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Enforcement and Compliance Docket 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 Plating and
Polishing Operations (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
2294.03, OMB Control Number 2060–
0623.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on January 31, 2012. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while 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 affected entities are
subject to the General Provisions of the
NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A,
and any changes, or additions to the
General Provisions specified at 40 CFR
part 63, subpart WWWWWW.
Owners or operators of the affected
facilities must submit initial
notification, performance tests, and
periodic reports and results. 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. Reports, at a minimum, are
required semiannually.
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Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 16 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:
Owners or operators of plating and
polishing operations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,900.
Frequency of Response: Initially, and
annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
33,108.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$3,180,693, which includes $3,172,379
in labor costs, $8,314 in capital/startup
costs, and no operating and
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease in the total hours as currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved Burdens due to a
mathematical error in determining the
person hours per respondent in the
previous ICR. There is an increase in
labor costs. This is not due to any
program changes. The change in the cost
estimates occurred due to adjustments
in labor rates for both respondents and
the Agency.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0742; FRL 9511–1]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Air Pollution Regulations for
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Activities (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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, 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 February 27,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OAR–2011–0742, to (1) the 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, Mail
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460,
and (2) the OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Painter, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality
Policy Division (C504–03), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541–5515; fax
number: (919) 541–5509; email address:
painter.david@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA
has submitted the following ICR to the
OMB for review and approval according
to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On September 20, 2011 (76 FR
58273), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments. EPA completed
an active consultation with the U.S.
Department of Interior’s Bureau of
Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
(formerly the Minerals Management
Service) in November 2011. Three
comments were received, and the EPA
has addressed the comments. Any
SUMMARY:
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additional comments on this ICR should
be submitted to the EPA and the OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
The EPA has established a public
docket for this ICR under Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0742, 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 the 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 the 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 the
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: Air Pollution Regulations for
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1601.08,
OMB Control No. 2060–0249.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on January 31,
2012. Under OMB regulations, the
agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at the
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 the 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.
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Abstract: Section 328 of the Clean Air
Act gives EPA responsibility for
regulating air pollution from outer
continental shelf (OCS) sources located
offshore of the states along the Pacific,
Arctic and Atlantic Coasts, and along
the eastern Gulf of Mexico coast (off the
coast of Florida). In general, these OCS
sources must obtain preconstruction
permits (usually Prevention of
Significant Deterioration or ‘‘PSD’’
permits) and title V operating permits,
and then maintain ongoing compliance
with their permit conditions. Industry
respondents include owners or
operators of existing and new or
modified OCS sources. These
respondents must prepare permit
applications and, after receiving their
permits, conduct testing, monitoring,
recordkeeping and reporting as required
by their permits. The recordkeeping and
reporting requirements are necessary so
that EPA can determine whether these
sources are meeting all the requirements
that apply to them. EPA has delegated
the authority to implement and enforce
the OCS regulations for sources located
off the coast of California to four local
air pollution control agencies.
These agency respondents must
review sources’ permit applications and
reports, issue permits, observe
performance tests and conduct
inspections to ensure that the sources
are meeting all the requirements that
apply to them. Section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)
requires that all federal actions conform
with the State Implementation Plans
(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 corresponding onshore
area. 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.
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Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 124 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.
Estimated Total Number of Potential
Respondents: 42 (38 sources and 4 local
agencies).
Estimated Number of Responses: 228.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 28,174.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$2,532,877, which includes no
annualized capital/startup costs,
$34,900 in O&M costs and $2,497,977 in
annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 2,623 hours and $7,856 in
capital/startup and O&M costs in the
total estimated burden currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease
has occurred because projections from
BOEM and other considerations have
resulted in changes in the number, mix
and types of sources projected to occur
in the upcoming clearance period. As a
result of the decrease in annual burden
hours, which is partially offset by
updated 2011 wage rates, the estimated
annual labor cost has decreased by
$70,212.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742; FRL 9511-1]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Air Pollution Regulations for
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities (Renewal)
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, 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 February 27,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2011-0742, to (1) the 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, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) the OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Painter, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards, Air Quality Policy Division (C504-03), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-5515; fax number: (919) 541-5509; email
address: painter.david@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has submitted the following ICR to
the OMB for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed
in 5 CFR 1320.12. On September 20, 2011 (76 FR 58273), EPA sought
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments. EPA completed an active consultation with the U.S. Department
of Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) (formerly the
Minerals Management Service) in November 2011. Three comments were
received, and the EPA has addressed the comments. Any
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additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to the EPA and the
OMB within 30 days of this notice.
The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0742, 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 the 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 the 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 the 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: Air Pollution Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
Activities (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1601.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0249.
ICR Status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on January
31, 2012. Under OMB regulations, the agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at the 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 the
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: Section 328 of the Clean Air Act gives EPA responsibility
for regulating air pollution from outer continental shelf (OCS) sources
located offshore of the states along the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic
Coasts, and along the eastern Gulf of Mexico coast (off the coast of
Florida). In general, these OCS sources must obtain preconstruction
permits (usually Prevention of Significant Deterioration or ``PSD''
permits) and title V operating permits, and then maintain ongoing
compliance with their permit conditions. Industry respondents include
owners or operators of existing and new or modified OCS sources. These
respondents must prepare permit applications and, after receiving their
permits, conduct testing, monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting as
required by their permits. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements
are necessary so that EPA can determine whether these sources are
meeting all the requirements that apply to them. EPA has delegated the
authority to implement and enforce the OCS regulations for sources
located off the coast of California to four local air pollution control
agencies.
These agency respondents must review sources' permit applications
and reports, issue permits, observe performance tests and conduct
inspections to ensure that the sources are meeting all the requirements
that apply to them. Section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401
et seq.) requires that all federal actions conform with the State
Implementation Plans (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 corresponding onshore area. 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: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 124
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.
Estimated Total Number of Potential Respondents: 42 (38 sources and
4 local agencies).
Estimated Number of Responses: 228.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 28,174.
Estimated Total Annual Costs: $2,532,877, which includes no
annualized capital/startup costs, $34,900 in O&M costs and $2,497,977
in annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 2,623 hours and
$7,856 in capital/startup and O&M costs in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This
decrease has occurred because projections from BOEM and other
considerations have resulted in changes in the number, mix and types of
sources projected to occur in the upcoming clearance period. As a
result of the decrease in annual burden hours, which is partially
offset by updated 2011 wage rates, the estimated annual labor cost has
decreased by $70,212.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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