[Federal Register: March 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 51)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0482; FRL-8288-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Mobile Air Conditioner Retrofitting Program (Renewal),
EPA-ICR No. 1774.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0350
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 16,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2006-0482 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mail
Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2)
OMB by mail 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: Karen Thundiyil, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of Air and Radiation, Mail Code 6205J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343-9464; fax number:
(202) 343-2363; e-mail address: thundiyil.karen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On June 15, 2006 (71 FR 34604), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. Any
additional comments on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0482, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 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 Docket is 202-566-1742.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Mobile Air Conditioner Retrofitting Program (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1774.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0350.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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
in Title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register, or by other appropriate means,
such as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable.
The display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program
implements section 612 of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments which
authorized the Agency to establish regulatory requirements to insure
that ozone depleting substances would be replaced by alternatives that
reduce overall risks to human health and the environment, and to
promote an expedited transition to safe substitutes. To promote this
transition, the Act specified that EPA establish an information
clearinghouse of available alternatives, and coordinate with other
Federal agencies and the public on research, procurement practices, and
information and technology transfers.
Since the program's inception in 1994, SNAP has reviewed over 400
new chemicals and alternative manufacturing processes for a wide range
of consumer, industrial, space exploration, and national security
applications. Roughly 90% of alternatives submitted to EPA for review
have been listed as acceptable for a specific use, typically with some
condition, or limit to minimize risks to human health and the
environment.
Regulation promulgated under SNAP requires that mobile air
conditioners (MAC) retrofitted to use a SNAP substitute refrigerant
include basic information on a label to be affixed to the air
conditioner. The label includes the name of the substitute refrigerant,
when and by whom the retrofit was performed, environmental and safety
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information about the substitute refrigerant, and other information.
This information is needed so that subsequent technicians working on
the MAC system will be able to service the equipment properly,
decreasing the likelihood of significant refrigerant cross-
contamination and potential failure of air conditioning systems and
recovery/recycling equipment.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.08
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Vehicle Air Conditioning Repair
Facilities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 87,000.
Frequency of Response: Once per and upon retrofit of a motor
vehicle air conditioner.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 27,778.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,011,111, which includes zero
capital startup cost, $33,333 annualized O&M costs and $ 1,977,778
annual labor cost.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 55,555 hours in
the total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease is because the number of cars that
could be retrofitted to use a SNAP substitute refrigerant is
decreasing. New cars sold before 1994 contain CFC-12 air conditioning
systems and the number of those cars in operation has decreased since
this last ICR renewal. (New cars sold after 1994 contain a SNAP
substitute refrigerant and do not need to be retrofitted.) With fewer
CFC-12 cars (pre-1994 cars) on the road, there are fewer cars that will
be retrofitted to a new SNAP approved refrigerant and subject to this
ICR.
Dated: March 10, 2007.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E7-4856 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]
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