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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: Public,

Private, or Federal facilities applying to

the ELP.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 75

in application phase, 50 in the Annual

Report phase.

Frequency of Response: Yearly.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

17,070 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: Application—$293,625, On-site

review—$135,600; Annual Report—

$384,550.

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. 1794.01 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: February 4, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–3156 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5686–9]

Renewal of Agency Information

Collection Activities

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 Information Collection Request (ICR)

listed below is coming up for renewal.

Before submitting the renewal package

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), EPA is soliciting comments on

specific aspects of the collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: U.S. EPA, Office of

Research and Development, Quality

Assurance Division (MS–104), 2890

Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837–

3679.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy W. Wentworth, 202–260–5763,

Facsimile Number 202–401–7002,

wentworth.nancy@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Affected entities: Entities affected by

this action are those which apply for

Federal financial assistance from EPA

for proposed projects that include

environmentally related measurements.

Title: ICR Number 0866, Quality

Assurance Specification and

Requirements, OMB Control Number

2080–0033, which expires June 30,

1997.

Abstract: This ICR covers the quality

assurance (QA) paperwork burden that

appears at 40 CFR 30.54 [which

supercedes 40 CFR 30.503(d)] and 40

CFR 31.45. These are subsections from

40 CFR Part 30—General Regulations for

Assistance Programs, and 40 CFR Part

31—Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and

Cooperative Agreements to State and

Local Governments, respectively. The

information collection activity involves

the preparation of QA plans or narrative

statements that provide supporting

documentation sufficient to produce

data that are of quality adequate to meet

project objectives and (for 40 CFR 30.54)

to minimize loss of data due to out-ofcontrol conditions or malfunctions. The

quality system of the 40 CFR 30.54

assistance recipient must comply with

the requirements of ANSI/ASQC E4,

‘‘Specifications and Guidelines for

Quality Systems for Environmental Data

Collection and Environmental

Technology Programs.’’ All QA

submissions are reviewed and approved

by an EPA certified project officer or a

designated quality assurance officer.

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

displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments 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;

(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 collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The currently

approved ICR estimated the burden for

annual reporting and recordkeeping to

be 85 hours each for 845 state and local

respondents applying for assistance, and

70 hours each for 550 principal

investigators who solicit assistance. The

agency burden for review of QA plans

and preparation assistance to

respondents was estimated at 15 hours

each for the estimated 1395 awards.

This estimate included the time needed

to review instructions, search existing

data sources, gather and maintain the

data needed, and complete and review

the collection of information. Note that

the agency research grants program has

expanded significantly since the last

renewal.

Send comments regarding these

matters or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the address listed above.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Robert J. Huggett,

Assistant Administrator for Research and

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–3220 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5687–3]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Significant

New Alternatives Policy (SNAP)

Program Final Rulemaking Under Title

VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of

1990

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: