81_FR_33739 81 FR 33636 - Availability of Data on Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for the 2016 Compliance Year

81 FR 33636 - Availability of Data on Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for the 2016 Compliance Year

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 103 (May 27, 2016)

Page Range33636-33637
FR Document2016-12485

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the availability of preliminary calculations of emission allowance allocations to certain units under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Under the CSAPR federal implementation plans (FIPs), portions of each covered state's annual emissions budgets for each of the four CSAPR emissions trading programs are reserved for allocation to electricity generating units that commenced commercial operation on or after January 1, 2010 (new units) and certain other units not otherwise obtaining allowance allocations under the FIPs. The quantities of allowances allocated to eligible units from each new unit set-aside (NUSA) under the FIPs are calculated in an annual one- or two-round allocation process. EPA has completed preliminary calculations for the first round of NUSA allowance allocations for the 2016 compliance year and has posted spreadsheets containing the calculations on EPA's Web site. EPA will consider timely objections to the preliminary calculations (including objections concerning the identification of units eligible for allocations) and will promulgate a notice responding to any such objections no later than August 1, 2016, the deadline for recording the first-round allocations in sources' Allowance Management System accounts. This notice may concern CSAPR-affected units in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 103 (Friday, May 27, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33636-33637]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12485]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 97

[FRL-9947-02-OAR]


Availability of Data on Allocations of Cross-State Air Pollution 
Rule Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides for the 2016 Compliance Year

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of data availability (NODA).

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
of the availability of preliminary calculations of emission allowance 
allocations to certain units under the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 
(CSAPR). Under the CSAPR federal implementation plans (FIPs), portions 
of each covered state's annual emissions budgets for each of the four 
CSAPR emissions trading programs are reserved for allocation to 
electricity generating units that commenced commercial operation on or 
after January 1, 2010 (new units) and certain other units not otherwise 
obtaining allowance allocations under the FIPs. The quantities of 
allowances allocated to eligible units from each new unit set-aside 
(NUSA) under the FIPs are calculated in an annual one- or two-round 
allocation process. EPA has completed preliminary calculations for the 
first round of NUSA allowance allocations for the 2016 compliance year 
and has posted spreadsheets containing the calculations on EPA's Web 
site. EPA will consider timely objections to the preliminary 
calculations (including objections concerning the identification of 
units eligible for allocations) and will promulgate a notice responding 
to any such objections no later than August 1, 2016, the deadline for 
recording the first-round allocations in sources' Allowance Management 
System accounts. This notice may concern CSAPR-affected units in the 
following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, 
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, 
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North 
Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.

