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turbine with an International 

Organization for Standardization (ISO) 

rating of 11,107 horsepower and 

auxiliary facilities; 

• modifications at existing 

Compressor Station 325 in Sussex 

County, New Jersey, including 

installation of one Solar Titan 130 

turbine with an ISO rating of 20,500 

horsepower and auxiliary facilities; and 

• one new 19,000-horsepower 

electric-driven Compressor Station 327 

and associated auxiliary facilities in 

Passaic County, New Jersey. 

The Commission mailed a copy of the 

Notice of Availability to federal, state, 

and local government representatives 

and agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

and newspapers and libraries in the 

project area. The EA is only available in 

electronic format. It may be viewed and 

downloaded from the FERC’s website 

(www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas 

environmental documents page (https:// 

www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be 

accessed by using the eLibrary link on 

the FERC’s website. Click on the 

eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General 

Search’’ and enter the docket number in 

the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field (i.e., CP20– 

493). Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

The EA is not a decision document. 

It presents Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. Any person wishing to 

comment on the EA may do so. Your 

comments should focus on the EA’s 

disclosure and discussion of potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. To ensure that the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 

22, 2021. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. This is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select the type of 

filing you are making. If you are filing 

a comment on a particular project, 

please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (CP20–493–000) 

on your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Filing environmental comments will 

not give you intervenor status, but you 

do not need intervenor status to have 

your comments considered. Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing or judicial review of the 

Commission’s decision. At this point in 

this proceeding, the timeframe for filing 

timely intervention requests has 

expired. Any person seeking to become 

a party to the proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene out-of-time 

pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 

(d)) and show good cause why the time 

limitation should be waived. Motions to 

intervene are more fully described at 

https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferconline/how-guides. 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov) using the 

eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ 

ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Dated: February 19, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04193 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10020–19–Region 10] 

Proposed Modification of NPDES 

General Permit for Offshore Seafood 

Processors in Alaska (AKG524000) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Modification of NPDES General 

Permit. 

SUMMARY: In June 2019, EPA Region 10 

reissued a National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permit for offshore seafood processors 

operating in federal waters off the coast 

of Alaska. The permit, which became 

effective on July 17, 2019, authorizes 

discharges of seafood processing waste 

from vessels that: Discharge at least 3 

nautical miles (NM) or greater from the 

Alaska shore; and, which engage in the 

processing of fresh, frozen, canned, 

smoked, salted or pickled seafood, the 

processing of mince, or the processing 

of meal, paste and other secondary byproducts. On March 30, 2020, the 

Freezer Longline Coalition (FLC) 

requested that EPA modify the permit to 

allow for a currently-prohibited 

seasonal discharge (between June 10 

and December 31, the fleet’s ‘‘B 

Season’’) within 1 NM of wintering 

critical habitat (Unit 5) for the 

spectacled eider. According to the FLC, 

the requested modification is a result of 

changing fish migration patterns and ice 

coverage in the Bering Sea, and is 

‘‘necessary to ensure the continued 

commercial viability of its members.’’ 

While requested by FLC, a permit 

modification would apply to all vessels 

covered under the Permit. EPA has 

tentatively decided to modify the permit 

to allow for discharge within 1 NM of 

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Unit 5 during the fleet’s B season. All 

other conditions of the permit will 

remain unchanged. EPA is only 

accepting comments on the modified 

authorization for vessels to seasonally 

discharge within 1 NM of spectacled 

eider wintering critical habitat (Part 

III.B.7 of the modified general permit). 

Only the conditions subject to 

modification are reopened for public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

modification must be received by March 

31, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

modification should be sent 

electronically to goodman.sally@

epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Permit documents may be found on the 

EPA Region 10 website at: https://

www.epa.gov/npdes-permits/npdesgeneral-permit-offshore-seafoodprocessors-alaska. Copies of the draft 

modified general permit and fact sheet 

are also available upon request. 

Requests may be made to Audrey 

Washington at (206) 553–0523 or to 

Sally Goodman at (206) 553–0782. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to: washington.audrey@epa.gov 

or goodman.sally@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

There are currently 73 vessel 

operators authorized to discharge under 

the permit. In October 2019, FLC 

reported to EPA that within the past two 

fishing seasons, sea ice in the Bering Sea 

had not reached as far south, formed 

later in the year, and persisted for a 

shorter duration, and that as a result, a 

large percentage of the Pacific cod 

population in the Bering Sea have 

migrated further north than previously 

found/harvested, including areas near 

and within spectacled eider wintering 

habitat. Under 40 CFR 122.62(a)(2), EPA 

has tentatively decided to modify the 

permit. While FLC raised the issue of 

Pacific cod migrating into more 

northern reaches of the Bering Sea as a 

primary motivation in their permit 

modification request, the modification 

allowing discharge within 1 NM of Unit 

5 would apply to all vessels covered 

under EPA’s General Permit, which 

include both hook and line (‘‘longline’’) 

and trawl catcher processors, and would 

not be conditioned upon targeted 

species. The At-Sea Processors 

Association, which represents trawl 

catcher processor vessels, has indicated 

that up to 12 pelagic trawlers could 

potentially target pollock within 1 NM 

of Unit 5, assuming the permit is 

modified. 

EPA has conducted new analyses to 

identify impacts to spectacled eiders 

and their critical habitat that could 

result from the proposed modification, 

revised the previously concurred-upon 

Biological Evaluation (BE), and on July 

9, 2020, requested formal consultation 

with USFWS under 50 CFR part 402. 

New analyses conducted in the BE have 

led EPA to change its previous 

determination from not likely to 

adversely affect the federally threatened 

spectacled eider or its critical habitat to 

likely to adversely affect the species or 

critical habitat. USFWS concurred on 

the EPA’s determination that the Permit 

actions are likely to adversely affect 

species listed under the Endangered 

Species Act or designated critical 

habitat. The draft Biological Opinion, 

received on November 10, 2020, 

includes mitigations to minimize take 

and impact on species and habitat, 

which are also included in the Permit. 

They are: Permittees must create a Best 

Management Practices Plan; discharges 

are not authorized in certain protected 

areas and habitats; vessels must be 

moving while discharging; permittees 

must conduct daily sea surface 

monitoring; and, EPA will use the 

information gathered from visual 

monitoring in evaluation during the 

next permit cycle. 

II. Other Legal Requirements 

This action is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review. 

Daniel D. Opalski, 

Director, Water Division, Region 10. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04105 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0707; FRL–10020–44– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Data 

Reporting Requirements for State and 

Local Vehicle Emission Inspection and 

Maintenance (I/M) Programs 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Data Reporting Requirements for State 

and Local Vehicle Emission Inspection 

and Maintenance (I/M) Programs’’ (EPA 

ICR No.1613.07, OMB Control No. 

2060–0252) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 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, which is currently approved 

through October 31, 2021. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2008–0707, to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. Do not 

submit any information you consider to 

be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Out of 

an abundance of caution for members of 

the public and our staff, the EPA Docket 

Center and Reading Room was closed to 

public visitors on March 31, 2020, to 

reduce the risk of transmitting COVID– 

19. Our Docket Center staff will 

continue to provide remote customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

We encourage the public to submit 

comments via https://

www.regulations.gov, as there is a 

temporary suspension of mail delivery 

to EPA, and no hand deliveries are 

currently accepted. For further 

information on EPA Docket Center 

services and the current status, please 

visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Winkelmann, Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood, 

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105; telephone 

number: 734–214–4255; email address: 

winkelmann.joseph@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. 

The EPA is temporarily suspending its 

Docket Center and Reading Room for 

public visitors to reduce the risk of