Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 214 / Wednesday, November 5, 1997 / Notices 59863

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

entitled: Request for Contractor Access

to TSCA Confidential Business

Information (CBI) (EPA ICR No. 1250.05;

OMB Control No. 2070–0075) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval pursuant to the OMB

procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR,

which is abstracted below, describes the

nature of the information collection and

its estimated cost and burden.

The Agency is requesting that OMB

renew for 3 years the existing approval

for this ICR, which is scheduled to

expire on November 30, 1997. A Federal

Register notice announcing the

Agency’s intent to seek the renewal of

this ICR and the 60-day public comment

opportunity, requesting comments on

the request and the contents of the ICR,

was issued on August 19, 1997 (62 FR

44125). EPA did not receive any

comments on this ICR during the

comment period.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before December 5,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone on (202)

260–2740, by e-mail:

‘‘farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,’’ or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1250.05.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1250.05 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0075, to the following

addresses: Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Regulatory Information Division

(Mailcode: 2137), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460, and to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,

725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, DC

20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Review Requested: This is a request to

renew a currently approved information

collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1250.05;

OMB Control No. 2070–0075.

Current Expiration Date: Current

OMB approval expires on November 30,

1997.

Title: Request for Contractor Access to

TSCA CBI.

Abstract: Certain employees of

companies working under contract to

EPA require access to confidential

business information collected under

TSCA authority (‘‘TSCA CBI’’) in order

to perform their official duties. The

Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics (OPPT), which is responsible for

maintaining the security of TSCA

confidential business information,

requires that all individuals desiring

access to TSCA CBI obtain and annually

renew their official clearance to TSCA

CBI. As part of the process for obtaining

TSCA CBI clearance, OPPT requires

certain information about the

contracting company and about each

contractor employee requesting TSCA

CBI clearance, primarily the name,

Social Security Number and EPA

identification badge number of the

employee, the type of TSCA CBI

clearance requested and the justification

for such clearance, and the signature of

the employee to an agreement with

respect to access to and use of TSCA

CBI.

Responses to the collection of

information are voluntary, but failure to

provide the requested information will

prevent a contractor employee from

obtaining clearance to TSCA CBI. EPA

will observe strict confidentiality

precautions with respect to the

information collected on individual

employees, based on the Privacy Act of

1974, as outlined in the ICR and in the

collection instrument.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to be

approximately 31 hours per response for

an estimated 26 respondents making

one or more submissions of information

annually. These estimates include 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. No person is

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for these

regulations are displayed in 40 CFR part

9.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Entities potentially affected by this

action are those companies working

under contract for EPA whose

employees need access to TSCA

confidential business information to

carry out their duties.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 26.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 814 hours.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Changes in Burden Estimates: There

is an increase of 234 hours in the total

estimated respondent burden as

compared with that identified in the

information collection request most

recently approved by OMB, from 580

hours currently to an estimated 814

hours. This increase accounts for time

that is required to view the TSCA CBI

security videotape that was not

included in the previous ICR.

According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this

document, as described above.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Clean

Water Needs Survey

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: Clean

Water Needs Survey, OMB Control

Number 2040–0050, expiration date

November 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 December 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)

260-2740, by email:

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 318.07.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Clean Water Needs Survey

(OMB Control No. 2040–0050; EPA ICR

No. 318.07.) expiring 11/30/97. This is

a request for extension of a currently

approved collection for an inventory

and cost estimate of those capital

improvements needed to be made to

new and existing wastewater treatment

plants and collector systems eligible for

funding under the Clean Water Act, to

meet the requirements under the Clean

Water Act. In addition, data collection

on abandoned mine runoff is planned as

a pilot partial survey for 7 States.

Abstract: The data base for the Clean

Water Needs Survey (CWNS) data on

Publicly Owned Treatment Works

(POTWs, wastewater treatment plants)

which is collected by the 50 States and

Puerto Rico is being modernized. It has

been designed and tested and will be

made available to the States to start

entering their data and training their

staff on the use of the new data base so

that the States will be ready in time for

the 2000 Clean Water Needs Survey. In

addition, data will be collected on the

runoff from abandoned mines as a pilot

partial survey of 7 States, by those 7

States, to improve the quality of the

2000 CWNS. The States are required to

supply this information in order to be

eligible for funding for the POTW

facilities surveyed under the Clean

Water Act and State Revolving Fund.

The data is compiled and published

every 4 years in a Clean Water Needs

Survey, and FOIA requests are answered

and extracts of data will be placed on

the Internet. 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 5/13/97 (62 FR 26303); no comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 59 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: The 50

States and Puerto Rico..

Estimated Number of Respondents:

51.

Frequency of Response: Once in two

years.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

3,025 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $90,750.00.

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 318.07 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0050 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

(or E-Mail

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov)

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: October 30, 1997.

Richard Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–29290 Filed 11–4–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants for Source Categories:

Gasoline Distribution (Stage I)

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: National Emission Standards

for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source

Categories: Gasoline Distribution (Stage

I), 40 CFR part 63, subpart R, OMB

Control Number 2060–0325, expiring on

December 31, 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 December 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information or a copy of the ICR, call

Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–2740,

or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1659.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Source

Categories: Gasoline Distribution (Stage

I), 40 CFR part 63, subpart R, (OMB

Control Number 2060–0325; EPA ICR

No. 1659.03) expiring on December 31,

1997. This is a request for extension of

a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Effective enforcement of this

rule is necessary due to the hazardous

nature of benzene (a known human

carcinogen) and the toxic nature of the

other 10 Hazardous Air Pollutants

emitted from gasoline distribution

facilities. The EPA is charged under

section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA

or Act), as amended, to establish

national emission standards for

hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP).

Section 114 of the Act allows the

Administrator to require inspections,

monitoring, and entry into facilities to

ensure compliance with a section 112

emission standard. Records and reports

are necessary to enable the EPA to

identify facilities that may not be in

compliance with the standards. The

information will be used by agency

personnel to: (1) identify sources subject

to the standards; (2) ensure that leakage

emissions from cargo tanks and process

piping equipment components (both

liquid and vapor) during loading are

being minimized; (3) ensure that

emission control devices are being

properly operated and maintained; and

(4) ensure that emissions from storage

vessels are minimized and rim seal and

fitting defects are repaired on a timely

basis. 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