DATES: Objections to the information referenced in this notice must be 
received on or before June 27, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your objections via email to [email protected]. 
Include ``2016 NUSA allocations'' in the email subject line and include 
your name, title, affiliation, address, phone number, and email address 
in the body of the email.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning this action 
should be addressed to Robert Miller at (202) 343-9077 or 
[email protected] or Kenon Smith at (202) 343-9164 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the CSAPR FIPs, the mechanisms by 
which initial allocations of emission allowances are determined differ 
for ``existing'' and ``new'' units. For ``existing'' units--that is, 
units commencing commercial operation before January 1, 2010--the 
specific amounts of CSAPR FIP allowance allocations for all compliance 
years have been established through rulemaking. EPA has announced the 
availability of spreadsheets showing the CSAPR FIP allowance 
allocations to existing units in previous notices.\1\
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    \1\ The latest spreadsheet of CSAPR FIP allowance allocations to 
existing units, updated in 2014 to reflect changes to CSAPR's 
implementation schedule but with allocation amounts unchanged since 
June 2012, is available at http://www3.epa.gov/crossstaterule/actions.html. See Availability of Data on Allocations of Cross-State 
Air Pollution Rule Allowances to Existing Electricity Generating 
Units, 79 FR 71674 (December 3, 2014).
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    ``New'' units--that is, units commencing commercial operation on or 
after January 1, 2010--as well as certain older units that would not 
otherwise obtain FIP allowance allocations do not have pre-established 
allowance allocations. Instead, the CSAPR FIPs reserve a portion of 
each state's total annual emissions budget for each CSAPR emissions 
trading program as a new unit set-aside (NUSA) \2\ and establish an 
annual process for allocating NUSA allowances to eligible units. States 
with Indian country within their borders have separate Indian country 
NUSAs. The annual process for allocating allowances from the NUSAs and 
Indian country NUSAs to eligible units is set forth in the CSAPR 
regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b) and 97.412 (NOX Annual 
Trading Program), 97.511(b) and 97.512 (NOX Ozone Season 
Trading Program), 97.611(b) and 97.612 (SO2 Group 1 Trading 
Program), and 97.711(b) and 97.712 (SO2 Group 2 Trading 
Program). Each NUSA allowance allocation process involves up to two 
rounds of allocations to new units followed by the allocation to 
existing units of any allowances not allocated to new units. EPA 
provides public notice at certain points in the process. This notice 
concerns preliminary calculations for the first round of NUSA allowance 
allocations for the 2016 compliance year.\3\
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    \2\ The NUSA amounts range from two percent to eight percent of 
the respective state budgets. The variation in percentages reflects 
differences among states in the quantities of emission allowances 
projected to be required by known new units at the time the budgets 
were set or amended.
    \3\ At this time, EPA is not aware of any unit eligible for a 
first-round allocation from any Indian country NUSA.
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    The units eligible to receive first-round NUSA allocations are 
defined in Sec. Sec.  97.412(a)(1), 97.512(a)(1), 97.612(a)(1), and 
97.712(a)(1). Generally, eligible units include any CSAPR-affected unit 
that has not been allocated allowances as an existing unit as well as 
certain units that have been allocated allowances as existing units but 
whose allocations have been deducted or not recorded because of 
corrections or multi-year breaks in operations. EPA notes that a valid 
allowance allocation may consist of zero allowances; thus, an existing 
unit specifically allocated zero allowances in the spreadsheet of CSAPR 
FIP allowance allocations to existing units is generally ineligible to 
receive a NUSA allowance allocation.
    The quantity of allowances to be allocated through the 2016 NUSA 
allowance allocation process for each state and emissions trading 
program is generally the state's 2016 emissions budget less the sum of 
(1) the total of the 2016 CSAPR FIP allowance allocations to existing 
units and (2) the amount of the 2016 Indian country NUSA, if any.\4\

