[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 74 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 20454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9387]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6579-9]


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 document announces that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded 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, ICR No. 1596.05, 
expiration date 7/31/2000. 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 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact 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. 1596.05. For technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Ms. Kelly Davis at (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. 1596.05) expiring 7/31/00. 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. The Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 
1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information, was 
published on January 26, 2000, at 65 FR 4243. No comments were 
received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection is estimated to average 30 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: manufacturers, importers, 
formulators and processors of substitutes for ozone-depleting 
substances.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 330.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 10,363 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating & Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $44,452.
    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.1596.05 and OMB Control No. 2060-0226 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection 
Strategies Division (2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 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 10, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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