[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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