SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
FOR
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
FOR
CLEAN
AIR
ACT
TRIBAL
AUTHORITY
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
I.
INTRODUCTION
A.
PURPOSE
B.
SUMMARY
OF
INFORMATION
AND
REQUEST
C.
SUMMARY
OF
THE
BURDEN
AND
COST
II.
JUSTIFICATION
1.0
IDENTIFICATION
1.1
Title
and
Number
of
Information
Collection
1.2
Short
Characterization
2.0
NEED
AND
AUTHORITY
FOR
THE
COLLECTION
2.1
Need
and
Authority
for
the
Collection
2.2
Use
and
Users
of
the
Data
3.0
NON­
DUPLICATION,
CONSULTANTS,
AND
OTHER
COLLECTION
CRITERIA
3.1
Non­
duplication
3.2
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
3.3
Consultations
3.4
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
3.5
General
Guidelines
3.6
Confidentially
and
Sensitive
Questions
4.0
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
REQUESTED
4.1
Respondents
and
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Codes
4.2
Information
Requested
5.0
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
­­
AGENCY
ACTIVITIES,
COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY
AND
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
5.1
Agency
Activities
5.2
Collection
Methodology
and
Information
Management
5.3
Small
Entity
Flexibility
5.4
Collection
Schedule
6.0
ESTIMATING
THE
BURDEN
AND
COST
OF
THE
COLLECTION
6.1
Estimating
the
Respondent
Burden
6.2
Estimating
Respondent
Cost
6.3
Capital
Costs,
and
Operations
and
Maintenance
Costs
6.4
Estimating
the
Agency
Burden
6.5
Estimating
Agency
Cost
6.6
Total
Burden
and
Cost
6.7
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
6.8
Burden
Statement
LIST
OF
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
1.
Annual
Respondent
Burden
and
Costs
Exhibit
2.
Annual
Agency
Burden
and
Costs
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
FOR
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
FOR
CLEAN
AIR
ACT
TRIBAL
AUTHORITY
I.
INTRODUCTION
A.
PURPOSE
This
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
seeks
authorization
for
Tribes
to
demonstrate
their
eligibility
to
be
treated
in
the
same
manner
as
states
under
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA)
and
to
submit
applications
to
implement
a
CAA
program.
This
ICR
extends
the
collection
period
of
information
for
determining
eligibility,
which
expires
October
31,
2004.
The
ICR
also
is
revising
the
estimates
of
burden
costs
for
Tribes
in
completing
an
CAA
application.

The
program
regulation
provides
for
Indian
Tribes,
if
they
so
choose,
to
assume
responsibility
for
the
development
and
implementation
of
CAA
programs.
The
regulation,
Indian
Tribes:
Air
Quality
Planning
and
Management
(
Tribal
Authority
Rule
[
TAR]
40
CFR
parts
9,

35,49,
50
and
81),
sets
forth
how
Tribes
may
seek
authority
to
implement
their
own
air
quality
planning
and
management
programs.
The
rule
establishes:
1)
which
CAA
provisions
Indian
Tribes
may
seek
authority
to
implement,
2)
what
requirements
the
Tribes
must
meet
when
seeking
such
authorization,
and
3)
what
Federal
financial
assistance
may
be
available
to
help
Tribes
establish
and
manage
their
air
quality
programs.
The
TAR
provides
Tribes
the
authority
to
administer
air
quality
programs
over
all
air
resources,
including
non­
Indian
owned
fee
lands,

within
the
exterior
boundaries
of
a
reservation
and
other
areas
over
which
the
tribe
can
demonstrate
jurisdiction.
An
Indian
Tribe
that
takes
responsibility
for
a
CAA
program
would
essentially
be
treated
in
the
same
way
as
a
State
would
be
treated
for
that
program.

The
TAR
adopts
EPA's
"
streamlined"
eligibility
review
and
approval
process
for
Tribes
to
implement
CAA
programs.
The
ICR
was
prepared
according
to
the
guidance
contained
in
the
Office
of
Information
Collection
(
OIC)
December
1996
ICR
Handbook.
This
handbook
is
the
Agency's
most
current
guidance
document
for
preparing
an
ICR
and
follows
the
provisions
of
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
4
U.
S.
C.
section
1320)
and
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
guidelines.
B.
SUMMARY
OF
INFORMATION
REQUEST
Section
301(
d)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA)
directs
the
Administrator
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
to
promulgate
regulations
specifying
those
provisions
of
the
Act
which
are
appropriate
for
treating
Tribes
in
the
same
manner
as
states.
The
regulations,

which
where
approved
in
1998,
give
Tribes
the
opportunity,
if
they
choose,
to
carry
out
virtually
all
Clean
Air
Act
(
CAA)
programs.
The
rule
authorizes
eligible
Tribes
to
implement
CAA
programs
over
all
air
resources
within
the
exterior
boundaries
of
their
reservations,
including
non­

