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asked to select the type of filing you are 

making; first select General’’ and then 

select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or 

‘‘Comment on a Filing.’’ 

The Commission’s eFiling staff are 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

submission. Your submission must 

reference the Project docket number 

CP21–473–000. 

To mail via USPS, use the following 

address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. 

To mail via any other courier, use the 

following address: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail or email (with a link to the 

document) at: david_alonzo@

tcenergy.com, 700 Louisiana Street, 

Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77002–2700. 

Any subsequent submissions by an 

intervenor must be served on the 

applicant and all other parties to the 

proceeding. Contact information for 

parties can be downloaded from the 

service list at the eService link on FERC 

Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: July 23, 2021. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16165 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8756–01–R6] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petitions for Objection to 

State Operating Permit for Sandy 

Creek Services LLC, Sandy Creek 

Energy Station, Brazoria County, 

Texas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final order on petition 

for objection to Clean Air Act title V 

operating permit. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an 

Order dated June 30, 2021, granting a 

Petition dated January 16, 2018 from the 

Environmental Integrity Project and 

Sierra Club. The Petition requested that 

the EPA object to a Clean Air Act (CAA) 

title V operating permit issued by the 

Texas Commission on Environmental 

Quality (TCEQ) to Sandy Creek Services 

LLC (Sandy Creek) for its Sandy Creek 

Energy Station located in McLennan 

County, Texas. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA requests that you 

contact the individual listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

view copies of the final Order, the 

Petition, and other supporting 

information. Out of an abundance of 

caution for members of the public and 

our staff, the EPA Region 6 office is 

currently closed to the public to reduce 

the risk of transmitting COVID–19. 

Please call or email the contact listed 

below if you need alternative access to 

the final Order and Petition, which are 

available electronically at: https://

www.epa.gov/title-v-operating-permits/ 

title-v-petition-database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Aimee Wilson, EPA Region 6 Office, Air 

Permits Section, (214) 665–7596, 

wilson.aimee@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA 

affords EPA a 45-day period to review 

and object to, as appropriate, operating 

permits proposed by state permitting 

authorities under title V of the CAA. 

Section 505(b)(2) of the CAA authorizes 

any person to petition the EPA 

Administrator to object to a title V 

operating permit within 60 days after 

the expiration of the EPA’s 45-day 

review period if the EPA has not 

objected on its own initiative. Petitions 

must be based only on objections to the 

permit that were raised with reasonable 

specificity during the public comment 

period provided by the state, unless the 

petitioner demonstrates that it was 

impracticable to raise these issues 

during the comment period or unless 

the grounds for the issue arose after this 

period. 

The EPA received the Petition from 

the Environmental Integrity Project and 

Sierra Club dated January 16, 2018, 

requesting that the EPA object to the 

issuance of operating permit no. O3336, 

issued by TCEQ to the Sandy Creek 

Energy Station in McLennan County, 

Texas. The Petition claims the proposed 

permit failed to incorporate certified 

permits by rule (PBR) registrations as 

applicable requirements, and fails to 

include monitoring, recordkeeping, and 

reporting requirements that assure 

compliance with incorporated PBRs. 

On June 30, 2021, the EPA 

Administrator issued an Order granting 

the Petition. The Order explains the 

basis for EPA’s decision. 

Dated: July 22, 2021. 

David Garcia, 

Director, Air and Radiation Division, 

Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16206 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0719; FRL–8774–01– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination 

System Program (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit the 

‘‘Information Collection Request (ICR) 

Supporting Statement for The National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

Program (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 

0229.25, OMB Control No. 2040–0004) 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

proposed extension of the ICR, which is 

currently approved through March 31, 

2022. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 27, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 


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OW–2008–0719 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-Docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Baehr, National Program Branch, 

Water Permits Division, OWM Mail 

Code: 4203M, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–2277; email address: 

Baehr.Joshua@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 www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, 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. 

