[Federal Register: September 5, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 173)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0073; FRL-8711-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Requirements for Control Technology Determinations for
Constructed and Reconstructed Major Sources of Hazardous Air
Pollutants; EPA ICR No. 1658.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0373
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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on
October 31, 2008. 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 6,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0073 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB by mail 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: Rick Colyer, U.S. EPA, Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policy and Programs Division,
Program Design Group, D205-02, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, telephone number (919) 541-5262, e-mail colyer.rick@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 May 22, 2008 (73 FR 29750) EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. 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-2004-0073, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
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 ``docket 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 www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: Control Technology Determination for Constructed or
Reconstructed Major Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1658.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0373.
ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2008.
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: Section 112(g)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act as amended in
1990 (CAA) requires that maximum achievable control technology (MACT)
standards be met by constructed or reconstructed major sources of
hazardous air pollutants (HAP). Where no applicable emission limit has
been set, the MACT determination shall be made on a case-by-case basis.
The source owner or operator must submit certain information to allow
the permitting authority to perform a case-by-case MACT determination
(40 CFR 63.43(e)). Permitting agencies, either State, local, Tribal or
Federal, review information submitted and make case-by-case MACT
determinations. Specific activities and requirements are listed and
described in the Supporting Statement for the ICR.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 134
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 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: Owners or operators who construct or
reconstruct a major source of HAP emissions and are responsible for
obtaining a case-by-case MACT determination under CAA section 112(g);
State, local, and Tribal agencies with operating permit programs that
have been approved by EPA.
Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 48.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,437.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $432,503, which includes $969 in O&M
costs and no capital costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 30,363 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The primary reason for the decrease in estimated
burden hours is because the universe of potentially affected sources is
much smaller than that estimated under the currently approved ICR. The
112(g) regulation
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applies to constructed or reconstructed major sources for which no MACT
standard exists. Since approval of the current ICR, we have completed
promulgation of MACT standards for the source category list, resulting
in few major sources that could be constructed or reconstructed over
the next 3 years that do not have applicable MACT standards.
Dated: August 28, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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