65706 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Notices

clearance of this notice by the Office of

Management and Budget is required.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act

Western has determined that this rule

is exempt from Congressional

notification requirements under 5 U.S.C.

801 because the action is a rulemaking

of particular applicability relating to

rates or services and involves matters of

procedure.

Dated: December 5, 2001.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–31347 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7120–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Servicing of Motor

Vehicle Air Conditioners

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that EPA is planning to submit the

following renewal of the Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air

Conditioners, OMB Control Number

2060–0247, EPA Number 1617.04,

which will expire on May 31, 2002.

Before submitting the ICR to OMB for

review and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 19, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Global Programs Division,

(6205–J), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460. To obtain

a copy of the ICR, free of charge, you

may contact the Stratospheric Ozone

Hotline at 1/800–296–1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Smagin 202–564–9126 202–564–

2156 smagin.nancy.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those that

service motor vehicle air conditioners.

Entities that service motor vehicle air

conditioners must send a one-time

recovery/recycle equipment certification

to EPA. New technical colleges seeking

EPA authorization to certify technicians

to service motor vehicle air

conditioners. Additional laboratories,

although highly unlikely, seeking to

become EPA certified to test refrigerant,

which has been reclaimed to the

industry standard.

Title: ‘‘Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air

Conditioners’’

OMB Control No.: 2060–0247; EPA

ICR No. 1617.04, expiring on May 31,

2002.

Abstract: Section 609(d)(3)–(4) of the

Act requires that all entities that service

motor vehicle air conditioners acquire

approved refrigerant recycling

equipment. Proposed automotive

technician certification programs are

required to be approved by EPA in

section 609(b)(4). Under section

609(b)(2)(A), independent laboratories

must seek EPA approval to assure that

they meet an industry accepted standard

of quality. Owners may show that they

possess substantially identical

equipment as addressed in section

609(b)(2)(B), and obtain certification

from EPA. The recordkeeping

requirements for motor vehicle

recycling programs are derived from

section 114 of the Act. Responses

collected or recorded are required to

ensure that EPA standards are met, and

are consistent with the least stringent of

the Society of Automotive Engineers

(SAE) J standards.

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 EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(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 estimated

annual burden associated with

recordkeeping is 5,320 hours, and the

total annual costs are estimated at

$266,000. The estimated annual

reporting burden is estimated at 3,562

hours, and the total annual costs are

estimated at $178,100. The total annual

public burden of capital/start-up and

total burden hours is 8,882, and the

summary total of all capital/start-up

costs and total annual costs is $444,100.

Dated: December 12, 2001.

Paul Stolpman,

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–31345 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7120–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Renewal; Federal Plan

Recordkeeping and Reporting

Requirements for Large Municipal

Waste Combustors Constructed on or

Before September 20, 1994 (Subpart

FFF)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Federal Plan Recordkeeping

and Reporting Requirements for Large

Municipal Waste Combustors

Constructed on or Before September 20,

1994 (subpart FFF), ICR Number,

1847.02, OMB Control Number, 2060–

0390, expiration date, December 31,

2001. 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 January 22, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Susan Auby

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–4901, by

E-mail at auby.susan@epamail.epa.gov,

or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1847.20.For technical questions

about the ICR contact Carolyn Young,

202–564–7062, Office of Compliance,

young.carolyn@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 245 / Thursday, December 20, 2001 / Notices 65707

Title: Federal Plan Recordkeeping and

Reporting Requirements for Large

Municipal Waste Combustors

Constructed on or before September 20,

1994 (subpart FFF); OMB Control

Number 2060–0390, EPA ICR Number

1847.02, expiration date December 31,

2001. This is a renewal notice.

Abstract: This information collection

is required as a result of a Federal plan

to implement and enforce the Clean Air

Act (CAA) emission guidelines (40 CFR

part 60, subpart Cb) for large municipal

waste combustors (MWC’s) that were

promulgated under the authority of

CAA sections 111 and 129. The

emission guidelines are not federally

enforceable. Under the CAA section

129(b)(2), States were required to submit

State plans to the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) for approval by

December 19, 1996 that implement and

enforce the guidelines. Section 129(b)(3)

requires EPA to promulgate a Federal

plan to implement and enforce the

guidelines in those States that have not

submitted an approvable plan to EPA by

December 19, 1997. Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements would

apply to MWC units with capacities to

combust greater than 250 tons per day

(tpd) (large MWC’s). The EPA Regional

Offices will collect the required

information (after promulgation of the

MWC Federal plan) to ensure that the

subpart FFF Federal plan is being

implemented and enforced for affected

facilities in States that have not

submitted an approvable State plan by

December 19, 1997.

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. Respondents are owners or operators

of municipal waste combustors with a

capacity to combust greater than 250

tons per day located in States that do

not have EPA-approved State plans. All

respondents must submit notification of

five increments of progress and

emission rates. The information will be

used to ensure that the MWC Federal

plan requirements are being achieved on

a continuous basis. 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 document required under 5

CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information was

published on August 17, 2001. A

comment was received from Mark

Strohfus, Great River Energy, 17845 E.

Hwy 10, PO Box 800 Elk River, MN

55330–0800.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 3,218 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; 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:

Owners/Operators Municipal Waste

Combustors (MWC).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

56.

Frequency of Response: one-time,

quarterly, semi-annual and annual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

58,915 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

and Operating & Maintenance Cost

Burden: $3,218.

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.1847.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0390 in any

correspondence.

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 addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1847.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0390 in any

correspondence.

Dated: December 12, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7120–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Application for Reference and

Equivalent Method Determination

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Application for Reference and

Equivalent Method Determination, OMB

Control Number 2080–0005, expiration

date December 31, 2001. 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 January 22, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 0559.07 and OMB Control

No. 2080–0005, to the following

addresses: Susan Auby, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; and

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: For

a copy of the ICR, contact Susan Auby

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–4901, by

e-mail at auby.susan@epamail.epa.gov,

or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 0559.07. For technical questions

about the ICR, contact Elizabeth T.

Hunike on 919–541–3737; facsimile

number: 919–541–1153; e-mail:

Hunike.Elizabeth@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Application for Reference and

Equivalent Method Determination, OMB

Control Number 2080–0005, EPA ICR

No. 0559.07, expiring December 31,

2001. This is a request for extension of

a currently approved collection.

Abstract: State air monitoring

agencies are required to use EPAdesignated reference or equivalent

methods in their air monitoring

networks to determine compliance with

the national ambient air quality