[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51330-51331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20501]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0093; FRL-9916-00-OEI]


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 September 29, 
2014.

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 email [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 
Docket Information Center, Mail Code: 6102T, 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: Pat Childers, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Immediate Office, (6101A), Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
202-564-1082; fax number: 202-564-0394; 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 May 27, 2014, 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 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 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 
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. 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 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 www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Clean Air Act Tribal Authority.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1676.05, OMB Control No. 2060-0306.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on 08/31/2014. 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: 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 
collection period of information for determining eligibility, which 
expires August 31, 2014. The ICR maintains 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.
    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 and 48 CFR Chapter 15, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    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

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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 is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). 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, includes $0 annualized 
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.

    Dated: August 22, 2014.
John Moses,
Director, Collections Strategies Division.
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