Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Budget and

Management (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 24, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

Please refer to EPA ICR #1748.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Air and Radiation

Title: State Small Business Stationary Source Technical and

Environmental Compliance Assistance Program-Annual Reporting Form (EPA

No. 1748.01, OMB No. 2060-XXXX).

Abstract: This ICR is a new collection in support of the Clean Air

Act Amendments of 1990 (the Act), Title V, section 507. All States,

Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia must

demonstrate compliance by fulfilling specific reporting and

recordkeeping requirements. The information collected will be used by

EPA to report to Congress as required under section 507 of the Act.

As part of the Act, section 507 requires that each state and

territory mentioned above, establish a Small Business Stationary Source

Technical And Environmental Compliance Assistance Program to assist

small businesses to comply with the Act.

Annually, States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District

of Columbia must report: (1) Source of information, (2) organization

description, (3) location of staffing within organization, (4)

organizational budget, (5) source of funds and changes, (6) services

provided, (7) activities conducted, (8) external assessment of

information, (9) significant accomplishments, and (10) enforcement

mechanisms.

Annually, all reporters must record: (1) The above information.

This information must be maintained for 2 years.

Fifty States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of

Columbia would be subject to this regulation. The data collected

through this survey would be retained for 2 years.

Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average 80 hours per response, including

time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,

gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the

collections of information. Total public burden is estimated to be

4,240 hours per year.

Respondents: All States, the territories of Puerto Rico and the

Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia.

Number of Respondents: 53

Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,240 hours.

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of

this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing

burden (please refer to EPA ICR #1748.01 and OMB #2060-XXXX), to:

Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #1748.01, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Regulatory Information Division (2136), 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC

20460 and

Chris Wolz, OMB #2060-XXXX, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th

St., NW., Washington, DC 20503

Dated: April 18, 1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Chief, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 95-10056 Filed 4-21-95; 8:45 am]

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