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The amounts of NUSA allowances may be increased in certain 
circumstances as set forth in Sec. Sec.  97.412(a)(2), 97.512(a)(2), 
97.612(a)(2), and 97.712(a)(2).
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    \4\ The quantities of allowances to be allocated through the 
NUSA allowance allocation process may differ slightly from the NUSA 
amounts set forth in Sec. Sec.  97.410(a), 97.510(a), 97.610(a), and 
97.710(a) because of rounding in the spreadsheet of CSAPR FIP 
allowance allocations to existing units.
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    The amounts of first-round allocations to eligible units from each 
NUSA are calculated according to the procedures set forth in Sec. Sec.  
97.412(a)(3)-(7) and (12), 97.512(a)(3)-(7) and (12), 97.612(a)(3)-(7) 
and (12), and 97.712(a)(3)-(7) and (12). Generally, the procedures call 
for each eligible unit to receive a first-round 2016 NUSA allocation 
equal to its 2015 emissions as reported under 40 CFR part 75 unless the 
total of such allocations to all eligible units would exceed the amount 
of allowances in the NUSA, in which case the allocations are reduced on 
a pro-rata basis.\5\
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    \5\ Subsequent allocations of any allowances remaining in any 
2016 NUSA after first-round allocations will be addressed in future 
notices. Any such allocations will be made according to the 
procedures set forth in Sec. Sec.  97.412(a)(9), (10) and (12), 
97.512(a)(9), (10) and (12), 97.612(a)(9), (10) and (12), and 
97.712(a)(9), (10) and (12). Generally, new units that commenced 
commercial operations in 2015 or 2016 will receive second-round 2016 
NUSA allocations sufficient to bring the totals of their first- and 
second-round allocations up to their 2016 emissions as reported 
under 40 CFR part 75 unless the total of such second-round 
allocations for all eligible units would exceed the remaining amount 
of allowances in the NUSA, in which case the second-round 
allocations will be reduced on a pro-rata basis. Any allowances 
remaining in any NUSA after second-round allocations to new units--
along with any allowances remaining in any corresponding Indian 
country NUSA--will be allocated to the state's existing units in 
proportion to their respective 2016 CSAPR FIP allocations of non-
NUSA allowances.
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    EPA notes that an allocation or lack of allocation of allowances to 
a given EGU does not constitute a determination that CSAPR does or does 
not apply to the EGU. EPA also notes that allocations are subject to 
potential correction.
    The detailed unit-by-unit data and preliminary allowance allocation 
calculations are set forth in Excel spreadsheets titled 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2016_NOX_Annual_1st_Round_Prelim_Data'', 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2016_NOX_OS_1st_Round_Prelim_Data'', and 
``CSAPR_NUSA_2016_SO2_1st_Round_Prelim_Data,'' available on 
EPA's Web site at http://www3.epa.gov/crossstaterule/actions.html. The 
three spreadsheets show EPA's initial determinations of 2016 NUSA 
allocations for new units subject to the CSAPR NOX Annual, 
NOX Ozone Season, and SO2 (Group 1 and Group 2) 
trading programs, respectively. Each of the spreadsheets contains a 
separate worksheet for each state covered by that program showing, for 
each unit identified as eligible for a first-round NUSA allocation, (1) 
the unit's emissions in the 2015 control period (annual or ozone season 
as applicable), (2) the maximum first-round 2016 NUSA allowance 
allocation for which the unit is eligible (typically the unit's 
emissions in the 2015 control period), (3) various adjustments to the 
unit's maximum allocation, many of which are necessary only if the NUSA 
pool is oversubscribed, and (4) the preliminary calculation of the 
unit's first-round 2016 NUSA allowance allocation.
    Each state worksheet also contains a summary showing (1) the 
quantity of allowances initially available in that state's 2016 NUSA, 
(2) the sum of the first-round 2016 NUSA allowance allocations that 
will be made to new units in that state, assuming there are no 
corrections to the data, and (3) the quantity of allowances that would 
remain in the 2016 NUSA for use in second-round allocations to new 
units (or ultimately for allocation to existing units), again assuming 
there are no corrections to the data.
    Objections should be strictly limited to the data and calculations 
upon which the NUSA allowance allocations are based and should be 
emailed to the address identified in ADDRESSES. Objections must 
include: (1) Precise identification of the specific data and or 
calculations the commenter believes are inaccurate, (2) new proposed 
data and or calculations upon which the commenter believes EPA should 
rely instead to determine allowance allocations, and (3) the reasons 
why EPA should rely on the commenter's proposed data and or 
calculations and not the data referenced in this notice.

    Authority:  40 CFR 97.411(b), 97.511(b), 97.611(b), and 
97.711(b).

