[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 134 (Thursday, July 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36138-36139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17209]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5258-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities Up For Renewal
AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request
(ICR)
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listed below is coming up for renewal. Before submitting the renewal
package to the Office of Management and Budget, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the collection as described.
DATES: EPA requests comments by no later than September 11, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Call the Acid Rain Hotline (202/233-9620), or
Kenon Smith (202/233-9164). Send written comments (in duplicate)
regarding these burden estimates or any other aspect of this
information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden,
to Kenon Smith, 401 M Street, SW., 6204J, Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Acid Rain Program ICR; OMB Control
Numbers: 2060-0258 and 2060-0221.
Abstract: The Acid Rain Program was established under Title IV of
the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. 40 CFR part 72 et seq. The program
calls for major reductions of the pollutants that cause acid rain while
establishing a new approach to environmental management.
Emissions monitoring and reporting is the foundation upon which the
allowance trading system is based. Without accurate monitoring,
recordkeeping, and reporting of emissions, the integrity and efficiency
of the allowance system would be undermined. There would be no
assurance that emissions had been reduced and economic benefits of a
market-based system could not be realized.
The total public reporting burden for the regulations implementing
the ARP was estimated in the Agency's initial ICR (2060-0221 and 2060-
0258) at 1,880,959 hours distributed over approximately 2007
respondents affected by this rule. In order to obtain a permit, the
public reporting burden to develop a permit application and compliance
plan including certification of a designated representative is
estimated at 370 hours per application. For tracking and transferring
allowances, the public reporting burden to complete and submit an
allowance tracking system general account application (if necessary)
and an allowance transfer form is estimated to average 30 hours and 2
hours, respectively. The burden for assembling and submitting an
application to obtain allowances from the conservation and renewable
energy reserve is estimated to average 80 hours per application. To
meet the emissions monitoring requirements, the public reporting burden
is estimated to average 40 hours per report per plant for preparing and
submitting quarterly emissions data reports, and 20 hours per plant for
submitting a one-time monitoring plan. A burden on the voluntary small
diesel refineries program is estimated to be 270 hours for the entire
industry. The opt-in program carries an estimated reporting burden
averaging 80 hours per response and an annual recordkeeping burden
averaging 2 hours per respondent. Finally, for auctions and direct
sales, the estimated burden for submitting a bid or application is
approximately 5 hours. All these burden estimates include time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the necessary data, and completing the collection of
information.
In addition to the above requirements, affected sources must meet
the annual compliance certification requirements; the public burden for
this annual year-end reporting is estimated at 8,416 hours, which
includes the submission of detailed information on plant operations,
such as utilization data and dispatch system information. These
estimates for compliance reporting are not included in the above total
burden estimates which are already in the existing ICR.
The information collection requirements and detailed information on
the burden estimates contained in the ICR document (Jan. 11, 1993) are
available for viewing at Air Docket No. A-91-43. The EPA would like to
elicit comments to:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Dated: June 28, 1995.
Janice Wagner,
Acting Director, Acid Rain Division.
[FR Doc. 95-17209 Filed 7-12-95; 8:45 am]
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