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Existing authorization holders raised 

concerns to FE that the release of their 

LNG price data at the cargo level may 

cause competitive harm to them. To 

address this issue, FE proposes to align 

price data reporting for natural gas 

imports and exports by vessel— 

including LNG—with current data 

release policies for pipeline import and 

export movements. Specifically, FE 

proposes to publish only volumeweighted average import and export 

prices for LNG and other modes of 

natural gas transportation by point of 

entry or exit, as is currently the practice 

for pipeline imports and exports. Thus, 

instead of a price being published for 

each LNG cargo imported or exported, a 

monthly volume-weighted average price 

will be published for each point of LNG 

import or export. 

FE proposes the following change in 

the confidentiality policy for Form FE– 

746. The current statement ‘‘Information 

reported on Form FE–746R will be 

considered public information and may 

be publicly released in company 

identifiable form’’ will be replaced with 

the new data confidentiality statement 

that will read: ‘‘The following 

information that is reported on Form 

FE–746R will be protected and not 

disclosed to the public to the extent that 

it satisfies the criteria for exemption 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended, and 

the Department of Energy (DOE) 

regulations, 10 CFR 1004.11, 

implementing the FOIA. 

• The Price at Import or Export Point. 

• In the case of natural gas imports 

and exports for all modes of 

transportation except pipeline, The 

name of the Specific Purchaser/End 

User.’’ 

Questions pertaining to Specific 

Purchaser/End User do not appear on 

the version of Form FE–746R required 

for pipeline imports and exports. 

All other information reported on Form 

FE–746R will be considered public 

information and may be publicly released in 

company identifiable form. 

Data protection methods will not be 

applied to the aggregate statistical data 

published from submissions on Form FE– 

746R. There may be some statistics that are 

based on data from fewer than three import 

or export transactions. In these cases, it may 

be possible for a knowledgeable person to 

closely estimate the information reported by 

a specific respondent. 

Transaction-level price information 

for natural gas and LNG imports and 

exports, including prices for individual 

LNG import and export cargos, and the 

name of the Specific Purchaser/End 

User, will not be publicly released. No 

information related to natural gas 

specific customers/end users is 

currently published. Natural gas import 

and export price information, including 

prices for LNG imports and exports, will 

be aggregated and published by point of 

entry or exit in FE’s and EIA’s data 

publications featuring natural gas 

import/export information, including 

the Office of Fossil Energy’s LNG 

Monthly and EIA’s Natural Gas 

Monthly. 

FE also proposes to collect heat 

content in Btu per cubic foot for LNG 

imports and exports to account for 

variations in the heat content of gas 

being imported from and exported to 

various countries, so that import and 

export volume data may be analyzed 

according to objective standardized 

units of measurement. The heat content 

information reported for LNG imports 

and exports on Form FE–746R will not 

be protected and may be publicly 

released in company identifiable form. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 371; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 4,452; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 13,356; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of 

the burden hours is estimated to be 

$1,010,916 (13,356 burden hours times 

$75.69 per hour). FE estimates that 

respondents will have no additional 

costs associated with the surveys other 

than burden hours. 

Comments are invited on whether: (a) 

The proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of agency functions, including whether 

the information shall have practical 

utility; (b) FE’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used, 

is accurate; (c) FE can improve quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information it 

will collect; and (d) FE can minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, such as 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b) 

and Section 3 of the Natural Gas Act of 1938, 

codified at 15 U.S.C. 717b. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on August 24, 

2018. 

Shawn Bennett, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Oil and 

Natural Gas. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18829 Filed 8–29–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0093; FRL–9982–94– 

OAR] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Clean 

Air Act Tribal Authority (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Clean Air Act Tribal Authority 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1676.07, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0306) 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 December 

31, 2018. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register on May 15, 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 October 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–2004–0093, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-r-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: Pat 

Childers, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Immediate Office, (6101A), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

1082; fax number: 202–564–0394; email 

address: childers.pat@epa.gov. 


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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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: This Information Collection 

Request (ICR) seeks authorization for 

tribes to demonstrate their eligibility to 

be treated in the same manner as states 

under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to 

submit applications to implement a 

CAA program. This ICR extends the 

collection period of information for 

determining eligibility, which expires 

December 31, 2018. The ICR maintains 

the estimates of burden costs for tribes 

in completing a CAA application. 

The program regulation provides for 

Indian tribes, if they choose, to assume 

responsibility for the development and 

implementation of CAA programs. The 

regulation, Indian Tribes: Air Quality 

Planning and Management (Tribal 

Authority Rule [TAR] 40 CFR parts 9, 

35, 49, 50, and 81) sets forth how tribes 

may seek authority to implement their 

own air quality planning and 

management programs. This rule 

establishes: (1) Which CAA provisions 

Indian tribes may seek authority to 

implement; (2) What requirements the 

tribes must meet when seeking such 

authorization; and (3) What federal 

financial assistance may be available to 

help tribes establish and manage their 

air quality programs. The TAR provides 

tribes the authority to administer air 

quality programs over all air resources, 

including non-Indian owned fee lands, 

whining the exterior boundaries of a 

reservation and other areas over which 

the tribe can demonstrate jurisdiction. 

An Indian tribe that takes responsibility 

for a CAA program would essentially be 

treated in the same way as a state would 

be treated for that program. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: States, 

locals, Indian tribes. 

Respondent’s Obligation to Respond: 

Voluntary, required to obtain or retain a 

benefit Tribal Authority Rule [TAR] 40 

CFR parts 9, 35, 49, 50 and 81). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 8 

(total). 

Frequency of Response: One-time 

applications. 

Total Estimated Burden: 320 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total Estimated Cost: $18,896.00 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change of hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB. 

Dated: August 15, 2018. 

Pat Childers, 

OAR Tribal Program Coordinator. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2003–0026; FRL–9983–03– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; National 

Water Quality Inventory Reports 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘National Water Quality Inventory 

Reports (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

1560.11, OMB Control No. 2040–0071) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA). Before submitting 

the ICR to OMB, 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 March 31, 2019. 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 October 29, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2003–0026, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-Docket@

epa.gov, 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: 

Cynthia N. Johnson, Watershed 

Restoration, Assessment and Protection 

Division (WRAPD), Office of Water, 

Mail Code: 4503T, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–1679; fax 

number: 202–566–1336; email address: 

Johnson.CynthiaN@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents that 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. 

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 Clean Water Act 

Section 305(b) reports contain 

information on whether waters assessed 

by a state meet the state’s water quality 

standards, and, when waters are 

impaired, the pollutants and potential 

sources affecting water quality. This 

information helps State’s and the public 

track progress in addressing water 

pollution. Section 303(d) of the Clean 

Water Act requires States to identify and 


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