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5We found upon further review of the previous 

estimate that we did not account for all of the 

filings in the fiscal year 2011 data. We correct the 

previous error in this notice. The net effect of using 

the 2012 data (along with accurate accounting) is 

an increase of 509 hours from the July 31, 2012 

notice. 

6NGA 7, Blanket Certificate, and NGPA 311 

filings. Filings were excluded if they qualified as 

categorical exclusions under the National 

Environmental Policy Act or were otherwise 

categorized as ‘‘environment not involved.’’ 

7Estimated average annual cost (wage plus 

benefits) per employee. 

requests for construction practices the 

staff has determined are acceptable. For 

example, frequently requested guidance 

on beneficial reuse of construction 

materials is provided in revised Plan 

sections II.B.17 and III.E. Identification 

of baseline expectations for residential 

construction practices is provided in 

revised Plan section III.H. We expect 

variance requests will be reduced via 

revisions to Procedure section V.B.3.g 

that addresses construction through 

waterbodies that are dry or frozen, and 

Procedure section VI.B.2.f that 

addresses burning of woody debris in 

wetlands. Additionally, we expect 

revisions to Procedure section II.A to 

reduce reporting burden on 

jurisdictional entities, permitting 

detailed justifications rather than sitespecific plans for reduced workspace 

setbacks at waterbodies and wetlands, 

and expanded wetland construction 

rights-of-way. 

We revised terminology to be 

inclusive of prior notice, advanced 

notice, and automatic authorization 

projects to address the wider net of 

project types subject to the Plan and 

Procedure requirements. The revisions 

clarify applicability for projects 

constructed under the Commission’s 

blanket certificate program (18 CFR part 

157, subpart F) and construction of 

facilities for transportation services 

under the Natural Gas Policy Act 

(NGPA) section 311 (18 CFR part 284, 

Subpart A). We expect these 

clarifications to improve the efficiency 

of the environmental review process, 

and reduce labor hours required of 

jurisdictional natural gas companies to 

prepare reports. 

We implement a new record retention 

requirement regarding drainage system 

repairs or improvements (see revised 

Plan section VII.B.1.e). In addition, we 

also put in place a new annual report for 

affected wetlands that do not 

successfully revegetate within three 

years after construction (see revised 

Procedure section VI.D.6). We expect 

this revision to result in a minor 

increase in reporting burden due to the 

low incidence of wetland revegetation 

failure. 

We expect that the revisions will lead 

to additional filings for blanket 

certificate projects, subject to our prior 

notice regulations (see revised 

‘‘Applicability’’ discussions in section I 

of the Plan and Procedures). Such 

filings include winter construction 

plans noted in revised Plan section III.I, 

and the pre-construction filings noted in 

section II of the Procedures (e.g., 

hydrostatic testing information, 

waterbody crossing schedules, spill 

prevention and response procedures, 

plans for major waterbody crossings, 

horizontal directional drill crossings, 

and justifications for any variances). 

This would not reflect entirely new 

reporting burdens however, as this 

information is typically requested by 

staff during review of these projects to 

ensure compliance with blanket 

certificate standard conditions in 18 

CFR 157.206. 

Overall, in consideration of the 

revisions to reporting requirements and 

the increased efficiency that would be 

realized during the environmental 

review process, we expect the net effect 

of the revised Plan and Procedures to 

constitute a minor increase in 

information collection burden. 

Burden Estimate: The estimate below 

was updated using workload 

completion data prepared by FERC’s 

Division of Gas—Environment and 

Engineering for fiscal year 2012. The 

estimate previously provided in the July 

31, 2012 Notice of Availability was 

based on fiscal year 2011 workload 

completion data.5 Respondents include 

companies that filed project 

applications under Natural Gas Act 

(NGA) Section 7, blanket certificate 

prior notice filings and annual reports, 

and NGPA 311 advanced notification 

filings and annual reports. 

Modification to FERC–577, 

OMB Control No. 1902–0128 Average number of respondents annually 

Average 

number of 

filings per 

year 6

Average 

change in 

burden hrs. 

per filing 

(rounded) 

Total annual 

change in 

burden hrs. for 

all filings types 

(a) (b) (a × b) 

Upland Plan .................................................... 81 Natural Gas Companies ........................... 218 7.6 1667 

Wetland and Waterbody Procedures .............. 81 Natural Gas Companies ........................... 218 ¥4.2 ¥905 

Grand total ............................................... ......................................................................... ........................ ........................ 762 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to prepare new or modified 

information collections based on the 

Plan and Procedure revisions is $53,340 

(762 hours times $70/hr 7). 

