[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25665-25666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12866]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5509-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
National Recycling and Emissions Reduction Program, OMB Number: 2060-
0256

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the following information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: National Recycling and 
Emissions Reduction Program, OMB Number: 2060-0256. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden and 
cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data collection 
instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 21, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL:
Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1626.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: National Recycling and Emissions Reduction Program (OMB 
Control No. 2060-0256; EPA ICR No. 1626.06). This ICR is revision of an 
existing collection.
    Abstract: The Agency has proposed to add a degree of flexibility to 
its regulations governing the recycling of refrigerants. This ICR 
includes a request for the approval of information requirements for 
independent laboratories to apply to EPA to become certifiers of 
reclaimers, and for certified reclaimers to maintain records of the 
quantity of material sent for reclamation. 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. These changes were proposed in a Supplemental 
Rule Regarding a Recycling Standard (Proposed) Under the Section 608 of 
the Clean Air Act, published in the Federal Register on February 29, 
1996 (61 FR 7858).
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to add 5080 
hours to the existing approved total of 565,000 hour. 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 revise the collection of information, and transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Refrigerant Reclaimers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,500.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 5080 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden: $0.
    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. 1626.06 and OMB Control No. 2060-0256 in any 
correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory 
Information Division (2137), 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.


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    Dated: May 17, 1996.
Richard Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-12866 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
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