81 FR 28864 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Notice of Revocation and Voluntary Withdrawals of Programs From EPA's Section 608 Technician Certifying Program

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 90 (May 10, 2016)

Page Range		28864-28865
FR Document		2016-10987

EPA is removing programs that were revoked and those that submitted voluntary withdrawals from its list of Section 608 Technician Certification Programs approved to provide the technician certification exam. EPA's list is available at: http://www.epa.gov/section608/ section-608-technician-certification-programs.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28864-28865]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10987]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0272; FRL-9946-23-OAR]


Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Notice of Revocation and 
Voluntary Withdrawals of Programs From EPA's Section 608 Technician 
Certifying Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of revocations and voluntary withdrawals.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: EPA is removing programs that were revoked and those that 
submitted voluntary withdrawals from its list of Section 608 Technician 
Certification Programs approved to provide the technician certification 
exam. EPA's list is available at: http://www.epa.gov/section608/section-608-technician-certification-programs.

DATES: On February 1, 2016, authorization to provide the technician 
certification exam and to issue certification cards was revoked for 
each program in the Table below: Revoked Technician Certification 
Programs. Technicians that were already certified by these programs 
will remain certified, in accordance with 40 CFR 82.161(a).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Burchard, Stratospheric 
Protection Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (6205T), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 343-9126; fax number: 
(202) 343-2338; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

[[Page 28865]]

I. General Information

How can I get copies of this document and other related information?

    Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket 
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0272. Publicly available docket materials are 
available either electronically through www.regulations.gov or in hard 
copy at the Air Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West Building, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC. This Docket Facility is open 
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal 
holidays. The Docket telephone number is (202) 566-1742.
    Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically from the Government Printing Office under the ``Federal 
Register'' listings at the FDSys Web site (http://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=FR).

II. Revocations and Voluntary Withdrawals

    In accordance with the standards for certifying programs 
established in appendix D of 40 CFR part 82, subpart F, technician 
certifying programs must submit an activity report to EPA on a biannual 
basis (such that EPA receives the report by every January 30 and June 
30) that provides certain information about the certification tests 
administered. The programs in the Table below have repeatedly failed to 
submit activity reports.
    The regulations at 40 CFR 82.161 establish criteria and procedures 
for such programs to become approved technician certification programs 
that can provide the certifications that are required for technicians 
under Section 608. As provided in 40 CFR 82.161(e), ``[i]f at any time 
an approved program violates any of the above requirements,'' which 
reference the standards in appendix D that are cited in 82.161(c), 
``the Administrator reserves the right to revoke approval in accordance 
with Section 82.169.'' Today's notice announces the final revocation of 
the approval of the programs in the Table below.
    These programs were sent certified letters explaining that EPA had 
not received required activity reports and listing which reports were 
missing. In the letters, the programs were offered the opportunity to 
come into compliance by submitting missing reports.\1\ The Agency 
received no replies. In a Federal Register notice published December 2, 
2015 (80 FR 75456), the programs in the table below were given thirty 
days from the date of publication of that notice to submit their 
missing reports. The notice announced that failure to submit these 
reports so that they were received by January 4, 2016 would result in 
an automatic suspension of the program's approval to offer the 
technician certification exam and of its approval to issue Section 608 
technician certification cards. The notice also announced that 
automatic program revocation would occur on February 1, 2016 for each 
of those certifying organizations that were so notified of impending 
suspension and revocation and that failed to provide missing reports, 
unless the organization requested a hearing in accordance with the 
regulations published at 40 CFR 82.169 before that date. Since the 
Agency did not receive any reports from those certifying organizations 
by January 4, 2016, or requests for a hearing by February 1, 2016, the 
approval to certify technicians is revoked for all the programs listed 
in the following table:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ Some of these programs also received notice in these letters 
of impending suspensions and revocations, but as some of these 
letters were returned to us unopened, we chose to provide a second 
notice in the Federal Register. 80 FR 75456.

