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regulations are finalized and the initial, 

rule-specific, ICRs are due to expire. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 0.45 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: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Owners/operators of public water 

systems, commercial air carriers, state 

primacy agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

153,083. 

Frequency of Response: Varies by 

requirement (i.e., on occasion, monthly, 

quarterly, semi-annually, annually, 

biennially, and every 3, 6, and 9 years) 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

12,920,667. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$589,403,000, includes $135,346,345 

operating and maintenance and capital 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 2,250,751 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. The changes in burden consist 

of program adjustments for activities 

that were carried forward from existing 

ICRs to this Microbial Rules ICR 

renewal. Changes in calculated burden 

are a result of updating relevant baseline 

information for each rule with the most 

current and accurate information on 

activity compliance. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9897 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0015 and EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0016; FRL 9514–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Part 70 State Operating 

Permit Program (Renewal) and Part 71 

Federal Operating Permit Program 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that two Information 

Collection Requests (ICRs) have been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew two 

existing approved collections. The ICRs, 

which are abstracted below, describe the 

nature of the two information 

collections and the estimated burdens 

and costs. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before May 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0015 (for the Part 70 state 

program) or Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0016 (for the Part 71 federal 

program), to (1) the EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email at a-and-rdocket@epa.gov or by mail to: Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center, Mailcode: 28221T, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) the OMB by mail to: 

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: Mr. 

Jeff Herring, Air Quality Policy Division, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, (C504–05), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone 

number: (919) 541–3195; fax number: 

(919) 541–5509; email address: 

herring.jeff@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA 

has submitted the following ICRs to the 

OMB for review and approval according 

to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 

1320.12. On December 14, 2011 (76 FR 

77820), the EPA sought comments on 

the two ICRs pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.8(d). The EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

the two ICRs should be submitted to the 

EPA and the OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for the Part 70 ICR renewal 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2004–0015 and a public docket for the 

Part 71 ICR renewal under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0016, which 

are available at www.regulations.gov. 

Use the EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments. 

Title: Part 70 State Operating Permit 

Program (Renewal) and Part 71 Federal 

Operating Permit Program (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: For the Part 70 

regulations, EPA ICR No. 1587.12 and 

OMB Control No. 2060–0243. For the 

Part 71 regulations, EPA ICR No. 

1713.10 and OMB Control No. 2060– 

0336. 

ICR Status: The two ICRs are both 

scheduled to expire on April 30, 2012. 

Under OMB regulations, the Agency 

may continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at the 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. 

Abstract: Title V of the Clean Air Act 

(Act) requires states to develop and 

implement a program for issuing 

operating permits to all sources that fall 

under any Act definition of ‘‘major’’ and 

certain other non-major sources that are 

subject to federal air quality regulations. 

The Act further requires the EPA to 

develop regulations that establish the 

minimum requirements for those state 

operating permits programs, to oversee 

implementation of the state programs, 

and to operate a federal operating 

permits program in areas not subject to 

an approved state program. The EPA 

regulations setting forth requirements 

for the state operating permit program 

are at 40 CFR part 70, and the EPA 

regulations setting forth the 

requirements for the federal (EPA) 

operating permit program are at 40 CFR 

part 71. The part 70 program is designed 

to be implemented primarily by state 

and local permitting authorities in all 

areas where they have juridiction. The 

part 71 program is designed to be 

implemented primarily by the EPA in 

all areas where state and local agencies 

do not have jurisdiction, such as Indian 

country and offshore beyond states’ 

seaward boundaries. The EPA may also 

delegate authority to implement the part 

71 program on its behalf to a state, local 

or tribal agency if the agency requests 


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delegation and makes certain showings 

regarding its authority and ability to 

implement the program. One such 

delegate agency for the part 71 program 

exists at present. 

