[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 173 (Friday, September 5, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51812-51813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20598]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0947; FRL-8711-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Air Interstate Rule To 
Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particle Matter and Ozone 
(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2152.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0570

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 October 6, 
2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0947, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Fax: (202) 566-
9744, or Air Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 2822T, 
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: Ruben D. Deza, Clean Air Markets 
Division, (6204J), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9364; fax 
number: 202-343-2359; 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 05/06/08 (73 FR 24973), 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 EPA Docket 
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0947, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and 
Radiation 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 Air and 
Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://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 http://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 http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of 
Fine Particle Matter and Ozone (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2152.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0570.
    ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on September 
30, 2008. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or 
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending 
at OMB. 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 United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) promulgated the Clean Air Interstate Rule to Reduce Interstate 
Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone, which includes 
reporting requirements and combines these requirements with existing 
requirements from the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR), the 
Emission Reporting Requirements for Ozone State Implementation Plan 
(SIP) Revisions Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOX 
Emissions to Reduce Regional Transport of Ozone (NOX SIP 
Call) and the Acid Rain Program under Title IV of the CAA Amendments of 
1990. Each of these three existing requirements has an approved ICR in 
place. This ICR is being submitted to account for the incremental 
burden associated with CAIR. The ICR details the additions and changes 
to reporting requirements associated with CAIR. These changes include: 
(1) Changes to existing requirements for emission reporting under the 
CERR; and (2) the addition of reporting requirements to support 
emissions trading in States using the CAIR model cap and trade rules.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 87 
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.

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    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate, 
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 1,190.
    Frequency of response: Quarterly.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 404,705 hours.
    Estimated total annual costs: $51,472,083, which included 
$26,309,080 in capital and O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 22,012 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This ICR incorporates the burden associated with 
all CAIR-affected sources, including those located in NOX 
SIP Call States. The NOX SIP Call ICR (OMB Control Number 
2060-0445) expires at the end of 2008. As such, starting in 2009, the 
burden associated with the NOX trading program requirements 
under the NOX SIP Call are now covered in this ICR. Without 
incorporating those burdens and costs, the overall labor burden in this 
ICR would be less than the estimate in the prior version of this ICR.

    Dated: August 28, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-20598 Filed 9-4-08; 8:45 am]
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