                                Table--Revoked Technician Certification Programs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   No.                    Technician certification program   Year of most recent activity report
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1.......................................  ACI Environmental Safety          2009.
                                           Training Institute.
2.......................................  California Career Center........  No record of a submitted report.
3.......................................  Delaware County Community         2011.
                                           College.
4.......................................  Delaware Skills Center Building   2013.
                                           Maintenance.
5.......................................  Delaware Technical & Community    2009.
                                           College.
6.......................................  Educational Services............  2012.
7.......................................  HVAC/R Training, Inc............  2010.
8.......................................  InSolution......................  No record of a submitted report.
9.......................................  Niagara County Community College  2010.
10......................................  Nugent Associates...............  2011.
11......................................  San Diego City College..........  2010.
12......................................  Southern Technical College......  2012.
13......................................  Unified Industries, Inc.........  No record of a submitted report.
14......................................  Vatterott College...............  2011.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Accordingly, we have updated the list of approved Section 608 
Technician Certification Programs mentioned above by removing these 
programs from the list.
    Additionally, as discussed in the December 2, 2015 Notice, the 
following 608 Technician Certification Programs voluntarily withdrew 
their certification and have been removed from the Agency's list of 
approved Section 608 Technician Certification Programs: Air-
Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute (ARI); CDTA, Inc; and Motorcoach 
Training Specialist. Three programs--NASA; Kellogg Community College; 
and WyoTech--had prior to the December 2, 2015 Notice also submitted 
requests for voluntary withdrawal but were inadvertently omitted from 
that Notice. Consistent with those requests, these programs have also 
been removed from the Agency's list of approved Section 608 Technician 
Certification Programs.
    Technicians that were already certified by all of these programs 
remain certified, in accordance with 40 CFR 82.161(a). Requests for 
replacement cards should be sent to: [email protected].

Drusilla Hufford, Director,
Stratospheric Protection Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-10987 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6560-50-P

