Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 192 / Wednesday, October 5, 2005 / Notices 58213 

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Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–5445 Filed 10–4–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2005–0135; FRL–7980–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Recordkeeping and 

Reporting for the Performance-Based 

Qualification of Test Methods for 

Diesel Fuel (Renewal), EPA ICR 

Number 2180.02, OMB Control Number 

2060–0566 

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 

‘‘emergency’’ collection. This ICR is 

scheduled to expire on September 30, 

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 November 4, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2005–0135, 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), 

EPA West, Room B102, 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: 

Anne Pastorkovich, Attorney/Advisor, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–343–9623, fax number: 

202–343–2901; e-mail address: 

pastorkovich.anne-marie@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 July 13, 2005 (70 FR 40327), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments on the notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–

2005–0135 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, 

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: Recordkeeping and Reporting 

for the Performance-Based Qualification 

of Test Methods for Diesel Fuel 

(Renewal). 

Abstract: With this information 

collection request (ICR), we are seeking 

permission to continue to collect 

applications from refiners, importers, 

and independent laboratories in order to 

permit them to use performance-based 

test methods for measuring sulfur in 

diesel fuel and detecting the presence of 

a marker in diesel sold as heating oil. 

In the past, we would set up a 

designated test method for measuring 

compliance with various fuel 

parameters. Typically, this test method 

was an American Society for Testing 

and Materials (ASTM) procedure that 

our laboratory used. Regulated parties 

would have to use the same method. In 

certain circumstances, alternative test 

methods were named. If a regulated 

party used an alternative test method, 

all results would have to be correlated 

to the designated test method. Simply 

put, the party would have to develop 

and apply a correlation equation to all 

test method. Simply put, the party 

would have to develop and apply a 

correlation equal to all its results to 

bring them in line with the designated 

test method. 

The recent regulations for nonroad 

diesel fuel incorporated a performancebased test method approach. See ‘‘Air 

Pollution Control; New Motor Vehicles 

and Engines: Nonroad Diesel Engines 

and Fuel; Emissions Standards,’’ 69 FR 

38957 (June 29, 2004). This approach 

sets up accuracy and precision criteria, 

but permits regulated parties to qualify 

their laboratories to use their own test 

methods. Industry supports this 

approach and welcomes it as a first step 

to a more comprehensive performancebased approach to test method issues. In 

order to be qualified to use a test 

method, a refiner’s or importer’s 

laboratory or an independent laboratory 

will have to submit certain information 

to us. Unfortunately, these reporting 

provisions were not included in the 

information collection request for the 

nonroad diesel final rule. The first day 

by which regulated parties may comply 

was December 27, 2004 and many were 

waiting to submit applications, so an 

emergency ICR request was submitted to 

OMB, to permit EPA to accept 

applications through September 30, 

2005. This notice announces a proposed 

information request that would permit 

us to continue to accept applications 

after that date. 

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 

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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 180 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 (listed 

with SIC Code/2002 NAICS Code): 

Refiners (2911/324110), importers 

(5172/424720) and laboratories (8734/ 

541380). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

225. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

46,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$3,023,000, which includes $0 

annualized capital/startup costs, $0 

O&M costs, and $3,023,000 annual labor 

costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the total estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: September 27, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–20004 Filed 10–4–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPP–2005–0257; FRL–7739–8] 

Computer Sciences Corporation and 

Systems Integration Group; Transfer of 

Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide relatedinformation submitted 

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including 

information that may have been claimed 

as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) by the submitter, will be tranferred 

to Computer Sciences Corporation and 

its subcontractor, Systems Integration 

Group, in accordance with 40 CFR 

2.307(h)(3) and 2.308(i)(2). Computer 

Sciences Corporation and its 

subcontractor, Systems Integration 

Group, have been awarded a contract to 

perform work for OPP, and access to 

this information will enable Computer 

Sciences Corporation and its 

subcontractor, Systems Integration 

Group, to fulfill the obligations of the 

contract. 

DATES: Computer Sciences Corporation 

and its subcontractor, Systems 

Integration Group, will be given access 

to this information on or before October 

11, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patsy Garnett, FIFRA Security Officer, 

Information Technology and Resource 

Management Division (7502C), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 305–

5455; e-mail address: 

garnett.patsy@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action applies to the public in 

general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed underFOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other 

RelatedInformation? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket identification (ID) number 

OPP–2005–0257. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

Public Information and Records 

Integrity Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, 

Crystal Mall #2, 1801 S. Bell St., 

Arlington, VA. This docket facility is 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ 

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be availableelectronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

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

the appropriate docket ID number. 

II. Contractor Requirements 

Under Contract No. DW–47–

93939301–0, Computer Sciences 

Corporation and its subcontractor, 

Systems Integration Group, will perform 

various document management 

functions to examine, categorize, handle 

and format OPP information, which will 

be in both electronic and paper copy. 

The contractor will be working with 

applications for pesticide registration, 

supporting studies and other technical 

documents of archival significance. 

The OPP has determined that access 

by Computer Sciences Corporation and 

its subcontractor, Systems Integration 

Group, to information on all pesticide 

chemicals is necessary for the 

performance of this contract. 

Some of this information may be 

entitled to confidential treatment. The 

information has been submitted to EPA 

under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA 

and under sections 408 and 409 of 

FFDCA. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(2), the contract with 

Computer Sciences Corporation and its 

subcontractor, Systems Integration 

Group, prohibits use of the information 

for any purpose not specified in the 

contract; prohibits disclosure of the 

information to a third party without 

prior written approval from the Agency; 

and requires that each official and 

employee of the contractor sign an 

agreement to protect the information