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(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 that

a total of 35 grantees, 35 project

partners, and 35 assisted businesses will

be interviewed as part of the ICR.

Completing the JTR evaluations

involves the following activities for each

grantee, project partner, and assisted

business: reviewing EPA’s questions

and preparing responses, participating

in phone or onsite interviews, and

participating in followup activities such

as reviewing a 4-page grantee fact sheet.

Specifically, JTR grantees will be asked

to provide information on their project

history, the types of business assistance

provided, barriers and lessons learned,

the future of the project, overall project

benefits, and partnerships established.

EPA estimates an annual burden per

grantee of 2 hours for reviewing

questions and preparing responses, 3

hours for participating in the interview,

and 1 hour for participating in followup

activities. Thus, EPA estimates that an

average annual burden for the 35

grantees would be 210 grantee hours or

$10,500 to provide EPA with the

requested information. Businesses

assisted by JTR grantees will be asked to

assess the services provided by the

grantee and to estimate the direct and

indirect economic benefits of the

assistance. Project partners will be

asked to discuss their interaction with

the grantee and to evaluate the types of

assistance provided. EPA estimates that

each project partner and assisted

business will annually incur 0.75 hours

to review the questions and prepare

responses, 1 hour to participate in the

interview, and 0.5 hours to participate

in followup activities. The average

annual burden for the 35 partners and

the 35 businesses would be 78.75 hours

or $3,325 for each. Therefore, the total

annual burden for the 105 grantees,

project partners, and assisted businesses

is estimated to be 367.5 hours or

$17,150.

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.

Dated: May 26, 1998.

Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6105–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; NSPS for

Asphalt Processing and Asphalt

Roofing Manufacturers

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: NSPS Subpart UU: Asphalt

Processing and Asphalt Roofing

Manufacturers; OMB Control Number

2060–0002; expiring July 31, 1998. 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 July 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call 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/icr.htm, and refer to

EPA ICR No. 0661.06

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS Asphalt Processing and

Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers; OMB

Control Number 2060–0002, ICR

0661.06, expiring July 31, 1998. This is

a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR part 60, New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS),

subpart UU. The respondents of the

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements are asphalt processing and

roofing manufacturers (SIC Codes 2911,

2951, and 2952) which commenced

construction, modification, or

reconstruction after November 18, 1980,

or May 26, 1981 as appropriate.

The control of emissions of

particulate matter from asphalt

processing and asphalt roof

manufacturing requires not only the

installation of properly designed

equipment, but also the operation and

maintenance of that equipment.

Particulate matter emissions from

asphalt processing and asphalt roof

manufacturing are the result of materials

handling, fuel combustion, and storage.

These standards rely on the reduction of

particulate matter emissions by

pollution control devices such as

electrostatic precipitators, high velocity

air filters, or afterburners.

In order to ensure compliance with

these standards, adequate recordkeeping

is necessary. In the absence of such

information enforcement personnel

would be unable to determine whether

the standards are being met on a

continuous basis, as required by the

Clean Air Act.

The standards require initial

notification reports with respect to

construction, modification,

reconstruction, startups, shutdowns,

and malfunctions. The standards also

require reports on initial performance

tests.

Under the standard, the data collected

by the affected industry is retained at

the facility for a minimum of two (2)

years and available for inspection by the

Administrator.

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 Notice

required by 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on December

2, 1997 (62 FR 63703–63712); comments

were received from the Asphalt Roofing

Manufacturers Association.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 182 hours per
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response. 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:

Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing

Manufacturers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

86.

Frequency of Response: Initial startup.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

15,629 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $3,210,000.

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 Number 0661.06

and OMB Control Number 2060–0002,

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: May 27, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Regulatory Information Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6105–9]

Pesticides; Submission of EPA ICR No.

0596.06 to OMB; Agency Information

Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) entitled: Application and

Summary Report for an Emergency

Exemption for Pesticides, [EPA ICR No.

0596.06, OMB No. 2070–0032] has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval pursuant to the OMB

procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The ICR

which is abstracted below, describes the

nature of the information collection and

its estimated cost and burden.

The Agency is requesting that OMB

renew for 3 years the existing approval

for this ICR, which is scheduled to

expire on May 31, 1998 (However, an

expiration date extension request

through August 31, 1998 is pending

OMB approval). A Federal Register

notice announcing the Agency’s intent

to seek OMB approval for this ICR and

a 60-day public comment opportunity,

requesting comments on the request and

the contents of the ICR, was issued on

March 4,1998 (63 FR 10606). EPA did

not receive any comments on this ICR

during the comment period. Additional

comments may be submitted on or

before July 2, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer at EPA (202) 260–2740,

and refer to EPA ICR No 0596.06 and

OMB Control No. 2070–0032, to the

following address:

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 0596.06 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0032, to the following

addresses:

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Regulatory

Information Division (Mail Code:

2137), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460

And to:

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk

Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Review Requested: This is a request to

renew a currently approved information

collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 0596.06;

OMB Control No. 2070–0032.

Current Expiration Date: Current

OMB approval expires on May 31, 1998

(However, an expiration date extension

request through August 31, 1998 is

pending OMB approval).

Title: Application and Summary

Report for an Emergency Exemption for

Pesticides.

Abstract: Under section 18 of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and

Rodenticide Act, the EPA may

temporarily authorize states, territories,

and Federal agencies to ship and use

unregistered pesticides in emergency

situations. To ensure that an emergency

situation actually exists, and that use of

the pesticide will not pose an

unreasonable risk to human health or

the environment, the EPA requires

exemption applicants to explain the

circumstances necessitating the

emergency use and to provide details on

the pesticide and its proposed

application. Following the application

of the pesticide, applicants must submit

a report to the EPA describing the

pesticide treatment, and its effectiveness

as well as any adverse effects.

Burden Statement: The information

covered by this request is collected

when an emergency situation becomes

apparent and only upon receipt of an

emergency exemption application.

Small businesses are not eligible to

apply to this program. The public

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 103 hours per

response for reporting and 2 hours per

record keeper annually. This estimate

includes the initial request for an

emergency exemption and the time

needed to complete and submit the

summary report after the pesticide

application. It also includes 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. No person is

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.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Entities potentially affected by this

action are states, territories and Federal

agencies.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 422.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 43,466 hours.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Changes in Burden Estimates: There

is an increase of 12,978 hours in the

total estimated respondent burden as

compared with that identified in the