Indian
owned
fee
lands,
or
other
areas
within
the
Tribes'
jurisdiction.
This
ICR
requests
clearance
for
Tribes
to
apply
for
authority
to
administer
CAA
programs.

C.
SUMMARY
OF
BURDEN
AND
COST
This
rule
incorporates
the
Agency's
streamlined
process
for
treating
Tribes
in
manner
similar
to
the
States.
Since
Tribes
are
not
required
to
participate
in
this
program,
the
number
of
applications
will
vary
depending
upon
air
quality
conditions,
presence
of
major
sources
of
air
pollution
on
reservations,
and
the
Tribes'
interest
in
and
capacity
to
carry
out
CAA
programs.
For
the
purposes
of
estimating
the
total
burden
associated
with
the
regulation,
EPA
has
derived
the
following
estimates:

G
The
estimated
number
of
respondent
Tribes
applying
for
CAA
programs
over
the
next
three
years
is
27.
The
annual
average
is
9
(
27
respondents
divided
by
3
years).

G
EPA
estimates
40
hours
per
respondent
for
an
annual
burden
of
360
hours.

G
The
average
respondent
labor
cost
is
$
73.4
per
hour
for
Professional/
Technical.
A
factor
of
110%
was
added
to
each
labor
cost
category
per
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
policy.

G
The
annual
per
respondent
cost
is
$
2937.60.
The
annual
total
cost
is
estimated
to
be
$
26,438.40
per
year
for
a
total
of
$
79,315.20
over
the
three
year
collection
period.

II.
JUSTIFICATION
1.0
IDENTIFICATION
OF
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
1.1
Title
and
Number
of
Information
Collection
Clean
Air
Act
Tribal
Authority
(
40
CFR
part
35,
subpart
B;
parts
9,
49,
50
and
81)
(
Renewal)

This
ICR
(
OMB
Control
Number
2060­
0306)
is
for
implementing
Section
301(
d)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act.

1.2
Short
Characterization
The
purpose
of
this
ICR
is
to
estimate
the
burden
associated
with
the
regulation
governing
the
treatment
of
Indian
Tribes
in
the
same
manner
as
States
as
authorized
in
Section
301
(
d)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act.
The
reporting
burden
is
a
one­
time
application
for
authorization
to
adopt
Clean
Air
Act
programs
through
regional
program
offices.

2.0
NEED
FOR
AND
USE
OF
THE
COLLECTION
2.1
Need
and
Authority
for
the
Collection
Implementation
of
regulations
includes
a
collection
of
information
by
EPA
from
Indian
Tribes
for
purposes
of
determining
if
a
Tribe
is
qualified
for
delegation
of
the
CAA
Program.

Section
114
of
the
CAA
is
the
authority
for
the
collection
of
information.

2.2
Use
and
Users
of
the
Data
EPA
uses
the
submitted
information
to
determine
if
the
Tribe
meets
the
statutory
criteria
under
CAA
Section
301
(
d)
and
is
qualified
for
program
delegation.

3.0
NON­
DUPLICATION,
CONSULTATIONS,
AND
OTHER
COLLECTION
CRITERIA
3.1
Non­
duplication
To
avoid
requiring
submission
of
duplicate
information,
EPA
will
accept
information
previously
submitted
by
an
Indian
Tribe
(
i.
e.,
information
included
in
an
application
for
treatment
in
the
same
manner
as
a
State
under
another
Act).

3.2
Public
Notice
Required
Prior
to
ICR
Submission
to
OMB
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act,
EPA
solicited
comments
for
a
60­
day
period
prior
to
submission
of
the
ICR
to
OMB.
Comments
were
requested
by
September
13,

2004
via
a
Federal
Register
announcement
(
69
FR
42052).
No
comments
were
received.

