[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1699-1700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-420]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OEI-2004-0004, FRL-7859-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring 
Program (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1663.04, OMB Control Number 2060-0376

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 
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2005. 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 February 9, 
2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OEI-2004-
0004, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email: 
[email protected], or by mail to: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Office of Environmental Information Docket, MC 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter R. Westlin, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail 
Code C339-02, Research Triangle park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 
number: (919) 541-1058; fax number: (919) 541-1039; email 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 October 5, 2004, (69 FR 59589), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
number OEI-2004-0004, which is available for public viewing at the 
Office of Environmental Information Docket 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 Office of Environmental Information 
Docket is (202) 566-1752. 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 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: Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (40 CFR part 64) 
(Renewal).
    Abstract: The Clean Air Act contains several provisions directing 
us to require source owners to conduct monitoring to support 
certification as to their status of compliance with applicable 
requirements. These provisions are set forth in title V (operating 
permits provisions) and title VII (enforcement provisions) of the Act. 
Title V directs us to implement monitoring and certification 
requirements through the operating permits program. Section 504(b) of 
the

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Act allows us to prescribe by rule, methods and procedures for 
determining compliance recognizing that continuous emissions monitoring 
systems need not be required if other procedures or methods provide 
sufficiently reliable and timely information for determining 
compliance. Under section 504(c), each operating permit must ``set 
forth inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance, certification, and 
reporting requirements to assure compliance with the permit terms and 
conditions.'' Section 114(a)(3) requires us to promulgate rules for 
enhanced monitoring and compliance certifications. Section 114(a)(1) of 
the Act provides additional authority concerning monitoring, reporting, 
and recordkeeping requirements. This section provides the Administrator 
with the authority to require any owner or operator of a source to 
install and operate monitoring systems and to record the resulting 
monitoring data. We promulgated the Compliance Assurance Monitoring 
rule, part 64, on October 22, 1997 (62 FR 54900) to implement these 
authorities.
    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 average 28 
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: Owners/operators and permitting 
authorities of sources with a pre-control potential to emit major 
amounts of regulated air pollutants.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,308.
    Frequency of Response: semiannually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 63,688.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $4,491,927, which includes $1,260,058 
annualized capital/start-up costs, $180,000 annual O&M costs, and 
$3,051,869 annual labor costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 109,010 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is a result of an adjustment to the 
number of facilities and emissions units affected by part 64 and a 
refocusing of the resource burden from regulatory applicability 
analysis to monitoring design and implementation.

    Dated: December 20, 2004.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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