[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 49 (Monday, March 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13364-13365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05647]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R08-OAR-2012-0479; FRL-9943-51-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Federal Implementation Plan for Oil and 
Natural Gas Well Production Facilities; Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Federal Implementation Plan for 
Oil and Natural Gas Well Production Facilities; Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota 
(Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2478.02, OMB Control No. 2008-0001) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through April 30, 2016. Public comments were previously requested via 
the Federal Register (80 FR 70200) on November 13, 2015 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 April 13, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-R08-
OAR-2012-0479, 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: Deirdre Rothery, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 8, Air Program, Mail Code 8P-AR, 1595 Wynkoop 
Street, Denver, CO 80202-1129; telephone number: (303) 312-6431; fax 
number: (303) 312-6064; 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, WJC 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.
    Abstract: This ICR covers information collection requirements in 
the final Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for Oil and Natural Gas 
Well Production Facilities; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (Mandan, 
Hidatsa, and

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Arikara Nation), North Dakota (40 CFR part 49, subpart K, Sec. Sec.  
49.4161 through 49.4168), herein referred to as the FBIR FIP. In 
general, owners or operators are required to: (1) Conduct certain 
monitoring; (2) keep specific records to be made available at the EPA's 
request; and (3) to prepare and submit an annual report (40 CFR part 
49, subpart K, Sec. Sec.  49.4166 through 49.4168). These records and 
reports are necessary for the EPA Administrator (or the tribal agency 
if delegated), for example, to: (1) Confirm compliance status of 
stationary sources; (2) identify any stationary sources not subject to 
the requirements and identify stationary sources subject to the 
regulations; and (3) ensure that the stationary source control 
requirements are being achieved. All information submitted to us 
pursuant to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for which a 
claim of confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to the agency 
policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of oil and 
natural gas facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond:
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,778 (total).
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 44,461 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $10,029,408 (per year), includes $7,845,072 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 14,806 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to the anticipated industry 
growth projected to occur over the next three year period of this ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-05647 Filed 3-11-16; 8:45 am]
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