[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60860-60861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-22960]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0093; FRL-7827-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Air Act Tribal Authority 
(Renewal), ICR Number 1676.04, OMB 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 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, 
2004. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before November 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0093, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email 
to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection 
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and 
Information Center, EPA West, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Avenue, 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: Darrel Harmon, Immediate Office, 
Office of Air and Radiation, Mail Code 6101A, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 564-7416; fax number (202) 501-0394, 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 13, 2004 (69 FR 42052), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    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 
and Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center 
(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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 Docket is: (202) 566-1741. 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. When 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, Confidential Business 
Information (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.
    Title: Clean Air Act Tribal Authority (Renewal).
    Abstract: This Information Collection Request (ICR) seeks 
authorization for Tribes to demonstrate their eligibility to be treated 
in the same manner as states under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to 
submit applications to implement a CAA program. This ICR extends the 
collection period of information for determining eligibility, which 
expires October 31, 2004. The ICR also is revising the estimates of 
burden costs for Tribes in completing a CAA application.
    The program regulation provides for Indian Tribes, if they so 
choose, to assume responsibility for the development and implementation 
of CAA programs. The regulation, Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning 
and Management (Tribal Authority Rule [TAR] 40 CFR parts 9, 35, 49, 50 
and 81), sets forth how Tribes may seek authority to implement their 
own air quality planning and management programs. The rule establishes: 
(1) Which CAA provisions Indian Tribes may seek authority to implement, 
(2) what requirements the Tribes must meet when seeking such 
authorization, and (3) what Federal financial assistance may be 
available to help Tribes establish and manage their air quality 
programs. The TAR provides Tribes the authority to administer air 
quality programs over all air resources, including non-Indian owned fee 
lands, within the exterior boundaries of a reservation and other areas 
over which the tribe can demonstrate jurisdiction. An Indian Tribe that 
takes responsibility for a CAA program would essentially be treated in 
the same way as a State would be treated for that program. 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, 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 40 
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

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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: State, Local, or Tribal Governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 27.
    Frequency of Response: One time application.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 360 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $26,438, which includes $0 annualized 
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $26,438 annual labor 
costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 67 hours in the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens. This decrease is based on estimates of fewer responses.

    Dated: October 4, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 04-22960 Filed 10-12-04; 8:45 am]
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