Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; 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: Submission for OMB

Review; 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 the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval:

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Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program Final Rulemaking

under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, OMB Control No.

2060-0226, expiring February 28, 1997. 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 March 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1596.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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; EPA ICR No. 1596.04) expiring 2/28/97. This is a

request for extension of a currently approved collection.

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. Responses to the collection of information are

mandatory under Section 612 for anyone who sells or, in certain cases,

uses substitutes for an ozone-depleting substance after April 18, 1994,

the effective date of the final rule. 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

Federal Register Notice required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of information was published on 11/6/96 (61

FR 57411); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for persons

filing a SNAP Information Notice is estimated to average 150 hours per

response. The annual public reporting burden for persons filing a TSCA

Addendum is estimated to average 46 hours per response. The annual

public reporting burden for persons filing a notification of test

marketing activity is estimated to average 2 hours per response. The

annual public recordkeeping burden for persons keeping records of use

of a substitute subject to narrowed use limits is estimated to average

27 hours per response. The annual public recordkeeping burden for

persons keeping records of a small volume use is estimated to average

12 hours per response. 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Producers, vendors, and end users of

substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 340.

Frequency of Response: One time only.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 11,515 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $69,676.

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 following addresses. Please

refer to EPA ICR No. 1596.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0226 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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