
[Federal Register: April 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 83)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-QAR-2008-0222; FRL-8558-1]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submissions for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Proposed Collection and Comment Request for 
the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulation; EPA ICR No. 1601.07; OMB 
Control No. 2060-0249

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 EPA is planning to 
submit a request to renew an Information Collection Request (ICR) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This ICR is scheduled to 
expire on January 31, 2009. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review 
and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the 
proposed information collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 30, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2008-0222, by one of the following methods:http://
www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting 
comments.
     E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov.
     Fax: (202) 566-9744.
     Mail: Agency Information Collection Request Activities: 
Proposed Collection and Comment Request for the Outer Continental Shelf 
Air Regulations Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and 
Radiation Docket and Information Center, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please include a total of 
two copies.
     Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, Public Reading Room, EPA 
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 
Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's normal hours of 
operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of 
boxed information.
    Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2008-0222. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included 
in the public docket without change and may be made available online at 
http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be 
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you 
consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through http://
www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The http://www.regulations.gov Web site 
is an anonymous access system, which means EPA will not know your 
identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of 
your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without 
going through http://www.regulations.gov, your e-mail address will be 
automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is 
placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you 
submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name 
and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any 
disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to 
technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA 
may not be able to consider your comment.

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Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form 
of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses.
    Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the http://
www.regulations.gov index. Although listed in the index, some 
information is not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such 
as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy 
form. Publicly available docket materials are available either 
electronically in http://www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the 
Agency Information Collection Request Activities: Proposed Collection 
and Comment Request for the Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations 
Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC. The 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone 
number for the Air Docket is (202) 566-1742. For additional information 
about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at 
http://www.eps.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Shao-Hang Chu, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, (C539-04) , 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27711; telephone number: (919) 541-5382; fax number: (919) 541-0824; e-
mail address: chu--shao-hang@epagov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. What information is EPA particularly interested in?

    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA specifically 
solicits comments and information to enable it to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses. In particular, EPA is requesting comments from 
very small businesses (those that employ less than 25) on examples of 
specific additional efforts that EPA could make to reduce the paperwork 
burden for very small businesses affected by this collection.

II. What information collection activity does this apply to?

    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
all outer continental shelf sources except those located in the Gulf of 
Mexico west of 87.5 degrees longitude (near the border of Florida and 
Alabama). For sources located within 25 miles of states' seaward 
boundaries, the requirements are the same as those that would be 
applicable if the source were located in the corresponding onshore area 
(COA). In states affected by this rule, state boundaries extend three 
miles from the coastline, except off the coast of the Florida 
Panhandle, where the state's boundary extends three leagues (about nine 
miles) from the coastline.
    Title: Outer Continental Shelf Air Regulations, EPA ICR Number 
1601.07 and OMB Control Number 2060.0249, expiration date: January 31, 
2009.
    Abstract: Sources located beyond 25 miles of states' boundaries are 
subject to Federal requirements (implemented and enforced solely by 
EPA) for Prevention of Significant Deterioration, New Source 
Performance Standards, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air 
Pollutants Standards, the Federal operating permit program, and the 
enhanced compliance and monitoring regulations. Before any agency, 
department, or instrumentality of the Federal Government engages in, 
supports in any way, provides financial assistance for, licenses, 
permits, approves any activity, that agency has the affirmative 
responsibility to ensure that such action conforms to the State 
Implementation Plan (SIP) for the attainment and maintenance of the 
national ambient air quality standards. An agency may not conduct or 
sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of 
information request unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in 40 CFR are 
listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15. Section 176(c) of the 
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) requires that all Federal 
actions conform with the SIPs to attain and maintain the NAAQS. 
Depending on the type of action, the Federal entities must collect 
information themselves, hire consultants to collect the information or 
require applicants/sponsors of the Federal action to provide the 
information.
    The type and quantity of information required will depend on the 
circumstances surrounding the action. First, the entity must make an 
applicability determination. If the source is located within 25 miles 
of the state's seaward boundaries as established in the regulations, 
the requirements are the same as those that would be applicable if the 
source were located in the COA. State and local air pollution control 
agencies are usually requested to provide information concerning 
regulation of offshore sources and are provided opportunities to 
comment on the proposed determinations. The public is also provided an 
opportunity to comment on the proposed determinations.
    Burden Statement: 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.
    The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 549 hours per 
response. The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's 
estimate, which is only briefly summarized here:
    Estimated Total Number of Potential Respondents: 49.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 62.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 34,038.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: $1,858,350, which includes $0 
annualized capital startup costs, $17,886 O&M costs, and$1,840,064 in 
annual labor costs.

III. What is the next step in the process for this ICR?

    EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as

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appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for 
review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will 
issue another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 
1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the 
opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any 
questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the 
technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Dated: April 17, 2008.
Jenny N. Edmonds,
Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards.
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