28864 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Applicants: Duke Energy Florida, and 214 of the Commission’s
LLC. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
Federal Energy Regulatory Description: Section 205(d) Rate 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Commission Filing: DEF IA Annual Cost Factor time on the specified comment date.
Update (2016) to be effective 5/1/2016. Protests may be considered, but
Combined Notice of Filings #1 Filed Date: 4/29/16. intervention is necessary to become a
Take notice that the Commission Accession Number: 20160429–5012. party to the proceeding.
received the following electric rate Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/16. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
filings: Docket Numbers: ER16–1528–000. information relating to filing
Applicants: Entergy Arkansas, Inc., requirements, interventions, protests,
Docket Numbers: ER16–829–001.
Entergy Louisiana, LLC, Entergy service, and qualifying facilities filings
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool,
Mississippi, Inc., Entergy Texas, Inc., can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
Inc.
Description: Tariff Amendment: Entergy New Orleans, Inc. docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
Deficiency Response in ER16–829— Description: Application of Entergy other information, call (866) 208–3676
Bylaws Section 8.4 Revisions to be Services, Inc., on behalf of the Entergy (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
effective 3/1/2016. Operating Companies for 2015 Dated: April 29, 2016.
Filed Date: 4/28/16. Transmission Formula Rate for Post- Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Accession Number: 20160428–5361. Retirement Benefits Other than Deputy Secretary.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/16. Pensions. [FR Doc. 2016–10864 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am]
Docket Numbers: ER16–1498–001. Filed Date: 4/28/16.
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Applicants: South Carolina Electric & Accession Number: 20160428–5406.
Gas Company. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/16.
Description: Tariff Amendment: Docket Numbers: ER16–1529–000.
Amendment of Pending Tariff Filing to Applicants: PJM Interconnection, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
be effective 5/15/2016. L.L.C. AGENCY
Filed Date: 4/29/16. Description: Tariff Cancellation:
Accession Number: 20160429–5069. Notice of Cancellation of WMPA SA No. [EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0272; FRL–9946–23–
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/16. 3285, Queue No. X1–082 due to Breach OAR]
Docket Numbers: ER16–1523–000. to be effective 4/28/2016.
Filed Date: 4/29/16. Protection of Stratospheric Ozone:
Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Notice of Revocation and Voluntary
Inc. Accession Number: 20160429–5151.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/16. Withdrawals of Programs From EPA’s
Description: Section 205(d) Rate Section 608 Technician Certifying
Filing: Revisions to Attachment L to Docket Numbers: ER16–1530–000.
Program
Address Network Load Outside of the Applicants: BIF III Holtwood LLC.
SPP Footprint to be effective 7/1/2016. Description: Initial rate filing: AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Filed Date: 4/28/16. Reactive Supply and Voltage Control Agency (EPA).
Accession Number: 20160428–5350. Filing to be effective 6/1/2016. ACTION: Notice of revocations and
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/16. Filed Date: 4/29/16. voluntary withdrawals.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1524–000. Accession Number: 20160429–5164.
Applicants: PacifiCorp. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/16. SUMMARY: EPA is removing programs
Description: Tariff Cancellation: Docket Numbers: ER16–1531–000. that were revoked and those that
Termination of BPA SIEA to be effective Applicants: PJM Interconnection, submitted voluntary withdrawals from
6/30/2016. L.L.C. its list of Section 608 Technician
Filed Date: 4/28/16. Description: Tariff Cancellation: Certification Programs approved to
Accession Number: 20160428–5353. Notice of Cancellation of WMPA SA No. provide the technician certification
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/16. 3457, Queue No. X3–082 due to Breach exam. EPA’s list is available at: http://
Docket Numbers: ER16–1525–000. to be effective 4/28/2016. www.epa.gov/section608/section-608-
Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric Filed Date: 4/29/16. technician-certification-programs.
Company. Accession Number: 20160429–5242. DATES: On February 1, 2016,
Description: Section 205(d) Rate Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/16. authorization to provide the technician
Filing: 7th Amendment to Extend the Docket Numbers: ER16–1532–000. certification exam and to issue
PGE–SVP Interconnection Agreement to Applicants: PJM Interconnection, certification cards was revoked for each
be effective 6/30/2016. L.L.C. program in the Table below: Revoked
Filed Date: 4/28/16. Description: Tariff Cancellation: Technician Certification Programs.
Accession Number: 20160428–5362. Notice of Cancellation of WMPA SA No. Technicians that were already certified
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/19/16. 3458, Queue No. X3–083 due to Breach by these programs will remain certified,
Docket Numbers: ER16–1526–000. to be effective 4/28/2016. in accordance with 40 CFR 82.161(a).
Applicants: Southern California Filed Date: 4/29/16. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edison Company. Accession Number: 20160429–5246. Robert Burchard, Stratospheric
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Description: Section 205(d) Rate Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/16. Protection Division, Office of
Filing: GIA and Distribution Service The filings are accessible in the Atmospheric Programs (6205T),
Agreement Commerce Refuse to Energy Commission’s eLibrary system by Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Authority to be effective 1/1/2017. clicking on the links or querying the Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
Filed Date: 4/29/16. docket number. DC 20460; telephone number (202) 343–
Accession Number: 20160429–5004. Any person desiring to intervene or 9126; fax number: (202) 343–2338;
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/16. protest in any of the above proceedings email address: burchard.robert@epa.gov.
Docket Numbers: ER16–1527–000. must file in accordance with Rules 211 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 90 / Tuesday, May 10, 2016 / Notices 28865

