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Dated: June 5, 2007.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management.
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AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management invites
comments on the submission for OMB
review as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 12,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be addressed to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Education Desk Officer,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Room 10222,
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit responses
electronically by e-mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax
to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should
include the following subject line in
their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB
number], [insert abbreviated collection
name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound
Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting
comments electronically should not
submit paper copies.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The IC Clearance
Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, publishes that notice
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view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor,
Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests
may also be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
245–6623. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Institute of Education Sciences
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
245–6623. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
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containing proposed information
collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection,
grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested,
e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of
the collection; (4) Description of the
need for, and proposed use of, the
information; (5) Respondents and
frequency of collection; and (6)
Reporting and/or Recordkeeping
burden. OMB invites public comment.
Type of Review: New.
Title: A Study of Differential Effects of
ELL Training and Materials.
Frequency: On occasion; semiannually; annually.
Affected Public: Individuals or
household; State, Local, or Tribal Gov’t,
SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 896.
Burden Hours: 311.
Abstract: This study seeks to examine
the impact on student achievement of a
combination of a comprehensive
English Language Learner (ELL) student
program, On Our Way to English [OWE],
and a professional development course,
Responsive Instruction for Success in
English [RISE]. Schools identified as
having a high percentage of Spanishspeaking ELL students will be randomly
assigned to either the treatment
condition or a control group. All grade
1–5 classrooms at each school will
participate in the condition assigned to
the school. This study begins in 2007.
OWE and RISE will be implemented in
treatment schools during the 2007–2008
and 2008–2009 school years. Data on
classroom practices, student activities,
and student language and literacy will
be collected each of these years.
Intermediate and cumulative effects of
the interventions will be analyzed using
year-end data and data collected over
the course of the study. Other analyses
may explore education mechanisms that
contribute to variation in the impact in
achievement.
Requests for copies of the information
collection submission for OMB review
may be accessed from https://
edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 3303. When
you access the information collection,
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0015; FRL–8325–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; State Operating Permit
Regulations (Renewal); EPA ICR No.
1587.07, OMB Control No. 2060–0243
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 July 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2004–0015, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Docket and Information Center, Mail
Code 2822T, 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
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17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Jeff
Herring, Air Quality Policy Division
(C504–05), Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541–3195; fax
number: (919) 541–5509; e-mail address:
herring.jeff@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 9, 2007 (72 FR 6233), 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–OAR–2004–0015, which is
available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Air and
Radiation Docket is 202–566–1742.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at
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 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 www.regulations.gov.
Title: State Operating Permit
Regulations (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1587.07,
OMB Control No. 2060–0243.
ICR Status: This ICR was originally
scheduled to expire on March 31, 2007,
but an emergency extension granted by
OMB on March 13, 2007 extended the
expiration date to June 30, 2007. Under
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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: Title V of the Clean Air Act
(Act) requires States to develop and
implement a program for issuing
operating permits to all sources that fall
under any Act definition of ‘‘major’’ and
certain other non-major sources that are
subject to Federal air quality
regulations. The Act further requires
EPA to develop regulations that
establish the minimum requirements for
those State operating permits programs,
to oversee implementation of the State
programs, and to operate a Federal
operating permits program in areas not
subject to an approved State program.
The EPA regulations setting forth
requirements for the State operating
permits programs are at part 70, title 40,
chapter I of the Code of Federal
Regulations. These are referred to as the
‘‘Part 70 Operating Permit Regulations,’’
which are the subject of the ICR
addressed in this notice.
In implementing title V of the Act and
EPA’s part 70 operating permits
regulations, State and local permitting
agencies must develop programs and
submit them to EPA for approval
(section 502(d)), and sources subject to
the program must develop operating
permit applications and submit them to
the permitting authority within 1 year
after program approval (section 503).
Permitting authorities will then issue
permits (section 503(c)) and thereafter
enforce, revise, and renew those permits
at no more than 5-year intervals (section
502(d)). Permit applications and
proposed permits will be provided to,
and are subject to review by, EPA
(section 505(a)). All information
submitted by a source and the issued
permit shall also be available for public
review except for confidential
information which will be protected
from disclosure (section 503(e)). Sources
will semi-annually submit compliance
monitoring reports to the permitting
authorities (section 504(a)). The EPA
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has the responsibility to oversee
implementation of the program and to
administer a Federal operating permits
program in the event a program is not
approved for a State (section 502(d)(3))
or if EPA determines the permitting
authority is not adequately
administering its approved program
(section 502(i)(4)). The activities to carry
out these tasks are considered
mandatory and necessary for
implementation of title V and the proper
operation of the operating permits
program. This notice provides updated
burden estimates from a previously
approved ICR.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
the part 70 collection of information is
estimated to average 248 hours per
permitted source, and the annual
burden for permitting authorities to
administer a part 70 program is
estimated to average 12,050 hours
(about 80 hours per permitted source).
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 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:
Respondents to this information
collection come from two groups: (1)
Sources required to obtain an operating
permit and (2) permitting authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
16,818 sources and 112 permitting
authorities.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
annually, and every five years.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
5,525,639 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$220,996,244, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 416,091 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This increase in burden for
sources and permitting authorities is
due to expected changes in the existing
information collection activities to be
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performed by sources, primarily an
increase in permit renewal activity.
Dated: June 5, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies
Division.
