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13, 2002.2 These rate schedules were
extended again through September 30,
2006, by the approval of Rate Order No.
WAPA–113 approved on September 2,
2004.3 These rate schedules were
extended again through September 30,
2008, by Rate Order No. WAPA–131
approved on September 22, 2006.4
Legal Authority
The proposed modifications to the
rate methodology described above
constitutes a minor rate adjustment.
Western has determined that it is not
necessary to hold a public information
or public comment forum for this
proposed minor rate adjustment as
defined by 10 CFR part 903. After
review of public comments and possible
amendments or adjustments, Western
will recommend the Deputy Secretary of
Energy approve the proposed formula
rates on an interim basis.
Western is establishing firm electric
and transmission service rates for P–DP
under the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152); the
Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32
Stat. 388), as amended and
supplemented by subsequent laws,
particularly section 9(c) of the
Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43
U.S.C. 485h(c)); and other acts that
specifically apply to the project
involved.
By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00,
effective December 6, 2001, the
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The
authority to develop power and
transmission rates to Western’s
Administrator; (2) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates
into effect on an interim basis to the
Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the
authority to confirm, approve, and place
into effect on a final basis, to remand or
to disapprove such rates to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission. Existing
Department of Energy (DOE) procedures
for public participation in power rate
adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were
published on September 18, 1985.
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Availability of Information
All brochures, studies, comments,
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Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.); the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for implementing NEPA (40
CFR parts 1500–1508); and DOE NEPA
Implementing Procedures and
Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western
has determined this action is
categorically excluded from preparing
an environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement.
Determination Under Executive Order
12866
Western has an exemption from
centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no
clearance of this notice by the Office of
Management and Budget is required.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–QAR–2008–0222; FRL–8558–1]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submissions for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Proposed
Collection and Comment Request for
the Outer Continental Shelf Air
Regulation; EPA ICR No. 1601.07; OMB
Control No. 2060–0249
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
2 WAPA–98 was approved by the Secretary of
Energy on September 13, 2002 (67 FR 60655), and
filed with FERC for informational purposes only,
and docketed by FERC on September 24, 2002, in
Docket No. EF02–5041–000.
3 WAPA–113 was approved by the Deputy
Secretary of Energy on September 2, 2004 (69 FR
55429), and filed with FERC for informational
purposes only, and docketed by FERC on
September 3, 2004, in Docket No. EF04–5042–000.
4 WAPA–131 was approved by the Deputy
Secretary of Energy on September 22, 2006 (71 FR
57941), and filed with FERC for informational
purposes only, and docketed by FERC on
September 22, 2006, in Docket No. EF06–5042–000.
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documents that Western initiates or uses
to develop the proposed rates are
available for inspection and copying at
the Desert Southwest Customer Service
Regional Office located at 615 South
43rd Avenue, Phoenix, AZ. Many of
these documents and supporting
information are also available on
Western’s Web site at https://
www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/
RateAdjust/Main.htm.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). This ICR is scheduled to expire
on January 31, 2009. Before submitting
the ICR to OMB for review and
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
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specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2008–0222, by one of the
following methods:https://
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: (202) 566–9744.
• Mail: Agency Information
Collection Request Activities: Proposed
Collection and Comment Request for the
Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Docket, Environmental Protection
Agency, Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, Mailcode: 2822T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Please include a
total of two copies.
• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center,
Public Reading Room, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation, and special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008–
0222. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The
https://www.regulations.gov Web site is
an anonymous access system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov, your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
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Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
will be publicly available only in hard
copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either
electronically in https://
www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at
the Agency Information Collection
Request Activities: Proposed Collection
and Comment Request for the Outer
Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334,
1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The 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 Public Reading Room is (202)
566–1744, and the telephone number for
the Air Docket is (202) 566–1742. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket visit the EPA Docket
Center homepage at https://www.eps.gov/
epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Shao-Hang Chu, Air Quality Policy
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, (C539–04) ,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711; telephone number: (919) 541–
5382; fax number: (919) 541–0824; email address: chu_shao-hang@epagov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. What information is EPA particularly
interested in?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA specifically solicits
comments and information to enable it
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
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use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses. In
particular, EPA is requesting comments
from very small businesses (those that
employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA
could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses
affected by this collection.
II. What information collection activity
does this apply to?
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are all outer
continental shelf sources except those
located in the Gulf of Mexico west of
87.5 degrees longitude (near the border
of Florida and Alabama). For sources
located within 25 miles of states’
seaward boundaries, the requirements
are the same as those that would be
applicable if the source were located in
the corresponding onshore area (COA).
In states affected by this rule, state
boundaries extend three miles from the
coastline, except off the coast of the
Florida Panhandle, where the state’s
boundary extends three leagues (about
nine miles) from the coastline.
