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None of this information is confidential;
thus confidentiality is not an issue.
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 652 hours per
response for POTWs and 86 hours per
response for States. 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:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are those municipalities that
currently have section 301(h) waivers
from secondary treatment, have applied
for a renewal of a section 301(h) waiver,
or those with a pending section 301(h)
waiver application, and the states
within which these municipalities are
located.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50.
Frequency of Response: The
frequency of response varies from one
time to once every five years, to case-bycase, depending on the category of
information.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
61,377 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$1,343,393, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 3,680 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This decrease is an adjustment
to the estimates because the universe of
POTWs in the 301(h) program and
subject to the 301(h) information has
decreased.
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Dated: September 24, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05–19839 Filed 10–3–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OAR–2004–0389; FRL–7979–2]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Servicing of Motor Vehicle
Air Conditioners, EPA ICR Number
1617.05, OMB Control Number 2060–
0247
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 September 30, 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 November 3,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2004–0389, to (1) 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, EPA
Air Docket, MC6102T, 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:
Nancy Smagin, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, MC 6205J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–343–9126; fax
number: 202–343–2338; e-mail address:
smagin.nancy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
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review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On April 11, 2005, (70 FR 18395), EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–
2004–0389, which is available for public
viewing at the EPA Air 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 EPA Air
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 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,
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: Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air
Conditioners.
Abstract: In 1992, EPA developed
regulations under section 609 of the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
(Act) for the recycling of
chlorofluorocarbons and their
substitutes in motor vehicle air
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conditioners (MVACs). These
regulations were published in 57 FR
31261 on July 14, 1992, and are codified
at 40 CFR part 82, subpart B (§ 82.30 et
seq.). The information required to be
collected under the section 609
regulations is described below. This
information is currently approved for
use through September 30, 2005.
The information required to be
collected includes the following:
submission of a program plan to EPA by
organizations who want to participate as
an EPA-technician certification
program, submission of an application
by independent laboratories that proves
their general capacity to certify
refrigerant recovery and/or recycling
equipment to meet the Society of
Automotive Engineers (SAE) standards
for recycled refrigerant, and for
equipment manufacturers or owners
wanting to grandfather their equipment,
the submission of an application,
supporting documents, flow sheets,
equipment components and other
information which would indicate that
the equipment is capable of recycling or
recovering the refrigerant to standards
set forth in Appendices A, B, C, D, E
and F to the regulations.
Motor vehicle air conditioning service
establishments are required by section
609 of the Act to certify that they have
purchased refrigerant recycling and/or
recovery equipment by January 1, 1992.
The Stratospheric Programs Division
(SPD) uses the certificates to confirm
compliance with section 609.
In order for technicians to service or
maintain MVACs, they must pass a
certification test as stipulated in section
609 of the Act. In the interest of
providing national harmony in
promoting technician awareness in the
proper handling of refrigerant, the
Agency is charged through section 609
with the establishment of minimum
national standards for technician
certification. The SPD uses the
information submitted by technician
certification programs to determine if
programs meet the standards established
by the Agency. In addition, the SPD
uses the information to insure that the
programs are at least as stringent as the
SAE J standards of the Society of
Automotive Engineers.
The information requested for all
entities that service MVACs is required
by section 609(d) of the Act with regard
to the following:
(1) Technician certification programs:
Proposed automotive technician
certification programs are required to be
approved by EPA in accordance with
section 609(b)(4);
(2) Business certification
requirements: Section 609(b)(2)(A)
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requires EPA approval of independent
laboratories that certify equipment for
the extraction and reclamation of
refrigerant from MVACs;
(3) Manufacturers’ certification of
recovery equipment: The submission of
data for EPA determination of
substantially identical equipment is
addressed by section 609(b)(2)(B)
(substantially identical equipment is
equipment certified before the proposal
of regulations under section 609 that is
substantially identical to equipment
currently meeting EPA’s standards);
(4) Recordkeeping requirements: The
recordkeeping requirements for the
motor vehicle recycling program are
derived from section 114 of the Act.
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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 0.11 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: New
and used motor vehicle dealers, gasoline
service stations, truck rental and leasing
without drivers, passenger car rental,
top, body, upholstery repair and paint
shops, general automotive repair shops
and automotive repair shops not
elsewhere classified.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
25,013.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
2,865.
Estimated Total Annual Capital and
O&M Costs: $0.
Changes in the Estimates: The
decrease in burden results from the fact
that the number of service facilities
entering the market and changing
ownership was overstated in the
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original ICR and was adjusted
downward in the last revision to this
ICR. In this revision to the ICR, we were
able to acknowledge significant cost
reductions in the public sector, because
the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ data on
salaries shows that our previous salary
assumptions were arbitrarily inflated. In
addition, a number of erroneous entries
and inconsistencies were detected in the
previous revision to the ICR. Correcting
those errors has resulted in significant
reductions in resultant burden.
