[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5515-5516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2489]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5957-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under 
the Perfluorocompound (PFC) Emission Reduction Partnership for the 
Semiconductor Industry EPA ICR No. 1823.01

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: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Requirements Under the Perfluorocompound (PFC) Emission Reduction 
Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry EPA ICR No. 1823.01. 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 March 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at 
(202) 260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download 
off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 
1823.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under the 
Perfluorocompound (PFC) Emission Reduction Partnership for the 
Semiconductor Industry (OMB Control No. 2060-NEW; EPA ICR No. 1823.01). 
This is a new collection.
    Abstract: In April 1993, President Clinton issued the Climate 
Change Action Plan, which establishes the nation's commitment to 
returning U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to their 1990 levels by the 
year 2000. EPA's PFC Emission Reduction Partnership for the 
Semiconductor Industry is an important voluntary program contributing 
to the overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. The PFC Emission 
Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry, along with ENERGY 
STAR Buildings, Green Lights, ENERGY STAR Computers, and other EPA 
Programs is a voluntary program aimed at preventing pollution rather 
than controlling it after its creation. These programs focus on 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
    EPA has developed this ICR to obtain authorization to collect 
information from Companies participating in the PFC Emission Reduction 
Partnership. By participating in the program, a Company agrees to 
endeavor to reduce PFC emissions. In the Partnership, a company will 
prepare an annual report to be submitted to a designated law firm that 
provides an overall estimate of PFC emissions, and a normalized PFC 
emission rate for its U.S. facilities. Information on Company-specific 
PFC emissions is aggregated into an industry-wide annual report, and 
used in combination with information on Companies' normalized rates of 
PFC emissions (submitted on a blind basis) to evaluate the overall PFC 
emission reductions achieved by the program.
    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 9/2/97 (62 
FR 46264); 1 comment was received.

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    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 570 
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: Semi-conductor manufacturing 
companies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Frequency of Response: 1/year.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 17,100 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $539,000.
    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. 1823.01 and OMB Control No. 2060-NEW 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: January 27, 1998.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-2489 Filed 2-2-98; 8:45 am]
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