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telephone number: (919) 541–2910; fax 

number: (919) 541–0516; email address: 

melton.lula@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this notice apply to me? 

This notice will be of interest to 

entities regulated under 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart AAA—Standards of 

Performance for New Residential Wood 

Heaters; state, local, and tribal agencies; 

and the EPA Regional offices 

responsible for implementation and 

enforcement of regulations under 40 

CFR part 60, subpart AAA—Standards 

of Performance for New Residential 

Wood Heaters. 

B. How can I get copies of this 

information? 

You may access copies of documents 

supporting our broadly applicable 

alternative test method withdrawal 

decision at Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2021–0951. 

II. Background 

The Administrator has the authority 

to approve the use of alternative test 

methods for compliance with 

requirements under 40 CFR parts 60, 61, 

and 63. This authority is found in 40 

CFR 60.8(b)(3), 61.13(h)(1)(ii), and 

63.7(e)(2)(ii). Additional and similar 

authority can be found in 40 CFR 

59.104(f) and 65.158(a)(2). The criteria 

for approval and procedures for 

submission and review of broadly 

applicable alternative test methods are 

explained in a previous Federal 

Register notice published at 72 FR 4257 

(January 30, 2007) and located at 

https://www.epa.gov/emc/broadlyapplicable-approved-alternative-testmethods. As explained in this notice, 

we will announce approvals for broadly 

applicable alternative test methods at 

https://www.epa.gov/emc/broadlyapplicable-approved-alternative-testmethods as they are issued and publish 

an annual notice that summarizes 

approvals for broadly applicable 

alternative test methods during the 

preceding year. 

This notice relates to two broadly 

applicable alternative test methods that 

EPA approved in 2018 for Standards of 

Performance for New Residential Wood 

Heaters, 40 CFR part 60, subpart AAA. 

Specifically, ALT–125 allowed for the 

use of ASTM E3053–17 and ASTM 

E2515–11, both with the changes 

specified in the Agency’s approval letter 

dated February 28, 2018 (revised on 

August 22, 2018), and Canadian 

Standards Administration (CSA) 

Method CSA–B415.1–10, as an 

alternative to test methods and 

procedures for certification of standards 

that are contained in 40 CFR 60.534. 

Similarly, as an alternative to 40 CFR 

60.534, ALT–127 allowed the use of 

ASTM E3053–17 and ASTM E2515–11, 

both with the changes specified in the 

Agency’s approval letter dated April 13, 

2018, and CSA Method CSA–B415.1–10. 

Further, alternatives 125 and 127 were 

included in the Federal Register notice 

published on March 4, 2019 (84 FR 

7363). 

III. Withdrawal of Approved 

Alternative Test Methods 

As explained in our January 30, 2007 

notice, we will revisit approvals of 

alternative test methods in response to 

written requests or objections indicating 

that a particular approved alternative 

test method either should not be broadly 

applicable or that its use is not 

appropriate or should be limited in 

some way. Any objection to a broadly 

applicable alternative test method, as 

well as the resolution of that objection, 

will be announced at https://

www.epa.gov/emc/broadly-applicableapproved-alternative-test-methods and 

in a subsequent Federal Register notice. 

On April 28, 2021, the Alaska 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation (Alaska) requested that the 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (OAQPS) withdraw 

previously approved broadly applicable 

alternative test methods ALT–125 and 

ALT–127, which, as earlier explained, 

are used for compliance test purposes to 

certify residential wood heaters 

pursuant to 40 CFR part 60, subpart 

AAA. According to Alaska, ASTM 

E3053–17 provides too much flexibility 

such that a test lab, while conducting 

compliance testing, may ‘‘explore’’ 

avenues within the test method in order 

to find approaches for passing any 

appliance, regardless of design, 

ultimately resulting in a certification 

program where a manufacturer simply 

pays the lab to provide a passing test, 

rather than objectively measure the 

actual emissions from their appliance. 

Further, on May 21, 2021, nine State 

Attorneys General requested OAQPS to 

withdraw both ALT–125 and ALT–127 

citing a recent Northeast States for 

Coordinated Air Use Management 

(NESCAUM) report that found serious 

concerns with EPA’s implementation of 

subpart AAA and QQQQ certification 

programs. In addition, in July, August, 

and September of 2021, Alaska 

submitted seven test reports to OAQPS 

in support of their withdrawal request. 

