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water quality standards once every three 

years. The Act also requires EPA to 

review and either approve or disapprove 

the new or revised standards, and to 

promulgate replacement Federal 

standards if necessary. Section 118(c)(2) 

of the Act specifies additional water 

quality standards requirements for 

waters of the Great Lakes system. 

The Water Quality Standards 

Regulation (40 CFR part 131 and 

portions of part 132) governs national 

implementation of the water quality 

standards program. The Regulation 

describes requirements and procedures 

for States and authorized Tribes to 

develop, review, and revise their water 

quality standards, and EPA procedures 

for reviewing and approving the water 

quality standards. 

The Regulation establishes specific 

additional requirements for water 

quality standards and their 

implementation in the waters of the 

Great Lakes system, contained in the 

Water Quality Guidance for the Great 

Lakes System (40 CFR part 132). 

Burden Statement: The public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1,099 hours per 

response annually. 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: States, 

Territories and certain authorized 

Indian tribes that adopt water quality 

standards under the Clean Water Act; 

and water dischargers subject to certain 

requirements related to water quality 

standards in the Great Lakes system. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

2,415 (56 States and Territories, 36 

Tribes; 2,323 Great Lakes dischargers). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

276,981 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$12,614,040 with no annualized capital 

or O&M cost. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 16,233 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to 

adjustments in EPA’s estimates of 

burden hours to reflect a change in the 

number of tribes with EPA-approved 

water quality standards, a change in the 

estimated number of tribes applying 

annually to administer standards 

programs, a revised estimate of the 

number of Great Lakes dischargers, and 

updated burden estimates for certain 

activities required by the Water Quality 

Guidance for the Great Lakes System. 

Dated: November 30, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31401 Filed 12–6–11; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE –P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0217; FRL–9500–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants 

(Renewal) 

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 January 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0217, to: (1) EPA online 

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

preferred method), or by email 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 2822IT, 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, Monitoring, 

Assistance, 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; email 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 May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), 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 both 

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–2011–0217, 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: NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants 

(Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1057.12, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0041. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2011. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

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collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Abstract: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for 

Sulfuric Acid Plants were proposed on 

August 17, 1971, and promulgated on 

December 23, 1971. These standards 

apply to any sulfuric acid facility 

commencing construction, modification, 

or reconstruction after the date of 

proposal. The control of sulfur dioxide 

(SO2) and acid mist requires not only 

the installation of properly designed 

equipment, but also the proper 

operation and maintenance of that 

equipment. Sulfur dioxide and acid mist 

emissions from sulfuric acid plants 

result from the burning of sulfur or 

sulfur-bearing feed-stock to form SO2,

catalytic oxidation of SO2 to sulfur 

trioxide, and absorption of SO2 in a 

strong acid stream. These standards rely 

on the capture of SO2 and acid mist by 

venting to a control device. 

Owners or operators of sulfuric acid 

plants are required to make the 

following one-time-only reports, 

notification of the date of construction 

or reconstruction, notification of actual 

startup dates, notification of any 

physical or operational change to an 

existing facility, and notification of 

demonstration of the continuous 

emissions monitoring system (CEMS). 

The owners and operators should notify 

the Administrator of the date of the 

initial performance test and the results 

of the test. After the initial 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements, semiannual reports are 

required if there has been an exceedance 

of control device operating parameters. 

Respondents are also required to 

maintain records of occurrence and 

duration of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction, or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. 

Notifications are to inform the Agency 

or delegated authority when a source 

becomes subject to the standard. The 

reviewing authority may then inspect 

the source to ensure that the pollution 

control devices are properly installed 

and operating and that the standards are 

being met. Performance test reports are 

required as these are the Agency’s 

records of a source’s initial capability to 

comply with the emission standards and 

to serve as a record of the operating 

conditions under which compliance are 

to be achieved. The information 

generated by monitoring, recordkeeping, 

and reporting requirements described in 

this ICR are used by the Agency to 

ensure that facilities that are affected by 

the standard continue to operate the 

control equipment and achieve 

continuous compliance with the 

regulation. 

All reports are sent to the delegated 

state or local authority. In the event that 

there is no such delegated authority, the 

reports are sent directly to the EPA 

regional office. This information is 

being collected to assure compliance 

with 40 CFR part 60, subpart H, as 

authorized in section 112 and 114(a) of 

the Clean Air Act. The required 

information consists of emissions data 

and other information that have been 

determined to be private. 

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 the EPA 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 is 

estimated to average 81 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: 

Sulfuric acid plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

8,594. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,061,150, which includes $822,650 in 

labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and 

$238,500 in operation and maintenance 

(O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: The 

adjustment decrease in burden from the 

most recently approved ICR is due to a 

more accurate estimate of existing and 

anticipated new sources. After 

consulting with the Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS) and a 

number of trade associations, our data 

indicates that there are approximately 

53 sources subject to the rule, as 

compared with the active ICR that 

shows 103 sources. There are no new 

facilities expected to be constructed 

over the next three years of this ICR. 

The decline in the number of sources is 

partially due to: (1) Plant closures, as 

the cost to retrofit aging facilities 

increased due to the down turn in the 

economy; (2) corporate mergers; and (3) 

foreign competition. Therefore, there is 

a net decrease in the burden to industry. 

Because there are no new sources 

with reporting requirements, no capital/ 

startup costs are incurred. The only cost 

that is incurred is for the O&M of the 

monitoring equipment. 

Dated: November 30, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31399 Filed 12–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0223; FRL–9501–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Bulk Gasoline 

Terminals (Renewal) 

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 January 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0223, to: (1) EPA online 

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

preferred method), or by email 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 2822IT, 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, 


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