Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; National Recycling and Emissions Reduction Program

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National Recycling and Emissions Reduction

Program

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 the following Information

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

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National Recycling and

Emissions Reduction Program, OMB Control Number: 2060-0256, expiration

date: 12/31/99. 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 December 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)

260-2740, by email at [email protected], or download a copy

of the ICR off the Internet at http:/www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA

ICR No. 1626.07.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: National Recycling and Emissions

Reduction Program (OMB Control No. 2060-0256; EPA ICR No. 1626.07)

expiring 12/31/99. This is a request for an extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: During 1993, EPA promulgated regulations under section

608 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) for the recycling of

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) in air-

conditioning and refrigeration equipment. These regulations were

published in 58 FR 28660 and are codified at 40 CFR subpart F (section

82.150 et seq.).

The continued collection of this information will allow the Agency

to carry on enforcement of the Act by reducing emissions of class I and

class II refrigerants to the lowest achievable level during the

service, maintenance, repair, and disposal of appliances in accordance

with section 608 of the Act. The Act (40 CFR subpart F (section

82.166)) requires affected entities to maintain records and report

requested information to the Agency. The ICR renewal does not include

any burden for third-party or public disclosures not previously

reviewed and approved by OMB.

Entities affected by this action are refrigeration and air-

conditioning contractors, refrigerated transport service dealers, scrap

metal recyclers, and automobile dismantlers and recyclers. Additional

entities affected include Clean Air Act section 608 technician

certification programs, equipment testing organizations, refrigerant

wholesalers and purchasers, refrigerant reclaimers, and other

establishments that perform refrigerant removal, service, or disposal.

Affected entities are required to maintain records and submit

reports. Recordkeeping requirements and submission of reports to EPA

vary depending on the entity and the length of time that the entity has

been in service. Specific reporting and record keeping requirements

were published in 58 FR 28660 and are codified under 40 CFR subpart F

(section 82.166).

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

05/21/99 (99 FR 12941); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping

burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.18

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: 2,342,047.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,342,047.

Frequency of Response: Varies (occasional, annual, and semiannual).

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 419,546 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/Maintenance Cost

Burden: $0.

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. 1626.07 and OMB Control No. 2060-0256 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of

Policy, Regulatory Information Division

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(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: October 26, 1999.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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