[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51032-51033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25002]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7075-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Reporting and Recordkeeping Activities 
Associated With EPA's PFC Emission Reduction Partnership for the 
Semiconductor Industry

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: Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Activities Associated With EPA's PFC Emission Reduction Partnership for 
the Semiconductor Industry, OMB Control Number 2060-0382, 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 November 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1823.02 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0382, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, 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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, by E-mail at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet athttp://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1823.02. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Scott Bartos at (202) 564-9167.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: PFC Emission Reduction Partnership 
for the Semiconductor Industry, OMB Control No. 2060-0382, EPA ICR No. 
1823.02, expiration date September 30, 2001. This is a request for 
extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Following the 1993 introduction of the Climate Change 
Action Plan, U.S. EPA's Office of Atmospheric Programs launched the PFC 
Emission Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry. This 
important voluntary program contributes to the country's overall 
reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Like Energy Star Buildings and 
the Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership, the PFC Emission 
Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor Industry is a voluntary 
effort aimed at preventing pollution before it is generated. These 
voluntary programs all focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and 
tracking progress by collecting information from partners on a periodic 
basis. The PFC Emissions Reduction Partnership for the Semiconductor 
Industry is a voluntary, non-regulatory program that supports the 
industry's efforts to reduce perfluorocompound (PFC) emissions.
    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

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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 June 25, 2001, ( 66 FR 
33680); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 598 
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: Semiconductor manufacturers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 14,950 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $139,000.
    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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1823.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0382 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: September 26, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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