[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44412-44413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21964]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 9

[FRL-5483-4]


OMB Approval Numbers Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 
technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for 
Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in 
Antarctica.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective August 21, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Montgomery or Katherine Biggs, 
Office of Federal Activities (2252A), U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency,

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401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460; telephone: (202) 564-7157 
or (202) 564-7144, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is today amending the table of currently 
approved information collection request (ICR) control numbers issued by 
OMB for various regulations. Today's amendment updates the table to 
list those information requirements promulgated under the PRA for 
Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in 
Antarctica which appeared in the Federal Register on April 30, 1997 (62 
FR 23538-23549). The affected regulations are codified at title 40 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 8. EPA will continue to 
present OMB control numbers in a consolidated table format to be 
codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's regulations, and in each CFR 
volume containing EPA regulations. The table lists the section numbers 
with reporting and recordkeeping requirements, and the current OMB 
control numbers. This listing of the OMB control numbers and their 
subsequent codification in the CFR satisfy the requirements of the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and OMB's implementing 
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
    Because of the importance of facilitating the prompt entry into 
force of Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, 
EPA stated in its Preamble to the final rule that it believed it had 
good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) to find that implementation of 
notice and comment procedures for the interim final rule would be 
contrary to the public interest and unnecessary. For these reasons, the 
interim final regulations were issued without notice and an opportunity 
to comment. In addition, for the same reasons, under 5 U.S.C. 
553(d)(3), the interim final regulations took effect immediately upon 
publication. As a result, EPA finds that there is ``good cause'' under 
section 553(b)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B)) to amend this table without prior notice and comment. Due to 
the technical nature of the table, further notice and comment would be 
unnecessary.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9

    Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: August 13, 1997.
William D. Dickerson,
Acting Director, Office of Federal Activities.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended 
as follows:

PART 9--OMB APPROVALS UNDER THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT

    1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003, 
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330, 
1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR, 
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g, 
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2, 
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542, 
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.

    2. Section 9.1 is amended by adding a new centerheading and entry 
in numerical order to the table to read as follows:


Sec. 9.1  OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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Environmental Impact Assessment of Nongovernmental Activities in 
Antarctica

8.5-8.10--2020-0007
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[FR Doc. 97-21964 Filed 8-20-97; 8:45 am]
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