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HAP emissions from halogenated

solvent cleaners are the result of

inadequate equipment design and work

practices.

These standards rely on the proper

design and operation of halogenated

solvent cleaners such as working-mode

covers, freeboard ratio of 1.0, and

reduced room draft to reduce solvent

emissions from halogenated solvent

cleaners. Certain records and reports are

necessary to enable EPA to identify

sources subject to the standards and to

ensure that the standards are being

achieved. Owners/operators of

halogenated solvent cleaners must

provide EPA with an initial notification

of existing or new solvent cleaning

machines, initial statement of

compliance, an annual control device

monitoring report (owners/operators of

batch vapor and in-line cleaning

machines), an annual solvent emission

report (owners/operators of batch vapor

and in-line cleaning machines

complying with the alternative

standard), and exceedance of

monitoring parameters or emissions.

The records that the facilities maintain

indicate to EPA whether they are

operating and maintaining the

halogenated solvent cleaners properly to

control emissions. In order to ensure

compliance with the standards

promulgated to protect public health,

adequate reporting and 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.

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 August

17, 2000 (65 FR 50196); no comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 4 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:

Owners/Operators of solvent cleaning

machines.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,821.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly,

Semi-annually, Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

45,207 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $4,091.

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 addresses listed about.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1652.04 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0273 in any

correspondence.

Dated: April 24, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6974–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, Transition

Program for Equipment 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: Transition Program for

Equipment Manufacturers, OMB Control

Number 2060–0369, expiration date:

April 30, 2001. 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 June 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1826.02 and OMB Control

No. 2060–0369 to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; and

to Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-mail at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

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

No.1826.02. For technical questions

about the ICR contact: Nydia Yanira

Reyes-Morales, tel.: (202) 564–9264; fax:

(202) 565–2057; or e-mail: reyesmorales.nydia@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Transition Program for

Equipment Manufacturers, EPA ICR

Number 1826.02, OMB Control Number

2060–0369, expiration date: April 30,

2001. This is a request for extension of

a currently approved collection.

Abstract: In August 1998, EPA

established emission standards (Tier I

standards) for engines under 37 kW, and

tightened existing standards (Tier II

standards) for engines above 37 kW.

These regulations are likely to cause

some engine design changes. During the

rulemaking process, some equipment

manufacturers expressed concerns about

delays in notification from engine

manufacturers about engine design

changes. These design changes can

create problems in fitting the engine to

the equipment. Consequently,

equipment manufacturers would be

unable to sell the volume of equipment

they planned for, since they would need

to redesign their equipment before any

products could be sold. In an effort to

provide original equipment

manufacturers (OEMs) with some

flexibility in complying with the

regulations, EPA created the Transition

Program for Equipment Manufacturers

(TPEM). Under the program, OEMs are

allowed to use a number of

noncompliant engines (uncertified

engines rated below 37 kW or Tier I

engines rated at or above 37 kW) in their

equipment for up to seven years after

the effective date of the standards.

Participation in the program is

voluntary. Participating OEMs and

engine manufacturers who provide the

noncompliant engines to the OEMs are

required to keep records and submit

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reports of their activities under the

program.

The information is collected for

compliance purposes by the Engine

Programs Group, Certification and

Compliance Division, Office of

Transportation and Air Quality, Office

of Air and Radiation. Confidentiality of

proprietary information is granted in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act, EPA regulations at 40

CFR part 2, and class determinations

issued by EPA’s Office of General

Counsel.

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

December 29, 2000, (65 FR 83004). No

comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 146 hours per

equipment manufacturer or postmanufacture marinizer, and 72 hours

per engine manufacturer. 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:

Nonroad compression ignition engine

and equipment manufacturers and postmanufacture marinizers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

548.

Frequency of Response: Equipment

manufacturers and post-manufacture

marinizers: On occasion. Engine

manufacturers: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

66,647 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $18,611.

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 addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No.1826.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0369 in any

correspondence.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6975–4]

Adequacy Status of Indiana and

Kentucky Ozone Attainment

Demonstration for Transportation

Conformity Purposes for the Louisville

Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of inadequacy.

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is

notifying the public that it has found

that the Louisville ozone attainment

demonstration state implementation

plans (SIP) submitted by Kentucky and

Indiana on November 12, 1999, and

November 15, 1999, respectively, do not

contain motor vehicle emission budgets

(MVEBs) that are adequate for

transportation conformity purposes. The

Louisville moderate one-hour ozone

nonattainment area includes Clark and

Floyd Counties, Indiana, and Jefferson

County, Kentucky, and portions of

Bullitt and Oldham Counties in

Kentucky. EPA is finding the MVEBs

inadequate because, due to a decision

by the United States Court of Appeals,

one of the significant assumptions of the

demonstration has changed. The SIP

submittal assumes that regional oxides

of nitrogen ( NOX) reductions will be

achieved in adjoining States by May 1,

2003. Due to the Court’s decision, those

reductions will not be assured to occur

until May 31, 2004. Since the MVEBs in

the SIP submittal could only be

adequate if the reductions occur in

2003, they are now being found

inadequate. Since the November 15,

1999, submittal does not contain

adequate MVEBs, this attainment

demonstration submittal cannot be used

for future transportation conformity

determinations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ryan Bahr, Environmental Engineer,

Regulation Development Section (AR–

18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and

Radiation Division, United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–4366,

bahr.ryan@epa.gov.

Dr. Robert Goodwin, Environmental

Scientist, Regulatory Planning Section,

Air Planning Branch, Air, Pesticides,

and Toxics Management Division,

United States Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 4, 61 Forsyth St., SW.,

Atlanta, GA 30303, (404) 562–9044,

goodwin.robert@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Today’s notice is simply an

announcement of a finding that EPA has

already made. EPA Region 5 sent a letter

to the Indiana Department of

Environmental Management on April

20, 2001, stating that the submitted

Louisville ozone attainment

demonstration does not contain

adequate MVEBs, and EPA Region 4

sent a similar letter to the Kentucky

Division for Air Quality on April 20,

2001. This finding will also be

announced on EPA’s conformity

website: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/traq.

(Once at EPA’s Transportation and Air

Quality Center website, click on the

‘‘Conformity’’ button and look for

‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP Submissions

for Conformity.’’)

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans and establishes

the criteria and procedures for

determining whether or not they do.

Transportation conformity to a SIP

means that transportation activities will

not produce new air quality violations,

worsen existing violations, or delay

timely attainment of the national

ambient air quality standards.

The criteria by which EPA determines

whether a SIP’s MVEBs are adequate for

conformity purposes are outlined in 40

CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if EPA finds

a motor vehicle emission budget

adequate, the EPA may later disapprove

the SIP.

EPA described the process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999,

memorandum titled ‘‘Conformity

Guidance on Implementation of March

2, 1999, Conformity Court Decision’’).