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If no such motions are filed, the 

restricted service list will be effective at 

the end of the 15 day period. Otherwise, 

a further notice will be issued ruling on 

any motion or motions filed within the 

15 day period. 

Dated: February 25, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04609 Filed 2–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2014–0058 FRL 9907–43– 

OARM] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Contractor 

Conflicts of Interest 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Contractor Conflicts of Interest; EPA ICR 

No. 1550.10, OMB Control No. 2030– 

0023 to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (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 August 31, 2014. 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 May 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2014–0058, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to 

Humphries.daniel@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: 

Daniel Humphries, Policy, Training, and 

Oversight Division, Acquisition Policy 

and Training Service Center (3802R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

4377; fax number 202–565–2553; email 

address: humphries.daniel@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. 

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

the 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: EPA contractors will be 

required to disclose business 

relationships and corporate affiliations 

to determine whether EPA’s interests 

are jeopardized by such relationships. 

Because EPA has the dual responsibility 

of cleanup and enforcement and 

because its contractors are often 

involved in both activities, it is 

imperative that contractors are free from 

conflicts of interest so as not to 

prejudice response and enforcement 

actions. Contractors will be required to 

maintain a database of business 

relationships and report information to 

EPA on either an annual basis or when 

each work order is issued. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1550.10, 

OMB Control No. 2030–0023. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

businesses or organizations performing 

contracts for the EPA. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory to continue performance on 

the respective contract, in accordance 

with respective contract clause terms. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

135 (total). 

Frequency: 1,138 hours per response 

Total estimated burden: 153,626 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b) 

Total estimated cost: Estimated total 

annual costs are $10,978,201.08. This 

includes an estimated contractor burden 

cost of $9,858,202.20 and an estimated 

agency burden cost of $1,119,998.88. 

These amounts were calculated using 

the hours above and the labor rates from 

the 2009 Bureau of Labor National Mean 

Statistics and the General Schedule. 

Changes in Estimates: The Agency 

does not anticipate a change in the 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

Further, for the current ICR renewal, 

EPA estimates no incurred capital/startup costs as it is not necessary for 

respondents to acquire any capital 

goods to provide the requested 

information. 

Dated: February 25, 2014. 

John R. Bashista, 

Director, Office of Acquisition Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2013–0803; FRL 9907–40– 

OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Proposed 

Collection; Toxic Chemical Release 

Reporting; Request for Comments on 

Proposed Renewal of Form R and 

Form A 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency plans to submit a request to 

renew an existing approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR), ‘‘Toxic 

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Chemical Release Reporting; Request for 

Comments on Proposed Renewal of 

Form R and Form A’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). The current ICR expires on 

October 31, 2014. Before submitting a 

request to renew this ICR, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 2, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2013–0803, by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: oei.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–0715. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Public Reading 

Room, EPA West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the docket’s 

normal hours of operations, 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2013– 

0803. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and made 

available online at 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 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

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 email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

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 or any form of 

encryption and must 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: 

Cassandra Vail, Toxics Release 

Inventory Program Division, Office of 

Information Analysis and Access 

(2844T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number, 202–566–0753; email address, 

vail.cassandra@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for the ICR described in this notice 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI– 

2013–0803, which is available for online viewing at www.regulations.gov. Go 

to www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy 

of the proposed collection of 

information, to submit or view public 

comments, to obtain an index of the 

docket contents, and to obtain those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then enter the 

docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

The docket is also available for 

viewing in person at the OEI Docket, 

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. 

In which information is EPA 

particularly interested? 

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

the PRA, EPA 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 requests 

comments from very small businesses 

(those with fewer than 25 employees) 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 provide estimates of 

potential burden hours or labor costs, 

explain how you arrived at your 

estimates; 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity; 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under Dates; and 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

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: This ICR applies to 

facilities that submit annual reports 

under section 313 of the Emergency 

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act (EPCRA) and section 6607 of 

the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). The 

applicability criteria are outlined in part 

372, subpart B, of Title 40 of the Code 

Federal Regulations, and potentially 

affected categories and entities may 

include, but are not limited to the 

following: 

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Category Examples of Potentially Affected Entities 

Industry ........................................... Facilities included in the following NAICS manufacturing codes (corresponding to SIC codes 20 through 

39): 311*, 312*, 313*, 314*, 315*, 316, 321, 322, 323*, 324, 325*, 326*, 327, 331, 332, 333, 334*, 335*, 

336, 337*, 339*, 111998*, 211112*, 212324*, 212325*, 212393*, 212399*, 488390*, 511110, 511120, 

511130, 511140*, 511191, 511199, 512220, 512230*, 519130*, 541712*, or 811490*. 

*Exceptions and/or limitations exist for these NAICS codes. 