In order to receive an operating 

permit for a major or other source 

subject to either of the permitting 

programs, the applicant must conduct 

the necessary research, perform the 

appropriate analyses and prepare the 

permit application with documentation 

to demonstrate that its facility meets all 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements. Specific activities and 

requirements are listed and described in 

the Supporting Statements for the two 

ICRs. 

State and local agencies under part 70 

and the EPA (or a delegate agency) 

under part 71 review permit 

applications, provide for public review 

of proposed permits, issue permits 

based on consideration of all technical 

factors and public input, and review 

information submittals required of 

sources during the term of the permit. 

Also, under part 70, the EPA reviews 

certain actions of the state and local 

agencies and provides oversight of the 

programs to ensure that they are being 

adequately implemented and enforced. 

Under part 71, the EPA reviews certain 

actions and performs oversight for any 

delegate agency, consistent with the 

terms of a delegation agreement. 

Consequently, information prepared and 

submitted by sources is essential for 

sources to receive permits, and for 

federal, state, local and tribal permitting 

agencies to adequately review the 

permit applications and thereby 

properly administer and manage the 

program. 

Since the previous renewal of this 

ICR, the EPA has promulgated two 

changes to the part 70 and 71 

regulations: the Flexible Air Permits 

rule and the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) 

Tailoring rule. The first rule provides a 

mechanism for sources to establish 

provisions in their operating permits 

that result in fewer permit revisions 

necessary during the term of the permit; 

the second establishes levels where 

GHG emissions trigger permitting 

requirements. The information 

collection requirements for these 

regulatory revisions were approved by 

the OMB after the approval of the 2007 

ICR renewals, and those approved 

changes are included and updated in 

these ICR renewals. Also, the previous 

part 71 ICR renewal identifed the EPA 

as the sole permitting authority, while 

this part 71 renewal identifies the EPA 

and one delegate agency, the Navaho 

Nation, as permitting authorities (the 

EPA continues to serve as a permitting 

authority in all areas, while the delegate 

agency serves as a permitting authority 

in a limited portion of Indian country). 

Burden Statement: 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 annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for the collection 

of information under parts 70 and 71 is 

broken down as follows: 

Type of permit action Part 70 Part 71 

Number of Sources .................................................................................................................................................. 15,940 174 

Burden Hours per Response: 

Sources ............................................................................................................................................................. 250 209 

Permitting Authority .......................................................................................................................................... 84 90 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 

Sources ............................................................................................................................................................. 3,977,316 36,375 

Permitting Authority .......................................................................................................................................... 1,336,370 1,254 a

Any minor discrepencies are due to rounding. 

a Only delegate agency burden is shown for part 71. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Industrial plants (sources); state, local 

and tribal permitting authorities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

For part 70 there are 15,940 sources and 

112 state and local permitting 

authorities. For part 71 there are 174 

industry sources and 1 tribal delegate 

permitting authority. (The EPA serves as 

a permitting authority but, as a federal 

agency, is not a respondent.) 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

For part 70, the total annual burden for 

sources and state and local permitting 

authorities is 5,313,686 hours. For part 

71, the total annual burden for sources 

and the one delegate agency (tribal) is 

37,629 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: For part 

70, the total annual cost for sources and 

state and local permitting authorities is 

$322,734,860. For part 71, the total 

annual cost for sources and the one 

delegate agency (tribal) is $2,393,171. In 

both cases, all costs are labor costs; 

there are no capital, startup or operating 

and maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: Since the 

last renewal of the part 70 ICR (in 2007), 

there is an decrease of about 199,000 

hours (or nearly a 5 percent decrease) of 

annual respondent burden. This change 

is primarily due to an updated estimate 

of the number of permits expected. 

Since the last renewal of the part 71 

ICR (in 2007), there is an increase of 

over 10,000 hours of total annual 

respondent burden (about a 38 percent 

increase). This is primarily due to an 

updated estimate of the number of 

permits expected. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9896 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0034; FRL–9515–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; National Emission Standards 

for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) 

for Nine Metal Fabrication and 

Finishing Area Sources 

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 


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