[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30148-30149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12789]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0265; FRL-9307-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; PM2.5 National Ambient Air 
Quality Standard Implementation (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 later, 
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated 
burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 23, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2007-0265, 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 (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: Butch Stackhouse, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (Mail Code 
C539-01), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (919) 541-5208; fax number: 
(919) 541-0824; e-mail address: [email protected]; or Karl 
Pepple, Air Quality Policy Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards, (Mail Code C539-01), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (919) 
541-2683; 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 February 2, 2011 (76 FR 5801), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment during the 
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-2007-0265, which is available for online viewing 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 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

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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: PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
Implementation (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2258.02, OMB Control No. 2060-0611.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 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 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 purpose of this ICR is to assess the burden (in hours 
and dollars) of the 1997 and 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS as well as 
associated the periodic reporting and record keeping. The ICR addresses 
requirements that involve collecting information from states with areas 
that have been designated nonattainment for the PM2.5 NAAQS.
    The time period covered in this ICR is a 3 year period from June 1, 
2011 through May 31, 2014. The milestones for the state or local air 
agency respondents include the required State Implementation Plan (SIP) 
elements prescribed in the Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 110 and part D, 
subpart 1 of title I for Implementation plans and the requirements in 
the PM2.5 NAAQS Implementation Rule (40 CFR 51.1000--
51.1012). The PM2.5 SIP will contain rules and other 
requirements designed to achieve the NAAQS by the deadlines established 
under the CAA, and it also contains a demonstration that the state's 
requirements will in fact result in attainment. The SIP must meet the 
requirements in subpart 1 to adopt Reasonable Available Control 
Measures, Reasonable Available Control Technology, and provide for 
Reasonable Further Progress toward attainment for the period prior to 
the area's attainment date. However, not all of the milestones and 
associated burden and administrative cost estimates apply to every 
designated PM2.5 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 317 
hours per response for the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS, and 4,243 hours 
per response for the 2006 PM2.5 NAAQS. 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: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are states and Regional offices.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 39.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 175,400.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $11,418,540 million in labor costs. 
There are no annualized capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 34,600 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease reflects EPA's information that the 
number of non-attainment areas for the 1997 PM2.5 standard 
has decreased as areas have come into compliance with the standards and 
that the burden associated with the remaining non-attainment areas is 
less because of the work they have done previously to comply with the 
standards. At the same time, promulgation of the 2006 PM2.5 
standard led to designations of new areas as non-attainment, leading to 
an increased burden on those respondents.

    Dated: May 12, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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