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1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2008– 

0707: Notice-3. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are the state 

government agencies or departments 

responsible for oversight and operation 

of the I/M programs (SIC#91). Thirtythree states plus the District of 

Columbia will be affected by I/M 

program requirements. 

Title: Data Reporting Requirements for 

State and Local Vehicle Emission 

Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) 

Programs. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1613.03, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0252. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on August 31, 2012. 

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: To provide general oversight 

and support to state and local I/M 

programs, the Transportation and 

Regional Programs Division (TRPD), 

Office of Transportation and Air 

Quality, Office of Air and Radiation, U. 

S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

requires that state or local program 

management for both basic and 

enhanced I/M programs collect two 

varieties of reports to EPA. The first 

reporting requirement is the submittal of 

an annual report providing general 

program operating data and summary 

statistics, addressing the program’s 

current design and coverage, a summary 

of testing data, enforcement program 

efforts, quality assurance and quality 

control efforts, and other miscellaneous 

information allowing for an assessment 

of the program’s relative effectiveness; 

the second is a biennial report on any 

changes to the program over the twoyear period and the impact of such 

changes, including any weaknesses 

discovered and corrections made or 

planned. 

General program effectiveness is 

determined by the degree to which a 

program misses, meets, or exceeds the 

emission reductions committed to in the 

state’s approved SIP, which, in turn, 

must meet or exceed the minimum 

emission reductions expected from the 

relevant performance standard, as 

promulgated under EPA’s revisions to 

40 CFR, Part 51, in response to 

requirements established in section 182 

of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 

1990 (Act). This information will be 

used by EPA to determine a program’s 

progress toward meeting requirements 

under 40 CFR, Part 51, as well as to 

assess national trends in the area of 

basic and enhanced I/M programs and 

to provide background information in 

support of periodic site visits and 

evaluations. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 85 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 28. 

Frequency of response: Annual and 

Biennial. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

2,380 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$144,564. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $144,564 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a change in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB due to increased 

Office of Personnel Management 

estimates for labor costs for clerical, 

technical, and management personnel. 

The total cost and burden associated 

with this ICR has gone down, however, 

due to a reduction in the number of 

respondents covered by the collection. 

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 28, 2012. 

Karl Simon, 

Director, Transportation and Climate 

Division, Office of Office of Transportation 

and Air Quality. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Ohio 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Ohio’s request 

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

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DATES: EPA’s approval is effective April 

4, 2012 for the State of Ohio’s National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program if no timely 

request for a public hearing is received 

and accepted by the Agency; and on 

March 5, 2012 for the State of Ohio’s 

other authorized programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Evi 

Huffer, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Environmental 

Information, Mail Stop 2823T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, (202) 566–1697, 

huffer.evi@epa.gov, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, or 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 

electronic document receiving systems 

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. 

On December 9, 2010, the Ohio 

Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio 

EPA) submitted an application titled 

‘‘eBusiness Center Electronic Document 

Receiving System’’ for revisions/ 

modifications of its EPA-authorized 

programs under title 40 CFR. EPA 

reviewed Ohio EPA’s request to revise 

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 Ohio’s 

request to modify/revise its following 

EPA-authorized programs to allow 

electronic reporting under 40 CFR parts 

61, 70, 122, 141, 146, and 262–265 is 

being published in the Federal Register: 

Part 60—Standards of Performance for 

New Stationary Sources; 

Part 70—State Operating Permit 

Programs; 

Part 123—National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System State 

Program Requirements; 

Part 142—National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations Implementation; and 

Part 272—Approved State Hazardous 

Waste Management Programs. 

Ohio EPA was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of Ohio’s 

request to revise its authorized public 

water system program under 40 CFR 

part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(f). Requests for a hearing must be 

submitted to EPA within 30 days of 

publication of today’s Federal Register 

notice. Such requests should include 

the following information: 

(1) The name, address and telephone 

number of the individual, organization 

or other entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the State 

of Ohio’s request to revise its Part 142— 

National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Dated: February 23, 2012. 

Andrew Battin, 

Director, Office of Information Collection. 

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Disclosure of Confidential Business 

Information Obtained Under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act to EPA Authorized Representative, 

South Dakota Department of 

Environment and Natural Resources 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: EPA hereby complies with the 

requirements of 40 CFR 2.310(h)(3) for 

notice of disclosure to its authorized 

representative, the South Dakota 

Department of Environment and Natural 

Resources (SD DENR), Superfund 

confidential business information (CBI) 

which has been submitted to EPA 

Region 8, Office of Ecosystems 

Protection and Remediation. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted 

until April 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to: Sharon Abendschan (Mail Code 

8ENF–RC), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop 

Street, Denver, CO 80202–1129. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Madigan (Mail Code 8ENF–L), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

CO 80202–1129 (303) 312–6904. 

Notice of Required Determinations, 

Provisions, and Opportunity To 

Comment 

The Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, 

(commonly known as ‘‘Superfund’’) 

requires the establishment of an 


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