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published in the Federal Register (60

FR 53181, October 12, 1995; and 61 FR

56534, November 1, 1996). Since then,

Western has determined that this action

is categorically excluded from

preparation of an additional

environmental assessment or EIS. See

Appendix B4.1 of subpart D of 10 CFR

part 1021. Accordingly, no further

environmental assessment will be

conducted.

IV. Determination Under Executive

Order 12866

DOE has determined this is not a

significant regulatory action because it

does not meet the criteria of Executive

Order 12866, 58 FR 51735. Western has

an exemption from centralized

regulatory review under Executive

Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance

of this notice by OMB is required.

Dated: May 30, 2001.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–14875 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6996–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection

Renewal; Comment Request; Annual

Updates of Emission Data to

Aerometric Information Retrieval

System

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 Information Collection

Request (ICR) renewal to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Annual Updates of Emission Data to

Aerometric Information Retrieval

System (AIRS), EPA ICR No. 916.11,

OMB Control Number 2060–0088,

Expiration Date 8/31/2001. 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 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: United States

Environmental Protection Agency;

Office of Air Quality Planning and

Standards; Emissions, Monitoring and

Analysis Division (MD–14); Research

Triangle Park, NC 27711. Interested

persons may obtain a copy of the ICR

without charge from www.epa.gov/ttn/

chief/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Misenheimer; Telephone (919)

541–5473; Email:

misenheimer.david@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are State and

Territorial air pollution control agencies

which collect and report emissions

information from stationary sources

emitting at least prescribed amounts of

pollutants.

Title: Annual Updates of Emission

Data to Aerometric Information

Retrieval System (AIRS) (OMB Control

Number 2060–0088; EPA ICR No.

916.11) expiring 8/31/2001.

Abstract: This ICR deals with reports

required by 40 CFR 51.321, 51.322, and

51.323. The respondents (States) are

required to annually update information

on stationary sources emitting at least

prescribed amounts of pollutants

regulated by National Ambient Air

Quality Standards (NAAQS) via

electronic input to EPA. EPA’s Office of

Air Quality Planning and Standards

(OAQPS) uses the annual emission

reports to update a national data base on

air emissions which it has maintained

since 1974. The data is used in

developing emission standards,

applying dispersion models, preparing

national trend assessments, preparing

reports to Congress, providing

information to the public, and other

special analyses and reports. 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 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;

(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: An estimated 54

States and Territorial air pollution

control agencies will be required to

record and report emission information

on significant stationary sources on an

annual basis. Reporting and record

keeping of this information is estimated

to involve an average of 212 hours per

year by each State and Territorial air

pollution control agency. This estimate

includes the time needed to review

instructions, search existing data

sources, gather and maintain the data

needed, and complete and review the

collection of information. 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: June 1, 2001.

J. David Mobley,

Acting Director; Emissions, Modeling and

Analysis Division.

[FR Doc. 01–14904 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6995–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Reporting

Requirements under EPA’s National

Wastewater Operator Training and

Technical Assistance Program

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

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and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: National Wastewater Operator

Training and Technical Assistance

Program, EPA ICR Number 1977.01. 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 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1977.01 to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., 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, 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@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1977.01. For technical questions

about the ICR, contact Curt Baranowski

at 202–564–0636 in the U.S. EPA, Office

of Wastewater Management, Municipal

Assistance Branch (Mail Code 4204–M),

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are state and local

governments, state and county colleges,

and those organizations which provide

training assistance through the Clean

Water Act 104(g)(1) Program to

municipal wastewater treatment plants. Estimated Number of Respondents:

48.

Frequency of Response: Biannually

and annually. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

336.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O & M Cost Burden: $0.

Title: National Wastewater Treatment

Plant Operator Training and Technical

Assistance Program. This non-rule ICR

is a new collection.

Abstract: The Wastewater Operator

Training Program provides on-site

technical assistance to municipal

wastewater treatment plants.

Information will be collected from the

network of forty-eight 104(g)(1) training

centers set up throughout the United

States. The information will be collected

to identify the facilities assisted, the

different types of assistance the program

provides and the environmental

outcomes and benefits of the assistance

provided by the program. The

information will be collected and

submitted on either an annual or semiannual basis. A database and

spreadsheet have been developed for

this purpose. This ICR will be used by

EPA for the technical and financial

management of the 104(g)(1) Program.

The 104(g)(1) Program training centers

shall participate in the information

collection, due to the fact that it is a

mandatory grant condition. All

information in the data system will be

made public upon request. 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

January 30, 2001. No comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The average

annual burden hours to each 104(g)(1)

training center grantee will be 7 hours,

for a total of 336 hours per year. Data

will be collected on an annual basis, in

May of each year, for the database

collection, and data for the spreadsheet

information collection will be

conducted on a semi-annual basis, in

May and November of each year.

Reporting requirements will be included

as grant conditions, so it is expected

that 100% of the 104(g) training centers

will respond to this collection request.

All forty-eight (48) training centers and

EPA have the necessary equipment,

desk-top computers and software, to

collect and manage this information.

There will be no additional start-up or

maintenance costs associated with this

project to perform this information

collection request. 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.

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.

1977.01 in any correspondence.

Dated: Dated: June 1, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6995–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; NESHAP

for Epoxy Resins and Non-Nylon

Polyamide Resin, Subpart W

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:

National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for

Epoxy Resins and Non-nylon Polyamide

Production—Subpart W, OMB Control

Number 2060–0290, expiration date 09/

30/01. 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 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments referencing

EPA ICR No. 1681.04 and OMB Control

No. 2060–0290, to the following

addressees: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001 and

to the 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, 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, and refer to EPA ICR