[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 55658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27590]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7097-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Protection of Stratospheric Ozone--Recordkeeping and 
Periodic Reporting of the Production Import, Export, Recycling, 
Destruction, Transhipment and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting 
Substances

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 EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Request 
(ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB):
    Recordkeeping and Periodic Reporting of the Production Import, 
Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment and Feedstock Use of 
Ozone-Depleting Substances ICR #1432.20, OMB Control No. 2060-0170, 
Expiration Date 9/28/01. 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 January 2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the material supporting this ICR renewal notice 
are available free of charge from The Stratospheric Ozone Protection 
Hotline at 1-800-269-1996 between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm Eastern 
Standard Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Suzanne Bratis, Telephone: (202) 564-
3515, Fax: (202) 564-2155, E-mail: [email protected]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
those which produce, use feedstocks, import, export, and/or destroy the 
ozone-depleting substance, methyl bromide.
    Title: Recordkeeping and Periodic Reporting of the Production 
Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment and Feedstock Use 
of Ozone-Depleting Substances (OMB Control No. 2060-0170; ICR 
#1432.20).
    Abstract: This action revises reporting requirements so companies 
may produce and import for special exempted uses of methyl bromide for 
quarantine and preshipment applications during the interim period when 
production and consumption is capped at 50% of the 1991 baseline level. 
In order to monitor each company's production, import, export, 
destruction, and transformation, the reporting system continues to 
require information to check industry compliance with the stratospheric 
ozone protection regulations. Compliance during the reduction steps for 
methyl bromide mean that companies can produce and import 50% of 1991 
baseline levels, except for the specific exemption created by this 
action. The information required satisfies statutory mandates for 
reporting and monitoring under section 603 of Title VI of CAAA and will 
be used to generate reports to Congress as mandated under section 
603(d) of Title VI.
    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. Give 
enough background information so someone could comment on points (i)-
(iv) below.
    The 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: The burden hours shown below represent the hours 
for the information collection request (ICR). The ICR provides a 
detailed explanation of this estimate, which is only briefly summarized 
in this notice. The annual public burden for collection of information 
associated with the reporting is estimated to average 865 hours. This 
estimate accounts for all responses provided by all effected entities 
per year.
    The following is a summary of the estimates taken from the ICR:
    Estimated total number of potential respondents: 536.
    Frequency of response: Quarterly.
    Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1-
10.
    Estimated total annual burden hours: 865.
    Estimated O&M costs: $141.87.
    Estimated total annual burden costs: $52,275.
    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: October 29, 2001.
Paul Stolpman,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-27590 Filed 11-1-01; 8:45 am]
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