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providing an additional 30 days for 

public review. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0597, to 

both EPA and OMB as follows: 

• To EPA online using http://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• To 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 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. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Lintner, Environmental 

Assistance Division (7408M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 554–1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Docket: Supporting documents, 

including the ICR that explains in detail 

the information collection activities and 

the related burden and cost estimates 

that are summarized in this document, 

are available in the docket for this ICR. 

The docket can be viewed online at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in person 

at the EPA Docket Center, West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on August 31, 2015. 

Under OMB regulations, the Agency 

may continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 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 for 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: Section 6(e)(1) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 

U.S.C. 2605(e), directs EPA to regulate 

the marking and disposal of 

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Since 

1978, EPA has promulgated numerous 

rules addressing all aspects of the life 

cycle of PCBs as required by the statute. 

To meet its statutory obligations to 

regulate PCBs, EPA must obtain 

sufficient information to conclude that 

specified activities do not result in an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment. EPA uses the 

information collected under the 40 CFR 

761 requirements to ensure that PCBs 

are managed in an environmentally safe 

manner and that activities are being 

conducted in compliance with the PCB 

regulations. The information collected 

by these requirements will update the 

Agency’s knowledge of ongoing PCB 

activities, ensure that individuals using 

or disposing of PCBs are held 

accountable for their activities, and 

demonstrate compliance with the PCB 

regulations. Specific uses of the 

information collected include 

determining the efficacy of a disposal 

technology; evaluating exemption 

requests and exclusion notices; targeting 

compliance inspections; and ensuring 

adequate storage capacity for PCB waste. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are persons who currently possess PCB 

items, PCB-contaminated equipment, or 

other PCB waste. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 761). 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. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 548,298. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total burden: 745,926 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Estimated total costs: $ 29,778,544 

(per year), includes no annualized 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

increase of 60,591 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase reflects 

EPA’s revisions to the estimated total 

number of respondents, resulting from 

new data gathered for this ICR effort as 

well as another recent PCB regulatory 

analysis, plus updated Agency data 

regarding total numbers of regulated 

entities. The ICR supporting statement 

provides a detailed analysis of the 

change in burden estimate. This change 

is an adjustment. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9920–72–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Alaska 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Alaska’s request 

to revise/modify certain of its EPAauthorized programs to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

August 13, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

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that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

Once an authorized program has EPA’s 

approval to accept electronic documents 

under certain programs, CROMERR 

§ 3.1000(a)(4) requires that the program 

keep EPA apprised of any changes to 

laws, policies, or the electronic 

document receiving systems that have 

the potential to affect the program’s 

compliance with CROMERR § 3.2000. 

On May 8, 2015, the Alaska 

Department of Environmental 

Conservation (ADEC) submitted an 

amended application titled Air Online 

Service System for revisions/

modifications to its EPA-approved 

program under title 40 CFR to allow 

new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed 

ADEC’s request to revise/modify its 

EPA-authorized programs and, based on 

this review, EPA determined that the 

application met the standards for 

approval of authorized program 

revisions/modifications set out in 40 

CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance 

with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of 

EPA’s decision to approve Alaska’s 

request to revise/modify its following 

EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 

51, 52, 60–63, and 70 is being published 

in the Federal Register: Part 52— 

Approval and Promulgation of 

Implementation Plans; Part 60— 

Standards Of Performance For New 

Stationary Sources: Part 62—Approval 

and Promulgation of State Plans for 

Designated Facilities and Pollutants; 

and Part 70—State Operating Permit 

Programs. 

ADEC was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized programs 

listed above. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

[FR Doc. 2015–19916 Filed 8–12–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2014–0103; FRL—9932– 

38–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for Nitric Acid Plants for Which 

Construction, Reconstruction or 

Modification Commenced After 

October 14, 2011 (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NSPS for 

Nitric Acid Plants for which 

Construction, Reconstruction or 

Modification Commenced after October 

14, 2011 (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga) 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2445.03, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0674), 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 August 31, 2015. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register (79 

FR 30117) on May 27, 2014 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 neither conduct nor 

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 September 14, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2014–0103, to (1) EPA 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or 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: 

Patrick Yellin, 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) 

564–2970; fax number: (202) 564–0050; 

email address: yellin.patrick@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: http://

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

Abstract: The NSPS for nitric acid 

plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart G) were 

proposed on August 17, 1971, and 

promulgated on June 14, 1974. This 

information collection is for a new 

Subpart Ga, which will apply to nitric 

acid production units which commence 

construction, modification, or 

reconstruction after October 14, 2011. 

Nitrogen oxide (NOX) is the pollutant 

regulated under this subpart. The 

standards limit nitrogen oxides, 

expressed as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), to 

0.50 lb per ton of 100 percent nitric acid 

produced. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Nitric 

acid plants constructed, reconstructed 

or modified after October 14, 2011. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart Ga). 

Estimated number of respondents: 6 

(total). 

Frequency of response: Initially and 

occasionally. 

Total estimated burden: 1,370 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $386,000 (per 

year), which includes $248,000 in both 

annualized capital and operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

adjustment increase in the respondent 

and Agency burden due to an increase 

in the estimated number of sources. Our 

research during the rule development 

indicated an average of 1.2 new sources 

per year will become subject to the rule. 

We assume the industry will continue to 

grow linearly at this rate. This also 


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