80 FR 79329 - Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted under Title II of the Clean Air Act and Related Regulations
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 244 (December 21, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 244 (December 21, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-32011 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 244 (Monday, December 21, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 79329-79330] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-32011] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0806; FRL-9940-40-OAR] Access by EPA Contractors to Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) Submitted under Title II of the Clean Air Act and Related Regulations AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) plans to authorize various contractors to access information which will be submitted to the EPA under Title II of the Clean Air Act that may be claimed as, or may be determined to be, confidential business information (CBI). Access to this information, which is related to registration of fuels and fuel additives under 40 CFR part 79; various fuels reporting programs under 40 CFR part 80; and reporting of various greenhouse gas reporting items under the mandatory reporting rule of 40 CFR part 98, subparts A, LL and MM will begin on December 31, 2015. DATES: The EPA will accept comments on this Notice through December 28, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaimee Dong, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., MC 6405A, Washington, DC, 20004; telephone number: 202-343-9672; fax number: 202-343-2800; email address: [email protected]. 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 or have previously submitted information to the EPA regarding the following programs: fuel and fuel additive registration (40 CFR part 79); and various fuels programs including reformulated gasoline, anti-dumping, gasoline sulfur, ultra low sulfur diesel, benzene content, and the renewable fuel standard (40 CFR part 80). Parties who may be interested include refiners, importers, producers of renewable fuels, parties who engage in RIN transactions, and all those who submit compliance reports to the EPA via any method (e.g., via EPA's Central Data Exchange, or CDX), including those who engage in reporting via the EPA Moderated Transaction System (EMTS). This action may also be of particular interest to parties such as suppliers of coal-based liquid fuels and suppliers of petroleum products, as described in 40 CFR part 98 subparts LL and MM, respectively. (40 CFR part 98, subpart A contains general provisions related to registration and reporting.) Parties who may be interested in this notice include refiners, importers, and exporters of these products. This Federal Register notice may be of particular relevance to parties that have submitted data under the above-listed programs or systems. Since other parties may also be interested, the Agency has 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 particular party, please contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. II. How can I get copies of this document and other related information? A. Electronically The EPA has established a public docket for this Federal Register notice under Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0806. All documents in the docket are identified in the docket index available at http://www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, such as confidential business information (CBI) or other information for which disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain materials, such as copyrighted material, will only be available in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center. B. EPA Docket Center Materials listed under Docket EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0806 will be available for public viewing at the EPA Docket Center Reading Room, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742. [[Page 79330]] III. Description of Programs and Potential Disclosure of Information Claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) to Contractors The 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 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. Occasionally, the information submitted is claimed to be confidential business information (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 the EPA procedures, including comprehensive system security plans (SSPs) that are consistent with those regulations. When the 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 Clean Air Act and in connection with the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Rule [40 CFR part 98, subparts A (general registration and reporting provisions) LL, and MM], as well as various OTAQ programs related to fuels, vehicles, and engines (40 CFR parts 79 and 80) and we are providing notice and an opportunity to comment. OTAQ collects this data in order to monitor compliance with Clean Air Act programs and, in many cases, to permit regulated parties flexibility in meeting regulatory requirements. For example, data that may contain CBI are collected to register fuels and fuel additives prior to introduction into commerce. Certain programs are designed to permit regulated parties an opportunity to comply on average, or to engage in transactions using various types of credits. For example, OTAQ collects information about batches of gasoline that refiners produce to ensure compliance with reformulated gasoline standards. We are issuing this Federal Register 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 Contract Number EP-C-11-007, CSRA, located at 3170 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042, and at 650 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite 300, Charlottesville, VA 22901, and its subcontractor, Ecco Select, 1301 Oak Street, Suite 400, Kansas City, MO 64106, provide report processing, program support, technical support, and information technology services that involve access to information claimed as CBI related to 40 CFR part 79, 40 CFR part 80, and 40 CFR part 98 subparts A, LL, and MM. Access to data, including information