36194 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 139 / Wednesday, July 22, 2009 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0039; FRL–8933–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements of the 

HCFC Allowance System (Renewal); 

EPA ICR No. 2014.04, OMB Control No. 

2060–0498 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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 collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before August 21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0039, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to a-andr-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 

OMB by mail to: 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: 

Robert Burchard, Office of Atmospheric 

Programs, Office of Air and Radiation, 

Mail Code 6205J, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–343–9126; fax 

number: 202–343–2338; e-mail address: 

burchard.robert@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 February 24, 2009 (74 FR 8252), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any additional comments on 

this ICR should be submitted to EPA 

and OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2003–0039, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC 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 is 202–566–1742. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Requirements of the HCFC Allowance 

System (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2014.04, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0498. 

ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on July 31, 2009. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at 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 in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The international treaty The 

Montreal Protocol on Substances That 

Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) and 

Title VI of the Clean Air Act 

Amendments (CAAA) established limits 

on total U.S. production, import, and 

export of class I and class II controlled 

ozone depleting substances (commonly 

referred to as ‘‘controlled substances’’). 

Under its Protocol commitments, the 

United States was obligated to cease 

production and import of class I 

controlled substances (e.g., 

chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs) with 

exemptions for essential uses, critical 

uses, previously used material, and 

material that is transformed, destroyed, 

or exported to developing countries. 

The Protocol also establishes limits and 

reduction schedules leading to the 

eventual phaseout of class II controlled 

substances (i.e., 

hydrochlorofluorocarbons or HCFCs). 

The U.S. is obligated to limit HCFC 

consumption (defined by the Protocol as 

production plus imports, minus 

exports). The schedule called for a 35 

percent reduction on January 1, 2004, 

followed by a 75 percent reduction on 

January 1, 2010, a 90 percent reduction 

on January 1, 2015, a 99.5 percent 

reduction on January 1, 2020, and a total 

phaseout on January 1, 2030. The U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

is responsible for administering the 

phaseout. The U.S. comfortably met the 

35% reduction of the cap, and is on 

schedule to meet the 75% reduction for 

January 1, 2010. 

To ensure the U.S. compliance with 

these limits and restrictions, EPA 

established an allowance system to 

control U.S. production and import of 

HCFCs by granting control measures 

referred to as baseline allowances. 

Baseline allowances are based on the 

historical activity of individual 

companies. There are two types of 

allowances: consumption and 

production allowances. Since each 

allowance is equal to 1 kilogram of 

HCFC, EPA is able to monitor the 

quantity of HCFCs being produced, 

imported and exported. Transfers of 

production and consumption 

allowances among producers and 

importers are allowed and are tracked 

by EPA. 

The limits and restrictions for 

individual U.S. companies are 

monitored by EPA through the 

recordkeeping and reporting 

requirements established in the 

regulations in 40 CFR part 82, subpart 

A. To submit required information, 

regulated entities can download 

reporting forms from EPA’s Web site 

(http://www.epa.gov/ozone/ 

record.index.html), complete them, and 

send them to EPA electronically, via 

mail, courier, or fax. Almost all of the 

large regulated companies use the EPA 

reporting forms. 


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Upon receipt of the reports, the data 

is entered into the ODS Tracking 

System. The ODS Tracking System is a 

secure database that maintains the data 

submitted to EPA and helps the Agency: 

(1) Maintain oversight over total 

production and consumption of 

controlled substances; (2) monitor 

compliance with limits and restrictions 

on production, imports, and trades and 

specific exemptions from the phaseout 

for individual U.S. companies; (3) 

enforce against illegal imports; and (4) 

assess, and report on, compliance with 

the U.S. phasedown caps established 

under the Montreal Protocol. 

