[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4243-4244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1837]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6529-8]


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 continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Significant New 
Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program Final Rulemaking under Title VI of 
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, OMB Control No. 2060-0226, 
expiring

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April 30, 2000. 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 February 25, 2000.

ADDRESSES:  Comments should be submitted to the attention of Air Docket 
A-91-42; Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M Street, SW. (MC-6102); 
Washington, DC 20460 (submissions may be faxed to (202) 260-4400). The 
Air Docket is located in Room M-1500; Waterside Mall (Ground Floor); 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 401 M Street, SW; Washington, DC 
20460. The docket may be inspected Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m 
to 5:30 p.m. A reasonable fee may be charged for copying docket 
materials. For further questions, contact the docket at (202) 260-7549.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kelly Davis at phone (202) 564-2303, 
fax: (202) 565-2096 or email: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  
    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; EPA ICR No. 1596.04) expiring 4/30/00. This is a 
request for extension of a currently approved collection.
    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, identifies acceptable substitutes. 
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory under Section 
612 for anyone who sells or, in certain cases, uses substitutes for an 
ozone-depleting substance after April 18, 1994, the effective date of 
the final rule. 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.
    EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary 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 330 total respondents per year for 
all SNAP activities included in this ICR. Each respondent will respond 
only once, with a total annual hour burden of 10,363 hours. The labor 
cost associated with these hours is approximately $52.00/hour, equaling 
a total labor cost of $538,772 per year. The annualized start-up and 
operation and maintenance costs total $44,452. The total annual cost 
burden of this information collection is $583,224.
    An ICR SF-83 Supporting Statement for this collection request is 
available in Air Docket A-91-42 Category IX-A-22 by contacting the 
Docket at (202) 260-7548. This supporting statement provides detailed 
explanation and calculations of the burden presented above.
    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: January 18, 2000.
Paul Stolpman,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 00-1837 Filed 1-25-00; 8:45 am]
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