Agency Information Collection Activities

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities

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 Requests

(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting

the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on

specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described

below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Docket A-91-60, 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 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

Mavis Sanders, 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: Mavis Sanders at (202) 233-9737, or

fax (202) 233-9665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action

include manufacturers, distributors, retailers, importers, and

recyclers/reclaimers that manufacture, sell or distribute products made

with or containing class I or class II substances.

Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Labeling, Final

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

Control No. 2060-0342, Expiration Date: 9/30/97.

Abstract: The Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) promulgated

regulations on February 11, 1993, and a subsequent amendment on January

19, 1995, that became effective as of October 1, 1995. Pursuant to the

enactment of the reauthorized Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), labeling

requirements are no longer exempt from review under the PRA. OAR is

submitting this renewal ICR relative to the requirements in effect on

October 1, 1995, in compliance with the reauthorized PRA.

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. The regulations require that

all containers of class I and II substances, products containing class

I substances, and products manufactured with class I substances be

labeled. The required warning must state: ``WARNING: Contains

(Manufactured with) [insert name of substance], a substance which harms

public health and environment by destroying the ozone in the upper

atmosphere.'' Labels must be applied when a product enters into

interstate commerce or is imported into the U.S. Exceptions are

available under a variety of circumstances including:

Those products manufactured prior to May 15, 1993, do not

need to be labeled.

Those products where a component product made with a class

I substance is sold to another party and incorporated into another

product do not need to bear the warning label.

Those products manufactured by a company that achieved a

95% reduction over its 1990 use of methyl chloroform and CFC-113 used

as solvents (if petitioned before May 15, 1994) are exempt from bearing

the warning label.

Incidental uses of class I substances are exempt.

Products that are manufactured with class I substances,

where those substances are destroyed at the end of the process, are

exempt from labeling.

Waste containing a class I substance and bound for discard

is exempt.

Spare parts manufactured with a class I substance and sold

to a distributor or a repairperson, to be used for repair purposes, are

exempt from the label pass-through requirement.

Products repaired using a class I substance do not need to

be labeled.

Products containing trace quantities of class I impurities

resulting from inadvertent production, unreacted feedstock, or process

agents are exempt.

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: EPA estimates the projected hour burden of the

renewed information collection is an annual total of 3024 hours. In

comparison with the original labeling ICR, this estimate of hourly

burden reflects a 40% reduction in the number of manufacturers that use

a class I substance in their manufacturing process. This estimate

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.

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Dated: February 14, 1997.

Paul Stolpman,

Office Director, Office of Air Programs.

[FR Doc. 97-4754 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]

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