[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3404-3405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00969]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0901; FRL-10588-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New 
Source Review (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), Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review (EPA ICR Number 
1230.34, OMB Control Number 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 8, 2022, during 
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 30 days for public 
comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2011-0901, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), or by email to [email protected]. 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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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

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number: (919) 541-4028; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on April 8, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 20855). This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 is for activities related to the implementation 
of the EPA's New Source Review (NSR) program for the time period 
between February 1, 2023, and January 31, 2025. Title I, part C of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), Prevention of Significant 
Deterioration, and part D, Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas, 
require all states to adopt preconstruction review programs for new or 
modified stationary sources of air pollution. 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 ICR 
Supporting Statement.
    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, tribal, 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 the 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, 5900-391, and 6700-06.
    Respondents/affected entities: Those which 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 [see 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: 30,359 (total); 30,236 industrial 
facilities and 123 state, local, and tribal reviewing authorities.
    Frequency of response: On occasion, as necessary.
    Total estimated burden: 2,970,503 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $242,352,032 (per year). This includes 
$3,772,240 annually in outsourced start-up costs for preconstruction 
monitoring.
    Changes in estimates: There is no change in the hours in the total 
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB because the estimated number of permits of each type has not 
changed. There is a slight increase in estimated costs as labor costs 
have been updated from 2016 to 2019 labor rates.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-00969 Filed 1-18-23; 8:45 am]
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