Notice2024-01677
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring Program (Renewal)
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Published
January 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Compliance Assurance Monitoring (CAM) Program (EPA ICR Number 1663.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0376), 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, 2024. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register on May 18, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5532-5533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01677]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0152; FRL-11704-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Compliance Assurance Monitoring 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), Compliance Assurance Monitoring
(CAM) Program (EPA ICR Number 1663.11, OMB Control Number 2060-0376),
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,
2024. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal
Register on May 18, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This notice
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 28, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0152, to EPA 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#e786ca868983ca95ca8388848c8293a7829786c9808891"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e0f430f000a431c430a010d050b1a2e0b1e0f40090118">[email protected]</span></a>, 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 specific information
collection by selecting ``Currently under Review--Open for Public
Comments'' or by using the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and
Program Division (D243-05), Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541-0833; email
address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7d6dbde99dac2d9c3d6c4dec5f7d2c7d699d0d8c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c0d000542011902180d1f051e2c091c0d420b031a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through January 31, 2024. An agency may
neither conduct nor 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 July 22, 2023, during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 31748). The
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 Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW,
Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202-566-
1744. For additional
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information about EPA's public docket, visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/dockets">www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Information collected as part of this information
collection request (ICR) is used to issue operating permits and manage
the CAM program. The operating permit program requires owners or
operators of units that emit air pollutants to submit annual compliance
certifications and monitoring results at least semi-annually, and to
report deviations promptly, but no implementation guidance is provided
within the operating permit program. The CAM program ensures sources
that use active air emission control devices pay attention to those
devices by monitoring their performance on an ongoing basis. The CAM
rule establishes the requirements to implement that monitoring for the
operating permit program in a cost-effective manner.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Owners and operators of pollutant-
specific emission units.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (40 CFR part 64).
Estimated number of respondents: 22,153 (total).
Frequency of response: Semiannually.
Total estimated burden: 23,510 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,423,000 (per year) which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an overall decrease of 1,080
hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR
currently approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a correction of
mathematical errors found in the previous ICR renewal. While the total
estimated annual burden decreased, the total annual cost increased due
to updated labor rates from the currently approved ICR.
The CAM program was designed to ensure monitoring provisions
associated with the prevention of significant deterioration (PSD)
program were included in the Title V permits and updated as necessary.
The owners or operators were required to develop monitoring plans for
sources with active control devices. The agency envisioned that, over
time, all the title V permits would be issued and would require CAM
rule requirements. Current burden reduction for the CAM rule is based
on complete issuance of title V permits, meaning no additional sources
with active control devices need CAM plans; only ongoing, not new, CAM
is needed. Since there are no new CAM plans, only review of existing
CAM plans, the renewal review hours drop. No changes to the CAM rule
keep costs the same (i.e., no increase in burden). Moreover,
familiarity with existing CAM plan requirements should reduce source
and regulatory review burden.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-01677 Filed 1-26-24; 8:45 am]
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