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able to respond to a collection of
information; to search data sources; to
complete and review the collection of
information; and to transmit or
otherwise disclose the information.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Bulk
gasoline terminals with affected
facilities including loading arms,
pumps, meters, shutoff valves, relief
valves, and other piping.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
40.
Frequency of Response: Initially and
on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
3,168 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Costs:
$1,062,809, which includes $0
annualized Capital expense/Startup
costs, $0 annual Operation and
Maintenance costs, and $1,062,809
Respondent Labor costs per year.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 1,748 hours in the total
estimated industry burden currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens.
This increase in labor burden is due
to a correction of the frequency of
recording leak detection inspection data
from one occurrence per year to
monthly occurrences as required by the
rule and the inclusion of labor hours for
the management and clerical employees.
The total industry cost also increased
from $631,983 to $1,062,809 as a result
of these changes and the use of an
updated technical labor rate.
Dated: November 17, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Reporting Requirements
Under EPA’s Voluntary Aluminum
Industrial Partnership (VAIP)
(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1867.03,
OMB Control Number 2060–0411
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
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review and approval. This is a request
to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on December 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 December 28,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2003–0034, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (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, 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:
Sally Rand, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, 6207J, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, 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
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On August 25, 2005 (70 FR 49920), 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–
2003–0034, 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 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
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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: Reporting Requirements Under
EPA’s Voluntary Aluminum Industrial
Partnership (VAIP) (Renewal).
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 perfluorocarbon
(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 warming 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
use to estimate emissions. The
information contained in the annual
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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.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 98 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:
Primary Production of Aluminum.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
689.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$51,478, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M
costs, and $51,478 annual labor costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 105 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This increase is due to
additional incremental effort to collect
and report annual direct carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions data in addition to
perfluorocarbon (PFC) data. Direct CO2
emissions result from the consumption
of the carbon anode during the
production of primary aluminum.
Dated: November 16, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Science Advisory Board Staff Office;
Notification of a Science Advisory
Board Workshop: Science for
Valuation of EPA’s Ecological
Protection Decisions and Programs
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory
Board (SAB) is conducting a workshop
on Science for Valuation of EPA’s
Ecological Protection Decisions and
Programs. The Workshop is open to
public observers, however, seating for
the public is limited and available on a
first-come basis to those who preregister (see Workshop Registration
Instructions, below).
DATES: The SAB Workshop will be held
on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, from 9
a.m. until 6 p.m., and from 8:30 a.m.
until 12 p.m. on Wednesday, December
14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The SAB Workshop will be
held at the Ronald Reagan Building,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
member of the public wishing further
information concerning this workshop
should contact Ms. Marie Gernes, EPA
Science Advisory Board Staff Office
(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
(202) 343–9975; Fax (202) 233–0643; or
via e-mail at gernes.marie@epa.gov.
General information about the EPA
Science Advisory Board may be found
on the SAB Web site (https://
www.epa.gov/sab).
Workshop Registration Instructions:
Members of the public wishing to
observe the Workshop must pre-register
no later than 12 noon Eastern Time on
Monday, December 5, 2005. Please preregister via e-mail or fax to Ms. Marie
Gernes (see above information),
providing your name, title, organization,
mailing address, phone and e-mail.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB
was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to
provide independent scientific and
technical advice, consultation, and
recommendations to the EPA
Administrator on the technical basis for
Agency positions and regulations. The
SAB Committee on Valuing the
Protection of Ecological Systems and
Services (C–VPESS) is undertaking a
study to assess the current state of
science in this area. The SAB is
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convening this workshop to learn about
recent developments in ecological
valuation methods and better
understand the potential applications
and implications of these methods for
valuation programs at EPA. The
Workshop participants will include
advisory members of the SAB, the Clean
Air Scientific Advisory Committee
(CASAC), the Advisory Council on
Clean Air Compliance Analysis
(Council), their committees, and invited
EPA and outside experts in valuation of
ecological services.
A draft Workshop agenda is posted on
the SAB Web site under ‘‘Recent
Additions’’ (https://www.epa.gov/sab/
whatsnew.htm). An updated agenda will
be posted prior to the Workshop.
Workshop Proceedings will be made
available at a date to be announced on
the SAB Web site.
Accessibility: For information on
access or services for individuals with
disabilities, please contact Ms. Marie
Gernes at 202–343–9975 or
gernes.marie@epa.gov. To request
accommodation of a disability, please
contact Ms. Gernes, preferably at least
ten days prior to the workshop, to give
EPA as much time as possible to process
your request.
Dated: November 18, 2005.
Vanessa Vu,
Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff
Office.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Submission for
OMB Review; Final Comment Request
Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
ACTION: Final notice of submission for
OMB review.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission gives notice that it has
submitted the information collection
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before
December 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice
must be submitted to Carolyn Lovett,
Policy Analyst, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725 17th
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2003-0034; FRL-8002-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Reporting Requirements Under
EPA's Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP) (Renewal), EPA
ICR Number 1867.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0411
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 December 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 December 28,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2003-
0034, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
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, 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: Sally Rand, Office of Atmospheric
Programs, 6207J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Avenue, 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 submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On August 25, 2005 (70 FR 49920), 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-2003-0034, 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 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: Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Voluntary Aluminum
Industrial Partnership (VAIP) (Renewal).
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 perfluorocarbon (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 warming 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 use to estimate emissions. The information contained in the
annual
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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.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 98
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: Primary Production of Aluminum.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 689.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $51,478, which includes $0 annualized
capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M costs, and $51,478 annual labor
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 105 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is due to additional incremental
effort to collect and report annual direct carbon dioxide
(CO2) emissions data in addition to perfluorocarbon (PFC)
data. Direct CO2 emissions result from the consumption of
the carbon anode during the production of primary aluminum.
Dated: November 16, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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