[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59400-59401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26051]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2003-0081; FRL-7574-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Emission Reporting Requirements 
for Ozone SIP Revision Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOX 
Emissions To Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone, EPA ICR Number 
1857.03, OMB Control Number 2060	0445

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 
2003. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 14, 
2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0081, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: William L. Johnson, Air Quality 
Strategies and Standards Division, Ozone Policy Strategies Group, Mail 
Code C539-02, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5245; fax number: 
(919) 541-0824; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. On July 11, 2003 (68 FR 41335), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has received one comment and has 
addressed the comment received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OAR-2003-0081, which is available for public viewing at the Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 
telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the 
telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket and Information 
Center is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is 
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. 
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in 
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified 
above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, 
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available 
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, 
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA 
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide 
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is 
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the 
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although 
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as 
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not 
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for 
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic 
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic 
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May

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31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/edocket.
    Title: Emission Reporting Requirements for Ozone SIP Revisions 
Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOX Emissions to Reduce 
the Regional Transport of Ozone.
    Abstract: States which are subject to the NOX SIP call 
are required to collect data on NOX emissions and submit 
this data to EPA. Data from large NOX sources which States 
are requiring to be controlled to meet the State NOX budget 
must be reported annually for the ozone season. States must report 
NOX emissions from all sources triennially. In order to 
report this data, States must require large sources of NOX 
emissions to monitor emissions and report emissions to the State or to 
EPA. Resources must be expended by sources to install and calibrate 
emission monitors and to collect and report emissions data. This data 
is necessary to allow EPA to assess the ability of States to meet their 
NOX budgets allocated under the NOX SIP call. The 
data submission is not voluntary. It is required under 40 CFR 51.122. 
All emissions data received by EPA will be treated as public 
information.
    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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on 
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 142 
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: 21 States plus the District of 
Columbia, industries with large boilers, electrical generating units or 
power plants, cement kilns.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,467.
    Frequency of Response: quarterly, annually, triennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 492,192.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $53,856,580 which includes $16,136,170 
annualized capital, $12,606,505 O&M costs and $25,113,907 labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a increase of 207,446 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is a result of the fact that during 
the first three years of the information collection (i.e., 2000 through 
2002,) only a part of the sources covered by the NOX SIP 
call were required or expected to install controls and begin collecting 
and reporting emissions data. During the period 2003 through 2005 most 
sources covered by the NOX SIP call are expected to be in 
compliance with the regulations and thus subject to monitoring 
emissions and reporting. This change is due to the phasing in of 
program requirements over a period of time.

    Dated: September 30, 2003.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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