62434 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 201 / Friday, October 17, 2014 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0144] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Quick 

Response Information System (QRIS) 

2015–2018 System Clearance 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 16, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0144 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E103, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Kashka 

Kubzdela 202–502–7411. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Quick Response 

Information System (QRIS) 2015–2018 

System Clearance. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0733. 

Type of Review: An extension of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 104,004. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 31,704. 

Abstract: The National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) Quick 

Response Information System (QRIS) 

consists of the Fast Response Survey 

System (FRSS) and the Postsecondary 

Education Quick Information System 

(PEQIS). The QRIS currently conducts 

surveys under OMB generic clearance 

1850–0733, which expires in May 2015. 

This submission requests approval to 

continue the current clearance 

conditions through 2018. FRSS 

primarily conducts surveys of the 

elementary/secondary sector (districts, 

schools) and public libraries. PEQIS 

conducts surveys of the postsecondary 

education sector. FRSS and PEQIS 

surveys are cleared under the QRIS 

generic clearance. The QRIS clearance is 

subject to the regular clearance process 

at OMB with a 60-day notice and a 30- 

day notice as part of the 120-day review 

period. Each individual FRSS or PEQIS 

survey is then subject to clearance 

process with an abbreviated clearance 

package, justifying the particular 

content of the survey, describing the 

sample design, the timeline for the 

survey activities, and the questionnaire. 

The review period for each individual 

survey is 45 days, including a 30-day 

Federal Register notice period. OMB 

will provide comments as soon after the 

end of the 30-day notice period as 

possible. This generic clearance request 

is for surveys of surveys of state 

education agencies, school districts, 

schools, postsecondary institutions, and 

libraries. 

Dated: October 14, 2014. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9918–06–Region 3] 

Adequacy Status of the Submitted 

Maintenance Plans for the Delaware 

Portion of the PhiladelphiaWilmington-New Jersey 1997 and 2006 

Fine Particulate Matter National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

Nonattainment Areas for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that EPA has found 

that the Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Budgets (MVEBs) in the Delaware 

portion of the Philadelphia-WilmingtonNew Jersey 1997 and 2006 fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) 

Maintenance Plans, submitted as a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) revision by 

the Delaware Department of Natural 

Resources and Environmental Control 

(DNREC), are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. 

DATE: This is effective on November 3, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Asrah Khadr, Environmental Engineer, 

Office of Air Program Planning (3AP30), 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814– 

2071; khadr.asrah@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today’s 

notice is simply an announcement of a 

finding that EPA has already made. EPA 

Region III sent a letter to the DNREC on 

September 12, 2014 stating that EPA has 

found that the MVEBs in the 

Maintenance Plans for budget years 

2017 and 2025, submitted on December 

12, 2012, are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. As a result of 

EPA’s finding, the State of Delaware 

must use the 2017 and 2025 MVEBs 

from the December 12, 2012 

Maintenance Plans for future conformity 

determinations in the Delaware portion 

of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-New 

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1EPA issued conformity regulations to implement 

the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS in July 2004 and May 2005 

(69 FR 40004, July 1, 2004 and 70 FR 24280, May 

6, 2005, respectively). Those actions were not part 

of the final rule recently remanded to EPA by the 

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 

NRDC v. EPA, No. 08–1250 (Jan. 4, 2013), in which 

the Court remanded to EPA the implementation 

rule for the PM2.5 NAAQS because it concluded that 

EPA must implement that NAAQS pursuant to the 

PM-specific implementation provisions of subpart 4 

of Part D of Title I of the CAA, rather than solely 

under the general provisions of subpart 1. 

Jersey 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS 

nonattainment area. Receipt of the 

submittal was announced on EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site. No 

comments were received. The findings 

letter is available at EPA’s conformity 

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

The adequate direct PM and nitrogen 

oxides (NOX) MVEBs are provided in 

Table 1. 

