[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26857]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Control Technology Determinations for 
Equivalent Emissions Limitations by Permit

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: Control Technology for 
Equivalent Emissions Limitations by Permit (OMB Control No. 2060-0266, 
EPA ICR No. 1648.02). 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 November 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 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. 1648.02

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Control Technology for Equivalent Emissions Limitations by 
Permit (OMB Control No. 2060-0266; EPA ICR No. 1648.02). This is a 
reinstatement, with change, of the previously approved ICR for the 
proposed rule for which approval has expired.
    Abstract: section 112(j) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 
requires that if EPA fails to promulgate a standard for a category or 
subcategory of major sources on schedule, then 18 months after the 
scheduled date of promulgation, sources must submit a permit 
application. States (with approved title V operating permit programs) 
will issue permits containing emission limitations equivalent to what 
EPA would have promulgated. Complying sources must submit a complete 
section 112(j) permit application that satisfies the criteria of 40 CFR 
part 63 subpart B. The information collected in the application 
documents will be used by the State agency for the purposes of permit 
approval, compliance determination, and the selection of particular 
control technology on a case-by-case basis. The mandatory need and 
authority for this information collection is contained in section 
112(j) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7401, 
et.seq., as amended by Pub. L. 101-549). Any confidential information 
submitted to a permitting authority will be safeguarded according to 
that agency's policies. The EPA will safeguard submitted confidential 
information according to policies in 40 CFR chapter I part 2 subpart 
B--Confidentiality of Business 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 
9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 175 
hours for industry and 90 hours for State/ local agencies 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: Pulp and paper combustions sources 
and State/ local agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 149.
    Frequency of Response: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,743 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor costs): $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 following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1648.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0266 in any 
correspondence.

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

    Dated: October 7, 1999.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26857 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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