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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:

• Paint Production

• Inorganics

• Solvents (users of 21 specific

solvents)

• Petroleum Refining

• Chlorinated Aliphatics

• Dyes and Pigments

• Pulp and Paper

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,446.

Frequency of Response: 1.14

responses for each respondent.

Estiamted Total Annual Hour Burden:

38.4 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $1,260,000.

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. 818.06 and

OMB Control No. 2050–0042 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.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Joseph Retzer

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96–12481 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

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 June 17, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, 202–260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1626.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: ‘‘National Recycling and

Emissions Reduction Program’’ (OMB

Control Number 2060–0256; EPA

Control Number 1626.05). This is a

request for an extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: In 1993, EPA promulgated

regulations under Section 608 of the

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

(Act) for the recycling of CFCs and

HCFCs in air-conditioning and

refrigeration equipment. These

regulations were published in 58 FR

28660, and are codified at 40 CFR Part

82, subpart F (§ 82.150 et seq.). The

reasons the information is being

collected, the way the information is to

be used, and whether the requirements

are mandatory, voluntary, or required to

obtain a benefit, are described below.

The ICR renewal does not include any

burden for third-party or public

disclosures not previously reviewed and

approved by OMB. 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.

The Federal Register Notice with a 60-

day comment period soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on February

13, 1996.

Equipment Testing Organizations

Equipment testing organizations must

apply to EPA to become approved.

Approved equipment testing

organizations must maintain records of

the tests performed and their results,

and must submit a list of all certified

equipment to EPA annually. Testing

organizations must notify EPA

whenever a new model of equipment is

certified or whenever an existing

certified model fails a recertification

test. Information collected from

equipment certifiers is required to

ensure that recycling and recovery

equipment meets the performance

standards of the regulation and that all

approved testing laboratories have the

equipment and expertise to test

equipment to these standards.

Servicing and Disposal Establishments

Persons maintaining, servicing,

repairing, or disposing of appliances

must certify to EPA that they have

acquired certified recycling or recovery

equipment and are complying with the

requirements of the rule. This

certification must be renewed in the

event of a change of ownership of the

service or disposal establishment. In

addition, service establishments are

required to maintain adequate

documentation of technician

certification. These requirements help

the Agency to target its enforcement

efforts.

Reclaimers

Refrigerant reclaimers must maintain

records of the names and addresses of

persons sending them material for

reclamation as well as the quantity of

the material (the combined mass of

refrigerant and contaminants) sent. In

addition, reclaimers must maintain

records of the mass of refrigerant

reclaimed and the mass of waste

products. Reclaimers must report this

information (total quantities) to the

Agency annually. This information

helps the Agency track refrigerant use to

ensure that no refrigerant is vented at

service or disposal.

Refrigerant Wholesalers

Wholesalers must maintain records

indicating the names of purchasers,

dates of sales, and quantities of

refrigerant purchased. This information

helps the Agency to track refrigerant use

and identify points of noncompliance.

The Agency believes that wholesalers

already maintain such records. In

addition to normal business records,

wholesalers have to maintain records

verifying that purchasers of refrigerant

are properly certified. These records

will be used by EPA inspectors to

ensure that refrigerants are only sold to

certified technicians. This is to

guarantee that individuals who

purchase refrigerant are aware of the

legal restrictions on its use.

Disposers

Persons disposing of small

appliances, room air conditioners, and

MVACs must maintain copies of signed

statements attesting that the refrigerant

has been removed prior to final disposal

of each appliance. This information

helps EPA to verify that refrigerant is

recovered at some point during the

disposal process even if the final

disposer does not have recovery

equipment.
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Technicians

In order for technicians to use

recycling and recovery equipment, they

have to pass a certification test.

Technicians have to maintain a walletsized certification card. The test is

necessary to ensure that technicians

understand refrigerant recovery

procedures and regulations. The card is

necessary to ensure that only certified

technicians perform work on air

conditioning and refrigeration

equipment or purchase refrigerants.

Technician Certification Programs

Organizations operating technician

certification programs have to apply to

EPA to have their program approved.

Approved technician certification

programs have to maintain records

including the names of certified

technicians and the unique numbers

assigned to each technician certified

through their programs. Approved

technician certification programs also

have to submit a report to EPA every six

months including the pass/fail rate and

testing schedules.

The application process ensures that

the technician certification programs

meet minimum standards for generating,

tracking, and grading tests, and keeping

records. Record maintenance allows

both the Agency and the certification

program to verify certification claims

and monitor the certification process.

The semiannual reports give the Agency

the ability to evaluate certification

programs and modify the certification

test if necessary.

