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3Changes to estimated number of respondents 

were based on average number of respondents over 

the past three years. 

4The estimates for cost per response are derived 

using the following formula: Average Burden Hours 

per Response * $100.00/hour = Average cost/ 

response. The figure is the 2024 FERC average 

hourly cost (for wages and benefits) of 100.00 (and 

an average annual salary of $207,786/year). 

Commission staff is using the FERC average salary 

because we consider any reporting requirements 

completed in response to the FERC–537 to be 

compensated at rates similar to the work of FERC 

employees. 

5Each of the figures in this column are rounded 

to the nearest dollar. 

6A Certificate Abandonment Application would 

require waiver of the Commission’s capacity release 

regulations in 18 CFR 284.8; therefore this activity 

is associated with Interstate Certificate and 

Abandonment Applications. 

FERC–537 (GAS PIPELINE CERTIFICATES: CONSTRUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND ABANDONMENT) 3—Continued 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total 

number of 

responses 

Average burden & 

cost per response 4

Total annual 

burden hours & 

total annual cost 

Cost per 

respondent 

($) 

(1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) 5

18 CFR 284.13(e) and 284.126(a) (Interstate and 

Intrastate Bypass Notice).

2 1 2 30 hrs.; 3,000 ............. 60 hrs.; 6,000 ............... 3,000 

18 CFR 284.221 (Blanket Certificates) ................. 1 1 1 100 hrs.; 10,000 ......... 100 hrs.; 10,000 ........... 10,000 

18 CFR 284.224 (Hinshaw Blanket Certificates) .. 2 1 2 75 hrs.; 7,500 ............. 150 hrs.; 15,000 ........... 7,500 

18 CFR 157.5–.11; 157.13–.20 (Non-facility Certificate or Abandonment Applications.11 1.36 15 75 hrs.; 7,500 ............. 1,125 hrs.; 112,500 ...... 10,227 

Project based; Labor wages ................................. 22 1 22 15 hrs. 1,500 .............. 330 hrs. 33,000 ............ 1,500 

Total ............................................................... .................... ........................ * 444 ..................................... 49,045 hrs.; 4,539,000 ....................

* Rounded. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: September 18, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21890 Filed 9–24–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL 12137–01–OAR] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Electronic Submission of Reports, 

Notifications, and Other Submission 

Types 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) allowance of the electronic 

submission of reports, notifications, or 

other required submission types (in an 

acceptable digital format) in certain 

Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations that do 

not already have electronic reporting 

requirements (i.e., reports, notifications, 

or other submission types required to be 

submitted in paper format or as 

specified in this notice, an email). This 

action is consistent with the provisions 

of the Cross-Media Electronic Reporting 

Rule (CROMERR) and streamlines 

reporting requirements by allowing 

regulated entities to submit specified 

reports, notifications, or other 

submission types electronically via the 

Compliance and Emissions Data 

Reporting Interface (CEDRI) on the 

EPA’s Central Data Exchange (CDX) (see 

https://cdx.epa.gov), or to another EPA 

managed electronic document receiving 

system that may be designated for the 

receipt of specified submissions in the 

future. Additionally, performance test 

reports that do not already have 

CROMERR compliant electronic 

reporting requirements may utilize the 

Electronic Reporting Tool (ERT) (see 

https://www.epa.gov/electronicreporting-air-emissions/electronicreporting-tool-ert) to submit those 

reports to CEDRI in the form of an ERT 

submission package. The authority for 

the designation of alternative EPA 

electronic document receiving systems 

may not be redelegated to state, local, or 

tribal authorities. When a report, 

notification, or other submission type 

submitted under this new electronic 

submission option contains confidential 

business information (CBI), a file with 

the CBI omitted or redacted must be 

submitted to the CEDRI system and a 

separate, complete submission 

containing the claimed CBI information 

must be submitted through the 

described CBI submission process. 