    Dated: May 19, 2016.
Reid P. Harvey,
Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, 
Office of Air and Radiation.
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                                                 implications and will not impose                        preliminary calculations (including                   each CSAPR emissions trading program
                                                 substantial direct costs on tribal                      objections concerning the identification              as a new unit set-aside (NUSA) 2 and
                                                 governments or preempt tribal law as                    of units eligible for allocations) and will           establish an annual process for
                                                 specified by Executive Order 13175 (65                  promulgate a notice responding to any                 allocating NUSA allowances to eligible
                                                 FR 67249, November 9, 2000). However,                   such objections no later than August 1,               units. States with Indian country within
                                                 consistent with EPA policy, the EPA                     2016, the deadline for recording the                  their borders have separate Indian
                                                 provided a consultation opportunity to                  first-round allocations in sources’                   country NUSAs. The annual process for
                                                 the Spokane Tribe in a letter dated                     Allowance Management System                           allocating allowances from the NUSAs
                                                 September 11, 2015. The EPA did not                     accounts. This notice may concern                     and Indian country NUSAs to eligible
                                                 receive a request for consultation.                     CSAPR-affected units in the following                 units is set forth in the CSAPR
                                                                                                         states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,                   regulations at 40 CFR 97.411(b) and
                                                 List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52                      Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,             97.412 (NOX Annual Trading Program),
                                                   Environmental protection, Air                         Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,                        97.511(b) and 97.512 (NOX Ozone
                                                 pollution control, Carbon monoxide,                     Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,                     Season Trading Program), 97.611(b) and
                                                 Incorporation by reference, and                         Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New                   97.612 (SO2 Group 1 Trading Program),
                                                 Reporting and recordkeeping                             York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,                 and 97.711(b) and 97.712 (SO2 Group 2
                                                 requirements.                                           Pennsylvania, South Carolina,                         Trading Program). Each NUSA
                                                    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.                    Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West                      allowance allocation process involves
                                                                                                         Virginia, and Wisconsin.                              up to two rounds of allocations to new
                                                   Dated: May 13, 2016.
                                                                                                         DATES: Objections to the information                  units followed by the allocation to
                                                 Dennis J. McLerran,                                     referenced in this notice must be                     existing units of any allowances not
                                                 Regional Administrator, Region 10.                      received on or before June 27, 2016.                  allocated to new units. EPA provides
                                                 [FR Doc. 2016–12529 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am]             ADDRESSES: Submit your objections via                 public notice at certain points in the
                                                 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P                                  email to CSAPR_NUSA@epa.gov.                          process. This notice concerns
                                                                                                         Include ‘‘2016 NUSA allocations’’ in the              preliminary calculations for the first
                                                                                                         email subject line and include your                   round of NUSA allowance allocations
                                                 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION                                name, title, affiliation, address, phone              for the 2016 compliance year.3
                                                 AGENCY                                                  number, and email address in the body                    The units eligible to receive first-
                                                                                                         of the email.                                         round NUSA allocations are defined in
                                                 40 CFR Part 97
                                                                                                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      §§ 97.412(a)(1), 97.512(a)(1),
                                                 [FRL–9947–02–OAR]                                       Questions concerning this action should               97.612(a)(1), and 97.712(a)(1).
                                                                                                         be addressed to Robert Miller at (202)                Generally, eligible units include any
                                                 Availability of Data on Allocations of                  343–9077 or miller.robertl@epa.gov or                 CSAPR-affected unit that has not been
                                                 Cross-State Air Pollution Rule                          Kenon Smith at (202) 343–9164 or                      allocated allowances as an existing unit
                                                 Allowances From New Unit Set-Asides                     smith.kenon@epa.gov.                                  as well as certain units that have been
                                                 for the 2016 Compliance Year
                                                                                                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the                  allocated allowances as existing units
                                                 AGENCY:  Environmental Protection                       CSAPR FIPs, the mechanisms by which                   but whose allocations have been
                                                 Agency (EPA).                                           initial allocations of emission                       deducted or not recorded because of
                                                 ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of data                   allowances are determined differ for                  corrections or multi-year breaks in
                                                 availability (NODA).                                    ‘‘existing’’ and ‘‘new’’ units. For                   operations. EPA notes that a valid
                                                                                                         ‘‘existing’’ units—that is, units                     allowance allocation may consist of zero
                                                 SUMMARY:    The Environmental Protection                commencing commercial operation                       allowances; thus, an existing unit
                                                 Agency (EPA) is providing notice of the                 before January 1, 2010—the specific                   specifically allocated zero allowances in
                                                 availability of preliminary calculations                amounts of CSAPR FIP allowance                        the spreadsheet of CSAPR FIP
                                                 of emission allowance allocations to                    allocations for all compliance years                  allowance allocations to existing units is
                                                 certain units under the Cross-State Air                 have been established through                         generally ineligible to receive a NUSA
                                                 Pollution Rule (CSAPR). Under the                       rulemaking. EPA has announced the                     allowance allocation.
                                                 CSAPR federal implementation plans                      availability of spreadsheets showing the                 The quantity of allowances to be
                                                 (FIPs), portions of each covered state’s                CSAPR FIP allowance allocations to                    allocated through the 2016 NUSA
                                                 annual emissions budgets for each of the                existing units in previous notices.1                  allowance allocation process for each
                                                 four CSAPR emissions trading programs                      ‘‘New’’ units—that is, units                       state and emissions trading program is
                                                 are reserved for allocation to electricity              commencing commercial operation on                    generally the state’s 2016 emissions
                                                 generating units that commenced                         or after January 1, 2010—as well as                   budget less the sum of (1) the total of the
                                                 commercial operation on or after                        certain older units that would not                    2016 CSAPR FIP allowance allocations
                                                 January 1, 2010 (new units) and certain                 otherwise obtain FIP allowance                        to existing units and (2) the amount of
                                                 other units not otherwise obtaining                     allocations do not have pre-established               the 2016 Indian country NUSA, if any.4
                                                 allowance allocations under the FIPs.                   allowance allocations. Instead, the
                                                 The quantities of allowances allocated                  CSAPR FIPs reserve a portion of each                     2 The NUSA amounts range from two percent to

