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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0489; FRL 10023–59–
OAR]
Carolyn Siu, Mission Support Division
(7101M), Office of Program Support,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460; telephone number: (703) 347–
0159; email address: siu.carolyn@
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: The use of pesticides to
increase crop production often results in
pesticide residues in or on the crop. To
protect public health from unsafe
pesticide residues, EPA sets limits on
the nature and level of residues
permitted pursuant to section 408 of the
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). A pesticide may not be used
on food or feed crops unless the Agency
has established a tolerance (maximum
residue limit) for the pesticide residues
on that crop or established an
exemption from the requirement to have
a tolerance.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Individuals or entities engaged in
activities related to the registration of a
pesticide product and establishments
primarily engaged in administrative
management and general management
consulting services.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory (FIFRA Section 408).
Estimated number of respondents:
165 (total).
Frequency of response: On Occasion.
Total estimated burden: 285,128
hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated costs: $27,475,223
(per year), includes $0 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is no
change in the number of hours in the
total estimated respondent burden
compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
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Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Air
Emissions Reporting Requirements
(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2170.08, OMB
Control No. 2060–0580
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Air Emissions Reporting Requirements
(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2170.08, OMB
Control No. 2060–0580) 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 December 31, 2021.
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 July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2004–0489, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to houyoux.marc@
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:
Marc Houyoux, Air Quality Assessment
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards, (C339–02),
Environmental Protection Agency, 109
TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541–3649;
email address: houyoux.marc@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents, which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting, are available in the
SUMMARY:
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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 EPA promulgated the
Air Emissions Reporting Requirements
(AERR) (40 CFR part 51, subpart A) to
coordinate emissions inventory
reporting requirements with existing
requirements of the Clean Air Act and
1990 Amendments. Under this
reporting, 54 state and territorial air
quality agencies, including the District
of Columbia, as well as an estimated 31
local and tribal air quality agencies,
must submit emissions data every 3
years for all point, non-point, on-road
mobile, and non-road mobile sources of
volatile organic compounds, oxides of
nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur
dioxide, particulate matter less than or
equal to 10 micrometers in diameter,
particulate matter less than or equal to
2.5 micrometers in diameter, ammonia,
and lead.
In addition, the air quality agencies
must submit annually emission data for
point sources with the potential to emit
at greater than specified levels of those
pollutants. Fewer agencies are required
to report during these interim years
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because of higher emissions thresholds,
with an estimated 54 states/territories
and 26 local and tribal agencies required
to report. On average across each 3-year
period, 54 states/territories and 5 local
and tribal agencies are required to
report.
The EPA needs the data collected
from the emission reporting to compile
and make available a national inventory
of air pollutant emissions. A
comprehensive inventory updated at
regular intervals is essential to allow the
EPA to fulfill its mandate to monitor
and plan for the attainment and
maintenance of the national ambient air
quality standards established for criteria
pollutants.
The number and frequency of data
collection and submittal is expected to
remain the same for 2022–2024.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
generally state, territorial and local
government air quality managements
programs. Tribal governments are not
affected unless they have sought and
obtained treatment as state status under
the Tribal Authority Rule and on that
basis, are authorized to implement and
enforce the AERR rule. For the most
recent triennial inventory, 9 tribal
agencies reported to the NEI.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
This information is collected under 23
U.S.C. 101; 42 U.S.C 7401–7671q, and
the authority of the AERR. This
information is mandatory and, as
specified, cannot be treated as
confidential by the EPA.
Estimated number of respondents: 80
(total).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 48,415 hours
(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,227,476 (per
year), includes $89,600 annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no
change in hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with the
ICR currently approved by OMB.
Dated: April 30, 2021.
Richard Wayland,
Director, Air Quality Assessment Division,
Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2016–0546; FRL–10022–43–
OAR]
Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; Aircraft
Engines—Supplemental Information
Related to Exhaust Emissions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Aircraft Engines—Supplemental
Information Related to Exhaust
Emissions (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No.
2427.06, OMB Control No. 2060–0680),
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 December
31, 2021. 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 July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2016–0546, 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.
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:
Cullen Leggett, Office of Transportation
and Air Quality, Office of Air and
Radiation, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (734) 214–4514; fax number:
(734) 214–4816; email address:
leggett.cullen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
SUMMARY:
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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: This information collection
is being conducted by the United States
(U.S.) Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA’s) Office of Air and
Radiation (OAR) pursuant to section 114
of the Clean Air Act, as amended (CAA
or the Act), to assist the Administrator
of EPA in developing emissions
standards and/or to inform future policy
making decisions for aircraft gas turbine
engines pursuant to section 231 of the
Act.
Under CAA section 231, the EPA is
responsible for establishing standards
for emissions from aircraft engines, and
under CAA section 232, the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) is
responsible for enforcing these
standards. The EPA and the FAA
traditionally work within the standardsetting process of the International Civil
Aviation Organization (ICAO) to
establish international emission
standards and related requirements,
which individual nations later adopt
into domestic law in fulfillment of their
obligations under the Convention on
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0489; FRL 10023-59-OAR]
Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Air
Emissions Reporting Requirements (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2170.08, OMB
Control No. 2060-0580
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), ``Air Emissions
Reporting Requirements (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2170.08, OMB Control
No. 2060-0580) 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 December 31,
2021. 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 July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0489, online using 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.
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: Marc Houyoux, Air Quality Assessment
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (C339-02),
Environmental Protection Agency, 109 TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-3649; 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 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 EPA promulgated the Air Emissions Reporting
Requirements (AERR) (40 CFR part 51, subpart A) to coordinate emissions
inventory reporting requirements with existing requirements of the
Clean Air Act and 1990 Amendments. Under this reporting, 54 state and
territorial air quality agencies, including the District of Columbia,
as well as an estimated 31 local and tribal air quality agencies, must
submit emissions data every 3 years for all point, non-point, on-road
mobile, and non-road mobile sources of volatile organic compounds,
oxides of nitrogen, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter
less than or equal to 10 micrometers in diameter, particulate matter
less than or equal to 2.5 micrometers in diameter, ammonia, and lead.
In addition, the air quality agencies must submit annually emission
data for point sources with the potential to emit at greater than
specified levels of those pollutants. Fewer agencies are required to
report during these interim years
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because of higher emissions thresholds, with an estimated 54 states/
territories and 26 local and tribal agencies required to report. On
average across each 3-year period, 54 states/territories and 5 local
and tribal agencies are required to report.
The EPA needs the data collected from the emission reporting to
compile and make available a national inventory of air pollutant
emissions. A comprehensive inventory updated at regular intervals is
essential to allow the EPA to fulfill its mandate to monitor and plan
for the attainment and maintenance of the national ambient air quality
standards established for criteria pollutants.
The number and frequency of data collection and submittal is
expected to remain the same for 2022-2024.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are generally state, territorial and local government air
quality managements programs. Tribal governments are not affected
unless they have sought and obtained treatment as state status under
the Tribal Authority Rule and on that basis, are authorized to
implement and enforce the AERR rule. For the most recent triennial
inventory, 9 tribal agencies reported to the NEI.
Respondent's obligation to respond: This information is collected
under 23 U.S.C. 101; 42 U.S.C 7401-7671q, and the authority of the
AERR. This information is mandatory and, as specified, cannot be
treated as confidential by the EPA.
Estimated number of respondents: 80 (total).
Frequency of response: Annual.
Total estimated burden: 48,415 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $4,227,476 (per year), includes $89,600
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is no change in hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by
OMB.
Dated: April 30, 2021.
Richard Wayland,
Director, Air Quality Assessment Division, Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards.
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