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965TH—MEETING, REGULAR MEETING—Continued 

[December 16, 2010 10 a.m.] 

Item No. Docket No. Company 

CERTIFICATES 

C–1 .................... CP10–457– 

000.

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation. 

CP10–458– 

000.

C–2 .................... CP10–488– 

000.

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC and Millennium Pipeline Company, LLC. 

C–3 .................... CP10–471– 

000.

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–1016; FRL–9238–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Response; National 

Refrigerant Recycling and Emission 

Reduction Program; EPA ICR No. 

1626.11, OMB Control No. 2060–0256 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that EPA is planning to submit a request 

to renew an existing approved 

Information Collection Request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). This ICR is scheduled to expire 

on April 30, 2011. Before submitting the 

ICR to OMB for review and approval, 

EPA is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before February 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–1016. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2010– 

1016. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Julius Banks; Stratospheric Protection 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Office of Atmospheric Programs; Mail 

Code 6205J; Environmental Protection 

Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 343–9870; fax number: 

(202) 343–2338; e-mail address: 

banks.julius@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2010–1016, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the 

telephone number for the Office of Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information 

Center Docket is 202–566–1742. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

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What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those that 

recover, recycle, reclaim, sell, or 

distribute in interstate commerce ozonedepleting refrigerants that contain 

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); and 

those that service, maintain, repair, or 

dispose of appliances containing CFC or 

HCFC refrigerants. In addition, the 

owners or operators of appliances 

containing more than 50 pounds of CFC 

or HCFC refrigerants are regulated. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1626.11, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0256. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2011. 

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. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in Title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: EPA has developed 

regulations under the Clean Air Act 

Amendments of 1990 (the Act) 

establishing standards and requirements 

regarding the use and disposal of class 

I and class II ozone-depleting substances 

used as refrigerants during the service, 

maintenance, repair, or disposal of 

refrigeration and air-conditioning 

equipment. Section 608(c) of the Act 

states that effective July 1, 1992 it is 

unlawful for any person in the course of 

maintaining, servicing, repairing, or 

disposing of refrigeration or airconditioning equipment to knowingly 

vent or otherwise knowingly release or 

dispose of any class I or class II 

substance used as a refrigerant in the 

equipment in a manner which permits 

the substance to enter the environment. 

In 1993, EPA promulgated regulations 

under section 608 of the Act for the 

recycling of ozone-depleting refrigerants 

recovered during the servicing and 

disposal of air-conditioning and 

refrigeration equipment. These 

regulations were published on May 14, 

1993 (58 FR 28660) and codified in 40 

CFR subpart F (§ 82.150 et seq.). 

The regulations require persons 

servicing refrigeration and airconditioning equipment to observe 

certain service practices that reduce 

emissions of ozone depleting 

refrigerants. The regulations also 

establish certification programs for 

technicians, recycling and recovery 

equipment, and off-site refrigerant 

reclaimers. In addition, EPA requires 

that ozone depleting refrigerants 

contained ‘‘in bulk’’ in appliances be 

removed prior to disposal of the 

appliances and that all refrigeration and 

air-conditioning equipment, except for 

small appliances and room air 

conditioners, be provided with a 

servicing aperture that facilitates 

recovery of the refrigerant. Moreover, 

the Agency requires that substantial 

refrigerant leaks in equipment be 

repaired when they are discovered. 

These regulations significantly reduce 

emissions of ozone depleting 

refrigerants, and therefore aid U.S. and 

global efforts to minimize damage to the 

ozone layer and the environment as a 

whole. 

To facilitate compliance with and 

enforcement of section 608 

requirements, EPA requires reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements of 

technicians; technician certification 

programs; equipment testing 

organizations; refrigerant wholesalers 

and purchasers; refrigerant reclaimers; 

refrigeration and air-conditioning 

equipment owners; and other 

establishments that perform refrigerant 

removal, service, or disposal. The 

recordkeeping requirements and 

periodic submission of reports, to EPA’s 

Office of Air and Radiation, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs, occur on an 

annual, biannual, one time, or 

occasional basis depending on the 

nature of the reporting entity and the 

length of time that the entity has been 

in service. Specific reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements were 

published in 58 FR 28660 and codified 

under 40 CFR part 82, subpart F (i.e., 

§ 82.166). These reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements also allow 

