[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 202 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52917-52918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26266]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7086-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, 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.), 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: Compliance Assurance 
Monitoring Program, 40 CFR part 64, OMB Control Number 2060-0376, 
expiration date September 30, 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 November 19, 2001.

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ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1663.03 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0376, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, 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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1663.03. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Barrett Parker at (919)-541-5635.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title

    Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program, OMB Control Number 2060-
0376, EPA ICR Number 1663.03, expiration date September 30, 2001. This 
is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract

    The Clean Air 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 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 April 26, 
2001, (66 FR 20987); no comments were received.

Burden Statement

    The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 43 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: Owner/operators of Title V sources, 
CAM Rule.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,020.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 172,698.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $9,699,000.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1663.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0376 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 26, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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