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calendar days prior to the Forum so that
a list of speakers can be developed. The
chairman may allow others to speak if
time permits.
A transcript of the Forum will be
made. Copies of the transcripts may be
obtained directly from the transcribing
service for a fee. Copies of all
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available from the transcribing service
for a fee.
Written comments on the proposed
Robert D. Willis Rate are due on or
before September 4, 2008. Five copies of
the written comments should be
submitted to James K. McDonald,
Assistant Administrator, Southwestern
Power Administration, U.S. Department
of Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa,
Oklahoma, 74103.
Following review of the oral and
written comments and the information
gathered during the course of the
proceedings, the Administrator will
submit the final Robert D. Willis Rate
Proposal, and Power Repayment Studies
in support of the proposed rate to the
Deputy Secretary of Energy for
confirmation and approval on an
interim basis, and subsequently to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) for confirmation and approval
on a final basis. The FERC will allow
the public an opportunity to provide
written comments on the proposed rate
increase before making a final decision.
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Jon C. Worthington,
Administrator.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0081; FRL–8700–9]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Non-Attainment Area
New Source Review (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 1230.23, OMB Control
Number 2060–0003
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
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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.
Please note that EPA’s policy is that
public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing in
www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
them and without change, unless the
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– comment contains copyrighted material,
OAR–2004–0081, to (1) EPA on-line at
confidential business information (CBI),
www.regulations.gov, or by mail to: U.S. or other information whose public
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
disclosure is restricted by statute. For
Docket Center, Air and Radiation Docket further information about the electronic
and Information Center, 1200
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Mail Code
Title: Prevention of Significant
2822T, Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
Deterioration and Non-Attainment Area
OMB at: Office of Information and
New Source Review (Renewal).
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1230.23,
Management and Budget (OMB),
OMB Control No. 2060–0003.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
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expire on October 31, 2008. Under OMB
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
regulations, the Agency may continue to
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conduct or sponsor the collection of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
information while this submission is
Carrie Wheeler, Office of Air Quality
pending at OMB. An Agency may not
Planning and Standards, Air Quality
conduct or sponsor, and a person is not
Policy Division (C504–05), U.S.
required to respond to, a collection of
Environmental Protection Agency,
information, unless it displays a
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
currently valid OMB control number.
telephone number: (919) 541–9771; fax
The OMB control numbers for EPA’s
number: (919) 541–5509; e-mail address: regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after
wheeler.carrie@epa.gov.
appearing in the Federal Register when
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
submitted the following ICR to OMB for are displayed by publication in the
review and approval according to the
Federal Register or by other appropriate
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. means, such as on the related collection
On November 30, 2007 (72 FR 67720),
instrument or form, if applicable. The
EPA sought comments on this ICR
display of OMB control numbers in
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
certain EPA regulations is consolidated
received no comments. EPA completed
in 40 CFR part 9.
an active consultation with the National
Abstract: Part C of the Clean Air Act
Association of Clean Air Agencies
(Act)—‘‘Prevention of Significant
(NACAA) in January, 2008. Three
Deterioration,’’ and Part D—‘‘Plan
comments were received and EPA has
Requirements for Nonattainment
addressed the comments.
Areas,’’ require all States to adopt
EPA has established a public docket
preconstruction review programs for
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
new or modified stationary sources of
HQ–OAR–2004–0081, which is
air pollution. In addition, the provisions
available for online viewing at
of Section 110 of the Act include a
www.regulations.gov, or in-person
requirement for States to have a
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket preconstruction review program to
and Information Center in the EPA
manage the emissions from the
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
construction and modification of any
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
stationary source of air pollution to
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
assure that the National Ambient Air
Center Public Reading Room is open
Quality Standards (NAAQS) are
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
achieved and maintained. Implementing
through Friday, excluding legal
regulations for these three programs are
holidays. The telephone number for the promulgated at 40 CFR 51.160 through
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
51.166 to Part 51 and 40 CFR 52.21 and
the telephone number for the Air Docket 52.24.
In order to receive a construction
is (202) 566–1742.
permit for a major new source or major
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at www.regulations.gov modification, the applicant must
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on October 31, 2008. 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 September 4,
2008.
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conduct the necessary research, perform
the appropriate analyses and prepare
the permit application with
documentation to demonstrate that their
project meets all applicable statutory
and regulatory NSR requirements.
Specific activities and requirements are
listed and described in the Supporting
Statement for the ICR.
Reviewing authorities review the
permit application, provide for public
review of the proposed project, and
issue the permit based on its
consideration of all technical factors
and public input. The EPA, more
broadly, reviews a fraction of the total
applications and audits the state and
local programs for their effectiveness.
Consequently, information prepared and
submitted by the source is essential for
the source to receive a permit, and for
Type of permit action
Federal, state and local environmental
agencies to adequately review the
permit application and thereby properly
administer and manage the NSR
programs.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to be broken down as follows:
Major PSD
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Number of sources ......................................................................................................................
Burden Hours per Response:
Industry .................................................................................................................................
Permitting Agencies ..............................................................................................................
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:
Industrial plants, state and local
permitting agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
150,821.
Frequency of Response: 1 per
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
5,951,068 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$486,452,000, which includes
$475,056,000 annual labor costs and
$11,396,000 annual capital/startup and
O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 44,960 in the total estimated
burden currently identified in the OMB
Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens.
The number of respondents has
increased by 51 due to the decision by
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC.
