[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37703-37704]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18002]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0295; FRL-8936-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Inclusion of Delaware and New
Jersey in the Clean Air Interstate Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2184.03,
OMB Control No. 2060-0584
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 August 28,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2009-0295, 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, Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mailcode 28221T, 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: Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Air and Radiation, (6204J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-343-9220; fax number: 202-343-2361; 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 11, 2009 (74 FR 21802), 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.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0295, 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 on 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: Inclusion of Delaware and New Jersey in the Clean Air
Interstate Rule (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2184.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0584.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2009. 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 a rule to add the States of Delaware and New Jersey
to the States that are subject to the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR)
because of their
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PM2.5 impact on other States and to require that Delaware
and New Jersey report all of the emissions-related data required by
CAIR. (Delaware and New Jersey are already affected by ozone-related
requirements in CAIR.) These emissions data reporting requirements
include reporting requirements and combine these reporting 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), the Acid Rain Program under Title IV of the
CAA Amendments of 1990, and the Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of
Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (Clean Air Interstate Rule, CAIR).
Each of these four existing requirements has an approved ICR in place.
The current ICRs are: for the CERR, EPA ICR 0916.12 (OMB 2060-0088),
for the NOX SIP Call, EPA ICR 1857.04 (OMB 2060-0445), for
the Acid Rain Program, EPA ICR 1633.14 (OMB 2060-0258), and for CAIR,
EPA ICR 2152.03 (OMB 2060-0570).
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4
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: Electric utilities, Industrial
sources, and State Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 62.
Frequency of Response: on occasion, quarterly, and annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,334.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $235,925, which includes $20,300.00 in
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 208 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments to the
estimates reflecting the current requirements of the program.
Dated: July 23, 2009.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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