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download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1647.03. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Patricia Whiting

on 703–308–8421.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Exports from and Imports to the

United States under International and

Bilateral Waste Agreements; OMB

Control Number 2050–0143; EPA ICR

No. 1647.03; expiring March 31, 2001.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: Authority for this

information collection is found in

sections 2002(a) and 3017(a)(2) and (f)

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as

amended by the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act, and as amended by

the Hazardous and Solid Waste

Amendments, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

The Organization for Economic

Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Decision is considered legally binding

on the United States under Articles 5(a)

and 6(2) of the OECD Convention, 12

U.S.T. 1728. In addition, the OECD

Decision and EPA’s rule implementing

the OECD Decision in 40 CFR part 262,

subpart H (61 FR 16290; April 12, 1996)

impose requirements on U.S. exporters

and importers for shipments of

hazardous waste for recovery to and

from OECD member countries. EPA also

imposes requirements on hazardous

waste exports and imports to and from

other countries in 40 CFR part 262,

subparts E and F, respectively (August

8, 1986; 51 FR 28664). U.S. EPA’s Office

of Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance uses the information

provided by each U.S. exporter and

importer to determine compliance with

the applicable RCRA regulatory

provisions. In addition, the information

will be used to determine the number,

origin, destination, and type of exports

from and imports to the U.S. for tracking

purposes and for reporting to the OECD.

This information also will be used to

assess the efficiency of the program. 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 1, 2000 (65 FR

65304); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 10 hours per

exporter and 1 hour per importer.

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:

Exporters and Importers of Hazardous

Wastes to U.S.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,562.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

9,334.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $1,015.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggestions for minimizing respondent

burden, including the use of automated

estimates, and any suggestions for

minimizing respondent burden,

including the use of automated

collection techniques to the addresses

listed above. Please refer to the EPA ICR

Number 1647.03 Control Number 2050–

0143 in any correspondence.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6947–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Establishing No-Discharge Zones

Under the Clean Water Act Section 312

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: Establishing No-Discharge

Zones (NDZs) Under the Clean Water

Act Section 312, EPA ICR Number

1791.03, OMB Control Number: 2040–

0187 and current expiration date of

February 28, 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 March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1791.03 and OMB Control

No. 2040–0187, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; 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 Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-mail at

Farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1791.03. For technical questions

about the ICR, contact James Woodley at

EPA by phone at (202) 260–1998 in the

Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and

Watersheds.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Establishing No-Discharge Zones Under

Clean Water Act Section 312 (OMB

Control Number 2040–0187; EPA ICR

Number 1791.03) expiring 02/28/2001.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: (A) UNDS No-discharge

Zones: Under section 312(n) of the

Clean Water Act (‘‘Uniform National

Discharge Standards for Vessels of the

Armed Forces’’ or ‘‘UNDS’’) nodischarge zones (‘‘NDZs’’) for discharges

from Armed Forces vessels may be

established by either State prohibition

or EPA prohibition following the

procedures in 40 CFR part 1700. UNDS

also provides that the Governor of any

State may petition EPA and the

Secretary of Defense to review any

determination or standard promulgated

under the UNDS program if there is

significant new information that could

reasonably result in a change to the

determination or standard. This ICR

discusses the information that will be

required from a State if it decides to

establish a NDZ by State prohibition or

apply for a NDZ by EPA prohibition,

and the information that will be

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required from a State if it decides to

submit a petition for review. The

responses to this collection of

information are required to obtain the

benefit of an UNDS NDZ or a review of

an UNDS determination or standard (see

33 U.S.C. 1322(n)). The information

collection activities discussed in this

ICR do not require the submission of

any confidential information.

(B) Sewage No-discharge Zones: The

need for EPA to obtain information for

the establishment of no-discharge zones

(NDZs) for vessel sewage in State waters

stems from CWA sections 312(f)(3),

(f)(4)(A), and (f)(4)(B), and subsequent

regulations at 40 CFR 140.4(a–c). Nodischarge zones are established to

provide State and local governments

with additional protection of waters

from treated or untreated vessel sewage.

There are 3 ways in which NDZs for

vessel sewage can be established. This

ICR discusses the information

requirements associated with the

establishment of NDZs for vessel

sewage. The responses to this collection

of information are required to obtain the

benefit of a sewage NDZ (see 33 U.S.C.

1322). The information collection

activities discussed in this ICR do not

require the submission of any

confidential information.

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 May

19, 2000 (65 FR 31894) of the Federal

Register and no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 144 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: States.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 16

per year.

Frequency of Response: one time

collection.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

2207 hours per year.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $2,300.

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. 1791.03 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0187 in any

correspondence.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[AMS–FRL–6948–5]

Control of Air Pollution From New

Motor Vehicles; Low Sulfur Gasoline

Refinery Hardship Applications

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: In December 1999, we

promulgated the Tier 2/Gasoline Sulfur

final rule (see 65 FR 6698, February 10,

2000) for more stringent vehicle

emission standards and low sulfur

gasoline. This action included a

provision which allows refiners to seek

temporary relief from the regulations

based on a showing of unusual

circumstances that impose extreme

hardship and significantly affect their

ability to comply by the required date,

as well as other factors. This provision

also requires refiners to make best

efforts to comply with low sulfur

gasoline requirements. Through this

action, we are inviting comment on the

applications and relief requested for

three refiners whose application is

under active assessment. The public is

invited to provide comment on this

matter.

DATES: Any comment should be

provided to the EPA by March 21, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments: Send paper or email comments to the contact person

listed below. If applicable, commenters

should specify which application they

are addressing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tad

Wysor, U.S. EPA, National Vehicle and

Fuels Emission Laboratory, Assessment

and Standards Division, 2000

Traverwood, Ann Arbor, MI 48105;

telephone (734) 214–4332, fax (734)

214–4816, e-mail wysor.tad@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Tier

2/Gasoline Sulfur final rule, we

established standards to limit the sulfur

content of gasoline beginning in 2004.

As part of this rule, we included

provisions permitting refiners to seek

temporary relief from these

requirements based on a showing of

unusual circumstances that impose

extreme hardship and significantly

affect the refiner’s ability to comply by

the required date, as well as other

factors. This provision also requires the

refiners to make best efforts to comply

with the low sulfur gasoline

requirements (see 40 CFR 80.270). At

this time, we are actively considering

applications from three refiners. These

applicants are identified below with

their refinery’s total crude oil capacity

in barrels per calendar day and a general

description of the relief they are

seeking:

Refinery Location

Crude

capacity

(bped)*

Relief sought

United Refining Company ............................................. Warren, PA ..................................... 65,000 Same as small refiner program.

Wyoming Refining ......................................................... Newcastle, WY ............................... 9,995 150 ppm avg/300 ppm cap for

2004–2007.

National Cooperative Refinery Assoc. (NCRA) ............ McPherson, KS ............................... 77,400 Interim sulfur reductions with full

compliance in June 2006.

* Based on data from the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration Petroleum Supply Annual 1999, Vol. 1 as of January 1,

2000.