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725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2227A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@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 May 9, 2011 (76 FR 26900), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to both 

EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 

notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0267, which is 

available for public viewing either 

online at http://www.regulations.gov, or 

in person viewing at the Enforcement 

and Compliance Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue 

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 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to either submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: NESHAP for Asphalt Processing 

and Asphalt Roofing Manufacturing 

(Renewal) 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 

2029.05, OMB Control Number 2060– 

0520. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on August 31, 2012. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

either conduct or sponsor the collection 

of information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 

Abstract: The affected entities are 

subject to the General Provisions of the 

NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, subpart A, 

and any changes, or additions to the 

Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart LLLLL. 

Owners or operators of the affected 

facilities must submit initial 

notification, performance tests, and 

periodic reports and results. Owners or 

operators are also required to maintain 

records of the occurrence and duration 

of any startup, shutdown, or 

malfunction in the operation of an 

affected facility, or any period during 

which the monitoring system is 

inoperative. Reports are required 

semiannually at a minimum. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 225 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 which have 

subsequently changed; 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: 

Owners or operators of asphalt 

processing and asphalt roofing 

manufacturing facilities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

27. 

Frequency of Response: Initially, 

occasionally, and semiannually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

13,497. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,318,753, which includes $1,293,301 

in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, 

and $25,452 in operation and 

maintenance (O&M) costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase in costs for both the 

respondents and the Agency from the 

most recently approved ICR. The 

increase in burden cost is due to an 

increase in the number of new or 

modified sources and adjustments in 

labor rates. This ICR uses updated labor 

rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

to calculate burden costs. 

There is an increase of 1,480 hours in 

labor hours for the respondents, as well 

as an increase of 55 hours in labor hours 

for the Agency, due to the increase in 

the number of sources that are subject 

to the standard. There may also be some 

apparent differences that are attributable 

to rounding; this ICR presents more 

exact figures. There is no change in the 

estimation methodology in this ICR 

compared to the previous ICR. 

There is also an increase of $45.00 in 

O&M costs to the respondents in this 

ICR as compared to the previous ICR. 

This is attributed to the photocopying 

and postage costs for an increased 

number of total sources subject to the 

standard. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18291 Filed 7–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2012–0157; FRL 9519–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Enforcement Policy 

Regarding the Sale and Use of 

Aftermarket Catalytic Converters 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 27, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2012–0157, to: (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov or by mail to: EPA 


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Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and to (2) OMB 

by mail to: 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: 

David E. Alexander, Air Enforcement 

Division (2242A), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–2109; fax 

number: (202) 564–0069; email address: 

alexander.david@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 April 19, 2012 (77 FR 23478), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2012–0157, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 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 Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket is 202–566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at www.regulations.gov 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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Enforcement Policy Regarding 

the Sale and Use of Aftermarket 

Catalytic Converters (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1292.09, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0135. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on August 31, 2012. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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 title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The aftermarket catalytic 

converter policy (AMCC Policy) (51 FR 

28114–28119, 28113 (Aug. 5, 1986); 52 

FR. 42144 (Nov. 3, 1987)) allows 

aftermarket automobile catalytic 

converter (AMCC) manufacturers and 

reconditioners to compete with the 

automobile manufacturers for the AMCC 

replacement market. Without this 

policy, it would be illegal, under section 

203 of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 

7522, to sell or install AMCCs that do 

not conform exactly to the automobile 

manufacturers’ original equipment (OE) 

versions of these parts. The AMCC 

Policy makes it possible for automobile 

repair shops, which are often small 

businesses, to take on a significant share 

of the AMCC replacement market. In 

doing so, consumers are able to 

purchase AMCCs at a much lower price 

than they would pay for an OE catalytic 

converter. This helps to ensure that 

vehicles will not create excessive air 

pollution because motorists are more 

likely to replace damaged catalytic 

converters if they can be obtained at a 

cost that is significantly less than OE 

catalytic converters (cost savings 

resulting from the AMCC Policy are 

estimated to be about $716 million in 

2007 dollars). 

New AMCC manufacturers are 

required to report, on a one-time basis 

for each type or line of converter 

manufactured, the supplier identities, 

physical specifications of each AMCC 

line produced, and information 

regarding pre-production testing of the 

AMCCs that show they meet the AMCC 

Policy emission reduction standards for 

certain specified vehicle applications. 

The AMCC Policy requires new AMCC 

manufacturers to retain warranty and 

sales records. 

Reconditioners (sellers of used 

catalytic converters) must report, on a 

one-time basis, the identity of the 

company, a description of the test bench 

used for testing used catalytic 

converters, and the intended vehicle 

application(s) for each catalytic 

converter type. All used catalytic 

converters must be tested individually 

to ensure they are still functional. The 

current AMCC Policy also requires 

reconditioners to retain sales and 

customer records. 

Installers of AMCCs have no reporting 

requirements. They must fill out a 

written warranty and give it to the 

customer, include a statement with each 

invoice stating the need for replacing 

the original converter, and tag each 

removed converter with a reference to 

the invoice for repair, and retain the 

tagged catalytic converters for 15 days 

and the invoices for six months. 

The reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for manufacturers of new 

AMCCs and sellers of reconditioned 

catalytic converters help ensure that 

proper AMCCs are manufactured, tested 

and distributed to installers and help 

ensure proper retail level installation of 

AMCCs. The installer requirements 

enable EPA to monitor whether correct 

AMCCs are installed at the retail level 

and whether AMCCs are used only in 

appropriate circumstances. The 

information required to be maintained 

or reported is not otherwise available 

and is not covered under any other 

information request since it is unique to 

the AMCC Policy. The information 

collected is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Agency, particularly enforcement. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 7 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 which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 


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and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Manufacturers, Reconditioners, and 

Installers of Aftermarket Catalytic 

Converters. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

30,014. 

Frequency of Response: On Occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

220,860. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$7,896,947, including $777,112 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 68 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to the 

correction of two errors. First, we failed 

to account for the fact that new catalyst 

manufacturers submit information on 

average every other year. Therefore, 

although the burden of submitting is 

two hours per respondent, the annual 

average is one hour per respondent. 

This correction decreased the burden 

estimate by eight hours. Second, we 

corrected a multiplication error affecting 

the burden hour calculation for 

installers, a decrease of 60 hours. The 

decrease reflects an adjustment in ICR 

estimates, not a program change. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18288 Filed 7–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0489; FRL–9355–7] 

Cancellation of Pesticides for NonPayment of Year 2012 Registration 

Maintenance Fees 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Since the amendments of 

October 1988, the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

has required payment of an annual 

maintenance fee to keep pesticide 

registrations in effect. The fee due last 

January 15, 2012, has gone unpaid for 

204 registrations. Section 4(i)(5)(G) of 

FIFRA provides that the EPA 

Administrator may cancel these 

registrations by order and without a 

hearing; orders to cancel all 204 of these 

registrations have been issued within 

the past few days. 

DATES: A cancellation is effective on the 

date the cancellation order is signed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Yanchulis, Information 

Technology and Resources Management 

Division (7502P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 347–0237; email address: 

yanchulis.michael@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to persons who 

produce or use pesticides, the Agency 

has not attempted to describe all the 

specific entities that may be affected by 

this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the information in this notice, 

consult the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

The docket for this action, identified 

by docket identification (ID) number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0489, is available 

at http://www.regulations.gov or at the 

OPP Docket in the Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), located in EPA West, Rm. 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. The 

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 Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the OPP 

Docket is (703) 305–5805. Please review 

the visitor instructions and additional 

information about the docket available 

at http://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

II. Background 

Section 4(i)(5) of FIFRA, as amended 

in October 1988 (Pub. L. 100–532), 

December 1991 (Pub. L. 102–237), and 

again in August 1996 (Pub. L. 104–170), 

requires that all pesticide registrants pay 

an annual registration maintenance fee, 

due by January 15 of each year, to keep 

their registrations in effect. This 

requirement applies to all registrations 

granted under FIFRA section 3 as well 

as those granted under FIFRA section 

24(c) to meet special local needs. 

Registrations for which the fee is not 

paid are subject to cancellation by order 

and without a hearing. 

The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 

and Trade Act Amendments of 1991, 

Public Law 102–237, amended FIFRA to 

allow the EPA Administrator to reduce 

or waive maintenance fees for minor 

agricultural use pesticides when she 

determines that the fee would be likely 

to cause significant impact on the 

availability of the pesticide for the use. 

The Agency has waived the fee for 196 

minor agricultural use registrations at 

the request of the registrants. 

In fiscal year 2012, maintenance fees 

were collected in one billing cycle. The 

Pesticide Registration Improvement 

Renewal Act (PRIRA) was passed by 

Congress in October 2007. PRIRA 

authorized the Agency to collect $22 

million dollars in maintenance fees in 

fiscal year 2012. In late 2011, all holders 

of either FIFRA section 3 registrations or 

FIFRA section 24(c) registrations were 

sent lists of their active registrations, 

along with forms and instructions for 

responding. They were asked to identify 

which of their registrations they wished 

to maintain in effect, and to calculate 

and remit the appropriate maintenance 

fees. Most responses were received by 

the statutory deadline of January 15. A 

notice of intent to cancel was sent in 

February 2012, to companies who did 

not respond and to companies who 

responded, but paid for less than all of 

their registrations. Since mailing the 

notices of intent to cancel, EPA has 

maintained a toll-free inquiry number 

through which the questions of affected 

registrants have been answered. 

Maintenance fees have been paid for 

about 15,420 FIFRA section 3 

registrations, or about 96% of the 

registrations on file in December 2011. 

Fees have been paid for about 2,028 

FIFRA section 24(c) registrations, or 

about 88% of the total on file in 

December 2011. Cancellations for nonpayment of the maintenance fee affect 

about 182 FIFRA section 3 registrations 

and about 22 FIFRA section 24(c) 

registrations. 

The cancellation orders generally 

permit registrants to continue to sell and 

distribute existing stocks of the canceled 

products until January 15, 2013, 1 year 

after the date on which the fee was due. 

Existing stocks already in the hands of 

dealers or users, however, can generally 

be distributed, sold, or used legally until 

they are exhausted. Existing stocks are 

defined as those stocks of a registered 

pesticide product which are currently in 

the United States and which have been 

packaged, labeled, and released for 

shipment prior to the effective date of 

the cancellation order. 

The exceptions to these general rules 

are cases where more stringent 

restrictions on sale, distribution, or use 

of the products have already been 

imposed, through special reviews or 

other Agency actions. These general 

provisions for disposition of stocks 

should serve in most cases to cushion 


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