ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0077; FRL_       ]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review
and Approval; Comment Request; Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) Program (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1596.07, OMB Control Number
2060-0226.

AGENCY:	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

ACTION:	Notice

SUMMARY:	In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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.  This ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the
nature of the information collection and its expected burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before [INSERT DATE 30
DAYS AFTER PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID number
EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0077, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epamail.epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and
Radiation Docket, Mail Code 2822T, 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: Monica Shimamura, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Alternatives and Emission Reductions Branch, Mail
Code 6205J, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:  (202) 343-9337; fax number:
(202) 343-2362; email address:   HYPERLINK
"mailto:shimamura.monica@epa.gov"  shimamura.monica@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 11, 2007 (72 FR 32095), 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-2004-0077, which is available for   SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1
online viewing at   HYPERLINK "http://www.regulations.gov" 
www.regulations.gov ,   SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 or in person viewing at the
Air and Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC.  The EPA/DC
Public Reading Room   SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 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 and Radiation Docket is 202-566-1742.  

	Use EPA’s electronic docket and comment system at   HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov"  www.regulations.gov , to submit or view
public comments, to 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   HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov"  www.regulations.gov   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.    SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1 For
further information about the electronic docket, go to   HYPERLINK
"http://www.regulations.gov"  www.regulations.gov . 

Title: Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program (40 CFR part
82, subpart G) (Renewal).

ICR numbers: EPA ICR Number 1596.07, OMB Control Number 2060-0226

ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 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:  Information collected under this rulemaking is necessary to
implement the requirements of the Significant New Alternatives Policy
(SNAP) program for evaluating and regulating substitutes for
ozone-depleting chemicals being phased out under the stratospheric ozone
protection provisions of the Clean Air Act (CAA).  Under CAA Section
612, EPA is authorized to identify and restrict the use of substitutes
for class I and class II ozone-depleting substances where EPA determines
other alternatives exist that reduce overall risk to human health and
the environment.  The SNAP program, based on information collected from
the manufacturers, formulators, and/or sellers of such substitutes,
identifies acceptable substitutes.  Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory under Section 612 for anyone who sells, or in
certain cases, uses substitutes for an ozone-depleting substance after
April 18, 1994, the effective date of the final rule.  Under CAA Section
114(c), emissions information may not be claimed as confidential.  

	To develop the lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes, the
Agency must assess and compare "overall risks to human health and the
environment" posed by use of substitutes in the context of particular
applications.  EPA requires submission of information covering a wide
range of health and environmental factors.  These include intrinsic
properties such as physical and chemical information, ozone depleting
potential, global warming potential, toxicity and flammability, and
use-specific data such as substitute applications, process description,
environmental release data, environmental fate and transport and cost
information. 

Once a completed submission has been received, a 90 day review period
under the SNAP program will commence.  Any substitute which is a new
chemical must also be submitted to the Agency under the Premanufacture
Notice program under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 
Alternatives that will be used in pesticide formulations must be filed
jointly with EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs and with SNAP. 

	Burden Statement:  The annual public reporting and recordkeeping burden
for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 hours per
respondent.  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:  Manufacturers, importers, formulators
and processors of substitutes for ozone depleting substances.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 268

Frequency of Response: Annual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,204 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Costs: $511,430.  This includes an estimated
$492,252 in labor costs, $18,918 in capital costs and $260 in O&M costs.


	Changes in Estimates:  The total number of burden hours requested for
this information collection has decreased from 8,927 to 8,204.  The SNAP
burden hours have been decreasing since 2000 from 10,363 to 8,927 to
8,204 hours.  The reason for this change in burden is the smaller number
of respondents keeping records for alternatives that are subject to more
narrowed use limits than three years ago because of the development of
new substitutes.  For example, users of some restricted fire
suppressants now have other options available with no restriction, and
thus no paperwork requirement.  In addition, a smaller number of SNAP
petitions are being filed than EPA estimated three years ago.  The
recordkeeping estimates remain the same.

Dated: __________________________________________

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Sara Hisel-McCoy, Director, Collection Strategies Division

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