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6403J, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 343–9264; fax number: 

(202) 343–2804; email address: reyesmorales.nydia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On May 31, 2005, (70 FR 30943), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID Number 

OAR–2005–0121, which is available for 

public viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 

EPA Docket Center Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number 

for the Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once in the system, 

select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

appropriate docket ID number as 

identified below. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. 

Title: Exclusion Determinations for 

New Non-road Spark-ignited Engines at 

or Below 19 Kilowatts, New Non-road 

Compression-ignited Engines, New 

Marine Engines, and New On-road 

Heavy Duty Engines (Renewal) 

Abstract: Under the provisions of the 

Clean Air Act (Act), the Administrator 

is required to promulgate regulations to 

control air pollutant emissions from 

‘‘motor vehicles’’ and ‘‘non-road 

engines’’, as defined in the Act. Motor 

vehicles and non-road engines not 

meeting the applicable definitions are 

excluded from compliance with current 

regulations. 

A manufacturer may make an 

exclusion determination by itself; 

however, manufacturers and importers 

may routinely request EPA to make such 

determination to ensure that their 

determination does not differ from the 

Agency’s. To request an exclusion 

determination, manufacturers submit a 

letter with a description of the engine 

and/or vehicle (engine type, horsepower 

rating, intended usage, etc.) and a sales 

brochures to the Engine Programs Group 

(EPG), Certification and Compliance 

Division, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality. EPG uses this information 

to determine whether the engine or 

vehicle is excluded from compliance 

with one or more emission regulations. 

EPG then stores the data in its internal 

files, and makes it available to 

environmental groups and the public 

upon request under the Freedom of 

Information Act. 

Responses to this collection are 

voluntary. Confidentiality to 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 in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 7 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: Light 

Truck and Utility Vehicle 

Manufacturers; Heavy Duty Truck 

Manufacturers; Gasoline Engine and 

Engine Parts Manufacturers; 

Construction Machinery Manufacturers; 

Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and 

Stacker Machinery Manufacturers; 

Marine Engine Manufacturers; Other 

Engine Equipment Manufacturers 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 12 

Frequency of Response: One time 

voluntary 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

69 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,654, 

which includes $0 annualized capital/ 

startup costs, $116 annual O&M costs, 

and $5,538 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

hours currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: August 23, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–17355 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OECA–2005–0014; FRL–7963–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; State Review Framework; 

EPA ICR Number 2185.01 

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 a 

proposed Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This is 

a request for a new collection. Under 

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OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. This ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before September 30, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OECA–

2005–0014 to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 

email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

OECA Docket, mail code 2201T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: 

Arthur Horowitz, Office of Planning 

Policy Analysis and Communication, 

mail code 2201A, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–2612; fax 

number: (202) 564–0027; email address: 

horowitz.arthur@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On April 26, 2005 70 FR 21408, EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment and has addressed the 

comment received. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID number 

OECA–2005–0014, which is available 

for public viewing at the OECA Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the OECA Docket is (202) 566–1514. An 

electronic version of the public docket 

is available through EPA Dockets 

(EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once in the system, 

select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket 

ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA within 60 

days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that 

public comments, whether submitted 

electronically or in paper, will be made 

available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov./ 

edocket. 

Affected entities: State and local 

governments. 

Title: State Review Framework. 

Abstract: The State Review 

Framework (‘‘Framework’’) is an 

oversight tool designed to assess state 

performance in enforcement and 

compliance assurance. The Framework’s 

goal is to evaluate state performance by 

examining existing data to provide a 

consistent level of oversight and 

develop a uniform mechanism by which 

EPA Regions, working collaboratively 

with their states, can ensure that state 

environmental agencies are consistently 

implementing the national compliance 

and enforcement program in order to 

meet agreed-upon goals. Furthermore, 

the Framework is designed to foster 

dialogue on enforcement and 

compliance performance between the 

states that will enhance relationships 

and increase feedback, which will in 

turn lead to consistent program 

management and improved 

environmental results. 

Specifically, the Framework is a 

structured process that provides critical 

information on a state’s (or Region’s, for 

states with EPA-implemented programs) 

core enforcement and compliance 

assurance performance by employing 

existing data available in EPA’s national 

databases and presented in management 

reports for each state. By the end of 

calendar year 2005 EPA expects to 

automate the management reports and 

make them available for the Regions and 

states to directly view and pull their 

own data. No new data collection is 

required for the national databases. 

