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Title: NESHAP for Coke Oven
Batteries (Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number
1362.09, OMB Control Number 2060–
0253.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on May 31, 2012. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB.
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
Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart L.
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.
All reports are sent to the delegated
state or local authority. In the event that
there is no such delegated authority, the
reports are sent directly to the EPA
regional office. This information is
being collected to assure compliance
with 40 CFR part 63, subpart L, as
authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of
the Clean Air Act. The required
information consists of emissions data
and other information that have been
determined to be private.
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
Number for the EPA regulations are
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR
chapter 15, and are identified on the
form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 1,908 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
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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 coke oven
batteries.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
19.
Frequency of Response: Initially,
occasionally, and semiannually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
80,120.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$7,676,989, which includes $7,676,989
in labor costs, and no capital/startup
costs or operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of one hour in the respondent
burden hours in this ICR compared to
the most recently approved ICR due to
rounding errors. This ICR was updated
with more accurate burden calculations.
There is an increase in burden costs
from the most recently approved ICR.
This increase is not due to any program
changes. The change in cost estimates
occurred because this ICR uses updated
labor rates in calculating the burden
costs for both the respondents and the
Agency.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Nonattainment New
Source Review (Renewal); EPA ICR No.
1230.29
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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
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nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before May 17, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2011–0901, to (1) the EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email at a-and-rdocket@epa.gov or by mail to: Air and
Radiation Docket and Information
Center, Mailcode: 28221T,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460, and (2) the 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: Mr.
David Painter, Air Quality Policy
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, (C504–03),
Environmental Protection Agency,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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 November 25, 2011 (76 FR
72700), the EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d).
The EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should
be submitted to EPA and OMB within
30 days of this notice.
The EPA has established a public
docket for this ICR under Docket ID No.
EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0901, 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 Ave.
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 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
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submitted electronically or on 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: Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Nonattainment New
Source Review (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1230.29,
OMB Control No. 2060–0003.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on April 30, 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,
and 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: Part C of Title I of the Clean
Air Act (Act) (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)—
‘‘Prevention of Significant
Deterioration’’ (PSD), and Part D—‘‘Plan
Requirements for Nonattainment
Areas,’’ require all states to adopt
preconstruction review programs for
new or modified major 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. Section
176(c) of the Act 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.
Implementing regulations for these
three programs are promulgated at 40
CFR 51.160 through 51.166; 40 CFR part
51, Appendix S; and 40 CFR 52.21 and
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52.24. In order to receive a construction
permit for a major new source or major
modification, the applicant must
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 ‘‘new source review’’
(NSR) requirements. Specific activities
and requirements are listed and
described in the Supporting Statement
for the ICR.
Reviewing authorities, either state,
local or federal, review the permit
application and provide for public
review of the proposed project and issue
the permit based on 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.
Since the previous renewal of this
ICR, the EPA has filled regulatory voids
that existed in Indian country (where
state NSR programs do not apply) by
promulgating a Part D program and a
minor NSR program for Indian country.
(The EPA was already implementing a
Part C program in Indian country.) The
implementing regulations for these
programs are at 40 CFR 49.151 through
49.173. The EPA acts as the reviewing
authority for these programs.
Information that is collected is
handled according to the EPA’s policies
set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2,
subpart B—Confidentiality of Business
Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also
section 114(c) of the Act.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average about 49 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
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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
reviewing authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
87,481, including 87,369 industry
sources and 112 state and local
reviewing authorities.
Frequency of Response: Responses
generally are associated with NSR
permit actions, which are required on
occasion when facilities wish to
construct or modify. In addition,
existing minor sources will be required
to submit a one-time registration during
implementation of the minor NSR
program in Indian country. Finally, state
and local reviewing authorities are
required to submit SIP revisions on
occasion when the NSR regulations
change.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
7,934,340 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$707,226,735, including $694,641,672
in labor costs and $12,585,063 in
annualized capital or start-up costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The burden
has changed since the previous renewal
due in part to an increase in the number
of responses and per-permit burden due
to the addition of GHGs to the PSD
program. In addition, the extension of
minor NSR and part D programs to
Indian country to fill these regulatory
gaps has increased the number of
responses and the overall burden.
Finally, the burden has been increased
by the addition of provisions in the PSD
program that will allow full integration
of PM2.5.
Also contributing to the increase in
burden has been a change in the labor
rates. As explained in section 6(b)(i), in
order to improve the accuracy of burden
estimates, the rates were recalculated
using 2011 values for wages.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0901; FRL-9514-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review (Renewal); EPA ICR
No. 1230.29
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 May 17, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2011-0901, to (1) the EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email at a-and-r-docket@epa.gov or by mail to:
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mailcode: 28221T,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) the 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: Mr. David Painter, Air Quality Policy
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (C504-03),
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
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 November 25, 2011 (76 FR 72700), the EPA sought
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). The EPA received no
comments. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to
EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
The EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket
ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0901, 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 Ave. 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 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
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submitted electronically or on 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: Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment
New Source Review (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1230.29, OMB Control No. 2060-0003.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 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, and 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: Part C of Title I of the Clean Air Act (Act) (42 U.S.C.
7401 et seq.)--``Prevention of Significant Deterioration'' (PSD), and
Part D--``Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas,'' require all
states to adopt preconstruction review programs for new or modified
major 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. Section 176(c) of the Act 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.
Implementing regulations for these three programs are promulgated
at 40 CFR 51.160 through 51.166; 40 CFR part 51, Appendix S; 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 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 ``new source review''
(NSR) requirements. Specific activities and requirements are listed and
described in the Supporting Statement for the ICR.
Reviewing authorities, either state, local or federal, review the
permit application and provide for public review of the proposed
project and issue the permit based on 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.
Since the previous renewal of this ICR, the EPA has filled
regulatory voids that existed in Indian country (where state NSR
programs do not apply) by promulgating a Part D program and a minor NSR
program for Indian country. (The EPA was already implementing a Part C
program in Indian country.) The implementing regulations for these
programs are at 40 CFR 49.151 through 49.173. The EPA acts as the
reviewing authority for these programs.
Information that is collected is handled according to the EPA's
policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also
section 114(c) of the Act.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average about
49 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: Industrial plants; state and local
reviewing authorities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 87,481, including 87,369 industry
sources and 112 state and local reviewing authorities.
Frequency of Response: Responses generally are associated with NSR
permit actions, which are required on occasion when facilities wish to
construct or modify. In addition, existing minor sources will be
required to submit a one-time registration during implementation of the
minor NSR program in Indian country. Finally, state and local reviewing
authorities are required to submit SIP revisions on occasion when the
NSR regulations change.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 7,934,340 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $707,226,735, including $694,641,672
in labor costs and $12,585,063 in annualized capital or start-up costs.
Changes in the Estimates: The burden has changed since the previous
renewal due in part to an increase in the number of responses and per-
permit burden due to the addition of GHGs to the PSD program. In
addition, the extension of minor NSR and part D programs to Indian
country to fill these regulatory gaps has increased the number of
responses and the overall burden. Finally, the burden has been
increased by the addition of provisions in the PSD program that will
allow full integration of PM2.5.
Also contributing to the increase in burden has been a change in
the labor rates. As explained in section 6(b)(i), in order to improve
the accuracy of burden estimates, the rates were recalculated using
2011 values for wages.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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