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improve the temporal allocation of 

emissions data. 

• Spatial surrogates. Spatial 

surrogates are used to allocate countylevel emissions to the grid cells used for 

air quality modeling. The EPA requests 

comment on the spatial surrogates used 

in the 2018 Emissions Modeling 

Platform. The same spatial surrogates 

are used in the base and future years. 

• Chemical speciation. Prior to air 

quality modeling, the pollutants in the 

emission inventories must be converted 

into the chemical species used by the air 

quality model using speciation profiles. 

The speciation profiles in the 2018 

emissions modeling platform are 

consistent with version 4.3 of the 

SPECIATE database. The EPA requests 

comment on the speciation profiles used 

in the 2018 modeling platform, as well 

as any information that could help 

improve the speciation of oil and gas 

emissions in both the eastern and 

western United States in 2018. Oil and 

gas speciation information, along with 

VOC to TOG adjustment factors that are 

used to compute methane emissions, 

would be of the most use at the county 

or oil/gas basin level of detail and also 

for each distinct process at oil and gas 

drilling/production facilities (e.g., glycol 

dehydrators). 

To aid in the interpretation of the 

provided data files and how they relate 

to the aspects of the data on which the 

EPA is requesting comment, the EPA 

has provided in the docket a document 

describing the information included in 

the data files. 

Dated: January 8, 2014. 

Mary E. Henigin, 

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00564 Filed 1–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2013–0549; FRL–9904– 

10–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Notification of Episodic Releases of Oil 

and Hazardous Substances (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Notification of 

Episodic Releases of Oil and Hazardous 

Substances (Renewal)’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through March 31, 

2014. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (78 

FR 49265) on August 13, 2013, during 

a 60-day comment period. This notice 

allows for an additional 30 days for 

public comments. A fuller description 

of the ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 13, 

2014 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–SFUND–2013–0549, to (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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: 

Lynn M. Beasley, Office of Emergency 

Management, (5104A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–1965; fax 

number: 202–564–8222; email address: 

beasley.lynn@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. 

EPA ICR #: 1049.13. 

OMB Control #: 2050–0046. 

Abstract: Section 103(a) of CERCLA, 

as amended, requires the person in 

charge of a facility or vessel to 

immediately notify the National 

Response Center (NRC) of a hazardous 

substance release into the environment 

if the amount of the release equals or 

exceeds the substance’s reportable 

quantity (RQ) limit. The RQ of every 

hazardous substance can be found in 

Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4. 

Section 311 of the CWA, as amended, 

requires the person in charge of a vessel 

to immediately notify the NRC of an oil 

spill into U.S. navigable waters if the 

spill causes a sheen, violates applicable 

water quality standards, or causes a 

sludge or emulsion to be deposited 

beneath the surface of the water or upon 

adjoining shorelines. 

The reporting of a hazardous 

substance release that is at or above the 

substance’s RQ allows the Federal 

government to determine whether a 

Federal response action is required to 

control or mitigate any potential adverse 

effects to public health or welfare or the 

environment. Likewise, the reporting of 

oil spills allows the Federal government 

to determine whether cleaning up the 

oil spill is necessary to mitigate or 

prevent damage to public health or 

welfare or the environment. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

entities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory CERCLA section 103(a); 

CWA section 311. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

23,864. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 97,842 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $3,320,485 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is a 

decrease of 726 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is because the 

projected number of release 

notifications per annum in this ICR is 

less than the number of release 

notifications per annum in the previous 

ICR. Projections are based on the 

number of actual releases reported in 

the prior three year period. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00454 Filed 1–13–14; 8:45 am] 

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