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(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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this three (3) year collection of
information is estimated to equal 3,980
hours and to average 3.4 hours per year
per respondent. The average number of
annual burden hours per type of
response is: 4.9 hours for a Letter of
Intent (a one-time burden for Green
Power and CHP Partners); for the Green
Power Partnership, 2.4 hours for the
Green Power Partner Yearly Report; for
the CHP Partnership, 2.0 hours for end
user Partners to complete the CHP
Partner Projects Data Form report on
completed CHP projects (a one-time
report), or 1.7 hours per year for CHP
project updates for Partners with
ongoing CHP project development
activities.
Partners from both programs may also
submit voluntary updates of simple
information, such as contact
information or company profiles, via the
Web site. These updates would take
from 15 minutes to 0.5 hours per
response. A subset of Partners may
participate in brief (i.e., 15 minute)
telephone calls with EPA to clarify
questions pertaining to the Letter of
Intent, Green Power Partner Yearly
Report, or CHP Partner Projects Data
Form. All of these activities are
included in the annual burden estimate.
The estimated number of annual
respondents averaged over three (3)
years is 1,164, which includes an
average of 1,033 respondents for the
Green Power Partnership and 131 for
the CHP Partnership.
There are no capital or start-up costs
associated with this information
collection. The average annual
operation and maintenance cost
resulting from this (3) three year
collection of information is $3 per
respondent. The average annual labor
cost is $254 per respondent. The
resulting total annual cost averaged over
the three year period is $298,886.
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
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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: April 19, 2005.
Kathleen Hogan,
Director, Climate Protection Partnerships
Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OAR–2005–0115; FRL–7907–7]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; General Conformity of
Federal Actions to State
Implementation Plans (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 1637.06, OMB Control
Number 2060–0279
Environmental Protection
Agency.
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 April 30, 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 June 3, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2005–0115 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, 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
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Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annie Nikbakht, Ozone Policy and
Strategies Group, Mail Drop C539–02,
Environmental Protection Agency, 109
T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, North
Carolina 27711; telephone number:
(919) 541–5246; fax number: (919) 541–
0824; e-mail address:
nikbakht.annie@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 February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5178), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No.OAR–
2005–0115, which is available for public
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center 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 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,
confidential business information (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
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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: General Conformity of Federal
Actions to State Implementation Plans
(40 CFR part 51, subpart W; part 93,
subpart B) (Renewal).
Abstract: Before any agency,
department, or instrumentality of the
Federal government engages in,
supports in any way, provides financial
assistance for, licenses, permits, or
approves any activity, that agency has
the affirmative responsibility to ensure
that such action conforms to the State
Implementation Plan (SIP) for the
attainment and maintenance of the
national ambient air quality standards
(NAAQS).
The Federal government uses
information collected to ensure that
general Federal actions conform to
applicable provisions of the SIP and that
the Federal action does not impede the
goal of attaining and maintaining the
NAAQS throughout the country. The
State and local air agencies use the
results from conformity determinations
to determine applicability of the general
conformity requirements, to
demonstrate that their actions satisfy
both the emissions and air quality
criteria stipulated in the regulation, and
to demonstrate that their actions
conform to applicable provisions of the
SIP.
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 35 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
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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:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are those which take Federal
Actions, or are subject to Federal
Actions, and emit pollutants above
deminimis levels.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
674.
Frequency of Response: One time, or
every five years.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
9,435 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$592,763, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M
costs, and $592,763 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 811 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is applicable to
the Non-Federal, State, and Local
agencies which are the entities more
affected. This number is calculated
based on Non-Federal, State, and Local
agencies only.
Dated: April 26, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Regional Docket Nos. V–2004–1, –2; [IL
225–1, FRL–7907–8]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petitions for Objection to
State Operating Permits for Midwest
Generation Fisk and Crawford Stations
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This document announces
that the EPA Administrator has
responded to two citizen petitions
asking EPA to object to operating
permits issued by the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
(IEPA) to two facilities. Specifically, the
Administrator has partially granted and
partially denied each of the petitions
submitted by the Chicago Legal Clinic to
object to the operating permits issued to
the Midwest Generation Fisk and
Crawford stations.
