Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information
| Citation | 86 FR 9926 |
| Record Number | 2021-03170 |
| Published date | 17 February 2021 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Environmental Protection Agency |
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See ‘‘Fuels Regulatory Streamlining’’—Final
Rule, 85 FR 78412 (December 4, 2020).
Filed Date: 2/9/21.
Accession Number: 20210209–5132.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/22/21.
Docket Numbers: RP21–467–000.
Applicants: Alliance Pipeline L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Future
Sales of Capacity Filing to be effective
3/11/2021.
Filed Date: 2/9/21.
Accession Number: 20210209–5137.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/22/21.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: February 10, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–03146 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt
Wholesale Generator Status
Beowawe Power, LLC .......... EG21–20–000
Cameron Ridge, LLC ............ EG21–21–000
Cameron Ridge II, LLC ......... EG21–22–000
DifWind Farms LTD VI ........ EG21–23–000
Terra-Gen Dixie Valley, LLC EG21–24–000
Garnet Wind, LLC ................ EG21–25–000
Pacific Crest Power, LLC ..... EG21–26–000
Ridgetop Energy, LLC .......... EG21–27–000
San Gorgonio Westwinds II,
LLC. EG21–28–000
San Gorgonio Westwinds
II—Windustries, LLC. EG21–29–000
Terra-Gen Mojave
Windfarms, LLC. EG21–30–000
Terra-Gen VG Wind, LLC .... EG21–31–000
Texas Big Spring, LLC ......... EG21–32–000
Yavi Energy, LLC ................. EG21–33–000
Hecate Energy Ramsey LLC EG21–34–000
Flat Ridge Interconnection
LLC. EG21–35–000
Central Line Solar, LLC ....... EG21–36–000
Luna Storage, LLC ................ EG21–37–000
RE Slate 1 LLC ..................... EG21–38–000
Haystack Wind Project, LLC EG21–39–000
KCE TX 11, LLC ................... EG21–41–000
KCE TX 12, LLC ................... EG21–42–000
Take notice that during the month of
January 2021, the status of the above-
captioned entities as Exempt Wholesale
Generators became effective by
operation of the Commission’s
regulations. 18 CFR 366.7(a) (2020).
Dated: February 10, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021–03148 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0048; FRL–10020–32–
OAR]
Access by EPA Contractors to
Information Claimed as Confidential
Business Information
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Notice of Contractor/
Subcontractor Access to Data and
Request for Comments.
SUMMARY
: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) plans to authorize various
contractors to access information that is
submitted to EPA and which may be
claimed as, or may be determined to be,
confidential business information (CBI).
The information is related to EPA’s fuel
quality programs.
DATES
: Comments must be received on
or before February 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may send comments,
identified by Docket ID No EPA–HQ–
OAR–2021–0048, by any of the
following methods:
•Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Submit your comments at https://
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method). Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
•Email: Email your comments to a-
and-r-Docket@epa.gov. Include Docket
ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0048 in the
subject line of the message.
•Mail: U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center,
Air & Radiation Docket, Mail Code
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20460.
•Hand Delivery or Courier (by
scheduled appointment only): EPA
Docket Center, WJC West Building,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20004. The Docket
Center’s hours of operations 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
notice. 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 this action, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading of 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 or email, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Anne-Marie Pastorkovich,
Environmental Protection Agency,
telephone number: 202–343–9623;
email address: pastorkovich.anne-
marie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. Does this notice apply to me?
This action is directed to the general
public. However, this action may be of
particular interest to parties who submit
information to EPA regarding various
fuel standards, such as the standards for
reformulated and conventional gasoline,
regulated blendstocks, diesel fuel, and
detergent under 40 CFR part 1090, and
for which a final rule was published in
the Federal Register on December 4,
2020.
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Parties who may be interested in
this action include fuel manufacturers
(such as refiners and importers),
manufacturers of fuel additives, parties
in the fuel distribution chain, and all
those who submit 40 CFR part 1090
registrations or reports to EPA via any
method or system. Such systems
include the EPA Central Data Exchange
(CDX), DCFUEL, OTAQReg, and the
EPA Moderated Transaction System
(EMTS). (Please note that EPA recently
published a similar notice to this one,
announcing the release of information to
contractors and relative to various fuels
programs under 40 CFR parts 79 and 80.
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See ‘‘Access by EPA Contractors to Information
Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI)
Submitted Under Title II of the Clean Air Act and
Related Regulations,’’—Notice, 85 FR 67738
(October 26, 2020).
