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(AR–18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and 

Radiation Division, United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–8656, 

morris.patricia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. On January 14, 2010, EPA 

Region 5 sent a letter to the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency and 

also to the Indiana Department of 

Environmental Management stating that 

the 2015 and 2020 MVEBs for the both 

the Ohio portion and the Indiana 

portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio 8-hour 

ozone area are adequate. The letters note 

that Kentucky will submit separate 

budgets for the Kentucky portion of the 

Cincinnati area. Receipt of these MVEBs 

was announced on EPA’s transportation 

conformity website, and no comments 

were submitted. The finding is available 

at EPA’s conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/adequacy.htm. 

The adequate 2015 and 2020 MVEBs, 

in tons per day (tpd), for VOCs and NOx 

for the Ohio and Indiana portions of the 

Cincinnati, Ohio area are as follows: 

OHIO AND INDIANA PORTIONS OF

CINCINNATI, OHIO

VOCs (tpd) NOx (tpd) 

2015 .......... 31.73 49.00 

2020 .......... 28.82 34.39 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to state air quality 

implementation plans and establishes 

the criteria and procedures for 

determining whether or not they do 

conform. Conformity to a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes are 

outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). We 

have described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, 

preamble starting at 69 FR 40038, and 

we used the information in these 

resources while making our adequacy 

determination. Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it also should 

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a 

budget adequate, the SIP could later be 

disapproved. 

The finding and the response to 

comments are available at EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671 q. 

Dated: February 3, 2010. 

Walter W. Kovalick, Jr., 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3678 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2009–0678; FRL–9117–5; 

EPA ICR No. 1665.09, OMB Control No. 

2020–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Confidentiality Rules 

(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 information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2009–0678 to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to 

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

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460 and (2) OMB by 

mail to: 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: 

Larry F. Gottesman, National FOIA 

Officer, Collection Strategies Division, 

Office of Information Collection, Mail 

Code 2822T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–2162; fax number: 

202–566–2147; e-mail address: 

gottesman.larry@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 September 1, 2009, (74 FR 45199), 

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. No. EPA– 

HQ–OEI–2009–0678, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is 202– 

566–1744. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

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: Confidentiality Rules (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1665.09, 

OMB Control No. 2020–0003. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on 02/28/2010. 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 


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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: In the course of 

administering environmental protection 

statutes, EPA collects data from 

thousands of facilities in many sectors 

of the U.S. economy. In many cases, 

industry marks the data it submits to 

EPA as CBI. In addition, businesses 

submit information to EPA without the 

Agency requesting the information. EPA 

established the procedures described in 

40 CFR part 2, subparts A and B, to 

protect the confidentiality of 

information as well as the rights of the 

public to obtain access to information 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA). In accordance with these 

regulations, when EPA finds it 

necessary to make a final confidentiality 

determination (e.g., in response to a 

FOIA request or in the course of 

rulemaking or litigation), or in advance 

confidentiality determination, it shall 

notify the affected business and 

provides an opportunity to comment 

(i.e., to submit a substantiation of 

confidentiality claim). This ICR relates 

to the collection of information that will 

assist EPA in determining whether 

previously submitted information is 

entitled to confidential treatment. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 4.0 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: 

Businesses and other for-profit 

companies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,330. 

Frequency of Response: One annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

2002 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$91,071.85, includes $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs and $91,071.85 

annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is 

reduction of 4,519 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0152; FRL–9117–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Compliance 

Assurance Monitoring Program; EPA 

ICR No. 1663.07, OMB Control No. 

2060–0376 

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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 

2010. Before submitting the ICR to OMB 

for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before April 26, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0152, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744 

• Mail: ICR Renewal (2010)— 

Compliance Assurance Monitoring 

Program, Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center, Air and 

Radiation Docket, Mailcode: 22821T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, U.S. 

EPA, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2003– 

0152. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Westlin, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, Sector Policies 

and Programs Division (D243–05), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone number: 919–541–1058; fax 

number: 919–541–1039; e-mail address: 

westlin.peter@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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