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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0424; FRL–9136–2; 

EPA ICR Number 1797.05; OMB Control 

Number 2060–0442] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NSPS for Storage Vessels for 

Petroleum Liquids for Which 

Construction, Reconstruction or 

Modification Commenced After June 

11, 1973, and Prior to May 19, 1978 

(Renewal) 

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 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before May 12, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2009–0424, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by e-mail to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

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: John 

Schaefer, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards, Sector Policies and 

Programs Division (D243–05), 

Measurement Policy Group, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

0296; fax number: (919) 541–3207; email address: schaefer.john@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On July 8, 2009 (74 FR 32581), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2009–0424, which is 

available for public viewing online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov, 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NSPS for Storage Vessels for 

Petroleum Liquids for which 

Construction, Reconstruction or 

Modification Commenced after June 11, 

1973, and prior to May 19, 1978 

(Renewal) 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1797.05, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0442. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on May 31, 2010. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at 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. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

and displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The New Source 

Performance Standards (NSPS) for 

Storage Vessels for Petroleum Liquids 

for which Construction, Reconstruction 

or Modification Commenced after June 

11, 1973, and prior to May 19, 1978, 

were proposed on June 11, 1973, and 

promulgated on March 8, 1974. 

Owners or operators of the affected 

facilities must make an initial 

notification, performance tests, periodic 

reports, and maintain records of the 

occurrence and duration of any startup, 

shutdown, or malfunction in the 

operation of an affected facility, or any 

period during which the monitoring 

system is inoperative. Reports, at a 

minimum, are required semiannually. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 3.5 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Petroleum liquid storage vessels. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

220. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

769. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $72,750 

in labor costs exclusively. There are 

neither capital/startup costs nor 

operation and maintenance (O&M) 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in hours in the total estimated 

burden currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 


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Dated: April 6, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–8290 Filed 4–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9136–3; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0934] 

The Effects of Mountaintop Mines and 

Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of 

the Central Appalachian Coalfields and 

a Field-Based Aquatic Life Benchmark 

for Conductivity in Central 

Appalachian Streams 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period for two related 

draft documents: (1) ‘‘The Effects of 

Mountaintop Mines and Valley Fills on 

Aquatic Ecosystems of the Central 

Appalachian Coalfields’’ (EPA/600/R– 

09/138A) and (2) ‘‘A Field-based 

Aquatic Life Benchmark for 

Conductivity in Central Appalachian 

Streams’’ (EPA/600/R–10/023A). These 

reports were developed by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development as part of a set of 

actions taken by EPA to further clarify 

and strengthen environmental 

permitting requirements for 

Appalachian mountaintop removal and 

other surface coal mining projects, in 

coordination with Federal and State 

regulatory agencies (http:// 

www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/guidance/ 

mining.html). 

Both documents will be reviewed by 

an independent review panel convened 

by EPA’s Science Advisory Board 

(SAB). The SAB’s peer review meeting, 

which the public will be able to attend 

as observers, will be scheduled at a later 

date, and announced in the Federal 

Register. The public comment period 

and the SAB meeting are separate 

processes that provide opportunities for 

all interested parties to comment on the 

document. EPA intends to forward the 

public comments that are submitted, in 

accordance with this notice, to the SAB 

review panel prior to the meeting for 

their consideration. When finalizing the 

draft documents, EPA intends to 

consider any significant public 

comments that it receives in accordance 

with this notice. 

EPA is releasing these draft 

documents for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. The documents have not 

been formally disseminated by EPA. 

They do not represent and should not be 

construed to represent a final Agency 

policy or determination; however, the 

documents reflect EPA’s best 

interpretation of the available science. 

The draft documents are available via 

the Internet on NCEA’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. 

DATES: The 60-day public comment 

period begins April 12, 2010, and ends 

June 11, 2010. Technical comments 

should be in writing and must be 

received by EPA by June 11, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The draft reports, ‘‘The 

Effects of Mountaintop Mines and 

Valley Fills on Aquatic Ecosystems of 

the Central Appalachian Coalfields’’ and 

‘‘A Field-based Aquatic Life Benchmark 

for Conductivity in Central Appalachian 

Streams’’ are available primarily via the 

Internet on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available, contact the 

EPA; telephone: 703–347–8629; 

facsimile: 703–347–8691. If you are 

requesting a paper copy, please provide 

your name, your mailing address, and 

the document titles (1) ‘‘The Effects of 

Mountaintop Mines and Valley Fills on 

Aquatic Ecosystems of the Central 

Appalachian Coalfields’’ and (2) ‘‘A 

Field-based Aquatic Life Benchmark for 

Conductivity in Central Appalachian 

Streams.’’ 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on submitting comments to 

the docket, please contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. For technical 

information, please leave a message at 

703–347–8629 or send e-mail to MTMCond@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The purpose of the first draft report 

entitled ‘‘The Effects of Mountaintop 

Mines and Valley Fills on Aquatic 

Ecosystems of the Central Appalachian 

Coalfields,’’ is to assess the state of the 

science on the ecological impacts of 

Mountaintop Mining and Valley Fill 

(MTM–VF) operations on streams in the 

Central Appalachian Coal Basin. This 

basin covers about 12 million acres in 

West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and 

Tennessee. The draft report reviews 

literature relevant to evaluating five 

potential consequences of MTM–VF 

operations: (1) Impacts on headwater 

streams; (2) impacts on downstream 

water quality; (3) impacts on stream 

ecosystems; (4) the cumulative impacts 

of multiple mining operations; and (5) 

effectiveness of mining reclamation and 

mitigation. The impacts of MTM–VF 

operations on cultural and aesthetic 

resources are not included in the 

review. EPA used two primary sources 

of information for the evaluation: (1) 

The peer reviewed, published literature 

and (2) the Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) 

on Mountaintop Mining/Valley Fills in 

Appalachia and its associated 

appendices prepared in draft in 2003 

and finalized in 2005. 

The second draft report entitled, ‘‘A 

Field-based Aquatic Life Benchmark for 

Conductivity in Central Appalachian 

Streams,’’ uses field data to derive an 

aquatic life benchmark for conductivity. 

Conductivity is a measurement of the 

salt content of water. The saltier the 

water, the more it will conduct 

electricity. This benchmark value may 

be applied to waters in the Appalachian 

Region that are near neutral or mildly 

alkaline in their pH and are influenced 

by salts of sulfate and bicarbonate. This 

benchmark is intended to protect the 

biological integrity of waters in the 

region. It is derived by a method 

modeled on the U.S. EPA’s standard 

methodology for deriving water quality 

criteria. In particular, the methodology 

was adapted for use of field data. Field 

data were used because sufficient and 

appropriate laboratory data were not 

available and because high quality field 

data were available to relate 

conductivity to effects on biotic 

communities. This draft report provides 

scientific evidence for a conductivity 

benchmark in a specific region rather 

than for the entire United States. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2009– 

0934, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753 


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