30220 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 106 /Wednesday, June 3, 1998 / Notices

Dated: May 20, 1998.

Thomas O. Mann,

Acting Director, Office of Hearings and

Appeals.

Decision List No. 70

Week of January 26 through January 30,

1998

Appeal

Charles G. Frazier, 1/28/98, VFA–0361

Charles G. Frazier (Appellant) filed an

Appeal of a Determination issued to him

by the Department of Energy (DOE) in

response to a request under the Freedom

of Information Act (FOIA). In its

determination, the Chicago Field Office

(Chicago) claimed that the requested

information was not an ‘‘agency

record.’’ Chicago asserted that the

requested appointment books were

created for the convenience of the

individual officials not for an agency

purpose. The Office of Hearings and

Appeals determined that these

documents were not ‘‘agency records’’

and, therefore, not subject to the FOIA.

Accordingly, the DOE denied the

Appeal.

Personnel Security Hearing

Personnel Security Hearing, 1/29/98,

VSO–0179

A Hearing Officer found that an

individual had successfully shown

rehabilitation from his grief-related

alcohol abuse. Accordingly, the Hearing

Officer recommended in the Opinion

that the individual’s access

authorization be restored.

Refund Applications

The Office of Hearings and Appeals

issued the following Decisions and

Orders concerning refund applications,

which are not summarized. Copies of

the full texts of the Decisions and

Orders are available in the Public

Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals.

Ash Grove Cement West, Inc., et al .................................................................................................................... RF272–57083 1/27/98

Eastern Freightways, Inc. ..................................................................................................................................... RF272–98683 1/27/98

Associated Transport, Inc. ................................................................................................................................... RF272–98763 ........................

Lylin & Carolyn Cowan, et al .............................................................................................................................. RK272–04703 1/28/98

Polysar Gulf Coast, Inc. ....................................................................................................................................... RD272–48280 1/30/98

Polysar Gulf Coast, Inc. ....................................................................................................................................... RF272–48280 1/30/98

Dismissals

The following submissions were dismissed.

Name Case No.

Cox Enterprises, Inc. ........................................................................................................................................................................ RF272–8644

Hanford Education Action League .................................................................................................................................................... VFA–0347

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6106–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

Recordkeeping Requirements for

Producers of Pesticides Under Section

8 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,

and Rodenticide Act as Amended

(FIFRA); (ICR # 0143.06 AND OMB #

2070–0028)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507 (a)(1)(D)), this document

announces that the Information

Collection Request (ICR) for

recordkeeping requirements for

producers of pesticides under section 8

of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,

and Rodenticide Act as amended

(FIFRA) as described below has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its

expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument, i.e., forms.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 6, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer, 202–260–2740, and refer

to EPA ICR No. 0143.06

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Recordkeeping Requirements

for Producers of Pesticides under

section 8 of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as

amended (FIFRA); (OMB Control No.

2070–0028; EPA ICR No. 0143.06). This

is a request for an extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: Producers of pesticides must

maintain certain records with respect to

their operations and make such records

available for inspection and copying as

specified in section 8 of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA) and in regulations at 40

CFR part 169. This information

collection is mandatory under FIFRA

section 8. It is used by the Agency to

determine compliance with the Act. The

information is used by EPA Regional

pesticide enforcement and compliance

staffs, OECA, and the Office of Pesticide

Programs (OPP) within the Office of

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic

Substances (OPPTS), as well as the U.S.

Department of Agriculture (USDA), the

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),

other Federal agencies, States under

Cooperative Enforcement Agreements,

and 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.

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 March 5, 1998 (63 FR

10870), and no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to be an average of 120

minutes. 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
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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:

12,336.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

12,336.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

24,672 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. 0143.06 and

OMB Control No. 2070–0028 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 28, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 98–14724 Filed 6–2–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[AMS–FRL–6106–2]

Air Pollution Control; Nonroad Vehicle

and Equipment Emission Inventories

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Public Workshop.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency is in the process of developing

a nonroad mobile source emissions

inventory model (the NONROAD

model). This notice announces a public

workshop for the purpose of discussing

the various issues involved in creating

a model for this diverse collection of

vehicles and equipment that comprise

the nonroad mobile source sector, and

provides a formal opportunity for

comment and reaction to the release of

the draft NONROAD model and its

associated technical documentation.

