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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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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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.

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We are now in the process of

reviewing and evaluating these hardship

applications according to the provisions

of 40 CFR 80.270. Although the review

and determination associated with these

applications does not involve a

rulemaking, we believe it is important to

provide public notice of these

applications and to provide opportunity

for public comment. The applicants

have requested that we treat most of the

information in their applications as

business proprietary ‘‘Confidential

Business Information’’ under 40 CFR

part 2.

Any party wishing to provide us input

on these applicants in the context of 40

CFR 80.270 or to provide what they

otherwise consider to be relevant

materials should direct these to the

contact person listed above by March

21, 2001. We will consider any relevant

information provided in our evaluation

of these applications.

Dated: February 16, 2001.

Robert D. Brenner,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 01–4864 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6948–2]

Notice of Reopening of the Comment

Period for Method 203: Determination

of the Opacity of Emissions From

Stationary Sources by Continuous

Opacity Monitoring Systems

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: We, the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA), are reopening

the comment period in order to afford

the public the opportunity to provide

new, clarifying, or updated comments

on Method 203, part 51, appendix M,

which was proposed on October 7, 1992

(57 FR 46114). Method 203 specifies

quality assurance requirements and

procedures that must be performed by

the continuous opacity monitoring

system (COMS) operator after the initial

demonstration of compliance with

Performance Specification 1 (PS–1). We

will consider these comments in

deciding whether to re-propose Method

203 in its entirety, publish a

supplemental proposal on Method 203,

or to publish an amended version of

Method 203 as a Final Rule. We believe

it is necessary to reopen the comment

period as a courtesy to the public due

to the length of time since the original

proposal. It was decided to delay the

Method 203 proposal until the revisions

to PS–1 were promulgated. Also, we

were aware that the PS–1 revisions

would have an impact on any action

taken with Method 203, therefore we

wanted to give the public the

opportunity to comment on Method 203

as it relates to the revisions to PS–1 (65

FR 48885). PS–1 outlines the design and

performance requirements for COMS.

DATES: Comments. Comments must be

received on or before March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments. Comments

should be submitted (in duplicate) to:

Office of Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center (Mail code 6102),

Attention: Docket Number A–91–08,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street S.W., Washington, DC

20460.

Docket. Docket number A–91–08,

containing materials relevant to this

rulemaking, is available for public

inspection and copying between 8:00

a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on all federal

government work days at the Office of

Air and Radiation Docket and

Information Center. The Docket is

located at 401 M Street S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460, room number

M–1500. A reasonable fee may be

charged for the duplication of materials.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Solomon Ricks at (919) 541–5242, U.S.

EPA, Emission Measurement Center,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina,

27711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 7, 1992, we proposed Method

203 (57 FR 46114) as a means of

providing states with an instrumental

test method which could be used in

determining, on a continuous basis,

compliance with stationary source

opacity emission limitations. In view of

the significant amount of time that has

passed since the proposal was

published, we believe it is appropriate

to offer the public another opportunity

to comment on proposed Method 203.

In particular, we are seeking comment

on whether the requirements and

procedures outlined in the proposal

remain appropriate, or whether newer

technologies and/or procedures have

become available which we should

consider before taking final action on

this proposed rule.

Subsequent to the proposal, we

received comments questioning whether

Method 203, when adopted, should be

codified at 40 CFR part 51, appendix M,

as proposed. Commenters suggested that

it would be more appropriate to codify

this method at 40 CFR part 60, appendix

F because the proposed method outlines

the quality assurance procedures for

COMS, and appendix F contains quality

assurance procedures for continuous

monitoring equipment. For this reason,

we also seek public comment on placing

Method 203 in part 60, appendix F as

‘‘Procedure 2. Quality Assurance

Requirements for Continuous Opacity

Monitoring Systems Used for

Compliance Determination.’’ Based on

comments provided during this

additional 30-day comment period, we

will take appropriate action on the

proposed Method 203, which may

include re-proposing the rule in its

entirety, issuing a supplemental notice

of proposed rulemaking, or adopting the

rule in final form, with only minor

changes. We will make the comments

received during this comment period

available to the public through the

public docket (Docket Number A–91–

08). A draft document containing a

summary of the comments received on

the 1992 proposal is also available in

the public docket.

You may download a copy of

proposed Method 203 via the world

wide web at http://www.epa.gov/

ttnemc01/frpromth.html. In addition,

you may obtain copies of the 1992

proposal and previously submitted

public comments through Docket

Number A–91–08, which contains all

materials relevant to this rulemaking,

and is available for public inspection

between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday (except for

Federal holidays) at the following

address: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center (MC–

6102), Room M–1500, 401 M Street

S.W., Washington, DC 20460, telephone:

(202) 260–7548. A reasonable fee may

be charged for copying.

Dated: February 16, 2001.

Robert D. Brenner,

Acting Assistant Administrator, for Air and

Radiation.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6947–4]

ABC One Hour Dry Cleaners

Superfund Site; Notice of Proposed

Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency is