Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0122-0150
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2005-10-27T04:00Z

1
INFORMATION
COLLECTION
REQUEST
(
ICR)

OMB­
83
SUPPORTING
STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
STRATOSPHERIC
OZONE
PROTECTION
A.
JUSTIFICATION
1.
Identification
of
the
Information
Collection
a)
Title:
Protection
of
Stratospheric
Ozone:
Recordkeeping
and
Periodic
Reporting
of
the
Production,
Import,
Recycling,
Transshipment
and
Feedstock
Use
of
Ozone
Depleting
Substances
(
Critical
Use
Exemption).

OMB
Number:
2060­
0564
EPA
Number:
2179.04
b)
Short
Characterization:

With
this
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR),
the
Office
of
Air
and
Radiation
(
OAR)
is
seeking
permission
to
require
the
submission
of
data
from
regulated
entities
to
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
Specifically,
this
ICR
pertains
to
a
petition
process
that
OAR
wishes
to
implement
given
the
uncertainty
in
projecting
the
amount
of
pre­
phaseout
inventories
that
may
be
available
for
critical
uses
during
2006.
This
information
collected
relates
U.
S.
obligations
under
the
Article
2H
of
the
Montreal
Protocol
on
Substances
that
Deplete
the
Ozone
Layer
(
Protocol)
and
to
implement
section
604
(
d)(
6)
of
the
CAA,
added
by
Section
764
of
the
1999
Omnibus
Consolidated
and
Emergency
Supplemental
Appropriations
Act
(
Public
Law
No.
105­
277;
October
21,
1998).
Since
2002,
entities
have
applied
to
EPA
for
a
critical
use
exemption
that
would
allow
for
the
continued
production
and
import
of
methyl
bromide
after
the
phaseout
in
January
2005.
These
exemptions
are
for
consumption
only
in
those
agricultural
sectors
that
have
demonstrated
that
there
are
no
technically
or
economically
feasible
alternatives
to
methyl
bromide.
The
applications
are
rigorously
assessed
and
analyzed
by
EPA
staff,
including
experts
from
the
Office
of
Prevention,
Pesticides,
and
Toxic
Substances.
On
an
annual
basis,
EPA
uses
the
data
submitted
by
end
users
to
create
a
nomination
of
critical
uses
which
is
submitted
to
the
Protocol's
Ozone
Secretariat
for
review
by
an
international
panel
of
experts
and
advisory
bodies.
These
advisory
bodies
include
the
Methyl
Bromide
Technical
Options
Committee
(
MBTOC)
and
the
Technical
and
Economic
Assessment
Panel
(
TEAP).
Once
these
advisory
bodies
issue
a
report
recommending
that
specific
quantities
of
methyl
bromide
become
available
for
critical
uses,
the
Parties
to
the
Protocol
authorize
the
specific
quantities
in
the
form
of
consensus
decisions
taken
at
their
annual
meetings.
Subsequently,
the
U.
S.
EPA
must
promulgate
a
notice­
and­
comment
rulemaking
to
make
these
quantities
of
methyl
bromide
2
available
to
approved
critical
users.
The
proposed
petition
process
would
provide
an
important
safety
mechanism
for
approved
critical
users.

2.
Need
For,
and
Use
Of,
the
Collection
a)
Authority
for
the
Collection
This
information
collection
is
authorized
under
Section
114
of
the
CAA,
as
relevant
to
Section
604
(
d)(
6),
added
by
Section
764
of
the
1999
Omnibus
Consolidated
and
Emergency
Supplemental
Appropriations
Act
(
Public
Law
No.
105­
277;
October
21,
1998).

b)
Practical
Utility/
Users
of
the
Data
The
data
provided
by
critical
users
of
methyl
bromide
will
provide
EPA
with
necessary
data
to
evaluate
each
petition
appropriately.

