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[Notices]               
[Page 17891-17892]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0079; FRL-8296-8]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission To OMB for 
Review and Approval; 8-hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
Implementation Rule, EPA ICR Number 2236.02, OMB Control Number 2060-
0594

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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 collection and the estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 10, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-OAR-
HQ-2003-0079, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental Protection Agency, Air 
Docket, Mail Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Butch Stackhouse, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Mail Code C539-
01, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone number 
(919) 541-5208, facsimile number (919) 541-0824, electronic mail e-mail 
address: stackhouse.butch@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 November 15, 2006 (71 FR 66515), EPA sought comments on 
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. 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 
number EPA-OAR-HQ-2003-0079, which is available for public viewing 
online at http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air 

Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 
Reading Room is open from 8:30 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 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

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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: 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard 
Implementation Rule.
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2236.02, OMB Control Number 2060-0594.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on April 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, and 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: The Paperwork Reduction Act requires the information 
found in this Information Collection Request (ICR) number 2236.02, to 
assess the burden (in hours and dollars) of the 8-hour Ozone National 
Ambient Air Quality Standard Implementation (NAAQS) Rule as well as the 
periodic reporting and recordkeeping necessary to maintain the rule. 
The rule was proposed June 2, 2003 (68 FR 32802) and promulgated in two 
Phases: Phase 1 published April 30, 2004 (69 FR 23951) and Phase 2 
published November 29, 2005 (70 FR 71612). The preamble to the proposed 
and final regulation addressed the administrative burden in general 
terms. The preamble to the final Phase 2 rule stated that an ICR would 
be prepared (70 FR at 71692). The rule includes requirements that 
involve collecting information from States with areas that have been 
designated nonattainment for the 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The time period 
covered in this ICR is a three year period from May 1, 2007 through 
April 30, 2010. The information collection milestones include State 
submission of an attainment demonstration State Implementation Plan 
(SIP), a Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) SIP submission, and a 
Reasonable Available Control Technology (RACT) SIP. However, not all of 
the milestones and associated burden and administrative cost estimates 
apply to every designated nonattainment area. Areas with cleaner air 
quality have fewer requirements.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9,511 
hours per response. 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: State and local governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 285,333.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $17,400,000 includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase in the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens.

    Dated: April 2, 2007.
Robert Gunter,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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