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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 224 / Monday, November 21, 2016 / Notices

The Designated Federal Officer is
empowered to conduct the meeting in a
fashion that will facilitate the orderly
conduct of business. Those wishing to
speak should register to do so beginning
at 3:45 p.m. on December 12th.
Those not able to attend the meeting
or who have insufficient time to address
the committee are invited to send a
written statement to Karen Gibson, U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, email to seab@
hq.doe.gov.
Minutes: The minutes of the meeting
will be available on the SEAB Web site
or by contacting Ms. Gibson. She may be
reached at the postal address or email
address above, or by visiting SEAB’s
Web site at www.energy.gov/seab.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
15, 2016.
LaTanya R. Butler,
Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016–27937 Filed 11–18–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Extension
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
AGENCY:

The Department of Energy has
submitted to the OMB for clearance, a
proposal to amend an information
collection request by adding an
additional collection to an ICR that
already includes two previously
approved collections. The two
previously approved collections address
DOE’s Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV)
Scorecard, and the National Clean Fleets
Partnership. DOE is not proposing to
expand the scope of these information
collection efforts. The proposed new
collection is entitled ‘‘Ride and Drive
Surveys for PEV Showcases’’. DOE’s
Clean Cities initiative has developed a
three-part voluntary ride-and-drive
survey to assist its coalitions and
stakeholders in assessing the level of
interest, understanding, and acceptance
of PEVs and alternative fuel vehicles
(AFV) by the purchasing public. The
principal objective of the Survey is to
provide DOE and stakeholders with an
objective assessment and estimate of
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PEVs, and to help DOE’s Clean Cities
coalitions prepare for the successful
deployment of these vehicles. DOE
intends the surveys to be completed by
individuals who are participating in one
of many ride-and-drive events.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before December 21,
2016. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to:
Desk Officer for the Department of
Energy, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 735 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
And to
Mr. Dennis Smith, Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy
(EE–3V), U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121, or by
fax at 202–586–1600, or by email at
[email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Dennis Smith at the address listed above
in ADDRESSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
amended information collection request
contains (1) OMB No. 1910–5171; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Clean Cities Vehicle Programs; (3) Type
of Review: Amended collection; (4)
Purpose: As part of DOE’s Office of
Vehicle Technologies 2016 Funding
Opportunity Announcement (FOA)
awards, DOE is awarding entities
funding to run PEV showcases where
drivers can experience driving a variety
of PEVs and learn about charging
electric vehicles. These awards are 50
percent cost share awards, meaning that
recipients of an award under this FOA
must supply 50 percent of the funds to
complete each awarded project. Projects
undertaken pursuant to this FOA are
expected to include a survey component
related to potential vehicle driver
behavior. Thus, the DOE Clean Cities
program has developed an initiative, the
Ride and Drive Surveys for PEV
Showcases, that includes a three-part
voluntary ride-and-drive survey to assist
its coalitions and stakeholders in
assessing the level of interest,
understanding, and acceptance of AFVs
by the purchasing public. The principal
objective of the Surveys is to provide
DOE and stakeholders with an objective
assessment and estimate of how ready
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to help DOE’s Clean Cities coalitions
prepare for the successful deployment
of these vehicles.
For the Ride and Drive Surveys for
PEV Showcases collection, the effort
will target public citizens who are
participating in one of many Ride-andDrive events. There are three phases to
the Survey: (1) Pre Ride-and-Drive; (2)
post Ride-and-Drive; and (3) a few
months/some time later to discern if the
respondent followed through with
acquisition of a PEV or another AFV.
Respondents would provide answers in
the first two phases through a userfriendly paper survey and on-line
survey, and in the third phase they
would answer questions via an
electronic interface, although a paper
survey may be used for those lacking
access to an electronic device or
computer.
The Surveys’ effort will rely on
responses to questions the respondent
chooses to answer. The multiple-choice
questions will address the following
topic areas: (1) Demographics; (2)
Current vehicle background; (3) How
they learned about ride and drive event;
(3) Perceptions of PEVs before and after
driving; (4) Post-drive vehicle
experience; (5) Purchase expectations;
(6) Follow-up survey on purchases; (7)
Purchase information; (8) Barriers; and
(9) Future intentions.
DOE expects a total respondent
population for the amended collection
(which would include the three
collections) of approximately 16,250
respondents (an increase of 15,000 over
the number of respondents for the two
currently approved collections).
Selecting the multiple choice answers in
completing the three components of the
Survey is expected to take 30 minutes,
leading to a total burden of
approximately 28,250 hours (an increase
2,500 hours above the total burden in
hours for the two currently approved
collections).
(5) Type of Respondents: Public; (6)
Annual Estimated Number of
Respondents for all three information
collections: 16,250; (7) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses:
16,300; (7) Annual Estimated Number of
Burden Hours: 28,250 (25,625 for PEV
Scorecard, 125 for Clean Fleets
Partnership, and 2,500 for the Ride and
Drive Surveys for PEV Showcases); and
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: There is no
cost associated with reporting and
recordkeeping.
Statutory Authority: 42 U.S.C. 13233; 42
U.S.C. 13252 (a)–(b); 42 U.S.C. 13255.