Title: Outer Continental Shelf Air
Regulations, EPA ICR Number 1601.07
and OMB Control Number 2060.0249,
expiration date: January 31, 2009.
Abstract: Sources located beyond 25
miles of states’ boundaries are subject to
Federal requirements (implemented and
enforced solely by EPA) for Prevention
of Significant Deterioration, New Source
Performance Standards, National
Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants Standards, the Federal
operating permit program, and the
enhanced compliance and monitoring
regulations. Before any agency,
department, or instrumentality of the
Federal Government engages in,
supports in any way, provides financial
assistance for, licenses, permits,
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.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a person is not required to respond
to, a collection of information request
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 48
CFR chapter 15. Section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)
requires that all Federal actions conform
with the SIPs to attain and maintain the
NAAQS. Depending on the type of
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action, the Federal entities must collect
information themselves, hire
consultants to collect the information or
require applicants/sponsors of the
Federal action to provide the
information.
The type and quantity of information
required will depend on the
circumstances surrounding the action.
First, the entity must make an
applicability determination. If the
source is located within 25 miles of the
state’s seaward boundaries as
established in the regulations, the
requirements are the same as those that
would be applicable if the source were
located in the COA. State and local air
pollution control agencies are usually
requested to provide information
concerning regulation of offshore
sources and are provided opportunities
to comment on the proposed
determinations. The public is also
provided an opportunity to comment on
the proposed determinations.
Burden Statement: 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.
The annual public reporting and
recordkeeping burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average
549 hours per response. The ICR
provides a detailed explanation of the
Agency’s estimate, which is only briefly
summarized here:
Estimated Total Number of Potential
Respondents: 49.
Estimated Number of Responses: 62.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 34,038.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$1,858,350, which includes $0
annualized capital startup costs,
$17,886 O&M costs, and$1,840,064 in
annual labor costs.
III. What is the next step in the process
for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICR as
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appropriate. The final ICR package will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: April 17, 2008.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards.
[FR Doc. E8–8960 Filed 4–28–08; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION
Notice of Meeting
AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING:
Federal
Maritime Commission.
TIME AND DATE: April 30, 2008—9:30
a.m.
PLACE: 800 North Capitol Street, NW.,
First Floor Hearing Room, Washington,
DC.
STATUS: Part of the Meeting will be held
in Open Session and the remainder of
the meeting will be held in Closed
Session.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:
Open Session
1. FMC Meetings Processes/
Procedures.
2. 2007 Annual Employee Survey.
3. OIG Semiannual Report to the
Congress covering the period October 1,
2007—March 31, 2008.
4. Docket No. 06–05—Verucci
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Closed Session
1. Internal Administrative Practices
and Personnel Matters.
2. Direction to Staff Regarding Budget
Hearing Committee Requests.
3. FMC Agreement No. 201178—Los
Angeles/Long Beach Port ITerminal
Operator Administration and
Implementation Agreement.
Contact Person For More Information:
Karen V. Gregory, Assistant Secretary,
(202) 523–5725.
Karen V. Gregory,
Assistant Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–9280 Filed 4–28–08; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
The companies listed in this notice
have applied to the Board for approval,
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part
225), and all other applicable statutes
and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well
as other related filings required by the
Board, are available for immediate
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The applications also will be
available for inspection at the offices of
the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in
writing on the standards enumerated in
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the
proposal also involves the acquisition of
a nonbanking company, the review also
includes whether the acquisition of the
nonbanking company complies with the
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
noted, nonbanking activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Additional information on all bank
holding companies may be obtained
from the National Information Center
website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding each of these applications
must be received at the Reserve Bank
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than May 23, 2008.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia (Michael E. Collins, Senior
Vice President) 100 North 6th Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105–
1521:
1. Integrity Bancshares, Inc.; to
become a bank holding company by
acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of Integrity Bank, both of Camp
Hill, Pennsylvania.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
(Nadine Wallman, Vice President) 1455
East Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio
44101–2566:
1. Whitaker Bank Corporation of
Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky; to
acquire 100 percent of the voting shares
of State Financial Services, Inc., and
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares
of State Bank and Trust, both of
Harrodsburg, Kentucky.
C. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
(Glenda Wilson, Community Affairs
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Officer) 411 Locust Street, St. Louis,
Missouri 63166–2034:
1. Twin Lakes Bancshares, Inc.; to
become a bank holding company by
acquiring 100 percent of the voting
shares of Twin Lakes Community Bank,
both of Flippin, Arkansas, and Bank of
Salem, Salem, Arkansas.