claimed as CBI, will commence on December 31, 2015. and will continue until June 30, 2016. If the contract is extended, this access will continue for the remainder of the contract without further notice. OTAQ utilizes the services of enrollees under the Senior Environmental Employment (SEE) program. Some SEE enrollees are provided through Grant Number CQ-834621, the National Association for Hispanic Elderly (NAHE), located at 234 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101, and through Grant Numbers CQ-835372 and CQ-835572, the Senior Service America, Inc. (SSAI), located at 8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1200, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Access to data relating to all of OTAQ's programs and to subparts A, LL, and MM of the Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule, including information claimed as CBI, is ongoing until December 31, 2016 for Grant Number CQ-834621, October 14, 2016 for Grant Number CQ-835372, and September 30, 2016 for Grant Number CQ- 835572. If these grants are extended, this access will continue for the remainder of the grants and any future extensions without further notice. OTAQ also has fellows provided via the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Intern/Research Participation Program. Some participants are provided through Interagency Agreement Number DW89924039, the ORISE, located at 1299 Bethel Valley Road, Building SC- 200, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Access to data relating to all of OTAQ's programs and to subparts A, LL, and MM of the Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule, including information claimed as CBI, but excluding CBI under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), is ongoing until September 30, 2016. If the program is extended, this access will continue for the remainder of the program and any future extensions without further notice. Parties who want further information about this Federal Register notice or about OTAQ's disclosure of information claimed as CBI to contactors may contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Dated: December 15, 2015. Byron J. Bunker, Director, Compliance Division, Office of Transportation & Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 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participate is by filing with the Dated: December 14, 2015. and all those who submit compliance
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., reports to the EPA via any method (e.g.,
possible, an original and two copies of Deputy Secretary. via EPA’s Central Data Exchange, or
comments in support of or in opposition [FR Doc. 2015–31964 Filed 12–18–15; 8:45 am] CDX), including those who engage in
to this project. The Commission will BILLING CODE 6717–01–P reporting via the EPA Moderated
consider these comments in Transaction System (EMTS).
determining the appropriate action to be This action may also be of particular
taken, but the filing of a comment alone ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION interest to parties such as suppliers of
will not serve to make the filer a party AGENCY coal-based liquid fuels and suppliers of
to the proceeding. The Commission’s petroleum products, as described in 40
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0806; FRL–9940–40–
rules require that persons filing OAR] CFR part 98 subparts LL and MM,
comments in opposition to the project respectively. (40 CFR part 98, subpart A
provide copies of their protests only to Access by EPA Contractors to contains general provisions related to
the party or parties directly involved in Information Claimed as Confidential registration and reporting.) Parties who
the protest. Business Information (CBI) Submitted may be interested in this notice include
Persons who wish to comment only under Title II of the Clean Air Act and refiners, importers, and exporters of
on the environmental review of this Related Regulations these products.
project should submit an original and AGENCY: Environmental Protection This Federal Register notice may be
two copies of their comments to the Agency (EPA). of particular relevance to parties that
Secretary of the Commission. ACTION: Notice. have submitted data under the above-
Environmental commenters will be listed programs or systems. Since other
placed on the Commission’s SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)’s Office of Transportation parties may also be interested, the
environmental mailing list, will receive Agency has not attempted to describe all
copies of the environmental documents, and Air Quality (OTAQ) plans to
authorize various contractors to access the specific parties that may be affected
and will be notified of meetings by this action. If you have further
associated with he Commission’s information which will be submitted to
the EPA under Title II of the Clean Air questions regarding the applicability of
environmental review process. this action to a particular party, please
Environmental commenters will not be Act that may be claimed as, or may be
determined to be, confidential business contact the person listed in FOR FURTHER
required to serve copies of filed INFORMATION CONTACT.
information (CBI). Access to this
documents on all other parties.
information, which is related to II. How can I get copies of this
However, the non-party commenters
registration of fuels and fuel additives
will not receive copies of all documents document and other related
under 40 CFR part 79; various fuels
filed by other parties or issued by the information?
reporting programs under 40 CFR part
Commission (except for the mailing of 80; and reporting of various greenhouse A. Electronically
environmental documents issued by the gas reporting items under the mandatory
Commission) and will not have the right reporting rule of 40 CFR part 98, The EPA has established a public
to seek court review of the subparts A, LL and MM will begin on docket for this Federal Register notice
Commission’s final order. December 31, 2015. under Docket EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–
The Commission strongly encourages DATES: The EPA will accept comments 0806.
