[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 77 (Monday, April 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18902-18903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08217]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0901; FRL-9959-83-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Prevention of Significant Deterioration and 
Nonattainment New Source Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review'' (EPA ICR No. 
1230.32, OMB Control No. 2060-0003) 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 April 30, 2017. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register (81 FR 64902) on 
September 21, 2016, 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 May 24, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2011-0901, to (1) the EPA online using http://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.
    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 (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Garwood, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C504-03, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; 
telephone number: (919) 541-1358; 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 https://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 information about 
EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR is for activities related to the implementation 
of the EPA's New Source Review (NSR) program, for the time period 
between May 1, 2017, and April 30, 2020, and renews the previous ICR. 
Title I, part C of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act)--``Prevention of 
Significant Deterioration,'' and part D--``Plan Requirements for 
Nonattainment

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Areas,'' require all states to adopt preconstruction review programs 
for new or modified stationary sources of air pollution. In addition, 
the provisions of section 110 of the Act include a requirement for 
states to have a preconstruction review program to manage the emissions 
from the construction and modification of any stationary source of air 
pollution to assure that the National Ambient Air Quality Standards are 
achieved and maintained. Tribes may choose to develop implementation 
plans to address these requirements.
    Implementing regulations for these three programs are promulgated 
at 40 CFR 49.101 through 49.105; 40 CFR 49.151 through 49.173; 40 CFR 
51.160 through 51.166; 40 CFR part 51, Appendix S; and 40 CFR 52.21 and 
52.24. In order to receive a construction permit for a major new source 
or major modification, the applicant must conduct the necessary 
research, perform the appropriate analyses and prepare the permit 
application with documentation to demonstrate that their project meets 
all applicable statutory and regulatory NSR requirements. Specific 
activities and requirements are listed and described in the Supporting 
Statement for the ICR.
    State, local, tribal or federal reviewing authorities review permit 
applications and provide for public review of proposed projects and 
issue permits based on their consideration of all technical factors and 
public input. The EPA, more broadly, reviews a fraction of the total 
applications and audits the state and local programs for their 
effectiveness. Consequently, information prepared and submitted by 
sources is essential for sources to receive permits, and for federal, 
state, and local environmental agencies to adequately review the permit 
applications and thereby properly administer and manage the NSR 
programs.
    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: 5900-246, 5900-247, 5900-248, 5900-340, 5900-341, 
5900-342, 5900-343, 5900-344, 5900-367, 5900-368, 5900-369, 5900-370, 
5900-371, 5900-372, 5900-390 and 5900-391.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities that must apply for and 
obtain a preconstruction permit under part C or D or section 
110(a)(2)(C) of title I of the Act. In addition, state, local and 
tribal reviewing authorities that must review permit applications and 
issue permits are affected entities.
    Respondent's Obligation To Respond: Mandatory [40 CFR part 49, 
subpart C; 40 CFR part 51, subpart I; 40 CFR part 52, subpart A; 40 CFR 
part 124, subparts A and C].
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 73,762 (total); 73,639 industrial 
facilities and 123 state, local and tribal reviewing authorities.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion, as necessary.
    Total Estimated Burden: 5,516,675 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total Estimated Cost: $428,829,729 (per year). This includes 
$3,535,524 annually in outsourced start-up costs for preconstruction 
monitoring.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,417,665 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease has two primary causes: (1) A 
significant decrease in the estimated number of industrial facilities 
subject to CAA title I, part C permitting as a result of the U.S. 
Supreme Court ruling in Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG) v. EPA (134 
S.Ct. 2427 (2014)); and (2) a significant decrease in the estimated 
number of permits and registrations on tribal lands based on the 
progress in, and experience with, implementing the tribal NSR program.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2017-08217 Filed 4-21-17; 8:45 am]
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