[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 99 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 27919-27921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13030]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 9
[FRL-6348-8]
OMB Approvals Under the Paperwork Reduction Act; Technical
Amendment
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this
technical amendment amends the table that lists the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers issued under the PRA for
Cooperative Agreements and Superfund Contracts for Superfund Response
Actions, 40 CFR part 35, Subpart O. The amendment also revises the
introductory paragraph to 40 CFR 9.1.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This final rule is effective May 24, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Johnson at (202) 260-2964, Office
of Policy, Mailcode 2137, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is amending the table of currently
approved information collection request (ICR) control numbers issued by
OMB for various regulations. The amendment updates the table to reflect
a change in the OMB control number for information collection
requirements codified at 40 CFR part 35, Subpart O, Cooperative
Agreements and Superfund State Contracts for Superfund Response
Actions. The OMB control number was changed from 2010-0020 to 2030-0038
to reflect that the ICR is managed by the EPA Office of Administration
and Resources Management rather than the EPA Office of Policy. The list
of CFR
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citations is also being revised to correct typographic errors. The
information collection requirements in 40 CFR part 35, Subpart 0 have
not changed, only the OMB control number has changed.
This amendment also makes editorial changes to the introductory
paragraph of Section 9.1 by removing the last sentence and replacing it
with the following: ``No person is required to respond to an
information collection request regulated by the PRA unless a valid
control number assigned by OMB is displayed in either this part,
another part of the Code of Federal Regulations, a valid Federal
Register notice, or by other appropriate means.''
EPA will continue to present OMB control numbers in a consolidated
table format to be codified in 40 CFR part 9 of the Agency's
regulations, and in each CFR volume containing EPA regulations. The
table lists CFR citations with reporting and/or recordkeeping
requirements, and the current OMB control numbers. This listing of the
OMB control numbers and their subsequent codification in the CFR
satisfies the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and OMB's implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
This ICR was previously subject to public notice and comment prior
to OMB approval. Due to the technical nature of the table, EPA finds
that further notice and comment is unnecessary. As a result, EPA finds
that there is ``good cause'' under section 553(b)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), to amend this table
without prior notice and comment.
I. Administrative Requirements
Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), this
action is not a ``significant regulatory action'' and is therefore not
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget. In addition,
this action does not impose any enforceable duty, contain any unfunded
mandate, or impose any significant or unique impact on small
governments as described in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104-4). This rule also does not require prior consultation
with State, local, and tribal government officials as specified by
Executive Order 12875 (58 FR 58093, October 28, 1993) or Executive
Order 13084 (63 FR 27655 (May 10, 1998), or involve special
consideration of environmental justice related issues as required by
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). Because this
action is not subject to notice-and-comment requirements under the
Administrative Procedure Act or any other statute, it is not subject to
the regulatory flexibility provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). This rule also is not subject to Executive
Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) because EPA interprets E.O.
13045 as applying only to those regulatory actions that are based on
health or safety risks, such that the analysis required under section
5-501 of the Order has the potential to influence the regulation. This
rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it does not establish an
environmental standard intended to mitigate health or safety risks.
Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule,
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the
United States. Section 808 allows the issuing agency to make a good
cause finding that notice and public procedure is impracticable,
unnecessary or contrary to the public interest. This determination must
be supported by a brief statement. 5 U.S.C. 808(2). As stated
previously, EPA has made such a good cause finding, including the
reasons therefor, and established an effective date of May 24, 1999.
EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other required
information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and
the Comptroller General of the United States prior to publication of
the rule in the Federal Register. This action is not a ``major rule''
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 9
Environmental protection, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: May 19, 1999.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division, Office of Policy.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 9 is amended
as follows:
PART 9--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 9 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 135 et seq., 136-136y; 15 U.S.C. 2001, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2601-2671; 21 U.S.C. 331j, 346a, 348; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 33
U.S.C. 1251 et seq., 1311, 1313d, 1314, 1318, 1321, 1326, 1330,
1342, 1344, 1345 (d) and (e), 1361; E.O. 11735, 38 FR 21243, 3 CFR,
1971-1975 Comp. p. 973; 42 U.S.C. 241, 242b, 243, 246, 300f, 300g,
300g-1, 300g-2, 300g-3, 300g-4, 300g-5, 300g-6, 300j-1, 300j-2,
300j-3, 300j-4, 300j-9, 1857 et seq., 6901-6992k, 7401-7671q, 7542,
9601-9657, 11023, 11048.
2. Section 9.1 is amended by revising the introductory text and the
table is amended: a. By revising the entries for 35.6055(a)(2),
35.6055(b)(1), 35.6055(b)(2)(I)-(ii), 35.6105(a)(2)(I)-(v), (vii),
35.6110(b)(2), 35.6120, 35.6145, 35.6230(a), (c), 35.6300(a)(3),
35.6315(c), 35.6320, 35.6340(a), 35.6350, 35.6500, 35.6550(a)(1)(ii),
35.6550(b)(1)(iii), 35.6550(b)(2)(I), 35.6585, 35.6600(a), 35.6650,
35.6655, 35.6660, 35.6700, 35.6705, 35.6710, 35.6805;
b. By removing entries 35.6595(a), 35.6665(a), and 35.6815(a), (d),
(e); and
c. By adding entries in numerical order for 35.6595(a), (b),
35.6665(a), (b), and 35.6815(a), (c), (d) to read as follows:
Sec. 9.1 OMB approvals under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
This part consolidates the display of control numbers assigned to
collections of information in certain EPA regulations by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). No
person is required to respond to an information collection request
regulated by the PRA unless a valid control number assigned by OMB is
displayed in either this part, another part of the Code of Federal
Regulations, a valid Federal Register notice, or by other appropriate
means.
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OMB
40 CFR citation Control
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State and Local Assistance
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35.6055(a)(2).............................................. 2030-0038
35.6055(b)(1).............................................. 2030-0038
35.6055(b)(2)(i)-(ii)...................................... 2030-0038
35.6105(a)(2)(i)-(v), (vii)................................ 2030-0038
35.6110(b)(2).............................................. 2030-0038
35.6120.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6145.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6155(a), (c)............................................ 2030-0038
35.6230(a), (c)............................................ 2030-0038
35.6300(a)(3).............................................. 2030-0038
35.6315(c)................................................. 2030-0038
35.6320.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6340(a)................................................. 2030-0038
35.6350.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6500.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6550(a)(1)(ii).......................................... 2030-0038
35.6550(b)(1)(iii)......................................... 2030-0038
35.6550(b)(2)(i)........................................... 2030-0038
35.6585.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6595(a), (b)............................................ 2030-0038
35.6600(a)................................................. 2030-0038
35.6650.................................................... 2030-0038
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35.6655.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6660.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6665(a), (b)............................................ 2030-0038
35.6700.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6705.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6710.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6805.................................................... 2030-0038
35.6815(a), (c), (d)....................................... 2030-0038
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[FR Doc. 99-13030 Filed 5-21-99; 8:45 am]
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