Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 226 / Wednesday, November 24, 2004 / Notices 68341

9052; fax number: 703–603–9104; e-mail 

address: boynton.lisa@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On August 10th, 2004, (69 FR 48490), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

SFUND–2004–0010, which is available 

for public viewing in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744 and 

the telephone number for the Superfund 

Docket is (202) 566–0276 (http://

www.epa.gov/edocket). An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

Title: Application for Reimbursement 

to Local Governments for Emergency 

Response to Hazardous Substance 

Releases Under CERCLA Section 123 

(Renewal). 

Abstract: The Agency requires 

applicants for reimbursement under this 

program authorized under section 123 

of CERCLA to submit an application 

that demonstrates consistency with 

program eligibility requirements. This is 

necessary to ensure proper use of the 

Superfund. EPA reviews the 

information to ensure compliance with 

all statutory and program requirements. 

The applicants are local governments 

who have incurred expenses, above and 

beyond their budgets, for hazardous 

substance response. Submission of this 

information is voluntary and to the 

applicant’s benefit. 

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. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 9 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:

Various units of local governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200/year. 

Frequency of Response: Occasional, 

only if respondent wishes 

reimbursement. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,800 hours. 

Estimated Total Annualized Cost 

Burden: $33,300, which includes $0 

Capital expenditure/Startup costs, $0 

O&M costs, and $ 33,300 Respondent 

Labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26072 Filed 11–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2004–0089, FRL–7841–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Retrofit/Rebuild 

Requirements for 1993 and Earlier 

Model Year Urban Buses (Renewal); 

EPA ICR Number 1702.04, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0302

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on November 30, 2004. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. This ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its estimated burden and 

cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 27, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2004–0089, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer 

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nydia Y. Reyes-Morales, Mail Code 

6403J, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 343–9264; fax number: 

(202) 343–2804; e-mail address: reyesmorales.nydia@epa.gov.

68342 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 226 / Wednesday, November 24, 2004 / Notices 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On July 20, 2004 (69 FR 43411), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

OAR–2004–0089, which is available for 

public viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket, in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 

566–1742. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements 

for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban 

Buses (40 CFR Part 85, Subpart O) 

(Renewal). 

Abstract: Section 219(d) of the Clean 

Air Act, as amended in 1990, required 

that the EPA promulgate regulations for 

urban buses that: (a) Operate in 

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or 

consolidated MSA’s with a 1980 

population of 750,000 or more; (b) are 

not subject to the 1994 or later urban 

bus standards; and (c) have their 

engines replaced or rebuilt after January 

1, 1995. The CAA Amendments require 

the subject urban buses be retrofitted to 

comply with an emission standard that 

reflects the best retrofit technology and 

maintenance practices reasonably 

achievable. Under these provisions, EPA 

set requirements for pre-1994 model 

year urban buses when urban bus 

engines are rebuilt or replaced. The 

program requires that the particulate 

emissions level of the urban bus engines 

be reduced to a level below the engines’

original particulate level through the 

use of retrofit/rebuild equipment that is 

certified by EPA. The program will 

phase itself out as pre-1994 urban buses 

are retired from fleets. Responses to the 

collection of information are mandatory. 

All the information required by this 

collection is needed for the 

implementation and the activities of 

various EPA programs. The information 

is collected by the Engine Programs 

Group, Certification and Compliance 

Division, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, Office of Air and Radiation. 

Specific certification information 

submitted by manufacturers is held as 

confidential. Confidentiality of 

proprietary information is granted in 

accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act, EPA regulations at 40 

CFR part 2, and class determinations 

issued by EPA’s Office of General 

Counsel. 

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 in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 129 hours per 

retrofit equipment manufacturer and 33 

hours per bus operator. 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:

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are manufacturers of retrofit 

equipment and urban bus fleet 

operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

41. 

Frequency of Response: Annually and 

on occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,457. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$186,148, which includes $0 annualized 

capital/startup costs, $111,401 annual 

O&M costs, and $74,747 annual labor 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 2,252 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to 

changes in the estimated number of 

respondents. The decrease in burden is, 

therefore, due to an adjustment to the 

estimates.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 04–26073 Filed 11–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[RCRA–2004–0005; FRL–7841–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Requirements and 

Exemptions for Specific RCRA Wastes 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1597.06, 

OMB Control Number 2050–0145

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to