[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 130 (Friday, July 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-16945]



[[Page 35615]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7007-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; State Small Business Stationary Source 
Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Program (SBTCP) Under 
the Clean Air Act as Amended in 1990

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 September 30, 2001. 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 August 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1748.03 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0337, to the following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., 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 the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1748.03. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Angela Suber at 202-260-7205.

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 1748.03, expiration date 
September 30, 2001. This is an 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 (SBTCAP) to assist small 
businesses in complying 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 under 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 March 27, 
2001, (66 FR16671); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
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: state, local, or tribal government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2120 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M 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 1748.03 and OMB Control No. 2060-0337 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 25, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-16945 Filed 7-5-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P