9338 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Notices 

Modeling, Air Methods and 

Characterization Division, Ambient Air 

Branch, Mail Drop D205–03, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone 

number: 919–541–7877; fax number: 

919–541–4848; email address 

vanderpool.robert@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. 

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: To determine compliance 

with the National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (NAAQS), State air 

monitoring agencies are required to use, 

in their air quality monitoring networks, 

air monitoring methods that have been 

formally designated by the EPA as either 

reference or equivalent methods under 

EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 53. A 

manufacturer or seller of an air 

monitoring method (e.g., an air 

monitoring sampler or analyzer) that 

seeks to obtain such EPA designation of 

one of its products must carry out 

prescribed tests of the method. The test 

results and other information must then 

be submitted to the EPA in the form of 

an application for a reference or 

equivalent method determination in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The 

EPA uses this information, under the 

provisions of 40 CFR part 53, to 

determine whether the particular 

method should be designated as either 

a reference or equivalent method. After 

a method is designated, the applicant 

must also maintain records of the names 

and mailing addresses of all ultimate 

purchasers of all analyzers or samplers 

sold as designated methods under the 

method designation. If the method 

designated is a method for fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) and coarse 

particulate matter (PM10–2.5), the 

applicant must also submit a checklist 

signed by an ISO-certified auditor to 

indicate that the samplers or analyzers 

sold as part of the designated method 

are manufactured in an ISO 9001- 

registered facility. Also, an applicant 

must submit a minor application to seek 

approval for any proposed 

modifications to previously designated 

methods. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

manufacturers, states. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain the benefit of EPA 

designation under 40 CFR part 53. 

Submission of some information that is 

claimed by the applicant to be 

confidential business information may 

be necessary to make a reference or 

equivalent method determination. The 

confidentiality of any submitted 

information identified as confidential 

business information by the applicant 

will be protected in full accordance 

with 40 CFR 53.15 and all applicable 

provisions of 40 CFR part 2. 

Estimated number of respondents: 22 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Total estimated burden: 7,492 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $746,029 (per 

year), includes $152,152 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is no 

change in hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB. 

Dated: January 27, 2021. 

Timothy Watkins, 

Director, Center for Environmental 

Measurements and Modeling. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02847 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10020–03–Region 1] 

Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser 

Proposed Settlement Agreement and 

Covenant Not To Sue Pursuant to the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980, as Amended by the 

Superfund Amendments and 

Reauthorization Act of 1986; In Re: 

Mohawk Tannery Site, Located in 

Nashua, New Hampshire 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement 

agreement; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is hereby providing 

notice of a proposed settlement 

agreement concerning the Mohawk 

Tannery Site in Nashua, New 

Hampshire. The settlement agreement is 

entered into pursuant to the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act, as amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), and the 

authority of the Attorney General of the 

United States to compromise and settle 

claims of the United States. The 

proposed settlement agreement is 

between the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) and bona 

fide prospective purchaser Blaylock 

Holdings, LLC (‘‘Settling Party’’). The 

proposed Settlement Agreement 

requires the Settling Party to conduct 

work under EPA oversight in exchange 

for a covenant not to sue pursuant to 

sections 106 and 107(a) of CERCLA, for 

existing contamination at the Mohawk 

Tannery Site. The Settlement provides 

the Settling Party with pre-authorized 

mixed funding for the work. The 

Settling Party consents to and will not 

contest the authority of the United 

States to enter into this Agreement or to 

implement or enforce its terms. The 

Settling Parties recognize that this 

Agreement has been negotiated in good 

faith and that this Agreement is entered 

into without the admission or 

adjudication of any issue of fact or law. 

DATES: EPA will receive written 

comments relating to the settlement 

until March 15, 2021. The Agency will 

consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

the settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

via email and addressed to RuthAnn 

Sherman, Senior Enforcement Counsel, 

Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Notices 9339 

Office of Regional Counsel, U.S. EPA 

Region 1, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100, Boston, MA 02109 at email 

sherman.ruthann@eap.gov. Comments 

should refer to: In the Matter of: 

Mohawk Tannery Site, U.S. EPA Region 

1, Docket No. CERCLA–01–2020–0063. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

proposed settlement and additional 

background information relating to the 

settlement are available for public 

inspection at the U.S. EPA Region 1 

OSRR Records and Information Center, 

5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, 

MA 02109. In addition, a copy of the 

proposed settlement agreement can be 

obtained from RuthAnn Sherman, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100, Boston, MA 02109; 617–918–1886; 

sherman.ruthann@epa.gov. Additional 

information on the Mohawk Tannery 

Site can be found through the U.S. EPA 

Region I website at: epa.gov/superfund/ 

mohawk. 