This notice also announces a hands-on

demonstration of the model

immediately following the public

workshop.

DATES: The workshop will be held

Thursday, June 25, 1997. The times are

from 8:30 am to 4 pm. A demonstration

of the NONROAD model will be held on

the same day from approximately 4:30

pm to 5:30 pm. All times are Central

Daylight Time.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

in the Metcalf Federal Building, 17 West

Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL, Lake

Michigan and Lake Ontario Rooms—

12th Floor, Great Lakes Conference and

Training Center. The Metcalf building is

located in the heart of the downtown

area. The model demonstration will be

held at the same location. Directions to

the workshop and model demonstration

can be obtained through the EPA OMS

World Wide Web (WWW) site, or

otherwise requested from the EPA

contact person. Information on how to

electronically access the web site or on

the EPA contact person appears

immediately below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Gertrude Venlet, U. S. EPA, Office of

Mobile Sources, Assessment and

Modeling Division, Scientific

Assessment Group, 2000 Traverwood

Drive, Ann Arbor MI 48105. Telephone:

(734) 214–4892; fax (734) 214–4939.

Email: nonroad@epa.gov.

This notice, as well as related

information concerning the workshop,

may be found at the EPA OMS web site.

The electronic address for this site is:

http://www.epa.gov/omswww/

nonrdmdl.htm.

Workshop-related files, including a

copy of this notice, additional

information on the location of the

workshop and model demonstration,

hotels, technical reports, the draft

NONROAD model, and later additional

information that may become available

as described in the body of this

announcement, will be found at the web

site location or may otherwise be

obtained from the EPA contact person.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Nonroad mobile sources are a

significant source of air pollutants in

many areas of the United States. This

broad category is comprised of a diverse

collection of vehicles and equipment,

including vehicles and equipment in the

following nine categories:

—Recreational vehicles, such as allterrain vehicles and off-road

motorcycles;

—Logging equipment, such as chain

saws;

—Agricultural equipment, such as

tractors;

—Construction equipment, such as

graders and back hoes;

—Industrial equipment, such as fork

lifts and sweepers;

—Residential and commercial lawn and

garden equipment, such as leaf and

snow blowers;

—Recreational and commercial marine

vessels, such as power boats and oil

tankers;

—Locomotive equipment, such as train

engines; and

—Aircraft, such as jets and prop planes.

Current nonroad inventory

development practices are based on

EPA’s Nonroad Engine and Vehicle

Emissions Study (NEVES), done under

the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment

requirements, and ‘‘Procedures for

Emission Inventory Preparation,

Volume IV: Mobile Sources’’ (EPA–450/

4–81–026d (revised), 1992). In

consideration of the increased

recognition of the importance of

emissions from nonroad sources in

terms of overall emissions and air

quality, and the considerable practical

difficulty of implementing the current

guidance, EPA is developing a nonroad

emissions inventory model (NONROAD)

to meet the needs of the modeling

audience.

NONROAD Emission Inventory Model

EPA has completed a draft version of

NONROAD, an accompanying detailed

user’s guide, and a number of technical

reports describing the model’s data

inputs and assumptions. This version of

the model covers all nonroad vehicle

and equipment types, except aircraft,

locomotives, and commercial marine.

The Agency will develop modeling

modules for aircraft and locomotives

sometime in the future. As for

commercial marine, a module for this

source category is under construction

and will be released for public review

later this year.

The draft model is intended to easily

create and project accurate,

reproducible inventories of nonroad

emissions. It has a number of uses, but

should be especially important to state

and local pollution control agencies in

satisfying the State Implementation Plan

(SIP) requirements of the Clean Air Act

Amendments of 1990.

Structurally, the model is made up of

three specific components: a graphical

user interface (GUI) which allows the

user to easily input model parameters,