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Docket No. ER12–517, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. OA08–53, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–11, Rail Splitter Wind 

Farm v. Ameren and MISO 

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Energy Markets 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5937 or 

patrick.clarey@ferc.gov, or Christopher 

Miller, Office of Energy Markets 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5936 or 

christopher.miller@ferc.gov. 

Dated: January 5, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–423 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0053; FRL–9617–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Clean Air Interstate 

Rule To Reduce Interstate Transport of 

Fine Particle Matter and Ozone 

(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2152.05, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0570 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) for the Clean Air 

Interstate Rule (CAIR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on February 

29, 2012. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted on 

or before March 12, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0053. 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Air Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: Docket Center, (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460. Such deliveries are only 

accepted during the Docket’s normal 

hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003– 

0053. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your email address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the public docket and made 

available on the Internet. If you submit 

an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets 

Division, (6204J), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 343–9220; fax 

number: (202) 343–2361; email address: 

vansickle.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under EPA Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0053, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket, in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Air and 

Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 


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2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003– 

0053 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are units 

producing electric power which are 

affected by the Clean Air Interstate Rule 

(CAIR). 

Title: Clean Air Interstate Rule to 

Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine 

Particle Matter and Ozone (Renewal). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2152.05, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0570. 

ICR Status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on February 29, 

2012. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 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. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations in title 40 

of the CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register when approved, are 

listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 

either by publication in the Federal 

Register or by other appropriate means, 

such as on the related collection 

instrument or form, if applicable. The 

display of OMB control numbers in 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The United States (U.S.) 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

promulgated the Clean Air Interstate 

Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of 

Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone, 

which includes reporting requirements 

and combines these requirements with 

existing requirements from the 

Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule 

(CERR), the Emission Reporting 

Requirements for Ozone State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions 

Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOX

Emissions to Reduce Regional Transport 

of Ozone (NOX SIP Call) and the Acid 

Rain Program under Title IV of the CAA 

Amendments of 1990. Each of these 

three existing requirements has an 

approved ICR in place. The current ICRs 

are: For the CERR, ICR #0916.13, for the 

NOX SIP Call, ICR #1857.05, and for the 

Acid Rain Program, ICR #1633.15. The 

supporting statement references the 

burden analysis included in ICR #s 

0916.13, 1857.05, and 1633.15. This ICR 

renewal is open for public review and 

comment. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 77 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 1,221. 

Frequency of response: Quarterly. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

407,039 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$51,492,383, which included 

$26,329,380 in capital and O&M costs. 

This ICR incorporates the burden 

associated with all CAIR-affected 

sources, including those located in NOX

SIP Call States. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

To date, there are no changes in the 

number of hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with that 

identified in the ICR currently approved 

by OMB. However, EPA is still 

evaluating information that may lead to 

a change in the estimates. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: January 5, 2012. 

Larry F. Kertcher, 

Acting Director, Clean Air Markets Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–456 Filed 1–11–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9617–7] 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92463, EPA 

gives notice of a public meeting of the 

National Advisory Council for 

Environmental Policy and Technology 

(NACEPT). NACEPT provides advice to 

the EPA Administrator on a broad range 

of environmental policy, technology, 

and management issues. NACEPT 

members represent academia, industry, 

non-governmental organizations, and 

local, state, and tribal governments. The 

purpose of this meeting is to begin 

developing recommendations to the 

Administrator regarding actions that 

EPA can take in response to the 

National Academy of Sciences Report 

on ‘‘Incorporating Sustainability in the 

U.S Environmental Protection Agency.’’ 

A copy of the agenda for the meeting 

will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/ 

ofacmo/nacept/cal-nacept.htm. 

DATES: NACEPT will hold a two-day 

public meeting on Monday, February 

13, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EST) 

and Tuesday, February 14, 2012, from 

8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the EPA Potomac Yard Conference 

Center, One Potomac Yard, 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. 


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