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WQS Regulation; and, some are 

voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,693. 

Frequency of response: Variable 

depending on type of information 

collected (once every three years; 

annually; on occasion or as necessary; 

or, only once). 

Total estimated burden: From 376,097 

to 514,987 hours per year. Burden is 

defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: From 

$17,103,064 to $23,173,945 of labor 

costs per year, and $263,520 of 

operations and maintenance costs per 

year. There are no annualized capital 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 226,040 hours in the total 

upper estimates of respondent burden 

compared with the combined burden of 

the three ICRs currently approved by 

OMB and consolidated in this ICR. This 

decrease reflects adjustments made to 

the EPA’s burden estimates based on 

experience gained since the previous 

ICRs were approved. 

Dated: June 6, 2018. 

Deborah G. Nagle, 

Acting Director, Office of Science and 

Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13027 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–OW–2018–0270; FRL–9979–53–OW] 

Announcement of the Per- and 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 

New England Community Engagement 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of an event. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) will kick off the Per- and 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 

community engagements with a two-day 

event in Exeter, New Hampshire. The 

goal of the event is to allow the EPA to 

hear directly from New England 

communities to understand ways the 

Agency can best support the work that 

is being done at the state, local, and 

tribal level. For more information on the 

event, visit the EPA’s PFAS website: 

https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfascommunity-engagement. During the 

recent PFAS National Leadership 

Summit, the EPA announced plans to 

visit communities to hear directly from 

those impacted by PFAS. This 

engagement is the next step in the EPA’s 

commitment to address challenges with 

PFAS. The EPA anticipates that the 

community engagements will provide 

valuable insight for the agency’s efforts 

moving forward. For more information, 

go to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice. 

DATES: The event will be held on June 

25–26, 2018. On June 25, a listening 

session will be held at 4:30 p.m. to 

10:00 p.m., eastern time. A working 

session will be held on June 26 from 

8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., eastern time. 

ADDRESSES: The two-day event will be 

held at the Exeter High School, 1 Blue 

Hawk Drive, Exeter, New Hampshire 

03833. If you are unable to attend the 

New England Community Engagement, 

you will be able to submit comments at 

http://www.regulations.gov: Enter 

Docket ID No. EPA–OW–2018–0270. 

Citizens are encouraged to send written 

statements to the public docket. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or withdrawn. The 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. The EPA will 

generally not consider comments or 

comment contents located outside of the 

primary submission (i.e. on the web, 

cloud, or other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Gutro, EPA New England 

Headquarters (Mail Code ORAO1–1), 5 

Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, 

MA 02109–3912; telephone number: 

617–918–1021; fax number: 617–918– 

0021; email address: Gutro.Doug@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Details about Participating in the 

Event: The public is invited to speak 

during the June 25 listening session. 

Those interested in speaking can sign 

up for a 3-minute speaking slot on 

EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ 

pfas/pfas-community-engagement. 

Please check this website for event 

materials as they become available, 

including a full agenda, leading up to 

the event. 

The PFAS National Leadership 

Summit: On May 22–23, 2018, the EPA 

hosted the PFAS National Leadership 

Summit. During the summit, 

participants worked together to share 

information on ongoing efforts to 

characterize risks from PFAS, develop 

monitoring and treatment/cleanup 

techniques, identify specific near-term 

actions (beyond those already 

underway) that are needed to address 

challenges currently facing states and 

local communities, and develop risk 

communication strategies that will help 

communities to address public concerns 

regarding PFAS. 

The EPA wants to ensure the public 

that their input is valuable and 

meaningful. Using information from the 

National Leadership Summit, public 

docket, and community engagements, 

the EPA plans to develop a PFAS 

Management Plan for release later this 

year. A summary of the New England 

Community Engagement will be made 

available to the public following the 

event on the EPA’s PFAS Community 

Engagement website at: https://

www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-communityengagement. 

Dated: June 11, 2018. 

Eric Burneson, 

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9039–8] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7156 or https://www2.epa.gov/ 

nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 06/04/2018 Through 06/08/2018 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

EIS No. 20180129, Final, FTA, CA, 

Geary Corridor Bus Rapid Transit 

Project, Under 23 U.S.C. 139(n)(2), 

FTA has issued a single document 

that consists of a final environmental 

impact statement and record of 


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decision. Therefore, the 30-day wait/ 

review period under NEPA does not 

apply to this action. Contact: Alex 

Smith 415–734–9472 

EIS No. 20180130, Draft, USFS, MT, 

Gold Butterfly, Comment Period Ends: 

07/30/2018, Contact: Tami Sabol 406– 

777–7410 

EIS No. 20180131, Draft, FTA, OR, 

Southwest Corridor Light Rail Project 

Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement, Comment Period Ends: 

07/30/2018, Contact: Mark Assam 

206–220–7954 

EIS No. 20180132, Final, NY, State 

Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, 

NY, Coastal and Social Resiliency 

Initiatives for Tottenville Shoreline, 

Review Period Ends: 07/16/2018, 

Contact: Daniel Greene 212–480–2321 

Amended Notice 

Revision to the Federal Register 

Notice published 05/04/2018, extend 

comment period from 

06/18/2018 to 06/29/2018. 

EIS No. 20180078, Draft, TxDOT, TX, 

Oakhill Parkway, Contact: Carlos 

Swonke 512–416–2734 

Adoption 

EPA has adopted EIS 20180075, Pure 

Water San Diego Program, North City 

Project, Final, BR, CA. EPA was a 

cooperating agency on this project; 

therefore, recirculation is not necessary 

under Section 1506.3(c) of the CEQ 

NEPA regulations. Contact: Danusha 

Chandy 202–566–2165. 

Dated: June 12, 2018. 

Robert Tomiak, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12861 Filed 6–14–18; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0928; FRL–9979–47– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Fuel Use 

Requirements for Great Lake 

Steamships (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Fuel Use Requirements for Great Lakes 

Steamships’’ (EPA ICR No. 2458.03, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0679) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 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 August 31, 

2018. 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 14, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0928, 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: 

Alan Stout, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann 

Arbor, MI 48105; 734–214–4805; 

stout.alan@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents explaining 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. 

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 U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) adopted 

requirements for marine vessels 

operating in and around U.S. territorial 

waters to use reduced-sulfur diesel fuel. 

This requirement does not apply for 

steamships, but it would apply for 

steamships that are converted to run on 

diesel engines. A regulatory provision 

allows vessel owners to qualify for a 

waiver from the fuel-use requirements 

for a defined period for such converted 

vessels. 

One condition of the exemption from 

the fuel standard is that engines meet 

current emission standards. EPA uses 

the data to oversee compliance with 

regulatory requirements, including 

communicating with affected companies 

and answering questions from the 

public or other industry participants 

regarding the waiver in question. Since 

the IMO Tier III NOX standards apply 

for Category 3 engines installed on U.S. 

vessels, we don’t expect anyone to use 

the steamship exemption. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 0. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Required to obtain a benefit (40 CFR 

1043.95). 

Estimated number of respondents: 0. 

Frequency of response: One time for 

a new notification. 

Total estimated burden: 0 hours (per 

year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $0. 

Changes in Estimates: The burden 

estimate decreases from the current 

estimate of 14 hours per year in the total 

estimated respondent burden currently 

approved by OMB. Since the IMO Tier 

III NOX standards apply for Category 3 

engines installed on U.S. vessels, we 

don’t expect anyone to use the 

steamship exemption. 

Dated: June 4, 2018. 

William J. Charmley, 

Director, Assessment and Standards Division. 

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