Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 89 / Monday, May 8, 2000 / Notices 26603

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL-6602–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, Mobile Air

Conditioner Retrofitting Program

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 the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval:

Title: Mobile Air Conditioner

Retrofitting Program, OMB Control

Number 2060–0350, expiration date 5/

31/00. 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 June 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

ww.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No.

1774.02. For Technical questions about

the ICR contact Anhar Karimjee at (202)

564–2683.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Information Collection

Activities Associated with EPA’s Mobile

Air Conditioner Retrofitting Program,

OMB Control Number 2060–0350, EPA

ICR Number 1774.02, expiration date 5/

31/00. This is a request for extension of

a currently approved collection.

Abstract: EPA is concerned that the

existence of several substitutes in this

end-use may increase the likelihood of

significant refrigerant crosscontamination and potential failure of

both air conditioning systems and

recovery/recycling equipment. The

purpose of this Information Collection

Request (ICR) is to estimate the burden

associated with the 40 Code of Federal

Regulations part 82 requirement that

service technicians label mobile air

conditioners with information about

new refrigerants when they retrofit a

system. These labels acknowledge that

the retrofitting has been completed, and

that the mobile air conditioner cannot

accept chloroflourocarbon (CFC)

refrigerant. In addition, the labels

provide essential information to

technicians about the specific

refrigerant used in the air conditioning

system. This information assists the

technician in avoiding service practices

that might result in cross-contamination

and system failure. Responses to the

collection of information are mandatory

(section 612 of the Clean Air Act and 40

Code of Federal Regulations part 82).

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers of 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 11/10/

99; No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 5 minutes per

response. Burden means that 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:

Service technicians at new and used car

dealers, gas service stations, top and

body repair shops, general automotive

repair shops, automotive repair shops

not elsewhere classified, including air

conditioning and radiator specialty

shops.

Estimated Number of Respondents;

140,000.

Frequency of Response: Once per

retrofitted car.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

416,667 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $500,000.

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. 1774.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0350 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sancy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Divison (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

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.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6601–8]

Office of Research and Development;

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and

Equivalent Methods: Designation of

Two New Reference Methods for PM2.5

and Four New Equivalent Methods for

O3, SO2, NO2, and Pb

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of designation.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) has designated, in accordance

with 40 CFR part 53, two new reference

methods for measuring concentrations

of PM2.5 and four new equivalent

methods for measuring concentrations

of O3, SO2, NO2, and Pb (respectively)

in ambient air.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frank F. McElroy, Human Exposure and

Atmospheric Sciences Division (MD–

46), National Exposure Research

Laboratory, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711. Phone: (919) 541–2622,

email: mcelroy.frank@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR

part 53, the EPA examines various

methods for monitoring the

concentrations of certain pollutants in

the ambient air. Methods that are

determined to meet specific

requirements for adequacy are

designated as either reference or

equivalent methods, thereby permitting

their use under 40 CFR part 58 by States

and other agencies for determining

attainment of the National Ambient Air

Quality Standards. EPA hereby

announces the designation of two new

reference methods for measuring