[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46532-46533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17660]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0081, FRL-7796-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Prevention of Significant Deterioration Nonattainment 
Area New Source Review (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1230.17, OMB Control 
Number 2060-0003.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 October 4, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0081, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juan E. Santiago, Information Transfer 
and Program Integration Division (C339-03), U.S. EPA Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711, telephone 919-541-1084, fax 919-541-5509, or electronic mail at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has established a public docket for 
this ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2004-0081, 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. The 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 
business or other non-profits; Federal, State, local, or tribal 
governments.
    Title: Prevention of Significant Deterioration Non-Attainment Area 
New Source Review (Renewal).
    Abstract: Part C of the Clean Air Act (Act)--``Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration,'' and Part D--``Plan Requirements for 
Nonattainment Areas,'' require all States to adopt preconstruction 
review programs for new or modified stationary sources of air 
pollution. In addition, the provisions of section 110 of the Act 
include a requirement for States to have a preconstruction review 
program to manage the emissions from the construction and modification 
of any stationary source of air pollution to assure that the National 
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are achieved and maintained. 
Implementing regulations for these three programs are promulgated at 40 
CFR 51.160 through 51.166 to part 51 and 40 CFR 52.21 and 52.24. In 
order to receive a construction permit for a major new source or major 
modification, 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 NSR requirements. Specific 
activities and requirements are listed and described in the Supporting 
Statement for the ICR.
    Reviewing authorities, either State, local or Federal, review the 
permit application and provides for public review of the proposed 
project and issues the permit based on its consideration of all 
technical factors and public input. The EPA, more broadly, reviews a 
fraction of the total applications and audits the State and local 
programs for their effectiveness. Consequently, information prepared 
and submitted by the source is essential for the source to receive a 
permit, and for Federal, State and local environmental agencies to 
adequately review the permit application and thereby properly 
administer and manage the NSR programs.
    Information that is collected and handled according to EPA's 
policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also 
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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    The EPA solicits 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,

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mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of 
responses.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is broken down as follows:

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                      Type of permit action                          Major PSD     Major Part D        Minor
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Number of sources...............................................             265             488          74,500
Burden Hours per Response:
    Industry....................................................             839             577              40
    Permitting Agencies.........................................             272             109              30
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    Respondents/Affected Entities: Industrial plants, State and local 
permitting agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: (150,723).
    Frequency of Response: (1 per respondent).
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: (5,851,126) hours.
    Estimated Annualized Cost Burden: $(0).
    The estimated total annual burden is adjusted upward by 1,135,866 
hours. The actual change in burden is 0, but there is an adjustment of 
$73.286 million upward due to the upward adjustment in the number of 
minor source actions estimated for this renewal. The revised number of 
minor source actions results from the upward revision to the number of 
reviewing authorites and the estimated number of actions per reviewing 
authority. The total number of respondents is increased by 35,903. The 
burden per type of permit remains unchanged.
    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 27, 2004.
William T. Harnett,
Director, Information Transfer and Program, Integration Division.
[FR Doc. 04-17660 Filed 8-2-04; 8:45 am]
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