TABLE 1—DELAWARE PORTION OF THE PHILADELPHIA-WILMINGTON-NEW JERSEY 1997 AND 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS 

MAINTENANCE PLANS MVEBS FOR DIRECT PM AND NOX

Budget years Motor vehicle emissions budget for 

direct PM-tons per year 

Mobile vehicle emissions budget for 

NOX-tons per year 

2017 ................................................................................................. 199 6,273 

2025 ................................................................................................. 199 6,273 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). EPA’s conformity rule requires 

that transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs, and projects 

conform to SIPs and establishes the 

criteria and procedures for determining 

whether or not they do. Conformity to 

a SIP means that transportation 

activities will not produce new air 

quality violations, worsen existing 

violations, or delay timely attainment of 

the national ambient air quality 

standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4). EPA described the 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in a July 1, 2004 

preamble starting at 69 FR 40038 and 

used the information in these resources 

in making this adequacy determination. 

Delaware did not provide emission 

budgets for sulfur dioxide (SO2), volatile 

organic compounds (VOCs), or ammonia 

for the Delaware portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 

nonattainment area because it 

concluded that emissions of these 

precursors from motor vehicles are not 

significant contributors to the area’s 

PM2.5 air quality problem. The 

transportation conformity rule provision 

at 40 CFR 93.102(b)(2)(v) indicates that 

conformity does not apply for these 

precursors, due to the lack of MVEBs for 

these precursors and the State’s 

conclusion that motor vehicle emissions 

of SO2, VOCs, and ammonia do not 

contribute significantly to the area’s 

PM2.5 nonattainment problem. This 

provision of the transportation 

conformity rule predates and was not 

disturbed by the January 4, 2013 

decision in the litigation on the PM2.5

implementation rule.1 EPA has 

preliminarily concluded that the State’s 

decision to not include budgets for SO2, 

VOCs, and ammonia is consistent with 

the requirements of the transportation 

conformity rule. That decision does not 

affect EPA’s adequacy finding for the 

submitted direct PM and NOX MVEBs 

for the Delaware portion of the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington-New Jersey 

nonattainment area. 

Please note that an adequacy review 

is separate from EPA’s SIP review 

process. The Maintenance Plans 

containing the 2017 and 2025 MVEBs 

were approved by EPA on August 5, 

2014 (79 FR 45350). The MVEBs have 

been approved as part of the Delaware 

SIP, finding the MVEBs adequate makes 

them available for use for transportation 

conformity purposes. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q. 

Dated: October 1, 2014. 

William C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9918–07–Region 3] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition To Object to Title V 

Permits for Mettiki Coal, LLC; Maryland 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Clean Air Act 

(CAA), the EPA Administrator signed an 

Order, dated September 26, 2014, 

granting a petition to object to a state 

operating permit issued by the 

Maryland Department of the 

Environment (MDE). The Order 

responds to a February 5, 2013 petition. 

The petition was submitted by the 

Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), as 

well as Benjamin Feldman, and Brenda 

and Shayne Lambert (Petitioners). This 

Order constitutes final action on that 

petition requesting that the 

Administrator object to the issuance of 

the proposed CAA title V permit. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order, 

the petition, and all pertinent 

information relating thereto are on file 

at the following location: EPA, Region 

III, Air Protection Division (APD), 1650 

Arch St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

19103. EPA requests that if at all 

possible, you contact the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section to view copies of the 

final Order, petition, and other 

supporting information. You may view 

the hard copies Monday through Friday, 

from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding Federal 

holidays. If you wish to examine these 

documents, you should make an 

appointment at least 24 hours before the 

visiting day. The final Order is also 

available electronically at the following 

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/region07/ 

air/title5/petitiondb/petitiondb.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Talley, Air Protection Division, 

EPA Region III, telephone (215) 814– 

2117, or by email at talley.david@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review 

and object to, as appropriate, operating 

permits proposed by state permitting 

authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the 

CAA authorizes any person to petition 

the EPA Administrator within 60 days 

after the expiration of this review period 

to object to a state operating permit if 

EPA has not done so. Petitions must be 

based only on objections raised with 

reasonable specificity during the public 

comment period, unless the petitioner 

demonstrates that it was impracticable 

to raise these issues during the comment 

period or that the grounds for objection 

or other issue arose after the comment 

period. 

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