Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088, 37704-37705 [E9-18037]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES 37704 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 144 / Wednesday, July 29, 2009 / Notices PM2.5 impact on other States and to require that Delaware and New Jersey report all of the emissions-related data required by CAIR. (Delaware and New Jersey are already affected by ozonerelated requirements in CAIR.) These emissions data reporting requirements include reporting requirements and combine these reporting requirements with existing requirements from the Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR), the Emission Reporting Requirements for Ozone State Implementation Plan (SIP) Revisions Relating to Statewide Budgets for NOX Emissions to Reduce Regional Transport of Ozone (NOX SIP Call), the Acid Rain Program under Title IV of the CAA Amendments of 1990, and the Rule to Reduce Interstate Transport of Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone (Clean Air Interstate Rule, CAIR). Each of these four existing requirements has an approved ICR in place. The current ICRs are: for the CERR, EPA ICR 0916.12 (OMB 2060–0088), for the NOX SIP Call, EPA ICR 1857.04 (OMB 2060–0445), for the Acid Rain Program, EPA ICR 1633.14 (OMB 2060–0258), and for CAIR, EPA ICR 2152.03 (OMB 2060– 0570). Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 4 hours per response. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements 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: Electric utilities, Industrial sources, and State Governments. Estimated Number of Respondents: 62. Frequency of Response: on occasion, quarterly, and annually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,334. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $235,925, which includes $20,300.00 in annualized capital or O&M costs. VerDate Nov<24>2008 18:30 Jul 28, 2009 Jkt 217001 Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 208 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments to the estimates reflecting the current requirements of the program. Dated: July 23, 2009. John Moses, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. E9–18002 Filed 7–28–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0490; FRL–8936–8] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060– 0088 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. 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 28, 2009. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2005–0490, to: (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 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 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Beauregard, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, Mail Code C339– 02, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541–5512; fax PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 number: (919) 541–0684; e-mail address: beauregard.dennis@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 21, 2009 (74 FR 18226), 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–2005–0490, which is available for online viewing at https:// 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 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 https://www.regulations.gov. Title: Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal). ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060–0088. ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2009. 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 E:\FR\FM\29JYN1.SGM 29JYN1 mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 144 / Wednesday, July 29, 2009 / Notices 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: EPA has promulgated a Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (CERR) (40 CFR part 51, subpart A) to coordinate new emissions inventory reporting requirements with existing requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and the 1990 Amendments. Under the CERR, 55 state and territorial air quality agencies, including the District of Columbia (DC), as well as an estimated 49 local air quality agencies, must annually submit emissions data for point sources emitting specified levels of volatile organic compounds, oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter less than or equal to 10 micrometers in diameter, particulate matter less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5), and ammonia (NH3). Every 3 years, states are required to submit a point source inventory, as well as a statewide stationary nonpoint, nonroad mobile, onroad mobile, and biogenic source inventory for all criteria pollutants (including lead and lead compounds) and their precursors. The emissions data submitted for the annual and 3-year cycle inventories for stationary point, nonpoint, nonroad mobile, and onroad mobile sources are used by EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards to assist in developing ambient air quality emission standards, performing regional modeling, and preparing national trends assessments and special analyses and reports. Any data submitted to EPA under the CERR is in the public domain and cannot be treated as confidential. Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 31 hours per response. The total number of respondents is assumed to be 1,863. This total number of respondents includes 104 State agencies that are subject to the CERR data reporting requirements and 1,759 sources that are not subject, but are assumed to incur the burden for reporting estimates of PM2.5 and NH3 to State 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, VerDate Nov<24>2008 18:30 Jul 28, 2009 Jkt 217001 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: 55 State and territorial air pollution control agencies, 49 local air agencies, and 1,759 industry sources. Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,863. Frequency of Response: Annual. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 57,698. