[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15986-15987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04719]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R08-OAR-2023-0412; FRL-11808-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget 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 (EPA) 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. (EPA 
ICR Number 2478.04, OMB Control Number 2008-0001) 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 March 31, 2024. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 13, 
2023 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an 
additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before April 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-R08-
OAR-2023-0412 to 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. 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

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collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Eisele, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 8, Air and Radiation Division, (Mail Code 
8ARD-PM), 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129, telephone 
number: (303) 312-6246, email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through March 31, 2024. 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 September 13, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 62781). 
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 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.  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 well production facilities on the Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7414).
    Estimated number of respondents: 9,007 (total).
    Frequency of response: Annually.
    Total estimated burden: 137,279 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $41,056,708 (per year), which includes 
$40,772,356 annualized capital and operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is an average increase of 25,279 
hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR 
currently approved by OMB. This increase is due to anticipated industry 
growth projected to occur over the next 3-year period of this ICR.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-04719 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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