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[EPA–HQ–OECA–2006–0750; FRL–8325–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NESHAP for Gasoline
Distribution Facilities (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 1659.06, OMB Control
Number 2060–0325
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 July 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OECA–2006–0750, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
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.
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EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On October 5, 2006 (71 FR 58853), 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–OECA–2006–0750, which is
available for public viewing online at
https://www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information
Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 and Information Center 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, Confidential
Business Information (CBI), or other
information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to www.regulations.gov.
Title: NESHAP for Gasoline
Distribution Facilities (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1659.06, OMB Control Number 2060–
0325.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on June 30, 2007. 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
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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 the regulations published
at 40 CFR part 63, subpart R, were
promulgated on December 14, 1994 (59
FR 64318). The standards were revised
on June 26, 1995 (60 FR 32913), to
correct errors in the printing of the
emission screening equation in the final
standards, and amended on February
29, 1996 (61 FR 7723), to extend the
initial compliance date for the
equipment leak standard. The standards
were amended again June 12, 1996 (61
FR 29875), to clarify the coverage of
gasoline loading racks at refineries with
through-puts greater than 75,700 liters/
day. Updated direct final standards
were promulgated on February 28, 1997
(62 FR 9092), to implement a proposed
settlement with the American Petroleum
Institute. These regulations apply to
facilities that are new or existing
pipeline breakout stations or bulk
gasoline terminals with through-puts
greater than 75,700 liters/day,
commencing construction, modification
or reconstruction after the date of
proposal.
In general, all NESHAP standards
require initial notifications,
performance tests, and periodic reports.
Owners or operators are also required to
maintain records of the occurrence and
duration of any startup, shutdown, or
malfunction in the operation of an
affected facility, or any period during
which the monitoring system is
inoperative. These notifications, reports,
and records are essential in determining
compliance, and are required of all
sources subject to NESHAP.
Specifically, data is being collected on
performance of the continuous
monitoring systems for gasoline vapor
and related hazardous air pollutants
(HAPs), any excess emissions, and any
operating parameter exceedances.
Any owner or operator subject to the
provisions of this part shall maintain a
file of these measurements, and retain
the file for at least five years following
the date of such measurements,
maintenance reports, and records. All
reports are sent to the delegated State or
local authority. In the event that there
is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the United
States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) regional office.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0015; FRL-8325-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Operating Permit
Regulations (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1587.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0243
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 July 12, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0015, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mail Code 2822T, 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
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17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Herring, Air Quality Policy
Division (C504-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-3195; fax number: (919) 541-5509; e-mail
address: herring.jeff@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 9, 2007 (72 FR 6233), 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-OAR-2004-0015, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Air and Radiation Docket is 202-
566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
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 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
www.regulations.gov.
Title: State Operating Permit Regulations (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1587.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0243.
ICR Status: This ICR was originally scheduled to expire on March
31, 2007, but an emergency extension granted by OMB on March 13, 2007
extended the expiration date to June 30, 2007. 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: Title V of the Clean Air Act (Act) requires States to
develop and implement a program for issuing operating permits to all
sources that fall under any Act definition of ``major'' and certain
other non-major sources that are subject to Federal air quality
regulations. The Act further requires EPA to develop regulations that
establish the minimum requirements for those State operating permits
programs, to oversee implementation of the State programs, and to
operate a Federal operating permits program in areas not subject to an
approved State program.
The EPA regulations setting forth requirements for the State
operating permits programs are at part 70, title 40, chapter I of the
Code of Federal Regulations. These are referred to as the ``Part 70
Operating Permit Regulations,'' which are the subject of the ICR
addressed in this notice.
In implementing title V of the Act and EPA's part 70 operating
permits regulations, State and local permitting agencies must develop
programs and submit them to EPA for approval (section 502(d)), and
sources subject to the program must develop operating permit
applications and submit them to the permitting authority within 1 year
after program approval (section 503). Permitting authorities will then
issue permits (section 503(c)) and thereafter enforce, revise, and
renew those permits at no more than 5-year intervals (section 502(d)).
Permit applications and proposed permits will be provided to, and are
subject to review by, EPA (section 505(a)). All information submitted
by a source and the issued permit shall also be available for public
review except for confidential information which will be protected from
disclosure (section 503(e)). Sources will semi-annually submit
compliance monitoring reports to the permitting authorities (section
504(a)). The EPA has the responsibility to oversee implementation of
the program and to administer a Federal operating permits program in
the event a program is not approved for a State (section 502(d)(3)) or
if EPA determines the permitting authority is not adequately
administering its approved program (section 502(i)(4)). The activities
to carry out these tasks are considered mandatory and necessary for
implementation of title V and the proper operation of the operating
permits program. This notice provides updated burden estimates from a
previously approved ICR.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for the part 70 collection of information is estimated to
average 248 hours per permitted source, and the annual burden for
permitting authorities to administer a part 70 program is estimated to
average 12,050 hours (about 80 hours per permitted source). 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
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: Respondents to this information
collection come from two groups: (1) Sources required to obtain an
operating permit and (2) permitting authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,818 sources and 112 permitting
authorities.
Frequency of Response: Initially, annually, and every five years.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,525,639 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $220,996,244, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 416,091 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase in burden for sources and
permitting authorities is due to expected changes in the existing
information collection activities to be
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performed by sources, primarily an increase in permit renewal activity.
Dated: June 5, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-11303 Filed 6-11-07; 8:45 am]
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