[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28885-28886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-11345]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7663-5, E-Docket ID No. OAR-2004-0073]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Control Technology Determinations for Constructed and 
Reconstructed Major Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants, EPA ICR Number 
1658.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0373

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 proposed and continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to 
renew an existing approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire 
on October 31, 2004. 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 July 19, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0073, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pamela S. Long, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Mail Code C339-03, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-
0641; fax number (919) 541-5509; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2004-0073, which is available for public 
viewing at the Air Docket 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 
Docket 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 obtain a copy of the draft collection of information, 
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 within 
60 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 31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those who must submit an application for a permit to construct or 
reconstruct a major source of hazardous air pollution, permitting 
agencies who review the permit applications, and EPA staff who review 
some permitting authority decisions.
    Title: Information Collection Request for 40 CFR Part 63 
Regulations Governing Constructed and Reconstructed Major Sources, EPA 
ICR Number 1658.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0373, Expiration date 
October 31, 2004.
    Abstract: Section 112(g)(2)(B) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 
1990 requires that maximum achievable control technology (MACT), 
determined on a case-by-case basis, be met by constructed or 
reconstructed major sources of hazardous air pollutants. In order to 
receive a permit to construct or reconstruct a major source, the 
applicant must conduct the necessary research, perform the appropriate 
analyses and prepare the permit application with documentation to 
demonstrate that their project meets all applicable statutory and 
regulatory requirements. Permitting agencies, either State, local or 
Federal, to review and approve or disapprove the permit application. 
Specific activities and requirements are listed and described in the 
Supporting Statement for the ICR.
    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 notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection was published on December 15, 2000. No 
comments were received concerning the ICR renewal.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the

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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: The reporting and recordkeeping burden was 
estimated as follows:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 92,210.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: 0.
    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: May 12, 2004.
William T. Harnett,
Director, Information Transfer and Program Integration Division.
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