[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 67 (Friday, April 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18242-18243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8494]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6963-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) 
and Non-attainment New Source Review (NSR) Programs

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 continuing 
Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration and Non-attainment New Source Review: OMB 
Control Number 2060-0003, expiration date March 31, 2001. 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 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1230.10 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0003, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1230.10. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Mark Sendzik at (919) 541-5534.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Non-attainment 
New Source Review, OMB Control Number 2060-0003, EPA ICR Number 
1230.10, expiration date March 31, 2001. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Part C of the Clean Air Act (Act)--``Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration,'' and Part D--``Plan Requirements for 
Nonattainment Areas,'' require all States to adopt preconstruction 
review programs for new or modified stationary sources of air 
pollution. Implementing regulations for State adoption of these two New 
Source Review (NSR) programs into a State Implementation Plan (SIP) are 
promulgated at 40 CFR 51.160 through 51.166 and appendix S to part 51. 
Federal permitting regulations are promulgated at 40 CFR 52.21 for PSD 
areas that are not covered by a SIP program.
    In order to receive a construction permit for a major new source or 
major modification, the applicant must conduct the necessary research, 
perform the appropriate analyses and prepare the permit application 
with documentation to demonstrate that their project meets all 
applicable statutory and regulatory NSR requirements. Specific 
activities and requirements are listed and described in the Supporting 
Statement for the ICR.
    Permitting agencies, either State, local or Federal, review the 
permit application to affirm the proposed source or modification will 
comply with the Act and applicable regulations. The permitting Agency 
then provides for public review of the proposed project and issues the 
permit based on its consideration of all technical factors and public 
input. The EPA, more broadly, reviews a fraction of the total 
applications and audits the State and local programs for their 
effectiveness. Consequently, information prepared and submitted by the 
source is essential for the source to receive a permit, and for 
Federal, State and local environmental agencies to adequately review 
the permit application and thereby properly administer and manage the 
NSR programs.
    Information that is collected and handled according to EPA's 
policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also 
section 114(c) of the Act.
    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 September 
5, 2000 (65 FR 53716). One written comment was received. The comment is 
summarized in appendix H to the Supporting Statement for the ICR, and 
is responded to in the appropriate sections of the Supporting Statement 
for the ICR.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is broken down as follows:

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                                                Major  Part
      Type of permit action         Major  PSD       D          Minor
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Number of sources................          320          520       56,500
Burden Hours per Response:
    Industry.....................          839          577           40
    Permitting agency............          272          109           30
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    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: Industrial plants, State and Local 
permitting agencies.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 114,820.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,715,260.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: 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.1230.10 and OMB Control No. 2060-0003 in 
any correspondence.

    Dated: March 23, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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