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DC 20460; telephone number (202) 343– 

9126; fax number: (202) 343–2338; 

email address: burchard.robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it 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 information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: EPA developed regulations 

under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 

1990 (CAA) regarding the use and 

disposal of class I and class II ozonedepleting substances used as 

refrigerants during the service, 

maintenance, repair, or disposal of 

refrigeration and air-conditioning 

equipment. Section 608(c) of the CAA 

states that it is unlawful for any person 

in the course of maintaining, servicing, 

repairing, or disposing of refrigeration 

or air-conditioning equipment to 

knowingly vent or otherwise knowingly 

release or dispose of class I or class II 

substance used as a refrigerant in the 

equipment in a manner which permits 

the substance to enter the environment. 

In 1993, EPA promulgated regulations 

under section 608 of the CAA for the 

recycling of ozone-depleting refrigerants 

recovered during servicing and disposal 

of air-conditioning and refrigeration 

equipment. These regulations were 

published on May 14, 1993 (58 FR 

28660) and codified in 40 CFR part 82, 

subpart F (§ 82.150 et seq.). 

The regulations require persons 

servicing refrigeration and airconditioning equipment to observe 

service practices that reduce emissions 

of ozone depleting refrigerants. The 

regulations also establish certification 

programs for technicians, recycling and 

recovery equipment, and off-site 

refrigerant reclaimers. In addition, EPA 

requires that ozone depleting 

refrigerants contained ‘‘in bulk’’ in 

appliances be removed prior to disposal 

of the appliances, and that all 

refrigeration and air-conditioning 

equipment (except for small appliances 

and room air conditioners) be provided 

with a servicing aperture that facilitates 

recovery of the refrigerant. Moreover, 

the Agency requires that substantial 

refrigerant leaks in equipment be 

repaired when discovered. These 

regulations significantly reduce 

emissions of ozone depleting 

refrigerants and therefore aid efforts to 

minimize damage to the ozone layer. 

To facilitate compliance with section 

608, EPA requires reporting and record 

keeping for technicians; technician 

certification programs; equipment 

testing organizations; refrigerant 

wholesalers and purchasers; refrigerant 

reclaimers; refrigeration and airconditioning equipment owners; and 

other establishments that perform 

refrigerant removal, service, or disposal. 

The recordkeeping requirements and 

submission of reports to EPA occur on 

an annual, biannual, one-time or 

occasional basis depending on the 

nature of the reporting entity and the 

length of time the entity has been in 

service. Specific reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements were 

published in 58 FR 28660 and codified 

under 40 CFR part 82, subpart F 

(i.e.,§ 82.166). These reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements help EPA 

evaluate the effectiveness of refrigerant 

regulations and reduce emissions of 

ozone-depleting substances. 

Form Numbers: None 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected are those that 

recover, recycle, reclaim, sell or 

distribute in interstate commerce ozonedepleting refrigerants that contain 

chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs); 

those that service, maintain, repair, or 

dispose of appliances containing CFC or 

HCFC refrigerants; and those that own 

or operate appliances containing more 

than 50 pounds of CFC or HCFC 

refrigerants. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory 

Estimated number of respondents: 

883,680. 

Frequency of response: Primarily 

annually, with the exception of 

technician testing organizations that are 

required to report biannually. 

Total estimated burden: 320,537 

Total estimated cost: $14,202,991 

Changes in Estimates: There is a slight 

increase in the average annual burden 

hours currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: June 23, 2014. 

Drusilla Hufford, 

Director, Stratospheric Protection Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9913–67–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Colorado 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA’s) approval of the State of 

Colorado’s request to revise its National 

Primary Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation EPA-authorized 

program to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

August 13, 2014 for the State of 

Colorado’s National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations Implementation 

program, if no timely request for a 

public hearing is received and accepted 

by the Agency. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

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documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 

that the state, tribe, or local government 

will use to implement the electronic 

reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) 

through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D 

provides special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On January 23, 2014, the Colorado 

Department of Public Health and 

Environment (CDPHE) submitted an 

application titled ‘‘Colorado Drinking 

Water System’’ for revision of its EPAauthorized Part 142 program under title 

40 CFR. EPA reviewed CDPHE’s request 

to revise its EPA-authorized program 

and, based on this review, EPA 

determined that the application met the 

standards for approval of authorized 

program revision set out in 40 CFR part 

3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s decision 

to approve Colorado’s request to revise 

its Part 142—National Primary Drinking 

Water Regulations Implementation 

program to allow electronic reporting 

under 40 CFR part 141 is being 

published in the Federal Register. 

