[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4209-4210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1186]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OA-2007-0706; FRL-8520-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Small Business Stationary 
Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs 
(SBTCP) Annual Reporting Form (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1748.05, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0337

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 February 25, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2007-0706, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Office of Environmental Information Docket (2822T), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Angela Suber, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1230T, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: 202-566-2827; fax number: 202-566-1505; e-mail address: 
[email protected], Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

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 September 25, 2007, (72 FR 54444), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during 
the comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be 
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OA-2007-0706, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of 
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. 
The EPA/DC 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 
OEI Docket is 202-566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov 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. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: State Small Business Stationary Source Technical and 
Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs (SBTCP) Annual Reporting 
Form (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1748.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0337.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2007. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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: As part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the U.S. 
Congress included, as part of Section 507, the requirement that each 
state establish a Small Business Stationary Source Technical and 
Environmental Compliance Assistance Program to assist small businesses 
in complying with the Act. These programs are generally known as state 
Small Business Environmental Assistance Programs (SBEAP). EPA must 
provide the Congress with periodic reports from the EPA Small Business 
Ombudsman (SBO) on these programs, including their effectiveness, 
difficulties encountered, and other relevant information. Each state 
assistance program will submit requested information to EPA for 
compilation and summarization. This collection of information is 
mandatory under Section 507(a), (d), and (e) of the Clean Air Act as 
amended in 1990, Public Law 101-549, November 15, 1990. This Act 
directs EPA to monitor

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the state SBEAPs and to periodically report to Congress on the 
effectiveness of these programs. This responsibility has been delegated 
to the EPA SBO. Information in the annual Report to Congress is 
aggregated and is not of a confidential nature. None of the information 
collected by this action results in/or requests sensitive information 
of any nature from the states.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 80 
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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State Small Business Stationary 
Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs 
(SBTCP).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,240.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $144,997, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 2,120 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The new total estimate of 80 hours per state to 
complete the Annual Survey Form presented in this ICR represents an 
increase of 40 hours from what was estimated to complete the previous 
form. A workgroup comprising representatives from several state 507 
programs reviewed the reporting form and the burden estimates for this 
ICR. The group determined that the burden to complete the previous form 
was underestimated and the addition of new outcome measures to the 
revised form will require additional time to track and report. The new 
burden estimate represents an increase to 54 hours to complete the 
information requested in the previous form and an additional 26 hours 
to complete the new program outcome measures recommended by the state 
507 programs.

    Dated: January 17, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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