Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 170 / Friday, August 31, 2018 / Notices 44627 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2018–0209; FRL–9983–17– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; CrossState Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO2

Trading Programs (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has submitted an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and 

Texas SO2 Trading Programs (EPA ICR 

No. 2391.05, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0667) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through October 31, 2018. 

Public comments were previously 

requested via the Federal Register on 

April 16, 2018 during a 60-day comment 

period. The public comment period was 

extended for an additional 29 days via 

the Federal Register on June 14, 2018. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 1, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2018–0209, 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, and (2) OMB via email to oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 

comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 

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. 

Abstract: EPA is renewing an ICR for 

the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule 

(CSAPR) trading programs to allow for 

continued implementation of the 

programs. The information collection 

requirements under all five CSAPR 

trading programs are reflected in the 

existing ICR as most recently revised in 

2016. In 2017, Texas sources were 

removed from two CSAPR trading 

programs and EPA promulgated the 

Texas SO2 Trading Program using the 

CSAPR trading programs as a model. 

This ICR renewal reflects the 2017 

termination of information collection 

requirements for Texas sources under 

the two CSAPR trading programs and 

the 2019 re-establishment of some of the 

same requirements for some of the same 

sources under the Texas trading 

program. Most affected sources under 

the CSAPR and Texas trading programs 

are also subject to the Acid Rain 

Program (ARP). The information 

collection requirements under the 

CSAPR and Texas trading programs, 

which consist primarily of requirements 

to monitor and report emissions data in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 75, 

substantially overlap and are fully 

integrated with ARP information 

collection requirements. The burden 

and costs of overlapping requirements 

are accounted for in the ARP ICR (OMB 

Control Number 2060–0258). This ICR 

accounts for information collection 

burden and costs under the CSAPR and 

Texas trading programs that are 

incremental to the burden and costs 

already accounted for in the ARP ICR. 

All data received by EPA will be treated 

as public information. 

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. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Industry respondents are stationary, 

fossil fuel-fired boilers and combustion 

turbines serving electricity generators 

subject to the CSAPR and Texas trading 

programs, as well as non-source entities 

voluntarily participating in allowance 

trading activities. Potential state 

respondents are states that can elect to 

submit state-determined allowance 

allocations for sources located in their 

states. 

Respondents’ obligation to respond: 

Industry respondents: voluntary and 

mandatory (Sections 110(a) and 301(a) 

of the Clean Air Act). State respondents: 

voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

1,028 industry respondents, including 

978 affected sources and 50 non-source 

entities participating in allowance 

trading activities, and 27 potential state 

respondents. 

Frequency of response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annually. 

Total estimated burden: 134,423 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $18,563,878 (per 

year), which includes $8,207,545 

annualized capital or operation & 

maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is 

decrease of 40,699 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is due almost 

entirely to adjustments in the estimated 

numbers of respondents and 

transactions and the time required to 

complete certain activities. Changes in 

programs—i.e., the removal of Texas 

units from two CSAPR trading programs 

and the start of the Texas SO2 Trading 

Program—together are responsible for 

approximately 574 hours of the overall 

decrease. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Director, Regulatory Support Division. 

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