[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32313-32314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15211]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5225-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, 
please refer to EPA ICR #1755.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation

    Title: Implementation of XL Projects--Regulatory Reinvention Pilot 
Projects, EPA ICR #1755.02. This ICR requests amendment of a currently 
approved collection (OMB #2010-0026).
    Abstract: This information collection amends the previously 
approved collection (ICR #1755.01, OMB approval #2010-0026) to extend 
that proposed Project XL solicitation phase beyond the 9/30/95 approval 
period. In addition, this information collection covers the burden for 
implementation of XL projects from the point of project selection 
onward: development of the Final Project Agreement (FPA), project 
implementation, and evaluation.
    The Project XL Pilot Projects are a set of pilot projects to test 
performance-based environmental management systems as alternatives to 
command and control regulatory approaches. The XL Projects are divided 
into four categories: facility-based projects, industry- or sector-
based projects, community-based projects, and government agency-based 
projects. Under these projects, regulated entities will be given 
flexibility to depart from existing regulatory requirements in exchange 
for enforceable commitments to achieve environmental results that, on 
the [[Page 32314]] whole, go beyond what would have been achieved 
through full compliance with those regulations.
    The primary users of this information will be EPA and our partners 
in the state and tribal environmental agencies, as well as facilities, 
sectors, communities, and government agencies that are project 
participants. The information will be used to assist in the development 
of Final Project Agreements that meet the needs of EPA, the states, and 
the participating entities. The information will also be used to gauge 
our success at implementing the XL projects, and the success of the 
projects themselves at demonstrating the usefulness of a performance-
based approach. The information will allow EPA to better assure 
environmental performance and project feasibility, and may provide 
communities with greater opportunities to participate in environmental 
protection at the local level.
    Burden Statement: Annual public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 232,000 hours for all 
respondents, including time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the needed data, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information. This burden 
includes 105,000 hours for the application phase, 38,300 hours for the 
Final Project Agreements, 160 hours for tracking, and 88,000 hours for 
determining environmental performance. There is no recordkeeping 
burden.
    Respondents: Any one of the entities regulated by EPA, as organized 
by individual facility, sector (group of facilities), community 
(facilities within a defined place and represented with local 
government), or government agency facilities.
    Estimated No. of Respondents: 60.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 232,000 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Varies, one-time Final Project Agreements, 
quarterly tracking reports, and a verification of final environmental 
performance.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
this information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, (please refer to EPA ICR# 1755.02, and OMB #2010-0026) to:

Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #1755.02, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Regulatory Information Division (Mail Code: 2136), 401 M Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20460

      and

Timothy Hunt, OMB #2010-0026, Office of Management and Budget, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20530

    Dated: June 15, 1995.
Rick Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-15211 Filed 6-20-95; 8:45 am]
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