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possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 7 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on July 31, 2018. 

Dated: July 10, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[9977–46–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts’ request to revise/modify 

certain of its EPA-authorized programs 

to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA approves the authorized 

program revision for the Commonwealth 

of Massachusetts’ National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation as of August 15, 2018, 

if no timely request for a public hearing 

is received and accepted by the Agency. 

EPA approves the other authorized 

program revisions/modifications as of 

July 16, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Devon Martin, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–2603, 

martin.devon@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On September 8, 2017, the 

Massachusetts Department of 

Environmental Protection (MassDEP) 

submitted an application titled ‘‘EEA 

ePLACE Platform’’ for revisions/ 

modifications to its EPA-approved 

programs under title 40 CFR to allow 

new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

MassDEP’s request to revise/modify its 

EPA-authorized programs and, based on 

this review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program 

revisions/modifications set out in 40 

CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of 

EPA’s decision to approve 

Massachusetts’s request to revise/ 

modify its following EPA-authorized 

programs to allow electronic reporting 

under 40 CFR parts 50–52, 61–63, 65, 

70, 141, 144, 146, 240–259, 260–270, 

272–279, and 280, is being published in 

the Federal Register: 

Part 52—Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; 

Part 61—National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants, Subpart M, 

Asbestos; 

Part 62—Approval and Promulgation of 

State Plans for Designated Facilities and 

Pollutants; 

Part 63—National Emission Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source 

Categories; 

Part 70—State Operating Permit Programs; 

Part 142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation; 

Part 145—State Underground Injection 

Control Programs; 

Part 239—Requirements for State Permit 

Program Determination of Adequacy; 

Part 271—Requirements for Authorization 

of State Hazardous: Waste Program; and 

Part 281—Technical Standards and 

Corrective Action Requirements for Owners 

and Operators of Underground Storage 

Tanks. 

Specifically, EPA has approved the 

state’s authorized program revisions for 

electronic submissions that include a 

handwritten signature on a separate 

paper submission report instead of an 

electronic signature. 

MassDEP was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Also, in this notice, EPA is informing 

interested persons that they may request 

a public hearing on EPA’s action to 

approve the Commonwealth of 

Massachusetts’ request to revise its 

National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations implementation program 

under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(f), to allow for 

electronic reporting. Requests for a 

hearing must be submitted to EPA 

within 30 days of publication of today’s 

Federal Register notice. Such requests 

should include the following 

information: (1) The name, address and 

telephone number of the individual, 


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organization or other entity requesting a 

hearing; (2) A brief statement of the 

requesting person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; (3) The signature of 

the individual making the request, or, if 

the request is made on behalf of an 

organization or other entity, the 

signature of a responsible official of the 

organization or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ 

request to revise its part 142—National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program to allow 

electronic reporting will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2011–0096; FRL—9980–55– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; CrossMedia Electronic Reporting Rule 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 

(EPA ICR No. 2002.07, OMB Control No. 

2025–0003), 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 July 31, 

2018. Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

January 19, 2018 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 August 15, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OEI–2011–0096, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

oei.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: 

Devon Martin, Office of Environmental 

Information (2823T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–2603; 

email address: martin.devon@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. 

Abstract: This ICR addresses the 

electronic reporting components of the 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule 

(CROMERR), which is designed to: (i) 

Allow EPA to comply with the 

Government Paperwork Elimination Act 

of 1998; (ii) provide a uniform, 

technology-neutral framework for 

electronic reporting across all EPA 

programs; (iii) allow EPA programs to 

offer electronic reporting as they 

become ready for CROMERR; and (iv) 

provide states with a streamlined 

process—together with a uniform set of 

standards—for approval of their 

electronic reporting provisions for all 

their EPA-authorized programs. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are voluntary. In order to 

accommodate CBI, the information 

collected must be in accordance with 

the confidentiality regulations set forth 

in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B. 

Additionally, EPA will ensure that the 

information collection procedures 

comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 

and the OMB Circular 108. 

Form numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

that report electronically to EPA and 

state or local government authorized 

programs; and state and local 

government authorized programs 

implementing electronic reporting. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary, required to obtain or retain a 

benefit (Cross-Media Electronic 

Reporting Rule (CROMERR) established 

to ensure compliance with the 

Government Paperwork Elimination Act 

(GPEA)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

175,047 (total). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 83,837 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $4,055,829 (per 

year), including $569,916 in annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

increase of 34,233 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase occurred primarily 

because of the launch of substantial new 

e-reporting systems by EPA, such as 

lead-based paint abatement 

notifications, and the anticipated launch 

of the e-Manifest system. Additionally, 

based on consultations with industry 

and state, tribal, and local agencies, EPA 

increased some of the previous burden 

estimates to reflect a more realistic 

average. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 


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