Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO2, 4016 [2022-01442]

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• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01442]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0209; FRL-9491-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO2 
Trading Programs (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 
and Texas SO2 Trading Programs (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number 
2391.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0667) 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, 2022. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on May 25, 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 February 25, 
2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2018-0209, 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: Kevin Tran, Clean Air Markets 
Division, Office of Air and Radiation, (6204M), Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; 
telephone number: 202-343-9074; 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: EPA is renewing an ICR for the Cross-State Air Pollution 
Rule (CSAPR) trading programs to allow for continued implementation of 
the programs. The information collection requirements under five CSAPR 
trading programs and the Texas SO2 Trading Program are 
reflected in the existing ICR as most recently revised in 2018. In 
2021, EPA promulgated an additional CSAPR NOX Ozone trading 
program which only includes sources previously subject to another CSAPR 
trading program reflected in the current ICR. This ICR renewal reflects 
all six CSAPR trading programs and the Texas SO2 Trading 
Program. Most affected sources under the CSAPR and Texas trading 
programs are also subject to the Acid Rain Program (ARP). The 
information collection requirements under the CSAPR and Texas trading 
programs, which consist primarily of requirements to monitor and report 
emissions data in accordance with 40 CFR part 75, substantially overlap 
and are fully integrated with ARP information collection requirements. 
The burden and costs of overlapping requirements are accounted for in 
the ARP ICR (OMB Control Number 2060-0258). This ICR accounts for 
information collection burden and costs under the CSAPR and Texas 
trading programs that are incremental to the burden and costs already 
accounted for in the ARP ICR. All data received by EPA will be treated 
as public information.
    Form Numbers: Agent Notice of Delegation #5900-172, Certificate of 
Representation #7610-1, General Account Form #7610-5, Allowance 
Transfer Form #7610-6, Retired Unit Exemption #7610-20, Allowance 
Deduction #7620-4.
    Respondents/affected entities: Industry respondents are stationary, 
fossil fuel-fired boilers and combustion turbines serving electricity 
generators subject to the CSAPR and Texas trading programs, as well as 
non-source entities voluntarily participating in allowance trading 
activities. Potential state respondents are states that can elect to 
submit state-determined allowance allocations for sources located in 
their states.
    Respondents' obligation to respond: Industry respondents: Voluntary 
and mandatory (Sections 110(a) and 301(a) of the Clean Air Act). State 
respondents: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: EPA estimates that there are 953 
industry respondents, including 903 affected sources and 50 non-source 
entities participating in allowance trading activities, and 27 
potential state respondents.
    Frequency of response: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
    Total estimated burden: 113,512 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $16,482,349 (per year); includes $7,095,827 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is decrease of 20,911 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due almost entirely to adjustments in 
the estimated numbers of respondents and transactions.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01442 Filed 1-25-22; 8:45 am]
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