[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35631-35632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-14074]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-9823-6]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 40 CFR 
Part 64 Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an 
information collection request, ``40 CFR Part 64 Compliance Assurance 
Monitoring Program'' (EPA ICR No. 1663.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0376) 
to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). 
Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific 
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This 
is a proposed extension of the information collection request, which is 
currently approved through December 31, 2013. 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 Office of Management 
and Budget control number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 12, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0152 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 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hackel, Office of Air Quality 
and Planning Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-5262; fax number: (919) 541-3207; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that 
the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this 
information collection request (ICR). The docket can be viewed online 
at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is (202) 566-1744. For additional 
information about the EPA's public docket, visit: http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
the EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: (i) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The 
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as 
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. At that time, 
the EPA will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the 
submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional 
comments to OMB.
    Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) contains several provisions 
directing the EPA to require source owners to conduct monitoring to 
support certification as to their status of compliance with applicable 
requirements. These provisions are set forth in section 504 and section 
114 of the CAA. Under CAA section 504(c), each operating permit must 
``set forth inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance, certification, 
and reporting requirements to assure compliance with the permit terms 
and conditions.'' See also CAA section 504(a) (each permit shall 
require reporting of monitoring and such other conditions as are 
necessary to assure compliance). CAA section 504(b) allows us to 
prescribe by rule, methods and procedures for determining compliance 
recognizing that continuous emissions monitoring systems need not be 
required if other procedures or methods provide

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sufficiently reliable and timely information for determining 
compliance. Section 114A(a)(1) of the CAA provides additional authority 
concerning monitoring, reporting and recordkeeping requirements. This 
section provides the Administrator with the authority to require any 
owner or operator of a source to install and operate monitoring systems 
and to record the resulting monitoring data. We promulgated the 
Compliance Assurance Monitoring rule, 40 CFR part 64, on October 22, 
1997 (62 FR 54900) pursuant to these provisions. In accordance with CAA 
section 114(c) and CAA section 503(e), the monitoring information 
source owners must submit must also be available to the public except 
under circumstances set forth in section 114(c) of the CAA. 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 are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    We are soliciting comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting election 
submission of responses.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are all facilities required to have an operating permit 
under Title V of the CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines 
the sources required to obtain a Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 
and 71.2.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under Title V of the 
CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines the sources required 
to obtain a Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and 71.2.
    Estimated number of respondents: 3,290 owner and operators and 112 
permitting authorities. The total number of respondents is 3,402.
    Frequency of response: At least every 6 months per Title V, 
70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) and (B).
    Total estimated burden: 343,187 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $14,168,185 (per year), includes $0 
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is decrease of 7,110,394 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is a result of the fact that most 
facilities are now using electronic monitoring to conduct their 
recording, thus, resulting in a decrease in the number of labor hours 
needed. Additionally, all facilities with existing permits that include 
approved 40 CFR part 64 monitoring have now submitted the existing 
monitoring approach in their renewal applications, therefore, 
significantly reducing the costs for new monitoring development. 
Furthermore, in order to reflect projected trends for the next 3 years, 
we updated some of the formulas used to calculate burden. All of these 
factors have contributed to the decrease in burden.

    Dated: June 6, 2013.
Kevin Culligan,
Acting Director, Sector Policies and Programs Division, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards.
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