DATES: The allowance to electronically 

submit reports and notifications to 

CEDRI is effective September 25, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aiden Titel, Measurement Policy Group, 

Sector Policies and Programs Division, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 109 

T.W. Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12055, 

RTP, NC 27711; telephone number: 

(919) 541–4836; email address: 

titel.aiden@@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Electronic Submission of Reports, 

Notifications, and Other Submission 

Types, and CROMERR Compliance 

On October 13, 2005, the final 

CROMERR program was published in 

the Federal Register (70 FR 59748) and 

codified as part 3 of title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (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. 

In accordance with 40 CFR 3.2(a), this 

notice announces that the EPA is 

prepared to receive, in electronic form, 

40 CFR parts 59, 60, 61, 62, and 63 

reports, notifications, or other 

submission types that do not already 

have electronic reporting requirements 

(i.e., paper reports, notifications, or 

other submission types), and emailed 

submissions that are associated with 40 


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CFR part 60 subpart AAA and 40 CFR 

part 60 subpart QQQQ. The submission 

method for reports, notifications, or 

other submission types affected by this 

allowance is to upload the reports, 

notifications, or other submission types 

in an acceptable digital format to CEDRI 

on the EPA’s CDX electronic reporting 

platform, or to another EPA electronic 

document receiving system that the 

Administrator may designate for the 

receipt of specified submissions, 

complying with the system’s 

requirements for submission. The 

authority for the designation of 

alternative EPA electronic document 

receiving systems may not be 

redelegated to state, local, or tribal 

authorities. For performance tests 

impacted by this allowance, affected 

entities may submit those reports in an 

acceptable digital format to CEDRI or 

process those reports via the ERT and 

then submit the ERT-generated 

submission package to CEDRI. 

These allowances only apply to the 

Federal requirements for 40 CFR parts 

59, 60, 61, 62, and 63 reports, 

notifications, or other submission types 

currently required to be submitted in 

paper format, and reports associated 

with 40 CFR part 60 subpart AAA and 

40 CFR part 60 subpart QQQQ that are 

currently emailed to the Agency. 

Reporting requirements for reports, 

notifications, or other submission types 

required to be submitted to the EPA 

immediately, including, but not limited 

to, emergency notifications (e.g., the 

immediate startup, shutdown, and 

malfunction report required in 40 CFR 

63.7545(f)), are not superseded by this 

notice, and may not utilize this 

allowance to submit electronically to 

CEDRI. Other existing or future 

mandatory electronic reporting 

requirements (e.g., E-Reporting 

requirements) promulgated in 40 CFR 

parts 59, 60, 61, 62, and 63 rules are also 

not superseded by this notice. This 

notice also does not supersede any state, 

local, or tribal reporting requirements. 

II. Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) 

The EPA recognizes that the potential 

for CBI in submissions exists. The 

CEDRI reporting system is not built to 

accommodate the submission of CBI. 

Accordingly, any records submitted to 

the CEDRI system should either not 

contain information claimed as 

confidential, or have any information 

claimed confidential redacted or 

otherwise omitted from the document 

submitted in the system. Any 

information submitted in the CEDRI 

system may be made available to the 

public without further notice to the 

submitter. 

If you wish to assert a CBI claim for 

some of the information contained in a 

document that is submitted through this 

new reporting option under this notice, 

you must submit 2 versions of the 

document to the EPA. The CBI version 

of the document submitted should be 

the complete document that contains 

the information claimed as CBI (i.e., 

without redaction or omission of CBI). 

This version should be submitted 

electronically to the OAQPS CBI office 

following the procedure outlined in the 

paragraphs below. The non-CBI version 

of the document (i.e, the version with 

redacted or omitted CBI) will be 

submitted to the CEDRI system. 

Clearly and specifically mark all the 

information that you claim to be CBI. Do 

not mark an entire document or pages 

of the document as CBI, unless you 

believe all text on the document or page 

is entitled to confidential treatment 

under the appropriate legal standard. 

