11998 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 38 / Monday, March 1, 2021 / Notices 

transmitting COVID–19. Our Docket 

Center staff will continue to provide 

remote customer service via email, 

phone, and webform. For further 

information and updates on EPA Docket 

Center services, please visit us online at 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

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

the Paperwork Reduction Act (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: Clean Air Act section 182 

and EPA’s regulations (40 CFR part 51, 

subpart S) establish the requirements for 

state and local inspection and 

maintenance (I/M) programs that are 

included in state implementation plans 

(SIPs). To provide general oversight and 

support to these programs, EPA requires 

that state agencies with basic and 

enhanced I/M programs collect two 

varieties of reports for submission to the 

Agency: 

• An annual report providing general 

program operating data and summary 

statistics, addressing the program’s 

current design and coverage, a summary 

of testing data, enforcement program 

efforts, quality assurance and quality 

control efforts, and other miscellaneous 

information allowing for an assessment 

of the program’s relative effectiveness; 

and 

• A biennial report on any changes to 

the program over the two-year period 

and the impact of such changes, 

including any deficiencies discovered 

and corrections made or planned. 

General program effectiveness is 

determined by the degree to which a 

program misses, meets, or exceeds the 

emission reductions committed to in the 

state’s approved SIP, which, in turn, 

must meet or exceed the minimum 

emission reductions expected from the 

relevant performance standard, as 

promulgated under 40 CFR part 51, 

subpart S, in response to requirements 

established in section 182 of the Clean 

Air Act. This information is used by 

EPA to determine a program’s progress 

toward meeting requirements under 40 

CFR part 51, subpart S, and to provide 

background information in support of 

program evaluations. Additional 

information regarding the current 

renewal of this ICR as well as previous 

renewals can be found in Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–0707. 

The following statistics and responses 

apply to the ICR proposed for renewal. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: State I/ 

M program managers. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR 51.366). 

Estimated number of respondents: 26 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual and 

biennial. 

Total estimated burden: 2,236 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $148,824 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 172 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB due to a reduction in the number 

of respondents covered by the 

collection. 

Dated: February 24, 2021. 

Michael Moltzen, 

Deputy Director, Transportation and Climate 

Division, Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04255 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0033; FRL–10020–95– 

OMS] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Modification of Secondary Treatment 

Requirements for Discharges Into 

Marine Waters (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Modification of Secondary Treatment 

Requirements for Discharges into 

Marine Waters (EPA ICR Number 

0138.12, OMB Control Number 2040– 

0088) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on August 10, 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 March 31, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to 

EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2003–0033, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-Docket@

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: 

Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans, Wetlands 

and Communities Division, Office of 

Water, (4504T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202 566–1266; email 

address: fox-norse.virginia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents, which explain 

in detail the information that 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 EPA Docket Center, EPA 

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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: Regulations implementing 

section 301(h) of the Clean Water Act 

(CWA) are found at 40 CFR part 125, 

subpart G. This CWA section allows for 

a case-by-case review of treatment 

requirements for publicly owned 

treatment works (POTW) discharges to 

marine waters. Eligible POTW 

applicants that met the set of 

environmentally stringent criteria 

received a modified National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

permit waiving secondary treatment 

requirements. CWA section 301(h) only 

applies to the 25 POTWs that applied by 

December 29, 1982, that currently hold 

modified permits and the six states in 

which the POTWs are located. No new 

applications are accepted. 

The CWA section 301(h) program 

involves collecting information from 

municipal wastewater treatment 

facilities (POTWs), and the state in 

which the POTW is located. A POTW 

holding a modified permit or reapplying 

for a modification provides application, 

monitoring, and toxic control program 

information. The state provides 

information on its determination 

whether the discharge under the 

proposed conditions of the modified 

permit ensures the protection of water 

quality, biological habitats, and 

beneficial uses of receiving waters and 

whether the discharge will result in 

additional treatment, pollution control, 

or any other requirement for any other 

point or nonpoint sources. The state 

also provides information to certify that 

the discharge will meet all applicable 

state laws and that the state accepts all 

permit conditions. 

