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System (ICIS–NPDES) database, 

implementation of the Electronic 

Reporting Rule Phase 1, and refined 

estimates. Other significant changes in 

estimates of burden hours are the result 

of the following adjustments: 

• This ICR eliminates the initial 

permit application and compliance 

activities for existing Cooling Water 

Intake Structure (CWIS) facilities as 

these activities have been completed by 

all existing CWIS facilities, resulting in 

a decrease in estimated burden hours for 

CWIS facilities. 

• The collection burden associated 

with compliance with and 

administration of small vessels general 

permit (sVGP) has been removed. 

Eliminating the sVGP also decreased the 

number of vessel respondents 

significantly. 

• The estimated number of 

respondents in some of the categories 

(shown in Appendix D of the ICR 

Supporting Statement) both increased 

and decreased per the current NPDES 

Integrated Compliance Information 

System (ICIS–NPDES) database and 

based on refined EPA estimates. 

• This ICR accounts for adjustments 

to inflation to September 2021 dollars 

that updated the presumed capital and 

O&M cost burden. 

• The burden associated with 

Electronic Reporting Rule Phase I 

implementation activities has been 

removed. This includes the burden 

associated with Discharge Monitoring 

Report (DMR) mailing by permittees, 

and all state and federal DMR 

processing previously included in the 

ICR. 

Dated: July 22, 2021. 

Andrew D. Sawyers, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2021–0444; FRL–8780–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean 

Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act), 

notice is given of a proposed consent 

decree in State of New York, et al. v. 

Regan et al., No. 21 Civ. 252 (ALC) 

(S.D.N.Y.). On January 12, 2021, the 

States of New York, Connecticut, 

Delaware, Massachusetts, and New 

Jersey, and the City of New York 

(Plaintiffs) filed a complaint in the 

United States District Court for the 

Southern District of New York. Plaintiffs 

alleged that the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) 

failed to perform certain nondiscretionary duties in accordance with 

the Act to take final action to approve 

or disapprove, in whole or in part, 

certain 2015 ozone national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) 

infrastructure state implementation plan 

(SIP) submissions addressing the good 

neighbor provision from the States of 

Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, 

Texas, and West Virginia. The proposed 

consent decree would establish 

deadlines for EPA to act on these six SIP 

submissions. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by August 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2021–0444, online at https://

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID number for 

this action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree’’ heading under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Out of an abundance of 

caution for members of the public and 

our staff, the EPA Docket Center and 

Reading Room are closed to the public, 

with limited exceptions, to reduce the 

risk of transmitting COVID–19. Our 

Docket Center staff will continue to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. We 

encourage the public to submit 

comments via https://

www.regulations.gov, as there may be a 

delay in processing mail and faxes. 

Hand-deliveries and couriers may be 

received by scheduled appointment 

only. For further information on EPA 

Docket Center services and the current 

status, please visit us online at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

EPA continues to carefully and 

continuously monitor information from 

the CDC, local area health departments, 

and our federal partners so that we can 

respond rapidly as conditions change 

regarding COVID–19. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rosemary E. Hambright, Air and 

Radiation Law Office (2344A), Office of 

General Counsel, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone (202) 564–8829; email 

address hambright.rosemary.e@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Consent Decree 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2021–0444) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed consent decree and is 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

https://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.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

establish deadlines for EPA to take 

action pursuant to CAA section 110(k) 

on certain SIP submissions addressing 

the requirements of CAA section 

110(a)(2)(D)(i)(I), 42 U.S.C. 

7410(a)(2)(D)(i)(I) (the good neighbor 

provision), to resolve a lawsuit filed by 

the States of New York, Connecticut, 

Delaware, Massachusetts, and New 

Jersey, and the City of New York. 

Pursuant to CAA section 110(k), 42 

U.S.C. 7410(k), SIP submission are 

deemed complete by operation of law 6 

months after receipt by EPA. EPA must 

approve or disapprove, in whole or in 

a part, SIP submissions within 12 

months of being deemed complete. 

The proposed consent decree would 

require the EPA, pursuant to CAA 

sections 110(k)(2)–(4), 42 U.S.C. 

