[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 171 (Friday, September 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53294-53295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22524]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6863-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request

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 Clean Air Act Section 
507 Program Cooperative Agreement Outreach Pilot Program Evaluation, 
ICR No. 1958.01; this is a new collection. This generic ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden and 
cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing ICR No. 1958.01, to the following 
address: Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Collection 
Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20460: and to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer 
for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by e-mail at 
[email protected], or download off of the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1958.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Karen V. Brown, at EPA, by telephone 
(202) 260-1390, via FAX on (202) 401-2302 or, by e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: State Clean Air Act Section 507 Program Cooperative 
Agreement Demonstration Outreach Pilot Program Evaluation; EPA ICR No. 
1958.01 (new collection).
    Abstract: The EPA Office of the Small Business Ombudsman was 
authorized and funded by the fiscal year 1999 VA/HUD & Independent 
Agencies Appropriations Act to award grants or cooperative agreements 
to ``Strengthen State Small Business Ombudsman (SBO) and State 
Technical Assistance Programs (SBAP) Created Under Section 507 of The 
Clean Air Act Amendments.'' The ultimate objective of these awards is 
to make improvements and strengthen these programs. The Congress 
further emphasized the important role these programs can play in 
promoting small business compliance with emission limitations set under 
State Implementation Plans to attain National Ambient Air Quality 
Standards. Under the Congressional mandate, EPA must report on ``the 
grants (cooperative agreements), their use and effectiveness,'' and 
also provide Congress with an estimate of emission reductions achieved 
by these projects more generally. Thus, through a

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competitive process, ten (10) State cooperative agreement awardees are 
required to measure the results/impacts of their innovative 
developmental work and outreach efforts. In order to do this, some, but 
not all, awardees will need to solicit information from the small 
business community that voluntarily use these programs. This 
information will be confidential. This is a ``generic'' information 
request (ICR) to enable some of the 10 State SBO or SBAP Programs to 
collect information on the results/effectiveness of their projects so 
that the States and EPA can better understand which types of outreach 
were most effective. State SBOs/SBAPs and EPA are interested in judging 
the results of various measurement methods such as via comment/response 
cards, on-site interviews, mailed/Internet-surveys/on-site 
questionnaires and, telephone surveys.
    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 04/18/00 
(FR Vol. 65, No. 75); pages 20819-20. No comments were received.
    EPA would like to again 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 
proposed for the collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of future 
information to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are responding, 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: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection is estimated to average 1.1 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; adjusting 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: Owners and operators within the 
water heater and boiler manufacturing industry, reinforced plastics and 
boat manufacturing industry, gasoline dispensing sites and transport 
vehicles, auto repair and salvage yards, and others.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: 3,900.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,900.
    Frequency of Response: once per respondent.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,200.
    Estimated Total Annualized & Capital Cost Burden: 0.
    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. 1958.01 in any correspondence.

    Dated: August 28, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-22524 Filed 8-31-00; 8:45 am]
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