Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 126 /Wednesday, July 1, 1998 / Notices 35927

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6119–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; NSPS

Rubber Tire Manufacturing Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice 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 BBB, Rubber Tire

Manufacturing Plants, OMB Control

Number 2060–0156, expiration date 7/

31/98. 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 July 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For a copy of

the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at EPA, by

phone at (202) 260–2740, by E-Mail 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. 1158.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS Subpart BBB, Rubber Tire

Manufacturing Plants; EPA ICR

No.1158.06; OMB Control No. 2060–

0156, expiring 7/31/98. This is a request

for an extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: All data in this ICR that is

recorded and reported is required by 40

CFR Part 60 Subpart BBB. The

monitoring and recordkeeping

requirements include: maintain records

of startups, shutdowns, malfunctions,

periods where the continuous

monitoring system is inoperative

(60.7(b)), and of all measurements

including performance test

measurements, operating parameters of

monitoring device results for catalytic or

thermal incinerator, or carbon absorber

(60.545 (a), (b) and (c)); monthly VOCs

use, number of days in compliance

period, and of other information needed

to verify results of all monthly tests

(60.545 (d) and (e)); of formulation data

or results of Method 24 analysis of

water-based sprays containing less than

1.0 percent of VOC (60.545(f); and of all

other information required by this part

recorded in a permanent file suitable for

inspection. The file shall be retained for

at least two years.

Following notification of startup, the

reviewing authority might inspect the

source to check if the pollution control

devices are properly installed and

operated. Performance test reports are

used by the Agency to discern a source’s

initial capability to comply with the

emission standard, and note the

operating conditions specified above

under which compliance was achieved.

Data obtained during periodic visits by

Agency personnel from records

maintained by the respondents are

tabulated and published for internal

Agency use in compliance and

enforcement programs. The semiannual

reports are used for problem

identification, as a check on source

operation and maintenance, and for

compliance determinations.

The required information consisting

of emissions data and other information

have been determined not to be private.

However, any information submitted to

the agency for which a claim of

confidentiality is made will be

safeguarded according to the Agency

policies.

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 under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

December 2, 1997. (FR Volume 62,

Number 231). No comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 73 hours per

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.

New Affected Entities: Rubber Tire

Manufacturing Plants

Estimated Number of Respondents:

[31]

Frequency of Response:

[Semiannually and annual reports]

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

[18,651] hours

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: [$485,000]

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 No. 1158.06 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0156 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 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: June 25, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 98–17519 Filed 6–30–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6118–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; General

Conformity of Federal Actions to State

Implementation Plans

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: Determining Conformity of

General Federal Actions to State

Implementation Plans, OMB Control

Number 2060–0279, ICR number

1637.04, 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.
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DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 31, 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. 1637.04.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Determining Conformity of

General Federal Actions to State

Implementation Plans, OMB Control

Number 2060–0279, ICR number

1637.04, expiring July 31, 1998. This is

a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: Before any agency,

department, or instrumentality of the

Federal government engages in,

supports in any way, provides financial

assistance for, licenses, permits, or

approves any activity, that agency has

the affirmative responsibility to ensure

that such action conforms to the State

implementation plan (SIP) for the

attainment and maintenance of the

national ambient air quality standards

(NAAQS). 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 February 18, 1998 (63 FR

8196); two comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 49 hours per

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:

Federal Agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

280.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

13,600 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. 1637.04 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0279 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: June 25, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE

PRESIDENT

National Economic Council

Office of Science and Technology

Policy

Enhancing Federal Training and

Education Through Technology

AGENCY: National Economic Council

and Office of Science and Technology

Policy, EOP.

ACTION: Notice of inquiry.

SUMMARY: The National Economic

Council and the Office of Science and

Technology Policy, in consultation with

the Office of Personnel Management,

seek information about how to make the

most efficient possible use of new

information technologies for training

federal employees in ways that also will

accelerate the development of the

broader commercial marketplace. This

will require making full use of

innovations in technology for

commercial training, encouraging

interoperability of products from

competing vendors, and experimenting

with new forms of public-private

collaboration to develop high-quality

instructional software.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before September 15,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

submit electronic version of comments

at www.fed-training.org or written

comments by mail to Martha Livingston,

Office of Science and Technology, Room

423, Old Executive Office Building,

Washington, D.C. 20502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Mayronne, Department of Labor,

2000 Constitution, Room N–5303,

Washington, D.C. 20001. Telephone:

(202) 219–9587, ext. 171. Fax: (202)-

7968. Additional information and

materials are available at www.fedtraining.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Administration is interested in

the ability of new information and

communications technologies to

enhance lifelong learning by expanding

access, reducing cost, and improving

quality. For example:

• Access to education and training

could be expanded by allowing adults to

learn at a time, place, and pace that is

convenient for them—using the Internet,

CDROM, and/or other technologymediated forms of instruction.

• The quality of education could be

improved through the use of

technologies such as: modeling and

simulation and case-based reasoning,

which enable ‘‘learning by doing’’;

intelligent tutoring systems, which can

respond to the individual needs of the

learner and recognize common

mistakes; synchronous and

asynchronous learning networks, which

can encourage the formation of

‘‘communities of learners’’ between

students and teachers; and the

appropriate use of multimedia, which

can increase retention and ‘‘time on

task.’’

• Cost for the development of highquality instructional content/software

could be reduced by: greater re-use of

instructional modules; better authoring

tools; and open specifications for

instructional management systems—

such as the EDUCOM Instructional

Management System.

• Relevance could be increased by

reducing the time that is required to

develop instructional software, thereby

providing timely technology-based

training materials to the learner.

The Administration is pursuing a

number of policies to realize this vision,

including: (1) Eliminating barriers to

broader adoption of distance learning by

both individuals and institutions

through reforms of the Higher Education