                                                 to eligible units from each new unit set-               state’s total annual emissions budget for             eight percent of the respective state budgets. The
                                                 aside (NUSA) under the FIPs are                                                                               variation in percentages reflects differences among
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                                                                                                            1 The latest spreadsheet of CSAPR FIP allowance    states in the quantities of emission allowances
                                                 calculated in an annual one- or two-                                                                          projected to be required by known new units at the
                                                                                                         allocations to existing units, updated in 2014 to
                                                 round allocation process. EPA has                       reflect changes to CSAPR’s implementation             time the budgets were set or amended.
                                                 completed preliminary calculations for                  schedule but with allocation amounts unchanged           3 At this time, EPA is not aware of any unit

                                                 the first round of NUSA allowance                       since June 2012, is available at http://              eligible for a first-round allocation from any Indian
                                                 allocations for the 2016 compliance year                www3.epa.gov/crossstaterule/actions.html. See         country NUSA.
                                                                                                         Availability of Data on Allocations of Cross-State       4 The quantities of allowances to be allocated
                                                 and has posted spreadsheets containing                  Air Pollution Rule Allowances to Existing             through the NUSA allowance allocation process
                                                 the calculations on EPA’s Web site. EPA                 Electricity Generating Units, 79 FR 71674             may differ slightly from the NUSA amounts set
                                                 will consider timely objections to the                  (December 3, 2014).                                   forth in §§ 97.410(a), 97.510(a), 97.610(a), and



