[Federal Register: November 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 219)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OA-2003-0007, FRL-7586-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Annual Reporting Form for State Small Business
Stationary Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance
Programs (SBAP) Under the Clean Air Act as Amended in 1990, EPA ICR
Number 1748.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0337
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 EPA is planning to submit a
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31,
2004. 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 January 12, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments, referencing docket ID number OA-2003-
0007, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen V. Brown, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation, National Center for Environmental Innovation,
Office of Business and Community Innovation, Small Business Division,
1808T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-2816; fax number: (202) 566-2848; e-mail address: brown.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OA-2003-0007, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket, in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Ave., 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566-1752. An
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain
a copy of the draft collection of information, 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.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within
60 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material, Confidential Business
Information (CBI), or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that material in
the version of the comment that is laced in EDOCKET. The entire printed
comment, including the copyrighted material, will be available in the
public docket. Although identified as an item in the official docket,
information claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted
by statute, is not included in the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice
describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go
to http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are
State Small Business Assistance Programs (SBAPs).
Title: Annual Reporting Form for State Small Business Stationary
Source Technical and Environmental Compliance Assistance Programs
(SBAP) Under the Clean Air Act as Amended in 1990.
Abstract: As part of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, the U.S.
Congress included, as part of Section 507, the requirement that each
state establish a Small Business Stationary Source Technical and
Environmental Compliance Assistance Program (SBAP) to assist small
businesses in complying with the Act. EPA must provide the Congress
with periodic reports from the EPA Small Business Ombudsman (SBO) on
these programs, including their effectiveness, difficulties
encountered, and other relevant information. Each state assistance
program will submit requested information to EPA for compilation and
summarization.
This collection of information is mandatory under section 507(a),
(d), and (e) of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990, Pub. L. 101-549,
November 15, 1990. This Act directs EPA to monitor the SBTCPs and to
provide a report to Congress. This responsibility has been delegated to
the EPA SBO. Response to the collection is not required to obtain or
retain a benefit. Information in the annual Report to Congress is
aggregated and is not of a confidential nature. None of the information
collected by this action results in or requests sensitive information
of any nature from the states.
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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 March 27,
2001, (66 FR16671); no comments were received.
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 annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 80
hours per response. The estimated number of respondents is 50 State
SBAPs, and 3 Territory SBAPs. The frequency of response is on an annual
basis. The estimated total hours of burden is 4,240 hours. There is no
annualized capital O&M cost associated with this activity.
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.
Dated: October 28, 2003.
Karen V. Brown,
Director, Small Business Division, Small Business Ombudsman, Office of
Policy, Economics and Innovation, National Center for Environmental
Innovation, Office of Business and Community Innovation.
[FR Doc. 03-28423 Filed 11-12-03; 8:45 am]
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