59622 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 197 / Thursday, October 9, 2008 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2008–0425; FRL–8728–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Natural Gas 

Transmission and Storage, EPA ICR 

Number 1789.06, OMB Control Number 

2060–0418 

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 that is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before November 10, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2008–0425, 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 2201T, 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 May 30, 2008 (73 FR 31088), 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–2008–0425, 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) 566–1927. 

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: NESHAP for Natural Gas 

Transmission and Storage (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

1789.06, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0418. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on January 31, 2009. 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 National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(NESHAP) for Natural Gas Transmission 

and Storage, published at 40 CFR part 

63, subpart HHH, were proposed on 

February 6, 1998 and promulgated on 

June 17, 1999. These regulations apply 

to existing facilities and new facilities 

that are major sources of hazardous air 

pollutants (HAP) and that transport or 

store natural gas prior to entering the 

pipeline to a local distribution company 

or to a final end user (if there is no local 

distribution company). 

In general, all NESHAP standards 

require initial notifications, 

performance tests, and periodic reports 

by the owners/operators of the affected 

facilities. They are also required to 

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. These notifications, reports, 

and records are essential in determining 

compliance, and are required of all 

affected facilities subject to NESHAP. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 15 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: 

Owners or operators of natural gas 

transmission and storage facilities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

832. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

753. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $61,085 

in annual labor costs, exclusive of $0 for 

both annualized capital/startup and 

O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 4 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 197 / Thursday, October 9, 2008 / Notices 59623 

Dated: October 6, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–24029 Filed 10–8–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2008–0720; FRL–8728–2] 

Request for Nominations to the EPA 

Human Studies Review Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Office of the Science Advisor (OSA) is 

soliciting nominations of people 

qualified in the areas of bioethics, 

biostatistics, human health risk 

assessment and human toxicology to 

serve on the Human Studies Review 

Board (HSRB). The HSRB is a Federal 

advisory committee, operating in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) 5 U.S.C. App. 2 

§ 9, providing advice and 

recommendations to EPA on scientific 

and ethical aspects of research with 

human subjects. 

DATES: Nominations (‘‘comments’’) 

should be submitted to EPA no later 

than November 10, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your nominations, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

ORD–2008–0720, by any of the 

following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments. 

E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

USPS Mail: ORD Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand or Courier Delivery: EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), Room 3304, EPA West 

Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008– 

0720. Deliveries are accepted from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your nominations 

to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2008– 

0720. EPA’s policy is that all 

nominations 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 nomination includes 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Do not submit 

information through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected from disclosure. 

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 

nomination. By contrast, if you send an 

e-mail nomination directly to EPA 

without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the nomination 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit a nomination electronically, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your nomination and with 

any disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your nomination due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider it. Electronic files 

should avoid the use of special 

characters, any form of encryption, and 

be free of any defects or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index under the 

docket number. Even though it will be 

listed by title in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Copyright material will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the ORD Docket, EPA/DC, Room 3334, 

EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the ORD Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

I. Lewis, Office of the Science Advisor, 

Mail Code 8105R, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–8381, fax 

number: (202) 564–2070, e-mail: 

lewis.paul@epa.gov. 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by EPA, and to persons who 

may sponsor or conduct research with 

human subjects with the intention to 

submit it to EPA for consideration under 

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or section 408 

of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act (FFDCA). Since other entities may 

also be interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies 

of this Document and Other Related 

Information? 

You may access this Federal Register 

document electronically either through 

http://www.regulations.gov or through 

the EPA Web site under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http:// 

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

C. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Nomination for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

nomination: 

1. Provide as much supporting 

information as possible about the 

nominee, including contact information. 

2. Make sure to submit your 

nomination by the deadline in this 

document. 

3. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to include 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background 

On February 6, 2006 the Agency 

published a final rule for protection of 

human subjects of research (71 FR 24 

6138) that called for creating a new, 

independent human studies review 

board (i.e. HSRB). The HSRB is a 

Federal advisory committee operating in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) 5 U.S.C. App. 2 

§ 9. The HSRB provides advice, 

information, and recommendations to 

EPA on issues related to scientific and 

ethical aspects of human subjects 

research. The major objectives of the 

HSRB are to provide advice and 

recommendations on: (1) Research 

proposals and protocols; (2) reports of 

completed research with human 

subjects; and (3) how to strengthen 


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