[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63530-63531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24419]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0081; FRL-7832-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration Non-Attainment Area New Source Review (Renewal), ICR 
Number 1230.17, OMB Number 2060-0003

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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 2, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0081, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), or by 
mail to: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, 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: 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 number: (919) 541-1084; fax number (919) 541-5509; 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 August 3, 2004 (69 FR 46532), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment and has 
addressed the comments received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OAR-2004-0081, 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 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 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, 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: 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 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 New Source Review (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 provide for public review of the proposed 
project and issue the permit based on their 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 is 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 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 be broken 
down as follows:

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                                                      Major
         Type of permit action           Major PSD    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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    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: 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 Total Annual Cost: $339,938,463, which includes $0 annual 
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $339,938,463 annual 
labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 972,492 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the upward adjustment in 
the number of minor source actions estimated for this renewal.

    Dated: October 26, 2004.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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