3.3
Consultations
An
EPA
workgroup
drafted
the
proposed
regulation
following
consultation
with
various
tribal
representatives
and
extensive
internal
review.
In
developing
this
regulation
EPA
consulted
with
tribal
representatives
at
the
National
Tribal
Conference
on
Environmental
Management
in
Cherokee,
N.
C.
in
May
1992
and
at
three
"
outreach
meetings"
in
Chicago,
Denver
and
San
Francisco
in
November
1992.
A
final
set
of
outreach
meetings
was
held
with
tribal
representatives
and
with
members
of
the
State
and
Territorial
Air
Pollution
Administrators
and
the
Association
of
Local
Air
Pollution
control
Official
(
STAPPA/
ALAPCO)
in
September
1993.

Suggestions
and
comments
articulated
during
these
exchanges,
most
supporting
the
delegation
of
the
CAA
authority
to
Tribes,
were
incorporated
as
appropriate
into
the
proposed
rule.
The
proposed
rule
was
published
on
August
25,
1994
and
solicited
additional
comments
from
the
general
public.
These
comments
were
addressed
in
the
final
rule
promulgated
in
early
1998.

Prior
to
this
renewal,
each
Regional
EPA
Office
was
contacted
and
asked
to
provide
estimates
to
support
the
action.
Tribes
are
believed
to
be
comfortable
with
the
process
as
it
is
being
conducted
and
have
a
good
understanding
of
the
requirements.
The
Regional
Offices
confirmed
the
estimated
average
burden
of
nine
actions
per
year
for
each
of
the
next
three
years.

3.4
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
Applications
by
Indian
Tribes
for
eligibility
in
air
quality
programs
are
a
one­
time
collection
of
information
per
respondent.

3.5
General
Guidelines
No
paperwork
reduction
guidelines
contained
in
5
CFR
1320.5
are
exceeded
by
this
information
collection.

3.6
Confidentiality
and
Sensitive
Questions
Any
information
submitted
to
the
Agency
for
which
a
claim
of
confidentiality
is
made
will
be
safeguarded
according
to
the
Agency
policies
set
forth
in
Title
40,
Chapter
1,
part
2,
subpart
B
­

Confidentiality
of
Business
Information
(
see
40
CFR
2;
41
FR
36902,
September
1,
1976;

amended
by
43
FR
40000,
September
8,
1978;
43
FR
42251,
September
20,
1978;
44
FR
17674,

March
23,
1979).

There
is
no
sensitive
information
required.

4.0
THE
RESPONDENTS
AND
THE
INFORMATION
REQUESTED
4.1
Respondents
Identification
Codes
Indian
Tribes
would
be
the
sole
respondents
to
this
ICR.
EPA
estimates
that
27
of
the
570
Tribes
­­
over
the
three
year
clearance
period
­­
will
apply
for
eligibility
for
CAA
programs.
Based
on
a
survey
of
regional
offices
and
basic
knowledge
of
Tribes,
EPA
assumes
that
10
Tribes
will
submit
applications
in
Year
1,
8
in
Year
2,
and
9
in
year
3.
The
assumption
is
based
on
projections
provided
by
each
Regional
Office.
The
TAR
was
promulgated
in
1998,
and
Tribes
are
just
now
building
air
quality
programs.
Therefore,
EPA
expects
the
number
of
applications
to
remain
relatively
constant
in
the
out
years
as
additional
tribes
build
capacity.
However,
since
Tribes
have
the
option
of
applying
for
CAA
programs,
and
it
is
ultimately
up
to
the
EPA
to
implement
the
Act
where
there
is
a
gap,
more
or
less
Tribes
may
be
interested
in
seeking
eligibility.
If
more
Tribes
express
an
interest
during
the
public
comment
period,
EPA
will
revise
this
ICR
and
the
estimated
burden
accordingly.

4.2
Information
Requested
To
be
eligible
for
delegation
of
CAA
programs,
an
Indian
Tribe
must
submit
documentation
showing
they
meet
the
following
criteria:
1)
be
recognized
by
the
Federal
government
(
CAA
section
302(
r);
2)
have
an
existing
governing
body
which
carries
out
governmental
duties
(
such
as
tax
and
police
functions);
3)
show
that
the
management
and
protection
of
air
resources
applies
within
the
exterior
boundaries
of
the
reservation
or
other
areas
within
the
Tribe's
jurisdiction,
and
4)
be
reasonably
expected
to
be
capable
of
implementing
all
applicable
regulations.
Meeting
the
definition
of
"
Federally
recognized
Tribe"
(
Section
302(
r))