EPA has implemented an electronic 

reporting system through the Agency’s 

Central Data Exchange (CDX) that 

allows regulated entities to prepare and 

submit data electronically. Coupled 

with the widespread use of the 

standardized forms, electronic reporting 

has improved data quality and made the 

reporting process efficient for both 

reporting companies and EPA. Most 

reports that are submitted to the Agency 

with the largest amount of data are 

submitted electronically. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 5 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: 

Companies that produce, import, and 

export class II controlled ozone 

depleting substances 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 

Frequency of Response: Occasionally 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,860 hours 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$181,532, which includes $1,140 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 228 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This change can be attributed 

to two major changes: (1) An increase in 

the number of responses for the Request 

for Additional Allowance Report and 

Domestic Transfer of Allowances/Interpollutant Transfer Report and (2) an 

increase in the number of activities per 

year for the Petition to Import Used 

Substances. 

Dated: July 16, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E9–17399 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8933–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Westlund, (202) 566–1682, or e-mail at 

westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer 

to the appropriate EPA Information 

Collection Request (ICR) Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 2173.02; Reporting 

Requirements under EPA’s Green Power 

Partnership and Combined Heat and 

Power Partnership (Renewal); was 

approved 06/10/2009; OMB Number 

2060–0578; expires 06/30/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1773.09; NESHAP 

for Hazardous Waste Combustors 

(Renewal); in 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

EEE; was approved 06/12/2009; OMB 

Number 2050–0171; expires 06/30/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1871.05; NESHAP 

for Source Categories: Generic 

Maximum Achievable Control 

Technology Standards (Renewal); in 40 

CFR part 63, subpart YY; was approved 

06/30/2009; OMB Number 2060–0420; 

expires 06/30/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 0111.12; NESHAP 

for Asbestos (Renewal); in 40 CFR part 

61, subpart M; was approved 06/30/ 

2009; OMB Number 2060–0101; expires 

06/30/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1964.04; NESHAP 

for Wet-formed Fiberglass Mat 

Production (Renewal); in 40 CFR part 

63, subpart HHHH; was approved 06/ 

30/2009; OMB Number 2060–0496; 

expires 06/30/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 0262.12; RCRA 

Hazardous Waste Permit Application 

and Modification, Part A (Renewal); in 

40 CFR 270.11, 270.13, 270.70 and 

270.72; was approved 07/02/2009; OMB 

Number 2050–0034; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1775.05; Hazardous 

Remediation Waste Management 

Requirements (HWIR–Media) (Renewal); 

in 40 CFR part 264, 271.21, and 270; 

was approved 07/02/2009; OMB 

Number 2050–0161; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1100.13; NESHAP 

for Radionuclides (Renewal); in 40 CFR 

part 61, subparts B, K, R and W; was 

approved 07/02/2009; OMB Number 

2060–0191; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1395.07; Emergency 

Planning and Release Notification 

Requirements under Emergency 

Planning and Community Right-toKnow Act Sections 302, 303, and 304 

(Renewal); in 40 CFR part 355; was 

approved 07/04/2009; OMB Number 

2050–0092; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1361.12; Expanding 

the Comparable Fuels Exclusion under 

RCRA (Final Rule); in 40 CFR 261.38; 

was approved 07/06/2009; OMB 

Number 2050–0073; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 2040.04; NESHAP 

for Refractory Products Manufacturing 

(Renewal); in 40 CFR part 63, subpart 

SSSSS; was approved 07/07/2009; OMB 

Number 2060–0515; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 2285.01; Schools 

Chemical Cleanout Campaign (SC3); 

was approved 07/07/2009; OMB 

Number 2050–0203; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 2251.02; Control of 

Emissions from Nonroad Spark-Ignition 

Engines and Equipment (Final Rule); in 

40 CFR part 1065; was approved 07/08/ 

2009; OMB Number 2060–0603; expires 

07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1722.06; Emission 

Certification and Compliance 

Requirements for Marine Spark-ignition 

Engines (Final Rule); in 40 CFR 91.107, 

91.105, 91.121, 91.122, 91.124, 91.208, 

91.209, 91.504, 91.509, 91.804, and 

91.805; was approved 07/08/2009; OMB 

Number 2060–0321; expires 07/31/2012. 

EPA ICR Number 1684.13; Emissions 

Certification, Compliance and In-use 

Testing Requirements for On-highway 

Heavy Duty Engines and Vehicles 

Equipped with On-Board Diagnostics 


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