63530 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 211 / Tuesday, November 2, 2004 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2004–0081; FRL–7832–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration Non-Attainment Area 

New Source Review (Renewal), ICR 

Number 1230.17, OMB Number 2060–

0003

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (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. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on October 31, 2004. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. This ICR describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 2, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2004–0081, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), or by 

mail to: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 

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: Juan 

E. Santiago, Information Transfer and 

Program Integration Division (C339–03), 

U.S. EPA Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Research Triangle Park, 

North Carolina 27711, telephone 

number: (919) 541–1084; fax number 

(919) 541–5509; e-mail address: 

santiago.juan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 3, 2004 (69 FR 46532), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment and has addressed the 

comments received. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–

2004–0081, which is available for public 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

and Information Center in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 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 Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET 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. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration Non-Attainment Area New 

Source Review (Renewal). 

Abstract: Part C of the Clean Air Act 

(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. In addition, 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 (NAAQS) are 

achieved and maintained. Implementing 

regulations for these three programs are 

promulgated at 40 CFR 51.160 through 

51.166 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 New Source Review 

(NSR) requirements. Specific activities 

and requirements are listed and 

described in the Supporting Statement 

for the ICR. 

Reviewing authorities, either State, 

local or Federal, review the permit 

application and provide for public 

review of the proposed project and issue 

the permit 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 

the source is essential for the source to 

receive a permit, and for Federal, State 

and local environmental agencies to 

adequately review the permit 

application and thereby properly 

administer and manage the NSR 

programs. 

Information that is collected and 

handled according to EPA’s policies is 

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. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to be broken down as follows:

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Type of permit action Major 

PSD 

Major 

Part D Minor 

Number of sources .............................................................................................................................................. 265 488 74,500

Burden Hours per Response: 

Industry ......................................................................................................................................................... 839 577 40

Permitting Agencies ...................................................................................................................................... 272 109 30

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; 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:

Industrial plants, State and local 

permitting agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

150,723. 

Frequency of Response: 1 per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

5,851,126 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$339,938,463, which includes $0 annual 

capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M 

costs, and $339,938,463 annual labor 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 972,492 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to the 

upward adjustment in the number of 

minor source actions estimated for this 

renewal.

Dated: October 26, 2004. 

Joseph A. Sierra, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division.

[FR Doc. 04–24419 Filed 11–1–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7833–2] 

Meeting of the National Drinking Water 

Advisory Council Notice of Public 

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under Section 10(a)(2) of 

Public Law 92–423, ‘‘The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act,’’ notice is 

hereby given of a meeting of the 

National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council (NDWAC), established under 

the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.). The 

primary purpose of this meeting is for 

the Council to meet with representatives 

of the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) and the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC) to discuss 

public health issues related to the 

nation’s drinking water. Of particular 

interest are the review and revision of 

existing drinking water program 

indicators and measures and the 

development of new indicators/

measures that are clearly focused on 

public health protection. Updates on 

other EPA and CDC drinking water 

program activities will be presented, if 

sufficient time is available.

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held on December 1, 2004, from 8:30 

a.m. until 5:30 p.m., and December 2, 

2004, from 8:30 a.m. until noon, eastern 

time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, located at 

265 Peachtree Center Avenue, Atlanta, 

Georgia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Members of the public who would like 

to attend the meeting, present an oral 

statement, or submit a written 

statement, should contact Clare 

Donaher, by phone at (202) 564–3787, 

by e-mail at donaher.clare@epa.gov, or 

by regular mail at the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water (MC 4601M), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

Council encourages the public’s input 

and will allocate one hour (4:30–5:30 

p.m.) during the first day of the meeting 

for this purpose. Oral statements will be 

limited to five minutes. It is preferred 

that only one person present the 

statement on behalf of a group or 

organization. To ensure adequate time 

for public involvement, individuals or 

organizations interested in presenting 

an oral statement should notify Clare 

Donaher by telephone at (202) 564–3787 

no later than November 15, 2004. Any 

person who wishes to file a written 

statement can do so before or after a 

Council meeting. Written statements 

received by November 15, 2004, will be 

distributed to all members of the 

Council before any final discussion or 

vote is completed. Any statements 

received November 15, 2004, or after the 

meeting will become part of the 

permanent meeting file and will be 

forwarded to the Council members for 

their information. Any person needing 

special accommodations at this meeting, 

including wheelchair access, please 

contact Clare Donaher (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section). 

Arrangements need to be made at least 

five (5) business days before the meeting 

so that appropriate special 

accommodations can be made.

Dated: October 26, 2004. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water.

[FR Doc. 04–24412 Filed 11–1–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7831–7] 

Notice of Availability of Draft NPDES 

General Permits for Discharges From 

Groundwater Remediation and 

Miscellaneous Surface Water 

Discharge Activities in the States of 

Massachusetts and New Hampshire 

and Indian Country Lands in the State 

of Massachusetts

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft 

NPDES General Permits MAG910000 

and NHG910000. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of 

Ecosystem Protection at the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s New 

England Regional Office (EPA–NE), is 

proposing to issue National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 

general permits to cover the discharge of 

contaminated waters primarily related 

to groundwater remediation activities. 

The general permits also cover a number