[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17807-17808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9380]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5810-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Collection of Compliance Information From 
Automotive Service and Repair Shops

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 the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Collection of Compliance 
Information from Automotive Service and Repair Shops. This information 
request has no prior OMB number. The ICR describes the nature of the 
information collection and its expected burden and cost; where 
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1793.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Collection of Compliance Information from Automotive Service 
and Repair Shops, no prior OMB Control No., EPA ICR No. 1793.01. This 
is a new request to collect information.
    Abstract: The Office of Compliance within the Office of Enforcement 
and Compliance Assurance is conducting a statistical survey using a 
consolidated screening checklist to determine the level of compliance 
within the automotive service and repair industry. The information 
being obtained in the first survey will provide the Agency with a 
baseline of compliance that can be associated with this industry. The 
second survey, to be conducted twenty-four months later, is to 
determine if the level of compliance has improved and whether any 
compliance activities undertaken by the Agency can be attributed to 
that improvement. The information being collected is on a voluntary 
basis from the industry.
    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 
Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on October 11, 
1996 (61 FR 55293); Three letters of comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1.5 
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

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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: 500 per survey.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500 per survey.
    Frequency of Response: Twice in three years.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,500 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $30,000.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the following addresses. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No.1793.01 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460

      and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW, 
Washington, DC 20503

    Dated: April 7, 1997.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 97-9380 Filed 4-10-97; 8:45 am]
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