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Total estimated cost: $299,913 (per 

year), which includes no annualized 

capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 467 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is a result of 

improved technology that reduces 

manual calculations for the real-time air 

monitors and allows some operations to 

be performed by EPA personnel at 

NAREL rather than requiring 

respondent time. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14747 Filed 6–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0402; FRL–9826–8] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; EPA–ICR 

No. 1774.05—Mobile Air Conditioner 

Retrofitting Program 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Mobile Air Conditioner Retrofitting 

Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 1774.05, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0450) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is 

soliciting public comments on specific 

aspects of the proposed information 

collection as described below. This is a 

‘‘proposed extension of the ICR, which 

is currently approved through October 

31, 2013’’. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 19, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2013–0402, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca von dem Hagen, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs, MC 6205J, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

343–9445; fax number: (202) 343–2362; 

email address: 

vondemhagen.rebecca@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it 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. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: EPA’s Significant New 

Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program 

implements Section 612 of the 1990 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments 

which authorized the Agency to 

establish regulatory requirements to 

ensure that ozone-depleting substances 

(ODS) are replaced by alternatives that 

reduce overall risks to human health 

and the environment, and to promote an 

expedited transition to safe substitutes. 

To promote this transition, CAA 

specified that EPA establish an 

information clearinghouse of available 

alternatives, and coordinate with other 

Federal agencies and the public on 

research, procurement practices, and 

information and technology transfers. 

Since the program’s inception in 

1994, SNAP has reviewed over 400 new 

chemicals and alternative 

manufacturing processes for a wide 

range of consumer, industrial, space 

exploration, and national security 

applications. Roughly 90% of 

alternatives submitted to EPA for review 

have been listed as acceptable for a 

specific use, typically with some 

condition or limit to minimize risks to 

human health and the environment. 

Regulations promulgated under SNAP 

require that Motor Vehicle Air 

Conditioners (MVACs) retrofitted to use 

a SNAP substitute refrigerant include 

basic information on a label to be 

affixed to the air conditioner. The label 

includes the name of the substitute 

refrigerant, when and by whom the 

retrofit was performed, environmental 

and safety information about the 

substitute refrigerant, and other 

information. This information is needed 

so that subsequent technicians working 

on the MVAC system will be able to 

service the equipment properly, 

decreasing the likelihood of significant 

refrigerant cross-contamination and 

potential failure of air conditioning 

systems and recovery/recycling 

equipment. 

Form Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1774.05, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0450. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this action are 

new and used car dealers, gas service 

stations, top and body repair shops, 

general automotive repair shops, 

automotive repair shops not elsewhere 

classified, including air conditioning 

and radiator specialty shops. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory under 40 CFR 82.180. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

294 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once per 

retrofit of a motor vehicle air 

conditioner. 

Total estimated burden: 8 hours (per 

year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $580 (per year), 

includes $10 (per year) annualized 


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capital or operation & maintenance 

costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is 

decrease of 1,492 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB (per year). This decrease is based 

on the decline of CFC–12 MVACs in 

service today. EPA estimated that the 

total percent of CFC–12 MVACs 

retrofitted in 2003 was 1.5%, which 

equals an estimated 500,000 CFC–12 

MVACs retrofitted to R–134a. The 

number of MVACs originally designed 

to use CFC–12 as well as the number of 

those retrofitted to R–134a has been 

decreasing every year and EPA 

estimates a continued reduction in the 

number of CFC–12 MVACs retrofits will 

occur during the next three years. EPA 

estimates that currently, in 2013, there 

are 330,000 MVACs originally designed 

to use CFC–12 operating in the U.S. EPA 

estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016 

the number of cars originally designed 

to use CFC–12 will decrease to 170,000, 

84,000 and 40,000, respectively. Of 

these, EPA estimates that 0.1% will be 

retrofitted annually to use alternative 

refrigerants between October 2013 and 

September 2016. Therefore, EPA 

estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016 

the numbers of MVACs to be retrofitted 

are 170, 84 and 40, respectively; 

resulting in a total of 294 MVAC 

retrofits over the three years of this ICR. 

These reductions are due to the decrease 

of CFC–12 MVACs available on the road 

for retrofitting. 

Dated: June 10, 2013. 

Sarah Dunham, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–14753 Filed 6–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0744; FRL–9531–7] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides on 

Food/Feed Crops and New Inert 

Ingredients 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an Information 

Collection Request (ICR), Tolerance 

Petitions for Pesticides on Food/Feed 

Crops and New Inert Ingredients (EPA 

ICR No. 0597.11, OMB No. 2070–0024), 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

July 31, 2013. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (77 FR 69821) on November 21, 

2012 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. 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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before July 22, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2012–0744, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Drewes, Field and External Affairs 

Division, 7506P, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 347–0107; fax 

number: (703) 308–5884; email address: 

Drewes.Scott@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain 

in detail the information that the EPA 

will be collecting are available in the 

public docket for this ICR. The docket 

can be viewed online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in person at the 

EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. The telephone number 

for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. 

For additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: The use of pesticides to 

increase crop production often results in 

pesticide residues in or on the crop. To 

protect the public health from unsafe 

pesticide residues, EPA sets limits on 

the nature and level of residues 

permitted pursuant to section 408 of the 

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). A pesticide may not be used 

on food or feed crops unless the Agency 

has established a tolerance (maximum 

residue limit) for the pesticide residues 

on that crop or established an 

exemption from the requirement to have 

a tolerance. 

Under the law, EPA is responsible for 

ensuring that the maximum residue 

levels likely to be found in or on food/ 

feed are safe for human consumption 

through a careful review and evaluation 

of residue chemistry and toxicology 

data. In addition, EPA must ensure that 

adequate enforcement of the tolerance 

can be achieved through the testing of 

submitted analytical methods. If the 

data are adequate for EPA to determine 

that there is a reasonable certainty that 

no harm will result from aggregate 

exposure, the Agency will establish the 

tolerance or grant an exemption from 

the requirement of a tolerance. 

This ICR only applies to the 

information collection activities 

associated with the submission of a 

petition for a tolerance action. While 

EPA is authorized to set pesticide 

tolerances, the Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is responsible for 

their enforcement. Food or feed 

commodities found to contain pesticide 

residues in excess of established 

tolerances are considered adulterated, 

and are subject to seizure by FDA, and 

may result in civil penalties. 

Trade secret or CBI is frequently 

submitted to EPA in support of a 

tolerance petition because submissions 

usually include the manufacturing 

process, product formulation, and 

supporting data. When such information 

is provided to the Agency, the 

information is protected from disclosure 

under FIFRA section 10. CBI data 

submitted to the EPA is handled strictly 

in accordance with the provisions of the 

FIFRA Confidential Business 

Information Security Manual. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Entities 

potentially affected by this ICR include 

anyone who files a petition asking EPA 

to take a specific tolerance action. While 

any entity can file a petition with EPA, 

petitions typically come from those 

businesses engaged in the 

manufacturing of pesticides and the 

Interregional Research Project No. 4 

(IR–4). The NAICS codes for the most 

frequent type of respondent are 325320 

(pesticide and other agricultural 

chemical manufacturing) and 541600 

(management, scientific, and technical 

consulting services). 


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