[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32204-32205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15742]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; State Small Business Stationary Source 
Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program Annual 
Reporting Form

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 document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: State Small Business 
Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance 
Program Annual Reporting Form, OMB Control Number 2060-0337, expiration 
date 7/31/98. 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 July 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR, call Sandy 
Farmer at EPA, by phone at (202) 260-2740, by E-Mail at 
Farmer.S[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1748.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: State Small Business Stationary Source Technical and 
Environmental Compliance Assistance Program Annual Reporting Form, OMB 
Control Number 2060-0337, EPA ICR Number 1748.02, expiration date 7/31/
98. This is a request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: As part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, The U.S. 
Congress included, as part of Section 507, the requirement that each 
state establish a Small Business Stationary Source Technical and 
Environmental Compliance Assistance Program (SBTCP) to assist small 
businesses comply with the Act. EPA must provide the Congress with 
periodic reports from the EPA Small Business Ombudsman (SBO) on these 
programs, including their effectiveness, difficulties encountered, and 
other relevant information. Each state assistance program will submit 
requested information to EPA for compilation and summarization.
    This collection of information is mandatory pursuant to section 507 
(a), (d), and (e) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, Public Law 
101-549, November 15, 1990. This Act directs EPA to monitor the SBTCPs 
and to provide a report to Congress. This responsibility has been 
delegated to the EPA SBO.
    Response to the collection is not required to obtain or retain a 
benefit.
    Information in the Annual Report to Congress is aggregated and is 
not of a confidential nature. None of the information collected by this 
action results in or requests sensitive information of any nature from 
the states.
    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 document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on 2/26/98 (63 
FR 9791); 15 comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 80 
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: Respondents will be one of the 
following state offices: environmental agency (SIC 9511), commerce or 
economic development department (SIC 9611), governor's office (SIC 
9111), or ombudsman's office (SIC 9511). These departments/agencies 
typically are responsible for the conduct of the SBTCPs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,240 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: 0.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the

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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. 
1748.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0337 in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Policy, Planning, & Evaluation, 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: June 8, 1998.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 98-15742 Filed 6-11-98; 8:45 am]
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