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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. 

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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 

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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. 

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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