[Federal Register: July 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 133)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2004-0093, FRL-7786-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Clean Air Act Tribal Authority, EPA ICR Number
1676.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0306
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 EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31,
2004. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 13, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0093, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to
a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Docket, Mail Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darrel Harmon, Office of Air &
Radiation, Mail Code: 6101A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564-7416; fax number: (202) 501-0394; email address:
harmon.darrel@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2004-0093, which is available for public
viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air
Docket is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft collection of information,
submit or view public comments, access the index listing of the
contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in the
public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within
60 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose
public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a
comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference
to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted
material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified
as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose
disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the
official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's
Federal Register notice describing the
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electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./edocket
.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
State; Local; or Tribal Governments.
Title: Clean Air Act Tribal Authority.
Abstract: This ICR requests clearance of EPA's review and approval
process for determining Tribe eligibility to carry out the Clean Air
Act (CAA). Tribes may choose to submit a CAA eligibility determination
and a CAA program application to EPA at the same time for approval and
EPA will review both submittals simultaneously. EPA will use this
information to determine if a Tribe meets the statutory criteria under
section 301(d) of the CAA and is qualified for purposes of implementing
an Air Quality Program. Section 114 of the CAA is the authority for the
collection of information. 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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR
part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondent Tribes
applying for CAA programs over the next three years is 27. The annual
average is 9, 27 respondents divided by 3 years. EPA estimates 40 hours
per respondent for an annual burden is 387 hours. The average
respondent per hour labor cost is $73.44. A factor of 110% was added to
each labor cost category per Office of Management and Budget policy.
The figure is based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Table 4,
``State and local government, by occupational and industry group,'' for
state and local government workers. The annual per respondent cost is
$2937.60. The annual total cost is estimated to be, $26,438.40 per year
for a total of $79,315.20 over the three year collection period. 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.
Dated: July 7, 2004.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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