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conduct the necessary research, perform 

the appropriate analyses and prepare 

the permit application with 

documentation to demonstrate that their 

project meets all applicable statutory 

and regulatory NSR requirements. 

Specific activities and requirements are 

listed and described in the Supporting 

Statement for the ICR. 

Reviewing authorities review the 

permit application, provide for public 

review of the proposed project, and 

issue the permit based on its 

consideration of all technical factors 

and public input. The EPA, more 

broadly, reviews a fraction of the total 

applications and audits the state and 

local programs for their effectiveness. 

Consequently, information prepared and 

submitted by the source is essential for 

the source to receive a permit, and for 

Federal, state and local environmental 

agencies to adequately review the 

permit application and thereby properly 

administer and manage the NSR 

programs. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to be broken down as follows: 

Type of permit action Major PSD Major Part D Minor 

Number of sources ...................................................................................................................... 282 519 74,591 

Burden Hours per Response: 

Industry ................................................................................................................................. 866 642 40 

Permitting Agencies .............................................................................................................. 301 127 30 

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; 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: 

Industrial plants, state and local 

permitting agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

150,821. 

Frequency of Response: 1 per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

5,951,068 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$486,452,000, which includes 

$475,056,000 annual labor costs and 

$11,396,000 annual capital/startup and 

O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 44,960 in the total estimated 

burden currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

The number of respondents has 

increased by 51 due to the decision by 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC. 

Circuit to vacate the Clean Units and 

Pollution Control Project Exclusion 

provisions of the NSR program. In 

addition, the burden per permit for Part 

C major NSR permit applications 

increased based on active consultation 

with NACAA, conducted in January 

2008. 

Dated: July 29, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collections Strategies Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8700–8; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 

2007–0983] 

Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global 

Change Research Program 

Assessment of the Impacts of Global 

Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A 

Preliminary Synthesis of Climate 

Change Impacts on O3

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review 

Workshop. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that 

Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for 

external scientific peer review, will 

convene an independent panel of 

experts and organize and conduct an 

external peer-review workshop to 

review the external review draft 

document titled, ‘‘Interim Report of the 

U.S. EPA Global Change Research 

Program Assessment of the Impacts of 

Global Change on Regional U.S. Air 

Quality: A Preliminary Synthesis of 

Climate Change Impacts on O3’’ (EPA/ 

600/R–07/094). The draft document was 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development. 

The public comment period, 

announced in (73 FR 39695), and the 

external peer-review workshop are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. EPA has 

released this draft document solely for 

the purpose of pre-dissemination peer 

review under applicable information 

quality guidelines. This document has 

not been formally disseminated by EPA. 

It does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. 

EPA invites the public to register to 

attend this workshop as observers. In 

addition, EPA invites the public to give 

oral and/or provide written comments at 

the workshop regarding the draft 

document under review. The draft 

document and EPA’s peer-review charge 

are available primarily via the Internet 

on NCEA’s home page under the Recent 

Additions and the Data and Publications 

menus at www.epa.gov/ncea. In 

preparing a final report, EPA will 

consider the Versar, Inc. report of the 

comments and recommendations from 

the external peer-review workshop and 

any public comments that EPA receives 

in accordance with this notice. 

DATES: The peer-review panel workshop 

will begin on August 26, 2008, at 8:30 

a.m. and end at 5 p.m. on the same day. 

ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop 

will be held at the U.S. EPA, Research 

Triangle Park Campus, 109 TW 

Alexander Drive, Durham, NC 27709. 

The EPA contractor, Versar Inc., is 

organizing, convening, and conducting 

the peer-review workshop. To attend the 

workshop, register by August 19, 2008, 

preferably via the Internet at http:// 

epa.versar.com/ 

climatechangeimpactsonozone, or via 

the following means: by calling Versar, 

Inc. at 703–750–3000, extension 737 or 

211; sending a facsimile to Attn: 

Malikah Moore at 703–642–6954, or; 

sending an e-mail to 

mmoore@versar.com and 

dsinkowski@versar.com. The draft 

‘‘Interim Report of the U.S. EPA Global 

Change Research Program Assessment 

of the Impacts of Global Change on 

Regional U.S. Air Quality: A 


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Preliminary Synthesis of Climate 

Change Impacts on O3’’ is available 

primarily via the Internet on the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s home page under the 

Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at www.epa.gov/ 

ncea. A limited number of paper copies 

are available from the Information 

Management Team, NCEA; telephone: 

703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347–

8691. If you are requesting a paper copy, 

please provide your name, mailing 

address, and the document title. Copies 

are not available from Versar, Inc. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding information, 

registration, access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, or logistics 

for the external peer-review workshop 

should be directed to Versar, Inc., 6850 

Versar Center, Springfield, VA 22151; 

telephone: 703–750–3000, extension 

737 or 211; facsimile: Attn.: Malikah 

Moore at 703–642–6954; e-mail: 

mmoore@versar.com and 

dsinkowski@versar.com. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Malikah Moore at 

mmoore@versar.com or 703–750–3000, 

ext. 211, preferably at least 10 days prior 

to the meeting, to give as much time as 

possible to process your request. 