can
be
achieved
in
two
ways:
1)
approval
by
the
Secretary
of
Interior
(
or
in
the
process
of
doing
so)
as
documented
in
the
Federal
Register
notices
periodically
published
by
the
Secretary;
or
2)

previous
EPA
approval
for
implementation
of
another
program
under
another
environmental
statute.
Previous
eligibility
determination
under
another
EPA
program
(
such
as
the
CWA,
SDWA,

or
other
CAA
program)
satisfies
the
governing
body
requirement
as
well.
If
an
initial
declaration
has
not
yet
been
approved,
this
can
be
shown
by
demonstrating
that
the
tribe
is
performing
governmental
functions
to
promote
the
public
health,
safety
and
welfare
of
the
population,

including
such
things
as
levying
taxes,
acquiring
land
by
exercising
the
power
of
eminent
domain,

and
police
powers.

As
for
the
third
criterion,
demonstration
of
appropriate
jurisdiction,
identifying
tribal
jurisdictions
clearly
and
with
precision,
can
be
done
with
the
use
of
maps
and
a
legal
description
of
the
area;
if
the
tribe
is
asserting
jurisdiction
over
off­
reservation
lands,
it
must
demonstrate
the
legal
and
factual
basis
for
its
jurisdiction
consistent
with
applicable
principles
of
Indian
law.

In
evaluating
a
Tribe's
demonstration
of
program
implementation
capability,
EPA
considers
their
management
and
technical
skills
by
reviewing
the
following
factors:
1)
tribe's
previous
management
experience,
2)
existing
environmental
or
public
health
programs
administered,
3)
mechanism(
s)
in
place
for
carrying
out
the
executive,
legislative
and
judicial
functions
of
the
Tribal
government,
4)
the
relationship
between
regulated
entities
and
regulating
administrative
agency,
and
5)
the
technical
and
administrative
capabilities
of
the
staff.
Tribes
with
limited
management
and
technical
skills
can
also
submit
a
plan
detailing
steps
for
acquiring
those
skills.

5.0
THE
INFORMATION
COLLECTED
­­
AGENCY
ACTIVITIES,
COLLECTION
METHODOLOGY,
AND
INFORMATION
MANAGEMENT
5.1
Agency
Activities
EPA
will
review
the
applications
to
determine
if
they
meet
the
eligibility
criteria.

5.2
Collection
Methodology
and
Information
Management
The
collection
methodology
for
this
ICR
maintains
that
a
tribal
application
for
implementation
of
a
CAA
program
is
a
one­
time
submission
that
does
not
lend
itself
to
electronic
formatting.
For
example,
tribal
boundary
information
would
be
difficult
to
translate
electronically.

These
applications
will
be
reviewed
and
retained
by
the
regional
program
offices.

5.3
Small
Entity
Flexibility
Information
collection
requirements
covered
in
this
ICR
will
not
affect
small
businesses.

All
respondents
are
Indian
Tribes.

5.4
Collection
Schedule
Tribes
can
apply
on
a
voluntary
basis
for
eligibility
under
the
CAA
Tribal
Authority
Rule.

Therefore,
a
collection
schedule
is
not
applicable.

6.0
ESTIMATING
THE
BURDEN
AND
COSTS
OF
THE
COLLECTION
6.1
Estimating
Respondent
Burden
The
annual
burden
to
the
respondent
Indian
Tribes
is
a
function
of
the
requirements
of
the
eligibility
application
and
average
time
required
for
Tribes
to
complete
each
information
item.
The
average
burden
per
respondent
varies,
depending
on
whether
the
Tribe
has
received
approval
under
another
environmental
program,
i.
e.,
Clean
Water
Act,
Safe
Drinking
Water
Act.
The
annual
burden
per
Tribe
is
estimated
at
40
hours
at
a
cost
of
$
2937.60.
The
estimated
annual
burden
is
360
hours
at
a
cost
of
$
26,438.40.
See
Exhibit
I.

Exhibit
1
Annual
Respondent
Burden
and
Costs
Activity
(
A)
Tech
hrs.

($
73.44
hr.)
(
B)
Burden
hrs.
(
C)
Collectio
n
Cost
(
D)*
Annual
collection
Annual
Burden
(
hrs)

(
B)*(
D)
Total
Annual
Cost
(
C)*(
D)

Collecting
Compiling
Reporting
Total
13
11
16
40
13
11
16
40
$
954.72
$
807.84
$
1175.04
$
2937.60
N/
A
N/
A
N/
A
9*
N/
A
N/
A
N/
A
360
$
26,438.40
*
Annual
collection
is
the
average
number
of
collections
per
year.
For
the
three
year
period,
EPA
expects
a
total
of
27
respondents.
27
respondents
/
3
years
=
9
collections
annually.

