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

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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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 (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. 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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