[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 212 (Friday, November 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66627-66628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27836]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7403-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request, Reporting Requirements Under EPA's Voluntary 
Aluminum Industrial Partnership

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: Title: Reporting Requirements 
under EPA's Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership. OMB Control 
Number 2060-0411, expiration date 10/31/02. 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 December 2, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1867.02 and OMB 
Control No. 2060-0411, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822T), 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) 566-1672, by E-Mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1867.02. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Jerome Blackman

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at (202) 564-8995; email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Reporting Requirements under EPA's Voluntary Aluminum 
Industrial Partnership, OMB Control Number 2060-0411, EPA ICR Number 
1867.02, expiration date 10/31/02. This is a request for extension of a 
currently approved collection.
    Abstract: EPA's Voluntary Aluminum Industrial Partnership (VAIP) 
was initiated in 1995 and is an important voluntary program 
contributing to the overall reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases. 
This program focuses on reducing per fluorocarbon (PFC) emission from 
the production of primary aluminum. Eight of the nine U.S. producers of 
primary aluminum participate in this program. PFCs are very potent 
greenhouse gases with global warming potentials several thousand times 
that of carbon dioxide and they persist in the atmosphere for thousands 
of years. EPA has developed this ICR to renew authorization to collect 
information from companies in the VAIP. Participants voluntarily agree 
to the following: designating a VAIP liaison; undertaking technically 
feasible and cost-effective actions to reduce PFC emissions; and 
reporting to EPA, on an annual basis, the PFC emissions or production 
parameters used to estimate emissions. The information contained in the 
annual reports of VAIP members is used by EPA to assess the success of 
the program in achieving its goals. The information contained in the 
annual reports may be considered confidential business information and 
is maintained as such.
    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 August 12, 
2002. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual track reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to be roughly 73 
hours per respondent. 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.
    [sbull] Estimated Number of Respondents: 8.
    [sbull] Frequency of Response: Annually.
    [sbull] Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 584.
    [sbull] 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 addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR No. 1867.02 and OMB Control No. 2060-0411 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: October 24, 2002.
Doreen Sterling,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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