[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 55709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26857]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6457-9 ]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Control Technology Determinations for
Equivalent Emissions Limitations by Permit
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 the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Control Technology for
Equivalent Emissions Limitations by Permit (OMB Control No. 2060-0266,
EPA ICR No. 1648.02). The ICR describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it
includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 15, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)
260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download a copy
of the ICR off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/ICR and refer to EPA
ICR No. 1648.02
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Control Technology for Equivalent Emissions Limitations by
Permit (OMB Control No. 2060-0266; EPA ICR No. 1648.02). This is a
reinstatement, with change, of the previously approved ICR for the
proposed rule for which approval has expired.
Abstract: section 112(j) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990
requires that if EPA fails to promulgate a standard for a category or
subcategory of major sources on schedule, then 18 months after the
scheduled date of promulgation, sources must submit a permit
application. States (with approved title V operating permit programs)
will issue permits containing emission limitations equivalent to what
EPA would have promulgated. Complying sources must submit a complete
section 112(j) permit application that satisfies the criteria of 40 CFR
part 63 subpart B. The information collected in the application
documents will be used by the State agency for the purposes of permit
approval, compliance determination, and the selection of particular
control technology on a case-by-case basis. The mandatory need and
authority for this information collection is contained in section
112(j) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7401,
et.seq., as amended by Pub. L. 101-549). Any confidential information
submitted to a permitting authority will be safeguarded according to
that agency's policies. The EPA will safeguard submitted confidential
information according to policies in 40 CFR chapter I part 2 subpart
B--Confidentiality of Business 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 currently valid OMB control number.
The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations are listed in 40 CFR part
9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 175
hours for industry and 90 hours for State/ local agencies 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;
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: Pulp and paper combustions sources
and State/ local agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 149.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 19,743 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor costs): $0.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please
refer to EPA ICR No. 1648.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0266 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Policy, Regulatory Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20460;
and
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503.
Dated: October 7, 1999.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 99-26857 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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