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(OMB) for review and approval:

Continuous Release Reporting

Regulation (CRRR) under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), OMB control

number 2050–0086, EPA ICR Number

1445, expiring September 30, 1997. 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 September 12, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1445.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Continuous Release Reporting

Regulation (CRRR) under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), (OMB Control

Number: 2050–0086; EPA ICR No. 1445)

expiring 9/30/97. This ICR requests an

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: This ICR addresses the

reporting and recordkeeping activities

required to comply with the continuous

release reporting regulation (CRRR; 40

CFR 302.8) specified in section 103(f)(2)

of CERCLA. The CRRR was developed

as a reporting burden reduction

regulation; the CRRR provides relief

from the per-occurrence notification

requirements of CERCLA section 103(a)

for hazardous substance releases that are

‘‘continuous,’’ ‘‘stable in quantity and

rate,’’ and for which notification has

been given ‘‘for a period sufficient to

establish the continuity, quantity, and

regularity’’ of the release. Notification of

qualifying releases must be provided

‘‘annually, or at such time as there is

any statistically significant increase’’ in

the quantity of the release. The

information collection requirements of

the CRRR are necessary to determine if

response actions are needed to control

or mitigate any potential adverse effects

associated with a reported hazardous

substance release. The CRRR requires

five types of notification activities:

• One or more initial telephone calls

to the National Response Center (NRC);

• An initial written report to the EPA

Region;

• A follow-up written report to the

EPA Region one year after submission of

the initial written report;

• Notification to the EPA Region of

any changes in release information

previously submitted (including either a

change in composition, source, or

quantity, or another type of change); and

• Immediate notification of any

statistically significant increase (SSI) in

the quantity or the release to the NRC.

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 Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on May

14, 1997 (62 FR 26500). No comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated as follows: A respondent is

assumed to file one continuous release

report per release and to experience a

change in the release (e.g., a change in

facility ownership or address) requiring

submittal of a letter of changed

information to the EPA Regions. The

burden is estimated to average a total of

17.5 hours for the first year and 11.5

hours for each subsequent year for a

typical release. First year burden hours

are estimated as: 3 hours for providing

initial telephone notification, 8 hours

for preparing the initial written report,

4 hours for recordkeeping, and 2.5 hours

for reporting a change in the release.

Subsequent year burden hours are

estimated as: 5 hours for preparing a

follow-up written report and conducting

annual evaluations, 4 hours for

recordkeeping, and 2.5 hours for

reporting a change in the release.

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: 2,342.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,342.

Frequency of Response: Annual plus

occasional changes.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

181,180.

Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden:

$159,000.

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. 1445.04 and

OMB Control No. 2050–0086 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW., 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: August 7, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–21378 Filed 8–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–66243; FRL–5736–2]

Vinclozolin; Voluntary Deletion of Uses

to Obtain Another Use While

Maintaining Acceptable Acute Dietary

Risk

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of receipt of request to

delete uses.

SUMMARY: This notice, pursuant to

section 6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), announces EPA’s receipt of

requests from BASF Corporation to

delete certain uses from its products

containing 3-(3,5-Dichlorophenyl)-5-

ethenyl-5-methyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione),

or vinclozolin, in order to obtain a new

registration for succulent beans.

DATES: Public comment will be accepted

until September 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit comments

to: Public Information and Records

Integrity Branch, Information Resources

and Services Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person

deliver comments to: Rm. 1132, Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by following

the instructions under Unit VII. of this
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document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Mark Wilhite, Special Review

Branch (7508W), Special Review and

Reregistration Division, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20046. Office location,

telephone number, and e-mail address:

Special Review Branch, 3rd floor, 2800

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, (703) 308–

8586, e-mail:

wilhite.mark@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background Information

Vinclozolin (trade names Ronilan,

Curalan, and Ornilan) is a fungicide first

registered in 1981 to control various

types of rot caused by Botrytis spp.,

Sclerotinia spp, and other types of mold

and blight causing organisms, on

strawberries, lettuce (all types),

stonefruit, tomatoes, grapes, raspberries,

onions, succulent beans, residential turf,

recreational areas, golf courses,

commercial and industrial sites.

Vinclozolin is also registered for use on

ornamental plants in green houses and

nurseries. BASF, the sole registrant of

vinclozolin used on food commodities,

sought a new section 3 registration for

use of vinclozolin on succulent beans.

EPA was unable to make the

‘‘reasonable certainty of no harm’’

finding mandated by section 408(b)(2) of

the FFDCA for a new succulent beans

use and associated tolerances if all

existing uses remained in place. To

reduce aggregate risk posed by exposure

to vinclozolin, and thereby enable the

Agency to make a ‘‘reasonable certainty

of no harm’’ finding for succulent beans

and the related tolerances, BASF

requested the voluntary cancellation of

some registered uses.

II. BASF Request to Amend

Registrations

On April 30, 1997, BASF submitted a

written request to EPA seeking to amend

the registrations for vinclozolin.

Specifically, BASF requested that EPA

delete from registration numbers 7969-

53, 7969-57, 7969-62, and 7969-85 the

use of vinclozolin on plums, including

plums grown for prunes, grapes,

tomatoes, residential turf, and turf in

parks, school grounds, and recreational

areas.

III. Deletions Pursuant to Voluntary

Requests

Under section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA,

registrants may request at any time that

EPA amend a pesticide registration to

delete one or more uses (7 U.S.C.

136d(f)(1)). Consistent with 6(f)(1) of

FIFRA, EPA is publishing a notice of

receipt of the request and allowing 30

days for public comment.

IV. Existing Stocks

Effective immediately, all vinclozolin

products being manufactured must

reflect the changes described in this

notice. Retailers, distributors, and endusers may sell, distribute, or use

products with the previously approved

labeling which are already in channels

of trade until such supplies are

exhausted.

V. Proposed Use Deletion

The use deletions will take effect on

October 14, 1997 unless before that date

EPA publishes a notice in the Federal

Register modifying this proposed order.

EPA approves BASF’s request to

delete plums, including plums grown

for prunes, grapes, tomatoes, residential

turf, and turf in parks, school grounds,

and recreational areas from vinclozolin

products with EPA registration numbers

7969-53, 7969-57, 7969-62, and 7969-85.

VI. Public Comment Procedures

EPA invites interested parties to

submit written comments in response to

this notice. Comments must be

submitted by September 12, 1997.

Comments must bear a document

control number. Three copies of the

comments should be submitted to either

location under ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the

beginning of this notice.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this notice may be claimed

confidential by marking any or all that

information as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). EPA will not disclose

information so marked, except in

accordance with procedures set forth in

40 CFR part 2. A second copy of such

comments, with the CBI deleted, also

must be submitted for the public for

inclusion in the public record. EPA may

publicly disclose without prior notice

information not marked confidential.

VII. Rulemaking Record

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this document under

docket number ‘‘OPP–66243’’ (including

comments and data submitted

electronically as described below). A

public version of this record, including

printed, paper versions of electronic

comments, which does not include any

information claimed as CBI, is available

for inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The official record is located

at the address in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the

beginning of this document.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comment and data will

also be accepted on disks in

Wordperfect 5.1 file format or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket number OPP–66243.

Electronic comments on this document

may be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Use deletions.

Dated: August 7, 1997.

Jack E. Housinger,

Acting Director, Special Review and

Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–21411 Filed 8–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

August 7, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of