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(2004) (‘‘October 2004 Order’’), order on reh’g, 110 

FERC ¶ 61,267 (2005)). 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on February 15, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0265; FRL–9261–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) a request to renew an 

existing approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) 2258.02— 

Implementation of the 1997 and the 

2006 fine particle (PM2.5) national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS). 

This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 

31, 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 April 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–0265, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-rdocket@epamail.epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1741 

• Mail: Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2007–0265, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

West (Air Docket), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, Northwest, Mailcode: 6102T, 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA West (Air 

Docket), 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

Northwest, Room 3334, Washington, DC 

20004, Attention Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2007–0265. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007– 

0265. The 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: 

Butch Stackhouse, Air Quality Policy 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Mail Code C539–01, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711, telephone number (919) 541– 

5208, facsimile number (919) 541–0824, 

electronic mail e-mail address: 

stackhouse.butch@epa.gov; Karl Pepple, 

Air Quality Policy Division, Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

Mail Code C539–01, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone 

number (919) 541–2683, facsimile 

number (919) 541–0824, electronic mail 

e-mail address: pepple.karl@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0265, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air Docket 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 8:30 

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 Air 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 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 


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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. 

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 states and 

Regional Offices. There are other 

entities that may be indirectly affected, 

as they may comment on the draft 

submissions before they are forwarded 

to EPA’s Regional Offices. These 

include potentially regulated entities, 

representatives of special interest 

groups, and individuals. 

Title: PM2.5 National Ambient Air 

Quality Standard Implementation Rule. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2258.02, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0611. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 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 Code 

of Federal Register (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: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act requires the information found in 

this ICR number 2258.02 to assess the 

burden (in hours and dollars) of the 

1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS 

Implementation Rule as well as the 

periodic reporting and recordkeeping 

necessary to maintain the rule. The rule 

was proposed November 1, 2005 (70 FR 

65983) and promulgated April 25, 2007 

(71 FR 61145). The preamble to the 

proposed and final regulation addressed 

the administrative burden in general 

terms. The preamble to the final rule 

stated that an ICR would be prepared. 

The rule includes requirements that 

involve collecting information from 

states with areas that have been 

designated nonattainment for the PM2.5

NAAQS. 

The time period covered in this ICR 

is a 3 year period from June 1, 2011 

through May 31, 2014. The milestones 

for the State or local air agency 

respondents will include the required 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

elements prescribed in the Clean Air 

Act (CAA) sections 110 and part D, 

subpart 1 of title I for implementation 

plans and the requirements in the PM2.5

NAAQS Implementation Rule (40 CFR 

51.1000–51.1012). The PM2.5 SIP will 

contain rules and other requirements 

designed to achieve the NAAQS by the 

deadlines established under the CAA, 

and it also contains a demonstration 

that the state’s requirements will in fact 

result in attainment. The SIP must meet 

the requirements in subpart 1 to adopt 

Reasonable Available Control Measures, 

Reasonable Available Control 

Technology, and provide for Reasonable 

Further Progress toward attainment for 

the period prior to the area’s attainment 

date. However, not all of the milestones 

and associated burden and 

administrative cost estimates apply to 

every designated PM2.5 nonattainment 

area. Areas with cleaner air quality have 

fewer requirements. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 317 hours per 

response for states with nonattainment 

areas for the 1997 PM2.5 standard, and 

4,243 hours per response for states with 

nonattainment areas for the 2006 PM2.5

standard. 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 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 ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 1997 PM2.5

Standard: 21; 2006 PM2.5 Standard: 

18. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1997 

PM2.5 Standard: 2.7; 2006 PM2.5

Standard: 2. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

1997 PM2.5 Standard: 18,400; 2006 PM2.5

Standard: 157,000 hours. 

Estimated total average annual costs 

per respondent: 1997 PM2.5 standard: 

$52,600; 2006 PM2.5 Standard: $523,700. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $0 for capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

There is a decrease of 34,600 hours to 

175,400 hours (from a sum of 210,000 

hours in the 2007 ICR) in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease 

reflects EPA’s information that the 

number of non-attainment areas for the 

1997 PM2.5 standard has decreased as 

areas have come into compliance with 

the standards and that the burden 

associated with the remaining nonattainment areas is less because of the 

work they have done previously to 

comply with the standards. At the same 

time, promulgation of the 2006 PM2.5

standard led to designations of new 

areas as non-attainment, leading to an 

increased burden on those respondents. 


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Additional Background on Burden 

Estimation Method 

The methodology and draft estimates 

of incremental administrative burden 

for this ICR are documented in a 

separate supporting statement in the 

docket. The methodology and draft 

estimates in the PM2.5 Implementation 

Rule ICR are based on the ICR 

developed for the 8-hour ozone 

Implementation Rule ICR (EPA ICR No. 

2236.02, OMB Control No. 2060–0594). 

The 8-hour ozone Implementation Rule 

ICR methodology and draft estimates 

were submitted to EPA’s Ozone NAAQS 

Implementation Workgroup for their 

review and comment. This workgroup is 

comprised of representatives from EPA 

Regional Offices I through IX, as well as 

EPA’s Offices of General Counsel, Office 

of Policy, and Air and Radiation 

(including the Offices of Transportation 

and Air Quality, Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, and Policy Analysis and 

Review). 

The workgroup provided constructive 

criticism on earlier drafts which 

resulted in clarifications to the 

methodology section, revisions to the 

categorization of non-attainment areas 

by Regional Office, and changes to the 

temporal allocation of Regional Office 

administrative burden. The workgroup 

reviewed the June 2006 ICR supporting 

statement which was forwarded to 

OMB’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs. The workgroup 

believed there would be differences 

between the realized incremental 

administrative burden of the states and 

Regional Offices versus what was in the 

supporting statement. However, the 

estimates in the ICR supporting 

statement were judged to be 

appropriate. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

The 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: January 28, 2011. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Office of Air and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2011–2271 Filed 2–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2011–0096; FRL–9261–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (Renewal); 

EPA ICR No. 2002.05, OMB Control No. 

2025–0003 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 July 31, 

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 April 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2011–0096 by one of the following 

methods: 

http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

E-mail: oei-docket@epa.gov. 

Fax: 202–566–1753. 

Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. For hand 

delivery: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. Please 

include a total of four copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OEI–2011– 

0096. 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 www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. 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 e-mail 

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, 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: 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 

(CROMERR) ICR, Information Exchange 

& Services Division, Office of 

Environmental Information, 2823T, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. For questions 

regarding authorized programs burden 

and costs contact Evi Huffer, telephone 

number: 202–566–1697; fax number: 

202–566–1685; e-mail address: 

huffer.evi@epa.gov or Karen Seeh, 

telephone number: 202–566–1175; fax 

number: 202–566–1685; e-mail address: 

Seeh.Karen@epa.gov. For questions 

regarding the Central Data Exchange 

(CDX) burden and costs contact Charles 

Freeman, telephone number: 202–566– 

1694; fax number: 202–566–1684; e-mail 

address: freeman.charles@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–OEI–2011–0096, which is available 

for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 


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