Notice2023-00969
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review (Renewal)
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Published
January 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review (EPA ICR Number 1230.34, OMB Control Number 2060-0003), 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on April 8, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3404-3405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00969]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0901; FRL-10588-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Nonattainment New
Source Review (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), Prevention of Significant
Deterioration and Nonattainment New Source Review (EPA ICR Number
1230.34, OMB Control Number 2060-0003), 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 January 31, 2023. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal Register on April 8, 2022, during
a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2011-0901, online using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> (our preferred
method), or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbda96dad5df96c996dfd4d8d0decffbdecbda95dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="06672b6768622b742b6269656d63724663766728616970">[email protected]</span></a>. 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: Ben Garwood, Air Quality Policy
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C504-03, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709;
telephone number: (919) 541-1358; fax
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number: (919) 541-4028; email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c5a2a4b7b2aaaaa1eba7a0ab85a0b5a4eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42252330352d2d266c20272c022732236c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. 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.
Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register
on April 8, 2022 during a 60-day comment period (87 FR 20855). This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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: This ICR is for activities related to the implementation
of the EPA's New Source Review (NSR) program for the time period
between February 1, 2023, and January 31, 2025. Title I, part C of the
Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act), Prevention of Significant
Deterioration, and part D, Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas,
require all states to adopt preconstruction review programs for new or
modified stationary sources of air pollution. The provisions of section
110 of the Act include a requirement for states to have a
preconstruction review program to manage the emissions from the
construction and modification of any stationary source of air pollution
to assure that the National Ambient Air Quality Standards are achieved
and maintained. Tribes may choose to develop implementation plans to
address these requirements.
Implementing regulations for these three programs are promulgated
at 40 CFR 49.101 through 49.105; 40 CFR 49.151 through 49.173; 40 CFR
51.160 through 51.166; 40 CFR part 51, appendix S; and 40 CFR 52.21 and
52.24. In order to receive a construction permit for a major new source
or major modification, the applicant must conduct the necessary
research, perform the appropriate analyses, and prepare the permit
application with documentation to demonstrate that their project meets
all applicable statutory and regulatory NSR requirements. Specific
activities and requirements are listed and described in the ICR
Supporting Statement.
State, local, tribal, or federal reviewing authorities review
permit applications and provide for public review of proposed projects
and issue permits based on their consideration of all technical factors
and public input. The EPA, more broadly, reviews a fraction of the
total applications and audits the state and local programs for their
effectiveness. Consequently, information prepared and submitted by
sources is essential for sources to receive permits, and for federal,
state, tribal, and local environmental agencies to adequately review
the permit applications and thereby properly administer and manage the
NSR programs.
Information that is collected is handled according to the EPA's
policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also
section 114(c) of the Act.
Form numbers: 5900-246, 5900-247, 5900-248, 5900-340, 5900-341,
5900-342, 5900-343, 5900-344, 5900-367, 5900-368, 5900-369, 5900-370,
5900-371, 5900-372, 5900-390, 5900-391, and 6700-06.
Respondents/affected entities: Those which must apply for and
obtain a preconstruction permit under part C or D or section
110(a)(2)(C) of title I of the Act. In addition, state, local, and
tribal reviewing authorities that must review permit applications and
issue permits are affected entities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory [see 40 CFR part 49,
subpart C; 40 CFR part 51, subpart I; 40 CFR part 52, subpart A; 40 CFR
part 124, subparts A and C].
Estimated number of respondents: 30,359 (total); 30,236 industrial
facilities and 123 state, local, and tribal reviewing authorities.
Frequency of response: On occasion, as necessary.
Total estimated burden: 2,970,503 hours (per year). Burden is
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $242,352,032 (per year). This includes
$3,772,240 annually in outsourced start-up costs for preconstruction
monitoring.
Changes in estimates: There is no change in the hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by
OMB because the estimated number of permits of each type has not
changed. There is a slight increase in estimated costs as labor costs
have been updated from 2016 to 2019 labor rates.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2023-00969 Filed 1-18-23; 8:45 am]
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