[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 225 (Thursday, November 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64317-64318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25230]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-R08-OAR-2012-0479; FRL-10000-11-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Federal Implementation Plan for Oil and 
Natural Gas Well Production Facilities, Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Federal Implementation Plan for 
Oil and Natural Gas Well Production Facilities, Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota (EPA 
ICR Number 2478.03, OMB Control Number 2008-0001) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through January 31, 2020. Public comments 
were previously requested via the Federal Register on June 5, 2019 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 23, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-R08-
OAR-2012-0479, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: 
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email 
to [email protected]. Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 
for EPA.
    EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the 
public docket without change including any personal information 
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information 
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail Fallon, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Region 8, Air and Radiation Division, (Mail Code 
8ARD-PM), 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, Colorado 80202-1129; telephone 
number: (303) 312-6281; fax number: (303) 312-6064; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is (202) 566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR covers information collection requirements in 
the final Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for Oil and Natural Gas 
Well Production Facilities; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (Mandan, 
Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation), North Dakota (40 CFR part 49, subpart K, 
Sec. Sec.  [thinsp]49.4161 through 49.4168), herein referred to as the 
FBIR FIP. In general, owners or operators are required to: (1) Conduct 
certain monitoring; (2) keep specific records to be made available at 
the EPA's request; and (3) to prepare and submit an annual report (40 
CFR part 49, subpart K, Sec. Sec.  [thinsp]49.4166 through 49.4168). 
These records and reports are necessary for the EPA Administrator (or 
the tribal agency if delegated), for example, to: (1) confirm 
compliance status of stationary sources; (2) identify any stationary 
sources not subject to the requirements and identify stationary sources 
subject to the regulations; and (3) ensure that the stationary source 
control requirements are being achieved. All information submitted to 
us pursuant to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for which a 
claim of confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to the agency 
policies set forth in 40 CFR part 2, subpart B.

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    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Owners or operators of oil and 
natural gas facilities.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory (42 U.S.C. 7414).
    Estimated number of respondents: 7,326 (total).
    Frequency of response: On occasion, annually.
    Total estimated burden: 112,000 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
    Total estimated cost: $24,900,000 (per year), includes $20,850,000 
annualized capital and operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 67,539 hours in 
the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. The increase in total estimated respondent burden 
hours is due to the anticipated industry growth projected to occur over 
the next three-year period of this ICR.

 Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-25230 Filed 11-20-19; 8:45 am]
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