Facilities included in the following NAICS codes (corresponding to SIC codes other than SIC codes 20 

through 39): 212111, 212112, 212113 (correspond to SIC 12, Coal Mining (except 1241)); or 212221, 

212222, 212231, 212234, 212299 (correspond to SIC 10, Metal Mining (except 1011, 1081, and 1094)); 

or 221111, 221112, 221113, 221118, 221121, 221122, 221330 (Limited to facilities that combust coal 

and/or oil for the purpose of generating power for distribution in commerce) (correspond to SIC 4911, 

4931, and 4939, Electric Utilities); or 424690, 425110, 425120 (Limited to facilities previously classified 

in SIC 5169, Chemicals and Allied Products, Not Elsewhere Classified); or 424710 (corresponds to SIC 

5171, Petroleum Bulk Terminals and Plants); or 562112 (Limited to facilities primarily engaged in solvent 

recovery services on a contract or fee basis (previously classified under SIC 7389, Business Services, 

NEC)); or 562211, 562212, 562213, 562219, 562920 (Limited to facilities regulated under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act, subtitle C, 42 U.S.C. 6921 et seq.) (correspond to SIC 4953, Refuse 

Systems). 

Federal Government ....................... Federal facilities. 

If you have questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult the individual 

listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Title: Toxic Chemical Release 

Reporting; Request for Comments on 

Proposed Renewal of Form R and Form 

A. 

ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 1363.23, 

TRI Form R and TRI Form A 

Certification Statement, OMB Control 

No. 2025–0009. 

ICR Status: The ICR for the TRI Form 

R and the TRI Form A Certification 

Statement is scheduled to expire on 

October 31, 2014. 

Abstract: Pursuant to section 313 of 

EPCRA, certain facilities that 

manufacture, process, or otherwise use 

specified toxic chemicals in amounts 

above reporting threshold levels must 

submit annually to EPA and to 

designated State or Tribal officials toxic 

chemical release forms containing 

information specified by EPA. 42 U.S.C. 

11023. In addition, pursuant to section 

6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act 

(PPA), facilities reporting under section 

313 of EPCRA must also report 

pollution prevention and waste 

management data, including recycling 

information, for such chemicals. 42 

U.S.C. 13106. EPA compiles and stores 

these reports in a publicly accessible 

database known as the Toxics Release 

Inventory (TRI). 

Regulations at 40 CFR part 372, 

subpart B, require facilities that meet all 

of the following criteria to report: 

1. The facility has 10 or more fulltime employee equivalents (i.e., a total 

of 20,000 hours worked per year or 

greater; see 40 CFR 372.3); and 

2. The facility is included in a North 

American Industry Classification 

System (NAICS) Code listed at 40 CFR 

372.23 or under Executive Order 13148, 

federal facilities regardless of their 

industry classification; and 

3. The facility manufactures (defined 

to include importing), processes, or 

otherwise uses any EPCRA section 313 

(TRI) chemical in quantities greater than 

the established thresholds for the 

specific chemical in the course of a 

calendar year. 

Facilities that meet the criteria must 

file a Form R report or, in some cases, 

may submit a Form A Certification 

Statement, for each listed toxic chemical 

for which the criteria are met. As 

specified in EPCRA section 313(a), 

facilities must submit report(s) for any 

calendar year on or before July 1 of the 

following year. For example, reporting 

year 2012 data should have been 

submitted and certified on or before July 

1, 2013. 

EPA maintains the list of toxic 

chemicals subject to TRI reporting at 40 

CFR 372.65 and the Agency publishes 

this list each year as Table II in the 

Toxics Release Inventory Reporting 

Forms and Instructions. The current TRI 

chemical list contains 594 chemicals 

and 30 chemical categories. 

Environmental agencies, industry, 

and the public use TRI data for a wide 

variety of purposes. EPA program 

offices use TRI data, along with other 

data, to help establish programmatic 

priorities, evaluate potential hazards to 

human health and the natural 

environment, and undertake appropriate 

regulatory and/or enforcement 

activities. Environmental and public 

interest groups use the data to better 

understand toxic chemical releases at 

the community level and to work with 

industry, government agencies, and 

others to promote reductions in toxic 

chemical releases. Industrial facilities 

use the TRI data to evaluate the 

efficiency of their production processes 

and to help track and communicate 

their progress in achieving pollution 

prevention goals. 

The TRI data are unique in providing 

a multi-media (air, water, and land) 

picture of toxic chemical releases, 

transfers, and other waste management 

activities by covered facilities on a 

yearly basis. While other environmental 

media programs provide some toxic 

chemical data and related permit data, 

TRI data are unique with regard to the 

types of chemicals and industry sectors 

covered as well as the frequency of 

reporting. Facilities subject to TRI 

reporting must submit reports for each 

calendar year to EPA and the State or 

Indian Country in which they are 

located by July 1 of the following year. 