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

Equipment Owners

Owners of refrigeration or air

conditioning equipment that contain

more than 50 pounds of refrigerant must

maintain records of the quantity of

refrigerant used during each service

procedure performed for the equipment.

This ensures that owners can determine

when they are subject to leak repair

requirements. In addition, equipment

owners who decided not to repair leaks

must develop and maintain a record of

a plan that states that the equipment

will be either retired, replaced or

retrofitted. The development of such a

plan ensures that equipment owners

intend to take action to reduce

emissions.

Owners of Industrial Process

Refrigeration

Under an amendment to the section

608 rule that was promulgated on

August 8, 1995 (60 FR 40420), owners

of industrial process refrigeration

equipment who wish to receive an

extension or exclusion under the leak

repair amendment are subject to the

following reporting and recordkeeping

requirements. (The Office of

Management and Budget approved the

amendment to the ICR reflecting this

amendment on September 28, 1995.)

(1) Those persons wishing to extend

leak repair compliance beyond the

required 30 days must maintain and

submit to EPA information identifying

the facility, the leak rate, the method

used to determine the leak rate and full

charge, the date a leak rate greater than

allowable was discovered, the location

of the leaks, any repair work completed

thus far and date completed, a plan to

fix other outstanding leaks to achieve

allowable leak rate, reasons why greater

than 30 days is needed, and an estimate

of when repair work will be completed.

Any dates and results of static and

dynamic tests must also be maintained

and submitted to EPA.

(2) Those persons wishing to extend

retrofit compliance beyond the required

one year must maintain and submit to

EPA information identifying the facility,

the leak rate, the method used to

determine the leak rate and full charge,

the date a leak rate of greater than the

allowable rate was discovered, the

location of leaks, any repair work that

has been completed thus far and date

completed, a plan to complete the

retrofit or replacement of the system, the

reasons why more than one year is

necessary, the date of notification to

EPA, an estimate of when retrofit or

replacement work will be completed, if

time changes for original estimates

occur, documentation of the reason

why, and the date of notification to EPA

regarding a change in the estimate of

when the work will be completed.

(3) Those persons wishing to exclude

purged refrigerants that are destroyed

from the annual leak rate calculations

must maintain records on-site to

support the amount of refrigerant

claimed sent for destruction. These

records must include flow rate, quantity

or concentration of the refrigerant in the

vent stream, and periods of purge flow.

(4) Those persons wishing to calculate

the full charge of an affected appliance

by establishing a range based on the best

available data, regarding the normal

operating characteristics and conditions

for the appliance, must maintain records

on-site to support the methodology used

in selecting or modifying the particular

range.

The sum of these changes represents

an increase in reporting requirements

only for those persons wishing to

receive an extension or exclusion under

the leak repair amendment.

These reporting and recordkeeping

requirements allow determinations to be

made regarding requested extensions

and exclusions under the amendments

to the leak repair provisions, which

were written in response to industry

concerns and with the concurrence of

industry. Specifically, the amendments

allow for persons to extend their

compliance deadlines, to exclude

destroyed purged refrigerants from leak

rate calculations, or to use a range rather

than calculate the full charge, when

certain circumstances exist. EPA would

be unable to make determinations as to

the viability of a claim regarding the

need for an extension without the

information under the recordkeeping

and reporting requirements. In

negotiating the settlement agreement

with members of CMA, those members

agreed with the proposed recordkeeping

and reporting requirements.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average .18 hours per

response. 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.

Affected Entities: Entities affected by

this action are refrigeration and air

conditioning service and repair shops,

plumbing, heating, and air conditioning

contractors, refrigerated transport

service dealers, scrap metal recyclers,

and automobile dismantlers and

recyclers. Additional entities affected

include Clean Air Act Section 608

technician certifications programs,

equipment certification programs,

refrigerant wholesalers and reclaimers,

and other establishments that perform

refrigerant removal at service and

disposal.

Estimated No. of Respondents:

2,276,142.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 419,546 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Occasional,

annual, and semiannual.

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.
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Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1626.05 and

OMB 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.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96–12483 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[ER–FRL–5469–5]

Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability (NOA)

RESPONSIBLE AGENCY: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed May 06, 1996

Through May 10, 1996 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

*Due to a Power Failure Beyond our

Control The EPA NOA of EISs Filed

during the Week of April 29, 1996 and

May 3, 1996 Appeared in the May 13,

1996 Federal Register. The 45 Day

Comment Period and the 30 Day Wait

Period is Calculated from the Intended

May 10, 1996, Federal Register Date.

EIS No. 960223, DRAFT EIS, AFS,

AK, Helicopter Landings within

Wilderness, Implementation, Tongass

National Forest, Chatham, Stikine and

Ketchikan Area, AK, Due: July 15, 1996,

Contact: Bill Tremblay (907) 772–3841.