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $230,880, includes $230,880 annualized capital or operational and maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 474 hours in the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to use of updated point source reporting data from the 2005 National Emissions Inventory indicating fewer Type A sources will be reported annually to EPA. Dated: July 21, 2009. Jenny Noonan Edmonds, Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. [FR Doc. E9–18037 Filed 7–28–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0352; FRL–8936–9] Final Risk and Exposure Assessment Report for Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability of final report. SUMMARY: On or about July 31, 2009, the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of EPA is making available a final report, Risk and Exposure Assessment to Support the Review of the SO2 Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standard: Final Report. This document presents the approaches taken to assess exposures to ambient SO2 and to characterize associated health risks, and presents the results of those assessments. This PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37705 document also contains a staff policy assessment regarding the adequacy of the current SO2 NAAQS and potential alternative primary SO2 standards. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael J. Stewart, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (Mail Code C504–06), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; e-mail: stewart.michael@epa.gov; telephone: 919–541–7524; fax: 919–541–0237. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: General Information A. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information? 1. Docket. EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0352. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through https://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the EPA Docket Center (EPA/ DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the Office of Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. Under section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Administrator identifies and lists certain pollutants which ‘‘cause or contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.’’ The EPA then issues air quality criteria for listed pollutants, which are commonly referred to as ‘‘criteria pollutants.’’ The air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of [a] pollutant in the ambient air, in varying quantities.’’ Under section 109 of the CAA, EPA establishes national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for each listed pollutant, with the NAAQS based on the air quality criteria. Section 109(d) of the CAA requires periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria. 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[EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0490; FRL-8936-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Consolidated Emissions Reporting 
Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088

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 28, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2005-0490, to: (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation, 
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 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis Beauregard, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, Air Quality Assessment Division, Mail 
Code C339-02, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 
NC 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5512; fax number: (919) 541-0684; 
e-mail address: beauregard.dennis@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 21, 2009 (74 FR 18226), 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-2005-0490, which is available for online viewing at 
https://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 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 https://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0088.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 2009. 
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: EPA has promulgated a Consolidated Emissions Reporting 
Rule (CERR) (40 CFR part 51, subpart A) to coordinate new emissions 
inventory reporting requirements with existing requirements of the 
Clean Air Act (CAA) and the 1990 Amendments. Under the CERR, 55 state 
and territorial air quality agencies, including the District of 
Columbia (DC), as well as an estimated 49 local air quality agencies, 
must annually submit emissions data for point sources emitting 
specified levels of volatile organic compounds, oxides of nitrogen, 
carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter less than or equal 
to 10 micrometers in diameter, particulate matter less than or equal to 
2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5), and ammonia 
(NH3).
    Every 3 years, states are required to submit a point source 
inventory, as well as a statewide stationary nonpoint, nonroad mobile, 
onroad mobile, and biogenic source inventory for all criteria 
pollutants (including lead and lead compounds) and their precursors. 
The emissions data submitted for the annual and 3-year cycle 
inventories for stationary point, nonpoint, nonroad mobile, and onroad 
mobile sources are used by EPA's Office of Air Quality Planning and 
Standards to assist in developing ambient air quality emission 
standards, performing regional modeling, and preparing national trends 
assessments and special analyses and reports. Any data submitted to EPA 
under the CERR is in the public domain and cannot be treated as 
confidential.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 31 
hours per response. The total number of respondents is assumed to be 
1,863. This total number of respondents includes 104 State agencies 
that are subject to the CERR data reporting requirements and 1,759 
sources that are not subject, but are assumed to incur the burden for 
reporting estimates of PM2.5 and NH3 to State 
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 
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: 55 State and territorial air 
pollution control agencies, 49 local air agencies, and 1,759 industry 
sources.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,863.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 57,698.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $230,880, includes $230,880 annualized 
capital or operational and maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 474 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to use of updated point 
source reporting data from the 2005 National Emissions Inventory 
indicating fewer Type A sources will be reported annually to EPA.

    Dated: July 21, 2009.
Jenny Noonan Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
[FR Doc. E9-18037 Filed 7-28-09; 8:45 am]
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