[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 70 (Tuesday, April 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18015-18016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9206]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6323-3]


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

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: Acid Rain Program, OMB 
Control Number: 2060-0258, Expiration date: May 31, 1999. 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 May 13, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at (202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or 
download a copy of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr 
and refer to EPA ICR No. 1633.12.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Acid Rain Program (OMB Control No. 2060-0258; EPA ICR No. 
1633.12 ) expiring 5/31/1999. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Acid Rain Program was established under Title IV of 
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The program calls for major 
reductions of the pollutants that cause acid rain while establishing a 
new approach to environmental management. This information collection 
is necessary to implement the Acid Rain Program. It includes burden 
hours associated with developing and modifying permits, transferring 
allowances, obtaining allowances from the conservation and renewable 
energy reserve and small diesel refinery program, monitoring emissions, 
participating in the annual auctions, completing annual compliance 
certifications, participating in the Opt-in program, and complying with 
NOx permitting requirements. Most of this information 
collection is mandatory under 40 CFR parts 72-78. Some parts of it are 
voluntary or to obtain a benefit, such as participation in the annual 
auctions under 40 CFR part 73, subpart E. 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 5/5/1998 (FRL-6009-6); No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 132 
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: 850.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 850.
    Frequency of Response: Varies by task.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,330,327 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $135,632,000.
    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 following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No 1633.12 and OMB Control No. 2060-0258 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;
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Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.


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    Dated: April 7, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-9206 Filed 4-12-99; 8:45 am]
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