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                                                 The amounts of NUSA allowances may                      unit’s emissions in the 2015 control                  SUMMARY:   The Federal Maritime
                                                 be increased in certain circumstances as                period (annual or ozone season as                     Commission (Commission) proposes
                                                 set forth in §§ 97.412(a)(2), 97.512(a)(2),             applicable), (2) the maximum first-                   amending its current user fees and
                                                 97.612(a)(2), and 97.712(a)(2).                         round 2016 NUSA allowance allocation                  invites public comment on whether the
                                                    The amounts of first-round allocations               for which the unit is eligible (typically             Commission should amend its user fees.
                                                 to eligible units from each NUSA are                    the unit’s emissions in the 2015 control              Specifically, the Commission proposes
                                                 calculated according to the procedures                  period), (3) various adjustments to the               increasing fees for: Filing complaints
                                                 set forth in §§ 97.412(a)(3)–(7) and (12),              unit’s maximum allocation, many of                    and certain petitions; records searches,
                                                 97.512(a)(3)–(7) and (12), 97.612(a)(3)–                which are necessary only if the NUSA                  document copying, and admissions to
                                                 (7) and (12), and 97.712(a)(3)–(7) and                  pool is oversubscribed, and (4) the                   practice; paper filing of ocean
                                                 (12). Generally, the procedures call for                preliminary calculation of the unit’s                 transportation intermediary (OTI)
                                                 each eligible unit to receive a first-round             first-round 2016 NUSA allowance                       applications; filing applications for
                                                 2016 NUSA allocation equal to its 2015                  allocation.                                           special permission; and filing
                                                 emissions as reported under 40 CFR part                    Each state worksheet also contains a               agreements.
                                                 75 unless the total of such allocations to              summary showing (1) the quantity of                      The Commission also proposes
                                                 all eligible units would exceed the                     allowances initially available in that                lowering fees for: Reviewing Freedom of
                                                 amount of allowances in the NUSA, in                    state’s 2016 NUSA, (2) the sum of the                 Information Act (FOIA) requests;
                                                 which case the allocations are reduced                  first-round 2016 NUSA allowance                       revising clerical errors on service
                                                 on a pro-rata basis.5                                   allocations that will be made to new                  contracts; Revising clerical errors on
                                                    EPA notes that an allocation or lack                 units in that state, assuming there are no            non-vessel-operating common carrier
                                                 of allocation of allowances to a given                  corrections to the data, and (3) the                  (NVOCC) service agreements; and
                                                 EGU does not constitute a determination                 quantity of allowances that would                     Commission services to passenger vessel
                                                 that CSAPR does or does not apply to                    remain in the 2016 NUSA for use in                    operators (PVOs).
                                                 the EGU. EPA also notes that allocations                second-round allocations to new units                    In addition, the Commission proposes
                                                 are subject to potential correction.                    (or ultimately for allocation to existing             repealing four existing fees for: Adding
                                                    The detailed unit-by-unit data and                   units), again assuming there are no                   interested parties to a specific docket
                                                 preliminary allowance allocation                        corrections to the data.                              mailing list; the Regulated Persons
                                                 calculations are set forth in Excel                        Objections should be strictly limited              Index database; database reports on
                                                 spreadsheets titled                                     to the data and calculations upon which               Effective Carrier Agreements; and filing
                                                 ‘‘CSAPR_NUSA_2016_NOX_Annual_1st                        the NUSA allowance allocations are                    petitions for rulemaking. The
                                                 _Round_Prelim_Data’’, ‘‘CSAPR_                          based and should be emailed to the                    Commission also proposes adding a new
                                                 NUSA_2016_NOX_OS_1st_Round                              address identified in ADDRESSES.                      fee for requests for expedited review of
                                                 _Prelim_Data’’, and ‘‘CSAPR_                            Objections must include: (1) Precise                  an agreement filing.
                                                 NUSA_2016_SO2_1st_Round_Prelim                          identification of the specific data and or
                                                                                                                                                               DATES: Comments are due on or before
                                                 _Data,’’ available on EPA’s Web site at                 calculations the commenter believes are
                                                 http://www3.epa.gov/crossstaterule/                     inaccurate, (2) new proposed data and                 June 27, 2016.
                                                 actions.html. The three spreadsheets                    or calculations upon which the                        ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
                                                 show EPA’s initial determinations of                    commenter believes EPA should rely                    identified by the docket number in the
