80_FR_76711 80 FR 76475 - Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board

80 FR 76475 - Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory Board

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 236 (December 9, 2015)

Page Range76475-76476
FR Document2015-31044

The EPA's Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold a public meeting on January 12-13, 2016. EFAB is an EPA advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide advice and recommendations to EPA on creative approaches to funding environmental programs, projects, and activities. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on environmental finance issues, proposed legislation, and EPA priorities; to discuss activities, progress, and preliminary recommendations with regard current EFAB work projects; and to consider requests for assistance from EPA offices. Environmental finance discussions and presentations are expected on, but not limited to, the following topics: Financing operations and maintenance costs at green infrastructure sites; financing stormwater and green infrastructure programs; public-private partnerships for water infrastructure projects; financing pre-development activities in communities; affordability challenges in the water sector; and financial capacity development for small drinking/wastewater systems. The meeting is open to the public; however, seating is limited. All members of the public who wish to attend the meeting must register, in advance, no later than Monday, December 28, 2015. Registration is required for all members of the public to ensure an expeditious security process.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 236 (Wednesday, December 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76475-76476]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31044]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9939-84-OW]


Notice of Open Meeting of the Environmental Financial Advisory 
Board

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The EPA's Environmental Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will 
hold a public meeting on January 12-13, 2016. EFAB is an EPA advisory 
committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide 
advice and recommendations to EPA on creative approaches to funding 
environmental programs, projects, and activities.
    The purpose of this meeting is to hear from informed speakers on 
environmental finance issues, proposed legislation, and EPA priorities; 
to discuss activities, progress, and preliminary recommendations with 
regard current EFAB work projects; and to consider requests for 
assistance from EPA offices. Environmental finance discussions and 
presentations are expected on, but not limited to, the following 
topics: Financing operations and maintenance costs at green 
infrastructure sites; financing stormwater and green infrastructure 
programs; public-private partnerships for water infrastructure 
projects; financing pre-development activities in communities; 
affordability challenges in the water sector; and financial capacity 
development for small drinking/wastewater systems. The meeting is open 
to the public; however, seating is limited. All members of the public 
who

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wish to attend the meeting must register, in advance, no later than 
Monday, December 28, 2015. Registration is required for all members of 
the public to ensure an expeditious security process.

DATES: The full board meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 
from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., EST and Wednesday, January 13, 2015 from 9:00 
a.m. to 5 p.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1001 14th St. NW., Washington, 
DC 20005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on access or services 
for individuals with disabilities, or to request accommodations for a 
person with a disability, please contact Sandra Williams at (202) 564-
4999 or [email protected], at least 10 days prior to the meeting, 
to allow as much time as possible to process your request.