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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 224 / Monday, November 21, 2016 / Notices
Issued in Washington, DC, on November
15, 2016.
Michael Berube,
Director, Vehicle Technologies Office, Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2016–27939 Filed 11–18–16; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9955–42-Region 9]

Section 9 Lease Site, Coconino
County, AZ; Notice of Proposed
CERCLA Settlement Agreement for
Recovery of Past Response Costs
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with Section
122(i) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act of 1980, as amended
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is
hereby given of a proposed
administrative settlement with two
parties for recovery of response costs
concerning the Section 9 Lease Site in
Coconino County, Arizona. The
settlement is entered into pursuant to
Section 122(h)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
9622(h)(1), and it requires the settling
parties to pay $230,000 to the United
States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). The settlement includes a
covenant not to sue the settling parties
for certain costs pursuant to Sections
106 or 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C.
9606 or 9607(a). For thirty (30) days
following the date of publication of this
Notice in the Federal Register, the
Agency will receive written comments
relating to the settlement. The Agency
will consider all comments received and
may modify or withdraw its consent to
the settlement if comments received
disclose facts or considerations which
indicate the proposed settlement is
inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.
The Agency’s response to any comments
received will be available for public
inspection at 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, CA 94105.
DATES: Pursuant to Section 122(i) of
CERCLA, EPA will receive written
comments relating to this proposed
settlement for thirty (30) days following
the date of publication of this Notice in
the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is
available for public inspection at EPA
Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, San
Francisco, California. A copy of the
proposed settlement may be obtained
from Joshua Wirtschafter, EPA Region

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IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, ORC–3, San
Francisco, CA 94105, telephone number
415–972–3912. Comments should
reference the Section 9 Lease Site,
Coconino County, Arizona, and should
be addressed to Joshua Wirtschafter at
the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Wirtschafter, Assistant Regional
Counsel (ORC–3), Office of Regional
Counsel, U.S. EPA Region IX, 75
Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA
94105; phone: (415) 972–3912; fax: (417)
947–3570; email: wirtschafter.joshua@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Parties to the Proposed Settlement:
Babbitt Ranches, LLC and C.O. Bar, Inc.
Dated: November 4, 2016.
Enrique Manzanilla,
Director, Superfund Division, U.S. EPA,
Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2016–27978 Filed 11–18–16; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OGC–2016–0643; FRL 9955–41–
OGC]

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air
Act Citizen Suit
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of proposed consent
decree; request for public comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with section
113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended
(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby
given of a proposed consent decree to
address a lawsuit filed by Donald van
der Vaart, in his official capacity as
Secretary of North Carolina Department
of Environmental Quality (‘‘NCDEQ’’),
and by NCDEQ (collectively
‘‘Plaintiffs’’) in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of North
Carolina: Donald van der Vaart, et al. v.
McCarthy, et al., No. 4:16–cv–01946–
SBA (E.D. N.C.). On June 24, 2016,
Plaintiffs filed an amended complaint
alleging that Gina McCarthy, in her
official capacity as Administrator of the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency (‘‘EPA’’) failed to perform duties
mandated by CAA to take final action to
approve or disapprove the December 9,
2013 Petition submitted by several
states within the Ozone Transport
Region (‘‘OTR’’) requesting EPA to
expand the OTR to include North
Carolina, among other states. The
proposed consent decree would
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the December 9, 2013 Petition related to
North Carolina.
DATES: Written comments on the
proposed consent decree must be
received by December 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OGC–2016–0643, online at
www.regulations.gov. For comments
submitted at www.regulations.gov,
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments. Once submitted,
comments cannot be edited or removed
from www.regulations.gov. The EPA
may publish any comment received to
its public docket. Do not submit
electronically any information you
consider to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Multimedia submissions (audio, video,
etc.) must be accompanied by a written
comment. The written comment is
considered the official comment and
should include discussion of all points
you wish to make. The EPA generally
will not consider comments or comment
contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e. on the web, cloud, or
other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, please
contact the person identified in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.
For the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia
submissions, and general guidance on
making effective comments, please visit
http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/
commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alexander Bond, Air and Radiation Law
Office (2344A), Office of General
Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202)
564–3822; fax number: (202) 564–5603;
email address: Bond.Alexander@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Additional Information About the
Proposed Consent Decree
On June 24, 2016, Plaintiffs filed an
amended complaint alleging that EPA
failed to perform duties mandated by
CAA to take final action to approve or
disapprove the December 9, 2013
Petition submitted by several states
within the OTR requesting EPA to
expand the OTR pursuant to 42 U.S.C
7506a(a) to include North Carolina and
several other states. Under the terms of
the proposed consent decree, EPA must
sign a notice for public comment that
proposes certain actions regarding the
December 9, 2013 Petition as to the
State of North Carolina, no later than
January 18, 2017, and must sign a final

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