Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1663.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0376, 43969-43970 [2010-18366]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43969-43970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18366]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-9180-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring 
Program (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1663.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0376

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: Comments must be submitted on or before August 26, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0152, 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 
Docket, Mailcode 22821T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 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: Peter Westlin, Office of Air Quality 
Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division (D243-
05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone number: 919-541-1058; fax number: 919-541-1039; e-mail 
address: westlin.peter@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 24, 2010 (75 FR 8333), 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 
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152, which is available for online viewing at 
https://www.regulations.gov, or person viewing at the Air and Radiation 
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 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 public 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: Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1663.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0376.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2010. 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: The Clean Air Act (the Act) contains several provisions 
directing EPA to require source owners to conduct monitoring to support 
certification as to their status of compliance with applicable 
requirements. These provisions are set forth in Section 504 (operating 
permits provisions) and Section 114 (enforcement provisions) of the 
Act. Section 504(b) directs EPA to implement monitoring and 
certification requirements through the operating permits program. This 
section allows EPA to prescribe by rule, methods and procedures for 
determining compliance recognizing that continuous emissions monitoring 
systems need not be required if other procedures or methods provide 
sufficiently reliable and timely information for determining 
compliance. Under section 504(c), each operating permit must ``set 
forth inspection, entry, monitoring, compliance, certification, and 
reporting requirements to assure compliance with the permit terms and 
conditions.'' Section 114(a)(3) requires EPA to promulgate rules for 
enhanced monitoring and compliance certifications. Section 114(a)(1) of 
the Act provides additional authority concerning monitoring, reporting, 
and recordkeeping requirements. This section provides the Administrator 
with the authority to require any owner or operator of a source to 
install and operate monitoring systems and to record the resulting 
monitoring data. EPA promulgated the Compliance Assurance Monitoring 
(CAM) rule, 40 CFR part 64, on October 22, 1997 (62 FR 54900) to 
implement these authorities.
    In accordance with these provisions, the monitoring information 
source owners must submit must also be available to the public, except 
as entitled to protection from disclosure as allowed in section 114(c) 
of the Act.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 134 
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

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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: Owners and operators of title V 
sources with controlled pollutant specific emissions units that have a 
pre-control potential to emit major amounts of regulated air pollutants 
and permitting authorities
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,174 owner/operators and 112 
permitting authorities.
    Frequency of Response: Incremental semi-annual and annual reports, 
plus every 5 years at permit renewal.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,453,581.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $263,729,972, which includes annual 
labor costs for sources and permitting authorities and no capital or 
O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimate: There is an increase of 4,331,838 hours in 
the total estimated respondent annual burden currently identified in 
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This increase reflects the 
significant increase in number of respondents resulting from the 
implementation of the rule through operating permit renewals.

    Dated: July 21, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2010-18366 Filed 7-26-10; 8:45 am]
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