### 15100 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2016 / Notices

2 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2015). close of business, April 13, 2016. But, if the Commission is closed on this day, then the permit remains in effect until the close of business on the next day in which the Commission is open. 2 New applications for this site may not be submitted until after the permit surrender is effective.

Dated: March 14, 2016. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–06287 Filed 3–18–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6717–01–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[FRL–9944–07–OW]**

**National Rivers and Streams Assessment 2008/2009 Final Report** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice of availability.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces the availability of EPA’s final report on the National Rivers and Streams Assessment (NRSA) 2008/2009. The NRSA describes the results of the nationwide probabilistic survey that was conducted in the summers of 2008 and 2009 by EPA and its state, tribal, and federal partners. The NRSA 2008/ 2009 report includes information on how the survey was implemented, what the findings are on a national and ecoregional scale, and future actions and challenges.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Richard Mitchell, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Office of Water, Washington, DC. Phone: 202– 566–0644; email: mitchell.richard@
epa.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 
I. General Information

The National Rivers and Streams Assessment 2008–2009: A Collaborative Survey is the first report to use a statistically-valid random design to assess the condition of the nation’s rivers and streams. It is one of a series of National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS), a national-scale monitoring program designed to produce statistically-valid assessments that answer critical questions about the condition of waters in the United States. The key goals of the NRSA report are to describe the ecological and recreational condition of the nation’s river and stream resources, how those conditions are changing, and the key stressors affecting those waters. Using a statistical survey design, 1,924 sites were selected at random to represent the condition of the larger population of rivers and streams across the lower 48 states, from the largest ‘‘great rivers’’ to the smallest headwater streams.

The NRSA finds that 46% of the nation’s river and stream miles do not support healthy biological communities when compared to least disturbed sites in similar ecological regions. Fair conditions are found in 25% of river and stream miles, while 28% are in good condition and support healthy aquatic communities. Of the stressors that were examined, phosphorus and nitrogen are the most widespread. Biological communities are at increased risk for poor condition when phosphorus and nitrogen levels are high. The report has undergone public, peer, state/tribal and EPA review. A. How can I get copies of the NRSA 2008/2009 and other related information?

You may view and download the final report from EPA’s Web site at http://www.epa.gov/national-aquatic-resourcesurveys/nrsa.

Dated: March 11, 2016. Joel Beauvais, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2016–06302 Filed 3–18–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0236; FRL–9943–53– OEI]** 

**Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and**  **Approval; Comment Request; TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment**  **Information Rule (PAIR)**

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  EPA has submitted the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA): ‘‘TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR)’’ and identified by EPA ICR No. 0586.13 and OMB Control No. 2070–0054. The ICR, which is available in the docket along with other related materials, provides a detailed explanation of the collection activities and the burden estimate that is only briefly summarized in this document. EPA did not receive any comments in response to the previously provided public review opportunity issued in the Federal Register on June 19, 2015 (80 FR 35349). With this submission, EPA is providing an additional 30 days for public review.

**DATES :**  Comments must be received on or before April 20, 2016.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2015–0236, to both EPA and OMB as follows:

• To EPA online using http:// www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.

• To 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 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. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be CBI or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Colby Lintner, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 554–1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov

. **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Docket: Supporting documents, including the ICR that explains in detail the information collection activities and the related burden and cost estimates that are summarized in this document, are available in the docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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

.

ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on March 31, 2016. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.


### 15101 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2016 / Notices

Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 for certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.

Abstract: Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authorizes EPA to promulgate rules under which manufacturers, importers and processors of chemical substances and mixtures must maintain records and submit reports to EPA. EPA has promulgated the Preliminary Assessment Information Rule (PAIR) under TSCA section 8(a). EPA uses PAIR to collect information to identify, assess and manage human health and environmental risks from chemical substances, mixtures and categories. PAIR requires chemical manufacturers and importers to complete a standardized reporting form to help evaluate the potential for adverse human health and environmental effects caused by the manufacture or importation of identified chemical substances, mixtures or categories. Chemicals identified by EPA or any other federal agency, for which a justifiable information need for production, use or exposure-related data can be satisfied by the use of the PAIR are proper subjects for TSCA section 8(a) PAIR rulemaking. In most instances the information that EPA receives from a PAIR report is sufficient to satisfy the information need in question. This information collection addresses the reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated with TSCA section 8(a).

Respondents/Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this ICR are companies that manufacture, process or import chemical substances, mixtures or categories.

Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (see 40 CFR parts 712, 766, and 792).

Estimated total number of potential respondents: 1.

Frequency of response: On occasion. Estimated total burden: 31.5 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).

Estimated total costs: $ 2,388 (per year), includes no annualized capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.

Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 916 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease reflects EPA’s reduced estimate of the assumed number of PAIR reports submitted annually, and also reflects burden changes resulting from mandatory electronic submissions of PAIR reports. This change is both an adjustment and the result of a program change.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
Courtney Kerwin, Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016–06209 Filed 3–18–16; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6560–50–P**

**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY** 

**[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0234; FRL–9943– 86–OEI]** 

**Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and**  **Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries (Renewal)** 

**AGENCY :**  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

**ACTION :**  Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘NESHAP for Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR part 63, subpart CC) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1692.09, OMB Control No. 2060–0340), 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. ). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently-approved through March 31, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (80 FR 32116) on June 5, 2015 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 April 20, 2016.

**ADDRESSES :**  Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OECA–2011–0234, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by email to docket.oeca@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 :**  Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance, and Media Programs Division, Office of Compliance, Mail Code 2227A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; email address: yellin.patrick@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: Owners and operators of petroleum refineries are required tocomply with reporting and recordkeeping requirements for the general provisions of 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, as well as for the applicable standards found in 40 CFR part 63, subpart CC. This includes submitting initial notification reports, performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with the standards.

Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Existing and new petroleum refining process units and emission points located at refineries that are major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) emissions.

Respondent’s obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 63, subpart CC).

Estimated number of respondents: 142 (total).

Frequency of response: Initially, occasionally, annually and semiannually.