[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69083-69084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27434]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0079; FRL--9902-88-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 
Standard (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air 
Quality Standard, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through December 31, 2013. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register (78 FR 45188) on July 26, 2013 during a 60-day 
comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public 
comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its 
estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 18, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0079, 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 via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    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 (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

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; 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 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 EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    EPA ICR Number: 2236.04.
    OMB Control Number: 2060-0594.
    Abstract: This ICR assesses the burden (in hours and dollars) of 
the 1997 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) 
Implementation Rule as well as the periodic reporting and record 
keeping necessary to maintain the rule. The rule was proposed on June 
2, 2003, (68 FR 32802) and promulgated in two Phases: Phase 1 published 
on April 30, 2004, (69 FR 23951) and Phase 2 published on November 29, 
2005 (70 FR 71612). The rule includes requirements that involve 
collecting information from states with areas that remain designated 
non-attainment for the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These information 
collection milestones include state submission of an attainment 
demonstration SIP, a RFP SIP submission, and a RACT SIP. However, not 
all of the milestones and associated burden and administrative costs 
estimates apply to every designated nonattainment area. The burden 
estimated is for six of the thirty-eight non-attainment areas that were 
reclassified to a higher classification resulting in new SIP revisions 
required. The remaining thirty-two non-attainment areas have either met 
the requirements or have their requirements suspended.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: States and regional entities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory as required by the 
Clean Air Act, Section 110.
    Estimated number of respondents: 6 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 11,667 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $759,500 (per year), which includes no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 5,000 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This is due to a number of reasons that include: (1) 
The burden associated with one remaining non-attainment area that may 
receive a mandatory reclassification is estimated to be the same as 
areas completing the initial SIP framework because of the work they 
must complete to reevaluate databases, emissions inventories, legal 
authorities, state rule development, publication and public hearing to 
comply with the standards; (2) EPA's final rule of May 14, 2012 (77 FR 
28423) assigning former subpart 1 ozone non-attainment areas re-
designations under subpart 2, resulted in non-attainment areas with 
additional burden for completing SIP revisions; (3) the number of non-
attainment areas has decreased as areas have come into compliance with 
the standards; and (4) the number of non-attainment areas with SIP 
revisions required has decreased as areas have either submitted the 
requirements or the planning

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requirements have been suspended with a Clean Data Determination.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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