electronic filings of comments, protests, on this Notice through December 28, All documents in the docket are
and interventions via the internet in lieu 2015. identified in the docket index available
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: at http://www.regulations.gov. Although
and the instructions on the Jaimee Dong, Environmental Protection listed in the index, some information is
Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., not publicly available, such as
under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Persons MC 6405A, Washington, DC, 20004; confidential business information (CBI)
unable to file electronically should telephone number: 202–343–9672; fax or other information for which
submit an original and five copies of the number: 202–343–2800; email address: disclosure is restricted by statute.
protest or intervention to the Federal dong.jaimee@epa.gov. Certain materials, such as copyrighted
Energy regulatory Commission, 888 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: material, will only be available in hard
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. copy at the EPA Docket Center.
I. Does this Notice Apply to Me?
This filing is accessible on-line at
http://www.ferc.gov, using the This action is directed to the general B. EPA Docket Center
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for public. However, this action may be of
particular interest to parties who submit Materials listed under Docket EPA–
review in the Commission’s Public HQ–OAR–2015–0806 will be available
Reference Room in Washington, DC. or have previously submitted
information to the EPA regarding the for public viewing at the EPA Docket
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Center Reading Room, WJC West
following programs: fuel and fuel
Web site that enables subscribers to Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
additive registration (40 CFR part 79);
receive email notification when a Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004.
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and various fuels programs including
document is added to a subscribed The EPA Docket Center Public Reading
reformulated gasoline, anti-dumping,
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
gasoline sulfur, ultra low sulfur diesel,
Online service, please email benzene content, and the renewable fuel p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call standard (40 CFR part 80). Parties who Federal holidays. The telephone number
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call may be interested include refiners, for the Reading Room is (202) 566–1744,
(202) 502–8659. importers, producers of renewable fuels, and the telephone number for the Air
Comment Date: January 4, 2016. parties who engage in RIN transactions, and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742.
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III. Description of Programs and that refiners produce to ensure Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Potential Disclosure of Information compliance with reformulated gasoline Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), is ongoing
Claimed as Confidential Business standards. We are issuing this Federal until September 30, 2016. If the program
Information (CBI) to Contractors Register notice to inform all affected is extended, this access will continue
The EPA’s Office of Transportation submitters of information that we plan for the remainder of the program and
and Air Quality (OTAQ) has to grant access to material that may be any future extensions without further
responsibility for protecting public claimed as CBI to the contractors notice.
health and the environment by identified below on a need-to-know Parties who want further information
regulating air pollution from motor basis. about this Federal Register notice or
vehicles, engines, and the fuels used to Under Contract Number EP–C–11– about OTAQ’s disclosure of information
007, CSRA, located at 3170 Fairview claimed as CBI to contactors may
operate them, and by encouraging travel
Park Drive, Falls Church, VA 22042, and contact the person listed under FOR
choices that minimize emissions. In
at 650 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Suite FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
order to implement various Clean Air
300, Charlottesville, VA 22901, and its
Act programs, and to permit regulated Dated: December 15, 2015.
subcontractor, Ecco Select, 1301 Oak
entities flexibility in meeting regulatory Byron J. Bunker,
Street, Suite 400, Kansas City, MO
requirements (e.g., compliance on Director, Compliance Division, Office of
64106, provide report processing,
average), we collect compliance reports Transportation & Air Quality, Office of Air
program support, technical support, and
and other information from them. and Radiation.