    Dated: December 2, 2015.
Andrew D. Sawyers,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2015-31044 Filed 12-8-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 236 / Wednesday, December 9, 2015 / Notices 76475 e.g., permitting electronic submission of The above-described limits and capital or operation & maintenance responses. EPA will consider the restrictions are monitored by EPA costs. comments received and amend the ICR through the recordkeeping and reporting Changes in estimates: The respondent as appropriate. The final ICR package requirements established in the numbers changed because the reporting will then be submitted to OMB for regulations in 40 CFR part 82, subpart community continues to change as ODS review and approval. At that time, EPA A. To submit required information, are phased out in the US. Specifically, will issue another Federal Register regulated entities can download we estimate fewer companies reporting notice to announce the submission of reporting forms from EPA’s Web site on imports and exports of Class II ODS. the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to (http://www.epa.gov/ozone/record), We also assume fewer companies submit additional comments to OMB. complete them, and send them to EPA reporting on the destruction and Abstract: The international treaty The electronically, via mail, courier, or fax. transformation of this material. These Montreal Protocol on Substances that Upon receipt of the reports, the data updates are based on 2014 reporting Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) and is entered into the ODS Tracking activity whereas our previous estimates Title VI of the Clean Air Act System. The ODS Tracking System is a were based on 2010–2011 reporting Amendments (CAAA) established limits secure database that maintains the data activity. on total U.S. production, import, and submitted to EPA and helps the agency: Dated: November 23, 2015. export of class I and class II controlled (1) Maintain oversight over total ozone depleting substances (referred to Drusilla Hufford, production and consumption of hereinafter as ‘‘controlled substances’’). Director, Stratospheric Protection Division. controlled substances; (2) monitor Under its Protocol commitments, the compliance with limits and restrictions [FR Doc. 2015–31051 Filed 12–8–15; 8:45 am] United States was obligated to cease on production, imports, and trades and BILLING CODE 6560–50–P production and import of class I specific exemptions from the phaseout controlled substances (e.g., for individual U.S. companies; and (3) chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs) with ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION assess, and report on, compliance with exemptions for essential uses, critical AGENCY U.S. obligations under the Montreal uses, previously-used material, and Protocol. [FRL–9939–84–OW] material that is transformed, destroyed, EPA has implemented an electronic or exported to developing countries. reporting system that allows regulated Notice of Open Meeting of the The Protocol also establishes limits and Environmental Financial Advisory entities to prepare and submit data reduction schedules leading to the Board electronically. Coupled with the eventual phaseout of class II controlled widespread use of the standardized AGENCY: Environmental Protection substances (i.e., forms, electronic reporting has Agency (EPA). hydrochlorofluorocarbons or HCFCs). The U.S. is obligated to limit HCFC improved data quality and made the ACTION: Notice. consumption (defined by the Protocol as reporting process efficient for both production plus imports, minus reporting companies and EPA. Most SUMMARY: The EPA’s Environmental exports). The schedule called for a 35 reporting is done electronically. Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will percent reduction on January 1, 2004, Pursuant to regulations in 40 CFR part hold a public meeting on January 12–13, followed by a 75 percent reduction on 2, subpart B, reporting businesses are 2016. EFAB is an EPA advisory January 1, 2010, a 90 percent reduction entitled to assert a business committee chartered under the Federal on January 1, 2015, a 99.5 percent confidentiality claim covering any part Advisory Committee Act to provide reduction on January 1, 2020, and a total of the submitted business information as advice and recommendations to EPA on phaseout on January 1, 2030. EPA is defined in 40 CFR 2.201(c). EPA’s creative approaches to funding responsible for administering the practice is to manage the reported environmental programs, projects, and phaseout. information as confidential business activities. To ensure U.S. compliance with these information. The purpose of this meeting is to hear limits and restrictions, EPA established Form numbers: Forms associated with from informed speakers on an allowance system to control U.S. this ICR are: Quarterly Reports, Second environmental finance issues, proposed production and import of HCFCs by Party Transformation Report, Second legislation, and EPA priorities; to granting control measures referred to as Party Destruction Report, Transmission discuss activities, progress, and baseline and calendar-year allowances. Verification Report, Destruction preliminary recommendations with Baseline allowances are based on the Efficiency Report, Destruction regard current EFAB work projects; and historical activity of individual Verification Report, Semi-annual to consider requests for assistance from companies. Calendar-year allowances Report, International Transfer of EPA offices. Environmental finance allow holders to produce and/or import Allowances Report, and the Domestic discussions and presentations are controlled substances in a given year Transfer of Allowances Report. All are expected on, but not limited to, the and are allocated as a percentage of under OMB Control Number 2060–0498. following topics: Financing operations baseline. Respondents/affected entities: 40. and maintenance costs at green There are two types of baseline and Respondent’s obligation to respond: infrastructure sites; financing calendar-year allowances: Consumption Mandatory (Title VI of the Clean Air Act stormwater and green infrastructure and production allowances. Since each Amendments). programs; public-private partnerships Estimated number of respondents: 40. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES allowance is equal to 1 kilogram of for water infrastructure projects; HCFC, EPA is able to monitor the Frequency of response: Annually, financing pre-development activities in quantity of HCFCs being produced, quarterly, or as needed. communities; affordability challenges in imported and exported. Transfers of Total estimated burden: 1,434 hours the water sector; and financial capacity production and consumption (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR development for small drinking/ allowances among producers and 1320.03(b). wastewater systems. The meeting is importers are allowed and are tracked Total estimated cost: $153,264 (per open to the public; however, seating is by EPA. year), includes $1,155 annualized limited. 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76476 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 236 / Wednesday, December 9, 2015 / Notices wish to attend the meeting must DATES: These modifications to the information on the Audit Policy is register, in advance, no later than implementation of EPA’s Audit Policy available at Monday, December 28, 2015. and Small Business Compliance Policy, http://www2.epa.gov/compliance/epas- Registration is required for all members and the launch of the eDisclosure portal, audit-policy. of the public to ensure an expeditious are effective immediately, December 9, On August 1, 2008, EPA issued the security process. 