[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43973-43974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18369]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0079: FRL-9180-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 
Quality Standard Implementation Rule (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 2236.03, 
OMB Control No. 2060-0594

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 26, 
2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0079, 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, Mailcode 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 
20460, and 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: Mr. H. Lynn Dail, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code C539-
01, Environmental Protection Agency, T.W. Alexander Drive, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-2363; fax number: 
(919) 541-0824; 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 April 8, 2010 (75 FR 17915), 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-OAR-2003-0079, 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 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: 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
Implementation Rule (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2236.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0594.
    ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2010. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is

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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 and 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 PRA requires the information found in this ICR to 
assess the burden (in hours and dollars) of the 8-hour Ozone National 
Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) Implementation Rule as well as the 
periodic reporting and recordkeeping necessary to maintain the rule. 
The rule was proposed June 2, 2003 (68 FR 32802) and promulgated in two 
Phases: Phase 1 published April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23951) and Phase 2 
published November 29, 2005 (70 FR 71612). The rule includes 
requirements that involve collecting information from states with areas 
that have been designated nonattainment for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. 
These information collection milestones include state submission of an 
attainment demonstration State Implementation Plan (SIP), a Reasonable 
Further Progress (RFP) SIP, and a Reasonable Available Control 
Technology (RACT) SIP. However, not all of the milestones and 
associated burden and administrative costs estimates apply to every 
designated nonattainment area. Areas with cleaner air quality have 
fewer requirements.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 171 
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.
    The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate, 
which is only briefly summarized here:
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State and local governments.
    Estimated total number of respondents: 21.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 6,667 hours.
    Estimated total annual costs: $434,000 in labor costs. There are no 
capital investment or maintenance and operational costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 278,666 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease results from the number of non-
attainment areas decreasing as areas have come into compliance with the 
standards and the burden associated with the remaining non-attainment 
areas decreasing because of the work they have done previously to 
comply with the standards.

    Dated: July 21, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-18369 Filed 7-26-10; 8:45 am]
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