[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 57 (Monday, March 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14097-14098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5488]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-8291-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring 
Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1663.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0376

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the 
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 25, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0152, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), or by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, 
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center, mail code 
2201T, 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: Peter Westlin, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Environmental Protection Agency, mail code 
D243-05, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-
1058; fax number: 919-541-1039; 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 December 6, 2006 (71 FR 70757), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any 
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice.

How Can I Access the Docket and/or Submit Comments?

    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152 which is available either electronically at 
http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center, 
Public Reading Room, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20004. The normal business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The 
telephone number is (202) 566-1742.
    Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a copy of the draft collection of 
information, submit or view public comments, access the index listing 
of the contents of the 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 in this 
document.
    Title: Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1663.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0376.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on March 31, 
2007. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal 
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed 
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate 
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if 
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA 
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: The Clean Air Act (Act) contains several provisions 
directing EPA to require source owners to conduct monitoring to support 
certification as to their status of compliance with applicable 
requirements. These provisions are set forth title V (operating permits 
provisions) and title VII (enforcement provisions) of the Act. Title V 
directs EPA to implement monitoring and certification requirements 
through the operating permits program. Section 504(b) of the Act allows 
EPA 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 EPA to promulgate rules for 
enhanced monitoring and compliance certifications. Section 114(a)(1) of 
the Act provides additional authority concerning monitoring, reporting, 
and record keeping 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. EPA promulgated the Compliance Assurance 
Monitoring (CAM) rule, 40 CFR part 64, on October 22, 1997 (62 FR 
54900) to implement these authorities.
    In accordance with these provisions, the monitoring information 
that source owners must submit must also be available to the public, 
except as

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entitled top protection from disclosure as allowed in section 114(c) of 
the Act.
    Burden Statement: We estimate the annual public reporting and 
recordkeeping burden for this collection of information to average 
about 445 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 which have subsequently changed; 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.
    Based on the Agency's knowledge of the number of title V permits 
issued since 1997 and the implementation of part 64 through permit 
renewals, the expected impact of the CAM program for the 3 years from 
October 1, 2006 until September 30, 2009 is about 3.12 million hours 
annually. The CAM rule will incur an average annual cost of about 
$114.5 million in 2005 dollars. There are no annualized capital and 
operation and maintenance costs.
    The CAM program potentially affects about 25,000 pollutant-specific 
emissions units nationwide. The annual burden for source owners or 
operators is about 3.1 million hours for pollutant-specific emissions 
units combined. The CAM rule will incur an average annual cost of about 
$112 million in 2005 dollars. There are no annualized capital and 
operational and maintenance costs for monitoring programs in the cost 
burden.
    During the period, permitting authorities will review CAM rule 
submittals from source owners or operators whose permits have already 
been issued and are renewing those permits as the 5-year permit terms 
expire. Permitting authorities will also be interacting with the source 
owners or operators in addressing the CAM in semi-annual monitoring 
reports and reporting CAM data as necessary. We estimate the annual CAM 
burden to permitting authorities to be about 37,000 hours and about 
$1.9 million.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate, 
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Owners and operators of title V 
sources with controlled pollutant specific emissions units that have a 
pre-control potential to emit major amounts of regulated air pollutants 
and permitting authorities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 418 (sources plus permitting 
authorities, annually)
    Frequency of Response: Incremental semi-annual and annual reports, 
plus every 5 years at permit renewal.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,121,743 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $114.5 million. This includes annual 
labor costs for sources and permitting authorities and no capital or 
O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimate: There is an increase of 3,058,055 hours in 
the total estimated respondent annual burden currently identified in 
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects the 
significant increase in number of respondents resulting from the 
implementation of the rule and an increased number of operating permit 
renewals, and EPA's reassessment of the reporting and recordkeeping 
burdens associate with implementing this rule.

    Dated: March 16, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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