Notice2022-01442
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO2 Trading Programs (Renewal)
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January 26, 2022
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Environmental Protection Agency
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The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an information collection request (ICR), "Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO<INF>2</INF> Trading Programs (Renewal)" (EPA ICR Number 2391.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0667) 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 25, 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 87, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 4016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01442]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2018-0209; FRL-9491-01-OMS]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO2
Trading Programs (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), ``Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
and Texas SO<INF>2</INF> Trading Programs (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR Number
2391.06, OMB Control Number 2060-0667) 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 March 31, 2022. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on May 25, 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 February 25,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2018-0209, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20460.
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.
Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kevin Tran, Clean Air Markets
Division, Office of Air and Radiation, (6204M), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-343-9074; fax number: 202-343-2361; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b3c7c1d2dd9dd8d6c5daddf3d6c3d29dd4dcc5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96e2e4f7f8b8fdf3e0fff8d6f3e6f7b8f1f9e0">[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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: EPA is renewing an ICR for the Cross-State Air Pollution
Rule (CSAPR) trading programs to allow for continued implementation of
the programs. The information collection requirements under five CSAPR
trading programs and the Texas SO<INF>2</INF> Trading Program are
reflected in the existing ICR as most recently revised in 2018. In
2021, EPA promulgated an additional CSAPR NO<INF>X</INF> Ozone trading
program which only includes sources previously subject to another CSAPR
trading program reflected in the current ICR. This ICR renewal reflects
all six CSAPR trading programs and the Texas SO<INF>2</INF> Trading
Program. Most affected sources under the CSAPR and Texas trading
programs are also subject to the Acid Rain Program (ARP). The
information collection requirements under the CSAPR and Texas trading
programs, which consist primarily of requirements to monitor and report
emissions data in accordance with 40 CFR part 75, substantially overlap
and are fully integrated with ARP information collection requirements.
The burden and costs of overlapping requirements are accounted for in
the ARP ICR (OMB Control Number 2060-0258). This ICR accounts for
information collection burden and costs under the CSAPR and Texas
trading programs that are incremental to the burden and costs already
accounted for in the ARP ICR. All data received by EPA will be treated
as public information.
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.
Respondents/affected entities: Industry respondents are stationary,
fossil fuel-fired boilers and combustion turbines serving electricity
generators subject to the CSAPR and Texas trading programs, as well as
non-source entities voluntarily participating in allowance trading
activities. Potential state respondents are states that can elect to
submit state-determined allowance allocations for sources located in
their states.
Respondents' obligation to respond: Industry respondents: Voluntary
and mandatory (Sections 110(a) and 301(a) of the Clean Air Act). State
respondents: Voluntary.
Estimated number of respondents: EPA estimates that there are 953
industry respondents, including 903 affected sources and 50 non-source
entities participating in allowance trading activities, and 27
potential state respondents.
Frequency of response: On occasion, quarterly, and annually.
Total estimated burden: 113,512 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $16,482,349 (per year); includes $7,095,827
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is decrease of 20,911 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease is due almost entirely to adjustments in
the estimated numbers of respondents and transactions.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-01442 Filed 1-25-22; 8:45 am]
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