Accordingly, the information that is 

redacted from the non-CBI document 

version that is being submitted to CEDRI 

should correspond to the information 

that is clearly marked as CBI in the CBI 

version. Information not marked as CBI 

may be authorized for public release 

without prior notice. Information 

marked as CBI will not be disclosed 

except in accordance with the 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2. 

The preferred method for CBI 

submittal is for it to be transmitted 

electronically using email attachments, 

File Transfer Protocol (FTP), or other 

online file sharing services. Electronic 

submissions must be transmitted 

directly to the OAQPS CBI Office at the 

email address oaqpscbi@epa.gov and 

should include clear CBI markings. 

Performance tests and performance 

evaluations should be flagged to the 

attention of the Group Leader, 

Measurement Policy Group and all other 

submissions should be flagged to the 

attention of the industrial sector lead 

(e.g., attention Coke Oven Sector Lead, 

attention Glass Manufacturing Sector 

Lead, etc.). If assistance is needed with 

submitting large electronic files that 

exceed the file size limit for email 

attachments, and if you do not have 

your own file sharing service, please 

email oaqpscbi@epa.gov to request a file 

transfer link. 

If you cannot transmit the file 

electronically, you may send CBI 

information through the postal service 

to the following address: U.S. EPA, 

Attn: OAQPS Document Control Officer, 

Mail Drop: C404–02, 109 T.W. 

Alexander Drive, P.O. Box 12055, RTP, 

NC 27711, Attention: as noted in 

preceding paragraph. The mailed CBI 

material should be double wrapped and 

clearly marked. Any CBI markings 

should not show through the outer 

wrapping. 

All CBI claims must be asserted at the 

time of submission. Anything submitted 

unredacted using CEDRI cannot later be 

claimed as CBI. Furthermore, under 

CAA section 114(c), emissions data are 

not entitled to confidential treatment, 

and the EPA is required to make 

emissions data available to the public. 

Thus, any information that meets the 

definition of emissions data (see 40 CFR 

2.301(a)(2)) will not be protected as CBI 

and will be made publicly available. 

III. Definitions 

The definitions set forth in this 

section apply only when used in 

accordance with this notice. 

Acceptable digital formats are file 

types that are compatible with CEDRI or 

other EPA electronic document 

receiving system that the Administrator 

may designate. 

CDX is the EPA’s Central Data 

Exchange, a central point which 

supplements the EPA reporting systems 

by performing new and existing 

functions for receiving legally 

acceptable data in various formats, 

including consolidated and integrated 

data. CDX can be accessed at https://

cdx.epa.gov. 

CEDRI is the Compliance and 

Emission Data Reporting Interface 

which supports the electronic 

submission of performance test reports, 

notification reports, periodic reports, 

and Information Collection Requests 

(ICRs). CEDRI can be accessed via the 

CDX at https://cdx.epa.gov, and more 

information on the interface can be 

found at https://epa.gov/electronicreporting-air-emissions/cedri. 

CFR is the United States’ Code of 

Federal Regulations, which is the 

codification of the general and 

permanent rules published in the 

Federal Register by the departments 

and agencies of the Federal 

Government. 

CROMERR is the Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule, which 

provides the legal framework for 

electronic reporting under the EPA’s 

regulatory programs and ensures the 

enforceability of regulatory information 

collected electronically by the EPA and 

the EPA’s state, tribal, and local 

government partners. 

Electronic submission of reports, 

notifications, or other submission types 

is the submission of a digital version of 

a paper (or as specified in this notice, 

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submission type to an approved EPA 

electronic document receiving system. 

ERT is the EPA’s Electronic Reporting 

Tool, which is a Microsoft Access 

computer application that creates 

electronic versions of stationary source 

sampling test plans and reports of test 

results for performance tests and 

performance evaluations. 

E-Reporting (or electronic reporting) 

is a system in which an electronic tool 

guides the regulated entity through the 

reporting process often with built-in 

compliance assistance and data quality 

checks. 