That notice, published on October 26,
2020, is unaffected by today’s notice.
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)
This Federal Register notice may be
of relevance to parties that submit data
under the above-listed programs or
systems. Since other parties may also be
interested, we have not attempted to
describe all the specific parties that may
be affected by this action. If you have
further questions regarding the
applicability of this action to a party,
please contact the person listed in
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
.
II. Public Participation
Submit your comments, identified by
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–
0048 at https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), or the other
methods identified in the
ADDRESSES
section. Once submitted, comments
cannot be edited or removed from the
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-epa-dockets.
As mentioned above, EPA is
suspending its Docket Center and
Reading Room for public visitors, 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 or couriers will be
received by scheduled appointment
only. For further information and
updates on EPA Docket Center services,
please visit us online at https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
EPA continues to carefully and
continuously monitor information from
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), local area health
departments, and our Federal partners
so that we can respond rapidly as
conditions change regarding COVID–19.
III. Description of Programs and
Potential Disclosure of Information
Claimed as Confidential Business
Information (CBI) to Contractors
EPA’s Office of Transportation and
Air Quality (OTAQ) has responsibility
for protecting public health and the
environment by regulating air pollution
from motor vehicles, engines, and the
fuels used to operate them, and by
encouraging travel choices that
minimize emissions. In order to
implement various Clean Air Act (CAA)
programs, and to permit regulated
entities flexibility in meeting regulatory
requirements (e.g., compliance on
average), we collect compliance reports
and other information from them.
Parties may claim the submitted
information as CBI. Information
submitted under such a claim is
handled in accordance with EPA’s
regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B
and in accordance with EPA
procedures, including comprehensive
system security planning. When EPA
has determined that disclosure of
information claimed as CBI to
contractors is necessary, the
corresponding contract must address the
appropriate use and handling of the
information by the contractor and the
contractor must require its personnel
who require access to information
claimed as CBI to sign written non-
disclosure agreements before they are
granted access to data.
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h),
we have determined that the
contractors, subcontractors, and
grantees (collectively referred to as
‘‘contractors’’) listed below require
access to CBI submitted to us under the
CAA and in connection with various
programs related to the regulation of
fuels under 40 CFR part 1090. OTAQ
collects this data in order to monitor
compliance with CAA programs and, in
many cases, to permit regulated parties
flexibility in meeting regulatory
requirements. Certain programs under
40 CFR part 1090 are designed to permit
regulated parties an opportunity to
comply on average, or to engage in
transactions using various types of
credits. For example, parties that
participate in programs that utilize
credits (e.g. the gasoline sulfur and
gasoline benzene program) submit
information related to credit
transactions. Data submitted under 40
CFR part 1090 includes information
related to reformulated and
conventional gasoline, diesel fuel,
detergents, and regulated blendstocks.
Fuels program data is reviewed and
assessed to determine the success of the
programs or to plan for regulatory
improvements. We are issuing this
notice to inform all affected submitters
of information that we plan to grant
access to material that may be claimed
as CBI to the contractors identified
below on a need-to-know basis.
Under EPA Contract Number EP–C–
16–012, General Dynamics Information
Technology (GDIT) (located at 650 Peter
Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300,
Charlottesville, VA 22911) provides
report processing, program support,
technical support and analysis and
information technology services that
involve access to information claimed as
CBI related to 40 CFR part 1090. The
following subcontractors of GDIT
continue to provide work under this
contract:
•CGI Federal, Inc., 12601 Fair Lakes
Circle, Fairfax, VA 22033–4902;
•Powersolv, Inc., 1801 Robert Fulton
Drive, Suite 550, Reston, VA 20191;
•Premier ITech, Inc., 8869 Grand
Ave., Beulah, CO 81023 (a subcontractor
of Powersolv, Inc.)
•Potomac Economics, LTD, 9990
Fairfax Blvd., Suite 560, Fairfax, VA
22030
Access to data by GDIT and its
subcontractors will begin March 1, 2021
and will continue until June 30, 2021.
If the contract is extended, this access
will continue for the remainder of the
contract without further notice. If the
contract expires prior to June 30, 2021,
the access will cease at that time. If
GDIT employs additional subcontractors
to support EPA on a regular basis or on
a limited or one-time basis under the
above-listed contract, and those
subcontractors require access to CBI,
EPA will notify interested parties of the
contemplated disclosure and provide
them with an opportunity to comment
by publishing a notice in the Federal
Register.
