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F. Executive Order 13175: Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments 

This action does not have Tribal 

implications, as specified in Executive 

Order 13175, because the SIP is not 

approved to apply on any Indian 

reservation land or in any other area 

where the EPA or an Indian Tribe has 

demonstrated that a Tribe has 

jurisdiction, and will not impose 

substantial direct costs on Tribal 

governments or preempt Tribal law. 

Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not 

apply to this action. 

G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the EPA has reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive Order. Therefore, this action 

is not subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it is merely proposing a limited 

approval and limited disapproval of 

state law as meeting federal 

requirements. Furthermore, the EPA’s 

Policy on Children’s Health does not 

apply to this action. 

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211, because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

I. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) 

Section 12(d) of the NTTAA directs 

the EPA to use voluntary consensus 

standards in its regulatory activities 

unless to do so would be inconsistent 

with applicable law or otherwise 

impractical. The EPA believes that this 

action is not subject to the requirements 

of section 12(d) of the NTTAA because 

application of those requirements would 

be inconsistent with the CAA. 

J. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Population and Executive 

Order 14096: Revitalizing Our Nation’s 

Commitment to Environmental Justice 

for All 

Executive Order 12898 (Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629, 

February 16, 1994) directs Federal 

agencies to identify and address 

‘‘disproportionately high and adverse 

human health or environmental effects’’ 

of their actions on communities with 

environmental justice (EJ) concerns to 

the greatest extent practicable and 

permitted by law. Executive Order 

14096 (Revitalizing Our Nation’s 

Commitment to Environmental Justice 

for All, 88 FR 25251, April 26, 2023) 

builds on and supplements Executive 

Order 12898 and defines EJ as, among 

other things, ‘‘the just treatment and 

meaningful involvement of all people, 

regardless of income, race, color, 

national origin, Tribal affiliation, or 

disability, in agency decision-making 

and other Federal activities that affect 

human health and the environment.’’ 

The State did not evaluate EJ 

considerations as part of its SIP 

submittal; the CAA and applicable 

implementing regulations neither 

prohibit nor require such an evaluation. 

The EPA did not perform an EJ analysis 

and did not consider EJ in this action. 

Due to the nature of the action being 

taken here, this action is expected to 

have a neutral to positive impact on the 

air quality of the affected area. 

Consideration of EJ is not required as 

part of this action, and there is no 

information in the record inconsistent 

with the stated goal of Executive Orders 

12898 and 14096 of achieving EJ for 

communities with EJ concerns. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Incorporation by 

reference, Intergovernmental relations, 

Particulate matter, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: January 2, 2025. 

Martha Guzman Aceves, 

Regional Administrator,Region IX. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 60 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0358; FRL–12031–03– 

OAR] 

RIN 2060–AW35 

Reconsideration of Standards of 

Performance for New, Reconstructed, 

and Modified Sources and Emissions 

Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil 

and Natural Gas Sector Climate 

Review; Correction 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is modifying proposed 

amendments to the New Source 

Performance Standards and Emission 

Guidelines for Existing Sources for the 

Crude Oil and Natural Gas Source 

Category in response to petitions for 

reconsideration. This action corrects 

information collection estimates in the 

January 15, 2025 notice of proposed 

rulemaking. 

DATES: Comments on this proposed 

correction must be received by March 3, 

2025. 

You may send comments, identified 

by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2024– 

0358, by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method). Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2024–0358 in the subject line of the 

message. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2024– 

0358, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket 

Center, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20004. The Docket 

Center’s hours of operation are 8:30 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday (except 

Federal Holidays). 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Benjamin-Eze, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (E143–05), Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

109 T.W. Alexander Drive P.O. Box 

12055 RTP, North Carolina 27711; 

telephone number: (919) 541–3753; and 

email address: benjamineze.frank@

epa.gov. Additional questions may be 

directed to the following email address: 

O&GMethaneRule@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 15, 2025, EPA published a 

notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) 

entitled ‘‘Reconsideration of Standards 

of Performance for New, Reconstructed, 

and Modified Sources and Emissions 

Guidelines for Existing Sources: Oil and 

Natural Gas Sector Climate Review’’ 

(RIN 2060–AW35) (90 FR 3734). EPA 

revises section VI.B. (Paperwork 

Reduction Act) of the January 15, 2025, 

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1The specific frequency for each information 

collection activity within this request is shown in 

tables 1a through 1d of the Supporting Statement 

in the public docket. 

