Notice2021-23539
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Acid Rain Program (Renewal)
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October 29, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Acid Rain Program (EPA ICR Number 1633.18, OMB Control Number 2060-0258) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through December 31, 2021. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 2, 2021 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 207 (Friday, October 29, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60032-60033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23539]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0022; FRL-9209-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Acid Rain Program (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), Acid Rain Program (EPA ICR Number
1633.18, OMB Control Number 2060-0258) to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is
currently approved through December 31, 2021. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 2, 2021 during a
60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for
public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before November 29,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2009-0022, to (1) EPA online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our
preferred method), <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f899d599969cd58ad5bc979b939d8cb89d8899d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dabbf7bbb4bef7a8f79eb5b9b1bfae9abfaabbf4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#402f2932211f3335222d293333292f2e002f2d226e252f306e272f36"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b2422392a14383e29262238382224250b242629652e243b652c243d">[email protected]</span></a>. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer for
EPA.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Vansickle, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Air and Radiation, (6204M), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-343-9220; fax number: 202-343-2361; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db8dbab5a8b2b8b0b7bef5b0baa9beb59bbeabbaf5bcb4ad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b5d6a6578626860676e25606a796e654b6e7b6a256c647d">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">http://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: The Acid Rain Program was established under Title IV of
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments to address acid deposition by
reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) and nitrogen
oxides (NO<INF>X</INF>). This information collection extension is
necessary to continue implementation of the Acid Rain Program. It
includes burden and costs associated with developing and modifying
permits, complying with NO<INF>X</INF> permitting requirements,
monitoring emissions, transferring allowances, participating in the
annual allowance auctions, and participating in the program as an opt-
in source.
Form Numbers: Agent Notice of Delegation #5900-172, Certificate of
Representation #7610-1, General Account Form #7610-5, Allowance
Transfer Form #7610-6, Retired Unit Exemption #7610-20, Allowance
Deduction #7620-4, Acid Rain Permit Application #7610-16, Acid Rain
NO<INF>X</INF> Compliance Plan #7610-28, Acid Rain NO<INF>X</INF>
Averaging Plan #7610-29, New Unit Exemption #7610-19, Opt-In Permit
Application #7610-26, Opt-In Utilization Report #7620-9, Letter of
Credit #7610-7A, EPA Allowance Auctions--Additional Information for
Certified Checks or Wire Transfers #7610-7, SO<INF>2</INF> Allowance
Offer Form #7610-8, Thermal Energy Plan #7610-27, Notification For
Distribution of Proceeds From EPA Auctions #7610-11, Opt-In Reduction
from Improved Efficiency Confirmation Report #7620-8, Thermal Energy
Compliance Report #7620-10.
Respondents/affected entities: Electricity generating plants,
industrial sources, and other persons.
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Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary and mandatory (Clean
Air Act sections 403, 407, 408, 410, 412, and 416).
Estimated number of respondents: 1,219 (total); includes 1,169
sources and 50 non-source entities participating in allowance trading
activities.
Frequency of response: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 1,826,133 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $276,811,849 (per year), includes
$129,450,755 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is decrease of 47,747 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is principally due to source
retirements, which have both reduced the estimated overall number of
affected sources and shifted the estimated mix of monitoring
methodologies used. The other factors contributing to the decrease in
burden are reductions in the estimated numbers of allowance transfer
and deduction submissions, expected opt-in sources, and allowance
auction bids.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-23539 Filed 10-28-21; 8:45 am]
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