[Federal Register: September 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 183)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0065; FRL-8471-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application Requirements for the
Approval and Delegation of Federal Air Toxics Programs to State,
Territorial, Local, and Tribal Agencies; EPA ICR No. 1643.06, OMB
Control No. 2060-0264
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an
existing approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before October 22,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2004-0065, to EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Air and
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Radiation Docket and Information Center, MC 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460 (please include a total of two
copies), and (2) OMB at: 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: Jeff Whitlow, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards (OAQPS)/OID, Environmental Protection Agency,
mail code MC304-03, Research Triangle Park (RTP), NC 27711; telephone
number: 919-541-5523; fax number: 919-685-3307; e-mail address:
whitlow.jeff@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On April 27, 2007 (72 FR 21003), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0065, which is available either electronically at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center, EPA Docket Center, Room Number 3334 in the EPA
West Building, located at 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.
The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time (EST), Monday through Friday , excluding Federal
holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-1744,
and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-
1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA received them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business
Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Application Requirements for the Approval and Delegation of
Federal Air Toxics Programs to State, Territorial, Local, and Tribal
Agencies.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1643.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0264.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on September
30, 2007. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: This information collection is an application from State,
territorial, local, or tribal agencies (S/L/Ts) for delegation of
regulations developed under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (Act). The
five options for delegation are straight delegation, rule adjustment,
rule substitution, equivalency by permit, or state program approval.
The information is needed and used to determine if the entity
submitting an application has met the criteria established in the
subpart E rule, codified as 40 CFR part 63, subpart E, in accordance
with section 112(l) of the Act. This information is necessary and
required for the Administrator to determine the acceptability of
approving the S/L/T's rules, requirements or programs in lieu of the
Federal section 112 rules or programs. Additionally, it is also
necessary for the proper performance of our function, and will be used
to ensure that the subpart E approval criteria have been met. The
collection of information is authorized under 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.
Burden Statement: We estimate the annual public reporting and
recordkeeping burden for this collection of information to average
about 507 hours per S/L/T and 41 hours per application. 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 which have
subsequently changed; 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, territorial, local, or tribal
agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 124 S/L/Ts for maximum achievable
control technology standards and 99 S/L/Ts for area source standards
per year.
Frequency of Response: Occasionally, one time per delegation
request.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 62,844.
Estimated Total Annual: $3,012,600. This includes an estimated
labor burden cost of $2,959,000 and an estimated cost of $53,600 for
operation and maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimate: There is an increase of 21,267 hours in
the total estimated respondent annual burden compared with that
identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB.
This increase reflects the increase in number of delegation
applications related to the number of standards delegated and a change
in the distribution of S/L/Ts using each option.
Dated: September 13, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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