25324 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 84 / Monday, May 1, 2000 / Notices

Title: Conflict of Interest OMB Control

No. 2030–0023; EPA ICR No. 1550.05

expiring 5/31/00.

Abstract: Contractors performing at

Superfund sites will be required to

disclose business relationships and

corporate affiliations to determine

whether EPA’s interests are jeopardized

by such relationships. Because EPA has

the dual responsibility of cleanup and

enforcement and because its contractors

are often involved in both activities, it

is imperative that contractors are free

from conflicts of interest so as not to

prejudice response and enforcement

actions. Contractors will be required to

maintain a database of business

relationships and report information to

EPA on either an annual basis or when

each work assignment is issued.

Responses to the collection are required

prior to award of a contract.

Submissions will be protected from

public release as Confidential Business

Information in accordance with 40 CFR

2.201. 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 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

infor-mation technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: Public burden is

estimated to average 1969 hours per

respondents. Total number of

respondents covered by this collection

is 165. Therefore, total burden hours are

estimated at 324,885. No capital or start

up costs are expected. 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,

in-stall, 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.

Dated: April 24, 2000.

Thomas D. McEntegart,

Manager, Policy Service Center.

[FR Doc. 00–10768 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6587–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collections;

Comment Request; Information

Requirements for Importation of

Nonconforming Vehicles; Information

Requirements for Importation of

Nonconforming Nonroad Compression

Ignition (CI) and Small Spark Ignition

(SI) Engines

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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 (ICR) to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB):

Information Requirements for

Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles,

OMB Control Number 2060–0095;

Information Requirements for

Nonconforming Nonroad Compression

Ignition (CI) and Small Spark Ignition

(SI) Engines, OMB Control Number

2060–0294. Before submitting the ICRs

to OMB for review and approval, EPA

is soliciting comments on specific

aspects of the proposed information

collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may

obtain a copy of the ICRs without charge

by contacting: Certification and

Compliance Division, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (6405J),

Washington, DC 20460, Attn: Imports.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Leonard Lazarus, telephone (202) 564–

9240, telefax (202) 565–2057.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action include individuals and

businesses (including Independent

Commercial Importers) importing on

and off-road motor vehicles, motor

vehicle engines, or nonroad engines,

including nonroad engines incorporated

into nonroad equipment or nonroad

vehicles.

Title: Information Requirements for

Importation of Nonconforming Vehicles,

OMB #2060–0095, expiration date 8/31/

00; Information Requirements for

Nonconforming Nonroad Compression

Ignition (CI) and Small Spark Ignition

(SI) Engines, OMB #2060–0294,

expiration date 8/31/00.

Abstract: Individuals and businesses

importing on and off-road motor

vehicles, motor vehicle engines, or

nonroad engines, including nonroad

engines incorporated into nonroad

equipment or nonroad vehicles report

and keep records of vehicle

importations, request prior approval for

vehicle importations, or request final

admission for vehicles conditionally

imported into the U.S. The collection of

this information is mandatory in order

to ensure compliance of nonconforming

vehicles with Federal emissions

requirements. Joint EPA and Customs

regulations at 40 CFR 85.1501 et seq.,

89.601 et seq., 90.601 et seq., and 19

CFR 12.73 and 12.74 promulgated under

the authority of Clean Air Act Sections

203 and 208 give authority for the

collection of information. This authority

was extended to nonroad engines under

section 213(d). The information is used

by program personnel to ensure that all

Federal emission requirements

concerning imported nonconforming

motor vehicles and nonroad engines are

met. Any information submitted to the

Agency for which a claim of

confidentiality is made is safeguarded

according to policies set forth in Title

40, Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B—

Confidentiality of Business Information

(see CFR 2), and the public is not

permitted access to information

containing personal or organizational

identifiers. 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 EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

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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: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 0.7 hours per

response (OMB #2060–0095), and 0.5

hours per response (OMB #2060–0294)

respectively. 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.

OMB #2060–0095

Respondents/Affected entities:

Individuals and businesses importing

motor vehicles, motor vehicle engines.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

13,000

Frequency of Response: 1.6

responses/year

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

14,200

Estimated Total Annualized Costs

Burden: $1,296,000

OMB #2060–0294

Respondents/Affected entities:

Individuals and businesses importing

compression-ignition nonroad engines

and small spark-ignition nonroad

engines, including those incorporated

into nonroad equipment or vehicles.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1500

Frequency of Response: 100

responses/year

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

75,385

Estimated Total Annualized Costs

Burden: $4,686,450

Dated: April 20, 2000.

Robert Brenner,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air

and Radiation.

[FR Doc. 00–10769 Filed 4–28–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6586–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; 2000 Meat

Products Industry Survey

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): 2000

Meat Products Industry Survey (EPA

ICR No. 1961.01). This industry

includes red meat and poultry

slaughtering, processing and rendering.

Before submitting the ICR to OMB for

review and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Ms. Samantha Lewis, U.S. EPA (4303),

Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

Comments may also be submitted

electronically to

lewis.samantha@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request a copy of the information

collection request, including a draft of

the survey instrument, contact Ms.

Samantha Lewis at (202)–260–7149.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action include red meat

and poultry slaughtering, processing

and rendering facilities. The survey is

intended to identify and collect data

from meat product facilities that

generate and discharge process

wastewater associated with industrial

activities.

Title: 2000 Meat Products Industry

Survey (EPA ICR No. 1961.01).

Abstract: The survey is intended to

collect technical and economic

information required by EPA to develop

revised effluent limitations guidelines

for the meat products industry point

source category. The current meat

product regulations at 40 CFR 432 do

not contain effluent limitations

guidelines or pretreatment standards for

the poultry slaughtering or processing

industry. EPA is required by section

304(m) of the Clean Water Act (33

U.S.C. 1314(m)) to review effluent

limitations guidelines and standards

periodically. These reviews determine

whether the current regulations remain

appropriate in light of changes in the

industrial category caused by advances

in manufacturing technologies, inprocess pollution prevention, or end-ofpipe wastewater treatment. EPA is also

required by the terms of a Consent

Decree with the Natural Resources

Defense Council (NRDC), to develop

revised effluent limitations guidelines

and standards for the Meat Products

Industry (D.D.C. Civ. No. 89–2980,

January 31, 1992, as modified). This

survey is being conducted pursuant to

those legislative and judicial

requirements.

This survey instrument will be issued

under authority of section 308 of the

Clean Water Act of 1987 (Federal Water

Pollution Control Act, 5 U.S.C. 1318);

responses from data collection survey

instrument recipients will be

mandatory. The survey instrument will

be mailed to respondents after OMB

approves the ICR. The ICR submitted by

EPA to OMB will include discussion of

the comments received in response to

today’s announcement.

The proposed survey instrument is a

necessary part of the effluent limitations

guidelines development process. The

proposed survey instrument will

provide EPA with the technical and

economic data required to evaluate

effective pollution control technologies

and the economic achievability of any

final rule that the Agency issues. Any

burden reduction suggestions must

consider the need to collect information

on the pollutants being discharged by

the industries, the processes that

generate the pollutants, alternative

controls, the economic achievability of

the proposed regulations, and the

benefits derived from reducing

pollution in our oceans, lakes, rivers,

and streams. EPA will consider both

technical performance and economic

achievability when making final

decisions on 40 CFR part 432.

Regulations governing the

confidentiality of business information