Under Contract Number EP–C–16–
020, ICF Incorporated, LLC (located at
9300 Lee Highway, Fairfax, VA 22031)
provides technical support and data
analysis services that may involve
access to information claimed as CBI
related to 40 CFR part 1090. Access to
data will begin March 1, 2021 and will
continue until September 30, 2021. If
the contract is extended, this access will
continue for the remainder of the
contract without further notice. If the
contract expires prior to September 30,
2021, the access will cease at that time.
If ICF employs subcontractors to
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support EPA on a regular basis or on a
limited or one-time basis under the
above-listed contract, and those
subcontractors require access to CBI,
EPA will notify interested parties of the
contemplated disclosure and provide
them with an opportunity to comment
by publishing a notice in the Federal
Register.
Under Contract Number
68HERD20A0004, Research Triangle
Institute (RTI) (PO Box 12194, Research
Triangle Park, NC, 27709–2194) and its
subcontractors, Dr. Ruiqing Miao
(Auburn University, Auburn, AL) and
Dr. Madhu Khanna (University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana,
IL), provide technical support and data
analysis services that may involve
access to information claimed as CBI
related to 40 CFR part 1090. Access to
data will begin March 1, 2021 and will
continue until July 19, 2021. If the
contract is extended, this access will
continue for the remainder of the
contract without further notice. If the
contract expires prior to July 19, 2021,
the access will cease at that time. If RTI
employs additional subcontractors to
support EPA on a regular basis or on a
limited or one-time basis under the
above-listed contract, and those
subcontractors require access to CBI,
EPA will notify interested parties of the
contemplated disclosure and provide
them with an opportunity to comment
by publishing a notice in the Federal
Register.
EPA uses the services of Senior
Environmental Employees (SEEs) whose
involve access to information claimed as
CBI related to 40 CFR part 1090. These
SEEs are provided under the following
two grants:
•National Association for Hispanic
Elderly (NAHE) (Grant Number
8399701), 234 E Colorado Boulevard,
Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101; and
•Senior Service America, Inc. (Grant
Number 839480001—Washington, DC;
and Grant Number 83967201—Ann
Arbor, MI); 8403 Colesville Road, Suite
200, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Parties who want further information
about this notice or about OTAQ’s
disclosure of information claimed as
CBI to contactors may contact the
person listed under
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT
.
Dated: February 10, 2021.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation & Air Quality.
[FR Doc. 2021–03170 Filed 2–16–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0015; FRL–10019–58]
Notice of Receipt of Requests To
Voluntarily Cancel Certain Pesticide
Registrations
AGENCY
: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: In accordance with the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is issuing
a notice of receipt of requests by
registrants to voluntarily cancel certain
pesticide registrations. EPA intends to
grant these requests at the close of the
comment period for this announcement
unless the Agency receives substantive
comments within the comment period
that would merit its further review of
the requests, or unless the registrants
withdraw its requests. In a previous
notice, FRL–10009–98, which posted on
June 5, 2020; the agency stated it was
holding the registration 3573–73, for
further review of the comment received
regarding the cancellation of the
product; the proposed P&G cancellation
has been withdrawn. If these requests
are granted, any sale, distribution, or
use of products listed in this notice will
be permitted after the registrations have
been cancelled only if such sale,
distribution, or use is consistent with
the terms as described in the final order.
DATES
: Comments must be received on
or before March 19, 2021.
ADDRESSES
: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2021–0015, by
one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
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.
Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001.
Christopher Green, Registration Division
(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001. ATTN: Christopher Green.
Hand Delivery: To make special
arrangements for hand delivery or
delivery of boxed information, please
follow the instructions at http://
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
Due to the public health concerns
related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is
closed to visitors with limited
exceptions. The staff continues to
provide remote customer service via
email, phone, and webform. For the
latest status information on EPA/DC
services and docket access, visit https://
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Christopher Green, Registration Division
(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460–0001; telephone number: (703)
347–0367; email address:
green.christopher@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, and
agricultural advocates; the chemical
industry; pesticide users; and members
of the public interested in the sale,
distribution, or use of pesticides.
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
the part or all of the information that
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD–ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD–ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When preparing and submitting your
comments, see the commenting tips at
http://www.epa.gov/dockets/
comments.html.
II. What action is the Agency taking?
This notice announces receipt by EPA
of requests from registrants to cancel
certain pesticide products registered
under FIFRA section 3 (7 U.S.C. 136a)
or 24(c) (7 U.S.C. 136v(c)). The affected
products and the registrants making the
requests are identified in Tables 1–2 of
this unit.
Unless a request is withdrawn by the
registrant or if the Agency determines
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