[Federal Register: June 10, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 111)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request, Stratospheric Ozone Protection, Servicing of
Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners; 40 CFR Part 82, Subpart B (82.30 et
seq.)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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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: Stratospheric Ozone
Protection, Servicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners, OMB Control
Number 2060-0247, expiration date May 31, 2002. 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 July 10, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1617.04 and OMB
Control No. 2060-0247, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail
Code 2822T), 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) 566-1672, 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.1617.04. For technical
questions about the ICR contact Nancy Smagin by phone at (202) 564-
9126, by E-mail at smagin.nancy@epamail.epa.gov, or by mail Global at
Programs Division (Mail Code 6205-J), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Stratospheric Ozone Protection, Servicing of Motor Vehicle
Air Conditioners, OMB Control Number 2060-0247, EPA ICR Number 1617.04,
expiration date May 31, 2002. This is a request for extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: In 1992, EPA developed regulations under section 609 of
the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (Act) for the recycling of
chlorofluorocarbons in motor vehicle air conditioners. These
regulations were published in 57 FR 31240, and are codified at 40 CFR
part 82, subpart B.
Automotive technicians are required to be certified in the proper
use of recycling equipment for servicing motor vehicle air
conditioners. The Global Programs Division (GPD) requires that
certification programs send full sets of their training materials to
EPA for approval and that technicians provide a copy of their testing
program.
The GPD requires independent laboratories to submit an application
that proves their general capacity to certify equipment to meet the
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) J standards for recycled
refrigerant. An independent laboratory that is interested in testing
recycling and recovery equipment must submit an application to the GPD
that includes a list of testing procedures and equipment that will be
used in testing.
Motor vehicle air conditioner servicers must submit to the
Administrator on a one-time basis a certificate that provides the
following information: The name of the equipment owner, the address of
the service establishment where the equipment will be used, and the
make, model, year, and serial number of the equipment. Establishments
that own recover-only equipment must maintain records of the name and
address of the facility that is reclaiming their refrigerant.
Any person who owns approved refrigerant recovery or recycling
equipment must retain records demonstrating that all persons authorized
to operate the equipment are currently certified technician. Any person
who sells or distributes refrigerant that is in a container of less
than 20 pounds must verify that the purchaser is a certified
technician, unless the purchase of small containers is for resale only.
In that case, the seller must obtain a written statement from the
purchaser that the containers are for resale only, and must indicate
the purchaser's name and business address. 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 December 20, 2001; no comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 8
minutes 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 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: New and used motor vehicle dealers,
gasoline service stations, truck rental and leasing without drivers,
passenger car rental, top, body, upholstery repair and paint shops,
general automotive repair shops, automotive repair shops not elsewhere
classified.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 24,012.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 6,882.
Estimated Total Annualized Non Labor Cost: $0.
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. 1617.04 and OMB Control No. 2060-0247 in any
correspondence.
Dated: May 29, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 02-14483 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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