15986 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 54 / Monday, March 21, 2022 / Notices 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

NSPS for Coal Preparation and 

Processing Plants (EPA ICR Number 

1062.16, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0122), to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through May 31, 2022. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on February 8, 

2021 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 neither 

conduct nor 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, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2020–0659, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 2821T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 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. 

Submit written comments and 

recommendations to OMB for the 

proposed information collection within 

30 days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and 

Program Division (D243–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0833; email address: ali.muntasir@

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 https://

www.regulations.gov, or in person, at 

the EPA Docket Center, WJC West 

Building, 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: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for Coal 

Preparation and Processing Plants (40 

CFR part 60, subpart Y) regulations 

apply to existing facilities and new 

facilities that perform coal preparation 

and processing with limits more than 

181 megagrams (Mg) (200 tons) of coal 

per day. In general, all NSPS standards 

require initial notifications, 

performance tests, and periodic reports 

by the owners/operators of the affected 

facilities. They are also required to 

maintain 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 notifications, reports, 

and records are essential in determining 

compliance, and are required of all 

affected facilities subject to NSPS. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Owners and operators of coal 

preparation and processing plants. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart Y). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

377 (total). 

Frequency of response: Initially, 

biannually, annually, semiannually, and 

quarterly. 

Total estimated burden: 22,300 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,720,000 (per 

year), which includes $79,300 in 

annualized capital/startup and/or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

adjustment decrease in the total 

estimated burden as currently identified 

in the OMB Inventory of Approved 

Burdens; this decrease is not due to any 

program changes. The decrease in 

burden is due to more accurate 

estimates of existing sources, based on 

information gathered by EPA and 

confirmed by industry. The burden in 

this ICR reflects a decrease in the 

number of coal mines across the 

industry and a number of coal plants 

being either shut down or converted to 

natural gas. The decrease in the number 

of respondents also results in a decrease 

in responses. The operation and 

maintenance costs have increased from 

the previous ICR due to an incorrect 

entry of information in the previous 

ICR. Finally, this ICR corrects the 

number of occurrences of repeat 

performance tests for Method 5 and 

Method 9 per respondent per year from 

the previous ICR. However, the overall 

burden still decreased. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05889 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2022–0292; FRL_9650–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Settlement Agreement, 

Clean Water Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement 

agreement; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Administrator’s October 16, 2017 

Directive Promoting Transparency and 

Public Participation in Consent Decrees 

and Settlement Agreements, the agency 

is providing notice of a proposed 

settlement agreement in a lawsuit filed 

by Dine ́ Citizens Against Ruining the 

Environment, Amigos Bravos, San Juan 

Citizens Alliance, and Center for 

Biological Diversity (‘‘Petitioners’’), in 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit. On January 22, 2021 the 

Petitioners filed a lawsuit seeking 

review of the 2020 National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

permit issued by U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the 

Arizona Public Service Company for 

discharges from the Four Corners Power 

Plant. Under the proposed settlement 

agreement, the parties would seek to 

stay the associated case for at least 15 

months. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed settlement agreements must be 

received by April 20, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2022–0292, online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). For comments submitted at 

www.regulations.gov, please follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. Once submitted, comments 

cannot be edited or removed from 

www.regulations.gov. EPA may publish 

any comment received to its public 

docket. Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 


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restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. EPA generally will not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e. 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). EPA encourages the public to 

submit comments via 

www.Regulations.gov, as there will be a 

delay in processing mail and no hand 

deliveries will be accepted. For 

additional submission methods, please 

contact the person identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

For the full EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elise O’Dea, Water Law Office (2355A), 

Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone: (202) 564–4201; email 

address: odea.elise@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Settlement Agreement 

On January 22, 2021, four 

organizations (Dine ́ Citizens Against 

Ruining the Environment, Amigos 

Bravos, San Juan Citizens Alliance, and 

Center for Biological Diversity, 

hereinafter ‘‘Petitioners’’) filed a 

petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for 

the Ninth Circuit seeking review of the 

2020 National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) permit 

issued by U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 9 to the Arizona 

Public Service Company for discharges 

from the Four Corners Power Plant. 