The
annualized
responses
per
year
over
the
three
year
period:
27/
3=
9.

The
annualized
burden
hours
over
the
three
year
period:
1,080/
3=
360
6.2
Estimating
Respondent
Cost
The
cost
imposed
on
the
Tribes
as
respondents
includes
the
burden
placed
on
collecting,

compiling,
and
reporting
the
information
and
the
wages
of
the
typical
Tribal
worker
performing
these
activities.
The
cost
is
associated
with
salaries
and
overhead
for
Tribal
employees
will
probably
vary
significantly.
The
average
respondent
per
hour
labor
cost
is
$
73.44
($
23.69*
110%)

for
Professional/
Technical.
The
rates
include
a
factor
of
110%,
added
to
each
labor
rate
per
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
policy.
The
labor
rates
are
based
on
hourly
wages
for
the
appropriate
grade
civilian
employees
as
determined
by
using
the
Bureau
of
Labor
and
Statistics
(
BLS)
employment
cost
trends
tables
for
civilian
workers,
March
2004.
A
110%
factor
was
added
to
the
original
rates
per
OMB
policy.
The
cost
per
respondent
is
estimated
to
be
$
2,937.60,
the
total
annual
respondent
cost
is
$
26,438.40.
The
total
cost
for
the
three
year
collection
period
is
$
79,315.20.

6.3
Capital
Costs,
and
Operations
and
Maintenance
Costs
There
are
no
capital
and
operations
and
maintenance
costs
since
the
information
collection
only
requires
an
application
for
eligibility
to
be
filed
so
as
to
participate
in
a
program.
No
capital
investments
are
required
to
develop
the
application
and
no
operations
and
maintenance
costs
are
encountered.

6.4
Estimating
the
Agency
Burden
The
burden
and
cost
imposed
on
the
Federal
government
is
a
function
of
1)
the
average
number
of
responses
to
each
information
collection
and
reporting
requirements,
for
this
EPA
expects
9;
and
2)
the
time
required
for
the
Federal
government
to
review
and
process
that
information,
and
EPA
estimates
it
will
take
an
average
of
35
hours
per
respondent.

EPA
expects
to
review,
on
an
annual
basis,
9
responses
at
35
hours
per
response
for
an
annual
burden
of
315
hours.
EPA's
review
of
the
27
Tribal
applications
­­
over
the
three
year
clearance
period
­­
is
945
hours.
The
review
time
will
be
considerably
less
if
the
Indian
Tribe
has
already
established
eligibility
with
another
EPA
program,
but
it
also
may
be
higher.
Each
individual
respondent
has
separate
and
unique
circumstances
that
affect
the
amount
of
time
required
of
the
EPA
to
process
an
application.
Therefore,
additional
time
may
be
required,
but
the
EPA
estimates
that
it
takes
on
average,
35
hours
per
respondent
to
review,
publish,
consult,

and
finalize
a
single
request.

Annual
Burden:
9
responses
*
35
hrs./
response=
315
hrs.

Total
Burden:
27
responses
*
35
hrs./
response
=
945
hrs.

6.5
Estimating
Agency
Cost
The
cost
imposed
on
the
Federal
government
for
review
of
the
information
requirements
is
the
burden
of
reviewing
information
(
described
above)
and
the
wages
of
the
typical
Federal
worker
performing
these
activities.
The
cost
associated
with
salaries
and
overhead
for
Federal
employees
will
probably
vary
significantly.
As
preciously
mentioned,
it
is
difficult
to
predict
the
number
of
hours
EPA
will
spend
on
any
given
respondent.
On
average
it
will
take
35
hours.

This
ICR
uses
estimates
from
the
hourly
rate
for
federal
workers
as
per
the
Office
of
Personnel
Management's
rate
for
General
Service
(
GS)
federal
employees,
January,
2004.
The
average
rate
for
a
GS­
10,
$
22.76,
plus
a
factor
of
160%
to
include
employee
benefits
as
per
OMB
policy,
amounts
to
$
59.18
per
hour
labor
cost.
The
annual
Agency
cost
is
$
18,641.70.
The
total
Agency
cost
over
the
three
year
collection
period
is
estimated
to
be
$
55,925.10.
See
Exhibit
2.