For more detailed information, please 

refer to the supporting documents 

available at Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2021–0951. 

After a thorough review and 

evaluation of these requests as well as 

data from Alaska’s test reports, on 

December 20, 2021, OAQPS decided to 

formally withdraw ALT–125 and ALT– 

127 as broadly applicable alternative 

test methods for Standards of 

Performance for New Residential Wood 

Heaters, 40 CFR part 60, subpart AAA. 

This Federal Register notice formalizes 

our withdrawal of Alternatives 125 and 

127 as broadly applicable alternative 

test methods and announces the 

removal of both test methods from the 

Broadly Applicable Approved 

Alternative Test Methods web page. 

The withdrawal of the broadly 

applicable alternative test methods 

ALT–125 and ALT–127 will become 

effective February 23, 2022. 

Certification tests completed prior to the 

effective date using ALT–125 or ALT– 

127 for residential wood heater 

applications pursuant to 40 CFR part 60, 

subpart AAA will be considered valid if 

otherwise meeting all certification 

requirements of the subpart (40 CFR 

60.531). 

Certification tests using ALT–125 or 

ALT–127 completed after the effective 

date for withdrawal of these alternative 

test methods will not be valid 

certification tests pursuant to 40 CFR 

60.531 and 60.534(a)(2). 

Renewal or recertification of a wood 

heater model line that was previously 

certified using ALT–125 or ALT–127 

will not be granted a waiver from 

certification testing pursuant to 40 CFR 

60.533(i)(2) or 60.533(k)(1) and must be 

retested using a valid test method at the 

time of application for renewal or 

recertification. 

Dated: January 19, 2022. 

Richard A. Wayland, 

Director, Air Quality Assessment Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01298 Filed 1–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0318; FRL–9098–01– 

OCSPP] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of an 

Existing Collection and Request for 

Comment; Request for Contractor 

Access to Toxic Substances Control 

Act (TSCA) Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces the availability of 

and solicits public comment on the 

following Information Collection 

Request (ICR) that EPA is planning to 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB): ‘‘Request for Contractor 

Access to TSCA Confidential Business 

Information (CBI),’’ identified by EPA 

ICR No. 1250.12 and OMB Control No. 

2070–0075. This ICR represents the 

renewal of an existing ICR that is 

currently approved through October 31, 

2022. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval under the PRA, 

EPA is soliciting comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection that is summarized in this 

document. The ICR and accompanying 

material are available in the docket for 

public review and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 25, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2017–0318, 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. Do not submit electronically 

any information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Additional 

instructions on commenting or visiting 

the docket, along with more information 

about dockets generally, is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

open to visitors by appointment only. 

For the latest status information on 

EPA/DC services and docket access, 

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Sleasman, Office of Program 

Support, Mission Support Division 

(7101M), Office of Chemical Safety and 

Pollution Prevention, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 566–1204; 

email address: sleasman.katherine@

epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. 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. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Request for Contractor Access to 

TSCA Confidential Business 

Information (CBI). 

EPA ICR No.: 1250.12. 

OMB Control No.: 2070–0075. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

approved through October 31, 2022. 

Under the PRA, 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 Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, 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: EPA procures contract 

support to facilitate the performance of 

certain duties that may require 

contractors to handle TSCA CBI. Each 

contractor employee who will use TSCA 

CBI in the performance of his or her 

duties must be authorized for access to 

TSCA CBI through a multi-step process. 

The TSCA CBI Protection Manual 

provides Federal and contractor 

employees with guidelines and 

operating procedures for handling TSCA 

CBI while performing their official 

duties, as well as the procedures to 

obtain authorization for access to TSCA 

CBI. 

Specifically, for purposes of this 

information collection, contractor 

personnel must submit to EPA the form 

entitled ‘‘TSCA CBI Access Request, 

Agreement, and Approval’’ (EPA Form 

7740–6). EPA uses Form 7740–6 to 

collect information about contractor 

personnel so that EPA can evaluate their 

suitability for access to TSCA CBI. EPA 

stores the information on the OPPT 

Chemical Information System. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.6 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

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 here: 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

following North American Industrial 

Classification System (NAICS) codes 

have been provided to assist in 

determining whether this action might 

apply to certain entities: NAICS codes 

514 (Information Services) and 561 

(Administrative and Support Services). 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory; 15 U.S.C. 2614. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated number of potential 

respondents: 23. 

