45926 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 176 / Tuesday, September 11, 2018 / Notices 

Estimated number of respondents: 

500–1000 (total). 

Frequency of response: Voluntary as 

needed. 

Total estimated burden: 2,945 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $103,197.33 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation and maintenance costs. 

Changes in estimates: There is an 

increase of 118 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This increase is due to a higher 

reported burden by the two responses to 

consultation outreach. The higher 

burden reported by these past 

respondents was weighted against 

previous estimates for the latest burden 

estimate. 

Dated: August 29, 2018. 

Karl Simon, 

Director, Transportation and Climate 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19762 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0015; FRL–9983–60– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Part 70 

State Operating Permit Program 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Part 70 State Operating Permit Program 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1587.14, OMB 

Control No. 2060.0243) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

Before doing so, the 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 March 31, 2019. 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 November 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2004–0015, at http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from Regulations.gov. 

The EPA may publish any comment 

received to its public docket. Do not 

submit electronically any information 

you consider to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Multimedia 

submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be 

accompanied by a written comment. 

The written comment is considered the 

official comment and should include 

discussion of all points you wish to 

make. The EPA will generally not 

consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For 

additional submission methods, the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dylan C. Mataway-Novak, Air Quality 

Policy Division, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, C504–05, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC; telephone 

number: (919) 541–5795; fax number: 

(919) 541–5509; email address: 

mataway-novak.dylan@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 Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is (202) 566–1744. For 

additional information about the EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

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

the PRA, the 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. The 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, the 

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: 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 and to 

oversee implementation of the state 

programs. The EPA regulations setting 

forth requirements for the state 

operating permit program are found at 

40 CFR part 70. The part 70 program is 

designed to be implemented primarily 

by state, local and tribal permitting 

authorities in all areas where they have 

jurisdiction. 

In order to receive an operating 

permit for a major or other source 

subject to the permitting program, 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 Statement for the 40 CFR 

part 70 ICR. 

Under 40 CFR part 70, state, local and 

tribal permitting authorities 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 40 CFR part 70, the EPA 

reviews certain actions of the permitting 

authorities and provides oversight of the 

programs to ensure that they are being 

adequately implemented and enforced. 

Consequently, information prepared and 

submitted by sources is essential for 

sources to receive permits, and for 

federal, state, local and tribal permitting 

authorities to adequately review the 

permit applications and thereby 

properly administer and manage the 

program. 


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Information that is collected is 

handled according to the EPA’s policies 

set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, 

subpart B—Confidentiality of Business 

Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also 

section 114(c) of the Act. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Industrial plants (sources); state, local 

and tribal permitting authorities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

mandatory (see 40 CFR part 70). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

13,712 sources and 117 state, local and 

tribal permitting authorities. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 4,738,925 

hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $321,878,589 

(per year). There are no annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 429,890 hours per year for 

the estimated respondent burden 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This decrease is due 

to updated estimates of the number of 

sources and permits subject to the part 

70 program, rather than any change in 

federal mandates. 

Dated: August 29, 2018. 

Anna Marie Wood, 

Director, Air Quality Policy Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–19771 Filed 9–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2008–0150; FRL–9983–56– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Establishing No-Discharge Zones 

(NDZs) Under Clean Water Act Section 

312 (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency plans to submit an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Establishing 

No-Discharge Zones (NDZs) Under 

Clean Water Act section 312 (Renewal)’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 1791.08, OMB Control No. 

2040–0187) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before 

doing so, the EPA solicits 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 March 31, 2019. 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 November 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2008–0150, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to OW-Docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

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, or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Virginia Fox-Norse, Oceans, Wetlands 

and Communities Division, Office of 

Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, 

(4504T), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–1266; fax number: 

202–566–1337; email address: foxnorse.virginia@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 the EPA’s public 

docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

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

the PRA, the EPA solicits 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). The 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, the 

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: (A) Sewage No-Discharge 

Zones: CWA section 312(f) and the 

implementing regulations in 40 CFR 

part 140 provide that information must 

be submitted to the EPA to establish a 

no-discharge zone (NDZ) for vessel 

sewage in state waters. No-discharge 

zones can be established to provide 

greater environmental protection of 

specified state waters from treated and 

untreated vessel sewage. This ICR 

addresses the information requirements 

associated with the establishment of 

NDZs for vessel sewage. The 

information collection activities 

discussed in this ICR do not require the 

submission of any confidential 

information. 

(B) Uniform National Discharge 

Standards (UNDS) No-Discharge Zones 

and Discharge Determination or 

Standard Review: CWA section 

312(n)(7) and the implementing 

regulations in 40 CFR part 1700 provide 

that information should be submitted to 

the EPA to establish a no-discharge zone 

in state waters for a particular discharge 

from a vessel of the Armed Forces. In 

addition, CWA section 312(n)(5) 

provides that that the Governor of any 

state may petition the EPA and the DoD 

to review any discharge determination 

or standard promulgated under CWA 

section 312 for vessels of the Armed 

forces if there is significant new 

information that could reasonably result 

in a change to the discharge 

determination or standard. This ICR 

addresses the information requirements 

associated with the establishment of an 

UNDS NDZ for a particular discharge 

from a vessel of the Armed Forces in 

addition to the information 

requirements associated with a request 

to the EPA and DoD to review a 

discharge determination or standard. 

UNDS NDZs for a particular discharge 

from a vessel of the Armed Forces 

cannot be requested or established until 

after the EPA and DoD promulgate 

vessel discharge performance standards 

for marine pollution control devices for 

that particular discharge and DoD 


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