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Dated: May 18, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05–10476 Filed 5–25–05; 8:45 am]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OAR–2003–0017; FRL–7918–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: Request for Applications for
Critical Use Exemption From the
Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2031.02,
OMB Control Number 2060–0482
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on May 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2003–0017 (our preferred method), by
email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: Environmental Protection
Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Air and Radiation Docket and
Information Center, MC 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marta Montoro, Office of Air and
Radiation, Stratospheric Protection
Division (6205J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343–9321; fax
number: (202) 343–2338; email address:
montoro.marta@epa.gov.
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EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On February 11, 2005, (70 FR 7254),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received one comment and has
addressed it below.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–
2003–0017, which is available for public
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
and Information Center in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information
Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
confidential business information (CBI),
or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: Request for Applications for
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Critical Use Exemption from the
Phaseout of Methyl Bromide (Renewal).
Abstract: With this Information
Collection Request (ICR), EPA’s Office
of Air and Radiation (OAR) and Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxic
Substances (OPPTS), are continuing the
existing request for critical use
exemption applications for methyl
bromide, under the Clean Air Act (CAA)
and in accordance with U.S. obligations
under the Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer (Protocol). This information is
collected so that the U.S. government
can submit a technically valid and
robust methyl bromide critical use
exemption Nomination to the Ozone
Secretariat of the United Nations
Environment Programme on an annual
basis. Since 2002, this information has
primarily been collected through
agricultural consortia, and also through
individuals who have submitted
applications to EPA. If an applicant
indicates that the application contains
Confidential Business Information (CBI),
that information will be treated as such
by EPA. Responses to the collection of
information are required for users to
obtain a critical use exemption benefit.
EPA may consider a different format for
the application in conjunction with this
Information Collection Request
Renewal, in order to reduce Agency
burden during the compilation of the
annual Nomination.
EPA received one comment on the
Notice published on February 11, 2005
(70 FR 7254) requesting the Agency to
not exempt any methyl bromide for
critical uses and opposing use of methyl
bromide. The CAA allows the Agency to
create an exemption for critical uses to
the extent consistent with the Protocol.
The Protocol authorizes exemptions to
the extent decided by the Parties.
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 in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 50 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
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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: 100.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
100.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
5,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$199,300, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M
costs, and $199,300 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 92,605 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is due to
adjustments to the estimates based on
changed labor rates and the change in
the number of respondents over the last
three years.
Dated: May 18, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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[OW–2004–0031; FRL–7918–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; NPDES and Sewage Sludge
Monitoring Reports (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 0229.16, OMB Control
Number 2040–0004
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that an Information Collection Request
(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on May 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
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Additional comments may be
submitted on or before June 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OW–
2004–0031, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail
Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB),
Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kawana Cohen, Office of Wastewater
Management, 4203M, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–564–2435; fax
number: 202–564–6384; e-mail address:
cohen.kawana@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On November 23, 2004 (69 FR 68142)
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d) and
received one comment. The comment
was not related to the burden hours
reported in this ICR.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OW–
2004–0031, which is available for public
viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Water
Docket is (202) 566–2426. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’
then key in the docket ID number
identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
DATES:
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comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NPDES and Sewage Sludge
Monitoring Reports (Renewal).
Abstract: This ICR estimates the
current monitoring, recordkeeping and
costs associated with submitting and
reviewing Discharge Monitoring Reports
(DMRs), sewage sludge monitoring
reports, and other monitoring reports
under the Environmental Protection
Agency’s (EPA) NPDES program. The
NPDES program regulations, codified at
40 CFR parts 122 through 125, require
permitted municipal and non-municipal
point source dischargers to collect,
analyze, and submit data on their
wastewater discharges. Under these
regulations, the permittee is required to
collect and analyze wastewater samples
and perform other types of discharge
monitoring and report the results to the
permitting authority (EPA or an
authorized NPDES State). Sample
monitoring, analysis, and reporting
frequencies vary by permit, but for the
most part, must be performed at least
annually for all permitted discharges.
Upon renewal of this ICR, the
permitting authority will continue to
require NPDES and sewage sludge
facilities to report pollutant discharge
monitoring data. The permitting
authority will use the data from these
forms to assess permittee compliance,
modify/add new permit requirements,
and revise effluent guidelines. The
monitoring data required of NPDES and
sewage sludge facilities represents the
minimum information necessary to
achieve the Agency’s goal and satisfy
regulatory standards.
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 in 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0017; FRL-7918-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Protection of Stratospheric
Ozone: Request for Applications for Critical Use Exemption From the
Phaseout of Methyl Bromide (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2031.02, OMB
Control Number 2060-0482
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 an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2005.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 27, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0017 (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
Air and Radiation Docket and Information Center, MC 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marta Montoro, Office of Air and
Radiation, Stratospheric Protection Division (6205J), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9321; fax number: (202) 343-2338; email
address: montoro.marta@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 11, 2005, (70 FR 7254), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment and has
addressed it below.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OAR-2003-0017, which is available for public viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket and Information Center in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/
DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the
telephone number for the Air and Radiation Docket and Information
Center is (202) 566-1742. An electronic version of the public docket is
available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments, access the index listing
of the contents of the public docket, and to access those documents in
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified
above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, confidential business
information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The entire
printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available
in the public docket. Although identified as an item in the official
docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in the official public docket,
and will not be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further
information about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register
notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002),
or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Request for Applications
for Critical Use Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
(Renewal).
Abstract: With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA's
Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) and Office of Pollution Prevention
and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), are continuing the existing request for
critical use exemption applications for methyl bromide, under the Clean
Air Act (CAA) and in accordance with U.S. obligations under the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(Protocol). This information is collected so that the U.S. government
can submit a technically valid and robust methyl bromide critical use
exemption Nomination to the Ozone Secretariat of the United Nations
Environment Programme on an annual basis. Since 2002, this information
has primarily been collected through agricultural consortia, and also
through individuals who have submitted applications to EPA. If an
applicant indicates that the application contains Confidential Business
Information (CBI), that information will be treated as such by EPA.
Responses to the collection of information are required for users to
obtain a critical use exemption benefit. EPA may consider a different
format for the application in conjunction with this Information
Collection Request Renewal, in order to reduce Agency burden during the
compilation of the annual Nomination.
EPA received one comment on the Notice published on February 11,
2005 (70 FR 7254) requesting the Agency to not exempt any methyl
bromide for critical uses and opposing use of methyl bromide. The CAA
allows the Agency to create an exemption for critical uses to the
extent consistent with the Protocol. The Protocol authorizes exemptions
to the extent decided by the Parties.
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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 50
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
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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: 100.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5,000.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $199,300, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $199,300 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 92,605 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is due to adjustments to the
estimates based on changed labor rates and the change in the number of
respondents over the last three years.
Dated: May 18, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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