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EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: Source Compliance and State
Action Reporting (Renewal).
Abstract: Source Compliance and
State Action Reporting is an activity
whereby State, District, Local, and
Commonwealth governments (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘states/locals’’ or ‘‘state
and local agencies’’) make air
compliance information available to the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA or the Agency) on a cyclic basis
via input to the Air Facility System
(AFS). The information provided to EPA
includes compliance activities and
determinations, and enforcement
activities. EPA uses this information to
assess progress toward meeting
emission requirements developed under
the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA
or the Act) to protect and maintain the
atmospheric environment and the
public health. The EPA and many of the
state and local agencies access the data
in AFS to assist them in the
management of their air pollution
control programs. This renewal
information collection request (ICR)
affects oversight of approximately
41,500 stationary sources by 93 state
and local agencies and the Federal EPA,
and is expected to require 144,089 labor
hours per year and cost approximately
$5.5 million annually. State and local
agency burdens and costs are estimated
as 110,809 hours and approximately
$3.7 million annually. On average, this
burden amounts to approximately onethird of a full-time equivalent employee
for each small state and local agency,
three-fourths of a full-time equivalent
employee for each medium sized state
and local agency and one and one-third
of a full-time equivalent employee for
each large sized state and local agency
for national reporting of complianceand enforcement-related data under all
of the applicable Clean Air Act
programs. The first notice for the
renewal of this collection sought to add
the following new reporting
requirements: Addition of the subpart
identifier in the air program record,
addition of the pollutant code to stack
test actions, addition of the High
Priority Violator (HPV) ‘‘Violation
Discovered’’ activity and date, addition
of the HPV violation type code and
violating pollutants, revised reporting
frequency for state/local agencies from
quarterly to 30 days, reporting all Partial
Compliance Evaluations (PCEs), and the
reporting of Permit Program Data
Elements (PPDEs).
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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. The OMB Control
Numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed
in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15,
and are identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 18,468 hours per
response (six responses per year for a
state/local agency). Burden means the
total time, effort, or financial resources
expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency.
This includes the time needed to review
instructions; develop, acquire, install,
and utilize technology and systems for
the purposes of collecting, validating,
and verifying information, processing
and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information;
adjust the existing ways to comply with
any previously applicable instructions
and requirements; train personnel to be
able to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: State,
local or tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
93.
Frequency of Response: Six times per
year.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
110,809 hours.
Estimated Total Capital Annual Costs:
$3,699,481, which includes $0
annualized capital/startup costs, $0
annual O&M costs, and $3,699,481
annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 25,313 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This increase was attributable
to several new data elements added to
the new Minimum Data Requirements
(MDRs) in this renewal ICR, with an
adjustment to the baseline count of
hours. The new MDRs will not be
effective until October 1, 2005.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[ORD–2004–0013; FRL–7868–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Application for Reference
and Equivalent Method Determination
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0559.08,
OMB Control Number 2080–0005
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on February 28, 2005. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may
continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. This ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before March 7, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number ORD–
2004–0013, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information Docket, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth T. Hunike, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development, Human Exposure and
Atmospheric Sciences Division, Process
Modeling Research Branch, Mail Code
D205–03, Research Triangle Park, NC
27711; telephone number: (919) 541–
3737; fax number: (919) 541–1153; email: hunike.elizabeth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On August 27, 2004 (69 FR 52663), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
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to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. ORD–
2004–0013, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Office of
Environmental Information Docket is
(202) 566–1752. An electronic version of
the public docket is available through
EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to
submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: Application for Reference and
Equivalent Method Determination
(Renewal)
Abstract: To determine compliance
with the national ambient air quality
standards (NAAQS), State air
monitoring agencies are required to use,
in their air quality monitoring networks,
air monitoring methods that have been
formally designated by the EPA as either
reference or equivalent methods under
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EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 53. A
manufacturer or seller of an air
monitoring method (e.g. an air
monitoring sampler or analyzer) that
seeks to obtain such EPA designation of
one of its products must carry out
prescribed tests of the method. The test
results and other information must then
be submitted to the EPA in the form of
an application for a reference or
equivalent method determination in
accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The
EPA uses this information, under the
provisions of part 53, to determine
whether the particular method should
be designated as either a reference or
equivalent method. After a method is
designated, the applicant must also
maintain records of the names and
mailing addresses of all ultimate
purchasers of all analyzers or samplers
sold as designated methods under the
method designation. If the method
designated is a method for fine
particulate matter (PM2.5), the applicant
must also submit checklist information
confirmed by an ISO-certified auditor to
indicate that the samplers or analyzers
sold as part of the designated method
are manufactured in an ISO 9001registered facility. Also, an applicant
must submit a minor application to seek
approval for any proposed
modifications to previously designated
methods.