Petitioners previously sought review of 

the permit before the Environmental 

Appeals Board, which issued an order 

denying review of the permit on 

September 30, 2020 in the case In re 

Arizona Public Service Co. The parties 

have engaged in mediation in an 

attempt to resolve Petitioners’ concerns 

with the Four Corners Power Plant 

NPDES permit and have negotiated a 

proposed settlement agreement. 

Pursuant to the proposed settlement 

agreement, EPA Region 9 would, among 

other things, perform a ‘‘reasonable 

potential analysis’’ for temperature and 

potentially take related action that 

would result in dismissal of the petition 

for review. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

settlement agreement from persons who 

are not parties to the proposed 

settlement agreement. EPA also may 

hold a public hearing on whether to 

enter into the proposed settlement 

agreement. EPA or the Department of 

Justice may withdraw or withhold 

consent to the proposed settlement 

agreement if the comments received 

disclose facts or considerations that 

indicate that such consent is 

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or 

inconsistent with the requirements of 

the Clean Water Act. 

II. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed 

Settlement Agreement 

A. How can I get a copy of the proposed 

settlement agreement? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by EPA–HQ–OGC– 

2022–0292) contains a copy of the 

proposed settlement agreement. The 

official public docket is located at the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. 

The regular hours of the EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room are from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays; 

however, due to the COVID–19 

pandemic, there may be limited or no 

opportunity to enter the docket center. 

At the time of this printing, the docket 

center is closed to public visitors out of 

an abundance of caution for members of 

the public and EPA staff to reduce the 

risk of transmitting COVID–19. During 

the closure, Docket Center staff will 

continue to provide remote customer 

service via email, phone, and webform. 

For further information on EPA Docket 

Center services, see https://

www.epa.gov/dockets. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available on EPA’s website at 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ It is important to note that 

EPA’s policy is that public comments, 

whether submitted electronically or in 

paper, will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. 

EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. EPA has not included any 

copyrighted material in the docket for 

this proposed settlement. If commenters 

submit copyrighted material in a public 

comment, it will be placed in the 

official public docket and made 

available for public viewing when the 

EPA Docket Center is open. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. The EPA encourages the public 

to submit comments via 

www.Regulations.gov. There will be a 

delay in processing mail and no hand 

deliveries will be accepted due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic. 

EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an 

email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. Any identifying or 

contact information provided in the 

body of a comment will be included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

official public docket, and made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov 

website to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 


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In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 

Dated: March 14, 2022. 

Steven Neugeboren, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2022–05936 Filed 3–18–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9628–01–OA] 

Request for Nominations for the 

Science Advisory Board Radionuclide 

Cancer Risk Coefficients Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office requests public 

nominations of scientific experts to form 

a Panel to review the draft EPA 

document titled Cancer Risk 

Coefficients for Environmental Exposure 

to Radionuclides (Federal Guidance 

Report No. 16). This draft document is 

an update to Federal Guidance Report 

No. 13, and provides new radionuclidespecific cancer risk coefficients for 

incidence and mortality associated with 

internal radionuclide exposure from 

ingestion and inhalation, and external 

exposure to radionuclides distributed in 

air, water, and soil. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted by April 11, 2022 per the 

instructions below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Notice and 

Request for Nominations may contact 

Dr. Diana Wong, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board Staff Office by telephone/voice 

mail (202) 564–2049, or email at 

wong.diana-m@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the EPA SAB 

can be found at the EPA SAB website at 

https://sab.epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The SAB (42 U.S.C. 

4365) is a chartered Federal Advisory 

Committee that provides independent 

scientific and technical peer review, 

advice, and recommendations to the 

EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for EPA actions. As a Federal 

Advisory Committee, the SAB conducts 

business in accordance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 

U.S.C. App. 2) and related regulations. 

