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copy of that document on the Applicant. 

Anyone filing an intervention or protest 

on or before the intervention or protest 

date need not serve motions to intervene 

or protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, April 24, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0490; FRL–8894–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Consolidated 

Emissions Reporting Rule (Renewal); 

EPA ICR No. 0916.13, OMB Control No. 

2060–0088 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on October 

31, 2009. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 22, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2005–0490, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: beauregard.dennis@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (919) 541–0684. 

• Mail: Consolidated Emissions 

Reporting (Renewal), EPA–HQ–OAR– 

2005–0490, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room 3334, EPA 

West Building, Washington, DC 20460. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2005– 

0490. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis Beauregard, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, Air Quality 

Assessment Division, Mail Code C339– 

02, Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 

telephone number: (919) 541–5512; fax 

number: (919) 541–0684; e-mail 

address: beauregard.dennis@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2005–0490, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC 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 Air and 

Radiation Docket is 202–566–1742. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What Information Is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically 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 

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information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2005– 

0490. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are state air 

pollution control agencies. 

Title: Consolidated Emissions 

Reporting (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0916.13, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0088. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on October 31, 

2009. 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 are 

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: EPA has promulgated a 

Consolidated Emissions Reporting Rule 

(CERR) (40 CFR part 51, subpart A) to 

coordinate new emissions inventory 

reporting requirements with existing 

requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

and 1990 Amendments. Under the 

CERR, 55 state and territorial air quality 

agencies, including the District of 

Columbia (DC), as well as an estimated 

49 local air quality agencies, must 

annually submit emissions data for 

point sources emitting specified levels 

of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), 

oxides of nitrogen (NOX), carbon 

monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO2), 

particulate matter less than or equal to 

10 micrometers in diameter (PM10), 

particulate matter less than or equal to 

2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5), 

lead (Pb), and ammonia (NH3). 

Every 3 years, states will be required 

to submit a point source inventory, as 

well as a statewide stationary nonpoint, 

nonroad mobile, onroad mobile, and 

biogenic source inventory for all criteria 

pollutants and their precursors. The 

emissions data submitted for the annual 

and 3-year cycle inventories for 

stationary point, nonpoint, nonroad 

mobile, and onroad mobile sources will 

be used by EPA’s Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards to assist in 

developing ambient air quality emission 

standards, performing regional 

modeling, and preparing national trends 

assessments and special analyses and 

reports. Any data submitted to EPA 

under the CERR is in the public domain 

and cannot be treated as confidential. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 28.5 hours per 

response. The total number of 

respondents is assumed to be 2,038. 

This total number of respondents 

includes 104 state agencies that are 

subject to the CERR data reporting 

requirements and 1,934 sources that are 

not subject, but are assumed to incur the 

burden for reporting estimates of PM2.5

and NH3 to state agencies. 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 2,038. 

Frequency of response: Annual. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

58,172. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$231,000. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $218,400 and an 

estimated cost of $12,480 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

There are no changes to the reporting 

requirements under the CERR so the 

actual state burden will remain 

unchanged. However, the final ICR may 

show a minor decrease to the total hours 

estimated for state reporting that are 

currently approved by OMB due to the 

use of updated data on state emissions 

reporting for annual and three-year 

emission inventories. In addition, the 

final ICR may show minor increased 

costs due to use of updated labor rates 

since the earlier ICR. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: April 9, 2009. 

Jenny N. Edmonds, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality, 

Planning and Standards. 

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