[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27919-27921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13030]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 9

[FRL-6348-8]


OMB Approvals Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Technical 
Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 
technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for 
Cooperative Agreements and Superfund Contracts for Superfund Response 
Actions, 40 CFR part 35, Subpart O. The amendment also revises the 
introductory paragraph to 40 CFR 9.1.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective May 24, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Johnson at (202) 260-2964, Office 
of Policy, Mailcode 2137, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is amending the table of currently 
approved information collection request (ICR) control numbers issued by 
OMB for various regulations. The amendment updates the table to reflect 
a change in the OMB control number for information collection 
requirements codified at 40 CFR part 35, Subpart O, Cooperative 
Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response 
Actions. The OMB control number was changed from 2010-0020 to 2030-0038 
to reflect that the ICR is managed by the EPA Office of Administration 
and Resources Management rather than the EPA Office of Policy. The list 
of CFR

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citations is also being revised to correct typographic errors. The 
information collection requirements in 40 CFR part 35, Subpart 0 have 
not changed, only the OMB control number has changed.
    This amendment also makes editorial changes to the introductory 
paragraph of Section 9.1 by removing the last sentence and replacing it 
with the following: ``No person is required to respond to an 
information collection request regulated by the PRA unless a valid 
control number assigned by OMB is displayed in either this part, 
another part of the Code of Federal Regulations, a valid Federal 
Register notice, or by other appropriate means.''
    EPA will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated 
table format to be codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's 
regulations, and in each CFR volume containing EPA regulations. The 
table lists CFR citations with reporting and/or recordkeeping 
requirements, and the current OMB control numbers. This listing of the 
OMB control numbers and their subsequent codification in the CFR 
satisfies the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 
3501 et seq.) and OMB's implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
    This ICR was previously subject to public notice and comment prior 
to OMB approval. Due to the technical nature of the table, EPA finds 
that further notice and comment is unnecessary. As a result, EPA finds 
that there is ``good cause'' under section 553(b)(B) of the 
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), to amend this table 
without prior notice and comment.

I. Administrative Requirements

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this 
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore not 
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. In addition, 
this action does not impose any enforceable duty, contain any unfunded 
mandate, or impose any significant or unique impact on small 
governments as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(Pub. L. 104-4). This rule also does not require prior consultation 
with State, local, and tribal government officials as specified by 
Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, October 28, 1993) or Executive 
Order 13084 (63 FR 27655 (May 10, 1998), or involve special 
consideration of environmental justice related issues as required by 
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). Because this 
action is not subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the 
Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute, it is not subject to 
the regulatory flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act 
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). This rule also is not subject to Executive 
Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) because EPA interprets E.O. 
13045 as applying only to those regulatory actions that are based on 
health or safety risks, such that the analysis required under section 
5-501 of the Order has the potential to influence the regulation. This 
rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not establish an 
environmental standard intended to mitigate health or safety risks.

Congressional Review Act

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to make a good 
cause finding that notice and public procedure is impracticable, 
unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This determination must 
be supported by a brief statement. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated 
previously, EPA has made such a good cause finding, including the 
reasons therefor, and established an effective date of May 24, 1999. 
EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required 
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and 
the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of 
the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule'' 
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9

    Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: May 19, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division, Office of Policy.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended 
as follows:

PART 9--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003, 
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330, 
1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g, 
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2, 
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542, 
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.

    2. Section 9.1 is amended by revising the introductory text and the 
table is amended: a. By revising the entries for 35.6055(a)(2), 
35.6055(b)(1), 35.6055(b)(2)(I)-(ii), 35.6105(a)(2)(I)-(v), (vii), 
35.6110(b)(2), 35.6120, 35.6145, 35.6230(a), (c), 35.6300(a)(3), 
35.6315(c), 35.6320, 35.6340(a), 35.6350, 35.6500, 35.6550(a)(1)(ii), 
35.6550(b)(1)(iii), 35.6550(b)(2)(I), 35.6585, 35.6600(a), 35.6650, 
35.6655, 35.6660, 35.6700, 35.6705, 35.6710, 35.6805;
    b. By removing entries 35.6595(a), 35.6665(a), and 35.6815(a), (d), 
(e); and
    c. By adding entries in numerical order for 35.6595(a), (b), 
35.6665(a), (b), and 35.6815(a), (c), (d) to read as follows:


Sec. 9.1  OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

    This part consolidates the display of control numbers assigned to 
collections of information in certain EPA regulations by the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). No 
person is required to respond to an information collection request 
regulated by the PRA unless a valid control number assigned by OMB is 
displayed in either this part, another part of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, a valid Federal Register notice, or by other appropriate 
means.
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                                                                 OMB
                      40 CFR citation                          Control
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State and Local Assistance
 
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35.6055(a)(2)..............................................    2030-0038
35.6055(b)(1)..............................................    2030-0038
35.6055(b)(2)(i)-(ii)......................................    2030-0038
35.6105(a)(2)(i)-(v), (vii)................................    2030-0038
35.6110(b)(2)..............................................    2030-0038
35.6120....................................................    2030-0038
35.6145....................................................    2030-0038
35.6155(a), (c)............................................    2030-0038
35.6230(a), (c)............................................    2030-0038
35.6300(a)(3)..............................................    2030-0038
35.6315(c).................................................    2030-0038
35.6320....................................................    2030-0038
35.6340(a).................................................    2030-0038
35.6350....................................................    2030-0038
35.6500....................................................    2030-0038
35.6550(a)(1)(ii)..........................................    2030-0038
35.6550(b)(1)(iii).........................................    2030-0038
35.6550(b)(2)(i)...........................................    2030-0038
35.6585....................................................    2030-0038
35.6595(a), (b)............................................    2030-0038
35.6600(a).................................................    2030-0038
35.6650....................................................    2030-0038

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35.6655....................................................    2030-0038
35.6660....................................................    2030-0038
35.6665(a), (b)............................................    2030-0038
35.6700....................................................    2030-0038
35.6705....................................................    2030-0038
35.6710....................................................    2030-0038
35.6805....................................................    2030-0038
35.6815(a), (c), (d).......................................    2030-0038
 
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