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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–ORD–2005–0530; FRL–8201–9]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Application for
Reference or Equivalent Method
Determination; EPA ICR No. 0559.09
OMB Control No. 2080–0005
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 21, 2006
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
ORD–2005–0530, to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to Office of
Environmental Information (OEI)
Docket, oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by
mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert W. Vanderpool, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Human Exposure and Atmospheric
Sciences Division, Process Modeling
Research Branch, Mail Drop D205–03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: 919–541–7877;
facsimile number: 919–541–1153; email: Vanderpool.Robert@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 April 4, 2006 (71 FR 16771), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments during the comment period.
Any additional comments on this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
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EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–ORD–2005–0530, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
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/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8 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.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Application for Reference and
Equivalent Method Determination.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0559.09;
OMB Control No. 2080–0005.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2008. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
are displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: To determine compliance
with the 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
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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) and coarse
particulate matter (PM10–2.5), the
applicant must also submit a checklist
signed 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 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 341 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
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previously applicable instructions and
requirements which have subsequently
changed; 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:
22.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
7,492 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$650,494, includes $132,668 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 50 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This increase is due to the
nature of the proposed revisions to the
National Ambient Air Quality Standard
for particulate matter.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0080; FRL–8201–8]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Integrated Iron
and Steel Manufacturing (Renewal),
EPA ICR Number 2003.03, OMB
Control Number 2060–0517
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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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. The ICR which is abstracted
below describes the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 21, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2005–0080, to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
VerDate Aug<31>2005
17:59 Jul 20, 2006
Jkt 208001
preferred method), or by e-mail to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center, mail code 2201T, 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:
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´
Marıa Malave, Compliance Assessment
and Media Programs Division (Mail
Code 2223A), Office of Compliance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 564–7027; fax number:
(202) 564–0050; e-mail address:
malave.maria@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 September 21, 2005 (70 FR 55368),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30
days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0080, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, in person viewing
at the Enforcement and Compliance
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
Enforcement and Compliance Docket is
(202) 566–1927.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov,
as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains
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copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Integrated Iron and
Steel Manufacturing (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2003.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0517.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2006. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
and displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: The National Emission
Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
(NESHAP) for Integrated Iron and Steel
Manufacturing were proposed on July
13, 2001 (66 FR 36835), and
promulgated on May 20, 2003 (68 FR
27645). The proposed amendments were
published August 30, 2005 (70 FR
51306). These standards apply to new
and existing sinter plants, blast
furnaces, and basic oxygen process
furnace (BOPF) shops at integrated iron
and steel manufacturing facilities that
are major sources of hazardous air
pollutants (HAPs), or are collocated at
major sources. This information is being
collected to assure compliance with 40
CFR part 63, subpart FFFFF.
Owners and operators of affected
sources are subject to the monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements of 40 CFR part 63, subpart
A, the General Provisions, unless
specified otherwise in the regulation.
This rule requires sources to submit
initial notifications, conduct
performance tests if source is using an
add-on control device, and submit
periodic compliance reports. In
addition, sources are required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation if using an
add-on control device; any period
during which the monitoring system is
inoperative; parametric monitoring data;
system maintenance and calibration;
and work practices to demonstrate
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0530; FRL-8201-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Application for Reference or Equivalent Method
Determination; EPA ICR No. 0559.09 OMB Control No. 2080-0005
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted below,
describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 21,
2006
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2005-0530, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to Office of Environmental Information
(OEI) Docket, oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Robert W. Vanderpool, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Human Exposure and Atmospheric
Sciences Division, Process Modeling Research Branch, Mail Drop D205-03,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919-541-7877;
facsimile number: 919-541-1153; e-mail: Vanderpool.Robert@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 April 4, 2006 (71 FR 16771), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted
to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2005-0530, which is available for online viewing at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person 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/
DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov as EPA
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains
copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure
is restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Application for Reference and Equivalent Method
Determination.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0559.09; OMB Control No. 2080-0005.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: To determine compliance with the 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) and coarse particulate matter (PM10-2.5),
the applicant must also submit a checklist signed 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 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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 341
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
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previously applicable instructions and requirements which have
subsequently changed; 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: 22.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,492 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $650,494, includes $132,668 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 50 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to the nature of the
proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for
particulate matter.
Dated: July 11, 2006.
Sara Hisel McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-11606 Filed 7-20-06; 8:45 am]
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