45126 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 5, 2018 / Notices 

Dated: August 13, 2018. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19261 Filed 9–4–18; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0075; FRL–9983–24– 

OAR] 

Clean Air Act Advisory Committee 

(CAAAC): Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) announces an upcoming 

meeting for the Clean Air Act Advisory 

Committee (CAAAC). The EPA 

established the CAAAC on November 

19, 1990, to provide independent advice 

and counsel to EPA on policy issues 

associated with implementation of the 

Clean Air Act of 1990. The Committee 

advises EPA on economic, 

environmental, technical, scientific and 

enforcement policy issues. 

DATES: Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. App. 2 

Section 10(a)(2), notice is hereby given 

that the CAAAC will hold its next faceto-face meeting on Wednesday, 

September 26th, 2018 from 1:00 p.m. 

until 5:30 p.m., continuing Thursday 

September 27th, 2018 from 8:30 a.m. to 

12 noon. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston, 

4610 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 

22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Weinstock, Designated Federal 

Official, Clean Air Act Advisory 

Committee (6103A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–564–9226; 

email address: weinstock.larry@epa.gov. 

Additional information about this 

meeting, the CAAAC, and its 

subcommittees and workgroups can be 

found on the CAAAC website: http://

www.epa.gov/oar/caaac/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

committee agenda and any documents 

prepared for the meeting will be 

publicly available on the CAAAC 

website at http://www.epa.gov/oar/ 

caaac/ prior to the meeting. Thereafter, 

these documents, together with CAAAC 

meeting minutes, will be available on 

the CAAAC website or by contacting the 

Office of Air and Radiation Docket and 

requesting information under docket 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0075. The docket 

office can be reached by email at: a-andr-Docket@epa.gov or FAX: 202–566– 

9744. 

For information on access or services 

for individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Lorraine Reddick at 

reddick.lorraine@epa.gov, preferably at 

least 10 days prior to the meeting to give 

EPA as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

John Shoaff, 

Director, Office of Air Policy and Program 

Support. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0082; FRL–9983–36– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Renewal; EPA’s Natural Gas 

STAR Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit a 

renewal information collection request 

(ICR), ‘‘EPA’s Natural Gas STAR 

Program’’ (EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0082, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0328) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. Specifically, EPA is 

proposing to replace the current 

Program’s Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) with a 

Partnership Agreement (PA), update the 

calculations used to estimate methane 

reductions, and create a vendor service 

provider directory. This is a renewal 

with modification of the existing ICR 

which expires on 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 November 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0082 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. 

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: 

Jerome Blackman, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change 

Division, (6207A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–343–9630; fax 

number: 202–343–2342; email address: 

Blackman.Jerome@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. 

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. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 172 / Wednesday, September 5, 2018 / Notices 45127 

Abstract: Natural Gas STAR is a 

voluntary program sponsored by the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) that encourages oil and natural 

gas companies to adopt cost effective 

technologies and practice that improve 

operational efficiency and reduce 

methane emissions. Methane is the 

primary component of natural gas and a 

potent greenhouse gas. The Program 

works with oil and natural gas 

companies in the production, gathering 

& processing, transmission, and 

distribution sectors to remove barriers 

that inhibit the implementation of 

technologies and practices that reduce 

methane emissions. The Program 

effectively promotes the adoption of 

emission reduction technologies and 

practices by helping Natural Gas Star 

partners evaluate Best Management 

Practices (BMPs) and Partner Reported 

Opportunities (PROs) in the context of 

their current operations, and implement 

them where cost effective. 

Implementation of the Program’s BMPs 

and PROs saves participants money, 

improves operational efficiency, and 

enhances the protection of the 

environment. 

