[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64287-64288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-24661]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OAR-2004-0073; FRL-7833-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Control Technology Determinations for 
Constructed and Reconstructed Major Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 6, 
2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0073, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
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

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17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Noell, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Mail Code C339-03, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-
5607; 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 May 19, 2004 (69 FR 28885), 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-2004-0073, 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 to view public comments, 
to 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: Control Technology Determinations for Constructed and 
Reconstructed Major Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR part 
63, subpart B) (Renewal).
    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, review and approve or disapprove the permit application. 
Specific activities and requirements are listed and described in the 
Supporting Statement for the ICR.
    The information collected in the section 112(g) applications 
provides (for the purposes of compliance determination) documentation 
of the selection of a particular control technology for case-by-case 
MACT. Applications are reviewed by a state or local agency for which 
authority has been delegated by EPA to make the requisite 
determinations. In addition, EPA will review some applications as an 
oversight function.
    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 245 
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 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: 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 36,800.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,419,100, which includes $0 
annualized capital/startup costs, $3,930 annual O&M costs, and 
$2,415,170 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 55,410 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a reduction in annual 
burden due to an improved estimate of the number of facilities and a 
decrease in annual per person training burden.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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