Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Ambient Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal), 50148-50149 [2023-16215]

Download as PDF 50148 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 146 / Tuesday, August 1, 2023 / Notices federally licensed or permitted project under section 401(a)(2). Information collected directly collected by EPA under section 401 in support of the section 402 permit program is already captured under an existing ICR (OMB Control Number 2040–0004, EPA ICR Number 0229.22) and therefore is not included in this analysis. Form numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Project proponents, State, and tribal reviewers (certifying authorities). Respondent’s obligation to respond: Required to obtain 401 certification (33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1)). Estimated number of respondents: 154,000 responses from 77,140 respondents annually (total). Frequency of response: One per federal application. Total estimated burden: 860,500 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). Total estimated cost: $48,000,000 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation and maintenance costs. Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 70,500 annual hours in the total estimated respondent burden, a decrease of 19,979 respondents, and a decrease of 40,000 annual responses compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to refinements in how the estimates are calculated in addition to a decrease in the average number of annual licenses and permits issued that are used in the low estimate and a decrease in the high estimate of annual certification requests from incorporating values provided in pre-proposal input letters. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2023–16216 Filed 7–31–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0091; FRL–11252–01– OMS] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget 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 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:34 Jul 31, 2023 Jkt 259001 (EPA ICR Number 0940.30, 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 July 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 17, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before August 31, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2002–0091, to 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. 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 Cavender, Air Quality Assessment Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C304– 06, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 919–541–2364; email address: cavender.kevin@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through July 31, 2023. 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. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on February 17, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 10315). This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. Supporting documents, which explain in detail the PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 ICR includes ambient air monitoring data and other supporting measurements reporting and recordkeeping activities associated with the 40 CFR part 58 Ambient Air Quality Surveillance rule. These data and information are collected by various state and local air quality management agencies and reported to the EPA’s Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards within the Office of Air and Radiation. 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, air toxics, 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 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 including informing the public and other interested parties of an area’s air quality, judging an area’s air quality in comparison with the established health or welfare 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), 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 EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) database. Quality assurance/quality control records and E:\FR\FM\01AUN1.SGM 01AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 146 / Tuesday, August 1, 2023 / Notices 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. 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: 1,449,968 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b) Total estimated cost: $181,278,444 (per year), includes $70,147,486 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the estimates: This is a decrease of 321,694 hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to the consolidation of monitors into fewer sites, consolidation of PAMS network burden estimates to avoid double counting, termination of unnecessary monitors, and more efficient automated procedures (e.g., moving from manual samplers to automated continuous samplers) for measuring and reporting data. The decrease is offset somewhat by the additional burden and cost estimates included for asset management and sensors. Courtney Kerwin, Director, Regulatory Support Division. [FR Doc. 2023–16215 Filed 7–31–23; 8:45 am] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 BILLING CODE 6560–50–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:34 Jul 31, 2023 Jkt 259001 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–R05–SFUND–2023–0334; FRL–11151– 01–R8] Administrative Settlement Agreement for Response Action by Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser, Central City/ Clear Creek Superfund Site, Four Points Funding, LLC, Clear Creek County, Colorado Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of proposed agreement; request for public comment. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Region 8, of a prospective administrative settlement agreement for response action between the United States, the State of Colorado, and Four Points Funding, LLC, at the Central City/Clear Creek Superfund Site in Clear Creek County, Colorado (Agreement). DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 31, 2023. ADDRESSES: The proposed agreement and additional background information relating to the agreement will be available upon request and will be posted at https://www.epa.gov/ superfund/centralcity. Comments and requests for an electronic copy of the proposed agreement should be addressed to Crystal KotowskiEdmunds, Enforcement Specialist, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency—Region 8, Mail Code 8SEM– PAC, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, or telephone number: (303) 312–6124, or email address: edmunds.crystal@epa.gov and should reference the Central City/Clear Creek Superfund Site. You may also send comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–R08– SFUND–2022–0281 to https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amelia Piggott, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, Mail Code 8 ORC–LEC,1595 Wynkoop, Denver, Colorado 80202, telephone number: (303) 312–6410, email address: piggott.amelia@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agreement provides that Purchaser shall characterize contamination at its Property and, as necessary, address the contamination. In exchange, the United States and the State of Colorado will provide a covenant not to sue Four Points SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 50149 Funding, LLC for Existing Contamination, work (including subsurface and surface sampling) conducted by Four Points Funding, LLC, and certain payments as defined in the agreement (oversight costs, defined in the agreement as ‘‘response costs.’’ For thirty (30) days following the date of publication of this document, the Agency will receive written comments relating to the agreement. The Agency will consider all comments received and may modify or withdraw its consent to the agreement if comments received disclose facts or considerations that indicate that the agreement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. Ben Bielenberg, Acting Division Director, Superfund and Emergency Management Division, Region 8. [FR Doc. 2023–16219 Filed 7–31–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPA–2007–0584; FRL–11248–01– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR Number 0328.19, OMB Control Number 2050–0021) 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 July 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on November 4, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 31, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OPA–2007–0584, to EPA 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, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\01AUN1.SGM 01AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16215]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0091; FRL-11252-01-OMS]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget 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 0940.30, 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 July 31, 
2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal 
Register on February 17, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before August 31, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2002-0091, to EPA 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.
    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 Cavender, Air Quality Assessment 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C304-06, 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone number: 919-541-2364; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through July 31, 2023. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on February 17, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 10315). 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 
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 ICR includes ambient air monitoring data and other 
supporting measurements reporting and recordkeeping activities 
associated with the 40 CFR part 58 Ambient Air Quality Surveillance 
rule. These data and information are collected by various state and 
local air quality management agencies and reported to the EPA's Office 
of Air Quality Planning and Standards within the Office of Air and 
Radiation.
    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, air toxics, 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 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 
including informing the public and other interested parties of an 
area's air quality, judging an area's air quality in comparison with 
the established health or welfare 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), 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 EPA's 
Air Quality System (AQS) database. Quality assurance/quality control 
records and

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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. 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: 1,449,968 hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $181,278,444 (per year), includes $70,147,486 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the estimates: This is a decrease of 321,694 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in 
the ICR currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to the 
consolidation of monitors into fewer sites, consolidation of PAMS 
network burden estimates to avoid double counting, termination of 
unnecessary monitors, and more efficient automated procedures (e.g., 
moving from manual samplers to automated continuous samplers) for 
measuring and reporting data. The decrease is offset somewhat by the 
additional burden and cost estimates included for asset management and 
sensors.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-16215 Filed 7-31-23; 8:45 am]
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