3.
Nonduplication,
Consultation,
and
Other
Collection
Criteria
a)
Nonduplication
All
the
information
requested
from
respondents
under
this
ICR
is
authorized
by
statute
(
CAA
Section
114
and
604
(
d)(
6)
and
is
not
available
from
other
sources
because
it
is
proprietary
or
sensitive
information.

b)
Consultations
EPA
has
held
consultations
in
regard
to
the
procedure
and
requirements
of
critical
use
exemptions
in
the
forms
of
stakeholder
meetings,
which
were
first
held
during
February
and
March
2001.
Users
and
producers
of
methyl
bromide
offered
their
feedback
on
how
best
to
create
and
implement
the
application
process
while
receiving
clarification
from
EPA
to
their
questions
and
concerns.
EPA
has
held
numerous
stakeholder
meetings
since
2001,
remains
open
to
receiving
comments
from
stakeholders,
and
continues
to
meet
with
stakeholder
groups
as
requested
to
discuss
the
methyl
bromide
critical
use
exemption
process.
During
2003,
EPA
held
stakeholder
meetings
in
Washington,
DC,
California,
Michigan,
North
Carolina,
and
Florida
to
discuss
options
for
implementing
the
allocation
of
critical
use
methyl
bromide.
Transcripts
from
two
of
the
six
sessions
are
available
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
ozone/
mbr.
The
final
allocation
framework
rule
was
published
on
December
23,
2004
(
69
FR
76982).

c)
Effects
of
Less
Frequent
Collection
EPA
will
only
require
that
these
data
elements
be
submitted
in
their
entirety
if
approved
critical
users
of
methyl
bromide
do
not
have
critical
use
methyl
bromide
available
to
them.
3
d)
General
Guidelines
This
rule
does
not
exceed
any
of
the
OMB
guidelines.

e)
Confidentiality
EPA
informs
respondents
that
they
may
assert
claims
of
business
confidentiality
for
any
of
the
information
they
submit.
Information
claimed
confidential
will
be
treated
in
accordance
with
the
procedures
for
handling
information
claimed
as
confidential
under
40
CFR
part
2,
subpart
b,
and
will
be
disclosed
only
if
EPA
determines
that
the
information
is
not
entitled
to
confidential
treatment.
If
no
claim
of
confidentiality
is
asserted
when
the
information
is
received
by
EPA,
it
may
be
made
available
to
the
public
without
further
notice
to
the
respondents
(
40
CFR
2.203).

f)
Sensitive
Questions
This
section
is
not
applicable
because
this
ICR
does
not
involve
matters
of
a
sensitive
nature
(
i.
e.,
matters
concerning
sexual
behavior
or
attitudes,
religious
beliefs,
etc.)

