[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8724-8725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4754]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5685-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following proposed and/or continuing Information Collection Requests 
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Before submitting 
the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on 
specific aspects of the proposed information collections as described 
below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to: Docket A-91-60, Central 
Docket Section, South Conference Room 4, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC, 20460. Interested persons may 
make a copy of the ICR without charge from the docket. The docket is 
open between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays. The telephone number is 
(202) 260-7549, and the fax number is (202) 260-4400. To expedite 
review of comments, a second copy of the comments should be sent to 
Mavis Sanders, Stratospheric Protection division, Mail Code 6205J, EPA, 
401 M Street, Washington, DC 20460. Overnight mail should be sent to 
our 501-3rd Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001 street address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mavis Sanders at (202) 233-9737, or 
fax (202) 233-9665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action 
include manufacturers, distributors, retailers, importers, and 
recyclers/reclaimers that manufacture, sell or distribute products made 
with or containing class I or class II substances.
    Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Labeling, Final 
Rulemaking under Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, OMB 
Control No. 2060-0342, Expiration Date: 9/30/97.
    Abstract: The Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) promulgated 
regulations on February 11, 1993, and a subsequent amendment on January 
19, 1995, that became effective as of October 1, 1995. Pursuant to the 
enactment of the reauthorized Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), labeling 
requirements are no longer exempt from review under the PRA. OAR is 
submitting this renewal ICR relative to the requirements in effect on 
October 1, 1995, in compliance with the reauthorized PRA.
    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. The regulations require that 
all containers of class I and II substances, products containing class 
I substances, and products manufactured with class I substances be 
labeled. The required warning must state: ``WARNING: Contains 
(Manufactured with) [insert name of substance], a substance which harms 
public health and environment by destroying the ozone in the upper 
atmosphere.'' Labels must be applied when a product enters into 
interstate commerce or is imported into the U.S. Exceptions are 
available under a variety of circumstances including:
    <bullet> Those products manufactured prior to May 15, 1993, do not 
need to be labeled.
    <bullet> Those products where a component product made with a class 
I substance is sold to another party and incorporated into another 
product do not need to bear the warning label.
    <bullet> Those products manufactured by a company that achieved a 
95% reduction over its 1990 use of methyl chloroform and CFC-113 used 
as solvents (if petitioned before May 15, 1994) are exempt from bearing 
the warning label.
    <bullet> Incidental uses of class I substances are exempt.
    <bullet> Products that are manufactured with class I substances, 
where those substances are destroyed at the end of the process, are 
exempt from labeling.
    <bullet> Waste containing a class I substance and bound for discard 
is exempt.
    <bullet> Spare parts manufactured with a class I substance and sold 
to a distributor or a repairperson, to be used for repair purposes, are 
exempt from the label pass-through requirement.
    <bullet> Products repaired using a class I substance do not need to 
be labeled.
    <bullet> Products containing trace quantities of class I impurities 
resulting from inadvertent production, unreacted feedstock, or process 
agents are exempt.
    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, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: EPA estimates the projected hour burden of the 
renewed information collection is an annual total of 3024 hours. In 
comparison with the original labeling ICR, this estimate of hourly 
burden reflects a 40% reduction in the number of manufacturers that use 
a class I substance in their manufacturing process. This estimate 
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.


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    Dated: February 14, 1997.
Paul Stolpman,
Office Director, Office of Air Programs.
[FR Doc. 97-4754 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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