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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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. 

Title: Recordkeeping and Periodic 

Reporting of the Production, Import, 

Export, Recycling, Destruction, 

Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of 

Ozone-Depleting Substances (Renewal) 

Abstract: The international treaty The 

Montreal Protocol on Substances that 

Deplete the Ozone and Title VI of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) established limits 

on total United States (U.S.) production, 

import, and export of class I and class 

II controlled ozone depleting substances 

(ODS). Under its Protocol commitments, 

the United States is obliged to cease 

production and import of class I 

controlled substances with exemptions 

for essential uses, critical uses, 

previously used material, and material 

that will be transformed, destroyed, or 

exported to developing countries. The 

Protocol also establishes limits and 

reduction schedules leading to the 

eventual phaseout of class II controlled 

substances with similar exemptions 

beyond the phaseout. Additionally, the 

CAA has its own limits on production 

and consumption of controlled 

substances that EPA must adhere to and 

enforce. 

To ensure the United States 

compliance with the limits and 

restrictions established by the Protocol 

and the CAA, the ODS phaseout 

regulations establish control measures 

for individual companies. The limits 

and restrictions for individual United 

States companies are monitored by EPA 

through the recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements established in the 

regulations stated in 40 CFR part 82, 

subpart A. To submit required 

information, regulated entities can 

download reporting forms from EPA’s 

stratospheric ozone Web site (http:// 

www.epa.gov/ozone/record.index.html), 

complete them, and then send them to 

EPA via U.S. Mail or fax. Upon receipt 

of the reports, the data is entered and 

subsequently stored in the Stratospheric 

Protection Tracking System (Tracking 

System). The Tracking System is a 

secure database that maintains all of the 

data that is submitted to EPA and allows 

the Agency to: (1) Maintain control over 

total production and consumption of 

controlled substances to satisfy 

conditions of the CAA and fulfill the 

United States obligations under the 

Protocol; (2) monitor compliance with 

limits and restrictions on production, 

imports, exports, and specific 

exemptions to the phaseout for 

individual U.S. companies; and (3) 

enforce against illegal imports and 

violations related to the control of class 

I and class II substances. Additionally, 

reporting on the exemptions permits an 

entity to retain the benefit of being able 

to produce or import a controlled class 

I ODS beyond the date of complete 

phaseout. 

EPA is developing an electronic 

reporting system through the Agency’s 

Central Data Exchange (CDX) that will 

allow regulated entities to download, 

complete, and submit reports 

electronically. Electronic reporting is 

expected to make the reporting process 

more effective and efficient for reporting 

companies and EPA. When electronic 

reporting becomes available, EPA will 

change its guidance document and its 

ICR to indicate a reduction in burden 

hours. 

Pursuant to regulations 40 CFR part 2, 

subpart B, reporting businesses are 

entitled to assert a business 

confidentiality claim covering any part 

of the submitted business information as 

defined in 40 CFR 2.201(c). 

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 about seven hours 

per response per respondent. 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: 

Persons that produce, import, export, 

destroy, transform as a feedstock, 

distribute, or apply controlled ODS. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,138. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly, and annually (as applicable). 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

8,370. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$714,160, which includes $0 annualized 

capital/startup costs, $5,580 annual 

O&M costs, and $708,520 annual labor 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 1,567 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is largely 

attributed to the reduction of the 

number of responses and respondents. 

The decrease in Agency hours is due to 

the longevity of the regulatory program 

and its implementation. Estimates have 

also been refined based on historical 

information. 

Dated: August 25, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–17362 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OECA–2004–0037; FRL–7963–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

NESHAP for Natural Gas Transmission 

and Storage (Renewal), ICR Number 

1789.05, OMB Number 2060–0418 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, 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 September 30, 2005. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

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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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before September 30, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OECA–

2004–0037, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket 

and Information Center, Mail Code 

2201T, 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: Dan 

Chadwick, Compliance Assessment and 

Media Programs Division, Office of 

Compliance, 2223A, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (202) 564–7054; fax 

number: (202) 564–0050; e-mail address: 

chadwick.dan@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 December 1, 2004 (69 FR 69909), 

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. OECA–

2004–0037, which is available for public 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance 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 Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center Docket 

is: (202) 566–1752. 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. 

When 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, 

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 http:// 

www.epa.gov/edocket. 