4.
The
Respondents
and
the
Information
Requested
a)
Respondents/
SIC
Codes
Respondents
may
include
growers
who
use
methyl
bromide,
applicators
of
methyl
bromide,
fumigators
who
use
methyl
bromide,
companies
associated
with
the
storage
of
commodities
that
are
fumigated
with
methyl
bromide,
and
organizations/
consortiums/
associations
of
methyl
bromide
users.
Respondents
also
include
distributors,
applicators,
producers,
and
importers
of
methyl
bromide.
The
appropriate
North
American
Industry
Classification
System
(
NAICS)
for
entities
that
may
be
involved
in
the
application
process
are:
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TABLE
I:
NAICS
CLASSIFICATION
OF
REGULATED
ENTITIES
Category
NAICS
code
SIC
code
Agricultural
production
Milling
Uses
Warehousing
and
Storage
Uses
Distributors
and
Applicators,
Producers
and
Importers
1112­
Vegetable
and
Melon
farming
1113­
Fruit
and
Nut
Tree
Farming
1114­
Greenhouse,
Nursery,
and
Floriculture
Production
11142­
Nursery
and
Floriculture
Production
111421­
Nursery
and
Tree
Production
111422­
Floriculture
Production
1119­
Other
Crop
Farming
115112­
Soil
Preparation,
Planting,
and
Cultivating
115114­
Postharvest
Crop
activities
(
except
Cotton
Ginning)
311211­
Flour
Milling
311212­
Rice
Milling
493110­
General
Warehousing
and
Storage
493130­
Farm
Product
Warehousing
and
Storage
424910­
Farm
Supplies
Merchant
Wholesalers
325310­
Pesticide
and
Other
Agricultural
Chemical
Manufacturing
115112­
Soil
Preparation,
0171­
Berry
Crops
0172­
Grapes
0173­
Tree
Nuts
0175­
Deciduous
Tree
Fruits
(
except
apple
orchards
and
farms)
0179­
Fruit
and
Tree
Nuts,
NEC
0181­
Ornamental
Floriculture
and
Nursery
Products
0831­
Forest
Nurseries
and
Gathering
of
Forest
Products
0711­
Soil
Preparation
Services
0721­
Crop
Planting,
Cultivating,
and
Protecting
0723­
Crop
Preparation
Service
for
Market,
Except
Cotton
Ginning
0831­
Forest
Nurseries
and
Gathering
of
Forest
Products
2041­
Flour
and
Other
Grain
Mill
Products
2044­
Rice
Milling
4221­
Farm
Product
Warehousing
and
Storage
4225­
General
Warehousing
and
Storage
2879­
Pesticides
and
Agricultural
Chemicals,
NEC
0721­
Crop
Planting,
Cultivation,
and
Protection
5
Consortiums,
Associations
Planting
and
Cultivating
424910­
Farm
Supplies,
Merchant
Wholesalers
54170­
Research
and
Development
in
the
Physical,
Engineering,
and
Life
Sciences
8134­
Civic
and
Social
Organizations
8139­
Business,
Professional,
Labor,
Political,
and
Similar
Organizations
8731,
8733­
R&
D
in
the
physical,
engineering,
and
life
sciences
8641­
Civic,
Social,
and
Fraternal
Organizations
(
except
condominium
and
homeowner
associations)
8611­
Business
Associations
8699­
Membership
Organizations,
NEC
(
farm
business
organizations)
8621­
Professional
Membership
Organizations
b)
Information
Requested
i)
Data
Items
The
Agency
is
currently
considering
options
associated
with
this
information
collection,
including
the
data
elements
required
for
EPA
to
approve
or
deny
a
petition.
The
petitioner
would
be
requesting
new
production
and
EPA
would
consider
whether
to
convert
CSAs
to
Critical
Use
Allowances
(
CUAs),
up
to
the
30%
limit
agreed
to
by
the
Parties
to
the
Protocol
in
Decision
XVI/
2
and
Ex
II/
1.
The
following
information
will
be
required
from
approved
critical
users
who
have
unsuccessfully
attempted
to
obtain
methyl
bromide
from
at
least
two
holders
of
CSAs:

EPA
will
notify
petitioners
of
deficiencies
and
give
them
an
opportunity
to
provide
information
needed
to
fully
complete
the
petition.
However,
if
petitioners
do
not
respond
to
EPA's
requests
for
additional
information
within
15
days
of
the
request
and
the
petition
remains
incomplete,
the
petition
will
not
be
considered.
Petitioners
should
also
be
aware
that
EPA
will
consider
other
available
information
such
as
the
availability
and
technical
and
economic
feasibility
of
stockpiles
and
the
industry­
wide
progress
on
implementing
alternatives
when
deciding
whether
to
allow
the
conversion
of
the
requested
quantity
of
CSAs
to
CUAs.
Evidence
that
stockpiled
methyl
bromide
is
simply
unavailable
could
consist
of
letters
from
local
or
regional
suppliers
indicating
that
stockpiled
methyl
bromide
is
unavailable.
6
 
Name
of
contact
person,
phone
and
fax
number(
s),
email
address.
Unless
otherwise
specified,
the
person
who
submits
the
application
will
be
considered
the
contact
person
for
all
matters
relating
to
the
petition.

 
Name
of
the
organization/
consortium
that
submitted
an
application
for
a
critical
use
exemption
and
of
which
the
petitioner
is
a
member.
Since
EPA
implemented
the
critical
use
exemption
process
in
2002,
a
significant
majority
of
applications
have
been
submitted
by
agricultural
consortia,
most
of
which
represent
large
numbers
of
end­
users.

 
Description
of
use,
location
and
limiting
critical
condition
qualifying
for
critical
use
methyl
bromide.
The
petitions
shall
provide
information
on
use
(
crop/
pest
combination),
the
amount
of
methyl
bromide
used,
the
location
of
use,
and
the
limiting
critical
condition
which
qualifies
the
petitioner
as
an
approved
critical
users
in
Appendix
L
to
part
82,
subpart
A.

 
Quantity
(
in
kilograms)
of
methyl
bromide
needed
for
the
relevant
control
period
and
the
amount
acquired
to
date.
The
petitioner
is
required
to
submit
the
quantity
of
methyl
bromide
being
requested,
as
well
as
the
amount
previously
consumed
during
the
corresponding
exemption
period.
This
information
will
help
EPA
to
determine
the
validity
of
the
petition
request.

