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paying filing fees pursuant to 18 CFR
381.108.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
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become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
serve motions to intervene or protests
on persons other than the Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
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20426.
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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on July 18, 2011.
Dated: June 17, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL11–42–000]
Astoria Generating Company, L.P.,
NRG Power Marketing LLC, Arthur Kill
Power LLC, Astoria Gas Turbine Power
LLC, Dunkirk Power LLC, Huntley
Power LLC, Oswego Harbor Power
LLC, TC Ravenswood, LLC, v. New
York Independent System Operator,
Inc.
Notice of Revised Comment Dates
On June 3, 2011, Astoria Generating
Company, NRG Power Marketing LLC,
Arthur Kill Power LLC, Astoria Gas
Turbine Power LLC, Dunkirk Power
LLC, Huntley Power LLC, Oswego
Harbor Power LLC and TC Ravenswood,
LLC (Complainants) filed a complaint
against the New York Independent
System Operator (NYISO) in the
captioned docket (Complaint). Notice of
the Complaint was issued June 7, 2011,
providing for a Comment Date of June
23, 2011, for that filing. On June 15,
2011, Complainants filed an amendment
to the Complaint and a request for a
shortened comment period to and
including June 23, 2011, in the
captioned docket (Amended
Complaint). On June 16, 2011, NYISO
filed a preliminary answer to the
Complaint proposing June 30, 2011, as
the Comment Date applicable to both
the Complaint and the Amended
Complaint, stating that Counsel for the
Complainants supports the June 30,
2011 date. NYISO also states that
Counsel for Consolidated Edison
Company of New York, Inc. has no
objection to the Comment Date of June
30, 2011 for both filings. Notice of the
Amended Complaint was issued June
17, 2011, providing for a Comment Date
of July 5, 2011, for that filing.
Upon consideration of NYISO’s
request for a revised Comment Date in
its June 16, 2011 preliminary answer,
notice is hereby given that the Comment
Dates applicable to the Complaint and
the Amended Complaint are revised to
June 30, 2011.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest the Complaint and Amended
Complaint filing must file in accordance
with Rules 211 and 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
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intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the Comment Date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 14 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426.
These filings are accessible on-line at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive e-mail notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on June 30, 2011.
Dated: June 17, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0077; FRL–9323–5]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) Program (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that the following
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. The ICR, which is abstracted
below, describes the nature of the
information collection and its estimated
burden and cost.
SUMMARY:
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Additional comments may be
submitted on or before July 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2004–0077 to (1) EPA online
using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by
mail to: 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:
Melissa Fiffer, Stratospheric Protection
Division, Alternatives and Emissions
Reduction Branch, Mail Code 6205J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
343–9464; fax number: (202) 343–2362;
e-mail address: fiffer.melissa@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 January 31, 2011, 76 FR 5366, EPA
sought comments on this ICR pursuant
to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no
comments. Any additional comments on
this ICR should be submitted to EPA
and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–OAR–2004–0077, which is
available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington,
DC. The EPA/DC 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.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at https://
www.regulations.gov to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the public
docket that are available electronically.
Once in the system, select ‘‘docket
search,’’ then key in the docket ID
number identified above. Please note
that EPA’s policy is that public
comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
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them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
confidential business information (CBI),
or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. For
further information about the electronic
docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
Title: Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) Program (Renewal)
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1596.08,
OMB Control No. 2060–0226.
ICR status: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on June 30, 2011.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency
may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this
submission is pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR,
after appearing in the Federal Register
when approved, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9, and are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or
by other appropriate means, such as on
the related collection instrument or
form, if applicable. The display of OMB
control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR
part 9.
Abstract: Information collected under
this rulemaking is necessary to
implement the requirements of the
Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) program for evaluating and
regulating substitutes for ozonedepleting chemicals being phased out
under the stratospheric ozone protection
provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA)
and globally under the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer. Under CAA Section 612,
EPA is authorized to identify and
restrict the use of substitutes for class I
and class II ozone-depleting substances
where EPA determines other
alternatives exist that reduce overall risk
to human health and the environment.
