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Environmental Protection Agency Vol. 79 Tuesday, No. 236 December 9, 2014 Part II Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 98 Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: 2015 Revisions and Confidentiality Determinations for Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems; Proposed Rule VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:04 Dec 08, 2014 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\09DEP2.SGM 09DEP2 rljohnson on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS2 73148 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 236 / Tuesday, December 9, 2014 / Proposed Rules ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Mailcode 28221T, Attention Docket ID information identified as CBI to only the AGENCY No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0831, 1200 mail or hand/courier delivery address Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, listed above, attention: Docket ID No. 40 CFR Part 98 DC 20460. In addition, please mail a EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0831. If you have [EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0831; FRL—9918–48– copy of your comments on the any questions about CBI or the OAR] information collection provisions to the procedures for claiming CBI, please Office of Information and Regulatory consult the person identified in the FOR RIN 2060–AS37 Affairs, Office of Management and FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Budget (OMB), Attn: Desk Officer for Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: 2015 Do not submit information that you EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, Revisions and Confidentiality consider to be CBI or otherwise DC 20503. Determinations for Petroleum and protected through http:// • Hand/Courier Delivery: EPA Docket Natural Gas Systems www.regulations.gov or email. The Center, Room 3334, EPA WJC West http://www.regulations.gov Web site is AGENCY: Environmental Protection Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which Agency. NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such means the EPA will not know your ACTION: Proposed rule. deliveries are accepted only during the identity or contact information unless normal hours of operation of the Docket you provide it in the body of your SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Center, and special arrangements should comment. If you send an email Agency (EPA) is proposing revisions be made for deliveries of boxed comment directly to the EPA without and confidentiality determinations for information. going through http:// the petroleum and natural gas systems Additional Information on Submitting www.regulations.gov your email address source category of the Greenhouse Gas Comments: To expedite review of your will be automatically captured and Reporting Program. In particular, the comments by agency staff, you are included as part of the comment that is EPA is proposing to add calculation encouraged to send a separate copy of placed in the public docket and made methods and reporting requirements for your comments, in addition to the copy available on the Internet. If you submit greenhouse gas emissions from you submit to the official docket, to an electronic comment, the EPA gathering and boosting facilities, Carole Cook, U.S. EPA, Office of recommends that you include your completions and workovers of oil wells Atmospheric Programs, Climate Change name and other contact information in with hydraulic fracturing, and Division, Mail Code 6207A, 1200 the body of your comment and with any blowdowns of natural gas transmission Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, disk or CD–ROM you submit. If the EPA pipelines between compressor stations. DC 20460, telephone (202) 343–9263, cannot read your comment due to The EPA is also proposing well email address: GHGReportingRule@ technical difficulties and cannot contact identification reporting requirements to epa.gov. you for clarification, the EPA may not improve the EPA’s ability to verify Instructions: Direct your comments to be able to consider your comment. reported data and enhance Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2014– Electronic files should avoid the use of transparency. This action also proposes 0831, Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule: special characters, any form of confidentiality determinations for new 2015 Revisions and Confidentiality data elements contained in these Determinations for Petroleum and encryption, and be free of any defects or proposed amendments. Natural Gas Systems; Proposed Rule. viruses. Docket: All documents in the docket DATES: The EPA’s policy is that all comments Comments must be received on are listed in the http:// or before February 9, 2015. received will be included in the public www.regulations.gov index. Although Public Hearing. The EPA does not docket without change and may be listed in the index, some information is plan to conduct a public hearing unless made available online at http:// requested. To request a hearing, please www.regulations.gov, including any not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other contact the person listed in the personal information provided, unless information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION the comment includes information material, such as copyrighted material, CONTACT section by December 16, 2014. claimed to be confidential business If requested, the hearing will be information (CBI) or other information will be publicly available only in hard conducted on December 24, 2014, in the whose disclosure is restricted by statute. copy. Publicly available docket Washington, DC area. The EPA will Should you choose to submit materials are available either provide further information about the information that you claim to be CBI, electronically in http:// hearing on the Greenhouse Gas clearly mark the part or all of the www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at Reporting Program Web site, http:// information that you claim to be CBI. the Air Docket, EPA/DC, WJC West www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/index.html if For information that you claim to be CBI Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution a hearing is requested. in a disk or CD–ROM that you mail to Ave., NW., Washington, DC. This Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, the EPA, mark the outside of the disk or to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– CD–ROM as CBI and then identify excluding legal holidays. The telephone OAR–2014–0831 by any of the following electronically within the disk or CD– number for the Public Reading Room is methods: ROM the specific information that is • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// claimed as CBI. In addition to one (202) 566–1744, and the telephone www.regulations.gov. Follow the online complete version of the comment that number for the Air Docket is (202) 566– instructions for submitting comments. includes information claimed as CBI, a 1742. • Email: [email protected]. copy of the comment that does not FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Include Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– contain the information claimed as CBI Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, 2014–0831 or RIN No. 2060–AS37 in the must be submitted for inclusion in the Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC– subject line of the message. public docket. Information marked as 6207A), Environmental Protection • Fax: (202) 566–9744. CBI will not be disclosed except in Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., • Mail: Environmental Protection accordance with procedures set forth in Washington, DC 20460; telephone Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 40 CFR part 2. Send or deliver number: (202) 343–9263; fax number: VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:04 Dec 08, 2014 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\09DEP2.SGM 09DEP2 rljohnson on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS2 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 236 / Tuesday, December 9, 2014 / Proposed Rules 73149 (202) 343–2342; email address: Following the Administrator’s signature, 307(d) apply to ‘‘such other actions as [email protected]. For a copy of this action will be posted on the Administrator may determine’’). technical information, please go to the the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Reporting These are proposed amendments to Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Web Program Web site at http:// existing regulations. If finalized, these site, http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/index.html. amended regulations would affect index.html. To submit a question, select SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: owners or operators of petroleum and Help Center, followed by ‘‘Contact Us.’’ Regulated Entities. The Administrator natural gas systems that directly emit Worldwide Web (WWW). In addition determined that this action is subject to greenhouse gases (GHGs). Regulated to being available in the docket, an the provisions of Clean Air Act (CAA) categories and entities include those electronic copy of today’s proposal will section 307(d). See CAA section listed in Table 1 of this preamble: also be available through the WWW. 307(d)(1)(V) (the provisions of section TABLE 1—EXAMPLES OF AFFECTED ENTITIES BY CATEGORY Category NAICS a Examples of affected facilities Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems ........................................... 486210 Pipeline transportation of natural gas. 221210 Natural gas distribution. 211111 Crude petroleum and natural gas extraction. 211112 Natural gas liquid extraction. a North American Industry Classification System. Table 1 of this preamble is not PPDM Professional Petroleum Data B. Impacts of the Proposed Amendments intended to be exhaustive, but rather Management on Small Businesses provides a guide for readers regarding REC reduced emission completion V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews facilities likely to be affected by this RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive action. Other types of facilities than SBA Small Business Administration SBREFA Small Business Regulatory Order 13563: Improving Regulation and those listed in the table could also be Enforcement and Fairness Act Regulatory Review subject to reporting requirements. To U.S. United States B. Paperwork Reduction Act determine whether you are affected by UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of C. Regulatory Flexibility Act this action, you should carefully 1995 D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act examine the applicability criteria found E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism in 40 CFR part 98, subpart A and 40 Organization of This Document.
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