 
Documentation
or
phone
logs
of
unsuccessful
attempts
to
place
orders
for
quantities
of
critical
use
methyl
bromide
with
at
least
two
entities
listed
in
82.8
as
being
recipients
of
CSAs.
This
information
permits
the
petitioner
to
demonstrate
to
EPA
that
s/
he
has
tried
to
obtain
methyl
bromide
previously
and
is
not
circumventing
the
exemption
framework.

 
The
name,
address,
and
contact
information
for
the
distributor
and
producer/
importer
who
will
be
part
of
the
adjustment
conversion
process
[
from
CSAs
to
CUAs]
.
EPA
needs
to
be
able
to
contact
these
entities
to
verify
the
petitioner's
request.

 
A
letter
from
the
distributor
confirming
that
they
hold
CSAs
for
which
they
hold
no
pre­
phaseout
inventories
of
methyl
bromide.
This
letter
would
confirm
that
they
do
hold
sufficient
critical
use
methyl
bromide
from
CUAs,
agreeing
to
the
transfer,
with
EPA
approval,
of
a
specified
quantity
of
their
CSAs
to
an
identified
producer/
importer
for
conversion
to
CUAs,
on
the
condition
that
the
producer/
importer
offer
the
distributor
an
opportunity
to
purchase
a
quantity
of
critical
use
methyl
bromide
equivalent
to
that
produced
or
imported
through
the
expenditure
of
the
resulting
CUAs;
and
confirming
that
the
distributor
will
offer
the
petitioner,
in
turn,
an
opportunity
to
purchase
the
same
quantity
of
critical
use
methyl
bromide
for
critical
uses.

 
A
letter
from
the
identified
producer/
importer
agreeing
to
the
receipt
of
CSAs
transferred
by
the
distributor.
The
letter
would
confirm
that
they
will
offer
the
7
distributor
an
opportunity
to
purchase
a
quantity
of
critical
use
methyl
bromide
equivalent
to
that
produced
or
imported
with
the
CUAs
resulting
from
the
transaction.
The
companies
involved
in
a
petition
should
indicate
what
information
they
are
claiming
as
Confidential
Business
Information.
Information
claimed
as
confidential
will
be
treated
in
accordance
with
EPA's
regulations
on
confidential
business
information
at
40
CFR
part
2
subpart
B.

5.
The
Information
Collected
 
Agency
Activities,
Collection
Methodology,
and
Information
Management
a)
Agency
Activities
 
All
petitions
will
be
submitted
to
and
reviewed
by
EPA.
 
EPA
will
contact
petitioners
if
there
is
a
deficiency,
and
the
petitioner
will
have
15
days
to
respond.
 
EPA
will
have
30
days
to
review
the
petition.
 
EPA
will
issue
a
letter
to
the
petitioner,
copying
the
distributor
and
producer/
importer,
stating
whether
the
Agency
is
granting
or
denying
the
petition.
Denial
letters
will
state
the
reason
for
denial.
Within
10
working
days
after
receipt
of
the
denial
letter,
the
petitioner
may
file
a
one­
time
appeal,
with
supporting
reasons.
EPA
may
affirm
the
denial
or
grant
the
petitions
based
on
the
information
provided
by
the
petitioner.
 
EPA
will
ensure
compliance
with
the
30%
limit
agreed
to
by
the
Parties
to
the
Protocol
in
Decisions
XVI/
2
and
Ex.
II/
1,
and
will
report
annually
to
the
Ozone
Secretariat,
through
the
U.
S.
Department
of
State,
on
U.
S.
compliance
with
allowable
production
and
consumption
levels.
 
EPA
will
adjust
future
amounts
of
exempted
methyl
bromide
requested
based
on
actual
use
data
and
available
levels
of
material
in
inventory.
 