The SNAP program, based on
information collected from the
manufacturers, formulators, and/or
sellers of such substitutes, identifies
acceptable substitutes. Responses to the
collection of information are mandatory
under Section 612 for anyone who sells
or, in certain cases, uses substitutes for
an ozone-depleting substance after April
18, 1994, the effective date of the final
rule. Measures to protect confidentiality
of information collected under the
SNAP program are based on EPA’s
confidentiality regulations (40 CFR
2.201 et seq., or Subpart B). Submitters
may designate all or portions of their
forms or petitions as confidential. EPA
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requires the submitters to substantiate
their claim of confidentiality. Under
CAA Section 114(c), emissions
information may not be claimed as
confidential.
To develop the lists of acceptable and
unacceptable substitutes, the Agency
must assess and compare ‘‘overall risks
to human health and the environment’’
posed by use of substitutes in the
context of particular applications. EPA
requires submission of information
covering a wide range of health and
environmental factors. These include
intrinsic properties such as physical and
chemical information, ozone depleting
potential, global warming potential,
toxicity, and flammability, and usespecific data such as substitute
applications, process description,
environmental release data, exposure
data during use of a substitute,
environmental fate and transport, and
cost information. Once a completed
submission has been received, a 90 day
review period under the SNAP program
will commence. Any substitute which is
a new chemical must also be submitted
to the Agency through a Premanufacture
Notice under the Toxic Substances
Control Act (TSCA). Alternatives that
will be used as sterilants must be filed
jointly with EPA’s Office of Pesticide
Programs and with SNAP.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 30 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 which have subsequently
changed; 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:
manufacturers, importers, formulators
and processors of substitutes for ozonedepleting substances.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
221.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
6,683.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$476,742, which includes $22,281
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 1,521 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This is due to changes in
EPA’s estimates of the burden hours and
number of respondents fulfilling
reporting and record-keeping
requirements.
The development of new substitutes
resulted in a greater number of persons
filing a SNAP Information Notice or
TSCA/SNAP Addendum to increase
slightly, but also resulted in fewer
respondents keeping records for
alternatives that are subject to use
conditions or narrowed use limits. In
addition, respondents filing a SNAP
Information Notice reported a decrease
in total annual burden of hours when
collecting data to complete the form and
when responding to requests for
additional information. This decrease
may be attributable to increased
respondent familiarity with EPA’s
forms, more examples in the public
record for respondents to research and
use in preparing responses, and general
increased availability of computer
software and information via the
Internet.
Dated: June 16, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; EPA’s WasteWise Program
(Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR,
which is abstracted below, 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 July 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
RCRA–2010–0832, to (1) EPA, either
online using https://www.regulations.gov
(our preferred method), or by email to
rcra-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB, by
mail to: 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:
Marian Robinson, Office of Resource &
Conservation Recovery, 5306P,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 703–308–
8666; fax number: 703–308–8686; email
address: robinson.marian@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 23, 2011 (76 FR 10022),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received no comments. Any additional
comments on this ICR should be
submitted to EPA and OMB within 30
days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No EPA–
HQ–RCRA–2010–0832, which is
available for online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC 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 RCRA Docket is (202)
566–0270.
Use EPA’s electronic docket and
comment system at
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view
public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and
to access those documents in the docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then
key in the docket ID number identified
above. Please note that EPA’s policy is
that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing at https://www.regulations.gov
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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. For further
information about the electronic docket,
go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: EPA’s WasteWise Program
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1698.09,
OMB Control No. 2050–0139.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on June 30, 2011. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while this submission is
pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after
appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9,
are displayed either by publication in
the Federal Register or by other
appropriate means, such as on the
related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control
numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: EPA’s voluntary WasteWise
program encourages businesses and
other organizations to reduce solid
waste through waste prevention,
recycling, and the purchase or
manufacture of recycled-content
products. WasteWise participants
include partners who commit to
implementing waste reduction activities
tailored to their specific needs, and
endorsers who promote WasteWise and
recruit organizations to join the
program.
WasteWise requires partners to
register for membership in the program.
Previously, WasteWise used paper
forms that we estimate took 40 hours for
partners and 10 hours for endorsers to
complete. In 2009, WasteWise
implemented a web-based data
management and reporting system for
the collection and reporting of data.
