Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program, 44860-44861 [2016-16347]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 132 (Monday, July 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44860-44861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16347]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-9948-91-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Compliance Assurance 
Monitoring Program'' (EPA ICR No. 1663.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0376) 
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific 
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This 
is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
March 31, 2017. 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.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 9, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0152 online using https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
    The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Barrett Parker, 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) 541-5635; email address: 
parker.barrett@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is 
planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), 
``Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (40 CFR

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part 64)'' (EPA ICR No. 1663.09, OMB Control No. 2060-0376) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 
Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific 
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below.
    Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that 
the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this 
ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov or 
in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA WJC West Building, Room 3334, 
1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for 
the Docket Center is 202-566-1742. For additional information about 
EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act, 
the EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: (i) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (iii) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (iv) minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
through the use of appropriate automated electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses. The 
EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as 
appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval. At that time, the EPA will issue another Federal 
Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the 
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: The Clean Air Act (CAA) contains several provisions 
directing the 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 and section 
114 of the CAA. Under CAA 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.'' See also CAA section 504(a) (each permit shall 
require reporting of monitoring and such other conditions as are 
necessary to assure compliance). CAA section 504(b) allows us 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. Section 114(a)(1) of 
the CAA provides additional authority concerning monitoring, reporting, 
and recordkeeping requirements. This section provides the Administrator 
with the authority to require any owner operator of a source to install 
and to operate monitoring systems and to record the resulting 
monitoring data. We promulgated the Compliance Assurance Monitoring 
rule, 40 CFR part 64, on October 22, 1997 (62 FR 54900), pursuant to 
these provisions. In accordance with CAA section 114(c) and CAA section 
503(e), the monitoring information source owners must submit must also 
be available to the public except under circumstances set forth in 
section 114(c) of the CAA. 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
    We are soliciting comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting election 
submission of responses.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are all facilities required to have an operating permit 
under Title V of the CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines 
the sources required to obtain a Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 
and 71.2.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory under Title V of the 
CAA. See section 502(a) of the CAA, which defines the sources required 
to obtain a Title V permit. See also 40 CFR 70.2 and 71.2.
    Estimated number of respondents: There are 24,121 pollutant 
specific emission units (PSEUs), where the number of respondents is the 
number of PSEUs subject to the compliance assurance monitoring rule, 
and 116 permitting authorities. Therefore, the estimated number of 
respondents is 24,237 (total).
    Frequency of response: At least every 6 months per Title V, 
70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) and (B).
    Total estimated burden: 51,080 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,998,453 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is an increase of 607 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to adjustments to the estimates 
(e.g., to account for permit issuance increases). There is an increase 
of 1,114 respondents in the average annual number of respondents. This 
increase is due to an increased number of permitting authorities (4 
more) and to an estimated increase in the number of PSEUs (1,110 more).

    Dated: July 1, 2016.
Kevin Culligan,
Acting Director, Sector Policies and Programs Division.
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