[Federal Register: October 4, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 193)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request;
Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under EPA's Natural Gas STAR
Program
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 notice announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: ``Reporting and Recordkeeping
Requirements under EPA's Natural Gas STAR Program,'' OMB Control Number
1736.03, and expiration date September 30, 2004. 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 November 5, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1736.03 and OMB
Control No. 2060-0328, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, 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 Susan
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901, 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. 1736.03. For technical
questions about the ICR contact Paul M. Gunning at 202-564-9736 or
gunning.paul@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: ``Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements under EPA's
Natural Gas STAR Program.'' (OMB Control No. 2060-0328; EPA ICR No.
1736.03) expiring September 30, 2001. This is a request for extension
of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Natural Gas STAR is an EPA-sponsored, voluntary program
that encourages natural gas companies to adopt cost effective methods
for reducing methane emissions. Natural Gas STAR Partners agree to
implement cost effective Best Management Practices (BMPs), which will
both save participants money and improve the protection of the
environment. EPA needs to collect information to establish program
participation and to obtain general information on new Natural Gas STAR
Partners. EPA also uses the information collection to evaluate a
Partner's progress and performance, assess overall program results, and
to develop technical materials to facilitate implementation.
Participation in the Natural Gas STAR program is voluntary.
Natural Gas STAR Partners may designate information submitted under
this ICR as confidential business information. EPA will treat all such
information as confidential business information and will not make the
company or agency-specific information collected under this ICR
available to the general public. 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
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1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this collection of information was
published on May 29, 2001, (66 FR 29126). No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 41
hours per facility. 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: Owners/operators of natural gas
plants.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 98.
Frequency of Response: 120.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 4,059 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital and Operating and Maintenance
Cost Burden: $480.
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. 1736.03 and OMB Control No.2060-0328 in any
correspondence.
Dated: September 24, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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