Document ID: EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0777-0004
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Source Compliance and State Action Reporting
Posted Date: 2011-07-05T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 5, 2011 (Volume 76, Number 128)]
[Notices]               
[Page 39091-39092]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OECA-2010-0777, FRL-9429-5]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Source Compliance and State 
Action Reporting (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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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 4, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2010-0777, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 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: Betsy Metcalf, Enforcement Targeting & 
Data Division, Office of Compliance, 2222A, Environmental Protection 
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 
number: (202) 564-5962; fax number: (202) 564-0032; e-mail address: 
metcalf.betsy@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 January 18, 2011 (76 FR 2904), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received two (2) comments during 
the comment period, which are 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-OECA-2010-0777, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and 
Compliance Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) 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 ECDIC is 202-566-1752.
    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: Source Compliance and State Action Reporting (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0107.10, OMB Control No. 2060-0096.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on July 31, 2011. 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, 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.

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    Abstract: Source Compliance and State Action Reporting is an 
activity whereby State, District, Local, and Commonwealth governments 
(hereafter referred to as either ``states/locals'' or ``state and local 
agencies'') make air compliance and enforcement information available 
to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) on a 
cyclic basis via input to the Air Facility System (AFS). The 
information provided to EPA includes compliance activities and 
determinations, and enforcement activities. EPA uses this information 
to assess progress toward meeting emission requirements developed under 
the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) to protect and 
maintain the atmospheric environment and the public health. The EPA and 
many of the state and local agencies access the data in AFS to assist 
them in the management of their air pollution control programs. This 
renewal information collection request (ICR) affects oversight of 
approximately 39,005 stationary sources by 99 state and local agencies 
and the Federal EPA. On average, the burden imposed by this collection 
amounts to approximately one-tenth of a full-time equivalent employee 
for each small state and local agency, one-fourth of a full-time 
equivalent employee for each medium sized state and local agency and 
one and one-tenth of a full-time equivalent employee for each large 
sized state and local agency for national reporting of compliance and 
enforcement related data under all of the applicable Clean Air Act 
programs.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 92 
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: State and Local Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 99.
    Frequency of Response: Every 60 days.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 54,384.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,843,187 in labor costs. There are 
no capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 18,689 hours in 
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to a continuing decrease in 
the number of major sources in the reportable universe and a reported 
decrease of time and resources available for use in data management by 
small and medium sized agencies.

    Dated: June 28, 2011.
Joseph A. Sierra,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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