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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. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: To determine compliance 

with the NAAQS, State air monitoring 

agencies are required to use, in their air 

quality monitoring networks, air 

monitoring methods that have been 

formally designated by the EPA as either 

reference or equivalent methods under 

EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 53. A 

manufacturer or seller of an air 

monitoring method (e.g. an air 

monitoring sampler or analyzer) that 

seeks to obtain such EPA designation of 

one of its products must carry out 

prescribed tests of the method. The test 

results and other information must then 

be submitted to the EPA in the form of 

an application for a reference or 

equivalent method determination in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The 

EPA uses this information, under the 

provisions of part 53, to determine 

whether the particular method should 

be designated as either a reference or 

equivalent method. After a method is 

designated, the applicant must also 

maintain records of the names and 

mailing addresses of all ultimate 

purchasers of all analyzers or samplers 

sold as designated methods under the 

method designation. If the method 

designated is a method for fine 

particulate matter (PM2.5) and coarse 

particulate matter (PM10–2.5), the 

applicant must also submit a checklist 

signed by an ISO-certified auditor to 

indicate that the samplers or analyzers 

sold as part of the designated method 

are manufactured in an ISO 9001- 

registered facility. Also, an applicant 

must submit a minor application to seek 

approval for any proposed 

modifications to previously designated 

methods. 

A response to this collection of 

information is voluntary, but it is 

required to obtain the benefit of EPA 

designation under 40 CFR part 53. 

Submission of some information that is 

claimed by the applicant to be 

confidential business information may 

be necessary to make a reference or 

equivalent method determination. The 

confidentiality of any submitted 

information identified as confidential 

business information by the applicant 

will be protected in full accordance 

with 40 CFR part 53.15 and all 

applicable provisions of 40 CFR part 2. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average approximately 341 

hours per response. Burden means the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended by persons to generate, 

maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. 

This includes the time needed to review 

instructions; develop, acquire, install, 

and utilize technology and systems for 

the purposes of collecting, validating, 

and verifying information, processing 

and maintaining information, and 

disclosing and providing information; 

adjust the existing ways to comply with 

any previously applicable instructions 

and requirements which have 

subsequently changed; train personnel 

to be able to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 22. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual respondent 

burden hours: 7,492. 

Estimated total respondent annual 

costs: $681,625. This includes an 

estimated burden labor cost of $546,248, 

an estimated cost of $111,894 for capital 

investment, and an estimated $23,483 

for operational and maintenance costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

A comprehensive review of ongoing 

and expected NAAQS reviews 

encompassing this ICR’s period of 

performance determined that there is no 

expected change in the respondent 

burden, either with regards to labor 

hours or costs. Similarly, there is no 

expected change in the Agency burden 

(either hours or costs) associated with 

any expected changes in NAAQS 

regulations during this ICR’s period of 

performance. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. 

Jewel F. Morris, 

Acting Director, National Exposure Research 

Laboratory. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8423 Filed 4–7–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2010–0354; FRL–9291–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the collection and its 

estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before May 9, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2010–0354, to (1) EPA 

online using http://www.regulations.gov 

(our preferred method), or by e-mail to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Office of Compliance, 

Mail Code 2223A, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–4113; fax 

number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address: 

williams.learia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 


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review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On June 2, 2010 (75 FR 30812), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2010–0354, which is 

available for public viewing online at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NESHAP for Vinyl Chloride 

(Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

0186.12, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0071. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on May 31, 2011. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The affected entities are 

subject to the General Provisions of the 

NESHAP at 40 CFR part 61, subpart A, 

and any changes, or additions to the 

General Provisions specified at 40 CFR 

part 61, subpart F. 

Owners or operators of the affected 

facilities must submit a one-time-only 

report of any physical or operational 

changes, initial performance tests, and 

periodic reports and results. Owners or 

operators are also required to maintain 

records of the occurrence and duration 

of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction in the operation of an 

affected facility, or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. Reports, at a minimum, are 

required quarterly. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 60 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, or financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

or disclose or provide information to or 

for a Federal agency. This includes the 

time needed to review instructions; 

develop, acquire, install, and utilize 

technology and systems for the purposes 

of collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Owners or operators of vinyl chloride 

production facilities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

28. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

quarterly and on-occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

11,826. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,369,531, which includes $1,109,531 

in labor costs, no capital/startup costs 

and $1,260,000 in operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

This is due to two considerations. First, 

the regulations have not changed over 

the past three years and are not 

anticipated to change over the next 

three years. Secondly, the growth rate 

for the respondents is very low, 

negative, or non-existent. It should be 

noted that there is an apparent increase 

of one hour in respondent labor hours. 

This is due to the retention of decimal 

places in the Table 1 calculations and 

final rounding. 

The capital/startup and operation and 

maintenance costs remain the same. The 

increase in cost to respondents is due to 

updating of the labor rates to reflect the 

most recent available estimates. 

Dated: April 4, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8996–3] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 03/28/2011 Through 04/01/2011 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

In accordance with Section 309(a) of 

the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to 

make its comments on EISs issued by 

other Federal agencies public. 

Historically, EPA met this mandate by 

publishing weekly notices of availability 

of EPA comments, which includes a 

brief summary of EPA’s comment 

letters, in the Federal Register. Since 

February 2008, EPA has included its 

comment letters on EISs on its Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/

nepa/eisdata.html. Including the entire 

EIS comment letters on the Web site 

satisfies the Section 309(a) requirement 

to make EPA’s comments on EISs 

available to the public. Accordingly, on 

March 31, 2010, EPA discontinued the 

publication of the notice of availability 

of EPA comments in the Federal 

Register. 

EIS No. 20110098, Draft EIS, USFS, WI, 

Phelps Vegetation and Transportation 

Management Project, Proposal to 

Implement Vegetation and 

Transportation Management 

Activities, Eagle River-Florence 

Ranger District, Vilas County, WI, 

Comment Period Ends: 05/24/2011, 


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