Title: NESHAP for Natural Gas 

Transmission and Storage (Renewal) 

Abstract: This information collection 

request addresses Clean Air Act 

information collection requirements in 

standards published at 40 CFR part 63, 

subpart HHH, which have mandatory 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements. These regulations were 

proposed on February 6, 1998, 

promulgated on June 17, 1999, and 

apply to major sources of hazardous air 

pollutants (HAP) that transport or store 

natural gas prior to entering the pipeline 

to a local distribution company or to a 

final end user (if there is no local 

distribution company). In general, all 

NESHAP standards require initial 

notifications, performance tests, and 

periodic reports. Owners or operators 

are also required to maintain records of 

the occurrence and duration of any 

start-up, shutdown, or malfunction in 

the operation of an affected facility, or 

any period during which the monitoring 

system is inoperative. These 

notifications, reports, and records are 

essential in determining compliance, 

and are required of all sources subject 

to NESHAP. 

Any owner or operator subject to the 

provisions of this part shall maintain a 

file of these records, and retain the file 

for at least 5 years following the date of 

such occurrences, maintenance reports, 

and records. All reports are sent to the 

delegated State or local authority. In the 

event that there is no such delegated 

authority, the reports are sent directly to 

the EPA Regional Office. 

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, 

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 15 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: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are those that transport or store 

natural gas prior to entering the pipeline 

to a local distribution company or to a 

final end user (if there is no local 

distribution company). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

830. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

Semi-annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

757 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs: 

$61,087, which includes $0 annualized 

capital/startup costs, $0 annual O&M 

costs, and $61,087 annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 176 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to the 

calculation of the industry technical 

labor hours at a higher level relative to 

total labor hours than in the active ICR. 

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Dated: August 25, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–17363 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OECA–2005–0052; FRL–7963–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Enforcement Policy 

Regarding the Sale and Use of 

Aftermarket Catalytic Converters 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1292.07, 

OMB Control Number 2060–0135 

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. Under 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before September 30, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OECA–

2005–0052, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Enforcement and Compliance Docket 

and Information Center, Mail Code 

2201T, 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: Jack 

McLaughlin, Office of Mobile Sources, 

Office of Enforcement and Compliance, 

U.S. EPA Western Field Office, 12345 

West Alamdea Parkway, Suite #214, 

Lakewood, CO 80228; Telephone 

number: (303) 236–9513, Fax number: 

(303) 236–9514, E-Mail: 

mclaughlin.jackj@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 30941–30943), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments on this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OECA–

2005–0052, which is available for public 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance 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 Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center is (202) 

566–1752. 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, 

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 http://www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. 

Title: Enforcement Policy Regarding 

the Sale and Use of Aftermarket 

Catalytic Converters (Renewal) 

Abstract: Section (a)(3) of the Clean 

Air Act (Act) prohibits removing or 

rendering inoperative automobile 

emission control devices or elements of 

design. But for the adoption of the 

aftermarket catalytic converter 

enforcement policy (51 FR 28814–

28819, 28133 (August 5, 1986); 52 FR 

42114 (November 3, 1987) ), 67 FR 319 

(January 3, 2002) the manufacture, sale 

or installation of aftermarket catalytic 

converters (catalysts) not equivalent to 

new original equipment (OE) catalysts 

would constitute a violation of the Act. 

However, because replacement OE 

catalysts are expensive, many 

consumers had elected to not replace 

catalysts that malfunctioned subsequent 

to the expiration of the emissions 

warranty on their vehicles. The Agency 

believes that allowing the installation of 

aftermarket catalysts on older vehicles 

can be environmentally beneficial if the 

Agency can be assured that the 

aftermarket catalysts meet certain 

standards and if installers are 

accountable to select the proper 

aftermarket catalyst for each vehicle 

application. Manufacturers of new 

aftermarket catalysts are required on a 

one time basis, for each catalyst line 

manufactured, to identify the catalyst 

physical specifications and summarize 

pre-production testing of the prototype. 

Previously, manufacturers were 

required to submit semi-annual reports 

to EPA of the number of each type of 

catalytic converter manufactured and a 

summary (or copies at manufacturer’s 

option) of warranty card information. 

These requirements are both 

discontinued. The information would 

still have to be retained for 5 years, and 

would be subject to EPA inspection. A 

technical change is being made to 

clarify the existing requirement that 

converters be labeled, specifically that 

information affixed to the converters 

appears on the underside so that it can 

be seen after the converter is installed. 

Reconditioners of used catalysts must, 

on a one-time basis, identify themselves 

and provide information regarding their 

converter testing equipment and 

procedures followed when testing used 

catalysts. All used catalytic converters 

must be individually bench-tested. The 

requirement to submit semi-annual 

reports to EPA disclosing the identity of 

persons who distribute the 

reconditioned catalysts and the number 

of reconditioned catalysts of each type 

that are sold to each distributor is 

discontinued. 

Companies that install aftermarket 

catalysts have no reporting requirements