A response to this collection of
information is voluntary, but it is
required to obtain the benefit of EPA
designation under 40 CFR part 53.
Submission of some information that is
claimed by the applicant to be
confidential business information may
be necessary for the EPA to make a
reference or equivalent method
determination. The confidentiality of
any submitted information identified as
confidential business information by the
applicant will be protected in full
accordance with 40 CFR 53.15 and all
applicable provisions of 40 CFR part 2.
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. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 860 hours per
response full application and 30 hours
per request for modification for a
combined average of 524 hours per
response. Burden means the total time,
effort, or financial resources expended
by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
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or disclose or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions;
develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; adjust the
existing ways to comply with any
previously applicable instructions and
requirements; train personnel to be able
to respond to a collection of
information; search data sources;
complete and review the collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
primarily manufacturers and vendors of
ambient air quality monitoring
instruments that are used by state and
local air quality monitoring agencies in
their federally required air surveillance
monitoring networks, and agents acting
for such instrument manufacturers or
vendors.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
19.
Frequency of Response: Once per
application, plus requests for
modifications as needed.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
4,718 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$426,966, including annualized capital/
startup cost of $19,651, O&M cost of
$81,408, and respondent labor costs of
$325,907.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no
change in hours in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; TSCA Sec. 8(a) Preliminary
Assessment Information Rule (PAIR);
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Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application for Reference and
Equivalent Method Determination (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0559.08, OMB
Control Number 2080-0005
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28,
2005. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 7, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number ORD-2004-
0013, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information Docket, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth T. Hunike, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Human Exposure
and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Process Modeling Research Branch,
Mail Code D205-03, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number:
(919) 541-3737; fax number: (919) 541-1153; e-mail:
hunike.elizabeth@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On August 27, 2004 (69 FR 52663), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant
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to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. ORD-2004-0013, which is available for public viewing at the Office
of Environmental Information Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number
for the Office of Environmental Information Docket is (202) 566-1752.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: Application for Reference and Equivalent Method
Determination (Renewal)
Abstract: To determine compliance with the national ambient air
quality standards (NAAQS), State air monitoring agencies are required
to use, in their air quality monitoring networks, air monitoring
methods that have been formally designated by the EPA as either
reference or equivalent methods under EPA regulations at 40 CFR part
53. A manufacturer or seller of an air monitoring method (e.g. an air
monitoring sampler or analyzer) that seeks to obtain such EPA
designation of one of its products must carry out prescribed tests of
the method. The test results and other information must then be
submitted to the EPA in the form of an application for a reference or
equivalent method determination in accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The
EPA uses this information, under the provisions of part 53, to
determine whether the particular method should be designated as either
a reference or equivalent method. After a method is designated, the
applicant must also maintain records of the names and mailing addresses
of all ultimate purchasers of all analyzers or samplers sold as
designated methods under the method designation. If the method
designated is a method for fine particulate matter (PM2.5),
the applicant must also submit checklist information confirmed by an
ISO-certified auditor to indicate that the samplers or analyzers sold
as part of the designated method are manufactured in an ISO 9001-
registered facility. Also, an applicant must submit a minor application
to seek approval for any proposed modifications to previously
designated methods.
A response to this collection of information is voluntary, but it
is required to obtain the benefit of EPA designation under 40 CFR part
53. Submission of some information that is claimed by the applicant to
be confidential business information may be necessary for the EPA to
make a reference or equivalent method determination. The
confidentiality of any submitted information identified as confidential
business information by the applicant will be protected in full
accordance with 40 CFR 53.15 and all applicable provisions of 40 CFR
part 2.
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. The OMB control numbers for EPA's
regulations in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 860
hours per response full application and 30 hours per request for
modification for a combined average of 524 hours per response. Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements;
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information;
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: primarily manufacturers and vendors
of ambient air quality monitoring instruments that are used by state
and local air quality monitoring agencies in their federally required
air surveillance monitoring networks, and agents acting for such
instrument manufacturers or vendors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 19.
Frequency of Response: Once per application, plus requests for
modifications as needed.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,718 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $426,966, including annualized
capital/startup cost of $19,651, O&M cost of $81,408, and respondent
labor costs of $325,907.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved
ICR Burdens.
Dated: January 25, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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