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address: wilcox.jason@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.
Abstract: This is an extension of the
current Information Collection Request
(ICR) for the Diesel Emissions Reduction
Act program (DERA) authorized by Title
VII, Subtitle G (Sections 791 to 797) of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L.
109–58), as amended by the Diesel
Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 (Pub.
L. 111–364), codified at 42 U.S.C. 16131
et seq. DERA provides the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
with the authority to award grants,
rebates or low-cost revolving loans on a
competitive basis to eligible entities to
fund the costs of projects that
significantly reduce diesel emissions
from mobile sources through
implementation of a certified engine
configuration, verified technology, or
emerging technology. Eligible mobile
sources include buses (including school
buses), medium heavy-duty or heavy
heavy-duty diesel trucks, marine
engines, locomotives, or nonroad
engines or diesel vehicles or equipment
used in construction, handling of cargo
(including at ports or airports),
agriculture, mining, or energy
production. In addition, eligible entities
may also use funds awarded for
programs or projects to reduce longduration idling using verified
technology involving a vehicle or
equipment described above. The
objective of the assistance under this
program is to achieve significant
reductions in diesel emissions in terms
of tons of pollution produced and
reductions in diesel emissions exposure,
particularly from fleets operating in
areas designated by the Administrator as
poor air quality areas.
EPA collects information from
applicants to the DERA rebate program.
Information collected is used to ensure
eligibility of applicants and engines to
receive funds under DERA, and to
calculate estimated and actual
emissions benefits that result from
activities funded with rebates as
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required in DERA’s authorizing
legislation.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
those interested in applying for a rebate
under EPA’s Diesel Emission Reduction
Act (DERA) Rebate Program and include
but are not limited to the following
NAICS (North American Industry
Classification System) codes: 23
Construction; 482 Rail Transportation;
483 Water Transportation; 484 Truck
Transportation; 485 Transit and Ground
Passenger Transportation; 4854 School
and Employee Bus Transportation;
48831 Port and Harbor Operations;
61111 Elementary and Secondary
Schools; 61131 Colleges, Universities,
and Professional Schools; 9211
Executive, Legislative, and Other
Government Support; and 9221 Justice,
Public Order, and Safety Activities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents:
500–1000 (total).
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Total estimated burden: 2945 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b)
Total estimated cost: $103,197.33 (per
year), includes $0 annualized capital or
operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 136 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This increase is due to a higher
reported burden by the two responses to
consultation outreach. The higher
burden reported by these past
respondents was weighted against
previous estimates for the latest burden
estimate.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Ambient
Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
Ambient Air Quality Surveillance (EPA
SUMMARY:
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ICR Number 0940.29, OMB Control
Number 2060–0084) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through March 31,
2019. Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register on
September 4, 2018 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before March 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OAR–2002–0091, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to A-and-Rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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:
Laurie Trinca, Air Quality Assessment
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, C304–06, Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, NC 27711; telephone number:
919–541–0520; fax number: 919–541–
1903: email address: trinca.laurie@
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.
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Abstract: The data collected through
this information collection consist of
ambient air concentration
measurements for the seven air
pollutants with national ambient air
quality standards (i.e., ozone, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon
monoxide, PM2.5 and PM10), ozone
precursors, meteorological variables at a
select number of sites and other
supporting measurements.
Accompanying the pollutant
concentration data are quality
assurance/quality control data and air
monitoring network design information.
The U.S. EPA and others (e.g., state
and local air quality management
agencies, tribal entities, environmental
groups, academic institutions, industrial
groups) use the ambient air quality data
for many purposes. Some of the more
prominent uses include informing the
public and other interested parties of an
area’s air quality, judging an area’s (e.g.,
county, city, neighborhood) air quality
in comparison with the established
health or welfare standards (including
both national and local standards),
evaluating an air quality management
agency’s progress in achieving or
maintaining air pollutant levels below
the national and local standards,
developing and revising State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) in
accordance with 40 CFR 51, evaluating
air pollutant control strategies,
developing or revising national control
policies, providing data for air quality
model development and validation,
supporting enforcement actions,
documenting episodes and initiating
episode controls, air quality trends
assessment, and air pollution research.
The state and local agencies and tribal
entities with responsibility for reporting
ambient air quality data and information
as requested in this ICR submit these
data electronically to the U.S. EPA’s Air
Quality System (AQS) database. Quality
assurance/quality control records and
monitoring network documentation are
also maintained by each state and local
agency, in AQS electronic format where
possible.
Although the state and local air
pollution control agencies and tribal
entities are responsible for the operation
of the air monitoring networks, the EPA
funds a portion of the total costs
through federal grants. These grants
generally require an appropriate level of
contribution, or ‘‘match,’’ from the state/
local agencies or tribal entities. The
costs shown in this renewal are the total
costs incurred for the monitoring
program regardless of the source of the
funding. This practice of using the total
cost is consistent with prior ICR
submittals and renewals.
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Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State,
local and Tribal Air Pollution Control
Agencies.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (40 CFR part 58).
Estimated number of respondents:
168 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 1,771,662
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $215,352,864
(per year), includes $81,263,356
annualized capital or operation &
maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 18,359 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is due to a change
in program requirements as well as
adjustments to the estimates (e.g. to
account for inflation, network growth/
shrinkage, etc.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
requires that EPA make public its
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Robert Tomiak,
Director, Office of Federal Activities.
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Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP
for Source Categories: Generic
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology Standards for Acetal
Resin; Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber;
Hydrogen Fluoride and Polycarbonate
Production (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR),
NESHAP for Source Categories: Generic
Maximum Achievable Control
Technology Standards for Acetal Resin;
Acrylic and Modacrylic Fiber; Hydrogen
Fluoride and Polycarbonate Production
(EPA ICR No. 1871.10, OMB Control No.
2060–0420), to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a
proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through March 31,
2019. Public comments were previously
requested, via the Federal Register, on
May 30, 2018 during a 60-day comment
period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments.
A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden
and cost to the public. An Agency may
neither conduct nor sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before March 25, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OECA–2014–0069, to: (1) EPA
online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by email to
docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
SUMMARY:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
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03/25/2019, Contact: Elizabeth
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[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0091: FRL-9988-30-OEI]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Ambient Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Ambient Air Quality Surveillance
(EPA ICR Number 0940.29, OMB Control Number 2060-0084) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through March 31, 2019. Public comments
were previously requested via the Federal Register on September 4, 2018
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before March 25,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0091, to (1) EPA online using 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, and (2) OMB via email
to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
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: Laurie Trinca, Air Quality Assessment
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C304-06,
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: 919-541-0520; fax number: 919-541-1903: email
address: trinca.laurie@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.
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Abstract: The data collected through this information collection
consist of ambient air concentration measurements for the seven air
pollutants with national ambient air quality standards (i.e., ozone,
sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon monoxide,
PM2.5 and PM10), ozone precursors, meteorological
variables at a select number of sites and other supporting
measurements. Accompanying the pollutant concentration data are quality
assurance/quality control data and air monitoring network design
information.
The U.S. EPA and others (e.g., state and local air quality
management agencies, tribal entities, environmental groups, academic
institutions, industrial groups) use the ambient air quality data for
many purposes. Some of the more prominent uses include informing the
public and other interested parties of an area's air quality, judging
an area's (e.g., county, city, neighborhood) air quality in comparison
with the established health or welfare standards (including both
national and local standards), evaluating an air quality management
agency's progress in achieving or maintaining air pollutant levels
below the national and local standards, developing and revising State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) in accordance with 40 CFR 51, evaluating
air pollutant control strategies, developing or revising national
control policies, providing data for air quality model development and
validation, supporting enforcement actions, documenting episodes and
initiating episode controls, air quality trends assessment, and air
pollution research.
The state and local agencies and tribal entities with
responsibility for reporting ambient air quality data and information
as requested in this ICR submit these data electronically to the U.S.
EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) database. Quality assurance/quality
control records and monitoring network documentation are also
maintained by each state and local agency, in AQS electronic format
where possible.
Although the state and local air pollution control agencies and
tribal entities are responsible for the operation of the air monitoring
networks, the EPA funds a portion of the total costs through federal
grants. These grants generally require an appropriate level of
contribution, or ``match,'' from the state/local agencies or tribal
entities. The costs shown in this renewal are the total costs incurred
for the monitoring program regardless of the source of the funding.
This practice of using the total cost is consistent with prior ICR
submittals and renewals.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: State, local and Tribal Air
Pollution Control Agencies.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 58).
Estimated number of respondents: 168 (total).
Frequency of response: Quarterly.
Total estimated burden: 1,771,662 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $215,352,864 (per year), includes $81,263,356
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 18,359 hours in
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a change in program
requirements as well as adjustments to the estimates (e.g. to account
for inflation, network growth/shrinkage, etc.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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