Under the new web-based system,
partners and endorsers enter their data
on-line.
The Partner Registration Form
identifies an organization and its
facilities registering to participate in
WasteWise, and requires the signature
of a senior official that can commit the
organization to the program. (This form
is completed on-line and is submitted
electronically.) Within two months of
registering, each partner is required to
submit baseline data on existing waste
reduction programs to EPA via an
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0077; FRL-9323-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) Program (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following
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. The ICR, which is
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection
and its estimated burden and cost.
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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before July 25, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2004-0077 to (1) EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail
to: 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: Melissa Fiffer, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Alternatives and Emissions Reduction Branch, Mail
Code 6205J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9464; fax
number: (202) 343-2362; e-mail address: fiffer.melissa@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 January 31, 2011, 76 FR 5366, EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0077, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air and Radiation
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at https://www.regulations.gov to submit or view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in
the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at https://www.regulations.gov 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. For
further information about the electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (Renewal)
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1596.08, OMB Control No. 2060-0226.
ICR status: This ICR is currently scheduled to expire on June 30,
2011. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while this submission is pending
at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register when approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, and are displayed
either by publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate
means, such as on the related collection instrument or form, if
applicable. The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA
regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: Information collected under this rulemaking is necessary
to implement the requirements of the Significant New Alternatives
Policy (SNAP) program for evaluating and regulating substitutes for
ozone-depleting chemicals being phased out under the stratospheric
ozone protection provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA) and globally
under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
Under CAA Section 612, EPA is authorized to identify and restrict the
use of substitutes for class I and class II ozone-depleting substances
where EPA determines other alternatives exist that reduce overall risk
to human health and the environment. The SNAP program, based on
information collected from the manufacturers, formulators, and/or
sellers of such substitutes, identifies acceptable substitutes.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory under Section
612 for anyone who sells or, in certain cases, uses substitutes for an
ozone-depleting substance after April 18, 1994, the effective date of
the final rule. Measures to protect confidentiality of information
collected under the SNAP program are based on EPA's confidentiality
regulations (40 CFR 2.201 et seq., or Subpart B). Submitters may
designate all or portions of their forms or petitions as confidential.
EPA requires the submitters to substantiate their claim of
confidentiality. Under CAA Section 114(c), emissions information may
not be claimed as confidential.
To develop the lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes,
the Agency must assess and compare ``overall risks to human health and
the environment'' posed by use of substitutes in the context of
particular applications. EPA requires submission of information
covering a wide range of health and environmental factors. These
include intrinsic properties such as physical and chemical information,
ozone depleting potential, global warming potential, toxicity, and
flammability, and use-specific data such as substitute applications,
process description, environmental release data, exposure data during
use of a substitute, environmental fate and transport, and cost
information. Once a completed submission has been received, a 90 day
review period under the SNAP program will commence. Any substitute
which is a new chemical must also be submitted to the Agency through a
Premanufacture Notice under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Alternatives that will be used as sterilants must be filed jointly with
EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs and with SNAP.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: manufacturers, importers,
formulators and processors of substitutes for ozone-depleting
substances.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 221.
Frequency of Response: Annual.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,683.
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Estimated Total Annual Cost: $476,742, which includes $22,281
annualized capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,521 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This is due to changes in EPA's estimates of the
burden hours and number of respondents fulfilling reporting and record-
keeping requirements.
The development of new substitutes resulted in a greater number of
persons filing a SNAP Information Notice or TSCA/SNAP Addendum to
increase slightly, but also resulted in fewer respondents keeping
records for alternatives that are subject to use conditions or narrowed
use limits. In addition, respondents filing a SNAP Information Notice
reported a decrease in total annual burden of hours when collecting
data to complete the form and when responding to requests for
additional information. This decrease may be attributable to increased
respondent familiarity with EPA's forms, more examples in the public
record for respondents to research and use in preparing responses, and
general increased availability of computer software and information via
the Internet.
Dated: June 16, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-15754 Filed 6-22-11; 8:45 am]
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