Circuit to vacate the Clean Units and
Pollution Control Project Exclusion
provisions of the NSR program. In
addition, the burden per permit for Part
C major NSR permit applications
increased based on active consultation
with NACAA, conducted in January
2008.
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Dated: July 29, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collections Strategies Division.
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2007–0983]
Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global
Change Research Program
Assessment of the Impacts of Global
Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A
Preliminary Synthesis of Climate
Change Impacts on O3
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review
Workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that
Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for
external scientific peer review, will
convene an independent panel of
experts and organize and conduct an
external peer-review workshop to
review the external review draft
document titled, ‘‘Interim Report of the
U.S. EPA Global Change Research
Program Assessment of the Impacts of
Global Change on Regional U.S. Air
Quality: A Preliminary Synthesis of
Climate Change Impacts on O3’’ (EPA/
600/R–07/094). The draft document was
prepared by the National Center for
Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
within EPA’s Office of Research and
Development.
The public comment period,
announced in (73 FR 39695), and the
external peer-review workshop are
separate processes that provide
opportunities for all interested parties to
comment on the document. EPA has
released this draft document solely for
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the purpose of pre-dissemination peer
review under applicable information
quality guidelines. This document has
not been formally disseminated by EPA.
It does not represent and should not be
construed to represent any Agency
policy or determination.
EPA invites the public to register to
attend this workshop as observers. In
addition, EPA invites the public to give
oral and/or provide written comments at
the workshop regarding the draft
document under review. The draft
document and EPA’s peer-review charge
are available primarily via the Internet
on NCEA’s home page under the Recent
Additions and the Data and Publications
menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. In
preparing a final report, EPA will
consider the Versar, Inc. report of the
comments and recommendations from
the external peer-review workshop and
any public comments that EPA receives
in accordance with this notice.
DATES: The peer-review panel workshop
will begin on August 26, 2008, at 8:30
a.m. and end at 5 p.m. on the same day.
ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop
will be held at the U.S. EPA, Research
Triangle Park Campus, 109 TW
Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 27709.
The EPA contractor, Versar Inc., is
organizing, convening, and conducting
the peer-review workshop. To attend the
workshop, register by August 19, 2008,
preferably via the Internet at https://
epa.versar.com/
climatechangeimpactsonozone, or via
the following means: by calling Versar,
Inc. at 703–750–3000, extension 737 or
211; sending a facsimile to Attn:
Malikah Moore at 703–642–6954, or;
sending an e-mail to
mmoore@versar.com and
dsinkowski@versar.com. The draft
‘‘Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global
Change Research Program Assessment
of the Impacts of Global Change on
Regional U.S. Air Quality: A
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0081; FRL-8700-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Non-Attainment Area New Source Review (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 1230.23, OMB Control Number 2060-0003
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31,
2008. 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 September 4,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2004-0081, to (1) EPA on-line at www.regulations.gov, or by mail
to: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Mail Code 2822T, 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: Carrie Wheeler, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division (C504-05), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-9771; fax number: (919) 541-5509; e-mail
address: wheeler.carrie@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 November 30, 2007 (72 FR 67720), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. EPA
completed an active consultation with the National Association of Clean
Air Agencies (NACAA) in January, 2008. Three comments were received and
EPA has addressed the comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0081, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in-person viewing at the Air and Radiation
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 Air 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 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. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing in 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: Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Non-Attainment
Area New Source Review (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1230.23, OMB Control No. 2060-0003.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 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 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: Part C of the Clean Air Act (Act)--``Prevention of
Significant Deterioration,'' and Part D--``Plan Requirements for
Nonattainment Areas,'' require all States to adopt preconstruction
review programs for new or modified stationary sources of air
pollution. In addition, the provisions of Section 110 of the Act
include a requirement for States to have a preconstruction review
program to manage the emissions from the construction and modification
of any stationary source of air pollution to assure that the National
Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are achieved and maintained.
Implementing regulations for these three programs are promulgated at 40
CFR 51.160 through 51.166 to Part 51 and 40 CFR 52.21 and 52.24.
In order to receive a construction permit for a major new source or
major modification, the applicant must
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conduct the necessary research, perform the appropriate analyses and
prepare the permit application with documentation to demonstrate that
their project meets all applicable statutory and regulatory NSR
requirements. Specific activities and requirements are listed and
described in the Supporting Statement for the ICR.
Reviewing authorities review the permit application, provide for
public review of the proposed project, and issue the permit based on
its consideration of all technical factors and public input. The EPA,
more broadly, reviews a fraction of the total applications and audits
the state and local programs for their effectiveness. Consequently,
information prepared and submitted by the source is essential for the
source to receive a permit, and for Federal, state and local
environmental agencies to adequately review the permit application and
thereby properly administer and manage the NSR programs.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be broken
down as follows:
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Type of permit action Major PSD Major Part D Minor
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Number of sources............................................... 282 519 74,591
Burden Hours per Response:
Industry.................................................... 866 642 40
Permitting Agencies......................................... 301 127 30
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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: Industrial plants, state and local
permitting agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 150,821.
Frequency of Response: 1 per respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,951,068 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $486,452,000, which includes
$475,056,000 annual labor costs and $11,396,000 annual capital/startup
and O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 44,960 in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. The number of respondents has increased by 51 due
to the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC. Circuit to
vacate the Clean Units and Pollution Control Project Exclusion
provisions of the NSR program. In addition, the burden per permit for
Part C major NSR permit applications increased based on active
consultation with NACAA, conducted in January 2008.
Dated: July 29, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collections Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-17927 Filed 8-4-08; 8:45 am]
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