Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Information Collection Request Renewal for the NOX, 29551-29552 [2017-13676]
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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. 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, 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: With this ICR renewal, EPA
is seeking permission to continue
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements under the ultra-low sulfur
diesel (ULSD) fuel regulations. Where a
violation of the 15 ppm sulfur standard
is identified at a retail outlet, the retailer
responsible for dispensing the
noncompliant fuel is deemed liable, as
well as the refiner(s), importer(s) and
distributor(s) of such fuel. The highway
diesel regulations further provide,
however, that any person deemed liable
can rebut this presumption by
establishing an affirmative defense that
includes, among other things, showing
that it conducted a quality assurance
sampling and testing program as
prescribed by the regulations. This ICR
covers burdens and costs associated
with provisions that allow refiners and
importers of ULSD an alternative means
of meeting the affirmative defense
requirements in the diesel sulfur
regulations by participating in a
nationwide diesel fuel sampling and
testing program. The reporting burden
covered by this ICR renewal relates to
reports that refiners, importers and
distributors, have to submit in the event
they have a non-complying sulfur test
result.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: 5.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory.
Estimated number of respondents: 5
(total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 80 hours (per
year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $8,640 (per
year), includes no annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no
increase of hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared to the ICR
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currently approved by OMB. The
respondent universe and responses also
remained the same in this collection.
After using more accurate numbers to
calculate industry burden and reflecting
inflation, there is a change in
respondent cost from $9,200 in the
currently approved ICR to $8,640 in this
ICR, totaling a net decrease to the
industry cost burden of $560 per year.
Dated: May 3, 2017.
Byron J. Bunker,
Director, Compliance Division, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2006–0947; FRL–9963–49–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request
Renewal for the NOX Budget Trading
Program To Reduce the Regional
Transport of Ozone
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency(EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Information Collection Request
Renewal for the NOX Budget Trading
Program to Reduce the Regional
Transport of Ozone’’ (EPA ICR No.
1857.07, OMB Control No. 2060–0445)
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. Before doing so, 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 August 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 August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2006–0947, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to a-and-r-docket@
epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
SUMMARY:
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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:
Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Atmospheric
Programs (6204J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343–9220; fax
number: (202) 343–2361; email address:
vansickle.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, 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. 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, 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 NOX Budget Trading
Program was a market-based cap and
trade program created to reduce
emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) from
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power plants and other large
combustion sources in the eastern
United States. NOX is a prime ingredient
in the formation of ground-level ozone
(smog), a pervasive air pollution
problem in many areas of the eastern
United States. The NOX Budget Trading
Program was designed to reduce NOX
emissions during the warm summer
months, referred to as the ozone season,
when ground-level ozone
concentrations are highest. In 2009 the
program was replaced by an ozoneseason NOX trading program under the
Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which
has in turn been replaced by ozoneseason NOX trading programs under the
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR).
Although the NOX Budget Trading
Program was replaced after the 2008
compliance season, this information
collection is being renewed because
some industrial sources in certain States
are still required to monitor and report
emissions data to EPA under these
rules, so we will account for their
burden. All data received by EPA will
be treated as public information. 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 40 CFR are listed
in 40 CFR part 9.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
those which participate in the NOX
Budget Trading Program to Reduce the
Regional Transport of Ozone.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
mandatory (Sections 110(a) and 301(a)
of the Clean Air Act).
Estimated number of respondents:
EPA estimates that there are 122 former
NOX Budget Trading Program units that
will continue to conduct monitoring in
accordance with Part 75 solely under
the NOX SIP call.
Frequency of response: Yearly,
quarterly, occasionally.
Total estimated burden: 57,586 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $8,066,616 (per
year), includes $3,777,000 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no
increase in hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB.
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Dated: May 31, 2017.
Richard A. Haeuber,
Acting Director, Clean Air Markets Division,
Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of
Air and Radiation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9962–16–OECA]
See the Item Specific Docket Numbers
Provided in the Text: Proposed
Information Collection Request;
Comment Request; See Item Specific
ICR Titles Provided in the Text
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit the below
listed information collection requests
(ICRs) (See item specific ICR title, EPA
ICR Number and OMB Control Number
provided in the text) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before
doing so, EPA is soliciting public
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below. These are proposed
extension of 70 currently approved
ICRs, and request for approval of two
new collections. 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 August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing the Docket ID numbers
provided for each item in the text,
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
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:
Patrick Yellin, Monitoring, Assistance,
and Media Programs Division, Office of
Compliance, Mail Code 2227A,
SUMMARY:
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Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050;
email address: yellin.patrick@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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 www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
WJC West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, 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. Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b). 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, 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.
General Abstract: For all the listed
ICRs in this notice, owners and
operators of affected facilities are
required to comply with reporting and
record keeping requirements for the
general provisions of 40 CFR part 60,
subpart A or Part 63, Subpart A, as well
as the applicable specific standards.
This includes submitting initial
notifications, performance tests and
periodic reports and results, and
maintaining 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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0947; FRL-9963-49-OAR]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request;
Information Collection Request Renewal for the NOX Budget Trading
Program To Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone
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), ``Information Collection
Request Renewal for the NOX Budget Trading Program to Reduce
the Regional Transport of Ozone'' (EPA ICR No. 1857.07, OMB Control No.
2060-0445) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing
so, 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 August 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 August 28, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0947, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by
email to a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460.
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: Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs (6204J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9220; fax number: (202) 343-2361; email
address: vansickle.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 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. 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, 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 NOX Budget Trading Program was a market-
based cap and trade program created to reduce emissions of nitrogen
oxides (NOX) from
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power plants and other large combustion sources in the eastern United
States. NOX is a prime ingredient in the formation of
ground-level ozone (smog), a pervasive air pollution problem in many
areas of the eastern United States. The NOX Budget Trading
Program was designed to reduce NOX emissions during the warm
summer months, referred to as the ozone season, when ground-level ozone
concentrations are highest. In 2009 the program was replaced by an
ozone-season NOX trading program under the Clean Air
Interstate Rule (CAIR), which has in turn been replaced by ozone-season
NOX trading programs under the Cross-State Air Pollution
Rule (CSAPR). Although the NOX Budget Trading Program was
replaced after the 2008 compliance season, this information collection
is being renewed because some industrial sources in certain States are
still required to monitor and report emissions data to EPA under these
rules, so we will account for their burden. All data received by EPA
will be treated as public information. 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 40 CFR are listed in
40 CFR part 9.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are those which participate in the NOX Budget
Trading Program to Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone.
Respondent's obligation to respond: mandatory (Sections 110(a) and
301(a) of the Clean Air Act).
Estimated number of respondents: EPA estimates that there are 122
former NOX Budget Trading Program units that will continue
to conduct monitoring in accordance with Part 75 solely under the
NOX SIP call.
Frequency of response: Yearly, quarterly, occasionally.
Total estimated burden: 57,586 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $8,066,616 (per year), includes $3,777,000
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no increase in hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by
OMB.
Dated: May 31, 2017.
Richard A. Haeuber,
Acting Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, Office of Air and Radiation.
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