Correction 

In FR 2024–31227, starting on page 

3734 in the Federal Register of January 

15, 2025, on page 3751, starting in the 

first column, section VI.B. is corrected 

to read as follows: 

B. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

The information collection activities 

in this proposed rule have been 

submitted for approval to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) under 

the PRA. The Information Collection 

Request (ICR) document that the EPA 

prepared has been assigned EPA ICR 

number 2523.08 and is being submitted 

under OMB Control Number 2060–0761. 

You can find a copy of the ICR in the 

docket for this proposed rule, and it is 

briefly summarized here. 

The information collection activities 

for NSPS OOOOb and EG OOOOc were 

previously approved by OMB under the 

PRA as of June 28, 2024. 

The EPA has revised the approved 

information collection request (ICR) to 

include small changes to incorporate 

EPA’s proposed recordkeeping and 

reporting to indicate whether the flare 

or enclosed combustion device receives 

inert gases or other streams which may 

lower the NHV of the combined stream 

as proposed in section III.B of this 

preamble. The EPA estimates an average 

of 48 respondents will be affected by 

this proposed requirement over the 

three-year period (2023–2025). The 

average annual burden for the 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements for these owners and 

operators is estimated at 83 personhours, with an average annual cost of 

$4,374 over the three-year period. 

The EPA also revised the approved 

ICR to include burden estimates for the 

maintenance of records that EPA is 

soliciting comment on. Specifically, the 

EPA includes burden estimates in the 

revised ICR for the records and annual 

reporting that would be required if EPA 

were to allow for the use of the 

associated gas extended flaring 

allowance under ‘‘exigent 

circumstances’’ as specified in section 

III.A of this preamble. The incremental 

increase in burden that would be 

associated with these recordkeeping and 

reporting requirements relative to the 

baseline is estimated at 2 hours per 

event annually over the three-year 

period (2024–2026) at an average annual 

cost of $120 per flaring event over the 

three-year period. The occurrence of 

flaring that could potentially be claimed 

due to ‘‘exigent circumstances’’ is 

unknown. However, we expect that a 

maximum of 16 percent of flaring events 

could potentially require an owner or 

operator to need to extend flaring 

beyond 48 hours due to ‘‘exigent 

circumstances’’. The burden associated 

with the two proposed reconsideration 

items under this action minimally affect 

the ICR burden estimated for 

compliance with EG OOOOc. The 

annual burden for this proposed 

additional collection of information for 

the States would be less than 1 percent. 

Respondents/affected entities: Oil and 

natural gas operators and owners. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (CAA section 114, 42 U.S.C. 

7414(a)). 

Estimated number of respondents: 48. 

Frequency of response: Varies 

depending on affected facility.1

Total estimated burden: 169 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $15,444 (per 

year), which includes $6,576 in capital 

or operation and maintenance costs. 

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 the EPA’s regulations in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. 

Submit your comments on the 

Agency’s need for this information, the 

accuracy of the provided burden 

estimates and any suggested methods 

for minimizing respondent burden to 

the EPA using the docket identified at 

the beginning of this proposed rule. The 

EPA will respond to any ICR-related 

comments in the final rule. You may 

also send your ICR-related comments to 

OMB’s Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs using the interface at 

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

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. OMB must 

receive comments no later than 

February 18, 2025. 

Joseph Goffman, 

Assistant Administrator. 

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AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 372 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2024–0507; FRL 12309– 

01–OCSPP] 

RIN 2070–AL24 

Toxics Release Inventory (TRI); 

Clarification of Toxic Chemicals Due to 

Automatic Additions of Per- and 

Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Under the 

National Defense Authorization Act 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 

(NDAA) adds certain per- and 

polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 

automatically to the Toxics Release 

Inventory (TRI) beginning January 1 of 

the year following specific triggering 

events. The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to 

make conforming edits to the TRI 

regulation to explicitly include PFAS 

that are added to the TRI chemical list 

automatically pursuant to the NDAA in 

the regulation’s definition of ‘‘toxic 

chemical.’’ This edit confirms that the 

TRI supplier notification provision 

requires covered suppliers to notify 

customers receiving a mixture or other 

trade name product containing a TRIlisted chemical with the first shipment 

of each calendar year, with such a 

requirement beginning on January 1 of 

the applicable year; thus, supplier 

notifications are required as of January 

1 for any NDAA-added PFAS. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2024–0507, 

online at https://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 

and visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

available at https://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Griffin, Data Gathering, 

Management, and Policy Division 

(Mailcode 7406M), Office of Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

telephone number: (202) 564–1463; 


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