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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2013–0129; FRL–9900– 

02—Region4] 

Adequacy Status of the North Carolina 

Portion of the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock 

Hill Bi-State Area Maintenance Plan 8- 

Hour Ozone Sub-Area Motor Vehicle 

Emission Budgets for Transportation 

Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public 

that the Agency has determined that the 

sub-area motor vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) for the North Carolina 

portion of the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock 

Hill bi-state area (hereafter referred to as 

the bi-state Charlotte Area) are adequate 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

These MVEBs were submitted by the 

North Carolina Department of 

Environment and Natural Resources (NC 

DENR) as part of the state’s 1997 8-Hour 

Ozone Maintenance plan on November 

2, 2011, and later supplemented on 

February 8, 2013. The bi-state Charlotte 

moderate 1997 8-hour ozone area is 

comprised of Charlotte-Gastonia in 

North Carolina, and Rock Hill (a portion 

of York County), South Carolina. The 

North Carolina portion of the bi-state 

Charlotte Area is comprised of the 

following sub-areas or counties: 

Cabarrus, Gaston, partial of Iredell 

(Davidson and Coddle Creek 

Townships), Lincoln, Mecklenburg, 

Rowan, and Union. North Carolina’s 

maintenance plan includes the required 

MVEBs for volatile organic compounds 

(VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOX). This 

action relates only to the North Carolina 

portion of the bi-state Charlotte Area. 

EPA approved MVEBs for South 

Carolina’s portion of York County in a 

separate action. As a result of EPA’s 

finding, which is being announced in 

this notice, the North Carolina portion 

of the bi-state Charlotte Area must use 

the sub-area MVEBs for future 

conformity determinations for the 1997 

8-hour ozone standard. 

DATES: These sub-area MVEBs are 

effective August 28, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dianna Smith, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, Air 

Planning Branch, 61 Forsyth Street SW., 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms. Smith can 

also be reached by telephone at (404) 

562–9207, or via electronic mail at 

smith.dianna@epa.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/currsips.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is simply an announcement of a 

finding that EPA has already made. EPA 

Region 4 sent a letter to NC DENR on 

July 25, 2013, stating that the sub-area 

MVEBs identified for the North Carolina 

portion of the bi-state Charlotte area in 

the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance 

plan, submitted on November 2, 2011, 

and later supplemented on February 8, 

2013, are adequate and must be used for 

transportation conformity 

determinations in the North Carolina 

portion of the bi-state Charlotte Area. 

EPA posted the availability of the subarea MVEBs contained in the North 

Carolina maintenance plan on EPA’s 

Web site on February 21, 2013, as part 

of the adequacy process, for the purpose 

of soliciting comments. During EPA’s 

adequacy comment period from 

February 21, 2013, through March 25, 

2013, no comments, adverse or 

otherwise, were received on the MVEBs 

for the North Carolina portion of the bistate Charlotte Area. Through this 

notice, EPA is informing the public that 

these sub-area MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity. This finding 

has also been announced on EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/pastsips.htm. The adequate 

sub-area MVEBs are provided in the 

following table: 

CHARLOTTE (NORTH CAROLINA PORTION) 8-HOUR OZONE SUB-AREA

MVEB 

[Kilograms/day] 

2013 2025 

Cabarrus-Rowan MPO 

VOC .............................. 10,849 6,510 

NOX .............................. 21,822 11,953 

Gaston Urban Area MPO/Lake Norman 

RPO 

VOC .............................. 11,610 7,047 

NOX .............................. 22,168 12,541 

Mecklenburg-Union MPO/Rocky River RPO 

VOC .............................. 28,252 17,378 

NOX .............................. 61,501 35,728 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule, 40 CFR Part 93, 

requires that transportation plans, 

programs and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria and procedures 

for determining whether or not they do 

so. Conformity to a state 

implementation plan (SIP) means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which EPA determines 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes are 

outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). EPA 

has also described the process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in a July 1, 2004, final 

rulemaking entitled, ‘‘Transportation 

Conformity Rule Amendments for the 

New 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards and 

Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing 

Areas; Transportation Conformity Rule 

Amendments: Response to Court 

Decision and Additional Rule Changes’’ 

(69 FR 40004). Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it should not 

be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the maintenance plan for 

the North Carolina portion of the bistate Charlotte Area. Even if EPA finds 

a budget adequate, the maintenance 

plan submittal could later be 

disapproved. 

