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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: For both permitted

and interim status land disposal

facilities, the estimated total annual

hour burden for this information

collection is 380,938 hours. The

estimated total annual cost burden for

this information collection is

$51,402,078, which includes labor,

capital, operations and maintenance,

and purchased service costs. For 393

permitted land disposal facilities, the

annual reporting hour burden is

estimated to average 130 hours per

response, and the annual recordkeeping

hour burden is estimated to average 400

hours per year response, which includes

time for reading the regulations,

implementing a ground-water

monitoring system, performing and

keeping records of ground-water

monitoring and maintaining records.

These estimates represent the overall

reporting and recordkeeping burdens

placed on permitted facilities, regardless

of whether they are performing

detection monitoring, compliance

monitoring, or corrective action. For 431

interim status land disposal facilities,

the annual reporting hour burden is

estimated to average 45 hours per year,

which includes time for developing and

submitting notifications, reports, and

demonstrations, and the annual record

keeping hour burden is estimated to

average 355 hours per year, which

includes time for reading the

regulations, implementing a groundwater monitoring system, performing

and keeping records of ground-water

monitoring and maintaining records.

The burden hour estimates are

dramatically higher than presented in

the 1998 ICR. This is due to a change

in methodology: Hours that were

attributed to contractors and counted as

‘‘costs’’ in 1998 have been converted to

respondent hours.

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.

Matthew Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. 01–15878 Filed 6–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6997–3]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Reporting and

Recordkeeping Activities Associated

With EPA’s PFC Emission Reduction

Partnership for the Semiconductor

Industry

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):

Reporting and Recordkeeping Activities

Associated with EPA’s PFC Emission

Reduction Partnership for the

Semiconductor Industry, EPA ICR No.

1823.02. 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 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a free copy of the

proposed ICR, contact Scott Bartos, U.S.

EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

(6205J), Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Scott Bartos, Program Manager Tel.:

(202) 564–9167, Fax: (202) 565–2155,

E-mail: bartos.scott@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

produce semiconductor devices in the

United States.

Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping

Activities Associated with EPA’s PFC

Emission Reduction Partnership for the

Semiconductor Industry (EPA ICR No.

1823.02).

Abstract: Following the 1993

introduction of the Climate Change

Action Plan, U.S. EPA’s Office of

Atmospheric Programs launched the

PFC Emission Reduction Partnership for

the Semiconductor Industry. This

important voluntary program

contributes to the country’s overall

reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Like Energy Star Buildings and the

Voluntary Aluminum Industrial

Partnership, the PFC Emission

Reduction Partnership for the

Semiconductor Industry is a voluntary

effort aimed at preventing pollution

before it is generated. These voluntary

programs all focus on reducing

greenhouse gas emissions and tracking

progress by collecting information from

partners on a periodic basis. The PFC

Emissions Reduction Partnership for the

Semiconductor Industry is a voluntary,

non-regulatory program that supports

the industry’s efforts to reduce

perfluorocompound (PFC) emissions.

PFCs are the most potent greenhouse

gases known with atmospheric lifetimes

of up to 50,000 years. These unique

chemical compounds are required

during two delicate semiconductor

manufacturing steps, plasma etching

and CVD chamber cleaning. EPA’s

semiconductor industry partners share

information on available cost-effective

emission reduction technologies and

EPA tracks successful emission

reduction efforts. EPA also recognizes

companies for their success in reducing

PFC emissions through certificates,

awards, and assistance in

communicating their achievements with

the public.

All semiconductor manufacturers

operating in the U.S. are invited to join

the partnership. Participation in the

program begins by completing a

Memorandum of Understanding that

defines a voluntary agreement between

the company and EPA. By joining the

partnership, a company agrees to track

and report an estimate of its PFC

emissions to EPA annually. A

designated third party assembles the

reported data and protects any

confidential or sensitive information

prior to EPA review. The partner

companies’ annual reports will provide

an estimate of total PFC emissions and

a description of the estimating method.

The partnership will track progress as a

group using the aggregate annual PFC

emissions estimate.

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

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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: In estimating the

expected burden, EPA assumes 21

companies will participate in the first

year and 2 new companies will join in

each of the three years covered by this

ICR for a total of 27 in year 3. These

values provide an average of 25

partners/year over the 3 years covered

by this proposed ICR.

Average annual reporting burden

hours=6,277.

Average burden hours/response=251.

Frequency of response=1/year.

Estimated number of respondents=25.

Estimated total annual cost

burden=$1,275,143.

Total capital and start-up costs=$0.

Total operation and maintenance

costs=$138,502.

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 4, 2001.

Jeff Cohen,

Chief, Alternatives and Emissions Reduction

Branch.

[FR Doc. 01–15879 Filed 6–22–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7000–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Application for

Reference or Equivalent Method

Determination

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

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Application for Reference and

Equivalent Method Determination, EPA

ICR Number: 0559.06, OMB No: 2080–

0005, expiration date: 12/31/2001.

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 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Human Exposure

and Atmospheric Sciences Division,

Atmospheric Methods and Monitoring

Branch, Mail Drop 46, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711. Interested persons may

obtain a copy of the ICR without charge

by contacting the contact person

identified in this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth T. Hunike, 919–541–3737;

facsimile number: 919–541–1153; EMail: Hunike.Elizabeth@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are primarily

manufacturers and vendors of ambient

air quality monitoring instruments

which are used by state and local air

quality monitoring agencies in their

federally required air surveillance

monitoring networks, and agents acting

for such instrument manufacturers or

vendors. Other entities potentially

affected may include state or local air

monitoring agencies, other users of

ambient air quality monitoring

instruments, or any other applicant for

a reference or equivalent method

determination.

Title: Application for Reference and

Equivalent Method Determination (OMB

Control No. 2080–0005; EPA ICR No.

0559.06; expiring December 31, 2001).

Abstract: To determine compliance

with the national ambient air quality

standards (NAAQS), State air

monitoring agencies are required to use,

in their air quality monitoring networks,

air monitoring methods that have been

formally designated by the EPA as either

reference or equivalent methods under

EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 53. A

manufacturer or seller of an air

monitoring method (e.g. an air

monitoring sampler or analyzer) that

seeks to obtain such EPA designation of

one of its products must carry out

prescribed tests of the method. The test

results and other information must then

be submitted to the EPA in the form of

an application for a reference or

equivalent method determination in

accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The

EPA uses this information, under the

provisions of part 53, to determine

whether the particular method should

be designated as either a reference or

equivalent method. After a method is

designated, the applicant must also

maintain records of the names and

mailing addresses of all ultimate

purchasers of all analyzers or samplers

sold as designated methods under the

method designation. If the method

designated is a method for fine

particulate matter (PM2.5), the applicant

must also submit a checklist signed by

an ISO-certified auditor to indicate that

the samplers or analyzers sold as part of

the designated method are

manufactured in an ISO 9001-registered

facility. Also, an applicant must submit

a minor application to seek approval for

any proposed modifications to

previously designated methods.

A response to this collection of

information is voluntary, but it is

required to obtain the benefit of EPA

designation under 40 CFR part 53.

Submission of some information that is

claimed by the applicant to be

confidential business information may

be necessary to make a reference or

equivalent method determination. The

confidentiality of any submitted

information identified as confidential

business information by the applicant

will be protected in full accordance

with 40 CFR 53.15 and all applicable

provisions of 40 CFR part 2.

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