29988 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 105 /Tuesday, June 2, 1998 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6105–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Evaluation of Jobs

Through Recycling Grant Projects

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Evaluation of Jobs Through Recycling

Grant Projects, ICR Number 1865.01.

Before submitting the ICR to OMB for

review and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an

original and two copies of their

comments referencing docket number

F–98–JRIP–FFFFF to: RCRA Docket

Information Center, Office of Solid

Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency Headquarters (EPA,

HQ), 401 M Street, SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Hand deliveries of comments

should be made to the Arlington, VA,

address below. Comments may also be

submitted electronically through the

Internet to: rcradocket@epamail.epa.gov.

Comments in electronic format should

also be identified by the docket number

F–98–JRIP–FFFFF. All electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of

encryption.

Commenters should not submit

electronically any confidential business

information (CBI). An original and two

copies of CBI must be submitted under

separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document

Control Officer, Office of Solid Waste

(5305W), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Public comments and supporting

materials are available for viewing in

the RCRA Information Center (RIC),

located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor,

1235 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The RIC is open from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays. To review

docket materials, it is recommended

that the public make an appointment by

calling 703 603–9230. The public may

copy a maximum of 100 pages from any

regulatory docket at no charge.

Additional copies cost $0.15/page. The

index and some supporting materials

are available electronically.

The ICR is available on the Internet.

Follow these instructions to access the

information electronically:

WWW: http://www.epa.gov/jtr/

seconds/program/program.htm.

FTP: ftp.epa.gov.

Login: anonymous.

Password: your Internet address.

Files are located in /pub/epaoswer.

The official record for this action will

be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA

will transfer all comments received

electronically into paper form and place

them in the official public record, which

will also include all comments

submitted directly in writing.

EPA responses to comments, whether

the comments are written or electronic,

will be in a notice in the Federal

Register. EPA will not immediately

reply to commenters electronically other

than to seek clarification of electronic

comments that may be garbled in

transmission or during conversion to

paper form, as discussed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information, contact the RCRA

Hotline at 800 424–9346 or TDD 800

553–7672 (hearing impaired). In the

Washington, DC, metropolitan area, call

703 412–9810 or TDD 703 412–3323.

For more detailed information on

specific aspects of this ICR, contact

Susan Nogas, Office of Solid Waste

(5306W), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Phone: 703 308–

7251. Fax: 703 308–8686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are Jobs Through Recycling

(JTR) grantees, which include state,

multistate, and tribal organizations that

have received grant funding through

JTR. Also affected are project partners

(including state and local agencies) and

selected businesses assisted by JTR

grantees.

Title: Evaluation of Jobs Through

Recycling Grant Projects, ICR Number

1865.01.

Abstract: EPA launched the JTR

initiative in 1994 to help facilitate the

growth of the recycling industry. The

industry includes businesses involved

in collecting, processing,

manufacturing, and selling products

made from recovered materials. With

JTR, EPA intended to create jobs,

increase capital invested in the

recycling industry, create new recycling

capacity, and increase the amount of

secondary materials actually used.

To assess the success of the JTR grant

projects, EPA designed a methodology

to evaluate the results,

accomplishments, and lessons learned

from each JTR grant. The first step in the

methodology is to review grant

workplans, progress and final reports,

and grant products. The second step is

to interview the grantees as well as one

project partner and one business

assisted by each grantee. To facilitate

the evaluation, EPA developed an

interview guide with a standard set of

questions for grantees, project partners,

and assisted businesses. The interview

guide will enable EPA to collect both

qualitative and quantitative information

on the accomplishments of the JTR

grantees through either phone or onsite

interviews. Grantees, for example, are

asked to describe the lessons learned

and challenges overcome in

implementing and managing their

projects as well as the results, such as

the number of jobs created, amount of

capital invested, volume of new

capacity created, and volume of

secondary materials actually used. EPA

pilot tested the evaluation process and

the discussion guide with six 1994 JTR

grants. All participation in JTR project

evaluation interviews is voluntary.

The purpose of the ICR is to allow

EPA to continue its evaluation of JTR

grant projects by measuring the success

of the remaining 1994 grant projects as

well as the grants awarded in 1995,

1996, and 1997. The information

compiled during these interviews will

be disseminated to current and future

program participants as well as other

recycling market development

professionals, so that others can

replicate project successes and avoid

past mistakes. In addition, EPA will use

the information gathered to help

identify opportunities to improve the

overall JTR program and ensure its

continued growth and success. Finally,

the evaluation will assist EPA in

complying with the Government

Performance and Results Act of 1993

(GPRA), by measuring progress towards

the goals and objectives detailed in the

EPA Strategic Plan.

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.

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;
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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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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