The SAB Staff Office is forming an 

expert panel, the Radionuclide Cancer 

Risk Coefficients (RCRC) Review Panel, 

under the auspices of the Chartered 

SAB. The RCRC Review Panel will 

provide advice through the chartered 

SAB. The SAB and the RCRC Review 

Panel will comply with the provisions 

of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

The Radionuclide Cancer Risk 

Coefficients (RCRC) Review Panel will 

conduct the review of Cancer Risk 

Coefficients for Environmental Exposure 

to Radionuclides (Federal Guidance 

Report No. 16) prepared by the EPA’s 

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air. 

Federal Guidance Report No. 16 (FGR 

16) is part of a series designed to 

provide technical information for use in 

implementing radiation protection 

programs. FGR 16 provides 

radionuclide-specific cancer risk 

coefficients for incidence and mortality 

associated with internal radionuclide 

exposure from ingestion and inhalation, 

and external exposure to radionuclides 

distributed in air, water, and soil. 

Federal Guidance Report No. 13 

(1999) provided cancer risk coefficients 

for environmental exposures to 

approximately 835 radionuclides. FGR 

16 updates and expands the set of risk 

coefficients to 1,252 radionuclides. FGR 

16 includes updated dosimetric data, 

biokinetic models, nuclear decay data, 

usage rates, U.S. population statistics, 

and cancer models from EPA 

Radiogenic Cancer Risk Models and 

Projections for the U.S. Population 

(2011), known as the ‘‘Blue Book.’’ FGR 

16 is intended for audiences who need 

to estimate risks to the U.S. population 

from environmental exposures to 

radionuclides. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is seeking nominations of 

nationally and internationally 

recognized scientists, mathematicians, 

and engineers with demonstrated 

expertise and experience in the 

following disciplines: Radionuclide 

biokinetic modeling, radiation 

epidemiology, computational dosimetry, 

radiobiology, and statistics/biostatistics. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate qualified 

individuals in the areas of expertise 

described above for possible service on 

the SAB Panel. Individuals may selfnominate. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format 

(preferred) using the online nomination 

form on the SAB website at https://

sab.epa.gov (see the ‘‘Public Input on 

Membership’’ list under ‘‘Committees, 

Panels, and Membership’’). To be 

considered, nominations should include 

the information requested below. EPA 

values and welcomes diversity. All 

qualified candidates are encouraged to 

apply regardless of sex, race, disability 

or ethnicity. Nominations should be 

submitted in time to arrive no later than 

April 11, 2022. 

The following information should be 

provided on the nomination form: 

Contact information for the person 

making the nomination; contact 

information for the nominee; and the 

disciplinary and specific areas of 

expertise of the nominee. Nominees will 

be contacted by the SAB Staff Office and 

will be asked to provide a recent 

curriculum vitae and a narrative 

biographical summary that includes: 

Current position; educational 

background; research activities; sources 

of research funding for the last two 

years; and recent service on other 

national advisory committees or 

national professional organizations. 

Persons having questions about the 

nomination procedures, or who are 

unable to submit nominations through 

the SAB website, should contact the 

DFO at the contact information noted 

above. The names and biosketches of 

qualified nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register 

notice, and additional experts identified 

by the SAB Staff Office, will be posted 

in a List of Candidates for the Panel on 

the SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov. 

Public comments on the List of 

Candidates will be accepted for 21 days. 

The public will be requested to provide 

relevant information or other 

documentation on nominees that the 

SAB Staff Office should consider in 

evaluating candidates. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced review panel includes 

candidates who possess the necessary 

domains of knowledge, the relevant 

scientific perspectives (which, among 

other factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

forming the expert panel, the SAB Staff 

Office will consider public comments 

on the Lists of Candidates, information 

provided by the candidates themselves, 

and background information 

independently gathered by the SAB 

Staff Office. Selection criteria to be used 

for panel membership include: (a) 

Scientific and/or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience (primary 

factors); (b) availability and willingness 


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