[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 219 (Thursday, November 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64340-64341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-28423]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OA-2003-0007, FRL-7586-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Annual Reporting Form for State Small Business 
Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance 
Programs (SBAP) Under the Clean Air Act as Amended in 1990, EPA ICR 
Number 1748.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0337

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 a 
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31, 
2004. 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 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Send your comments, referencing docket ID number OA-2003-
0007, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), or by mail 
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen V. Brown, Office of Policy, 
Economics and Innovation, National Center for Environmental Innovation, 
Office of Business and Community Innovation, Small Business Division, 
1808T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-2816; fax number: 
(202) 566-2848; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OA-2003-0007, which is available for public 
viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket, in the 
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is 
open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 
legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-
1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752. An 
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain 
a copy of the draft collection of information, submit or view public 
comments, access the index listing of the contents of the public 
docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are 
available electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then 
key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within 
60 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether 
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public 
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the 
comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business 
Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing 
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in 
the version of the comment that is laced in EDOCKET. The entire printed 
comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the 
public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket, 
information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted 
by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not 
be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information 
about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice 
describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go 
to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
State Small Business Assistance Programs (SBAPs).
    Title: Annual Reporting Form for State Small Business Stationary 
Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs 
(SBAP) Under the Clean Air Act as Amended in 1990.
    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 (SBAP) 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, Pub. L. 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.

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    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.
    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 annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 80 
hours per response. The estimated number of respondents is 50 State 
SBAPs, and 3 Territory SBAPs. The frequency of response is on an annual 
basis. The estimated total hours of burden is 4,240 hours. There is no 
annualized capital O&M cost associated with this activity.
    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 28, 2003.
Karen V. Brown,
Director, Small Business Division, Small Business Ombudsman, Office of 
Policy, Economics and Innovation, National Center for Environmental 
Innovation, Office of Business and Community Innovation.
[FR Doc. 03-28423 Filed 11-12-03; 8:45 am]
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