Notice2024-04153
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Transportation Conformity Determinations for Federally Funded and Approved Transportation Plans, Programs and Projects (Renewal)
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Published
February 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), Transportation Conformity Determinations for Federally Funded and Approved Transportation Plans, Programs, and Projects (EPA ICR Number 2130.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0561), 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 February 29, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on August 8, 2023 and the comment period was open for 60 days. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14835-14836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04153]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0269; FRL-11794-01-OMS]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to Office of
Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request;
Transportation Conformity Determinations for Federally Funded and
Approved Transportation Plans, Programs and Projects (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), Transportation Conformity
Determinations for Federally Funded and Approved Transportation Plans,
Programs, and Projects (EPA ICR Number 2130.07, OMB Control Number
2060-0561), 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
February 29, 2024. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on August 8, 2023 and the comment period was open for
60 days. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public
comments.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-
HQ-OAR-2007-0269, to EPA 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
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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: Aaron Letterly, Office of
Transportation and Air Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number 734-214-4340,
email address: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94f8f1e0e0f1e6f8edbaf5f5e6fbfad4f1e4f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a363f2e2e3f283623743b3b2835341a3f2a3b743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through February 29, 2024. 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 August 8, 2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 53483). 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="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.
Abstract: Transportation conformity is required under Clean Air Act
section 176(c) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) to ensure that federally supported
transportation activities are consistent with (``conform to'') the
purpose of the State Air Quality Implementation Plan (SIP).
Transportation activities include transportation plans, transportation
improvement programs (TIPs), and federally funded or approved highway
or transit projects. Conformity to the purpose of the SIP means that
transportation activities will not cause or contribute to new air
quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely
attainment of the relevant National Ambient Air Quality Standards
(NAAQS)) or interim milestones.
Transportation conformity applies under EPA's conformity
regulations at 40 CFR part 93, subpart A, to areas that are designated
nonattainment and maintenance areas for the following transportation-
related criteria pollutants: ozone, particulate matter
(PM<INF>2.5</INF> and PM<INF>10</INF>), carbon monoxide (CO), and
nitrogen dioxide (NO<INF>2</INF>). EPA published the original
transportation conformity rule on November 24, 1993 (58 FR 62188), and
has subsequently published several revisions. EPA develops the
conformity regulations in coordination with the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The
federal government needs information collected under these regulations
to ensure that metropolitan planning organization (MPO) and federal
transportation actions are consistent with state air quality goals.
Form numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: MPOs, local transit agencies, state
departments of transportation, and state and local air quality
agencies.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory pursuant to Clean Air
Act section 176(c) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) and 40 CFR part 93.
Estimated number of respondents: 145 (total).
Frequency of response: Typically, once every four years for
transportation plans and TIPs, and for the largest MPOs with three or
more NAAQS, once every three years for transportation plans and TIPs.
As needed for projects.
Total estimated burden: 42,481 hours (per year). Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
Total estimated cost: $2,946,914 (per year), which includes $0
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is a decrease of 6,190 hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently
approved by OMB. This decrease in burden was projected due to the
requirement for transportation conformity ending in PM<INF>10</INF>,
NO<INF>2,</INF> and CO maintenance areas that have reached the end of
the 20-year maintenance period.
Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Information Engagement Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-04153 Filed 2-28-24; 8:45 am]
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