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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2016–0195; 9944–98–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed consent decree to 

address a lawsuit filed by the State of 

Nevada and the Nevada Department of 

Conservation and Natural Resources, 

Division of Environmental Protection 

(collectively ‘‘Plaintiffs’’) in the United 

States District Court for Nevada: State of 

Nevada, et al., v. McCarthy, No. 3:15– 

cv–00396–HDM–WGC (D. Nev.). On 

July 31, 2015, Plaintiffs filed this 

complaint alleging that Gina McCarthy, 

in her official capacity as Administrator 

of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), failed to 

perform a non-discretionary duty to take 

final action on the portion of Nevada’s 

state implementation plan (‘‘SIP’’) 

submission intended to address 

interstate transport requirements for the 

2008 ozone national ambient air quality 

standards (‘‘NAAQS’’). The proposed 

consent decree would establish a 

deadline for EPA to take certain 

specified actions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by May 16, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2016–0195, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

or by hand delivery or courier to EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Comments on 

a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted 

in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption, and may be mailed to the 

mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Zachary Pilchen, Air and Radiation Law 

Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–2812; fax number (202) 564–5603; 

email address: pilchen.zach@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

This proposed consent decree would 

resolve a lawsuit filed by Plaintiffs 

seeking to compel the Administrator to 

take action under CAA section 

110(k)(2)–(3). Plaintiffs allege that the 

Administrator has failed to perform a 

non-discretionary duty to take final 

action on the portion of Nevada’s SIP 

submission intended to address the 

requirements of 42 U.S.C. 

7410(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) for the 2008 ozone 

NAAQS. Under the terms of the 

proposed consent decree, EPA would 

agree to take certain specified actions by 

February 13, 2017 to resolve those 

claims. See the proposed consent decree 

for more details. The proposed consent 

decree also provides for the possibility 

that circumstances beyond EPA’s 

reasonable control could delay 

compliance with the February 13, 2017 

deadline, and provides a framework for 

extending that deadline. In addition, the 

proposed consent decree enumerates 

Plaintiffs’ costs of litigation, including 

attorney fees, and provides that 

payment of those costs will constitute a 

full and complete settlement of all of 

Plaintiffs’ costs in connection with this 

litigation. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties or intervenors to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the consent decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

consent decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2016–0195) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use the 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

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identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: April 6, 2016. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08626 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9944–99–Region 9] 

Yosemite Slough Site, San Francisco, 

California; Notice of Proposed 

CERCLA Ability To Pay Settlement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 

(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is 

hereby given of a proposed 

administrative settlement with one 

ability to pay party for recovery of 

response costs concerning the Yosemite 

Slough Site in San Francisco, California. 

The settlement is entered into pursuant 

to Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 

U.S.C. 9622(h)(1), and it requires the 

settling party to pay $193,000 to the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (Agency). The settlement 

includes a covenant not to sue the 

settling party pursuant to Sections 106 

or 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9606 or 

9607(a). For thirty (30) days following 

the date of publication of this Notice in 

the Federal Register, the Agency will 

receive written comments relating to the 

settlement. 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 the 

proposed settlement is inappropriate, 

improper, or inadequate. The Agency’s 

response to any comments received will 

be available for public inspection at 75 

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 

94105. 

DATES: Pursuant to section 122(i) of 

CERCLA, EPA will receive written 

comments relating to this proposed 

settlement on or before May 16, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is 

available for public inspection at EPA 

Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, California. A copy of the 

proposed settlement may be obtained 

from Rachel Tennis, Assistant Regional 

Counsel (ORC–3), U.S. EPA Region IX, 

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 

94105; phone: (415) 972–3746. 

Comments should reference the 

Yosemite Slough Site, San Francisco, 

California and should be addressed to 

Rachel Tennis at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Tennis, Assistant Regional 

Counsel (ORC–3), U.S. EPA Region IX, 

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA 

94105; phone: (415) 972–3746; fax: (417) 

947–3570; email: tennis.rachel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Party to 

the Proposed Settlement: Development 

Specialists, Inc., solely in its capacity as 

assignee for the benefit of creditors of 

Romic Environmental Technologies. 

Dated: March 17, 2016. 

Enrique Manzanilla, 

Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA, 

Region IX. 

[FR Doc. 2016–08627 Filed 4–13–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0525; FRL–9944–97– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Registration of Fuels and Fuel 

Additives—Health-Effects Research 

Requirements for Manufacturers; EPA 

ICR No. 1696.09, OMB Control No. 

2060–0297 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

Information Collection Request (ICR), 

Registration of Fuels and Fuel 

Additives—Health-Effects Research 

Requirements for Manufacturers, EPA 

ICR No. 1696.09, OMB Control No. 

2060–0297, to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 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 September 30, 2016. 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 June 13, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2006–0525, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-r-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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James W. Caldwell, Compliance 

Division, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, Mailcode: 6406J, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

343–9303; fax number: (202) 343–2800; 

email address: caldwell.jim@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. 

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