[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56318-56319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24649]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0022; FRL-9983-64-OEI]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Acid Rain Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Acid Rain Program (EPA ICR No. 
1633.17, OMB Control No. 2060-0258) 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 November 30, 2018. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on June 6, 2018 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 13, 
2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0022, 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: Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets 
Division, Office of Air and Radiation, (6204M), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-343-9220; fax number: 202-343-2361; 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: The Acid Rain Program was established under Title IV of 
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to address acid deposition by 
reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen 
oxides (NOX). This ICR addresses the

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burden and costs associated with developing and modifying permits, 
complying with NOX permitting requirements, monitoring 
emissions, transferring allowances, participating in the annual 
allowance auctions, and participating in the program as an opt-in 
source.
    Form Numbers: Agent Notice of Delegation #5900-172; Certificate of 
Representation #7610-1; General Account Form #7610-5; Allowance 
Transfer Form #7610-6; Retired Unit Exemption #7610-20; Allowance 
Deduction #7620-4; Acid Rain Permit Application #7610-16; Acid Rain 
NOX Compliance Plan #7610-28; Acid Rain NOX 
Averaging Plan #7610-29; New Unit Exemption #7610-19; Opt-In Permit 
Application #7610-26; Opt-In Utilization Report #7620-9; Letter of 
Credit #7610-7A; EPA Allowance Auctions--Additional Information for 
Certified Checks or Wire Transfers #7610-7; SO2 Allowance 
Offer Form #7610-8; Thermal Energy Plan #7610-27; Notification For 
Distribution of Proceeds From EPA Auctions #7610-11; Opt-In Reduction 
from Improved Efficiency Confirmation Report #7620-8; Thermal Energy 
Compliance Report #7620-10.
    Respondents/affected entities: Electricity generating plants, 
industrial sources, and other persons.
    Respondents' obligation to respond: Voluntary and mandatory (Clean 
Air Act sections 403, 407, 408, 410, 412, and 416).
    Estimated number of respondents: 1,234 (total); includes 1,184 
sources and 50 non-source entities participating in allowance trading 
activities.
    Frequency of response: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 1,873,880 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $276,159,952 (per year), includes 
$139,339,770 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 249,525 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. The decrease is principally due to source retirements, 
which have both reduced the estimated overall number of affected 
sources and shifted the estimated mix of monitoring methodologies used. 
The other factors contributing to the decrease in burden are reductions 
in the estimated numbers of allowance transfer and deduction 
submissions, expected opt-in sources, and allowance auction bids.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-24649 Filed 11-9-18; 8:45 am]
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