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applications expected to be prepared 

and reviewed; a decrease in the number 

of Class V inventory forms that are 

anticipated to be submitted; and a 

decrease in the number of Class I and 

Class VI well operators that the EPA 

estimates will be submitting 

information. Furthermore, the EPA has 

revised the operator reporting forms, 

which has resulted in additional burden 

reductions for operators of all well 

classes. These decreases are partially 

offset by an increase in burden due to 

changes in the number of Class III 

permit applications. 

Dated: May 25, 2018. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

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[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0022; FRL -9978–95– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Acid Rain 

Program Under Title IV of the Clean Air 

Act Amendments (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Acid Rain Program under Title IV of 

the Clean Air Act Amendments 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1633.17, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0258) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before 

doing so, EPA is soliciting public 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through November 30, 2018. 

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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0022, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

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: 

Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation, 

(6204M), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–343–9220; fax number: 

202–343–2361; email address: 

vansickle.karen@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. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) minimize the burden 

of the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 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. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The Acid Rain Program was 

established under Title IV of the 1990 

Clean Air Act Amendments to address 

acid deposition by reducing emissions 

of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen 

oxides (NOX). This information 

collection extension is necessary to 

continue implementation of the Acid 

Rain Program. It includes burden and 

costs associated with developing and 

modifying permits, complying with 

NOX permitting requirements, 

monitoring emissions, transferring 

allowances, participating in the annual 

allowance auctions, and participating in 

the program as an opt-in source. 

Form Numbers: Agent Notice of 

Delegation #5900–172, Certificate of 

Representation #7610–1, General 

Account Form #7610–5, Allowance 

Transfer Form #7610–6, Retired Unit 

Exemption #7610–20, Allowance 

Deduction #7620–4, Acid Rain Permit 

Application #7610–16, Acid Rain NOX

Compliance Plan #7610–28, Acid Rain 

NOX Averaging Plan #7610–29, New 

Unit Exemption #7610–19, Opt-In 

Permit Application #7610–26, Opt-In 

Utilization Report #7620–9. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Electricity generating plants, industrial 

sources, and other persons. 

Respondents’ Obligation To Respond: 

Voluntary and mandatory (Clean Air 

Act sections 403, 407, 408, 410, 412, 

and 416). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,234 (total); includes 1,184 sources and 

50 non-source entities participating in 

allowance trading activities. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annually. 

Total Estimated Burden: 1,873,880 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total Estimated Cost: $276,159,952 

(per year); includes $139,339,770 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 249,525 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. The decrease is principally due to 

source retirements, which have both 

reduced the estimated overall number of 

affected sources and shifted the 

estimated mix of monitoring 

methodologies used. The other factors 

contributing to the decrease in burden 

are reductions in the estimated numbers 

of allowance transfer and deduction 

submissions, expected opt-in sources, 

and allowance auction bids. 

Dated: May 23, 2018. 

Reid P. Harvey, 

Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office 

of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and 

Radiation. 

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