Joseph Goffman, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–XXXX; FR ID 246358] 

Information Collection Being Reviewed 

by the Federal Communications 

Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork burdens, and as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal 

Communications Commission (FCC or 

Commission) invites the general public 

and other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collections. 

Comments are requested concerning: 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; ways to minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; and ways to 

further reduce the information 

collection burden on small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 employees. 

The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

PRA that does not display a valid OMB 

control number. 

DATES: Written PRA comments should 

be submitted on or before November 25, 

2024. If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@

fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information about the 

information collection, contact Cathy 

Williams at (202) 418–2918. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Application to Participate in a 

5G Fund Auction, FCC Form 184. 

Form Number: FCC Form 184. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities, not-for-profit institutions, 

and state, local or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 300 respondents and 300 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 7 

hours. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is 47 U.S.C. 154, 254 and 303(r). 

Total Annual Burden: 2,100 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: No cost. 

Needs and Uses: The Commission 

will use the information collected under 

this information collection to determine 

whether applicants are qualified to 

participate in a 5G Fund auction. 

In its November 2011 USF/ICC 

Transformation Order, the Commission 

took numerous steps to 

comprehensively reform and modernize 

the universal service program to ensure 

that robust, affordable fixed and mobile 

voice and broadband service are 

available to those in rural, insular, and 

high cost areas of the country. Connect 

America Fund et al., Order and Further 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, FCC 

11–161 (USF/ICC Transformation 

Order). Among other things, the 

Commission (1) established a twophased Mobility Fund to award 

universal service support for mobile 

services in a cost-effective manner to no 

more than one provider per area in areas 

where a private-sector business case was 

lacking, (2) directed that universal 

service support under the Mobility 

Fund be awarded by competitive 

bidding, (3) adopted the rules and 

framework for Mobility Fund Phase I, 

and (4) sought comment on the rules 

and proposed framework for Mobility 

Fund Phase II. In its February 2017 

Mobility Fund Phase II Report and 

Order, the Commission adopted the 

rules and framework for Mobility Fund 

Phase II to provide ongoing universal 

service support over a ten-year term to 

areas of the country unlikely to receive 

4G LTE service absent subsidies, along 

with the framework for a challenge 

process to resolve disputes about areas 

that were found to be presumptively 

ineligible for support. Connect America 

Fund; Universal Service Reform— 

Mobility Fund II, Report and Order and 

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 

FCC 17–11. However, in its October 

2020 5G Fund Report and Order, the 

Commission established the 5G Fund as 

a replacement for Mobility Fund Phase 

II, and adopted the framework and rules 

for the 5G Fund to award universal 

service support in two phases through 

separate reverse auctions to ensure the 

deployment of high-speed, 5G mobile 

service in areas unlikely to see such 

service absent subsidies. Establishing a 

5G Fund for Rural America, Report and 

Order, FCC 20–150 (5G Fund Report 

and Order). In the 5G Fund Report and 

Order, the Commission, among other 

things, adopted a two-stage application 

process for 5G Fund auctions consisting 

of pre-auction requirements for 

applicants seeking to participate in a 5G 

Fund auction and post-auction 

requirements for winning bidders 

applying for 5G Fund support. The 

Commission decided that applicants 

seeking to participate in a 5G Fund 

auction would be required to provide 

both the information required by section 

1.21001(b) of the Commission’s existing 

Part 1, Subpart AA universal service 

competitive bidding rules, 47 CFR 

1.21001(b), and the additional 

application disclosures and 

certifications specific to the 5G Fund 

required by section 54.1014(a) of the 

Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 54.1014(a). 

In its recent 5G Fund Second Report 

and Order (FCC 24–89), the Commission 

adopted an additional requirement that 

each applicant seeking to participate in 

the 5G Fund Phase I auction certify in 

its application that it has read the public 

notice adopting procedures for the 

auction and that it has familiarized itself 

both with the auction procedures and 

with the requirements, terms, and 

conditions associated with the receipt of 

5G Fund support. 

Under this new information 

collection, the Commission will collect 

the information, disclosures, and 

certifications required by sections 


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