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Total estimated cost: $299,913 (per
year), which includes no annualized
capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is a
decrease of 467 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB. This decrease is a result of
improved technology that reduces
manual calculations for the real-time air
monitors and allows some operations to
be performed by EPA personnel at
NAREL rather than requiring
respondent time.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2013–0402; FRL–9826–8]

Proposed Information Collection
Request; Comment Request; EPA–ICR
No. 1774.05—Mobile Air Conditioner
Retrofitting Program
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency is planning to submit an
information collection request (ICR),
‘‘Mobile Air Conditioner Retrofitting
Program’’ (EPA ICR No. 1774.05, OMB
Control No. 2060–0450) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is
soliciting public comments on specific
aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below. This is a
‘‘proposed extension of the ICR, which
is currently approved through October
31, 2013’’. 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.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before August 19, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OAR–2013–0402, online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public

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docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca von dem Hagen, Environmental
Protection Agency, Stratospheric
Protection Division, Office of
Atmospheric Programs, MC 6205J,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: (202)
343–9445; fax number: (202) 343–2362;
email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments
and information to enable it 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. EPA will consider the
comments received and amend the ICR
as appropriate. The final ICR package
will then be submitted to OMB for
review and approval. At that time, EPA
will issue another Federal Register
notice to announce the submission of
the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to
submit additional comments to OMB.
Abstract: EPA’s Significant New
Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program
implements Section 612 of the 1990
Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments

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which authorized the Agency to
establish regulatory requirements to
ensure that ozone-depleting substances
(ODS) are 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, CAA
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.
Regulations promulgated under SNAP
require that Motor Vehicle Air
Conditioners (MVACs) 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 information about the
substitute refrigerant, and other
information. This information is needed
so that subsequent technicians working
on the MVAC 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.
Form Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1774.05,
OMB Control No. 2060–0450.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this action are
new and used car dealers, gas service
stations, top and body repair shops,
general automotive repair shops,
automotive repair shops not elsewhere
classified, including air conditioning
and radiator specialty shops.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory under 40 CFR 82.180.
Estimated number of respondents:
294 (total).
Frequency of response: Once per
retrofit of a motor vehicle air
conditioner.
Total estimated burden: 8 hours (per
year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR
1320.3(b).
Total estimated cost: $580 (per year),
includes $10 (per year) annualized

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capital or operation & maintenance
costs.
Changes in Estimates: There is
decrease of 1,492 hours in the total
estimated respondent burden compared
with the ICR currently approved by
OMB (per year). This decrease is based
on the decline of CFC–12 MVACs in
service today. EPA estimated that the
total percent of CFC–12 MVACs
retrofitted in 2003 was 1.5%, which
equals an estimated 500,000 CFC–12
MVACs retrofitted to R–134a. The
number of MVACs originally designed
to use CFC–12 as well as the number of
those retrofitted to R–134a has been
decreasing every year and EPA
estimates a continued reduction in the
number of CFC–12 MVACs retrofits will
occur during the next three years. EPA
estimates that currently, in 2013, there
are 330,000 MVACs originally designed
to use CFC–12 operating in the U.S. EPA
estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016
the number of cars originally designed
to use CFC–12 will decrease to 170,000,
84,000 and 40,000, respectively. Of
these, EPA estimates that 0.1% will be
retrofitted annually to use alternative
refrigerants between October 2013 and
September 2016. Therefore, EPA
estimates that in 2014, 2015 and 2016
the numbers of MVACs to be retrofitted
are 170, 84 and 40, respectively;
resulting in a total of 294 MVAC
retrofits over the three years of this ICR.
These reductions are due to the decrease
of CFC–12 MVACs available on the road
for retrofitting.
Dated: June 10, 2013.
Sarah Dunham,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
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Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request;
Tolerance Petitions for Pesticides on
Food/Feed Crops and New Inert
Ingredients
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

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AGENCY:

The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an Information
Collection Request (ICR), Tolerance
Petitions for Pesticides on Food/Feed
Crops and New Inert Ingredients (EPA
ICR No. 0597.11, OMB No. 2070–0024),
to the Office of Management and Budget

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(OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR,
which is currently approved through
July 31, 2013. Public comments were
previously requested via the Federal
Register (77 FR 69821) on November 21,
2012 during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller
description of the ICR is given below,
including its estimated burden and cost
to the 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before July 22, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID Number EPA–
HQ–OPP–2012–0744, to (1) EPA online
using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via
email to [email protected].
Address comments to OMB Desk Officer
for EPA.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Drewes, Field and External Affairs
Division, 7506P, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (703) 347–0107; fax
number: (703) 308–5884; email address:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain
in detail the information that the EPA
will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket
can be viewed online at http://
www.regulations.gov or in person at the
EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room
3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC. The telephone number
for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744.
For additional information about EPA’s
public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/
dockets.
Abstract: The use of pesticides to
increase crop production often results in
pesticide residues in or on the crop. To
protect the public health from unsafe
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the nature and level of residues
permitted pursuant to section 408 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA). A pesticide may not be used
on food or feed crops unless the Agency
has established a tolerance (maximum
residue limit) for the pesticide residues
on that crop or established an
exemption from the requirement to have
a tolerance.
Under the law, EPA is responsible for
ensuring that the maximum residue
levels likely to be found in or on food/
feed are safe for human consumption
through a careful review and evaluation
of residue chemistry and toxicology
data. In addition, EPA must ensure that
adequate enforcement of the tolerance
can be achieved through the testing of
submitted analytical methods. If the
data are adequate for EPA to determine
that there is a reasonable certainty that
no harm will result from aggregate
exposure, the Agency will establish the
tolerance or grant an exemption from
the requirement of a tolerance.
This ICR only applies to the
information collection activities
associated with the submission of a
petition for a tolerance action. While
EPA is authorized to set pesticide
tolerances, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is responsible for
their enforcement. Food or feed
commodities found to contain pesticide
residues in excess of established
tolerances are considered adulterated,
and are subject to seizure by FDA, and
may result in civil penalties.
Trade secret or CBI is frequently
submitted to EPA in support of a
tolerance petition because submissions
usually include the manufacturing
process, product formulation, and
supporting data. When such information
is provided to the Agency, the
information is protected from disclosure
under FIFRA section 10. CBI data
submitted to the EPA is handled strictly
in accordance with the provisions of the
FIFRA Confidential Business
Information Security Manual.
Form Numbers: None.
Respondents/affected entities: Entities
potentially affected by this ICR include
anyone who files a petition asking EPA
to take a specific tolerance action. While
any entity can file a petition with EPA,
petitions typically come from those
businesses engaged in the
manufacturing of pesticides and the
Interregional Research Project No. 4
(IR–4). The NAICS codes for the most
frequent type of respondent are 325320
(pesticide and other agricultural
chemical manufacturing) and 541600
(management, scientific, and technical
consulting services).

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