Pursuant to section 505(b)(2) of the
Clean Air Act (Act), Petitioner may seek
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judicial review of those portions of the
petitions which EPA denied in the
United States Court of Appeals for the
appropriate circuit. Any petition for
review shall be filed within 60 days
from the date this notice appears in the
Federal Register, pursuant to section
307 of the Act.
ADDRESSES: You may review copies of
the final orders, the petitions, and other
supporting information at the EPA
Region 5 Office, 77 West Jackson
Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. If
you wish to examine these documents,
you should make an appointment at
least 24 hours before visiting day.
Additionally, the final orders for the
Midwest Generation Fisk and Crawford
stations are available electronically at:
https://www.epa.gov/region07/programs/
artd/air/title5/petitiondb/
petitiondb2004.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pamela Blakley, Chief, Air Permitting
Section, Air Programs Branch, Air and
Radiation Division, EPA, Region 5, 77
West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,
Illinois 60604, telephone (312) 886–
4447.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act
affords EPA a 45-day period to review,
and object to as appropriate, operating
permits proposed by State permitting
authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the Act
authorizes any person to petition the
EPA Administrator within 60 days after
the expiration of this review period to
object to State operating permits if EPA
has not done so. Petitions must be based
only on objections to the permit that
were raised with reasonable specificity
during the public comment period
provided by the State, unless the
petitioner demonstrates that it was
impracticable to raise these issues
during the comment period or the
grounds for the issues arose after this
period.
On January 22, 2004, the EPA
received from the Chicago Legal Clinic
petitions requesting that EPA object to
the issuance of the title V operating
permits to the Midwest Generation Fisk
and Crawford stations. The petitions
raise issues regarding the permit
application, the permit issuance
process, and the permits themselves.
Chicago Legal Clinic asserts that the
permits: (1) Lack compliance schedules
designed to bring the Midwest
Generation Fisk and Crawford stations
into compliance with Clean Air Act
requirements; (2) contain language that
fails to include conditions that meet the
legal requirements for monitoring; (3)
contain language that violates the
requirements related to credible
evidence; (4) contain language regarding
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2005-0115; FRL-7907-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; General Conformity of Federal
Actions to State Implementation Plans (Renewal), EPA ICR Number
1637.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0279
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 April 30, 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 June 3, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2005-
0115 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, 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: Annie Nikbakht, Ozone Policy and
Strategies Group, Mail Drop C539-02, Environmental Protection Agency,
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, North Carolina 27711; telephone number:
(919) 541-5246; fax number: (919) 541-0824; e-mail address:
nikbakht.annie@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 February 1, 2005 (70 FR 5178), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No.OAR-2005-0115, which is available for public viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center 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 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, confidential business
information (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
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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: General Conformity of Federal Actions to State
Implementation Plans (40 CFR part 51, subpart W; part 93, subpart B)
(Renewal).
Abstract: Before any agency, department, or instrumentality of the
Federal government engages in, supports in any way, provides financial
assistance for, licenses, permits, or approves any activity, that
agency has the affirmative responsibility to ensure that such action
conforms to the State Implementation Plan (SIP) for the attainment and
maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).
The Federal government uses information collected to ensure that
general Federal actions conform to applicable provisions of the SIP and
that the Federal action does not impede the goal of attaining and
maintaining the NAAQS throughout the country. The State and local air
agencies use the results from conformity determinations to determine
applicability of the general conformity requirements, to demonstrate
that their actions satisfy both the emissions and air quality criteria
stipulated in the regulation, and to demonstrate that their actions
conform to applicable provisions of the SIP.
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 35
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: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those which take Federal Actions, or are subject to
Federal Actions, and emit pollutants above deminimis levels.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 674.
Frequency of Response: One time, or every five years.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 9,435 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $592,763, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $592,763 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 811 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is applicable to the Non-Federal,
State, and Local agencies which are the entities more affected. This
number is calculated based on Non-Federal, State, and Local agencies
only.
Dated: April 26, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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