[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42052-42053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15817]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0093, FRL-7786-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Clean Air Act Tribal Authority, EPA ICR Number 
1676.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0306

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 a 
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 September 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0093, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to 
[email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Air Docket, Mail Code: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darrel Harmon, Office of Air & 
Radiation, Mail Code: 6101A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 
564-7416; fax number: (202) 501-0394; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2004-0093, 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

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electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov./
edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
State; Local; or Tribal Governments.
    Title: Clean Air Act Tribal Authority.
    Abstract: This ICR requests clearance of EPA's review and approval 
process for determining Tribe eligibility to carry out the Clean Air 
Act (CAA). Tribes may choose to submit a CAA eligibility determination 
and a CAA program application to EPA at the same time for approval and 
EPA will review both submittals simultaneously. EPA will use this 
information to determine if a Tribe meets the statutory criteria under 
section 301(d) of the CAA and is qualified for purposes of implementing 
an Air Quality Program. Section 114 of the CAA is the authority for the 
collection of 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.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the 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 estimated number of respondent Tribes 
applying for CAA programs over the next three years is 27. The annual 
average is 9, 27 respondents divided by 3 years. EPA estimates 40 hours 
per respondent for an annual burden is 387 hours. The average 
respondent per hour labor cost is $73.44. A factor of 110% was added to 
each labor cost category per Office of Management and Budget policy. 
The figure is based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Table 4, 
``State and local government, by occupational and industry group,'' for 
state and local government workers. The annual per respondent cost is 
$2937.60. The annual total cost is estimated to be, $26,438.40 per year 
for a total of $79,315.20 over the three year collection period. 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: July 7, 2004.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
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