[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26103-26104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11699]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R08-OAR-2012-0479; FRL-9994-22-Region 8]


Proposed Information Collection Request; 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 is planning to submit 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. 2478.03, OMB Control No. 2008-0001) 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 January 31, 2020. 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: Written comments must be received on or before August 5, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-R08-
OAR-2012-0479 at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot 
be edited or removed from www.regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any 
comment received to its public docket. Do not submit electronically any 
information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 
Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a 
written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment 
and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA 
will generally not consider comments or comment contents located 
outside of the primary submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other 
file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA 
public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, 
and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the 
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. 
Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically 
in www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Air and Radiation 
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, 1595 
Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129. The EPA requests that if 
at all possible, you contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section to view the hard copy of the docket. You 
may view the hard copy of the docket Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. 
to 4:00 p.m., excluding federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Fallon, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 8, Air and Radiation Division, (Mail Code 8P-
ARD), 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, (303) 312-6281, 
[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. 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., permitting 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

    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 Arikara Nation), North Dakota (40 CFR part 49, subpart K, 
Sec. Sec.  [thinsp]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,

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Sec. Sec.  [thinsp]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: Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7414).
    Estimated number of respondents: 7,326 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 112,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b)
    Total estimated cost: $24,900,000 (per year), includes $8,470,000 
annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is likely an increase of 67,500 hours 
in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. A burden, as defined by 5 CFR 1320.3(b), is 
the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to 
generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or 
for the EPA. The increase in total estimated respondent burden hours is 
due to the anticipated industry growth projected to occur over the next 
three-year period of this ICR. The increase in labor costs from the 
most-recently approved ICR is due to adjustments in increased labor 
rates. Also, the number of respondents has been updated to reflect the 
new estimated increased number of respondents since the approval of the 
prior ICR. Lastly, as a result of these increases and adjusting to 2018 
dollars, the Average Annual Capital/Startup Costs and Total Operations 
& Maintenance Costs have both increased from the most-recently approved 
ICR.

    Dated: May 30, 2019.
Debra Thomas,
Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region 8.
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