Total estimated average number of 

responses for each respondent: 214. 

Total estimated annual burden hours: 

340.8 hours. 

Total estimated annual costs: 

$19,740. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $19,740 and an estimated 

cost of $0 for capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is no increase in number of 

hours in the estimated total annual 

burden and costs compared with that 

identified in the ICR currently approved 

by OMB. This increase in estimates 

results from an increase in the hourly 

wages and a change in the methodology 

to calculate loaded wages (wages plus 

fringe benefits and overhead). This 

change is an adjustment. 

In addition, OMB has requested that 

EPA move towards using the 18- 

question format for ICR Supporting 

Statements used by other federal 

agencies and departments and is based 

on the submission instructions 


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established by OMB in 1995, replacing 

the alternate format developed by EPA 

and OMB prior to 1995. The Agency 

does not expect this change in format to 

result in substantive changes to the 

information collection activities or 

related estimated burden and costs. 

IV. 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. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document 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 person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

(Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501) 

Dated: January 19, 2022. 

Michal Freedhoff, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01295 Filed 1–21–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[OMB 3060–0466; FR ID 68396] 

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 (PRA) of 1995, 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 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 March 25, 

2022. 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: 3060–0466. 

Title: Sections 74.783, 73.1201 and 

74.1283, Station Identification. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 28,323 respondents; 28,323 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 0.166– 

1 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Recordkeeping 

requirement; Third party disclosure 

requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or maintain benefits. The 

statutory authority for this collection of 

information is contained in 47 U.S.C. 

151, 152, 154(i), 303, 307 and 308. 

Total Annual Burden: 26,715 hours. 

Total Annual Costs: None. 

Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirements for this 

collection are as following: 47 CFR 

73.1201(a) requires television broadcast 

licensees to make broadcast station 

identification announcements at the 

beginning and ending of each time of 

operation, and hourly, as close to the 

hour as feasible, at a natural break in 

program offerings. Television and Class 

A television broadcast stations may 

make these announcements visually or 

aurally. 

47 CFR 74.783(b) requires licensees of 

television translators whose station 

identification is made by the television 

station whose signals are being 

rebroadcast by the translator, must 

secure agreement with this television 

station licensee to keep in its file, and 

available to FCC personnel, the 

translator’s call letters and location, 

giving the name, address and telephone 

number of the licensee or his service 

representative to be contacted in the 

event of malfunction of the translator. It 

shall be the responsibility of the 

translator licensee to furnish current 

information to the television station 

licensee for this purpose. 

47 CFR 73.1201(b)(1) requires that the 

official station identification consist of 

the station’s call letters immediately 

followed by the community or 

communities specified in its license as 

the station’s location. The name of the 

licensee, the station’s frequency, the 

station’s channel number, as stated on 

the station’s license, and/or the station’s 

network affiliation may be inserted 

between the call letters and station 

location. Digital Television (DTV) 

stations, or DAB Stations, choosing to 

include the station’s channel number in 

the station identification must use the 

station’s major channel number and 

may distinguish multicast program 

streams. For example, a DTV station 

with major channel number 26 may use 

26.1 to identify a High Definition 

Television (HDTV) program service and 

26.2 to identify a Standard Definition 

Television (SDTV) program service. A 

radio station operating in DAB hybrid 

mode or extended hybrid mode shall 

identify its digital signal, including any 

free multicast audio programming 

streams, in a manner that appropriately 

alerts its audience to the fact that it is 

listening to a digital audio broadcast. No 

other insertion between the station’s call 

letters and the community or 

communities specified in its license is 

permissible. A station may include in its 

official station identification the name 

of any additional community or 

communities, but the community to 

which the station is licensed must be 

named first. 

47 CFR 74.783(e) permits low power 

TV permittees or licensees to request to 

be assigned four-letter call signs in lieu 

of the five-character alpha-numeric call 

signs. 

47 CFR 74.1283(c)(1) requires a FM 

translator station licensee whose 

identification is made by the primary 

station must arrange for the primary 

station licensee to furnish the 

translator’s call letters and location 

(name, address, and telephone number 

of the licensee or service representative) 


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