified notice to EPA. 

In a letter dated March 5, 2020, 

Virginia submitted to EPA revised 

versions of Virginia’s regulations which 

incorporate by reference specified 

federal NSPS, NESHAP and MACT 

standards, as those federal standards 

had been published in final form in the 

Code of Federal Regulations dated July 

1, 2019. Virginia committed to enforcing 

the federal standards in conformance 

with the terms of EPA’s previous 

delegations of authority and made only 

allowed wording changes. 

Virginia stated that it had submitted 

the revisions ‘‘to retain its authority to 

enforce the NSPSs and NESHAPs under 

the delegation of authority granted by 

EPA on August 27, 1981 (46 FR 43300) 

and to enforce the MACT standards 

under the delegation of authority 

granted by EPA on January 26, 1999 (64 

FR 3938) and January 8, 2002 (67 FR 

825).’’ 

Virginia provided copies of its revised 

regulations which specify the NSPS, 

NESHAP and MACT Standards which it 

had adopted by reference. Virginia’s 

revised regulations are entitled 9 VAC 

5–50 ‘‘New and Modified Stationary 

Sources,’’ and 9 VAC 5–60 ‘‘Hazardous 

Air Pollutant Sources.’’ These revised 

regulations have an effective date of 

March 4, 2020. 

Based on Virginia’s submittal, EPA 

acknowledges that EPA’s delegations to 

Virginia of the authority to implement 


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1Sierra Club v. EPA, 551 F.3rd 1019 (D.C. Cir. 

2008). 

and enforce EPA’s NSPS, NESHAP, and 

MACT standards have been updated, as 

provided for under the terms of EPA’s 

previous delegation of authority actions, 

to allow Virginia to implement and 

enforce the federal NSPS, NESHAP and 

MACT standards which Virginia has 

adopted by reference as specified in 

Virginia’s revised regulations 9 VAC 5– 

50 and 9 VAC 5–60, both effective on 

March 4, 2020. 

Please note that on December 19, 

2008, in Sierra Club v. EPA,1 the United 

States Court of Appeals for the District 

of Columbia Circuit vacated certain 

provisions of the General Provisions of 

40 CFR part 63 relating to exemptions 

for startup, shutdown, and malfunction 

(SSM). On October 16, 2009, the Court 

issued a mandate vacating these SSM 

exemption provisions, which are found 

at 40 CFR 63.6(f)(1) and (h)(1). 

Accordingly, EPA no longer allows 

sources the SSM exemption as provided 

for in the vacated provisions at 40 CFR 

63.6(f)(1) and (h)(1), even though EPA 

has not yet formally removed these SSM 

exemption provisions from the General 

Provisions of 40 CFR part 63. Because 

Virginia incorporated 40 CFR part 63 by 

reference, Virginia should also no longer 

allow sources to use the former SSM 

exemption from the General Provisions 

of 40 CFR part 63 due to the Court’s 

ruling in Sierra Club vs. EPA. 

EPA appreciates Virginia’s continuing 

NSPS, NESHAP and MACT standards 

enforcement efforts, and also Virginia’s 

decision to take automatic delegation of 

additional or updated NSPS, NESHAP 

and MACT standards by adopting them 

by reference. 

Sincerely, 

Cristina Fernandez, 

Director Air and Radiation Division’’ 

This notice acknowledges the update 

of Virginia’s delegation of authority to 

implement and enforce NESHAP, NSPS, 

and MACT standards. 

Dated: November 17, 2020. 

Cristina Fernandez, 

Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region 

III. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0104; FRL—10019– 

10–OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Brownfields Program— 

Accomplishment Reporting (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Brownfields Program—Accomplishment 

Reporting (EPA ICR Number 2104.08, 

OMB Control Number 2050–0192) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through January 31, 2021. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

June 18, 2020 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 February 18, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–SFUND–2012–0104, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to docket.superfund@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Gorini, Office of Brownfields and 

Land Revitalization, (5105T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 566– 

1702; fax number: (202) 566–1476; 

email address: gorini.kelly@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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

collection of information from those 

organizations that receive cooperative 

agreements from EPA under the 

authority of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act 

(CERCLA) as amended by the 

Brownfields Utilization, Investment, 

and Local Development (BUILD) Act 

(Pub. L. 115–141). CERCLA, as 

amended, authorizes EPA to award 

grants or cooperative agreements to 

states, tribes, local governments, and 

other eligible entities to support the 

assessment and cleanup of brownfields 

sites. Under the Brownfields 

Amendments, a brownfields site means 

real property, the expansion, 

redevelopment, or reuse of which may 

be complicated by the presence or 

potential presence of a hazardous 

substance, pollutant, or contaminant. 

For funding purposes, EPA uses the 

term ‘‘brownfields property(ies)’’ 

synonymously with the term 

‘‘brownfields sites.’’ The Brownfields 

Amendments authorize EPA to award 

several types of cooperative agreements 

to eligible entities on a competitive 

basis. 

Under subtitle A of the Small 

Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act, states, 

tribes, local governments, and other 

eligible entities can receive assessment 

cooperative agreements to inventory, 

characterize, assess, and conduct 

planning and community involvement 

related to brownfields properties; 

cleanup cooperative agreements to carry 

out cleanup activities at brownfields 

properties; multipurpose cooperative 

agreements to conduct activities 


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