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entitled top protection from disclosure 

as allowed in section 114(c) of the Act. 

Burden Statement: We estimate the 

annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information to average about 445 

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. 

Based on the Agency’s knowledge of 

the number of title V permits issued 

since 1997 and the implementation of 

part 64 through permit renewals, the 

expected impact of the CAM program 

for the 3 years from October 1, 2006 

until September 30, 2009 is about 3.12 

million hours annually. The CAM rule 

will incur an average annual cost of 

about $114.5 million in 2005 dollars. 

There are no annualized capital and 

operation and maintenance costs. 

The CAM program potentially affects 

about 25,000 pollutant-specific 

emissions units nationwide. The annual 

burden for source owners or operators is 

about 3.1 million hours for pollutantspecific emissions units combined. The 

CAM rule will incur an average annual 

cost of about $112 million in 2005 

dollars. There are no annualized capital 

and operational and maintenance costs 

for monitoring programs in the cost 

burden. 

During the period, permitting 

authorities will review CAM rule 

submittals from source owners or 

operators whose permits have already 

been issued and are renewing those 

permits as the 5-year permit terms 

expire. Permitting authorities will also 

be interacting with the source owners or 

operators in addressing the CAM in 

semi-annual monitoring reports and 

reporting CAM data as necessary. We 

estimate the annual CAM burden to 

permitting authorities to be about 

37,000 hours and about $1.9 million. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Owners and operators of title V sources 

with controlled pollutant specific 

emissions units that have a pre-control 

potential to emit major amounts of 

regulated air pollutants and permitting 

authorities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

418 (sources plus permitting authorities, 

annually) 

Frequency of Response: Incremental 

semi-annual and annual reports, plus 

every 5 years at permit renewal. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

3,121,743 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: $114.5 

million. This includes annual labor 

costs for sources and permitting 

authorities and no capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimate: There is an 

increase of 3,058,055 hours in the total 

estimated respondent annual burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

This increase reflects the significant 

increase in number of respondents 

resulting from the implementation of 

the rule and an increased number of 

operating permit renewals, and EPA’s 

reassessment of the reporting and 

recordkeeping burdens associate with 

implementing this rule. 

Dated: March 16, 2007. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–5488 Filed 3–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2006–0437 FRL–8291–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1056.09, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0019 

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 April 30, 2007. 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 April 25, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ–

OECA–2006–0437, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), 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 2201T, 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: 

Learia Williams, Compliance 

Assessment and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2223A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; e-mail address: 

williams.learia@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 June 21, 2006 (71 FR 35652), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID Number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2006–0437, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center 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 Center is (202) 566–1927. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http://www.epa.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 


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submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at www.regulations.gov, as EPA 

receives them and without change, 

unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, CBI, or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NSPS for Nitric Acid Plants 

(Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1056.09, OMB Control Number 2060–

0019. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2007. 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, 

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: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for 

Nitric Acid Plants were proposed on 

August 17, 1971, and promulgated on 

June 14, 1974. These standards apply to 

nitric acid production units, which 

commenced construction, modification 

or reconstruction after the date of 

proposal. The standards require 

periodic recordkeeping to document 

process information relating to the 

source’s ability to meet the requirements 

of the standard and to note the 

operational conditions under which 

compliance was achieved. 

Owners or operators of the affected 

facilities described must make the 

following one-time only reports: 

Notification of the date of construction 

or reconstruction; notification of the 

actual dates of startup, notification of 

any physical or operational change to an 

existing facility which may increase the 

regulated pollutant emission rate; 

notification of the date of the initial 

performance test; and the results of the 

initial performance test. 

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. These notifications, reports, 

records and semiannual reports are 

required of all sources subject to NSPS. 

This information is used by the Agency 

to identify sources subject to the 

standards to insure that the best 

demonstrated technology is being 

properly applied. 

In the Administrator’s judgment, 

volatile organic compound (VOC) 

emissions from nitric acid plants cause 

or contribute to air pollution that may 

reasonably be anticipated to endanger 

public health or welfare. Therefore, 

NSPS were promulgated for this source 

category. 

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 

Number for EPA’s regulations are listed 

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, 

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 are 

estimated to average 25 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; 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: Nitric 

acid plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

24. 

Frequency of Response: Initially and 

semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,290. 

Estimated Total Costs: $2,549,639, 

which includes $68,000 annualized 

Capital Start up costs, $2,400,000 

annualized Operations & Maintenance 

(O & M) costs, and $81,639 annualized 

Labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the labor hours or cost in this 

ICR compared to the previous ICR. This 

is due to two considerations. First, the 

regulations have not changed over the 

past three years and are not anticipated 

to change over the next three years. 

Secondly, the growth rate for the 

industry is very low, negative or nonexistent, so there is no significant 

change in the overall burden. 

Since there are no changes in the 

regulatory requirements and there is no 

significant industry growth, the labor 

hours and cost figures in the previous 

ICR are used in this ICR and there is no 

change in burden to industry. 

Dated: March 14, 2007. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–5490 Filed 3–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0143; FRL–8291–5] 

Request for Nominations to the EPA 

Human Studies Review Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) is 

soliciting nominations of qualified 

individuals in the area of biostatistics to 

serve on the Human Studies Review 

Board (HSRB). The HSRB is a Federal 

advisory committee, operating in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) 5 U.S.C. App. 2 

section 9, providing advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

EPA on issues related to scientific and 

ethical aspects of human subjects 

research. 

DATES: Nominations should be 

submitted to EPA no later than April 25, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your nominations 

(‘‘comments’’), identified by Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–0143, by one 

of the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments. 

E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: ORD Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), Room 3304, EPA West 

Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007–

0143. Deliveries are only accepted from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. 


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