Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Source Compliance and State Action Reporting/ Compliance Reporting to the Aerometric Information and Retrieval System

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Source Compliance and State Action Reporting/

Compliance Reporting to the Aerometric Information and Retrieval System

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: Source Compliance and State

Action Reporting, EPA ICR Number 0107.06, OMB control number 2060-0096,

current expiration date 10/31/98. 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 November 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)

260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download off the

Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. #0107.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Source Compliance and State Action Reporting, EPA ICR Number

0107.06, OMB control number 2060-0096, current expiration date 10/31/

98. This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Source Compliance and State Action reporting is an

activity whereby State, District, Commonwealth and territorial

(hereafter referred to as State) governments make air compliance

information available to EPA on a quarterly basis via input to the

Aerometric Information and Retrieval System (AIRS). The information

provided to EPA includes compliance determinations and compliance

activities. EPA uses this information to assess progress toward meeting

emission requirements developed under the authority of the Clean Air

Act to protect and maintain the atmospheric environment and the public

health. The compliance information in AIRS is used by many States and

by all ten EPA Regional offices on a frequent basis for managing

activities of their air pollution control programs. This collection

activity is authorized and required in the following subsections of

regulations implementing the Clean Air Act under ``Subpart Q--Reports''

in 40 CFR part 51; Secs. 51.323(c)(1), 51.324 (a) and (b), and 51.327.

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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on 5/21/98 (63

FR 27951); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 169

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; 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 Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.

Frequency of Response: 4 times/yr.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 35,884 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. 0107.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0096 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of

Policy, 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: October 1, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 98-27030 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]

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