The
data
will
be
stored.

b)
Collection
Methodology
and
Management
EPA
will
use
its
electronic
tracking
system
to
update
entity­
specific
information
and
overall
U.
S.
compliance
with
production,
consumption,
and
use.
Confidential
business
information
will
be
stored
in
appropriately
controlled
areas.

c)
Small
Entity
Flexibility
The
information
collection
is
authorized
by
statute
under
section
604
of
the
Clean
Air
Act
and
is
required
in
order
to
ensure
U.
S.
compliance
with
international
treaty
obligations
under
the
Montreal
Protocol.
Bearing
in
mind,
U.
S.
obligations,
EPA
designed
a
system
that
would
remove
almost
all
burden
from
the
end
users
of
methyl
bromide,
some
of
whom
are
small
entities,
and
placed
it
instead
on
chemical
manufacturers,
distributors
and
applicators,
who
are
not
small
entities.
8
d)
Collection
Schedule
The
petitions
will
be
submitted
to
EPA
no
later
than
October
1
of
the
relevant
control
period.

6.
Estimating
the
Burden
and
Cost
of
Collection
a)
Estimating
Respondent
Burden
EPA
drew
upon
experience
implementing
similar
regulations
among
the
same
entities
in
order
to
derive
estimates
of
the
burden
associated
with
the
petition
requirements.

b)
Estimating
Respondent
Cost
To
determine
the
respondent
cost,
EPA
used
an
hourly
industry
wage
rate
of
$
80.00
per
hour.
This
wage
rate
was
rounded
up
from
$
79.09,
which
is
the
Bureau
of
Labor
Statistics'
calculated
hourly
wage
rate
for
chief
executives
within
the
field
of
chemical
manufacturing,
last
updated
as
of
May,
2004.
(
http://
www.
bls.
gov/
oes/
current/
naics3_
325000.
htm)
Not
all
respondents
will
be
chief
executives,
but
several
will
be,
and
all
are
in
the
chemical
manufacturing/
distributing
field.
Some
activities,
such
as
rule
familiarization,
are
one­
time
activities.

TABLE
II:
RESPONDENT
BURDEN
HOURS
Collection
Activity
No.
of
respondents*
Total
no.
of
responses**
Hours
per
response
Total
hours
Familiarization
with
Petition
Process
by
end
users
2,050
20
1
20
Submission
of
Data
to
EPA
(
Petitioner)
20
20
3
60
Submission
of
Letter
to
EPA
Documenting
Lack
of
Inventory
(
Distributor)
30
3
.25
.75
Submission
of
Letter
to
EPA
Accepting
Conversion
of
CSAs
to
CUAs
(
Producer/
Importer)
4
2
.25
.5
Report
to
EPA
Documenting
Expended
Allowances
(
Producer/
Importer)
4
2
.25
.5
Total
Burden
Hours
4.75
81.75
*
Not
all
respondents
will
be
submitting
petitions,
and
of
those
who
submit
petitions,
only
a
percentage
within
a
field
(
producers,
distributors,
etc.)
will
be
responding.
**
Only
a
small
percentage
of
the
respondents
will
participate
in
certain
portions
of
the
petition
process.
9
TABLE
III:
CAPITAL
AND
OPERATING
COSTS
Activity
No
of
Entities
Affected
Estimated
Annual
Cost
per
entity
Total
Estimated
Annual
Cost
TOTAL
CAPITAL
AND
OPERATING
COSTS
0
0
0
c)
Estimating
Agency
Burden
and
Cost
The
basis
of
this
analysis
is
the
identification
of
the
steps
involved
in
distributing
CUAs
and
CSAs,
reviewing
reported
data,
and
developing
guidance
for
regulated
entities.
The
hourly
wage
rates
for
EPA
clerical,
technical
and
managerial
staff
were
derived
from
the
2003
OPM
annual
base
pay
table
divided
by
2,080
to
estimate
the
hourly
wage
and
then
multiplied
by
1.6,
the
standard
government
benefits
multiplier.
The
hourly
wage
rates
are
as
follows:
EPA
estimates
an
average
hourly
labor
cost
of
$
65.49
(
GS­
14
level)
for
managerial
costs,
$
47.12
(
GS­
12
level)
for
technical
staff,
and
$
18.03
(
GS­
5
level)
for
clerical
staff
based
on
2003
figures.
While
the
number
of
occurrences
of
each
activity
is
shown
per
application,
EPA
intends
to
continue
grouping
applications
according
to
agricultural
sectors.
Each
hour
of
extramural
(
contractor)
time
is
valued
at
$
80.00
per
hour
including
overhead
and
fringe.
However,
initially
the
petition
review
process
will
only
take
place
within
SPD.

