[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 48894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18992]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7251-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Acid Rain Program

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: Acid Rain Program, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0258, Expiration date September 30, 2002. 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 August 26, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1633.13 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0258, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 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) 566-1672, by E-Mail at [email protected] 
or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1633.13. For technical questions about the ICR contact Kenon 
Smith at (202-564-9164).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Acid Rain Program, OMB Control No. 2060-0258, EPA ICR 
No.1633.13, expiration date 9/30/2002. This is a request for extension 
of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Acid Rain Program was established under Title IV of 
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The program calls for major 
reductions of the pollutants that cause acid rain while establishing a 
new approach to environmental management. This information collection 
is necessary to implement the Acid Rain Program. It includes burden 
hours associated with developing and modifying permits, transferring 
allowances, obtaining allowances from the conservation and renewable 
energy reserve, monitoring emissions, participating in the annual 
auctions, completing annual compliance certifications, participating in 
the Opt-in program, and complying with NOX permitting 
requirements. Most of this information collection is mandatory under 40 
CFR parts 72 through 78. Some parts of it are voluntary or to obtain a 
benefit, such as participation in the annual auctions under 40 CFR part 
73, subpart E. 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 
on2/13/2002 (67 FR 6706); No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average91 
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: Electric Utilities and Industrial 
Sources.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,450.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally, Quarterly, and Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,600,807 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $171,969,000.
    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 above addresses. Please refer to 
EPA ICR No. 1633.13 and OMB Control No. 2060-0258 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: July 18, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-18992 Filed 7-25-02; 8:45 am]
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