We expect the estimated burden 

would reduce in subsequent years, as 

companies adjust to the modified 

information collections and have 

trained their personnel to collect 

information per the revised Plan and 

Procedures. 

Interested persons may obtain 

additional information on the OMB 

process and information collection 

statement by contacting Ellen Brown, 

Office of the Executive Director, via 

email at DataClearance@ferc.gov; by 

phone (202) 502–8663, or facsimile 

(202) 273–0973. 

Dated: May 31, 2013. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0548; FRL–9821–8] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Exhaust 

Emissions of Light-Duty Vehicles in 

Metropolitan Detroit; EPA ICR No. 

2363.02 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

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34376 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 110 / Friday, June 7, 2013 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Exhaust Emissions of Light-duty 

Vehicles in Metropolitan Detroit’’ (EPA 

ICR No. 2363.02, OMB Control No. 

2060–0645) 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 October 31, 

2013. 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 August 6, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0548, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), 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 Warila, Assessment and 

Standards Division, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, 

(AADTC), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 734–214–4951; fax number: 

734–214–4821; email address: 

warila.james@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, 

EPA 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: The EPA is initiating a 

systematic data collection designed to 

improve the methods and tools used by 

the Agency to estimate exhaust 

emissions as vehicles age. Data to be 

collected include vehicle type, vehicle 

characteristics, and measurement of 

exhaust emissions. 

One of the main issues in the study 

of vehicle emissions is the difficulty in 

acquiring representative results. Major 

challenges include the diversity of 

technology, the highly variable nature of 

emissions, the complexity and expense 

of measurement, difficulty in acquiring 

and retaining engines or vehicles, and 

the array of external variables that 

influence emissions, ranging from 

temperature to driver behavior. In 

combination, these factors tend to limit 

the numbers of vehicles that can be 

included in a given study. Limited 

sample sizes in combination with high 

variability make emissions data 

challenging to interpret. 

The collection is a research program, 

to be conducted by the Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) 

in the Office of Air and Radiation 

(OAR). This study will be designed to 

develop and test novel screening, 

sampling and measurement procedures. 

These approaches promise to 

substantially reduce the cost of exhaust 

emissions measurement as well as to 

improve the accuracy of resulting 

estimates. 

An innovative feature of this project 

is the use of roadside remote-sensing 

measurements to construct a pool of 

vehicles from which vehicles can be 

sampled for purposes of recruitment 

and measurement using portable 

emissions measurement systems 

(PEMS). The acquisition of remotesensing measurements for 

hydrocarbons, carbon-monoxide, and 

oxides of nitrogen will provide an index 

of emissions for all vehicles prior to 

sampling and recruitment for more 

intensive measurement. The index is 

expected to facilitate recruitment of 

vehicles with an emphasis on rare subpopulations such as high-emitting 

vehicles, and provide a means to 

appropriately relate measured vehicles 

to the overall fleet. 

Research questions for the project 

include: (1) Can remote-sensing be used 

as a reliable index of exhaust emissions 

across the range of emissions? (2) can 

portable instruments measure accurate 

emissions time series for very clean 

vehicles, such as Tier 2 (Bins 2, 3 or 5) 

or LEV–II (ULEV, SULEV)? (3) how can 

portable instruments be used to measure 

start emissions?, and (4) can the 

emissions index used for recruitment 

also serve as a means to estimate 

potential non-response bias? 

We have collected remote-sensing 

measurements on approximately 35,000 

vehicles, and from this pool, plan to 

recruit vehicles for measurement using 

PEMS. Participation in the program will 

be voluntary. The target population for 

the project will include light-duty cars 

and trucks certified to Tier 2 (Bins 5, 3 

or 2) or an equivalent LEV–II standards 

(LEV, ULEV or SULEV), respectively. 

Form Numbers: 2363.02. 

Respondents/affected entities: private 

owners of light-duty cars and trucks. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

850 (total). 

Frequency of response: one-time 

event. 

Total estimated burden: 1,213 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $33,247 (per 

year), includes $0.00 annualized capital 

or operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The total 

estimated respondent burden is 

expected to stay substantially the same 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. 

William Charmley, 

Acting Director, Assessment and Standards 

Division. 

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