EIS No. 960224, DRAFT EIS, USN,

Naval Spent Nuclear Fuel Container

System Management, Loading, Handling

and Dry Storage, Transportation and

Storage, Handling and Transportation of

certain Associated Radioactive Waste,

Implementation, United States, Due:

July 03, 1996, Contact: William Knoll

(703) 602–8229.

EIS No. 960225, DRAFT EIS, NPS,

NY, Manhattan Sites General

Management Plans, Implementation,

Castle Clinton National Monument,

Federal Hall National Memorial,

General Grant National Memorial, Saint

Paul’s Church National Historic Site and

Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National

Historic Site, New York and

Westchester Counties, NY, Due: July 01,

1996, Contact: Joseph Avery (212) 825–

1990.

EIS No. 960226, DRAFT EIS, MMS,

AL, TX, MS, LA, Central and Western

Planning Areas, Gulf of Mexico 1997

Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas

Sales 166 (March 1997) and 168 (August

1997) Lease Offering, Offshore Marine

Environment and coastal counties,

Parishes of Alabama, MS, TX and LA,

Due: August 09, 1996, Contact: Archie

Melancon (703) 787–5471.

EIS No. 960227, FINAL EIS, MMS,

AK, Beaufort Sea Planning Area

Proposed 1996 Oil and Gas Lease Sale

No. 144, Lease Offerings, Alaska Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS), AK, Due: June

17, 1996, Contact: George Valiulis (703)

787–1662.

EIS No. 960228, DRAFT EIS, FHW,

MT, US 93 Highway Transportation

Improvements, between Hamilton

(Milepost) 49.0 to Lolo (Milepost 83.2),

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

Ravalli and Missoula Counties, MT,

Due: July 19, 1996, Contact: Dale

Paulson (406) 441–1230.

EIS No. 960229, DRAFT EIS, USA,

AZ, Western Army National Guard

Aviation Training Site Expansion

Project, Designation of an Expanded

Tactical Flight Training Area (TFTA),

Development or use of a Helicopter

Gunnery Range and Construction and

Operation of various Facilities on the

Silver Bell Army Heliport (SBAH),

Maricopa, Pima and Pinal Counties, AZ,

Due: July 01, 1996, Contact: Ltc. Richard

Murphy (520) 682–4590. .

Amended Notices

EIS No. 960067, DRAFT EIS, AFS,

CO, Routt National Forest Land and

Resource Management Plan,

Implementation, Grand, Routt, Rio

Blanco, Jackson, Moffat and Garfield

Counties, CO, Due: July 01, 1996,

Contact: Jerry E. Schmidt (970) 879–

1722.

Published FR—02–16–96—Review

Period Extended.

EIS No. 960156, DRAFT EIS, NPS,

CA, Cabrillo National Monument,

General Management Plan/Development

Concept Plans, Implementation, San

Diego County, CA, Due: June 10, 1996,

Contact: Terry DiMattio (619) 557–5450.

Published FR—04–12–96—Due Date

Correction.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 96–12488 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[ER–FRL–5469–6]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared April 29, 1996 Through May 3,

1996 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the OFFICE OF Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 05, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–BLM–K67033–NV Rating

EO2, Lone Tree Gold Mine Expansion

Project, Plan of Operations Approval

and Permit Issuance, Winnemucca

District, Humboldt County, NV.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections due to

potential to degrade groundwater,

impacts to wildlife, and uncertainties

regarding acid generation. EPA

requested additional information on

impacts to water quality and habitat in

the lower Humboldt River basin and

local springs; geochemical

characterization; facility design;

reclamation, hydrogeologic and

geochemical modelling, monitoring; and

mitigation.

ERP No. D–DOE–A06178–00 Rating

EC2, Programmatic EIS-Stockpile

Stewardship and Management Project,

Reduced Nuclear Weapons Stockpile in

the Absence of Underground Testing,

Eight Sites: Oak Ridge Reservation

(ORR), Savannah River Site (SRS),

Kansas City Plant (KCP) Pantex Plant,

Los Alamos Nat’l Lab., Lawrence

Livermore Nat’l Lab., Sandia Nat’l and

Nevada Test.

Summary: EPA requested that DOE

provide additional information and

clarity concerning accident risk analysis

and environmental justice.

ERP No. D–FHW–J40138–UT Rating

EC2, Norman H. Bangerter Highway

(Previously Known as the West Valley

Highway) 12600 South Street to I–15,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

in the Cities of Bluffdale, Riverton and

Draper, Salt Lake County, UT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding the

extent of wetland impacts, hazardous

material spills and the location and

effects of borrow. EPA requested that

additional information on these issues

be included.