Within 24 months from the effective 

date of this notice, the transportation 

partners will need to demonstrate 

conformity to the new MVEBs, if the 

demonstration has not already been 

made, pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e). See 

73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008). 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: August 5, 2013. 

Beverly H. Banister, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2013–0549; FRL–9846–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Notification of 

Episodic Releases of Oil and 

Hazardous Substances (Renewal); EPA 

ICR No. 1049.13 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

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) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 


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ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 

2014. 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 must be submitted on 

or before October 15, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2013–0549, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: superfund.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: [2822T], 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket 

Center—Public Reading Room, EPA 

West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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–SFUND–2013– 

0549. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

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 www.regulations.gov 

or email. The 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 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: 

Lynn Beasley, Office of Emergency 

Management, (5104A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–1965; fax 

number: (202) 564–2625; email address: 

Beasley.lynn@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–SFUND–2013–0549, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Superfund 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 Superfund Docket is 

202–566–0276. 

Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

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. 

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? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are facilities or 

vessels that manufacture, process, 

transport, or otherwise use certain 

specified hazardous substances and oil. 

Title: Notification of Episodic 

Releases of Oil and Hazardous 

Substances (Renewal) 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1049.13, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0046. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on March 31, 2014. 

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: Section 103(a) of CERCLA, 

as amended, requires the person in 


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charge of a facility or vessel to 

immediately notify the National 

Response Center (NRC) of a hazardous 

substance release into the environment 

if the amount of the release equals or 

exceeds the substance’s reportable 

quantity (RQ) limit. The RQ of every 

hazardous substance can be found in 

Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4. 

Section 311 of the CWA, as amended, 

requires the person in charge of a vessel 

to immediately notify the NRC of an oil 

spill into U.S. navigable waters if the 

spill causes a sheen, violates applicable 

water quality standards, or causes a 

sludge or emulsion to be deposited 

beneath the surface of the water or upon 

adjoining shorelines. 

The reporting of a hazardous 

substance release that is at or above the 

substance’s RQ allows the Federal 

government to determine whether a 

Federal response action is required to 

control or mitigate any potential adverse 

effects to public health or welfare or the 

environment. Likewise, the reporting of 

oil spills allows the Federal government 

to determine whether cleaning up the 

oil spill is necessary to mitigate or 

prevent damage to public health or 

welfare or the environment. The 

hazardous substance and oil release 

information collected under CERCLA 

section 103(a) and CWA section 311 

also is available to EPA program offices 

and other Federal agencies that use the 

information to evaluate the potential 

need for additional regulations, new 

permitting requirements for specific 

substances or sources, or improved 

emergency response planning. Release 

notification information, which is stored 

in the national Emergency Response 

Notification System (ERNS) data base, is 

available to state and local government 

authorities as well as the general public. 

State and local government authorities 

and the regulated community use 

release information for purposes of local 

emergency response planning. Members 

of the general public, who have access 

to release information through the 

Freedom of Information Act, may 

request release information for purposes 

of maintaining an awareness of what 

types of releases are occurring in 

different localities and what actions, if 

any are being taken to protect public 

health and welfare and the 

environment. ERNS fact sheets, which 

provide summary and statistical 

information about hazardous substance 

and oil release notifications, also are 

available 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. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 

CFR part 9. 

The EPA would like to solicit 

comments 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, other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 4.1 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: 23,864. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

97,842. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$3,319,936. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $3,319,936 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 8,188 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects EPA’s expected 

decrease in the projected number of 

release notifications per year. 

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: August 1, 2013. 

Lawrence M. Stanton, 

Director, Office of Emergency Management. 

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Conflict of Interest Waiver 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of waiver of section 4(b) 

of the Communications Act of 1934. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Commission granted a waiver of the 

financial relationship prohibition 

contained in section 4(b) of the 

Communications Act of 1924, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 154(b), for Mr. 

Theodore Marcus, Attorney Advisor, 

Enforcement Bureau, FCC, to retain 

time-limited financial interests in AT&T 

through a last distribution in March 

2014 and a reasonable time thereafter 

for divestiture, not to exceed thirty (30) 

days. During that period, Mr. Marcus 

will recuse himself from participation in 

any matter involving or affecting AT&T 

in accord with section 208(a) of Title 18 

of the United States Code, 18 U.S.C. 

208(a), and the Office of Government 

Ethics implementing regulations, 5 CFR, 

part 2640. 

DATES: Effective July 1, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick J. Carney, Office of General 

Counsel, (202) 418–1720. 


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