[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57411-57412]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28538]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5648-1]


Agency information collection activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program 
Final Rulemaking Under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

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 notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Significant New 
Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program Final Rulemaking under Title VI of 
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, OMB Control No. 2060-0226, 
Expiration Date February 28, 1997. 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 January 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Docket A-91-42, Central 
Docket Section, South Conference Room 4, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20460. Interested persons may 
make a copy of the ICR without charge from the docket. The docket is 
open between 8 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays. The telephone number is 
(202) 260-7549, and the fax number is (202) 260-4400. To expedite 
review of comments, a second copy of the comments should be sent to 
Carol Weisner, Stratospheric Protection Division, Mail Code 6205J, EPA, 
401 M Street, Washington, DC 20460. Overnight mail should be sent to 
our 501-3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 street address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Weisner at (202) 233-9193, or fax (202) 233-9665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which manufacture, formulate, and/or sell substitutes for ozone-
depleting chemicals.
    Title: Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program Final 
Rulemaking under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0226, Expiration Date February 28, 1997.
    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). 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, provides for the identification of 
acceptable substitutes. Anyone submitting confidential business 
information (CBI) as part of an information collection subject to this 
ICR must assert and substantiate a claim of confidentiality for the 
data under 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B, at the time of submission. Under 
CAA section 114(c), emissions information may not be claimed as 
confidential. 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 are listed in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary

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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: EPA estimates the projected hour burden of the 
renewed information collection is an annual total of 16,630 hours. This 
annual total includes an estimated average annual reporting burden of 
8,880 hours and an estimated average annual recordkeeping burden of 
7,750 hours. The average annual reporting burden is calculated from an 
estimated average of 148 burden hours per response, a one-time only 
frequency of response, and an estimated 60 likely respondents. The 
average annual recordkeeping burden is calculated from an estimated 
average of 310 recordkeepers and an estimated 25 burden hours per 
recordkeeper. 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.

    Dated: October 31, 1996.
Reynaldo Forte,
Acting Director, Stratospheric Protection Division.
[FR Doc. 96-28538 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]
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