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Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

6. P–13318–000 .................................................................. 8–15–2017 FERC Staff 4

7. CP16–454–000, CP16–455–000 ..................................... 8–16–2017 FERC Staff 5

8. CP17–80–000 .................................................................. 8–17–2017 FERC Staff 6

9. CP15–93–000 .................................................................. 8–18–2017 State of Ohio Lieutenant Governor, Mary Taylor. 

1Two letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners and staff under this docket number. 

2 Ranking Members Frank Pallone, Jr. and Maria Cantwell. 

3Senators James M. Inhofe and James Lankford. House Representatives Markwayne Mullin and Jim Bridestine. 

4Email dated August 14, 2017 with Daniel Blake from U.S Fish and Wildlife Service. 

5 Conference Call Notes for call on August 15, 2017 with U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration and Rio Grande LNG, LLC’s contractor CH•IV International. 6Email dated August 11, 2017 with Tonya Tipton from Shawnee Tribe. 

Dated: August 23, 2017. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18246 Filed 8–28–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2015–0147; FRL–9966–76– 

OLEM] 

AES Filing Compliance Date for 

Hazardous Waste Exports 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of announcement of 

compliance date. 

SUMMARY: This action announces that 

the Automated Export System (AES) 

filing compliance date for export 

shipments of hazardous waste and 

certain other materials is December 31, 

2017. Under the ‘‘Hazardous Waste 

Export-Import Revisions’’ final rule 

published on November 28, 2016, that 

became effective on December 31, 2016, 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

provided flexibility to the regulated 

community by establishing a transition 

period prior to the required filing of 

EPA information into the AES for these 

export shipments. EPA had stated in the 

final rule that during the transition 

period, either paper processes or 

electronic processes at the port could be 

used until a future AES filing 

compliance date, which would be 

announced in a separate Federal 

Register action. EPA is making this 

announcement of the AES filing 

compliance date of December 31, 2017 

in this action. On or after this AES filing 

compliance date, all exporters of 

manifested hazardous waste, universal 

waste, and spent lead-acid batteries for 

recycling or disposal, and all exporters 

of cathode ray tubes for recycling will 

be required to file EPA information in 

the AES or AESDirect for each export 

shipment. Paper processes will no 

longer be allowed on or after the 

compliance date. 

DATES: The AES filing compliance date 

is December 31, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The EPA established a 

docket for the ‘‘Hazardous Waste 

Export-Import Revisions’’ under Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2015–0147, 

which includes this announcement. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the https://www.regulations.gov Web 

site. Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available electronically through https:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Coughlan, Materials Recovery and 

Waste Management Division, Office of 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

(5304P), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (703) 308–0005; fax number: 

703–308–0514; email address: 

coughlan.laura@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On November 28, 2016, EPA finalized 

revisions to the Resource Conservation 

and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations 

governing imports and exports of 

hazardous waste and certain other 

materials in 40 CFR part 262 (81 FR 

85696). These revisions included a 

stepwise conversion from a paper 

process for export shipments at the port 

to an electronic process to fulfill the 

direction set forth in Executive Order 

13659 concerning the electronic 

management of international trade data 

by the U.S. Government as part of the 

International Trade Data System (ITDS). 

Under Executive Order 13659, 

agencies were required to have 

capabilities, agreements, and other 

requirements in place by December 31, 

2016, to utilize the ITDS and supporting 

systems, such as the Automated Export 

System (AES) or its successor system, as 

the primary means of receiving from 

users the standard set of data and other 

relevant documentation (exclusive of 

applications for permits, licenses, or 

certifications) required for the release of 

imported cargo and clearance of cargo 

for export. The AES resides in the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP’s) 

Automated Commercial Environment 

(ACE). With respect to RCRA waste 

exports subject to consent requirements, 

EPA’s regulatory revisions and CBP’s 

changes to AES were established to 

utilize electronic processes in AES, or 

its successor system, in place of existing 

paper processes at the port or border 

crossing required to clear export 

shipments for departure. Currently, 

exports of hazardous waste, including 

those eligible for the alternate 

management standards of 40 CFR part 

273 (i.e., universal waste) or 40 CFR part 

266 (e.g., spent lead acid batteries being 

shipped for recycling), and exports of 

cathode ray tubes for recycling are 

subject to RCRA consent requirements. 

EPA’s final rule had allowed exporters 

to choose whether to follow the existing 

paper process or the new electronic 

procedure at the border during an initial 

transition period until the ‘‘AES filing 

compliance date’’ defined in 40 CFR 

260.10, and to be announced in a future 

Federal Register action. 

