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[OAR–2003–0034, FRL–7958–6]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Reporting
Requirements Under EPA’s Voluntary
Aluminum Industrial Partnership
(VAIP), EPA ICR Number 1867.03, OMB
Control Number 2060–0411
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is
a request to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on 12/30/05. Before submitting
the ICR to OMB for review and
approval, EPA is soliciting comments on
specific aspects of the proposed
information collection as described
below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 24, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2003–0034, to EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation Docket, 6102T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sally Rand, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, 6207J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–343–9739; fax
number: 202–343–2208; e-mail address:
rand.sally#epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR
under Docket ID number OAR–2003–
0034, which is available for public
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
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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 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
obtain a copy of the draft collection of
information, 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, ‘‘search,’’ then key
in the docket ID number identified
above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA within 60
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, 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.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are those engaged
in primary aluminum production.
Title: Reporting Requirements under
the Voluntary Aluminum Industrial
Partnership (VAIP).
Abstract: EPA’s Voluntary Aluminum
Industrial Partnership (VAIP) was
initiated in 1995 and is an important
voluntary program contributing to the
overall reduction in emissions of
greenhouse gases. This program focuses
on reducing direct greenhouse gas
emissions including perfluocorcarbon
(PFC) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from the production of
primary aluminum. Seven of the eight
U.S. producers of primary aluminum
participate in this program. PFCs are
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very potent greenhouse gases with
global warning potentials several
thousand times that of carbon dioxide
and they persist in the atmosphere for
thousands of years. CO2 is emitted from
consumption of the carbon anode. EPA
has developed this ICR to renew
authorization to collect information
from companies in the VAIP.
Participants voluntarily agree to the
following: designating a VAIP liaison;
undertaking technically feasible and
cost-effective actions to reduce PFC and
direct CO2 emissions; and reporting to
EPA, on an annual basis, the PFC and
CO2 emissions or production parameters
used to estimate emissions. The
information contained in the annual
reports of VAIP members is used by
EPA to assess the success of the program
in achieving its goals. The information
contained in the annual reports may be
considered confidential business
information and is maintained as such.
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.
The EPA would like to solicit
comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The VAIP is a
continuing program and, as such, the
burden for collecting relevant
information has not changed
significantly overtime as data collection
processes have remained the same and
no new one-time cost activities are
expected that would impact all
respondents. VAIP participants sign a
voluntary Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) which assigns
responsibilities to EPA and participating
companies. The MOU has been signed
each of the seven participating
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companies and not expected to be
revised or renewed. The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 98.5 hours per
response. The projected hour burden for
this collection of information is as
follows:
Average Annual Reporting Burden: 82
hours.
Average Annual RecordKeeping
Burden: 0 hours.
Average Burden Hours/Response: 82
hours for the annual tracking report; and
16.5 hours associated with additional
activities such as partnership meetings.
Frequency of response=one per
respondent per year. Estimated number
of respondents per year=7. Cost burden
to respondents ($7,354 per respondent).
Estimated Total Annualized Cost
Burden: $51,478.
Total Labor Costs: $51,478.
Total Capital and Start-up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Operation and
Maintenance Costs: $0.
Purchase of Services Costs: $0.
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 and collection of
information; and transmit or otherwise
disclose the information.
Dated: August 16, 2005.
Francisco de la Chesnaye,
Acting Director, Climate Protection Division.
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Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Assessment of
Indoor Air Quality Outreach Products
and Services, EPA ICR Number
2190.01; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency published a notice in the
Federal Register of July 16, 2005,
concerning a request for comments on
an information collection request
regarding the assessment of indoor air
quality outreach products and services.
The document contained an incorrect
date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
M Hall, 202–343–9453.
Correction
In the Federal Register of July 16,
2005, in FR Doc. 05–16221, on page
48130, in the first column, correct the
DATE caption to read:
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 15, 2005.
Dated: July 18, 2005.
Thomas E. Kelly,
Director, Indoor Environments Division,
Environmental Protection Agency.