2. First National Corporation of
Wynne, Wynne, Arkansas; to acquire 35
percent of the voting shares of Twin
Lakes Bancshares, Inc., and thereby
indirectly retain voting shares of Twin
Lakes Community Bank, both of
Flippin, Arkansas, and also indirectly
acquire voting shares of Bank of Salem,
Salem, Arkansas.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, April 23, 2008.
Margaret McCloskey Shanks,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Voluntary Testing and Enrollment for a
New Method of Submitting
Applications, Notices, and Other
Requests for Regulatory Authorization
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
SUMMARY: The Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System (Federal
Reserve) proposes to implement an
electronic system for the submission of
applications, notices, and other requests
for regulatory authorization to the
Federal Reserve System by insured
depository institutions, bank holding
companies (BHCs), foreign banking
organizations (FBOs), other entities,
individuals, or groups (collectively,
filers) under the Federal Reserve Act,
Bank Holding Company Act, Bank
Merger Act, Change in Bank Control
Act, the International Banking Act of
1978, and the Federal Reserve’s
regulations implementing these statutes.
As a part of this process the Federal
Reserve would implement an
authentication system to authorize filers
and their designated agents to access the
Electronic Applications system (E-Apps)
and submit filings. To identify any
unresolved issues with (E-Apps), the
Federal Reserve proposes to establish a
testing program involving a limited
number of filers that would be willing
to provide written and oral feedback
regarding the authentication and testing
processes.
DATES: Pilot Phase Timeframe: Second
and Third Quarters 2008.
System Enrollment and
Implementation Phase Timeframe:
Beginning Fourth Quarter 2008.
AGENCY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-QAR-2008-0222; FRL-8558-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submissions for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Proposed Collection and Comment Request for
the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulation; EPA ICR No. 1601.07; OMB
Control No. 2060-0249
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 EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2009. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review
and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 30, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0222, by one of the following methods:https://
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
Fax: (202) 566-9744.
Mail: Agency Information Collection Request Activities:
Proposed Collection and Comment Request for the Outer Continental Shelf
Air Regulations Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of
two copies.
Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of
boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0222. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at
https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through https://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The https://www.regulations.gov Web site
is an anonymous access system, which means EPA will not know your
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without
going through https://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA
may not be able to consider your comment.
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Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket materials are available either
electronically in https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the
Agency Information Collection Request Activities: Proposed Collection
and Comment Request for the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC. The 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742. For additional information
about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at
https://www.eps.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Shao-Hang Chu, Air Quality Policy
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (C539-04) ,
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5382; fax number: (919) 541-0824; e-
mail address: chu--shao-hang@epagov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically
solicits comments and information to enable it 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, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.
II. What information collection activity does this apply to?
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
all outer continental shelf sources except those located in the Gulf of
Mexico west of 87.5 degrees longitude (near the border of Florida and
Alabama). For sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward
boundaries, the requirements are the same as those that would be
applicable if the source were located in the corresponding onshore area
(COA). In states affected by this rule, state boundaries extend three
miles from the coastline, except off the coast of the Florida
Panhandle, where the state's boundary extends three leagues (about nine
miles) from the coastline.
Title: Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations, EPA ICR Number
1601.07 and OMB Control Number 2060.0249, expiration date: January 31,
2009.
Abstract: Sources located beyond 25 miles of states' boundaries are
subject to Federal requirements (implemented and enforced solely by
EPA) for Prevention of Significant Deterioration, New Source
Performance Standards, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air
Pollutants Standards, the Federal operating permit program, and the
enhanced compliance and monitoring regulations. Before any agency,
department, or instrumentality of the Federal Government engages in,
supports in any way, provides financial assistance for, licenses,
permits, 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. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of
information request 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 48 CFR chapter 15. Section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) requires that all Federal
actions conform with the SIPs to attain and maintain the NAAQS.
Depending on the type of action, the Federal entities must collect
information themselves, hire consultants to collect the information or
require applicants/sponsors of the Federal action to provide the
information.
The type and quantity of information required will depend on the
circumstances surrounding the action. First, the entity must make an
applicability determination. If the source is located within 25 miles
of the state's seaward boundaries as established in the regulations,
the requirements are the same as those that would be applicable if the
source were located in the COA. State and local air pollution control
agencies are usually requested to provide information concerning
regulation of offshore sources and are provided opportunities to
comment on the proposed determinations. The public is also provided an
opportunity to comment on the proposed determinations.
Burden Statement: 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.
The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 549 hours per
response. The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's
estimate, which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated Total Number of Potential Respondents: 49.
Estimated Number of Responses: 62.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 34,038.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,858,350, which includes $0
annualized capital startup costs, $17,886 O&M costs, and$1,840,064 in
annual labor costs.
III. What is the next step in the process for this ICR?
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as
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appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will
issue another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any
questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: April 17, 2008.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. E8-8960 Filed 4-28-08; 8:45 am]
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