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

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 

EPA is soliciting 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. 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. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: This consolidated 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

renews the National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) Program 

ICR. It calculates the information 

collection burden and costs associated 

with the NPDES program, identifies the 

types of activities regulated under the 

NPDES program, describes the roles and 

responsibilities of state governments 

and the Agency, and presents the 

program areas that address the various 

types of regulated activities. This ICR 

renewal (Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) control no. 2040–0004, 

EPA ICR no. 0229.24, expiration date 

03/31/2022) consolidates the 

information collection burden and costs 

associated with activities previously 

reported in 18 of the NPDES program or 

NPDES-related ICRs. This renewal 

documents the addition of the burden 

and costs for the four existing NPDES 

ICRs listed below. Once this renewal 

ICR is approved, the following ICRs will 

be discontinued (each originally would 

have been effective for three years). 

• Public Notification Requirements for 

Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) in 

the Great Lakes Basin (OMB control 

no. 2040–0293, EPA ICR 2562.03, 

expiration date 04/30/2024) 

• Effluent Limitation Guidelines and 

Standards for the Dental Category 

(OMB control no. 2040–0287, EPA 

ICR no. 2514.03, expiration 03/31/ 

2024) 

• 2020 National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System Multi-Sector 

General Permit (MSGP) for Industrial 

Stormwater Discharges (OMB control 

no. 2040–0300, EPA ICR no. 2612.02, 

expiration 03/31/2024) 

• NPDES Electronic Reporting Rule— 

Phase 2 Extension (OMB Control No.: 

2020–0037, EPA ICR No. 2617.02, 

expiration 12/31/2023) 

The Clean Water Act (CWA) provides 

that NPDES permits are required for the 

discharge of pollutants to waters of the 

United States. The CWA requires EPA to 

develop and implement the NPDES 

permit program. CWA section 402(b) 

allows states to acquire authority to 

administer the NPDES program, 

enabling them to issue NPDES permits 

for discharges within the state. At 

present, 47 states and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands are authorized to administer the 

NPDES permit program. In states that do 

not have authority for these programs, 

the Agency administers the program and 

issues NPDES permits. Because some 

permit applications are processed by 

states and some by EPA, this ICR 

calculates government burden and cost 

for both authorized states and EPA. See 

Appendix F.1 for a copy of the 

authorizing regulation. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 

l3510–1; EPA Form 3510–2A; EPA Form 

3510–2B; EPA Form 3510–2C; EPA 

Form 3510–2D; EPA Form 3510–2E; 

EPA Form 3510–2F; EPA Form 3510– 

2S. 

Respondents/affected entities: Any 

point source discharger of pollutants, 

including but not limited to publicly 

owned and privately owned treatment 

works (POTWs and PrOTWs), industrial 

dischargers to POTWs and PrOTWs, 

industrial and commercial dischargers 

to water of the United States, sewage 

sludge management and disposal 

operations, large vessels, dischargers of 

stormwater, construction sites, 

municipalities, pesticide applicators, 

local and state governments. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Sections 301, 302, 304, 306, 307, 308, 

316(b), 401, 402, 403, 405, and 510 of 

the CWA; the 1987 Water Quality Act 

(WQA) revisions to CWA section 402(p); 

40 CFR parts 122, 123, 124, and 125 

(and parts 501 and 503 for Biosolids); 

and the Great Lakes Critical Programs 

Act (CPA). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

829,419 (total). (Includes 637 States/ 

Tribes/Territories.) 

Frequency of response: The frequency 

of response varies depending on the 

specific response activity and can range 

from ongoing and monthly to once every 

five years. 

Total estimated burden: 31,147,981 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $1,732,564,878 

(per year), includes $22,999,181 

annualized capital or operation and 

maintenance costs (O&M). 

Changes in Estimates: The current 

OMB-approved burden for the existing 

NPDES ICR (OMB control no. 2040– 

0004, EPA ICR no. 0229.24) is 

28,221,350 hours. The current combined 

OMB-approved burden for the existing 

NPDES ICR and the four ICRs being 

consolidated into this ICR is 28,661,318 

hours. The combined burden requested 

in this ICR renewal is 31,147,981 hours. 

Overall, the burden requested in this 

ICR is 2,486,663 hours (9 percent) more 

than the combined previously approved 

burdens of the component ICRs. The 

majority of this burden hour increase 

occurred as a result of an increase in 

EPA’s estimates of permittee 

respondents. The increases in EPA’s 

estimates of the number of permittee 

respondents is largely attributed to 

improvements in the current NPDES 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16154 Filed 7–28–21; 8:45 am] 

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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