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Administration and stakeholders (e.g.,
States and private citizens) to provide
earlier and better public participation in
EPA’s permitting programs, including
procedures for more timely information
sharing. In particular, the rule requires
earlier public involvement in the
permitting process (e.g., pre-application
meetings), expanded public notice for
significant events (e.g., notices of
upcoming trial burns), and more
opportunities for the exchange of
permitting information (e.g.,
information repository).
The required activities and
information are needed to help assure
timely and effective public participation
in the permitting process. The
requirements are intended to provide
equal access to information to all
stakeholders in the permitting process:
the permitting agency, the permit
applicant, and the community where a
facility is located. Some facilities may
be required to develop information
repositories to allow for expanded
public participation and access to
detailed facility information as part of
the permitting process.
EPA sought to reduce the reporting
frequency to the minimum that is
necessary to ensure compliance with the
rule. It would not be possible to collect
this information less frequently and still
assure that the requirements of permit
and public involvement regulations are
met by owners or operators. The
reporting frequency is essential to
assure that any changes in the trial burn
plans or in the anticipated permit
application contents are made known to
EPA and 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. The OMB control
numbers for EPA’s regulations in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit
comments 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,
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mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 91 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.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
33.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
3,005 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital,
O&M Cost Burden: $4.
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.
Dated: March 29, 2005.
Maria Parisi Vickers,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
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AGENCY
[OAR–2003–0006; FRL–7896–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Highway Vehicle Activity and
Emissions (Renewal), EPA ICR Number
0619.10, OMB Control Number 2060–
0078
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 March 31, 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 May 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2003–0006, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mail code 6102T,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Carl
Scarbro, Assessment and Standards
Division, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality, AATC, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (734) 214–4209; fax
number: (734) 214–4939; e-mail address:
scarbro.carl@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 Friday, January 24, 2003 (68 FR
3524), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received a single request for information
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concerning the ICR. EPA forwarded the
requested information to the requestor.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–
2003–0006, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Air and
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket
Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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
Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–
1742. 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: Highway Vehicle Activity and
Emissions (Renewal).
Abstract: EPA is initiating a data
collection to target two research
objectives related to emissions
inventory estimation for highway
vehicles. The first is to examine
differences in vehicle speed among
differing vehicle types and road types.
The second is to measure emission rates
for samples of vehicles stratified by year
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of manufacture and regulatory class.
Data to be collected include ‘‘in-use’’ or
‘‘real world’’ vehicle speed and
emission rates.
The collection is a survey, to be
conducted by the Office of
Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ)
in the Office of Air and Radiation
(OAR). Development of rapid in-use
instrumentation promises to
substantially reduce the cost of
emissions measurement for highway
vehicles. This study will combine rapid
in-use measurement capability with
statistical survey design to contribute to
the development of usage and emission
rates for the EPA Motor Vehicle
Emissions Simulator (MOVES) model.
Response to the survey is voluntary.
The target population is highway
vehicles registered in the study area.
EPA shall recruit vehicles from State
registration databases and from regional
or state Inspection and Maintenance
Programs (I/M).
Emissions and usage will be measured
using portable on-board electronic
instrumentation. Emissions
instrumentation will measure carbon
dioxide (CO2) and several air pollutants
with one second resolution during
normal operation over a period of one
to three days. Air pollutants to be
measured include, but are not limited
to, carbon monoxide (CO), total
hydrocarbons (THC), and oxides of
nitrogen (NOX). The usage instrument
will measure with one second
resolution engine on/off, vehicle speed,
and vehicle location over a period of
approximately one month.
Data will be collected during normal
operation. Following quality-assurance
and analysis, the data will be stored in
OTAQ’s Mobile Source Observation
Database. The information collection
will involve 1,285 respondents,
requiring 1,327 hours at a total cost to
those respondents of $35,672. For the
agency, the collection will require
26,327 hours at a total cost to the agency
of $1,532,629.
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 1.0 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
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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:
Owners of highway vehicles.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,285.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,327.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$35,672, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M
costs, and $35,672 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 322 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is due to
installing instruments at a vehicle’s
‘‘depot location’’ versus having owners
commute to a central location. The total
costs to the respondent will decline in
kind based on the total hours.
Dated: March 31, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a
public teleconference meeting of an
SAB Quality Review Committee (QRC)
to discuss and to review a draft SAB
report, Identifying and Calculating
Economic Benefit that Goes Beyond
Avoided and/or Delayed Costs: An SAB
Draft Advisory.
DATES: April 29, 2005. A public
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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Highway Vehicle Activity and
Emissions (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 0619.10, OMB Control Number 2060-
0078
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 March 31, 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 May 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0006, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mail code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Carl Scarbro, Assessment and Standards
Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality, AATC, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (734) 214-4209; fax number: (734) 214-4939; e-mail
address: scarbro.carl@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 Friday, January 24, 2003 (68 FR 3524), EPA sought comments
on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received a single request
for information
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concerning the ICR. EPA forwarded the requested information to the
requestor.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OAR-2003-0006, which is available for public viewing at the Office
of Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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 Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742. 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: Highway Vehicle Activity and Emissions (Renewal).
Abstract: EPA is initiating a data collection to target two
research objectives related to emissions inventory estimation for
highway vehicles. The first is to examine differences in vehicle speed
among differing vehicle types and road types. The second is to measure
emission rates for samples of vehicles stratified by year of
manufacture and regulatory class. Data to be collected include ``in-
use'' or ``real world'' vehicle speed and emission rates.
The collection is a survey, to be conducted by the Office of
Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) in the Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR). Development of rapid in-use instrumentation promises
to substantially reduce the cost of emissions measurement for highway
vehicles. This study will combine rapid in-use measurement capability
with statistical survey design to contribute to the development of
usage and emission rates for the EPA Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator
(MOVES) model. Response to the survey is voluntary.
The target population is highway vehicles registered in the study
area. EPA shall recruit vehicles from State registration databases and
from regional or state Inspection and Maintenance Programs (I/M).
Emissions and usage will be measured using portable on-board
electronic instrumentation. Emissions instrumentation will measure
carbon dioxide (CO2) and several air pollutants with one
second resolution during normal operation over a period of one to three
days. Air pollutants to be measured include, but are not limited to,
carbon monoxide (CO), total hydrocarbons (THC), and oxides of nitrogen
(NOX). The usage instrument will measure with one second
resolution engine on/off, vehicle speed, and vehicle location over a
period of approximately one month.
Data will be collected during normal operation. Following quality-
assurance and analysis, the data will be stored in OTAQ's Mobile Source
Observation Database. The information collection will involve 1,285
respondents, requiring 1,327 hours at a total cost to those respondents
of $35,672. For the agency, the collection will require 26,327 hours at
a total cost to the agency of $1,532,629.
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 1.0
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: Owners of highway vehicles.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,285.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,327.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $35,672, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $35,672 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 322 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to installing instruments at
a vehicle's ``depot location'' versus having owners commute to a
central location. The total costs to the respondent will decline in
kind based on the total hours.
Dated: March 31, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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