Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 7, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information, or for a copy of this ICR, contact Sandy

Farmer at (202) 260-2740, please refer to EPA ICR #1587.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

Title: Clean Air Act, Title V--Operating Permits Regulations--

Information Requirements, (EPA ICR #1587.03; OMB #2060-0234).

Abstract: This ICR is for an extension of an existing information

collection in support of the Clean Air Act, as described in 40 CFR Part

70 establishing the minimum elements governing the development of State

operating permit programs. Under this ICR, state and local government

permitting authorities and stationary sources of air pollution will

incur costs and burden.

Permitting authorities have been working on their Title V programs

since the promulgation of the original ICR on 7/1/92. EPA is currently

reviewing Title V programs submitted by State and local agencies. State

and local authorities must provide EPA with the following: (1) Title V

permit program; (2) permit applications and proposed permits; and (3)

upon occurrence, applications for permit revisions and proposed

revisions.

Under this ICR owners and operators of affected sources must

provide the State or local permitting authority with: (1) An operating

permit application every 5 years; (2) semi-annual submission of

monitoring or recordkeeping data; (3) annual certification of

compliance; and (4) upon occurrence, applications for permit revisions.

Sources must maintain all records that are representative of compliance

with the Title V program.

Burden Statement: Total annual public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to be 648,293 hours, for an

average of 5,788 hours per respondent, including time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering the data

needed, completing the collection of information and maintaining

records.

Respondents: State and local governments and stationary sources.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 648,293 hours.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 112.

Frequency of Collection: Semi-annually, annually, upon occurrence

and every 5 years.

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

this information collection, including suggestions for reducing the

burden, (please refer to EPA ICR #1587.03 and #2060-0243) to:

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Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #1587.03, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Information Policy Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460.

and

Chris Wolz, OMB #2060-0243, Office of Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulation Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington,

D.C. 20503.

Dated: June 30, 1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 95-16558 Filed 7-5-95; 8:45 am]

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