With this announcement, starting on 

the AES filing compliance date of 

December 31, 2017, exporters or their 

authorized agents will no longer be able 

to use a paper process, and will have to 

file certain EPA data in the AES, or its 

successor system. The data they must 

file is set forth in 40 CFR 

261.39(a)(5)(v)(B) for cathode ray tube 

exports and in 40 CFR 262.83(a)(6)(ii) 

for hazardous waste exports. A detailed 

description of the electronic process is 

available in Section III.B of the 

‘‘Hazardous Waste Export-Import 

Revisions’’ (81 FR 85696, November 28, 

2016) final rule. 

II. EPA Outreach 

EPA has held three webinars for 

exporters on how to file the EPA 


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information in AES on January 18, 2017, 

May 8, 2017, and June 5, 2017. In the 

May and June webinars, EPA stated that 

the transition period would end no later 

than December 31, 2017. Materials and 

recordings of the May and June 

webinars are available at https://cluin.org/conf/tio/AESExporters_050817/ 

and https://clu-in.org/conf/tio/ 

AESExporters_060517/, respectively. 

EPA is also reaching out to individual 

exporters to ensure that all exporters 

with consent can successfully file the 

EPA information in AES for their export 

shipments. 

Dated: August 15, 2017. 

Barry N. Breen, 

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Land and Emergency Management. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18285 Filed 8–28–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9966–77-Region 9] 

Clean Air Act Operating Permit 

Program; Petition for Objection To 

Proposed Permit for Chevron USA 

Inc.—7Z Steam Plant, San Joaquin 

Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 

District 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final action. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

that the Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Administrator has 

responded to a citizen petition asking 

the EPA to object to the proposed 

issuance of an Authority to Construct/ 

Certificate of Conformity (Permit) issued 

by the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air 

Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD). 

Specifically, the Administrator has 

denied the July 7, 2016 petition 

(Petition), submitted by the Climate 

Change Law Foundation, Association of 

Irritated Residents, Center for Biological 

Diversity, and Sierra Club to object to 

SJVUAPCD’s proposed issuance of the 

Permit for the Chevron USA Inc.—7Z 

Steam Plant in Kern County, California. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order, 

the Petition, and other supporting 

information is available electronically at 

the following Web site: https://

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

title-v-petition-database. 

The EPA requests that you contact the 

individual listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section to view 

copies of the final Order, Petition, and 

other supporting information. You may 

view the hard copies Monday through 

Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding 

Federal holidays. If you wish to 

examine these documents, you should 

make an appointment at least 24 hours 

before the visiting day. Additionally, the 

final Order is available electronically at: 

https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/ 

files/2017-04/documents/chevron_

response2016_0.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Yannayon, EPA Region IX, (415) 

972–3534, yannayon.laura@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

SJVUAPCD Rule 2201 affords the EPA a 

45-day period to review and object to, 

as appropriate, a proposed permit. Rule 

2201 § 5.9.1. If the EPA does not object, 

Rule 2201 allows any person to petition 

the EPA, within 60 days, to object to the 

proposed permit. Petitions must be 

based only on objections to the permit 

that were raised with reasonable 

specificity during the public comment 

period, unless the petitioner 

demonstrates that it was impracticable 

to raise these issues during the comment 

period, or the grounds for the issue 

arose after this period. 

The EPA received the Petition dated 

July 7, 2016, requesting that the EPA 

object to the proposed issuance of the 

Permit to Chevron USA Inc., for 

modifications to its 7Z Steam Plant, 

located in Kern County, California. In 

summary, the Petition claimed that 

certain emission reduction credits used 

in the permitting process were invalid. 

On April 24, 2017, the Administrator 

issued an order denying the Petition. 

The EPA’s rationale for denying the 

claims raised in the petition are 

described in the Order. 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

Alexis Strauss, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0246; FRL–9967–02– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Engine 

Emission Defect Information Reports 

and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), Engine 

Emission Defect Information Reports 

and Voluntary Emission Recall Reports 

(EPA ICR Number 0282.17, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0048) 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 August 31, 2017. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (82 

FR 29544) on June 29, 2017 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 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before September 28, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2013–0246, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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: 

Nydia Reyes-Morales, Office of 

Transportation and Air Quality, Mail 

Code 6405J, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–343–9264; fax number: 

202–343–2804; email address: reyesmorales.nydia@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. 


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