98-6877. Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Clean Air Act Tribal Authority

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13044-13045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6877]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5979-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Clean Air Act Tribal Authority

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Clean Air Act Tribal 
Authority (OMB Control No. 2060-0306), expiring 03/31/98. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data 
collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone 
at [phone], by email at [e-mail], or 
download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA 
ICR No. 1676.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Clean Air Act Tribal Authority (OMB Control No. 2060-0306; 
EPA ICR No. 1676.02.) expiring 03/31/98. This is a request for an 
extenstion of the currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This ICR requests clearance of EPA's review and approval 
process for determining Tribe eligibility to carry out the Clean Air 
Act (CAA). Tribes may choose to submit a CAA eligibility determination 
and a CAA program application to EPA at the same time for approval and 
EPA will review both submittals simultaneously. EPA will use this 
information to determine if a Tribe meets the statutory criteria under 
section 301(d) of the CAA and is qualified for purposes of implementing 
an Air Quality Program. Section 114 of the CAA is the authority for the 
collection of information.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on
10/29/97 (62 FR 56160); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 40 
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;

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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: Clean Air Act Tribal Authority.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 36.
    Frequency of Response: Once, at the time of application.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 480 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: 0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1676.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0306 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460

    and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503

    Dated: March 11, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-6877 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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