TABLE
IV­
AGENCY
BURDEN
HOURS
Hours
per
Response
No.
of
Responses
Managerial
Technical
Clerical
Extramural
Agency
Hours/
Year
Process
incoming
petitions
20
0
0
1
0
20
Review
petitions
for
required
data
elements;
contact
petitioner
if
deficient
20
0
5
0
0
100
Decide
whether
to
grant
or
approve
petition
20
1
1
0
0
40
Send
approval/
denial
letter
to
petitioner
20
0
0
1
0
20
Review
appeal
(
if
necessary)
20
1
2
0
0
60
TOTAL
20
2
8
2
0
240
d)
Estimating
the
Respondent
Universe
10
EPA
was
able
to
estimate
the
number
of
regulated
entities
drawing
upon
experience
regulating
the
same
entities,
except
for
end
users
of
methyl
bromide,
as
we
do
under
the
phaseout
program.
EPA
believes
that
there
are
4
producers
and
importers
of
methyl
bromide
who
report
quarterly
and
up
to
50
distributors/
applicators
of
methyl
bromide
who
report
annually.
EPA
was
able
estimate
the
number
of
potential
end
users
based
on
self
reported
data
from
those
entities
who
requested
an
exemption;
there
are
approximately
2,000
end
users.
Thus
the
total
number
of
respondents
is
estimated
to
be
2,054
(
2,000
plus
50
plus
4).

e)
Bottom
Line
Burden
Hours
and
Cost
Tables
The
burden
hour
portion
of
the
respondent
reporting
burden
and
operating/
capital
costs
are
estimated
in
Tables
II
and
III
respectively.
The
dollar
estimate
associated
with
this
burden
is
displayed
in
Table
V
below.

Table
V­
Respondent
Burden
Hours
and
Costs
Number
of
Responses
Hours/
Response
Cost/
Hour
Total
Annual
Burden
Hours
Total
Cost
20
81.75
$
80
1,635
$
98,000
Agency
burden
is
reported
in
Table
IV.
The
dollar
value
associated
with
this
burden
is
displayed
below
in
Table
VI.

Table
VI­
Agency
Burden
Hours
and
Costs
Managerial
Hours
Annual
Total
@
$
65.49
Technical
Hours
Annual
Total
@
$
47.12
Clerical
Hours
Annual
Total
@
$
18.03
Extramural
Hours
Annual
Total
@
$
80.00
Total
Agency
Hours/
Year
Total
Agency
Costs/
Year
Hours/
Response
2
8
2
0
240
$
544.00
1.
ANNUAL
COSTS:
(
a)
Managerial:
2
x
$
65.49
=
$
130.98
(
b)
Technical:
8
x
$
47.12
=
$
376.96
(
c)
Clerical
2
x
$
18.03
=
$
36.06
(
d)
Extramural:
0
TOTAL:
$
544.00
f)
Reasons
for
Change
in
Burden
Amending
regulations
to
exemption
program.
11
g)
Burden
Statement
Table
II
presents
the
average
annual
respondent
burden.
EPA
estimates
that
approximately
1%
of
the
2,054
respondents
will
utilize
this
petition
process.
Burden
means
the
total
time,
effort,
or
financial
resources
expended
by
persons
to
generate,
maintain,
retain,
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;
and
transmit
or
otherwise
disclose
the
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
relevant
OMB
control
number.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
are
listed
in
40
CFR
Part
9.
To
comment
on
the
Agency's
need
for
this
information,
the
accuracy
of
the
provided
burden
estimates,
and
any
suggested
methods
for
minimizing
respondent
burden,
including
the
use
of
automated
collection
techniques,
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2005­
0122,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Air
and
Radiation
Docket
and
Information
Center
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Avenue,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
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
and
Information
Center
is
(
202)
566­
1742.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
"
search,"
then
key
in
the
docket
ID
number
identified
above.
Also,
you
can
send
comments
to
the
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget,
725
17th
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20503,
Attention:
Desk
Office
for
EPA.
Please
include
the
EPA
Docket
ID
No.
OAR­
2005­
0122
and
OMB
control
number
2060­
0564
in
any
correspondence.

Part
B
of
the
Supporting
Statement
This
part
is
not
applicable.