Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0016-0027
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Part 71 Federal Operating Permit Program
Posted Date: 2015-06-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 123 (Friday, June 26, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 36805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15672]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA HQ-OAR-2004-0016; FRL-9929-49-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Part 71 Federal Operating Permit Program 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Part 71 Federal Operating 
Permit Program (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 1713.11, OMB Control No. 
2060.0336) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and 
approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.). This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently 
approved through June 30, 2015. Public comments were previously 
requested via the Federal Register on February 10, 2015, during a 60-
day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, 
including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 27, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2004-0016, to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 
email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address comments to OMB Desk 
Officer for the EPA.
    The EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in 
the public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information or other information 
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanna W. Gmyr, Air Quality Policy 
Division, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, C504-05, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC; telephone 
number: (919) 541-9782; fax number: (919) 541-5509; email address: 
gmyr.joanna@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
http://www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 
William Jefferson Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center 
is (202) 566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public 
docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: Title V of the Clean Air Act (Act) requires the EPA to 
operate a federal operating permits program in areas not subject to an 
approved state program. The EPA regulations setting forth the 
requirements for the federal (EPA) operating permit program are at 40 
CFR part 71. The part 71 program is designed to be implemented 
primarily by the EPA in all areas where state and local agencies do not 
have jurisdiction, such as Indian country and offshore, beyond states' 
seaward boundaries. The EPA may also delegate authority to implement 
the part 71 program on its behalf to a state, local or tribal agency, 
if the agency requests delegation and makes certain showings regarding 
its authority and ability to implement the program. One such delegate 
agency for the part 71 program exists at present.
    In order to receive an operating permit for a major or other source 
subject to the permitting program, the applicant must conduct the 
necessary research, perform the appropriate analyses, and prepare the 
permit application with documentation to demonstrate that its facility 
meets all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. Specific 
activities and requirements are listed and described in the Supporting 
Statement for the part 71 ICR.
    Under part 71, the permitting authority (the EPA or a delegate 
agency) reviews permit applications, provides for public review of 
proposed permits, issues permits based on consideration of all 
technical factors and public input, and reviews information submittals 
required of sources during the term of the permit. Under part 71, the 
EPA reviews certain actions and performs oversight of any delegate 
agency, consistent with the terms of a delegation agreement. 
Consequently, information prepared and submitted by sources is 
essential for sources to receive permits, and for federal and tribal 
permitting agencies to adequately review the permit applications and 
issue the permits, oversee implementation of the permits, and properly 
administer and manage the program.
    Information that is collected is handled according to EPA's 
policies set forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B--
Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also 
section 114(c) of the Act.
    Form Numbers: The forms are 5900-01, 5900-02, 5900-03, 5900-04, 
5900-05, 5900-06, 5900-79, 5900-80, 5900-81, 5900-82, 5900-83, 5900-84, 
5900-85 and 5900-86.
    Respondents/affected entities: Industrial plants (sources) and 
tribal permitting authorities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (see 40 CFR part 71).
    Estimated number of respondents: 99 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion.
    Total estimated burden: 25,937 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $1,689,347 (per year). There are no 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 11,692 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to updated estimates of the 
number of sources and permits subject to the part 71 program, rather 
than any new federal mandates. The changes in estimates are due to 
shrinkage from the transfer of 36 permits from the part 71 to the part 
70 program and due to a previous overestimate of the number of sources 
that would get permits by the end of the previous ICR (which is the 
start of the current ICR).

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2015-15672 Filed 6-25-15; 8:45 am]
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