Exhibit
2
Annual
Agency
Burden
and
Costs
Activity
(
A)
GS­
10
hrs.

($
59.18
hr.)
(
B)
Burden
hrs.
(
C)
Collectio
n
Cost
(
D)*

Annual
Collection
Annual
Burden
(
hrs)

(
B)*(
D)
Annual
Cost
(
C)*(
D)

Collecting
Compiling
Comments
Total
9
9
17
35
9
9
17
35
$
532.62
$
532.62
$
1006.06
$
2,071.30
N/
A
N/
A
N/
A
9*
315
$
18,641.70
*
Annual
collection
is
the
average
number
of
collections
per
year.
For
the
three
year
period,
EPA
expects
a
total
of
27
respondents.
27
respondents
/
3
years
=
9
collections
annually.

The
annualized
responses
per
year
over
the
three
year
period:
27/
3=
9.

The
annualized
burden
hours
over
the
three
year
period
is
945/
3=
315.

6.6
Total
Burden
and
Cost
The
annual
burden
for
the
respondents
is
315
hours.

The
annual
costs
for
the
respondents
is
$
26,438.40.

The
total
burden
and
cost
for
the
respondents
is,
1080
hours
at
a
cost
of
$
79,315.20
for
the
three
year
collection
period.

The
annual
burden
for
the
Agency
is
315
hours.

The
annual
costs
for
the
Agency
is
$
18,641.70.

The
total
burden
and
cost
for
the
Agency
is
945
hours
at
a
cost
of
$
55,925.10
for
the
three
year
collection
period.

6.7
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
The
293
Burden
Hours
approved
by
OMB
for
the
active
ICR
(
Total
Hours
Requested),

used
the
first
year
of
the
ICR's
three
year
period,
since
it
reflected
the
highest
estimated
number
of
responses.
For
this
ICR,
an
annualized
average
of
the
ICR's
three
year
periods
were
used
(
420+
300+
360)/
3=
360
hours.
The
total
burden
hours
have
been
updated
to
reflect
new
estimates
that
are
based
on
the
number
of
applications
the
EPA
received
under
the
previous
ICR
and
what
EPA
estimates
it
will
receive
in
the
upcoming
years.
The
difference
between
the
active
ICR
and
this
ICR
is
67
fewer
hours
based
on
our
estimates
of
fewer
responses.

The
estimates
were
revised
in
part
because
the
respondents
that
have
already
received
eligibility
will
not
apply
again
in
this
period.
However,
they
may
apply
for
additional
programs
and
in
this
case
EPA
believes
it
will
take
less
time
to
process.
EPA
estimates
that
it
takes
a
respondent
an
average
of
40
hours
to
process
a
single
request.
Additionally,
several
respondents
that
were
expected
to
request
eligibility
have
and
therefore
the
numbers
were
reduced
slightly.

Tribes
are
not
required
to
seek
this
eligibility
and
therefore
it
is
possible
that
the
actual
number
of
respondents
will
differ
from
the
estimates.
These
numbers
represent
EPA
estimates
based
on
discussion
with
regional
offices
and
expectations
of
the
capacity
of
tribes
to
actively
seek
eligibility.

6.8
Burden
Statement
The
public
reporting
burden
for
collecting
information
is
estimated
to
average
40
hours
per
response.
This
estimate
includes
the
time
required
to
review
instructions,
search
for
existing
data
sources,
gather
and
maintain
all
necessary
data,
and
complete
and
review
the
information
collection.
The
respondents
are
27
Indian
Tribes
that
are
expected
to
apply
for
and
receive
delegation
under
Section
301
(
d)
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
Amendments.

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;
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.

An
agency
may
not
conduct
or
sponsor,
and
a
person
is
not
required
to
respond
to,
a
collection
of
information
unless
it
displays
a
valid
OMB
Control
Number.
The
OMB
Control
Numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
at
40
CFR
Part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.

To
comment
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques,
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
Number
OAR­
2004­
0093,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,

Room
B102,
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
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
is
(
202)
566­
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
When
in
the
system,
select
"
search,"
then
key
in
the
Docket
ID
Number
identified
above.
Also,
you
can
send
comments
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,

DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
Number
OAR­

2004­
0093
and
OMB
Control
Number
2060­
0306
in
any
correspondence.

Part
B
of
the
Supporting
Statement
This
part
is
not
applicable
because
no
statistical
methods
were
used
in
collecting
this
information.
