[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51103-51104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25880]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5900-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Annual Updates of Emission Data to the
Aerometric Information System (AIRS)
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 notice announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Annual Updates of Emission
Data to the Aerometric Information System (AIRS), OMB Control Number
2060-0088, which expires October 31, 1997. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its expected burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 30, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0916.08.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual Updates of Emission Data to the Aerometric
Information System (AIRS) (OMB Control Number 2060-0088; EPA ICR No.
0916.08) expiring 10/31/97. This is a request for extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The general authority for the collection of emission
information derives from 40 CFR 51.321, 51.322, and 51.323. The
respondents (States and Territories) are required to annually update
information on stationary sources emitting at least prescribed
threshold amounts of pollutants regulated by NAAQS. For all
respondents, activities include the resolution of errors and anomalies
identified through EPA edits. Over a three year period all of the
respondents will also be involved in reconciling emission and
compliance data stored in EPA's Aerometric Information Retrieval System
(AIRS). Approximately one-third of the respondents will be involved in
this reconciliation during any one year. The EPA's Office of Air
Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS) uses the annual emission reports
to update the national database of emissions from stationary sources
that it has maintained since 1974. The data are used in developing
emission standards, applying dispersion models, and in preparing
national trend assessments and other special analyses and reports.
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 3/7/96 (61
FR 9160 ); no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 212
hours per respondent. 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; 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: States and Territories.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 54.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11,448 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $29,580.
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. 0916.08 and OMB Control No. 2060-0088 in any
correspondence.
Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
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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: September 24, 1997.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-25880 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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