[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7459-7460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02696]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0016; FRL-9922-76-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Federal 
Operating Permit Program; Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Part 71 Federal 
Operating Permit Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1713.10, OMB Control 
No. 2060.0336) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 ICR, which is 
currently approved through June 30, 2015. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before April 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0016, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 
Environmental Protection Agency, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket 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: Joanna W. Gmyr, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C504-05, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC; telephone 
number: (919) 541-9782; fax number: (919) 541-5509; 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, William 
Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 
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 PRA, 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., allowing 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 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: Title V of the Clean Air Act (Act) requires the EPA to 
operate a federal operating permits program in areas not subject to an 
approved state program. The EPA regulations setting forth the 
requirements for the federal (EPA) operating permit program are at 40 
CFR part 71. The part 71 program is designed to be implemented 
primarily by the EPA in all areas where state and local agencies do not 
have jurisdiction, such as Indian country and offshore, beyond states' 
seaward boundaries. The EPA may also delegate authority to implement 
the part 71 program on its behalf to a state, local or tribal agency, 
if the agency requests delegation and makes certain showings regarding 
its authority and ability to implement the program. One such delegate 
agency for the part 71 program exists at present.
    In order to receive an operating permit for a major or other source 
subject to the permitting program, the applicant must conduct the 
necessary research, perform the appropriate analyses, and prepare the 
permit application with documentation to demonstrate that its facility 
meets all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Specific 
activities and requirements are listed and described in the Supporting 
Statement for the part 71 ICR.
    Under part 71, the permitting authority (the EPA or a delegate 
agency)

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reviews permit applications, provides for public review of proposed 
permits, issues permits based on consideration of all technical factors 
and public input, and reviews information submittals required of 
sources during the term of the permit. Under part 71, the EPA reviews 
certain actions and performs oversight of any delegate agency, 
consistent with the terms of a delegation agreement. Consequently, 
information prepared and submitted by sources is essential for sources 
to receive permits, and for federal and tribal permitting agencies to 
adequately review the permit applications and issue the permits, 
oversee implementation of the permits, and properly administer and 
manage the program. The proposed ICR is needed to authorize the 
preparation and submittal of this information.
    Information that is collected is handled according to EPA's 
policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also 
section 114(c) of the Act.
    Form Numbers: The forms are 5900-01, 5900-02, 5900-03, 5900-04, 
5900-05, 5900-06, 5900-79, 5900-80, 5900-81, 5900-82, 5900-83, 5900-84, 
5900-85 and 5900-86.
    Respondents/affected entities: Industrial plants (sources) and 
tribal permitting authorities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory (see 40 CFR part 71).
    Estimated number of respondents: 99 (total); 98 industry sources 
and 1 tribal delegate permitting authority (the EPA serves as a 
permitting authority but is not a respondent).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 26,132 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,702,183 (per year). There are no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 11,497 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to updated estimates of the 
number of sources and permits subject to the part 71 program, rather 
than any new federal mandates. The changes in estimates are due to 
shrinkage from the transfer of 36 permits from the part 71 to the part 
70 program and due to a previous overestimate of the number of sources 
that would get permits by the end of the previous ICR (which is the 
start of the current ICR).

    Dated: January 29, 2015.
Stephen D. Page,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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