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Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 704). Respondents may claim all or 

part of a response confidential. EPA will 

disclose information that is covered by 

a claim of confidentiality only to the 

extent permitted by, and in accordance 

with, the procedures in TSCA section 14 

and 40 CFR part 2. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 68.8 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are primarily those businesses that fall 

under NAICS codes 325, Chemical 

Manufacturers and Processors, and 

324110, Petroleum Refineries. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 4. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

275 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $16,551. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $16,551 and an estimated cost of $0 

for capital investment or maintenance 

and operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is no change in the number of 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

IV. 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. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document 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 

contact person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: November 12, 2013. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0331; FRL—9903– 

03–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for New Residential Wood Heaters 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NSPS for New 

Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR Part 

60, Subpart AAA) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 1176.11, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0161 to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

January 31, 2014. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 2013 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. 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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 23, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2013–0331, to: (1) EPA 

online, using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to: 

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

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2227A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 www.regulations.gov 

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 www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: Manufacturers and 

accredited laboratories are required to 

make several one-time and periodic 

reports necessary for the 

implementation and enforcement of the 

rule. Also, laboratories, manufacturers, 

distributors, and retailers are required to 

retain certain records. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: New 

residential wood heaters. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart 

AAA) 

Estimated number of respondents: 

947 (total). 

Frequency of response: Occasionally. 

Total estimated burden: 11,749 hours 

(per year). ‘‘Burden’’ is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,885,287 (per 

year), includes $1,736,075 in both 

annualized capital/startup and 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase in the total estimated 

respondent and Agency burdens as 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. The 

change in burdens from the most 

recently-approved ICR is due to an 

increase in the number of sources 

subject to the standard, and is not due 

to any program changes. The number of 

sources has been increased in this ICR 

to reflect more current information 

obtained during development of 

proposed revisions to the NSPS. 

There is also an increase in both 

respondent and Agency burden costs 


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from the most-recently approved ICR 

due to the use of updated labor rates. 

This ICR references labor rates from the 

Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate 

respondent burden costs, and references 

labor rates from OPM to calculate 

Agency burden costs. 

There is an increase in both capital/ 

startup and O&M costs as compared to 

the previous ICR; however, this change 

also is not due to any program changes. 

Similar to the respondent burden 

adjustments, the change is due to the 

increased number of sources estimated 

to be subject to the standard, and is not 

due to any program changes. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–27980 Filed 11–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9903–22–ORD; Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2013–0232] 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment 

for Nitrogen Oxides—Health Criteria 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Public Comment 

Period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period for the draft 

document titled, ‘‘First External Review 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment for 

Nitrogen Oxides—Health Criteria’’ 

(EPA/600/R–13/202). The draft 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development as part of the review 

of the primary (health-based) national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The 

Integrated Science Assessment (ISA), in 

conjunction with additional technical 

and policy assessments, provide the 

scientific basis for EPA decisions on the 

adequacy of the current NAAQS and the 

appropriateness of possible alternative 

standards. EPA intends to develop a 

separate ISA, and NAAQS review, for 

the secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS 

for NO2, in conjunction with a review of 

the secondary NAAQS for sulfur 

dioxide. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

to seek review by the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

and the public (meeting date and 

location to be specified in a separate 

Federal Register notice). This draft 

document is not final as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. EPA will consider any public 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice when revising the document. 

DATES: The 60-day public comment 

period begins November 22, 2013, and 

ends January 21, 2014. Comments must 

be received on or before January 21, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘First External Review 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment for 

Nitrogen Oxides—Health Criteria’’ will 

be available primarily via the Internet 

on NCEA’s home page under the Recent 

Additions and Publications menus at 

http://www.epa.gov/ncea or the public 

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

Docket ID: EPA–HQ–ORD–2013–0232. 

A limited number of CD–ROM copies 

will be available. Contact Ms. Marieka 

Boyd by phone: 919–541–0031; fax: 

919–541–5078; or email: boyd.marieka@

epa.gov to request a CD–ROM, and 

please provide your name, your mailing 

address, and the document title, ‘‘First 

External Review Draft Integrated 

Science Assessment for Nitrogen 

Oxides—Health Criteria’’ to facilitate 

processing of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the ORD Docket at the 

EPA Headquarters Docket Center; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–9744; or email: Docket_ORD@

epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact Dr. 

Molini Patel, NCEA; telephone: 919– 

541–1492; facsimile: 919–541–1818; or 

email: patel.molini@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Section 108 (a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the Administrator to identify 

certain pollutants which, among other 

things, ‘‘cause or contribute to air 

pollution which may reasonably be 

anticipated to endanger public health or 

welfare’’ and to issue air quality criteria 

for them. These air quality criteria are 

to ‘‘accurately reflect the latest scientific 

knowledge useful in indicating the kind 

and extent of all identifiable effects on 

public health or welfare which may be 

expected from the presence of [a] 

pollutant in the ambient air. . . .’’ 

Under section 109 of the Act, EPA is 

then to establish NAAQS for each 

pollutant for which EPA has issued 

criteria. Section 109 (d) of the Act 

subsequently requires periodic review 

and, if appropriate, revision of existing 

air quality criteria to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. EPA is also required to review 

and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, 

based on the revised air quality criteria 

(for more information on the NAAQS 

review process, see http://www.epa.gov/ 

ttn/naaqs/review.html). 

Nitrogen oxides are one of six criteria 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an ISA (formerly 

called an Air Quality Criteria 

Document). The ISA, in conjunction 

with additional technical and policy 

assessments, provides the scientific 

basis for EPA decisions on the adequacy 

of the current NAAQS and the 

appropriateness of possible alternative 

standards. The CASAC, an independent 

science advisory committee whose 

review and advisory functions are 

mandated by Section 109 (d) (2) of the 

Clean Air Act, is charged (among other 

things) with independent scientific 

review of EPA’s air quality criteria. 

On February 10, 2012 (77 FR 7149), 

EPA formally initiated its current 

review of the air quality criteria for the 

health effects of nitrogen oxides and the 

primary (health-based) NO2 NAAQS, 

requesting the submission of recent 

scientific information on specified 

topics. EPA held a workshop February 

29 to March 1, 2012, to discuss with 

invited scientific experts from internal 

and external to EPA, key science and 

policy issues relevant to the review of 

the health effects of nitrogen oxides (77 

FR 7149). EPA’s ‘‘Draft Plan for 

Development of the Integrated Science 

Assessment for Nitrogen Oxides— 

Health Criteria’’ was made available for 

public comment on May 3, 2013 (78 FR 

26026), and was discussed by the 

CASAC via a publicly accessible 

teleconference consultation on June 5, 

2013 (78 FR 27234). On June 11, 2013, 

EPA held a workshop to discuss, with 

invited scientific experts, initial draft 

materials prepared in the development 

of the ISA (78 FR 27374). 

A draft Integrated Review Plan (IRP) 

is being developed that will characterize 

all of the phases of the review of the 

primary NAAQS for NO2, including the 

schedule for the entire review, the 

process for conducting the various 

phases of the review, and the key 

policy-relevant science issues that will 

guide the review. The draft IRP will 

incorporate a revised plan for ISA 

development after consideration of 

CASAC and public comments on the 

draft plan for development of the ISA. 

The draft IRP will be reviewed by 

CASAC and the public together with the 

first draft ISA at a public meeting. The 

availability of the draft IRP for review 

by CASAC and the public, and the date 

and location of the public meeting, will 


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