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Notice of a Public Meeting on
Designated Uses and Use Attainability
Analyses
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is holding a public
meeting to discuss designated uses and
use attainability analyses. The meeting
is co-sponsored with the Water
Environment Federation (WEF). The
primary goals of the meeting are to help
educate the public on current water
quality standards regulations, guidance
and practices related to designated uses
and use attainability analyses, and to
provide a forum for the public to join in
discussions, ask questions, and provide
feedback.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, September 20, 2005, from
12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The meeting will
continue on Wednesday, September 21,
2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. All times
are Eastern Daylight Time.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Westin Peachtree Plaza, 210
Peachtree Street NW., Atlanta GA
30303, across the street from the
Peachtree Center MARTA station. The
telephone number for the hotel is (404)
659–1400. A block of rooms has been
reserved. When making room
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reservations, please reference the group
name ‘‘EPA Multi-Stakeholders
Meeting’’. The cutoff date for the
reserved block of rooms is Friday,
August 26th.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Patricia Harrigan, Standards and Health
Protection Division, MC 4305T,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; Telephone number: (202)
566–1666; Fax number: (202) 566–1054;
e-mail address:
harrigan.patricia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this public meeting is to help
educate the public on current water
quality standards regulations, guidance
and practices related to designated uses
and use attainability analyses, and to
provide a forum for the public to join in
discussions, ask questions, and provide
feedback. EPA also welcomes written
remarks received by September 21,
2005, which can be sent to Ms. Harrigan
by e-mail or by mail at the address listed
in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
Additional Meetings
EPA anticipates announcing and
holding two additional public meetings
on these subjects in 2006. One meeting
will likely be held in the midwestern
U.S., and the other will likely be held
in the western U.S.
Special Accommodations
Any person needing special
accommodations at this meeting,
including wheelchair access, should
contact Ms. Harrigan at the phone
number or e-mail address listed in the
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section. Requests for special
accommodations should be made at
least five business days in advance of
the public meeting.
Dated: August 12, 2005.
Ephraim King,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0034, FRL-7958-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Voluntary Aluminum
Industrial Partnership (VAIP), EPA ICR Number 1867.03, OMB Control
Number 2060-0411
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 12/30/05.
Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 24, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0034, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to
a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Rand, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, 6207J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9739; fax
number: 202-343-2208; e-mail address: rand.sally#epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OAR-2003-0034, which is available for public
viewing at the Air and Radiation 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 Air and Radiation Docket 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 obtain
a copy of the draft collection of information, 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, ``search,'' then key in
the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within
60 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, 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.
Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
those engaged in primary aluminum production.
Title: Reporting Requirements under the Voluntary Aluminum
Industrial Partnership (VAIP).
Abstract: EPA's Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP)
was initiated in 1995 and is an important voluntary program
contributing to the overall reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases.
This program focuses on reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions
including perfluocorcarbon (PFC) and carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions from the production of primary aluminum. Seven of the eight
U.S. producers of primary aluminum participate in this program. PFCs
are very potent greenhouse gases with global warning potentials several
thousand times that of carbon dioxide and they persist in the
atmosphere for thousands of years. CO2 is emitted from
consumption of the carbon anode. EPA has developed this ICR to renew
authorization to collect information from companies in the VAIP.
Participants voluntarily agree to the following: designating a VAIP
liaison; undertaking technically feasible and cost-effective actions to
reduce PFC and direct CO2 emissions; and reporting to EPA,
on an annual basis, the PFC and CO2 emissions or production
parameters used to estimate emissions. The information contained in the
annual reports of VAIP members is used by EPA to assess the success of
the program in achieving its goals. The information contained in the
annual reports may be considered confidential business information and
is maintained as such. 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.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The VAIP is a continuing program and, as such,
the burden for collecting relevant information has not changed
significantly overtime as data collection processes have remained the
same and no new one-time cost activities are expected that would impact
all respondents. VAIP participants sign a voluntary Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) which assigns responsibilities to EPA and
participating companies. The MOU has been signed each of the seven
participating
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companies and not expected to be revised or renewed. The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 98.5 hours per response. The projected hour
burden for this collection of information is as follows:
Average Annual Reporting Burden: 82 hours.
Average Annual RecordKeeping Burden: 0 hours.
Average Burden Hours/Response: 82 hours for the annual tracking
report; and 16.5 hours associated with additional activities such as
partnership meetings. Frequency of response=one per respondent per
year. Estimated number of respondents per year=7. Cost burden to
respondents ($7,354 per respondent).
Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $51,478.
Total Labor Costs: $51,478.
Total Capital and Start-up Costs: $0.
Estimated Total Operation and Maintenance Costs: $0.
Purchase of Services Costs: $0.
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 and collection of information;
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
Dated: August 16, 2005.
Francisco de la Chesnaye,
Acting Director, Climate Protection Division.
[FR Doc. 05-16935 Filed 8-24-05; 8:45 am]
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