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displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 13, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2015–0533, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-r-docket@

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, 

WJC 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: Section 609 of the Clean Air 

Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) provides 

general guidelines for the recovery and 

recycling of motor vehicle air 

conditioners. It states that ‘‘no person 

repairing or servicing motor vehicles for 

consideration may perform any service 

on a motor vehicle air conditioner 

involving the refrigerant for such air 

conditioner without properly using 

approved refrigerant recovery and/or 

recovery and recycling equipment 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘refrigerant 

handling equipment’’) and no such 

person may perform such service unless 

such person has been properly trained 

and certified.’’ In 1992, EPA developed 

regulations under section 609 that were 

published in 57 FR 31240, and codified 

at 40 CFR Subpart B (Section 82.30 et 

seq.). The information required to be 

collected under the Section 609 

regulations is: Approved refrigerant 

handling equipment; approved 

independent standards testing 

organizations; technician training and 

certification; and certification, reporting 

and recordkeeping. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

following is a list of NAICS codes for 

organizations potentially affected by the 

information requirements covered under 

this ICR. It is meant to include any 

establishment that may service or 

maintain motor vehicle air conditioners. 

4411 Automobile Dealers 

4413 Automotive Parts, Accessories, 

and Tire Stores 

44711 Gasoline Stations with 

Convenience Stores 

45299 All Other General Merchandise 

Stores 

811198 All Other Automotive Repair 

and Maintenance 

Other affected groups include: 

—Independent Standards Testing 

Organizations 

—Organizations with Technician 

Certification Programs 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR 82.36, 82.38, 82.40, 

82.42). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

52,616 per year. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Total estimated burden: 4,523 hours 

per year. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $208,307.40 per 

year, includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The Agency 

anticipates that the total estimated 

respondent burden will stay 

substantially the same, or decrease 

compared with the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. The Agency 

anticipates a decrease in the respondent 

burden for new equipment certifications 

due to adjustments in the calculation to 

estimate the burden resulting from 

required submissions. The Agency also 

anticipates the respondent burden for 

updates to certification programs to 

increase slightly, while the number of 

new technician certification programs 

compiling documents for submission to 

EPA for verification of the program is 

expected to stay the same. 

Dated: August 5, 2015. 

Sarah Dunham, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0597; FRL 9932–02– 

OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; PCBs, Consolidated 

Reporting and Record Keeping 

Requirements; Submitted to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA has submitted the 

following information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA): ‘‘PCBs, 

Consolidated Reporting and Record 

Keeping Requirements’’ and identified 

by EPA ICR No. 1446.11 and OMB 

Control No. 2070–0112. The ICR, which 

is available in the docket along with 

other related materials, provides a 

detailed explanation of the collection 

activities and the burden estimate that 

is only briefly summarized in this 

document. EPA has addressed the 

comments received in response to the 

previously provided public review 

opportunity issued in the Federal 

Register on October 10, 2014 (79 FR 

61302). With this submission, EPA is 


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providing an additional 30 days for 

public review. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 14, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2014–0597, to 

both EPA and OMB as follows: 

• To 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. 

• To 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 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. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Lintner, Environmental 

Assistance Division (7408M), Office of 

Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 554–1404; email address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Docket: Supporting documents, 

including the ICR that explains in detail 

the information collection activities and 

the related burden and cost estimates 

that are summarized in this document, 

are available in the docket for this ICR. 

The docket can be viewed online at 

http://www.regulations.gov or in person 

at the EPA Docket Center, West William 

Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 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. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on August 31, 2015. 

Under OMB regulations, the Agency 

may continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 

Under PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., 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 are 

displayed either by publication in the 

Federal Register or by other appropriate 

means, such as on the related collection 

instrument or form, if applicable. The 

display of OMB control numbers for 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: Section 6(e)(1) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA), 15 

U.S.C. 2605(e), directs EPA to regulate 

the marking and disposal of 

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Since 

1978, EPA has promulgated numerous 

rules addressing all aspects of the life 

cycle of PCBs as required by the statute. 

To meet its statutory obligations to 

regulate PCBs, EPA must obtain 

sufficient information to conclude that 

specified activities do not result in an 

unreasonable risk of injury to health or 

the environment. EPA uses the 

information collected under the 40 CFR 

761 requirements to ensure that PCBs 

are managed in an environmentally safe 

manner and that activities are being 

conducted in compliance with the PCB 

regulations. The information collected 

by these requirements will update the 

Agency’s knowledge of ongoing PCB 

activities, ensure that individuals using 

or disposing of PCBs are held 

accountable for their activities, and 

demonstrate compliance with the PCB 

regulations. Specific uses of the 

information collected include 

determining the efficacy of a disposal 

technology; evaluating exemption 

requests and exclusion notices; targeting 

compliance inspections; and ensuring 

adequate storage capacity for PCB waste. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are persons who currently possess PCB 

items, PCB-contaminated equipment, or 

other PCB waste. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 761). Respondents may claim all or 

part of a response confidential. EPA will 

disclose information that is covered by 

a claim of confidentiality only to the 

extent permitted by, and in accordance 

with, the procedures in TSCA section 14 

and 40 CFR part 2. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 548,298. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total burden: 745,926 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Estimated total costs: $ 29,778,544 

(per year), includes no annualized 

capital investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates: There is an 

increase of 60,591 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with that identified in the ICR currently 

approved by OMB. This increase reflects 

EPA’s revisions to the estimated total 

number of respondents, resulting from 

new data gathered for this ICR effort as 

well as another recent PCB regulatory 

analysis, plus updated Agency data 

regarding total numbers of regulated 

entities. The ICR supporting statement 

provides a detailed analysis of the 

change in burden estimate. This change 

is an adjustment. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9920–72–OEI] 

Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: 

Authorized Program Revision 

Approval, State of Alaska 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

approval of the State of Alaska’s request 

to revise/modify certain of its EPAauthorized programs to allow electronic 

reporting. 

DATES: EPA’s approval is effective 

August 13, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Seeh, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Stop 

2823T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–1175, 

seeh.karen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media 

Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) 

was published in the Federal Register 

(70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of 

title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR 

establishes electronic reporting as an 

acceptable regulatory alternative to 

paper reporting and establishes 

requirements to assure that electronic 

documents are as legally dependable as 

their paper counterparts. Subpart D of 

CROMERR requires that state, tribal or 

local government agencies that receive, 

or wish to begin receiving, electronic 

reports under their EPA-authorized 

programs must apply to EPA for a 

revision or modification of those 

programs and obtain EPA approval. 

Subpart D provides standards for such 

approvals based on consideration of the 

electronic document receiving systems 


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