Agency information collection activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program Final Rulemaking Under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency information collection activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program

Final Rulemaking Under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

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 notice 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): Significant New

Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program Final Rulemaking under Title VI of

the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, OMB Control No. 2060-0226,

Expiration Date February 28, 1997. 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 6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Docket A-91-42, Central

Docket Section, South Conference Room 4, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20460. Interested persons may

make a copy of the ICR without charge from the docket. The docket is

open between 8 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays. The telephone number is

(202) 260-7549, and the fax number is (202) 260-4400. To expedite

review of comments, a second copy of the comments should be sent to

Carol Weisner, Stratospheric Protection Division, Mail Code 6205J, EPA,

401 M Street, Washington, DC 20460. Overnight mail should be sent to

our 501-3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 street address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carol Weisner at (202) 233-9193, or fax (202) 233-9665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are

those which manufacture, formulate, and/or sell substitutes for ozone-

depleting chemicals.

Title: Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program Final

Rulemaking under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, OMB

Control No. 2060-0226, Expiration Date February 28, 1997.

Abstract: Information collected under this rulemaking is necessary

to implement the requirements of the Significant New Alternatives

Policy (SNAP) program for evaluating and regulating substitutes for

ozone-depleting chemicals being phased out under the stratospheric

ozone protection provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Under CAA

section 612, EPA is authorized to identify and restrict the use of

substitutes for class I and class II ozone-depleting substances where

EPA determines other alternatives exist that reduce overall risk to

human health and the environment. The SNAP program, based on

information collected from the manufacturers, formulators, and/or

sellers of such substitutes, provides for the identification of

acceptable substitutes. Anyone submitting confidential business

information (CBI) as part of an information collection subject to this

ICR must assert and substantiate a claim of confidentiality for the

data under 40 CFR, Part 2, Subpart B, at the time of submission. Under

CAA section 114(c), emissions information may not be claimed as

confidential. 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 EPA would like to solicit comments to:

(i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is

necessary

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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: EPA estimates the projected hour burden of the

renewed information collection is an annual total of 16,630 hours. This

annual total includes an estimated average annual reporting burden of

8,880 hours and an estimated average annual recordkeeping burden of

7,750 hours. The average annual reporting burden is calculated from an

estimated average of 148 burden hours per response, a one-time only

frequency of response, and an estimated 60 likely respondents. The

average annual recordkeeping burden is calculated from an estimated

average of 310 recordkeepers and an estimated 25 burden hours per

recordkeeper. 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 31, 1996.

Reynaldo Forte,

Acting Director, Stratospheric Protection Division.

[FR Doc. 96-28538 Filed 11-5-96; 8:45 am]

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