Respondents may claim trade secrecy 

for a chemical’s identity as described in 

EPCRA Section 322 and its 

implementing regulations in 40 CFR 

part 350. EPA will disclose information 

covered by a claim of trade secrecy only 

to the extent permitted by and in 

accordance with the procedures in 40 

CFR part 350 and 40 CFR part 2. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: EPA estimates 

average annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information to be approximately 

35.71 hours for Form R and 

approximately 21.96 hours for a Form 

A. 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, 

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acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting/validating/verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements that have subsequently 

changed; train personnel 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 Supporting Statement 

provides a detailed explanation of the 

Agency’s estimate for TRI program 

burden, including Form R/A burden. 

Below is a brief summary of the burden 

estimated for annual TRI reporting: 

• Estimated total number of 

respondents (i.e., facilities): 21,025. 

• Frequency of response: annual. 

• Estimated total average number of 

responses: 74,869. 

• Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 3.56. 

• Estimated total annual burden 

hours: 3,555,998 hours. 

• Estimated total annual costs: 

$183,418,377. 

What Changes Does this ICR Propose? 

OMB approved the ICR for Form R 

and for the Form A Certification 

Statement on October 14, 2011, with the 

original expiration date of October 31, 

2014. The OMB approved burden 

numbers are 3,327,436 hours for Form R 

and 195,300 hours for Form A for a total 

of 3,522,736 hours. Change in burden 

estimates since OMB approved of the 

combined Form R/A ICR on October 14, 

2011, include: 

• the lifting of the Administrative 

Stay of the Toxics Release Inventory 

reporting requirements for hydrogen 

sulfide on October 17, 2011. EPA 

received the first submissions for 

hydrogen sulfide for reporting year 

2012; the total number of form 

submissions used to calculate the 

overall program burden therefore 

includes these hydrogen sulfide 

submissions. 

• the addition of o-Nitrotoluene Rule, 

which the Federal Register included in 

its publication on November 7, 2013. 

EPA estimates this rule will increase the 

number of newly reporting facilities by 

1 and the total number of Form Rs and 

Form As submitted by 17 and 5 

respectively, with an associated ongoing 

steady state burden increase of 717 

hours. 

Over the last few years, the number of 

facilities reporting to TRI increased 

slightly. Based on the latest data for RY 

2012 with updates to reflect the 

estimated burden due to the addition of 

o-Nitrotoluene, EPA now estimates the 

total number of combined Form R and 

Form A responses to be 74,869, the 

associated total annual burden hours to 

be 3,555,998, and the annual cost to be 

$183,418,377. For a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimates of 

the respondent reporting burden and 

labor costs, please refer to the proposed 

TRI Form R and A Supporting 

Statement which are available in the 

docket. 

EPA proposes making several changes 

to the TRI reporting forms and 

associated instructions, however, these 

changes are estimated to have a 

negligible effect on form unit burden. 

The proposed changes, which are 

outlined below, are designed to enhance 

the overall utility of the data collected 

under the TRI Program. 

1. Add an optional extension to all 

phone numbers which would allow 

facilities to ensure that incoming calls 

are directed to the appropriate person. 

2. Add an optional field to allow 

facilities to indicate the section of a 

water body that received the surface 

water discharge. Specifically, facilities 

could provide a reach code, which is a 

unique identifier for a linear, 

unbranched section of a water body. 

(Part II: Sec. 5.3). Rationale: Linking TRI 

discharges to a reach code (a unique 

identifier for a linear, unbranched 

section of a water body) provides 

regulatory agencies and researchers the 

ability to model the potential impact of 

TRI chemicals to downstream and 

intermediate receiving waterbodies and 

water resources, and to assess the 

potential cumulative environmental 

impacts of TRI chemical releases to 

surface waters. While optional, this field 

would populate automatically when 

selecting their receiving water body in 

the TRI–MEweb user interface for this 

section. 

3. EPA proposes moving the header 

‘‘5.5 Disposal to land on-site’’ to precede 

Sections 5.4 and 5.5 on Form R so that 

it covers both 5.4 and 5.5. Furthermore, 

EPA proposes rewording 5.4.1 and 5.4.2 

to fit under the new header as follows: 

Section 5.4–5.5: Disposal to land onsite, Section 5.4.1: Class 1 Underground 

Injection Wells, Section 5.4.2 Class II– 

V Underground Injection Wells. The 

remaining sections of Section 5.5 are 

unchanged. Rationale: This change 

clarifies that releases to underground 

injection wells are considered releases 

to land. 

4. Provide the heading, ‘‘Productionrelated waste managed’’ for Sections 

8.1–8.7 and re-label Section 8.8 ‘‘Nonproduction-related waste managed,’’ 

with a footnote indicating that this 

Section ‘‘includes quantities released to 

the environment or transferred off-site 

as a result of remedial actions, 

catastrophic events, or other one-time 

events not associated with production 

processes (Part II: Sec. 8.1–8.8). 