Bryan Olson, 

Director, Superfund and Emergency 

Management Division, U.S. EPA, Region I. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02887 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10020–17–Region 3] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition To Object to the Title 

V Permit for Northeast Maryland Waste 

Disposal Authority; Maryland 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), the Administrator of the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

signed an Order, dated December 11, 

2020, granting a petition to object to a 

state operating permit issued by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment (MDE). The Order 

responds to a February 4, 2019 petition, 

relating to the Northeast Maryland 

Waste Disposal Authority’s Montgomery 

County Resource Recovery Facility 

(MCRRF), a municipal solid waste 

resource recovery facility located in 

Montgomery County, Maryland. The 

petition was submitted by the 

Environmental Integrity Project and the 

Chesapeake Climate Action Network 

(the Petitioners). This Order constitutes 

final action on that petition requesting 

that the Administrator object to the 

issuance of the proposed CAA title V 

permit. 

DATES: February 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order, 

the petition, and all pertinent 

information relating thereto can be 

requested by electronic mail to the 

address set forth below in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

The final Order is also available 

electronically at the following website: 

https://www.epa.gov/title-v-operatingpermits/title-v-petition-database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Stahl, Permits Branch, Air & 

Radiation Division, EPA Region III, 

(215) 814–2180, stahl.cynthia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review 

and object to, as appropriate, title V 

operating permits proposed by state 

permitting authorities. 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 state title V 

operating permit if EPA has not done so. 

Petitions must be based only on 

objections raised with reasonable 

specificity during the public comment 

period, unless the petitioner 

demonstrates that it was impracticable 

to raise these issues during the comment 

period or that the grounds for objection 

or other issue arose after the comment 

period. 

MDE issued the final MCRRF renewal 

operating permit (permit no. 24–031– 

1718) on January 1, 2019. In the MCRRF 

petition (numbered III–2019–2), the 

Petitioners sought EPA objection on the 

basis that the title V permit failed to set 

forth monitoring requirements that 

assured continuous compliance with the 

1-hour Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration emission limit for 

hydrogen chloride. The Order explains 

the reasons behind EPA’s decision to 

grant the petition for objection. 

Dated: February 4, 2021. 

Cristina Fernandez, 

Air and Radiation Division, US EPA Region 

III. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02835 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10019–87–OAR] 

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas 

Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2019 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Draft Inventory of U.S. 

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 

1990–2019 is available for public 

review. The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) requests 

recommendations for improving the 

overall quality of the inventory report to 

be finalized in April 2021, as well as 

subsequent inventory reports. 

DATES: To ensure your comments are 

considered for the final version of the 

document, please submit your 

comments by March 15, 2021. However, 

comments received after that date will 

still be welcomed and considered for 

the next edition of this report. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2021–0008, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or withdrawn. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). Comments can also 

be submitted in hardcopy to GHG 

Inventory at: Environmental Protection 

Agency, Climate Change Division 

(6207A), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, Fax: (202) 343– 

2342. You are welcome and encouraged 

to send an email with your comments to 

GHGInventory@epa.gov. EPA may 

publish any comment received to its 

public docket, submitted in hardcopy or 

sent via email. For additional 

submission methods, the full EPA 

public comment policy, information 

about CBI, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Mausami Desai, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Air and 

Radiation, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, Climate Change Division, 

(202) 343–9381, GHGInventory@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Annual 

U.S. emissions for the period of time 

from 1990 through 2019 are summarized 

and presented by sector, including 

source and sink categories. The 

inventory contains estimates of carbon 

dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous 

oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), 

perfluorocarbons (PFC), sulfur 

hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen 

trifluoride (NF3) emissions. The 

technical approach used in this report to 

estimate emissions and sinks for 

greenhouse gases is consistent with the 

methodologies recommended by the 

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 

Change (IPCC), and reported in a format