[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16832-16833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6878]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OA-2007-0706; FRL-9513-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Small Business Stationary 
Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs 
(SBTCP) Annual Reporting Form (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 and 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 April 23, 
2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2007-0706, to: (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 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: Angela Suber, Office of Small Business 
Programs, Mail Code: 1230T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202 566-
2827; fax number: 202 566-1505; email 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 17, 2011 (76 FR 71339), 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-OA-2007-0706 which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of 
Environmental Information 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 OEI Docket is 
202-566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
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 www.regulations.gov as EPA received 
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 www.regulations.gov.
    Title: State Small Business Stationary Source Technical and 
Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs (SBTCP) Annual Reporting 
Form (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1748.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0337.
    ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012. 
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: As part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the U.S. 
Congress included, as part of Section 507, the requirement that each 
state establish a Small Business Stationary Source Technical and 
Environmental Compliance Assistance Program to assist small businesses 
in complying with the Act. These programs are generally known as Small 
Business Environmental Assistance Programs (SBEAPs). EPA must provide 
the Congress with period reports from the EPA Small Business Ombudsman 
(SBO) on these programs, including their effectiveness, difficulties 
encountered, and other relevant information. Each state assistance 
program will submit requested information to EPA for compilation and 
summarization. This collection of information is mandatory under 
Section 507(a), (d), and (e) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, 
Public Law 101-549, November 15, 1990. This Act directs EPA to monitor 
the SBTCPs and to provide a report to Congress. This responsibility has 
been delegated to the EPA SBO. Response to the collection is not 
required to obtain or retain a benefit. Information in the annual 
report to Congress is aggregated and is not of a confidential nature. 
None of the information collected by this

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action results in/or requests sensitive information of any nature from 
the states.
    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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,120.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $104,664, includes $0 capital or O&M 
costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 
Burdens.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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