31030 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 104 / Monday, June 1, 2015 / Notices 

Filings Instituting Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP15–984–000. 

Applicants: White River Hub, LLC. 

Description: Annual Report of Fuel 

Gas Reimbursement Percentage for 2015 

of White River Hub, LLC. 

Filed Date: 5/12/15. 

Accession Number: 20150512–5094. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/26/15. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–985–000. 

Applicants: Questar Southern Trails 

Pipeline Company. 

Description: Annual Report of Fuel 

Gas Reimbursement Percentage for 2015 

of Questar Southern Trails Pipeline 

Company. 

Filed Date: 5/12/15. 

Accession Number: 20150512–5097. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/26/15. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–996–000. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP. 

Description: Section 4(d) rate filing 

per 154.204: Cap Rel Neg Rate Agmts 

(Atlanta Gas 8438 to various eff 5/1/15) 

to be effective 5/1/2015. 

Filed Date: 5/21/15. 

Accession Number: 20150521–5066. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/2/15. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–997–000. 

Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline 

Company of America. 

Description: Section 4(d) rate filing 

per 154.204: Substitute Published Index 

Prices to be effective 7/1/2015. 

Filed Date: 5/21/15. 

Accession Number: 20150521–5224. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/2/15. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–998–000. 

Applicants: Texas Eastern 

Transmission, LP. 

Description: Section 4(d) rate filing 

per 154.204: Negotiated Rate—Chevron 

Jun2014 TEAM2014 Release to be 

effective 6/1/2015. 

Filed Date: 5/22/15. 

Accession Number: 20150522–5143. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/3/15. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–999–000. 

Applicants: Algonquin Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: Section 4(d) rate filing 

per 154.204: Negotiated Rates 

Cleanup—Contract 789456 to be 

effective 6/1/2015. 

Filed Date: 5/22/15. 

Accession Number: 20150522–5147. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/3/15. 

Docket Numbers: RP15–1000–000. 

Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline 

LLC. 

Description: Section 4(d) rate filing 

per 154.204: Neg Rate 2015–05–15 E2W 

to be effective 7/1/2015. 

Filed Date: 5/22/15. 

Accession Number: 20150522–5234. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/3/15. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

Filings in Existing Proceedings 

Docket Numbers: RP15–956–001. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP. 

Description: Tariff Amendment per 

154.205(b): Amendment to Filing in 

RP15–956–000 to be effective 5/1/2015. 

Filed Date: 5/20/15. 

Accession Number: 20150520–5112. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/1/15. 

Any person desiring to protest in any 

of the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the 

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 

385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: May 26, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–13084 Filed 5–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0265; FRL–9928–64– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Fine 

Particulate Matter (PM2.5) NAAQS 

Implementation Rule (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 

submit an information collection 

request (ICR), ‘‘Fine Particulate Matter 

(PM2.5) NAAQS Implementation Rule 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2258.04, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0611), 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, the 

EPA is soliciting public comments on 

specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection which was originally 

approved in conjunction with the EPA’s 

now-remanded 2007 final rule 

addressing implementation-related 

requirements for the 1997 PM2.5

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) and renewed twice since then. 

On March 23, 2015, the EPA also 

proposed a new ICR associated with its 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that 

would replace the remanded 2007 PM2.5

NAAQS Implementation Rule. Until 

that ICR is approved, the existing ICR 

will remain in effect, subject to approval 

of this proposed renewal. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 31, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–0265, online using http://

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. 

The 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, or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Cecil (Butch) Stackhouse, Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, by 

phone at (919) 541–5208 or by email at 

stackhouse.butch@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 http://

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, the EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 


Lhorne on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 104 / Monday, June 1, 2015 / Notices 31031 

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. 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. At that time, the 

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. 

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. 

Abstract: The final implementation 

rule for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS (2007 

PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation Rule) 

was promulgated on April 25, 2007 (79 

FR 20586). This rule provided the 

framework of Clean Air Act (CAA) 

requirements for air agencies to meet in 

attainment plans to achieve the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS in designated 

nonattainment areas. States also applied 

this framework to develop attainment 

plans for areas designated 

nonattainment for the 24-hour PM2.5

NAAQS revised by the agency in 2006 

(74 FR 58688, November 13, 2009; 76 

FR 6056; February 3, 2011). 

