19252 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 74 / Friday, April 17, 1998 / Notices

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00531.’’ Electronic comments on this

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List of Subjects

Environmental protection and

Information collection requests.

Dated: April 9, 1998.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 98–10228 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 am]

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Reporting

and Recordkeeping Requirements

Under EPA’s Natural Gas STAR

Program

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: ‘‘Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements under

EPA’s Natural Gas STAR Program,’’

OMB Control Number 2060–0328, and

expiration date 6/30/98. 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 May 18, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone at (202)

260–2740, by email at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1736.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: ‘‘Recordkeeping and Reporting

Requirements under EPA’s Natural Gas

STAR Program’’. (OMB Control No.

2060–0328; EPA ICR No. 1736.02)

expiring 6/30/98. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: Natural Gas STAR is an

EPA-sponsored, voluntary program that

encourages natural gas companies to

adopt cost effective methods for

reducing methane emissions. Natural

Gas STAR Partners agree to implement

cost effective Best Management

Practices (BMPs), which will both save

participants money and improve the

protection of the environment. EPA

needs to collect information to establish

program participation and to obtain

general information on new Natural Gas

STAR Partners. EPA also uses the

information collection to evaluate a

Partner’s progress and performance, and

assess overall program results.

Participation in the Natural Gas STAR

program is voluntary. Natural Gas STAR

Partners may designate information

submitted under this ICR as confidential

business information. EPA will treat all

such information as confidential

business information and will not make

the company or agency-specific

information collected under this ICR

available to the general 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. The OMB control numbers for

EPA’s regulations are listed in 40 CFR

part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The

Federal Register document required

under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on 12/20/97;

No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 39 hours per

facility. 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:

Natural Gas Companies.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

78.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

3,692 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: 0.

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. 1736.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0328 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: April 13, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared March 30, 1998 Through April

03, 1998 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167. An explanation of the