[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20663-20664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8870]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0093; FRL-9294-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Clean Air Act Tribal Authority 
(Renewal)

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 collection and the estimated burden and 
cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 13, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2004-0093, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket Information Center, Mail Code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 
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: Darrel Harmon, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Immediate Office, (6101A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
202-564-7416; fax number: 202-564-0394; e-mail address: 
[email protected] or Danielle Dixon, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, Outreach and Information Division, (C304-01), Research 
Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: 919-541-2808; 
fax number 919-541-0072; 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 November 29, 2010 (75 FR 73076), 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-2004-0093, which is available for public viewing on-line 
at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket 
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Docket Center 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: Clean Air Act Tribal Authority (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1676.06, OMB Control No. 2060-0306.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on 05/31/2011. 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

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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: This Information Collection Request (ICR) seeks 
authorization for Tribes to demonstrate their eligibility to be treated 
in the same manner as states under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and to 
submit applications to implement a CAA program. This ICR extends the 
current collection of information period for determining eligibility, 
which expires May 31, 2011. The ICR also is revising the estimates of 
burden costs for Tribes in completing a CAA application.
    The program regulation provides for Indian Tribes, if they so 
choose, to assume responsibility for the development and implementation 
of CAA programs. The regulation, Indian Tribes: Air Quality Planning 
and Management (Tribal Authority Rule [TAR] 40 CFR parts 9, 35, 49, 50 
and 81), sets forth how Tribes may seek authority to implement their 
own air quality planning and management programs. The rule establishes: 
(1) Which CAA provisions Indian Tribes may seek authority to implement, 
(2) what requirements the Tribes must meet when seeking such 
authorization, and (3) what Federal financial assistance may be 
available to help Tribes establish and manage their air quality 
programs. The TAR provides Tribes the authority to administer air 
quality programs over all air resources, including non-Indian owned fee 
lands, within the exterior boundaries of a reservation and other areas 
over which the Tribe can demonstrate jurisdiction. An Indian Tribe that 
takes responsibility for a CAA program would essentially be treated in 
the same way as a state would be treated for that program.
    Responses to the collection of information are required to obtain a 
benefit (40 CFR parts 9, 35, 49, 50 and 81). Any information submitted 
to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made will be 
safeguarded according to the Agency policies set forth in Title 40, 
Chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--Confidentiality of Business Information 
(see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000, 
September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674, March 
23, 1979). There is no sensitive information required.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 
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: States, locals, Indian Tribes.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8.
    Frequency of Response: One-time application.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 320.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $18,896.00, which includes $0 
annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 40 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. The total burden hours have been updated to 
reflect new estimates that are based on the number of applications the 
EPA received under the previous ICR and what EPA estimates it will 
receive in the upcoming years. There is no difference between the 
active ICR and this ICR in the number of hours per response.

    Dated: April 7, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-8870 Filed 4-12-11; 8:45 am]
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