There are four situations where 

information will be required: (1) A 

POTW reapplying for a CWA section 

301(h) modified permit. As the permits 

with section 301(h) modifications reach 

their expiration dates, EPA must have 

updated information on the discharge to 

determine whether criteria are still 

being met and whether the modified 

permit should be reissued. (2) Once a 

modified permit has been granted, EPA 

must continue to assess whether the 

discharge is meeting the CWA criteria, 

and that the receiving water quality, 

biological habitats, and beneficial uses 

of the receiving waters are protected. To 

do this, EPA needs monitoring and 

toxics control information furnished by 

the permittee. (3) Application revision 

information: A POTW is allowed to 

revise its application one time only, 

following a tentative decision by EPA to 

deny the modified permit request. In its 

application revision, the POTW usually 

corrects deficiencies and changes 

proposed treatment levels as well as 

outfall and diffuser locations. The 

application revision is a voluntary 

submission for the applicant. (4) State 

determination and state certification 

information: The state determines 

whether all state laws are satisfied. 

Additionally, the state must determine 

if the applicant’s discharge will result in 

additional treatment, pollution control, 

or any other requirement for any other 

point or nonpoint sources. This process 

allows the state’s views to be considered 

when EPA reviews the application and 

develops permit conditions. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Municipalities that currently have CWA 

section 301(h) modifications from 

secondary treatment, or have applied for 

a renewal of a CWA section 301(h) 

modified permit, and the states within 

which these municipalities are located. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Estimated number of respondents: 31 

(total). 

Frequency of response: From once 

every five years, to varies case-by-case, 

depending on the category of 

information. 

Total estimated burden: 44,985 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,300,339 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

increase of hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB. This 

increase is due to changes in respondent 

universe, program status, information 

needs, and use of technology. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04095 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[CERCLA–04–2018–3762; FRL 10019–53– 

Region 4] 

KOPPERS CO., Inc. (Charleston Plant), 

Charleston, North Carolina; Notice of 

Modified Settlement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Modified Settlement. 

SUMMARY: Under 122(h) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has modified an existing settlement 

entered by the EPA and Prospective 

Purchaser (PP) Highland Resources for 

the Koppers Co., Inc. (Charleston Plant) 

Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) 

Site (‘‘Site’’) in Charleston, Charleston 

County, South Carolina. The existing 

Administrative Agreement on Consent 

(AOC) (CERCLA Docket No. 2018–3762) 

became effective on March 11, 2019. HR 

Charleston VII, LLC agreed to perform 

work at the Koppers Superfund Site to 

support redevelopment. This 

modification adds a newly acquired 

parcel which was not previously 

included in the agreement. 

DATES: The Agency will consider public 

comments on the settlement until March 

31, 2021. The Agency will consider all 

comments received and may modify or 

withdraw its consent to the modified 

settlement if comments received 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the settlement are 

available from the Agency by contacting 

Ms. Paula V. Painter, Program Analyst, 

using the contact information provided 

in this notice. Comments may also be 

submitted by referencing the Site’s 

name through one of the following 

methods: 

Internet: https://www.epa.gov/ 

aboutepa/about-epa-region-4- 

southeast#r4-public-notices. 

Email: Painter.Paula@epa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula V. Painter at 404/562–8887. 

Dated: January 21, 2021. 

Maurice Horsey, 

Chief, Enforcement Branch, Superfund & 

Emergency Management Division. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04128 Filed 2–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–10020–66–Region 8] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program: Petitions for Objection to 

State Operating Permit for Hunter 

Power Plant (Emery County, Utah) and 

State Operating Permit for Coyote 

Station Power Plant (Mercer County, 

North Dakota) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final orders on 

petitions to object to state operating 

permits.