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municipalities, industries, universities,

States and manufacturing sites.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Estimated Number of Responses Per

Respondent: 1.

Frequency of Collection: Once a year.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2800 hours (1600 hours

for the response time and 1200 hours for

the States’ review time).

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended to

generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or

provide information to EPA. This

estimate includes the time needed to

review instructions, collect, validate,

and verify information; complete and

review the collection of information;

and transmit the information to EPA.

Dated: May 2, 2000.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6702–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Performance Track Program Level

One: The Environmental Achievement

Track

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: Performance Track Program

Level One: The Environmental

Achievement Track, ICR Number

1949.01. 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 19, 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://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No.1949.01. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Ken Munis, at

202–260–9560.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Performance Track Program

Level One: The Environmental

Achievement Track, EPA ICR No.

1949.01. This is a new collection.

Abstract: The Environmental

Protection Agency is developing a

national Performance Track Program. In

the July, 1999 report, ‘‘Aiming for

Excellence: Actions to Encourage

Stewardship and Accelerate

Environmental Progress,’’ the Agency

committed to developing a Performance

Track Program to reward and motivate

top environmental performance.

The Performance Track is a twotiered, voluntary program designed to

promote leadership in environmental

protection through the use of

Environmental Management Systems

(EMS), Pollution Prevention Programs,

and public reporting. Qualifying

program participants will benefit from a

variety of incentives, such as public

recognition, reduced monitoring and

reporting, and operational flexibility.

EPA will announce and begin to solicit

applications for level one of the

Performance Track, the Environmental

Achievement Track, in June of 2000.

Level two, the Environmental

Stewardship Track, will be announced

in May of 2001.

Participation in the Performance

Track program is voluntary. To be

considered for acceptance into the

program, applicants for the

Environmental Achievement Track will

be asked to submit information

documenting their EMS, history of

compliance with EPA regulations,

commitment to continuous

environmental performance

improvement, and commitment to

public outreach and performance

reporting. Upon acceptance to the

Environmental Achievement Track,

participants will be required to make

environmental performance reports

accessible to the public.

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 3/02/

2000 (65 FR 11305); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 252 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 Industries

Estimated Number of Respondents:

250.

Frequency of Response: Annually .

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

50,450 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M 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. 1949.01 in

any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (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.

Dated: May 11, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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