7410(k)(2)–(4), to take final action to 

approve or disapprove, in whole or in 

part, the portion of six 2015 ozone 

NAAQS infrastructure SIP submissions 

addressing the good neighbor provision 

from the States of Indiana, Kentucky, 

Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and West 

Virginia. EPA received the good 

neighbor SIP submissions at issue on 

the following dates: Indiana on 

November 2, 2018, Kentucky on January 

9, 2019, Michigan on March 8, 2019, 


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Ohio on September 28, 2018, Texas on 

September 12, 2018, and West Virginia 

on February 4, 2019. 

Under the terms of the proposed 

consent decree, no later than April 30, 

2022, EPA shall sign a final rule to 

approve, disapprove, conditionally 

approve, or approve in part and 

conditionally approve or disapprove in 

part, the 2015 ozone NAAQS good 

neighbor SIP submissions from Indiana, 

Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Texas, and 

West Virginia. However, under the 

proposed consent decree, if, by February 

28, 2022, EPA signs a proposal of full 

or partial disapproval of any of the six 

good neighbor SIP submissions and 

signs a proposal for a federal 

implementation plan to implement any 

such fully or partially disapproved SIP 

submission, EPA shall have until 

December 15, 2022, to sign a final action 

to approve, disapprove, conditionally 

approve, or approve in part and 

conditionally approve or disapprove in 

part, each such good neighbor SIP 

submission. 

In accordance with section 113(g) of 

the CAA, for a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

document, the Agency will accept 

written comments relating to the 

proposed consent decree. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. 

III. Additional Information About 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OGC–2021– 

0444, via https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from this docket. 

EPA may publish any comment received 

to its public docket. Do not submit to 

EPA’s docket at https://

www.regulations.gov any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

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 will generally not consider 

comments or comment contents located 

outside of the primary submission (i.e. 

on the web, cloud, or other file sharing 

system). For additional submission 

methods, the full EPA public comment 

policy, information about CBI or 

multimedia submissions, and general 

guidance on making effective 

comments, please visit https://

www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. For additional information 

about submitting information identified 

as CBI, please contact the person listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this document. Note 

that written comments containing CBI 

and submitted by mail may be delayed 

and deliveries or couriers will be 

received by scheduled appointment 

only. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

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 https://

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. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

Gautam Srinivasan, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16155 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[WC Docket No. 16–271; DA 21–858; FRS 

39694] 

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau 

Seeks Comment on Drive Test 

Parameters and Model for Alaska Plan 

Participants 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In the document, the Wireless 

Telecommunications Bureau (Bureau) of 

the Federal Communications 

Commission (Commission) proposes 

drive test parameters and a drive test 

model required of two Alaska Plan 

mobile-provider participants: General 

Communication Inc. (GCI) and Copper 

Valley Wireless. The Bureau seeks 

comment on these proposals and on any 

alternatives that it should consider. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

August 12, 2021. If you anticipate that 

you will be submitting comments but 

find it difficult to do so within the 

period of time allowed by this 

document, you should advise the 

contact listed in the following as soon 

as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may file 

comments on or before the date 

indicated above and must reference WC 

Docket No. 16–271. Comments may be 

filed using the Commission’s Electronic 

Filing System (ECFS) or by filing paper 

copies. 

• Electronic Filers: Comments may be 

filed electronically using the internet by 

accessing the ECFS: http://apps.fcc.gov/ 

ecfs/. 

• Paper Filers: Parties who choose to 

file by paper must file an original and 

one copy of each filing. 

• Filings can be sent by commercial 

overnight courier, or by first-class or 

overnight U.S. Postal Service mail. All 

filings must be addressed to the 

Commission’s Secretary, Office of the 

Secretary, Federal Communications 

Commission. 

• Commercial overnight mail (other 

than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail 

and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9050 

Junction Drive, Annapolis Junction, MD 

20701. U.S. Postal Service first-class, 

Express, and Priority mail must be 

addressed to 45 L Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20554. 

• Effective March 19, 2020, and until 

further notice, the Commission no 

longer accepts any hand or messenger 

delivered filings. This is a temporary 

measure taken to help protect the health 


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