                                                 2016 NUSA allocations for new units                     instead to determine allowance                        heading of this document, by any of the
                                                 subject to the CSAPR NOX Annual, NOX                    allocations, and (3) the reasons why                  following methods:
                                                 Ozone Season, and SO2 (Group 1 and                      EPA should rely on the commenter’s                       • Email: secretary@fmc.gov. Include
                                                 Group 2) trading programs, respectively.                proposed data and or calculations and                 in the subject line: ‘‘Docket No. 16–06,
                                                 Each of the spreadsheets contains a                     not the data referenced in this notice.               Comments on ‘‘Update of User Fees.’’
                                                 separate worksheet for each state                         Authority: 40 CFR 97.411(b), 97.511(b),             Comments should be attached to the
                                                 covered by that program showing, for                    97.611(b), and 97.711(b).                             email as a Microsoft Word or text-
                                                 each unit identified as eligible for a                                                                        searchable PDF document. Comments
                                                                                                            Dated: May 19, 2016.
                                                 first-round NUSA allocation, (1) the                                                                          containing confidential information
                                                                                                         Reid P. Harvey,
                                                                                                                                                               should not be submitted by email.
                                                                                                         Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office
                                                 97.710(a) because of rounding in the spreadsheet of
                                                                                                         of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and               • Mail: Karen V. Gregory, Secretary,
                                                 CSAPR FIP allowance allocations to existing units.
                                                    5 Subsequent allocations of any allowances           Radiation.                                            Federal Maritime Commission, 800
                                                 remaining in any 2016 NUSA after first-round            [FR Doc. 2016–12485 Filed 5–26–16; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                               North Capitol Street NW., Washington,
                                                 allocations will be addressed in future notices. Any                                                          DC 20573–0001. Phone: (202) 523–5725.
                                                 such allocations will be made according to the          BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
                                                                                                                                                               Email: secretary@fmc.gov.
                                                 procedures set forth in §§ 97.412(a)(9), (10) and
                                                 (12), 97.512(a)(9), (10) and (12), 97.612(a)(9), (10)                                                            • Docket: For access to the docket to
                                                 and (12), and 97.712(a)(9), (10) and (12). Generally,                                                         read background documents or
                                                 new units that commenced commercial operations          FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION                           comments received, go to: http://
                                                 in 2015 or 2016 will receive second-round 2016                                                                www.fmc.gov/16-06.
                                                 NUSA allocations sufficient to bring the totals of      46 CFR Parts 502, 503, 515, 520, 530,
                                                 their first- and second-round allocations up to their   535, 540, 550, 555, and 560                           FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                 2016 emissions as reported under 40 CFR part 75                                                               Karen V. Gregory, Secretary, Federal
                                                 unless the total of such second-round allocations       [Docket No. 16–06]                                    Maritime Commission, 800 North
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                                                 for all eligible units would exceed the remaining
                                                 amount of allowances in the NUSA, in which case         RIN 3072–AC34
                                                                                                                                                               Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC
                                                 the second-round allocations will be reduced on a                                                             20573–0001. Phone: (202) 523–5725.
                                                 pro-rata basis. Any allowances remaining in any                                                               Email: secretary@fmc.gov.
                                                 NUSA after second-round allocations to new              Update of Existing and Addition of
                                                 units—along with any allowances remaining in any        New User Fees                                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                 corresponding Indian country NUSA—will be                                                                     Commission’s current user fees are
                                                 allocated to the state’s existing units in proportion   AGENCY:   Federal Maritime Commission.
                                                 to their respective 2016 CSAPR FIP allocations of
                                                                                                                                                               based on an assessment of fiscal year
                                                                                                         ACTION:   Notice of proposed rulemaking.              2004 costs and have not been updated
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule; notice of data availability (NODA).
DatesObjections to the information referenced in this notice must be received on or before June 27, 2016.
ContactQuestions concerning this action
FR Citation81 FR 33636 

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