I. General Information biannual basis (such that EPA receives reports.1 The Agency received no
the report by every January 30 and June replies. In a Federal Register notice
How can I get copies of this document
30) that provides certain information published December 2, 2015 (80 FR
and other related information?
about the certification tests 75456), the programs in the table below
Docket. EPA has established a docket administered. The programs in the were given thirty days from the date of
for this action under Docket ID No. Table below have repeatedly failed to publication of that notice to submit their
EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0272. Publicly submit activity reports. missing reports. The notice announced
available docket materials are available The regulations at 40 CFR 82.161 that failure to submit these reports so
either electronically through establish criteria and procedures for that they were received by January 4,
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 2016 would result in an automatic
such programs to become approved
the Air Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West suspension of the program’s approval to
technician certification programs that
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution offer the technician certification exam
can provide the certifications that are
Avenue NW., Washington DC. This
required for technicians under Section and of its approval to issue Section 608
Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m.
608. As provided in 40 CFR 82.161(e), technician certification cards. The
to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
‘‘[i]f at any time an approved program notice also announced that automatic
excluding legal holidays. The Docket
violates any of the above requirements,’’ program revocation would occur on
telephone number is (202) 566–1742.
which reference the standards in February 1, 2016 for each of those
Electronic Access. You may access
appendix D that are cited in 82.161(c), certifying organizations that were so
this Federal Register document
‘‘the Administrator reserves the right to notified of impending suspension and
electronically from the Government
Printing Office under the ‘‘Federal revoke approval in accordance with revocation and that failed to provide
Register’’ listings at the FDSys Web site Section 82.169.’’ Today’s notice missing reports, unless the organization
(http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/ announces the final revocation of the requested a hearing in accordance with
collection.action?collectionCode=FR). approval of the programs in the Table the regulations published at 40 CFR
below. 82.169 before that date. Since the
II. Revocations and Voluntary These programs were sent certified Agency did not receive any reports from
Withdrawals letters explaining that EPA had not those certifying organizations by
In accordance with the standards for received required activity reports and January 4, 2016, or requests for a
certifying programs established in listing which reports were missing. In hearing by February 1, 2016, the
appendix D of 40 CFR part 82, subpart the letters, the programs were offered approval to certify technicians is
F, technician certifying programs must the opportunity to come into revoked for all the programs listed in
submit an activity report to EPA on a compliance by submitting missing the following table:
TABLE—REVOKED TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
No. Technician certification program Year of most recent activity report

1 .......................... ACI Environmental Safety Training Institute ......................................... 2009.
2 .......................... California Career Center ........................................................................ No record of a submitted report.
3 .......................... Delaware County Community College .................................................. 2011.
4 .......................... Delaware Skills Center Building Maintenance ...................................... 2013.
5 .......................... Delaware Technical & Community College ........................................... 2009.
6 .......................... Educational Services ............................................................................. 2012.
7 .......................... HVAC/R Training, Inc ............................................................................ 2010.
8 .......................... InSolution ............................................................................................... No record of a submitted report.
9 .......................... Niagara County Community College ..................................................... 2010.
10 ........................ Nugent Associates ................................................................................. 2011.
11 ........................ San Diego City College ......................................................................... 2010.
12 ........................ Southern Technical College .................................................................. 2012.
13 ........................ Unified Industries, Inc ............................................................................ No record of a submitted report.
14 ........................ Vatterott College .................................................................................... 2011.

Accordingly, we have updated the list (ARI); CDTA, Inc; and Motorcoach certified, in accordance with 40 CFR
of approved Section 608 Technician Training Specialist. Three programs— 82.161(a). Requests for replacement
Certification Programs mentioned above NASA; Kellogg Community College; and cards should be sent to: spdcomments@
by removing these programs from the WyoTech—had prior to the December 2, epa.gov.
list. 2015 Notice also submitted requests for
voluntary withdrawal but were Drusilla Hufford, Director,
Additionally, as discussed in the
December 2, 2015 Notice, the following inadvertently omitted from that Notice. Stratospheric Protection Division.
Consistent with those requests, these
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

608 Technician Certification Programs [FR Doc. 2016–10987 Filed 5–9–16; 8:45 am]
voluntarily withdrew their certification programs have also been removed from BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
and have been removed from the the Agency’s list of approved Section
Agency’s list of approved Section 608 608 Technician Certification Programs.
Technician Certification Programs: Air- Technicians that were already
Conditioning & Refrigeration Institute certified by all of these programs remain
1 Some of these programs also received notice in revocations, but as some of these letters were returned to us unopened, we chose to provide a
these letters of impending suspensions and second notice in the Federal Register. 80 FR 75456.

VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:33 May 09, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

Document Created: 2016-05-10 05:19:01
Document Modified: 2016-05-10 05:19:01

Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of revocations and voluntary withdrawals.
Dates		On February 1, 2016, authorization to provide the technician certification exam and to issue certification cards was revoked for each program in the Table below: Revoked Technician Certification Programs. Technicians that were already certified by these programs will remain certified, in accordance with 40 CFR 82.161(a).
Contact		Robert Burchard, Stratospheric Protection Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (6205T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number (202) 343-9126; fax number:
FR Citation		81 FR 28864