Additional data will be obtained from 

the review of a state environmental 

agency’s compliance and enforcement 

files. While no new data is required to 

be created in these files; they will be 

required to be provided and reviewed to 

ensure consistency with national 

standards in terms of documentation 

and performance. The states’

participation in this process is 

mandatory. 

The Framework process asks regions, 

states and local governments to examine 

existing data in three core programs: 

Clean Air Act (‘‘CAA’’), Stationary 

Sources; Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’), 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (‘‘NPDES’’); and 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (‘‘RCRA’’), Subtitle C. The 

Framework evaluates twelve (12) 

primary elements, and a thirteenth 

optional element, using data and file 

review metrics. The utility of the 

Framework’s metrics and the 

Implementation Guide are a direct result 

of the collaboration between states, 

Regions, Headquarters, and 

environmental leaders over the previous 

two years. These stakeholders provided 

extensive input and comments prior to 

both a pilot phase of the project, and in 

an evaluation of the pilots. The results 

of the evaluation of the Framework’s 

pilot program was 14 main 

recommendations, which OECA and 

ECOS reviewed and used to establish 

work groups that were tasked with 

addressing those recommendations. The 

results of the evaluation of the 

Framework’s pilot program have been 

used to improve the Framework and 

further ensure that it is narrowly crafted 

and will only collect information that 

satisfies the Agency’s needs. 

The thirteen (13) elements mentioned 

above are: (1) The degree to which a 

state program has completed the 

universe of planned inspections 

(addressing core requirements and 

Federal, state, and regional priorities); 

(2) The degree to which inspection 

reports and compliance reviews 

document inspection findings, 

including accurate descriptions of what 

was observed to sufficiently identify 

violation(s); (3) The degree to which 

inspection reports are completed in a 

timely manner, including timely 

identification of violations; (4) The 

degree to which significant violations 

(e.g., significant noncompliance and 

high-priority violations) and supporting 

information are accurately identified 

and reported to EPA’s national 

databases in a timely manner; (5) The 

degree to which state enforcement 

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actions include required corrective or 

complying actions (i.e., injunctive relief) 

that will return facilities to compliance 

in a specific time frame; (6) The degree 

to which a state takes timely and 

appropriate enforcement actions, in 

accordance with policy relating to 

specific media; (7) The degree to which 

a state includes both gravity and 

economic benefit calculations for all 

penalties, appropriately using the BEN 

model or similar state model (where in 

use and consistent with national 

policy); (8) The degree to which 

penalties in final enforcement actions 

collect appropriate economic benefit 

and gravity in accordance with 

applicable penalty procedures; (9) The 

degree to which enforcement 

commitments in the PPA/PPG/ 

categorical grants (i.e., written 

agreements to deliver a product/project 

at a specified time), if they exist, are met 

and any products or projects are 

completed; (10) The degree to which the 

minimum data requirements are timely; 

(11) The degree to which the minimum 

data requirements are accurate; (12) The 

degree to which the minimum data 

requirements are complete, unless 

otherwise negotiated by the region and 

state or prescribed by a national 

initiative; and (13) (Optional) Other 

program activities (e.g., using outcome 

data, compliance assistance, selfdisclosure programs, innovative 

approaches, etc.). In the interest of 

accuracy and efficiency, the Framework 

also includes a four-step protocol for 

managing the process: (1) Pre-review 

and offsite review; (2) onsite review; (3) 

drafting of the report; and (4) composing 

the final report and follow-up. After 

reviewing the level of performance 

based on metrics developed to support 

the 12 required performance elements, 

EPA will determine if a state or Region 

meets adequate performance levels. 

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 in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 384 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: 50 

states. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

40. 

Frequency of Response: one time over 

a three year period. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

5,122. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$169,035 including $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: N/A. 

Dated: August 24, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–17361 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2002–0073; FRL–7963–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Recordkeeping and Periodic 

Reporting of the Production, Import, 

Export, Recycling, Destruction, 

Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of 

Ozone-Depleting Substances 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1432.25, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0170 

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on August 31, 2005. This ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before September 30, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2002–0073, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, Mail Code 6102T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

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: 

Kirsten M. Cappel, Office of 

Atmospheric Programs, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, Mail Code 6205J, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 343–9556; fax number: 

(202) 343–2338; e-mail address: 

cappel.kirsten@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On June 14th, 2005 (70 FR 34470) EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–

2002–0073 which is available for public 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

and Information Center in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Air and 

Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is (202) 566–1742. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material,