EPA to evaluate the effectiveness of the 

refrigerant regulations, and help the 

Agency determine if we are meeting the 

obligations of the Unites States, under 

the 1987 Montreal Protocol, to reduce 

use and emissions of ozone-depleting 

substances to the lowest achievable 

level. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 4 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 


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previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information is estimated to average: 8 

hours for the 2 EPA-approved 

refrigerant recovery/recycling 

equipment testing organizations; 2,250 

hours for an estimated 2,250 owners of 

refrigerant recovery/recycling 

equipment (including air-conditioning 

and refrigeration service establishments) 

that will change ownership or enter the 

market; 375 hours for an estimated 375 

appliance disposal establishments that 

change ownership or enter the market; 

97,500 hours for the maintenance of 

copies of signed statements by an 

estimated 7,500 disposal 

establishments; 20 hours for 

certification of an estimated 4 

refrigerant reclaimers that change 

ownership or enter the market; 245 

hours for refrigerant reclaimer annual 

reporting from an estimated 49 

respondents; 306 hours for refrigerant 

reclaimer transactional recordkeeping 

from an estimated 49 respondents; 

2,250,000 hours for an estimated 10,000 

refrigerant wholesalers to maintain 

records of refrigerant sales transactions; 

25 hours for an estimated 5 technician 

certification programs applying for firsttime approval; 455 hours for an 

estimated 91 technician certification 

programs to maintain records; 182 hours 

for an estimated 91 technician 

certification programs to submit 

biannual reports on their pass/fail rates 

and the next year’s testing schedule; 

5,010 hours for an estimated 30,000 

technicians acquiring certification for 

the first time; 5,010 hours for an 

estimated 300,000 previously certified 

technicians to maintain their 

certification cards; 512 hours for an 

estimated 20,500 technicians servicing 

appliances with charge sizes greater 

than 50 pounds of refrigerant to provide 

service invoices to their customers; 512 

hours for an estimated 20,500 owners/ 

operators of appliances with charge 

sizes greater than 50 pounds of 

refrigerant to maintain service invoices; 

10 hours for an estimated 20 owners of 

industrial process refrigeration 

equipment (appliances) who request a 

30-day extension to the 30-day leak 

repair requirement or the retrofit 

requirement; 0.5 hours (30 minutes) for 

an estimated 1 owner of industrial 

process refrigeration equipment 

(appliances) who requests an extension 

to the 1-year timeframe to implement 

retrofit/retirement plans; 0.05 hours (3 

minutes) for an estimated 2 owners of 

industrial process refrigeration 

appliances who maintain information 

on purged/destroyed refrigerant that 

they wish to exclude from their leak rate 

calculations; 40,000 hours for an 

estimated 5,000 owners/operators of 

appliances with refrigerant charges 

greater than 50 pounds to create and 

maintain a plan to retire/replace or 

retrofit comfort cooling, commercial 

refrigeration, and industrial process 

refrigeration appliances; 2,501 hours for 

an estimated 100,025 owners/operators 

of industrial process refrigeration 

appliances with refrigerant charge sizes 

greater than 50 pounds to maintain 

records on the results of initial and 

follow-up verification tests and 5,000 

hours for an estimated 200,000 

appliance owners/operators who choose 

to determine the appliance’s full charge 

using a range of possible values. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 663,669. 

Frequency of response: Reporting 

requirements under this rulemaking are 

primarily required on an annual basis, 

with the exception of technician testing 

organizations that are required to rep ort 

biannually. The frequency of 

recordkeeping requirements under this 

rulemaking vary depending upon the 

actions of the respondent but are 

generally required on a transactional 

basis. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

2,404,913 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$96,364,851. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $96,364,851 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is no increase of hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This is due 

to the fact that there have been no 

changes in any program requirement, no 

changes in EPA’s estimates of the time 

required to submit reports and maintain 

records, and no changes in EPA’s 

estimates of the overall number of 

respondents. However, due to a 

correction of miscalculated estimates in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB, 

there is a change in the estimated total 

number of potential respondents from 

that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. There is also an 

increase of $8,345,044 in the estimated 

total annual cost as a result of changes 

in EPA’s estimates of labor rates. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: December 8, 2010. 

Brian J. McLean, 

Office of Atmospheric Program, Office of Air 

and Radiation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2010–0359; FRL–9238–3; 

EPA ICR Number 1053.10; OMB Control 

Number 2060–0023] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Electric Utility 

Steam Generating (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 


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