37030 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 142 / Monday, July 27, 2009 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2009–0022; FRL–8935–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Acid Rain Program Under 

Title IV of the Clean Air Act 

Amendments (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 

1633.15, OMB Control No. 2060–0258 

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 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 information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2009–0022, to (1) EPA online 

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

preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail 

to: Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by 

mail to: 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: 

Karen VanSickle, Clean Air Markets 

Division, Office of Air and Radiation, 

(6204J), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–343–9220; fax number: 

202–343–2361; e-mail address: 

vansickle.karen@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 April 1, 2009 (74 FR 14798), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment during the comment period, 

which is addressed in the ICR. 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 No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2009–0022, 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 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: Acid Rain Program under Title 

IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1633.15, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0258. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on July 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 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: The Acid Rain Program was 

established under Title IV of the 1990 

Clean Air Act Amendments. The 

program calls for major reductions of 

the pollutants that cause acid rain while 

establishing a new approach to 

environmental management. This 

information collection is necessary to 

implement the Acid Rain Program. It 

includes burden hours associated with 

developing and modifying permits, 

transferring allowances, obtaining 

allowances from the conservation and 

renewable energy reserve, monitoring 

emissions, participating in the annual 

auctions, completing annual compliance 

certifications, participating in the Opt-in 

program, and complying with NOX

permitting requirements. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 90 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: 

Electric utilities, Industrial sources, and 

other persons. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,700. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

2,056,946. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$288,922,970, includes $150,608,009 

annualized capital and O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 85,670 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to 

adjustments which include changes to 

the number of responses and the time it 

takes to respond to a particular activity. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–17831 Filed 7–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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