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Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Operating Permit Regulations (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1587.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0243

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[Federal Register: June 12, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 112)]
[Notices]
[Page 32289-32291]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0015; FRL-8325-4]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Operating Permit
Regulations (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1587.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0243

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 12, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0015, to (1) EPA online using http://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, Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725

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17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Herring, Air Quality Policy
Division (C504-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711;
telephone number: (919) 541-3195; fax number: (919) 541-5509; e-mail
address: herring.jeff@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 9, 2007 (72 FR 6233), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the
comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted
to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0015, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room
is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is 202-566-
1744, and the telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket is 202-
566-1742.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents
in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the system,
select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives them and without
change, unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: State Operating Permit Regulations (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1587.07, OMB Control No. 2060-0243.
    ICR Status: This ICR was originally scheduled to expire on March
31, 2007, but an emergency extension granted by OMB on March 13, 2007
extended the expiration date to June 30, 2007. Under OMB regulations,
the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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 EPA's regulations in title
40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when approved,
are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by publication in the
Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such as on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: Title V of the Clean Air Act (Act) requires States to
develop and implement a program for issuing operating permits to all
sources that fall under any Act definition of ``major'' and certain
other non-major sources that are subject to Federal air quality
regulations. The Act further requires EPA to develop regulations that
establish the minimum requirements for those State operating permits
programs, to oversee implementation of the State programs, and to
operate a Federal operating permits program in areas not subject to an
approved State program.
    The EPA regulations setting forth requirements for the State
operating permits programs are at part 70, title 40, chapter I of the
Code of Federal Regulations. These are referred to as the ``Part 70
Operating Permit Regulations,'' which are the subject of the ICR
addressed in this notice.
    In implementing title V of the Act and EPA's part 70 operating
permits regulations, State and local permitting agencies must develop
programs and submit them to EPA for approval (section 502(d)), and
sources subject to the program must develop operating permit
applications and submit them to the permitting authority within 1 year
after program approval (section 503). Permitting authorities will then
issue permits (section 503(c)) and thereafter enforce, revise, and
renew those permits at no more than 5-year intervals (section 502(d)).
Permit applications and proposed permits will be provided to, and are
subject to review by, EPA (section 505(a)). All information submitted
by a source and the issued permit shall also be available for public
review except for confidential information which will be protected from
disclosure (section 503(e)). Sources will semi-annually submit
compliance monitoring reports to the permitting authorities (section
504(a)). The EPA has the responsibility to oversee implementation of
the program and to administer a Federal operating permits program in
the event a program is not approved for a State (section 502(d)(3)) or
if EPA determines the permitting authority is not adequately
administering its approved program (section 502(i)(4)). The activities
to carry out these tasks are considered mandatory and necessary for
implementation of title V and the proper operation of the operating
permits program. This notice provides updated burden estimates from a
previously approved ICR.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for the part 70 collection of information is estimated to
average 248 hours per permitted source, and the annual burden for
permitting authorities to administer a part 70 program is estimated to
average 12,050 hours (about 80 hours per permitted source). Burden
means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide
information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements
which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond
to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and
review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Respondents to this information
collection come from two groups: (1) Sources required to obtain an
operating permit and (2) permitting authorities.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,818 sources and 112 permitting
authorities.
    Frequency of Response: Initially, annually, and every five years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,525,639 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $220,996,244, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 416,091 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase in burden for sources and
permitting authorities is due to expected changes in the existing
information collection activities to be

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performed by sources, primarily an increase in permit renewal activity.

    Dated: June 5, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-11303 Filed 6-11-07; 8:45 am]
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