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**ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA**  **- HQ**  **- OAR** **- 2006**  **- 0947; FRL**  **- ]**  **Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and**  **Approval; Comment Request;**  **NO x**  **Budget Trading Program To Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone (Renewal)**  **AGENCY:** Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). **ACTION** : Notice. **SUMMARY** : The Environmental Protection Agency has submitt ed an information collection request (ICR) , “Information Collection Request Renewal for the NO x Budget Trading Program to Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone” (EPA I CR No. 1857.06, OMB Control No. 2060
- 0445) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance
w ith the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq .)
. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currentl y approved through February 28, 2014. P ublic comments were previousl y requested via the Federal Register ( 78 FR 57153 ) on September 17, 2013 during a 60
- day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 day s for public comments. A fuller description of th e ICR is given below , including its estimated burden and cost to the public. An Agency may not co nduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it display s a currently valid OMB control number. **DATES** : Additional comments may be submitted on or before [ insert date 30 day s after publication in the Federal Register]. **ADDRESSES** : Submit your comments, referencing D ocket ID Number EPA
- HQ
- OAR
- 2006
- 0947 , to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to a - and
- r docket@epamail.epa.gov , or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency , Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to oira

_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk Office r for EPA. EPA's policy

is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without2

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 b y statute. **FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT** : Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets Division, Office of Air and Radiation, (6204J) , 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 inform ation that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this I CR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The teleph one number for the Docket Center is 202
- 566
- 1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets
. Abstract : The NO x Budget Trading Program was a market
- based cap and trade program created to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x) from power plants and other large combustion sources in the eastern United States. NO x is a prime ingredient in the formation of ground
- level ozone (smog), a pervasi ve air pollution problem in many areas of the eastern United States. The NO x Budget Trading Program was established as an optional implementation mechanism for the NOx SIP Call and was designed to reduce NO x emissions during the warm summer months, referre d to as the ozone season, when ground
- level ozone concentrations are highest. In 2009 the program was replaced b y the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) Ozone Season Trading Program. The renewal of this ICR is necessary primaril y because some sources in certain States are still required to monitor and report emissions data to EPA under those states’ NO x SIP C all rules
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All data received b y EPA will be treated as public information. An agency may not conduct or sponso r, 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 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are those which formerl y participate d in the NO x Budget Trading Program to Reduce the Regional Transport of Ozone and which continue to have reporting obligations under their state s’ NOx SIP Call rules that are not duplicated under other rules
. Respondent’s obligation to respond: mandatory (Sections 110(a) and 301(a) of the Clean Air Act). Estimated number of respondents: EPA estimates that there are 122 former NO x Budget Trading Program units that will continue to conduct monitoring in accordance with Part 75 solely under the NO x SIP call. Frequency of response: ye arl y, quarterl y, occasionally
. Total estimated burden: 57,586 hours (per ye ar). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b )
. T otal estimated cost: $ 8,066,616 (per ye ar) , includes $ 3,777,000 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is no increase in the hours in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the I CR currentl y approved by OMB. Dated:

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_____________________________ ______________ John Moses , Director, Collection Strategies Division