The ICR originally finalized with the 

2007 PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation 

Rule had estimated, for the 3 years 

following the ICR approval date, the 

burden to air agencies to develop and 

submit, and the burden to the EPA to 

review and to approve or disapprove, 

attainment plans to meet the 

requirements prescribed in CAA 

sections 110 and part D, subpart 1 of 

title I. A PM2.5 attainment plan contains 

rules and other measures designed to 

improve air quality and achieve the 

NAAQS by the deadlines established 

under the CAA. It also must address 

several additional CAA requirements 

related to demonstrating timely 

attainment, and must contain 

contingency measures in the event the 

nonattainment area does not achieve 

reasonable further progress throughout 

the attainment period or in the event the 

area does not attain the NAAQS by its 

attainment date. After a state submits an 

attainment plan, the CAA requires the 

EPA to approve or disapprove the plan. 

Tribes may develop or submit 

attainment plans, but are not required to 

do so. 

On January 4, 2013, the U.S. Court of 

Appeals for the District of Columbia 

Circuit (DC Circuit) remanded the 2007 

PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation Rule, 

concluding that the agency had erred in 

implementing the PM2.5 NAAQS 

according to only the general 

nonattainment area planning provisions 

of subpart 1, part D, title I of the CAA, 

rather than in accordance with the PMspecific planning requirements of 

subpart 4, part D, title I of the CAA and 

certain general planning provisions in 

subpart 1. On March 23, 2015, the EPA 

proposed a new implementation rule 

(80 FR 15340) consistent with the 

attainment planning requirements under 

CAA subparts 1 and 4 of part D, title I, 

that would apply to ongoing 

implementation efforts by air agencies 

in areas designated nonattainment for 

the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS, as 

well as to new efforts in areas recently 

designated nonattainment for the most 

recent 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS. As part of its 

proposed implementation rule, the EPA 

also proposed a new ICR to cover the 3- 

year period after the ICR is approved by 

OMB, which would account for both the 

burden associated with plan revisions 

related to ongoing implementation 

efforts for the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS as well as the additional cost 

burden to air agencies developing 

attainment plans for areas designated 

nonattainment for the 2012 PM2.5

NAAQS. Once final, the new ICR will 

supersede the existing ICR—for which 

the EPA is proposing renewal in this 

action—for purposes of PM2.5 NAAQS 

implementation. In the meantime, while 

the EPA completes its current 

rulemaking and finalizes the new ICR, 

the agency is hereby proposing a 

renewal of the existing ICR that would 

continue to apply during this interim 

period. 

Respondents/affected entities: State 

and local governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Currently approved estimated number 

of respondents: 95 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once per 

triggering event [i.e., each air agency 

with a newly-designated nonattainment 

area or an area reclassified to a higher 

classification is required to revise its 

State Implementation Plan (SIP)]. 

Currently approved total estimated 

burden: 175,400 hours (per year). 

Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $0 annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in estimates: The EPA 

expects there to be a reduction in excess 

of 50 percent in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

information collection that is currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease is due 

to the fact that the EPA estimates that 

only six areas may be candidates for 

reclassification triggering new submittal 

requirements for the 2006 PM2.5

NAAQS, as compared to 31 

nonattainment areas initially designated 

for that NAAQS. In addition, one of the 

six areas (San Joaquin Valley, CA) 

remains nonattainment for the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS. The burden estimate, 

detailed in the supporting statement 

located in the docket for this proposed 

renewal, accounts for new SIP revisions 

from states with nonattainment areas 

potentially subject to reclassification. 

Dated: May 21, 2015. 

Stephen D. Page, 

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Office of Air and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2015–13131 Filed 5–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9928–46–OGC] 

Proposed Settlement Agreement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement 

agreement; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 

42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is hereby given 

of a proposed settlement agreement to 

address a lawsuit filed by National 

Parks Conservation Association, 

Minnesota Center for Environmental 

Advocacy, Friends of the Boundary 

Waters, Voyageurs National Park 

Association, Fresh Energy, and the 

Sierra Club (collectively, ‘‘Plaintiffs’’) 

and Intervenor Defendant Northern 

States Power Company Minnesota, d/b/ 

a Xcel Energy in the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Minnesota: National Parks Conservation 

Association, et al. v. EPA, Civ. No. 12– 

3043 (D. Minn.). On December 5, 2012, 

Plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that 

the Administrator of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(‘‘EPA’’) had failed to perform a 


Lhorne on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES