Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Renewal), 44615-44616 [2019-18311]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44615-44616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18311]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-9998-53-OAR]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit 
an information collection request (ICR), ``Compliance Assurance 
Monitoring Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1663.10, OMB Control No. 
2060-0376) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 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 June 
30, 2020. 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 October 25, 2019.

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 [email protected], 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 or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Muntasir Ali, Office of Air 
Quality Planning and Standards, Sector Policies and Programs Division 
(D243-05), Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, 
North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail 
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the 
public

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docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https://www.regulations.gov/ or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West 
Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The 
telephone number for the EPA Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For 
additional information about the EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, the EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it to: (1) 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; (2) 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; (3) enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and (4) 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 document 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(c) (each permit shall 
require reporting of monitoring the EPA and such other conditions as 
are necessary to assure compliance). CAA section 504(b) allows 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. The EPA promulgated the Compliance Assurance 
Monitoring (CAM) 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.
    Form numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this section 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 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 21,448 pollutant 
specific emission units (PSEUs), where the number of respondents is the 
number of PSEUs subject to the compliance assurance monitoring rule, 
and 117 permitting authorities. Therefore, the estimated number of 
respondents is 21,565 (total).
    Frequency of response: At least every 6 months per title V, 40 CFR 
70.6(a)(3)(iii)(A) and (B).
    Total estimated burden: 24,590 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $999,211 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation and maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a decrease of 26,490 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to an updated estimate of the 
number of sources and permits subject to the 40 CFR part 70 programs (a 
reduction of 1,768 permits), an increase in the number of permitting 
authorities (an addition of one), and a decrease in the number of CAM 
plan renewal review hours (a decrease of 5.5 hours per occurrence), 
rather than any new federal mandates (i.e., changes in paperwork 
requirements to respondents). The decrease in total estimated burden 
hours leads to a decrease in total estimated cost.

    Dated: August 21, 2019.
Penny Lassiter,
Director, Sector Policies and Program Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-18311 Filed 8-23-19; 8:45 am]
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