If you need technical information 

about the document, please contact 

Brooke L. Hemming, Ph.D., National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA); telephone: 919–541–5668; 

facsimile: 919–541–7885; e-mail: 

hemming.brooke@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Information About the 

Project/Document 

The ‘‘Interim Report of the U.S. EPA 

Global Change Research Program 

Assessment of the Impacts of Global 

Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A 

Preliminary Synthesis of Climate 

Change Impacts on O3’’ is intended to 

provide air quality managers and 

scientists a summary and synthesis of 

the scientific results that have emerged 

from the EPA ORD Global Change 

Research Program (ORD GCRP) 

assessment of the impact of global 

change on U.S. regional air quality. The 

report discusses the studies that have 

focused on the sensitivity of U.S. air 

quality to meteorological changes 

associated with a warming climate in 

large regions within the continental U.S. 

The EPA recognizes that climate-air 

quality interactions occur at multiple 

scales (both spatial and temporal), and 

that an understanding of these 

interactions demands contributions 

from several scientific disciplines. The 

EPA ORD GCRP developed a research 

and assessment program that combines 

the resources and expertise of the ORD 

labs and centers toward the goal of 

developing the necessary scientific 

underpinnings. The ultimate goal of the 

Program is to provide air quality 

managers with the scientific information 

and tools needed to evaluate the 

implications of global change and to 

enhance their ability to consider global 

change in their decisions. The ‘‘Interim 

Report of the U.S. EPA Global Change 

Research Program Assessment of the 

Impacts of Global Change on Regional 

U.S. Air Quality: A Preliminary 

Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on 

O3’’ is a preliminary step in that 

direction. This report provides an 

update of the progress that has been 

made in applying climate and 

atmospheric chemistry models to 

investigate potential future 

meteorological effects on air quality. It 

does not include changes in air 

pollutant emissions other than those 

that are explicitly linked to 

meteorological variables and 

incorporated within the models (e.g., 

biogenic VOC emissions). In addition, it 

provides a preliminary interpretation of 

what this improved scientific 

understanding means for air quality 

management. Future assessment reports 

will cover the combined impacts of 

changing climate and air pollutant 

emissions on air quality. The program 

also plans to develop additional reports 

that focus on additional pollutants, 

including PM and mercury. NCEA 

worked collaboratively with the EPA 

Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), and 

ORD’s National Risk Management 

Research Laboratory (NRMRL), National 

Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) 

and National Center for Environmental 

Research (NCER) on this report. 

II. Workshop Information 

Members of the public may attend the 

workshop as observers, and there will 

be a limited time for comments from the 

public in the afternoon. Please let 

Versar, Inc. know if you wish to make 

comments during the workshop. Space 

is limited, and reservations will be 

accepted on a first-come, first-served 

basis. 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

Rebecca Clark, 

Deputy Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0545; FRL–8375–9] 

Pesticides; Revised Fee Schedule for 

Registration Applications 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is publishing a revised 

list of pesticide registration service fees 

applicable to specified pesticide 

applications and tolerance actions. 

Under the Pesticide Registration 

Improvement Renewal Act, the 

registration service fees for covered 

pesticide registration applications 

received on or after October 1, 2008, 

increase by 5% rounding up to the 

nearest dollar from the fees published 

for fiscal year 2008, and certain decision 

review periods have been reduced. The 

new fees and decision review periods 

become effective on October 1, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Leovey (7501P), Immediate 

Office, Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305–7328; fax number: (703) 308–

4776; e-mail address: 

leovey.elizabeth@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you register pesticide 

products under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

(FIFRA). Potentially affected entities 

may include, but are not limited to: 

• Agricultural pesticide 

manufacturers (32532). 

• Antimicrobial pesticide 

manufacturers (32561). 

• Antifoulant pesticide manufacturers 

(32551). 

• Wood preservative manufacturers 

(32519). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. To determine whether 

you or your business may be affected by 

this action, you should carefully 

examine the applicability provisions in 

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