[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46624-46625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22372]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7048-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; 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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Annual Updates of Emission 
Data to Aeronmetric Information

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Retrieval System, EPA ICR No. 916.11, OMB Control No. 2060-0088, 
Expiration Date August 31, 2001. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 916.11 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0088, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 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. 916.11. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact David Misenheimer, Telephone (919) 541-
5473; Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Annual Updates of Emission Data to Aerometric Information 
Retrieval System (OMB Control No. 2060-0088; EPA ICR No. 916.11) 
expiring August 31, 2001. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    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 Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was 
published on June 13, 2001 (66 FR 31913); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 212 
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: State and local air pollution 
control agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11,448 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $29,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondents burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to addresses listed above. Please refer 
to EPA ICR No. 916.11 and OMB Control No. 2060-0088 in any 
correspondence.

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