Dated: September 24, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05–19840 Filed 10–3–05; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY
[OA–2005–0002; FRL–7978–8]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Regulatory Pilot Projects
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1755.07,
OMB Control Number 2010–0026
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
for a renewal of an existing approved
collection. This ICR was scheduled to
expire on September 30, 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 November 3,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OA–
2005–0002, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to OEI.docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Regulatory
Innovation Pilot Projects, MC 28221T,
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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2004-0389; FRL-7979-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air
Conditioners, EPA ICR Number 1617.05, OMB Control Number 2060-0247
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 September 30,
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 November 3,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2004-
0389, to (1) 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, EPA Air Docket, MC6102T, 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: Nancy Smagin, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, MC 6205J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-343-9126; fax
number: 202-343-2338; e-mail address: smagin.nancy@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 April 11, 2005, (70 FR 18395), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OAR-2004-0389, which is available for public viewing at the EPA Air
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 EPA Air 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 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, 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: Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners.
Abstract: In 1992, EPA developed regulations under section 609 of
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) for the recycling of
chlorofluorocarbons and their substitutes in motor vehicle air
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conditioners (MVACs). These regulations were published in 57 FR 31261
on July 14, 1992, and are codified at 40 CFR part 82, subpart B (Sec.
82.30 et seq.). The information required to be collected under the
section 609 regulations is described below. This information is
currently approved for use through September 30, 2005.
The information required to be collected includes the following:
submission of a program plan to EPA by organizations who want to
participate as an EPA-technician certification program, submission of
an application by independent laboratories that proves their general
capacity to certify refrigerant recovery and/or recycling equipment to
meet the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) standards for recycled
refrigerant, and for equipment manufacturers or owners wanting to
grandfather their equipment, the submission of an application,
supporting documents, flow sheets, equipment components and other
information which would indicate that the equipment is capable of
recycling or recovering the refrigerant to standards set forth in
Appendices A, B, C, D, E and F to the regulations.
Motor vehicle air conditioning service establishments are required
by section 609 of the Act to certify that they have purchased
refrigerant recycling and/or recovery equipment by January 1, 1992. The
Stratospheric Programs Division (SPD) uses the certificates to confirm
compliance with section 609.
In order for technicians to service or maintain MVACs, they must
pass a certification test as stipulated in section 609 of the Act. In
the interest of providing national harmony in promoting technician
awareness in the proper handling of refrigerant, the Agency is charged
through section 609 with the establishment of minimum national
standards for technician certification. The SPD uses the information
submitted by technician certification programs to determine if programs
meet the standards established by the Agency. In addition, the SPD uses
the information to insure that the programs are at least as stringent
as the SAE J standards of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
The information requested for all entities that service MVACs is
required by section 609(d) of the Act with regard to the following:
(1) Technician certification programs: Proposed automotive
technician certification programs are required to be approved by EPA in
accordance with section 609(b)(4);
(2) Business certification requirements: Section 609(b)(2)(A)
requires EPA approval of independent laboratories that certify
equipment for the extraction and reclamation of refrigerant from MVACs;
(3) Manufacturers' certification of recovery equipment: The
submission of data for EPA determination of substantially identical
equipment is addressed by section 609(b)(2)(B) (substantially identical
equipment is equipment certified before the proposal of regulations
under section 609 that is substantially identical to equipment
currently meeting EPA's standards);
(4) Recordkeeping requirements: The recordkeeping requirements for
the motor vehicle recycling program are derived from section 114 of the
Act.
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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.11
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: New and used motor vehicle dealers,
gasoline service stations, truck rental and leasing without drivers,
passenger car rental, top, body, upholstery repair and paint shops,
general automotive repair shops and automotive repair shops not
elsewhere classified.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 25,013.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,865.
Estimated Total Annual Capital and O&M Costs: $0.
Changes in the Estimates: The decrease in burden results from the
fact that the number of service facilities entering the market and
changing ownership was overstated in the original ICR and was adjusted
downward in the last revision to this ICR. In this revision to the ICR,
we were able to acknowledge significant cost reductions in the public
sector, because the Bureau of Labor Statistics' data on salaries shows
that our previous salary assumptions were arbitrarily inflated. In
addition, a number of erroneous entries and inconsistencies were
detected in the previous revision to the ICR. Correcting those errors
has resulted in significant reductions in resultant burden.
Dated: September 24, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-19840 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am]
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