[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 2820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1556]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL 5408-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review; 
Measures of Success for Compliance Assistance Reporting Form

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: None.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) Measures of Success for Compliance Assistance Reporting Form 
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 February 28, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, 202-260-
2740, and refer to EPA ICR. No. 1758.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Measures of Success for Compliance Assistance Reporting 
Form. (OMB Control No. XXXX-XXXX: EPA ICR No. 1758.02) This is a new 
collection.
    Abstract: This will be a voluntary collection of program 
information on the accomplishments of state and regional compliance 
assistance programs. The information will be collected so that EPA can 
better understand the effectiveness of compliance assistance programs 
vis a vis enforcement programs and so that success stories can be 
shared between state programs. This is a voluntary information 
collection request. This information will be used by EPA's Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) in order to evaluate the 
effectiveness of regional and state compliance assistance programs as a 
supplementary tool to traditional enforcement methods. EPA regions and 
state programs will also use the information to learn about other 
compliance assistance programs. 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 November 7, 1995, FR 56,148.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping 
burden for this collection of information for states is estimated to 
average 2 hours per response and for third-party respondents it will 
average 1 hour per response. This estimate includes the time needed to 
review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology 
and systems for 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 
respond to a collection of information; search existing data sources; 
complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or 
otherwise disclose the information. No person is 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 
displayed in 40 CFR Part 9.

Respondents/Affected Entities: state and small businesses
Estimated No. of Respondents: 3,286
Estimated Total Annual Burden of Respondents: 5,830
Frequency of Collection: Annually

    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
the information collection, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to the following addresses. Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1758.02 
and OMB Control No. XXXX-XXXX in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information 
Policy Branch (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 St, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503.

    Dated: January 11, 1996.
Joseph Retzer,
Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 96-1556 Filed 1-26-96; 8:45 am]
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