[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20986-20987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10432]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6969-8]


Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program Information Collection 
Request

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.), we, the EPA, are planning to submit the following continuing 
Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB):
     40 CFR part 64 Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program, 
EPA ICR Number 1663.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0376, expiration date 
September 30, 2001.
    Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, we are 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 25, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments. You may submit comments on this rulemaking in 
writing (original and two copies, if possible) to Docket No. A-91-52 to 
the following address: Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center 
(6102), US Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Room 
1500, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Bosch, Jr., Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, at 
(919) 541-5583, or e-mail: [email protected] and refer to EPA ICR 
Number 1663.03. To obtain a copy of the draft ICR electronically, go to 
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/emc> on the internet.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Who is affected by this action? You are affected by this action if 
you are an owner or operator of a `major' source, as defined by any 
title of the Clean Air Act, and are required to apply for and obtain an 
operating permit under title V of the Clean Air Act as amended by the 
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (the Act).
    Title: 40 CFR part 64 Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM) 
Program, OMB Control Number 2060-0376, EPA ICR Number 1663.02 expiring 
September 30, 2001.
    Abstract: The Act contains several provisions directing us to 
require owners or operators to conduct monitoring and to certify that 
they are complying with applicable requirements. These provisions are 
set forth in both title V (operating permits provisions) and section 
114 of title I (enforcement provisions) of the Act. Title V directs us 
to implement monitoring certification requirements through the 
operating permits program. Section 504(b) of the Act allows us to 
prescribe by rule, methods and procedures for determining compliance 
and states that continuous emission monitoring systems need not be 
required if other methods or procedures provide sufficiently reliable 
and timely information for determining compliance. Under section 
504(c), each operating permit must ``set forth inspection, entry, 
monitoring, compliance, certification, and reporting requirements to 
assure compliance with the permit terms and conditions.'' Section 
114(a)(3) requires us to promulgate rules on enhanced monitoring and 
compliance certifications. Section 114(a)(1) of the Act provides 
additional authority concerning monitoring, reporting, and 
recordkeeping requirements. That section provides the Administrator 
with the authority to require any owner or operator of a source to 
install and operate monitoring systems and to record the resulting 
monitoring data. Regulations to implement these authorities were 
promulgated at 62 FR 54900 (October 22, 1997).
    In accordance with section 503(e) of the Act, monitoring 
information to be submitted by source owners and operators as part of 
their monitoring reports and compliance certifications shall be 
available to the public, except as entitled to protection from 
disclosure as allowed in section 114(c) of the Act.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a request for collection of information subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act unless the request displays a currently valid 
OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations, 
including the control number for the CAM program, are listed in 40 CFR 
part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
    We are soliciting comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the Agency functions, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The expected impact of the 40 CFR Part 64 
Compliance Assurance Monitoring program for the 3 years from October 1, 
2001 until September 30, 2004 is the same as that derived for the 
original 1997 ICR. The CAM Rule will incur an average annual burden of 
approximately 49 thousand hours, at an average annual cost of 
approximately $2.7 million in 2001 dollars. This includes an annualized 
capital and O&M cost of $123 thousand that will be incurred by major 
sources.
    The CAM burden for sources means the total time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 
or disclose or provide monitoring information to or for a Federal 
agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; compile 
CAM plans; and develop, acquire, and install monitoring systems for the 
purposes of collecting, validating, verifying, and reporting compliance 
assurance monitoring data. Annualized capital and O&M costs for 
monitoring programs are also included in the cost burden calculations. 
The CAM program potentially affects 24,650 large pollutant-specific 
units plus 110,560 other pollutant-specific units nationwide. The 
annual burden for sources total about 8,300 hours for large pollutant-
specific units and approximately 37,000 hours for other pollutant-
specific units.
    The annual CAM burden to permitting authorities is about 3,300 
hours for large pollutant-specific units and 9,000 hours for other 
pollutant-specific units. There is no Federal burden or cost incurred 
by this rule.
    During the period of this ICR, permitting authorities will be 
revising CAM plans for sources whose permits have already been issued, 
renewing CAM plans for sources whose 5-year permit term will expire, 
and reviewing semi-annual compliance monitoring reports for all 
permitted sources. Sources will primarily be interacting with the 
permitting authority on preparing their semi-annual CAM reports, 
carrying out their compliance assurance monitoring, preparing CAM 
reports, and reporting CAM data as necessary to the permitting 
authority.

    Dated: March 29, 2001.
W. Fred Dimmick,
Acting Director, Emissions, Monitoring and Analysis Division.
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