Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NOX, 59376 [2021-23369]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 59376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23369]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0947; FRL-9198-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; NOX SIP Call (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), NOX SIP Call (EPA ICR 
Number 1857.12, OMB Control Number 2060-0445) 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 December 31, 2021. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on April, 6, 2021 
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 November 26, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2006-0947, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method) 
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.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

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: [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.
    Abstract: The NOX SIP Call was created to reduce 
emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) from power plants and 
other large combustion sources. 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 
SIP Call requires affected states to include certain provisions in 
their state implementation plans (SIPs) addressing emissions of 
NOX that adversely affect air quality in other states. 
Although most large combustion sources affected under the 
NOX SIP Call are also subject to monitoring requirements 
under the Acid Rain Program or the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, 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. 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 which participate in the 
NOX SIP Call.
    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 356 
units that will continue to conduct monitoring solely under the 
NOX SIP Call.
    Frequency of response: yearly, quarterly, occasionally.
    Total estimated burden: 140,226 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $20,622,606 (per year), includes $9,194,261 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: There is increase of 8,281 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This increase is due to assumptions made in the 
previous ICR regarding the number of respondents. In the previous ICR, 
EPA estimated fewer sources would continue to follow the Part 75 
monitoring requirements due to amendments to the NOX SIP 
Call. This ICR is based on updated information regarding the actual 
numbers of sources.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-23369 Filed 10-26-21; 8:45 am]
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