CDPHE was notified of EPA’s 

determination to approve its application 

with respect to the authorized program 

listed above. 

Also, in today’s notice, EPA is 

informing interested persons that they 

may request a public hearing on EPA’s 

action to approve the State of Colorado’s 

request to revise its authorized public 

water system program under 40 CFR 

part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 

3.1000(f). Requests for a hearing must be 

submitted to EPA within 30 days of 

publication of today’s Federal Register 

notice. Such requests should include 

the following information: 

(1) The name, address and telephone 

number of the individual, organization 

or other entity requesting a hearing; 

(2) A brief statement of the requesting 

person’s interest in EPA’s 

determination, a brief explanation as to 

why EPA should hold a hearing, and 

any other information that the 

requesting person wants EPA to 

consider when determining whether to 

grant the request; 

(3) The signature of the individual 

making the request, or, if the request is 

made on behalf of an organization or 

other entity, the signature of a 

responsible official of the organization 

or other entity. 

In the event a hearing is requested 

and granted, EPA will provide notice of 

the hearing in the Federal Register not 

less than 15 days prior to the scheduled 

hearing date. Frivolous or insubstantial 

requests for hearing may be denied by 

EPA. Following such a public hearing, 

EPA will review the record of the 

hearing and issue an order either 

affirming today’s determination or 

rescinding such determination. If no 

timely request for a hearing is received 

and granted, EPA’s approval of the State 

of Colorado’s request to revise its part 

142—National Primary Drinking Water 

Regulations Implementation program to 

allow electronic reporting will become 

effective 30 days after today’s notice is 

published, pursuant to CROMERR 

section 3.1000(f)(4). 

Dated: July 2, 2014. 

Matthew Leopard, 

Acting Director, Office of Information 

Collection. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9913–66–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, Commonwealth of Kentucky 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA’s) approval of the Commonwealth 

of Kentucky’s request to revise/modify 

certain of its EPA-authorized programs 

to allow electronic reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

August 13, 2014 for the Commonwealth 

of Kentucky’s National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation program, if no timely 

request for a public hearing is received 

and accepted by the Agency, and on 

July 14, 2014 for the Commonwealth of 

Kentucky’s other authorized programs 

addressed by this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that states, tribes or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs apply to EPA for revisions or 

modifications of those programs and 

obtain EPA approval. Subpart D 

provides standards for such approvals 

based on consideration of the electronic 

document receiving systems that the 

state, tribe, or local government will use 

to implement the electronic reporting. 

Additionally, § 3.1000(b) through (e) of 

40 CFR part 3, subpart D provides 

special procedures for program 

revisions and modifications to allow 

electronic reporting, to be used at the 

option of the state, tribe or local 

government in place of procedures 

available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An 

application submitted under the subpart 

D procedures must show that the state, 

tribe or local government has sufficient 

legal authority to implement the 

electronic reporting components of the 

programs covered by the application 

and will use electronic document 

receiving systems that meet the 

applicable subpart D requirements. 

On January 14, 2010, the Kentucky 

Department for Environmental 

Protection (KY DEP) submitted an 

application under 40 CFR part 3, 

subpart D, for revisions/modifications of 

its EPA-authorized programs listed 

below to allow specified electronic 

reporting. The application, titled 

‘‘Electronic Reporting System,’’ was 

subsequently amended on December 20, 

2010, and again on May 17, 2012. Based 

on EPA’s review of KY DEP’s 

application, EPA determined that it met 

the 40 CFR part 3, subpart D standards 

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