[Federal Register: December 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 250)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY


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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request


AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).


ACTION: Notice.


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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Regional Haze Regulations, 
ICR number 1813.04, and OMB Control Number 2060-0421, expiration date: 
December 31, 2002. The ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it 
includes the actual data collection instrument.


DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 29, 2003.


ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1813.04 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0421, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, or by e-mail at 
auby.susan@epa.gov and refer to EPA ICR No. 1813.04. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Tim Smith by phone at (919) 541-4718, 
by E-mail at smith.tim@epa.gov, or by mail at Integrated Policy and 
Standards Group (C504-02), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Regional Haze Regulations, ICR number 
1813.04., and OMB Control Number 2060-0421, expiration date: December 
31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: This ICR is for activities related to the implementation 
of EPA's 1999 regional haze rule, for the time period between October 
1, 2002 and September 30, 2005. This ICR renews the previous ICR, which 
addressed the three year time period immediately after the rule was 
promulgated. The regional haze rule, as authorized by sections 169A and 
169B of the Clean Air Act, requires States to develop implementation 
plans to protect visibility in 156 federally-protected Class I area. 
Tribes may choose to develop implementation plans. For this time 
period, States will be conducting technical analyses in support of 
development of reasonable progress goals and strategies for regional 
haze as required by the rule. EPA is encouraging States to work 
together in regional planning organizations to development and 
implement multi-state strategies.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. The 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on July 31, 
2002. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 219 
hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial 
resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or 
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This 
includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, 
install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of 
collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and 
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; 
adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable 
instructions and requirements; train personnel to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review 
the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the 
information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State air quality agencies; local 
air quality agencies, regional planning organizations; certain 
facilities built between 1962 and 1977.
    Frequency of Response: annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 44,917.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above.
    Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1813.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0421 
in any correspondence.


    Dated: December 19, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-32901 Filed 12-27-02; 8:45 am]

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