2015. ‘‘Interim Approach to Applying the DATES: The full board meeting will be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Audit Policy to New Owners’’ (New held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 from Philip Milton of EPA’s Office of Owner Policy). 73 FR 44991. The 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., EST and Enforcement and Compliance purpose of the New Owner Policy is to Wednesday, January 13, 2015 from 9:00 Assurance, Office of Civil Enforcement, tailor Audit Policy incentives for new a.m. to 5 p.m., EST. at milton.philip@epa.gov or (202) 564– owners that want to make a ‘‘clean 5029. For general information on the start’’ at recently acquired facilities by ADDRESSES: Hamilton Crowne Plaza eDisclosure portal please visit http:// addressing environmental Hotel, 1001 14th St. NW., Washington, noncompliance that began prior to DC 20005. www2.epa.gov/compliance/epas- edisclosure. acquisition. The New Owner Policy is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For designed to motivate new owners to information on access or services for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Over the audit newly acquired facilities and to individuals with disabilities, or to past several years, EPA has been encourage self-disclosures of violations request accommodations for a person evaluating how best to realize the that will, once corrected, yield with a disability, please contact Sandra benefits of the self-disclosure policies. significant pollutant reductions and Williams at (202) 564–4999 or Most recently, EPA held two webinars benefits to the environment. The williams.sandra@epa.gov, at least 10 in June 2015 to share its plan for incentives tailored for new owners days prior to the meeting, to allow as eDisclosure and allow the nearly 350 include clearly defined penalty much time as possible to process your people who participated to share their mitigation beyond what is offered by the request. views and ask questions. Audit Policy, as well as the Companies have suggested that EPA Dated: December 2, 2015. modification of certain Audit Policy could streamline implementation of the Andrew D. Sawyers, conditions that will allow more self-disclosure policies for more routine violations to be eligible for penalty Director, Office of Wastewater Management, disclosures to make the process faster, Office of Water. mitigation under the Audit Policy. More more efficient, and to save time and information on the New Owner Policy is [FR Doc. 2015–31044 Filed 12–8–15; 8:45 am] resources for regulated entities and EPA, available at http://www2.epa.gov/ BILLING CODE 6560–50–P while still retaining the incentives to compliance/epas-interim-approach- self-police environmental problems. The applying-audit-policy-new-owners. regulated community also emphasized EPA’s Small Business Compliance ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION that a key time to encourage self- Policy (65 FR 19630, April 11, 2000) is AGENCY auditing and self-disclosure is when an additional voluntary disclosure companies are purchased or acquired, [FRL–9939–69–OECA] policy that provides incentives for small because that is a point in time when businesses (with 100 or fewer companies typically are assessing Notice of eDisclosure Portal Launch: employees) that voluntarily discover, operations and management systems. Modernizing Implementation of EPA’s promptly disclose, and expeditiously EPA agrees with those suggestions from Self-Policing Incentive Policies correct environmental violations. More the regulated community and welcomes information on the Small Business AGENCY: Environmental Protection input, on an ongoing basis, as to how Compliance Policy is available at http:// Agency (EPA). the eDisclosure system is working. www2.epa.gov/compliance/small- ACTION: Notice. I. Explanation of Modification to the business-compliance. Implementation of the Policies SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection B. Background on Today’s Agency (EPA) is modernizing A. Introduction Modifications implementation of its self-disclosure On April 11, 2000, EPA issued its The penalty mitigation available policies by creating a centralized web- policy on ‘‘Incentives for Self-Policing: under EPA’s self-disclosure policies has based ‘‘eDisclosure’’ portal to receive Discovery, Disclosure, Correction and provided an incentive for regulated and automatically process self-disclosed Prevention of Violations’’ (Audit entities to detect, promptly disclose, civil violations of environmental law. Policy). 65 FR 19618. The purpose of expeditiously correct and prevent Under the automated eDisclosure the Audit Policy is to enhance violations of federal environmental system, large and small businesses will protection of human health and the requirements. Since 1995, the regulated quickly be able to get some of their more environment by encouraging regulated community has increasingly adopted routine types of disclosures resolved. entities to voluntarily discover, environmental auditing and EPA is launching the eDisclosure promptly disclose, expeditiously correct environmental management practices as system because it continues to believe and prevent the recurrence of violations key components of sound business strongly in the benefits of its self- of federal environmental law. Benefits practices. Thousands of entities have disclosure policies: To provide penalty available to entities that make disclosed violations to EPA pursuant to mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES mitigation and other incentives for disclosures under the terms of the Audit the Agency’s voluntary disclosure companies that self-police, disclose, Policy include reductions in, and in policies, and EPA continues to receive correct and prevent violations. EPA some cases the elimination of, civil hundreds of new disclosures every year. believes that the implementation penalties, and an EPA determination not Enforcement also has contributed to the changes announced today will make the to recommend criminal prosecution of dramatic expansion of environmental processing of disclosures faster and disclosing entities. (Ultimate auditing, as many regulated entities who more efficient, and will save time and prosecutorial discretion resides with the conducted audits have told EPA that resources for regulated entities and EPA. U.S. Department of Justice.) More one of the primary reasons for doing so VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:21 Dec 08, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesThe full board meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 from 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m., EST and Wednesday, January 13, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST.
ContactFor information on access or services for individuals with disabilities, or to request accommodations for a person with a disability, please contact Sandra Williams at (202) 564- 4999 or [email protected], at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to allow as much time as possible to process your request.
FR Citation80 FR 76475 
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