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information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Affected entities: Entities affected by

this action are new and used motor

vehicle dealers, gasoline service

stations, truck rental and leasing

facilities without drivers, passenger car

rental facilities, top, body, upholstery

repair and paint shops, general

automotive repair shops, and

automotive repair shops not elsewhere

classified. Clean Air Act Section 609

automotive air-conditioning technician

certification programs, and approved

independent standards testing

organizations, will also be affected.

Estimated No. of Respondents:

16,039.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 8,923 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Most

requirements require collection on a

one-time only basis.

This renewal shows a significant

reduction in burden from the original

information collection request. This

reduction is due primarily to revisions

in the estimates of the number of service

facilities that must complete

certifications for the equipment they

have purchased. EPA estimates that over

250,000 pieces of equipment have been

purchased in the United States. As a

result, the Agency estimates that no

more than 10,000 existing facilities, plus

4,000 new facilities, will need to

complete the certification forms in any

year. In addition, the reduction in

burden hours from the original ICR is

due in part to a revision in the estimate

of the time it takes for a service facility

manager to fill out the certification

form. EPA believes that the original

estimate of one half-hour was

inaccurate. This time was halved, from

one half-hour to one quarter-hour.

Certain other changes to the ICR have

been made in order to reflect the current

size of the sectors affected by the ICR.

For example, there are now

approximately 25 organizations that

certify automotive service technicians to

work with recover/recycle equipment.

This revised number of organizations is

reflected in the cost and burden hour

totals.

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 following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1617.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0247 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: November 28, 1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Information Division.

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Request for Comments: Preaward

Compliance Review Report for all

Applicants Requesting Federal

Financial Assistance, Agency

Information Collection Activities up for

Renewal (OMB Control Number 2090–

0014)

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

proposed and/or continuing Information

Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB).

Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for

review and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collections as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of Civil Rights,

USEPA Waterside Mall (WSM), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Interested parties may receive a copy

without charge by writing to this

address or by calling Mary St. Peter at

(202)260–4967.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary St. Peter: phone (202) 260–4967:

fax (202) 260–4580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are grant and loan

applicants, generally state and local

governments, universities, etc., who

must complete a simple form with the

requested data.

Title: Preaward Compliance Review

Report, EPA form 4700–4, OMB Control

Number 2090–0014, expiration date 1/

31/96.

Abstract: The information request and

gathering is part of the requirement of

40 CFR Part 7, ‘‘Nondiscrimination in

Program Receiving Federal Assistance

from the Environmental Protection

Agency’’, at 40 CFR § 7.80. The

regulation implements statutes which

prohibit discrimination on the bases of

race, color, national origin, sex and

handicap. This information is also

required, in part, by the Department of

Justice regulations, 28 CFR 42.406 and

28 CFR 42.407. The information is

collected on a short form from grant and

loan applicants as part of the

application. The EPA Director of Civil

Rights manages the data collection

through a regional component or

delegated state, both of whom also carry

out the data analysis and make the

recommendation on the respondent’s

ability to meet the requirements of the

regulation, as well as the respondent’s

current compliance with the regulation.

The information and analysis is of

sufficient value for the Director to

determine whether the applicant is in

compliance with the regulation.

Analysis of the data allows EPA to

determine:

(1) Whether there appears to be

discrimination in the provision of

program or activity services between the

minority and non-minority population.

This allows EPA to determine whether

any action is necessary by it before the

award of the grant or loan.

(2) Whether the respondent is

designing grant or loan financed

facilities to be accessible to

handicapped individuals or whether a

regulatory exemption is applicable. This

allows EPA to determine whether

design changes are necessary prior to

the award of the grant or loan, which

can save the respondent a significant

amount of money, e.g., ensuring a

facility is accessible to the handicapped

is much less costly if this requirement

is included in the design rather than

after construction has begun.

(3) Whether the respondent receives

or has applied for financial assistance

from other Federal agencies. This

information allows EPA to canvass these

other agencies to avoid conducting

duplicate compliance audits, reviews, or

complaint investigations and is a

reduction of burden on respondents.

Responses to the collection of

information are required to obtain a

grant or loan and are kept on file by the

state distributing the funds.

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 40 CFR Chapter

15.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments to:
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(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: The form is part of

the grant or loan application package.

The information currently exists in the

respondent operation. The data

collected on this form is compiled and

reported from the applicant’s existing

information. The information as

gathered and reported on the form

specifically applies to the grant or loan

application. The only burden

experienced by the respondent is that of

completing the form. Our past

experience has shown that it requires

one half-hour to complete the form. The

form is usually completed by the

applicant’s packager or a clerk assistant.

The average salary range of the

combined or single individual is

$30,000.00 per year. Our information

comes from direct experience in

carrying out the task. Therefore the

capital cost would be $0 and the labor

for 1⁄2 hour would be $14.41 per year.

At approximately 4,000 recipients per

year, the total cost would be $28,820.00.

Burden means 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 estimate 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: November 13, 1995.

Dan Rondeau,

Director, Office of Civil Rights.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

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 Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

cost and burden; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 8, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1633.09.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Acid Rain Program (OMB

Control No. 2060–0258; EPA ICR No.

1633.09). This is a request for extension

of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Acid Rain Program was

established under Title IV of the 1990

Clean Air Act Amendments. The

program calls for major reductions of

the pollutants that cause acid rain while

establishing a new approach to

environmental management. This

information collection is necessary to

implement the Acid Rain program. It

includes burden hours associated with

developing and modifying permits,

transferring allowances, obtaining

allowances from the conservation and

renewable energy reserve and small

diesel refinery program, monitoring

emissions, participating in the annual

auctions, completing annual compliance

certifications, participating in the Opt-in

program, and complying with NoX

permitting requirements. Most of this

information collection is mandatory

under 40 CFR Parts 72–78. Some parts

of it are voluntary or to obtain a benefit,

such as participation in the annual

auctions under 40 CFR Part 73, Subpart

E. 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 Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 7/13/

95 (FRL–5258–2).

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 273 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 way 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: 849.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

849.

Frequency of Response: Varies by

task.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

2,839,120 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $44,660,000.

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 following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1633.09 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0258 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 401 M

Street SW., Washington, DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: November 22,1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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