[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14904]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6996-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection 
Renewal; Comment Request; Annual Updates of Emission Data to Aerometric 
Information Retrieval System

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following Information Collection Request (ICR) renewal to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB):
    Annual Updates of Emission Data to Aerometric Information Retrieval 
System (AIRS), EPA ICR No. 916.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0088, 
Expiration Date 8/31/2001. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review 
and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the 
proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: United States Environmental Protection Agency; Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards; Emissions, Monitoring and Analysis 
Division (MD-14); Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Interested persons 
may obtain a copy of the ICR without charge from www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Misenheimer; Telephone (919) 
541-5473; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
State and Territorial air pollution control agencies which collect and 
report emissions information from stationary sources emitting at least 
prescribed amounts of pollutants.
    Title: Annual Updates of Emission Data to Aerometric Information 
Retrieval System (AIRS) (OMB Control Number 2060-0088; EPA ICR No. 
916.11) expiring 8/31/2001.
    Abstract: This ICR deals with reports required by 40 CFR 51.321, 
51.322, and 51.323. The respondents (States) are required to annually 
update information on stationary sources emitting at least prescribed 
amounts of pollutants regulated by National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards (NAAQS) via electronic input to EPA. EPA's Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) uses the annual emission reports 
to update a national data base on air emissions which it has maintained 
since 1974. The data is used in developing emission standards, applying 
dispersion models, preparing national trend assessments, preparing 
reports to Congress, providing information to the public, and other 
special analyses and reports. 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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
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: An estimated 54 States and Territorial air 
pollution control agencies will be required to record and report 
emission information on significant stationary sources on an annual 
basis. Reporting and record keeping of this information is estimated to 
involve an average of 212 hours per year by each State and Territorial 
air pollution control agency. This estimate includes the time needed to 
review instructions, search existing data sources, gather and maintain 
the data needed, and complete and review the collection of information. 
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.

    Dated: June 1, 2001.
J. David Mobley,
Acting Director; Emissions, Modeling and Analysis Division.
[FR Doc. 01-14904 Filed 6-12-01; 8:45 am]
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