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and tribal governments that are 

currently operating and maintaining 

established ambient air quality 

networks. 

Title: Implementation of Ambient Air 

Protocol Gas Verification Participation 

Survey 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2010–0050, OMB Control No. 

2060–New. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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: This ICR includes ambient 

air monitoring data reporting and 

recordkeeping activities associated with 

the 40 CFR part 58 Appendix A, 

Ambient Air Quality Surveillance 

Quality Assurance Regulations. These 

data and information are collected by 

state, local, and tribal air quality 

management agencies and reported to 

the EPA. 

The EPA Ambient Air Quality 

Monitoring Program’s quality assurance 

requirements in 40 CFR part 58, 

Appendix A, require: ‘‘2.6 Gaseous and 

Flow Rate Audit Standards. Gaseous 

pollutant concentration standards 

(permeation devices or cylinders of 

compressed gas) used to obtain test 

concentrations for CO, SO2, NO, and 

NO2 must be traceable to either a 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) Traceable Reference 

Material (NTRM), NIST Standard 

Reference Materials (SRM), and 

Netherlands Measurement Institute 

(NMI) Primary Reference Materials 

(valid as covered by Joint Declaration of 

Equivalence) or a NIST-certified Gas 

Manufacturer’s Internal Standard 

(GMIS), certified in accordance with one 

of the procedures given in reference 4 of 

this appendix. Vendors advertising 

certification with the procedures 

provided in reference 4 of this appendix 

and distributing gases as ‘‘EPA Protocol 

Gas’’ must participate in the EPA 

Protocol Gas Verification Program or not 

use ‘‘EPA’’ in any form of advertising.’’ 

These requirements give assurance to 

end users that all specialty gas 

producers selling EPA Protocol Gases 

are participants in a program that 

provides an independent assessment of 

the accuracy of their gases’ certified 

concentrations. In 2010, EPA will 

develop an Ambient Air Protocol Gas 

Verification Program (AA–PGVP) that 

will help to ensure that producers 

selling EPA Protocol Gases participate 

in the AA–PGVP and will provide end 

users with information about 

participating producers and verification 

results. 

Each year, EPA will attempt to 

compare gas cylinders from every 

specialty gas producer being used by 

ambient air monitoring organizations. 

EPA Regions 2 and 7 have agreed to 

provide analytical services for 

verification of 40 cylinders/lab or 80 

cylinders total/year. Cylinders will be 

verified at a pre-determined time each 

quarter. 

In order to make the appropriate 

selection, EPA needs to know what 

specialty gas producers are being used 

by the monitoring organizations. 

Therefore, EPA needs to survey each 

primary quality assurance organization 

every year to collect information on 

specialty gas producers being used and 

whether the monitoring organization 

would like to participate in the 

verification for the upcoming calendar 

year. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 20 minutes 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 annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information is estimated to average 20 

minutes per response with a cost of 

$21.71 per year. The total number of 

respondents is assumed to be 211. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 211. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

70.3. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$4582.00. 

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. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: February 19, 2010. 

Jennifer Noonan Edmonds, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Portland Cement 

(40 CFR Part 63, Subpart LLL), EPA 

ICR Number 1801.08, OMB Control 

Number 2060–0416 

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. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA– 

OECA–2009–0425, to (1) EPA online 

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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: John 

Schaefer, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (D243–05), 

Measurement Policy Group, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0296; fax number: (919) 541–3207; email address: schaefer.john@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 July 8, 2009 (74 FR 32581), 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–2009–0425, which is 

available for public viewing online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, 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 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: NESHAP for Portland Cement 

(Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1801.08, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0416. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 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 

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, 

and 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 63, subpart A, 

and any changes, or additions to the 

Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart LLL. Owners or operators of the 

affected facilities must submit a onetime-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 semiannually. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 69.56 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: 

Portland cement plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

94. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, semiannually and 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

28,242. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$4,975,387, which includes $2,656,095 

in labor costs, $1,439,200 in annual 

capital/startup costs, and $880,092 in 

operation and maintenance (O&M) 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: The 

increase in burden hours and dollars 

from the most recently approved ICR 

renewal (EPA ICR number 1801.07) is 

due to a 2006 program change in the 

regulation requiring additional 

performance testing, monitoring, 

recordkeeping, and reporting 

requirements. These amendments 

would affect any new, modified, or 

reconstructed sources after December 2, 

2005. 

There was a decrease in number of 

responses currently identified in the 

OMB Inventory of Approved Burdens. 

This decrease is due to the correction of 

transpose error in the currently 

approved burden estimates in ICRAS. 

Further, the number of responses also 

decreased due to a decrease in the 

number of estimated portland cement 

plants affected by ICR since the last 

renewal. 

The increase in capital/start-up and 

O&M costs is also due to a 2006 program 

change in the regulation requiring new 

monitoring equipment. The THC 

monitors are a new requirement for new 

sources since the last ICR renewal. 

Further, the change in labor costs for 

industry and EPA is due to the use of 

more current labor rates. 

Dated: February 23, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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