Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 189 / Tuesday, September 30, 1997 / Notices 51103

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 7/22/97 (62 FR 39239); no

comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 14 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: Entities

applying for National Wastewater

Management Excellence Award.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

2800.

Estimated Total Annualized 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. 1287.05 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0101 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: September 25, 1997.

Joseph Retzer, Director,

Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25877 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

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AGENCY

[FRL–5900–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Annual

Updates of Emission Data to the

Aerometric Information System (AIRS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval: Annual

Updates of Emission Data to the

Aerometric Information System (AIRS),

OMB Control Number 2060-0088, which

expires October 31, 1997. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected burden and

cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before October 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0916.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Annual Updates of Emission

Data to the Aerometric Information

System (AIRS) (OMB Control Number

2060–0088; EPA ICR No. 0916.08)

expiring 10/31/97. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The general authority for the

collection of emission information

derives from 40 CFR 51.321, 51.322, and

51.323. The respondents (States and

Territories) are required to annually

update information on stationary

sources emitting at least prescribed

threshold amounts of pollutants

regulated by NAAQS. For all

respondents, activities include the

resolution of errors and anomalies

identified through EPA edits. Over a

three year period all of the respondents

will also be involved in reconciling

emission and compliance data stored in

EPA’s Aerometric Information Retrieval

System (AIRS). Approximately onethird of the respondents will be

involved in this reconciliation during

any one year. The EPA’s Office of Air

Quality Planning and Standards

(OAQPS) uses the annual emission

reports to update the national database

of emissions from stationary sources

that it has maintained since 1974. The

data are used in developing emission

standards, applying dispersion models,

and in preparing national trend

assessments and other special analyses

and reports.

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 3/7/96

(61 FR 9160 ); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 212 hours per

respondent. 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: States

and Territories.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

54.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

11,448 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $29,580.

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. 0916.08 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0088 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory
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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: September 24, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25880 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

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AGENCY

[FRL–5900–2]

Request for Nominations to the

National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Request for

Nominations.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is inviting nominations to

fill vacancies on its National Advisory

Council for Environmental Policy and

Technology (NACEPT). The Agency is

seeking qualified senior level decision

makers from diverse sectors throughout

the U.S. to be considered for

appointments. Nominations will be

accepted until close of business October

20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: Mr.

Gordon Schisler, Deputy Director, Office

of Cooperative Environmental

Management, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1601–F, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NACEPT

is a federal advisory committee under

the Federal Advisory Committee Act, PL

92463. NACEPT provides advice and

recommendations to the Administrator

and other EPA officials on a broad range

of domestic and international

environmental policy issues.

NACEPT consists of a representative

cross-section of EPA’s partners and

principle constituents who provide

advice and recommendations on policy

issues and serve as a sounding board for

new strategies that the Agency is

developing.

Maintaining a balance and diversity of

experience, knowledge, and judgment is

an important consideration in the

selection of members.

The Administrator has asked NACEPT

to concentrate on several policy and

regulatory components associated with

Reinvention, Information, and Capital

Markets.

The following standing NACEPT

committees were formed to address

different aspects of these efforts.

• The Reinvention Criteria Committee

(RCC) will provide advice and

recommendations on criteria to measure

the progress and success of improving

public confidence, fostering flexibility

and environmental innovation, and

increasing accountability for

environmental results. This committee

will also provide advice on: how EPA

can promote an internal culture change

that goes beyond specific reinvention

programs and incorporates reinvention

philosophies into general EPA practices,

and identify a mechanism that EPA can

use to ensure management

accountability for reinvention programs.

• The Environmental Information and

Public Access Committee will focus on

providing stakeholder input into key

information management infrastructure

issues, including: access to, and

validation of environmental statistics;

the long-term role of the Center for

Environmental Information & Statistics

and how it fits within the Agency’s

current information management model;

updating of the Agency’s information

management strategic plan;

implementation of legislation in EPA

such as the Government Performance &

Results (GPRA) and the Paperwork

Reduction Act; the expanded role of the

Chief Information Officer (CIO); and

other key information management

strategies.

• The Environmental Capital Markets

Committee will provide stakeholder

inputs on the potential utility of using

Environmental Management Systems as

an investment service. The ultimate goal

of the committee is to identify concrete

actions EPA can take, on its own or in

cooperation with other Federal and

State agencies could take to help the

financial services industry incorporate

this environmental information into its

decision-making processes.

EPA is seeking nominees for

representatives from all sectors,

especially, state, local and tribal

agencies, industry, academia,

environmental, organizations, and

NGOs.

Nominations for membership must

include a resume and short biography

describing the educational and

professional qualifications of the

nominee and the nominee’s current

business address and daytime telephone

number.

NACEPT also has four (4) other

committees, but we are not soliciting

membership to those committees at this

time. The four committees include: The

Toxics Data Reporting Committee

(TDR), Total Maximum Daily Load

Committee (TMDL), Waste Isolation

Pilot Plant Committee (WIPP), and the

Effluent Guidelines Committees (EGC).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Clarence Hardy, Designated Federal

Officer for NACEPT, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

1601–F, Washington, D.C. 20460;

telephone (292) 260–9741.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Gordon Schisler,

Designated Federal Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–25881 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

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AGENCY

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Existing Stocks for Labeling Changes

in PR Notices

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing its final

policy in a Pesticide Registration (PR)

Notice entitled ‘‘Existing Stocks for

Labeling Changes in PR Notices.’’ EPA

proposed this policy for 60 days of

public comment on January 11, 1995.

Interested parties may request a copy of

the Agency’s final policy by contacting

the person listed in the ADDRESSES

unit of this notice.

ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available

from: By mail: Melissa L. Chun, Policy

and Regulatory Services Branch, Field

and External Affairs Division (7506C),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. 1116A, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305–

4027, e-mail:

chun.melissa@epamail.epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Melissa L. Chun, Policy and

Regulatory Services Branch, Field and

External Affairs Division (7506C), Office

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: Rm. 1116A, CM

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA, (703) 305–4027, e-mail:

chun.melissa@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Electronic Availability

Internet

Electronic copies of this document

and the PR Notice are available from the