Rationale: Re-labeling these Sections 

clearly indicates what quantities 

facilities must report in them and makes 

it easier for TRI data users to refer to 

these Sections in a concise and 

consistent manner. 

5. Add checkboxes to indicate 

whether a facility has provided a 

‘‘Production Ratio’’ or an ‘‘Activity 

Ratio’’ (Part II: Sec. 8.9). Rationale: 

Facilities are required to submit a ratio 

of either production or an activity other 

than production for the purposes of 

normalizing year-to-year changes in TRI 

chemical quantities, but TRI data users 

currently cannot determine which type 

of ratio was used. 

6. Add a new column where facilities 

can provide an optional percentage 

range indicating the estimated annual 

reduction in chemical waste generation 

associated with a given source reduction 

activity (Part II: Sec. 8.10). Rationale: 

This change makes it easier to report 

and assess the effectiveness of different 

types of source reduction activities and 

thus promote the adoption and 

recognition of successful pollution 

prevention practices. 

7. Provide optional barrier codes that 

facilities can use in Section 8.11 to 

indicate why they could not implement 

any source reduction activities during 

the reporting year. (Part II: Sec. 8.11). 

Rationale: Facilities are required to pick 

a code if they perform a new source 

reduction activity. However, there is 

currently no way for a facility to 

indicate why they didn’t implement a 

source reduction activity. While these 

codes would be optional, they would 

allow EPA to assist facilities in 

overcoming barriers to implementing 

source reduction activities. 

8. Allow facilities to categorize 

optional free-text information entered in 

Sections 8.11 and 9.1 by selecting from 

a list of topics provided in TRI–MEweb 

(no changes to Form R itself). Rationale: 

Letting facilities flag their free-text 

entries as relevant to certain commonlyused topics would improve TRI tools 

that display free-text information, data 

quality efforts, and the overall analytical 

utility of the dataset. 

Additionally, the EPA proposes 

modifying TRI–MEweb to collect, as 

optional, information that some 

facilities have historically provided, 

unsolicited, to EPA on matters related to 

TRI (collectively called miscellaneous 

TRI documents). Examples of these 

miscellaneous TRI documents include 

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updates to contact and location 

information for the facility and reasons 

for non-reporting. Some of this 

information is useful to the Agency and 

could be useful to the public. Currently, 

the EPA receives this unsolicited 

information on paper. 

This proposed modification would 

allow for an online means for the EPA 

to receive miscellaneous documents, 

reducing the cost of processing their 

submission and aligning how EPA 

processes such documents with the 

recent requirement to submit TRI 

reporting forms electronically. In other 

words, with this change, facilities could 

use TRI–MEweb to provide details on 

specific categories of information that 

they have been providing on a voluntary 

basis to the EPA throughout the 

existence of the program (e.g., 

supplemental information on updates to 

the facility’s name, status, location, and/ 

or parent company; supplemental 

information on updates on whom to 

contact for technical and/or public 

matters; and reasons for not reporting 

(indicating the facility did not meet 

thresholds or did not report for any 

other appropriate reason)). Receipt and 

processing of this information would 

not affect any reporting forms certified 

and submitted to the agency, but rather 

would allow facilities to provide an 

electronic means to submit contextual 

information concerning their facilities 

that can enhance the context of TRI data 

for the EPA as well as for the public. 

What is the next step in the process for 

these ICRs? 

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 for the 

ICR 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 

individual listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: February 24, 2014. 

Arnold Layne, 

Director, 

Office of Information Analysis and Access 

Office of Environmental Information. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04611 Filed 2–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9907–34–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Rhode Island 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Rhode Island’s 

request to revise/modify its EPA 

Administered Permit Programs: The 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System EPA-authorized 

program to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

March 3, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On November 13, 2013, the Rhode 

Island Department of Environmental 

Management (RI DEM) submitted an 

application titled ‘‘National Network 

Discharge Monitoring Report System’’ 

for revision/modification of its EPAauthorized Part 123 program under title 

40 CFR. EPA reviewed RI DEM’s request 

to revise/modify its EPA-authorized Part 

123—EPA Administered Permit 

Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System program 

and, based on this review, EPA 

determined that the application met the 

standards for approval of authorized 

program revision/modification set out in 

40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of 

EPA’s decision to approve Rhode 

Island’s request to revise/modify its Part 

123—EPA Administered Permit 

Programs: The National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System program 

to allow electronic reporting under 40 

CFR part 122.41(I)(4)(i) is being 

published in the Federal Register. 

RI DEM was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Dated: February 24, 2014. 

Andrew Battin, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04618 Filed 2–28–14; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission Under Delegated 

Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burden and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501— 

3520), the Federal Communications 

Commission invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s). 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

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