Form Numbers: Companies that wish 

to become Natural Gas STAR partners 

sign and submit an one-page 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) 

to EPA that describes the terms of 

participation in the Program. The MOU 

forms covered under this ICR include: 

• Production Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–105 

• Transmission Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–96 

• Distribution Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–98 

• Gathering and Processing Partners: 

EPA Form No. 5900–101 

Partners agree to complete and submit 

a Natural Gas STAR Implementation 

Plan within six to twelve months of 

signing the MOU. The Implementation 

Plan forms covered under this ICR 

include: 

• Production Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–103 

• Transmission Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–109 

• Distribution Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–97 

• Gathering and Processing Partners: 

EPA Form No. 5900–100 

After one full year of participation in 

the Program, partners submit an annual 

report documenting the previous year’s 

methane emission reduction activities. 

The annual reporting forms covered 

under this ICR include: 

• Production Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–104 

• Transmission Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–95 

• Distribution Partners: EPA Form No. 

5900–99 

• Gathering and Processing Partners: 

EPA Form No. 5900–102 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

gathering and processing, production, 

transmission, and distribution sectors of 

the natural gas industry. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 92 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Annual and 

semi-annual. 

Total estimated burden: 1,991 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $184,242 (per 

year), there are no capital/start-up costs 

or O&M costs associated with this 

information collection. 

Changes in Estimates: EPA expects 

that the burden associated with the final 

ICR submission will decrease slightly 

due to the Program’s maturity and 

participation of companies in the new 

Methane Challenge Program. 

Dated: August 29, 2018. 

Paul M. Gunning, 

Director, Climate Change Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL9982–95—Region 1] 

Proposed CERCLA Administrative 

Cost Recovery Settlement: Former 

Lawrence Metals Site, Chelsea, 

Massachusetts 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement; 

request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

proposed administrative cost settlement 

for recovery of response costs 

concerning the Former Lawrence Metals 

Site, located in Chelsea, Suffolk County, 

Massachusetts, with the Settling Party, 

the Massachusetts Institute of 

Technology. The proposed settlement 

requires the Settling Party pay EPA 

$200,000 to settle EPA’s past response 

costs, which amount to approximately 

$8,235,772. In exchange, EPA will 

provide the Settling Party with a 

covenant not to sue for past costs. The 

settlement has been approved by the 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division of the United States 

Department of Justice. For 30 days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will receive written 

comments relating to the settlement for 

recovery of response costs. The Agency 

will consider all comments received and 

may modify or withdraw its consent to 

this cost recovery settlement if 

comments received disclose facts or 

considerations which indicate that the 

settlement is inappropriate, improper, 

or inadequate. The Agency’s response to 

any comments received will be available 

for public inspection at the 

Environmental Protection Agency— 

Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 

100, Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

October 5, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Man Chak Ng, Senior 

Enforcement Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 5 

Post Office Square, Suite 100 (OES04– 

2), Boston, MA 02109–3912 (Telephone 

No. 617–918–1785) and should 

reference the Former Lawrence Metals 

Site, U.S. EPA Docket No: CERCLA 01– 

2018–0047. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the proposed settlement may be 

obtained from Stacy Greendlinger, 

Office of Site Remediation and 

Restoration, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region I, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100 (OSRR02–2), 

Boston, MA 02109–3912, (617) 918– 

1403; greendlinger.stacy@epa.gov. 

Technical questions can also be directed 

to Stacy Greendlinger. For legal 

questions, Man Chak Ng, Office of 

Environmental Stewardship, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100 

(OES04–2), Boston, MA 02109–3912, 

(617) 918–1785; ng.manchak@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

proposed administrative settlement for 

recovery of past response costs 

concerning the Former Lawrence Metals 

Site, located in Chelsea, Suffolk County, 

Massachusetts, is made in accordance 

with Section 122(h)(l) of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA). EPA covenants not to 

sue or take administrative action against 

the Settling Party, the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology, pursuant to 

Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 

9607(a), for Past Response Costs. In 

exchange, the Settling Party agrees to 

pay EPA $200,000. Payment of such 

amount shall be due within 10 days 

after the Effective Date and, if timely 

paid, shall include no interest. If 

payment is not paid as stipulated, 

interest shall accrue beginning as of the 

Effective Date and shall continue to 


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