information technology services that
Occasionally, the information submitted [FR Doc. 2015–32011 Filed 12–18–15; 8:45 am]
involve access to information claimed as
is claimed to be confidential business CBI related to 40 CFR part 79, 40 CFR BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
information (CBI). Information part 80, and 40 CFR part 98 subparts A,
submitted under such a claim is LL, and MM. Access to data, including
handled in accordance with EPA’s information claimed as CBI, will ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
regulations at 40 CFR part 2, subpart B commence on December 31, 2015. and AGENCY
and in accordance with the EPA will continue until June 30, 2016. If the [FRL–9940–45–OA]
procedures, including comprehensive contract is extended, this access will
system security plans (SSPs) that are continue for the remainder of the Notification of a Public Meeting of the
consistent with those regulations. When contract without further notice. Clean Air Scientific Advisory
the EPA has determined that disclosure OTAQ utilizes the services of Committee (CASAC) Sulfur Oxides
of information claimed as CBI to enrollees under the Senior Panel and a Public Teleconference of
contractors is necessary, the Environmental Employment (SEE) the Chartered CASAC and the CASAC
corresponding contract must address the program. Some SEE enrollees are Sulfur Oxides Panel
appropriate use and handling of the provided through Grant Number CQ–
information by the contractor and the 834621, the National Association for AGENCY: Environmental Protection
contractor must require its personnel Hispanic Elderly (NAHE), located at 234 Agency (EPA).
who require access to information East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 300, ACTION: Notice.
claimed as CBI to sign written non- Pasadena, CA 91101, and through Grant
disclosure agreements before they are SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Numbers CQ–835372 and CQ–835572, Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board
granted access to data. the Senior Service America, Inc. (SSAI),
In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h), (SAB) Staff Office announces a public
located at 8403 Colesville Road, Suite
we have determined that the meeting of the Clean Air Scientific
1200, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Access
contractors, subcontractors, and Advisory Committee (CASAC) Sulfur
to data relating to all of OTAQ’s
grantees (collectively referred to as Oxides Panel and a public
programs and to subparts A, LL, and
‘‘contractors’’) listed below require teleconference of the Chartered CASAC
MM of the Mandatory GHG Reporting
access to CBI submitted to us under the and CASAC Sulfur Oxides Panel to
Rule, including information claimed as
Clean Air Act and in connection with review of EPA’s Integrated Science
CBI, is ongoing until December 31, 2016
the Mandatory Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Assessment (ISA) for Sulfur Oxides—
for Grant Number CQ–834621, October
Reporting Rule [40 CFR part 98, Health Criteria (External Review Draft—
14, 2016 for Grant Number CQ–835372,
subparts A (general registration and and September 30, 2016 for Grant November 2015).
reporting provisions) LL, and MM], as Number CQ–835572. If these grants are DATES: The face-to-face meeting will be
well as various OTAQ programs related extended, this access will continue for held on Wednesday, January 27, 2016,
to fuels, vehicles, and engines (40 CFR the remainder of the grants and any and Thursday, January 28, 2016. The
parts 79 and 80) and we are providing future extensions without further notice. teleconference will be held on
notice and an opportunity to comment. OTAQ also has fellows provided via Wednesday, April 6, 2016 from 2:00
OTAQ collects this data in order to the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).
monitor compliance with Clean Air Act Education (ORISE) Intern/Research Location: The face-to-face meeting
programs and, in many cases, to permit Participation Program. Some will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton
regulated parties flexibility in meeting participants are provided through Hotel Raleigh-Brownstone-University,
regulatory requirements. For example, Interagency Agreement Number 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North
data that may contain CBI are collected DW89924039, the ORISE, located at Carolina. The public teleconference will
be held by telephone only. Call-in
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
to register fuels and fuel additives prior 1299 Bethel Valley Road, Building SC–
to introduction into commerce. Certain 200, Oak Ridge, TN 37830. Access to information will be available on the
programs are designed to permit data relating to all of OTAQ’s programs respective CASAC meeting Web pages
regulated parties an opportunity to and to subparts A, LL, and MM of the or by contacting the Designated Federal
comply on average, or to engage in Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule, Officer (DFO).
transactions using various types of including information claimed as CBI, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
credits. For example, OTAQ collects but excluding CBI under the Toxic member of the public wishing to obtain
information about batches of gasoline Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the information concerning the public
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| Dates | The EPA will accept comments on this Notice through December 28, 2015. | |
| Contact | Jaimee Dong, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., MC 6405A, Washington, DC, 20004; telephone number: 202-343-9672; fax number: 202-343-2800; email | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 79329 |
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