[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32313-32314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15211]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5225-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 Information Collection Request
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 1995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740,
please refer to EPA ICR #1755.02.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation
Title: Implementation of XL Projects--Regulatory Reinvention Pilot
Projects, EPA ICR #1755.02. This ICR requests amendment of a currently
approved collection (OMB #2010-0026).
Abstract: This information collection amends the previously
approved collection (ICR #1755.01, OMB approval #2010-0026) to extend
that proposed Project XL solicitation phase beyond the 9/30/95 approval
period. In addition, this information collection covers the burden for
implementation of XL projects from the point of project selection
onward: development of the Final Project Agreement (FPA), project
implementation, and evaluation.
The Project XL Pilot Projects are a set of pilot projects to test
performance-based environmental management systems as alternatives to
command and control regulatory approaches. The XL Projects are divided
into four categories: facility-based projects, industry- or sector-
based projects, community-based projects, and government agency-based
projects. Under these projects, regulated entities will be given
flexibility to depart from existing regulatory requirements in exchange
for enforceable commitments to achieve environmental results that, on
the [[Page 32314]] whole, go beyond what would have been achieved
through full compliance with those regulations.
The primary users of this information will be EPA and our partners
in the state and tribal environmental agencies, as well as facilities,
sectors, communities, and government agencies that are project
participants. The information will be used to assist in the development
of Final Project Agreements that meet the needs of EPA, the states, and
the participating entities. The information will also be used to gauge
our success at implementing the XL projects, and the success of the
projects themselves at demonstrating the usefulness of a performance-
based approach. The information will allow EPA to better assure
environmental performance and project feasibility, and may provide
communities with greater opportunities to participate in environmental
protection at the local level.
Burden Statement: Annual public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 232,000 hours for all
respondents, including time for reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the needed data, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. This burden
includes 105,000 hours for the application phase, 38,300 hours for the
Final Project Agreements, 160 hours for tracking, and 88,000 hours for
determining environmental performance. There is no recordkeeping
burden.
Respondents: Any one of the entities regulated by EPA, as organized
by individual facility, sector (group of facilities), community
(facilities within a defined place and represented with local
government), or government agency facilities.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 60.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 232,000 hours.
Frequency of Collection: Varies, one-time Final Project Agreements,
quarterly tracking reports, and a verification of final environmental
performance.
Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of
this information collection, including suggestions for reducing the
burden, (please refer to EPA ICR# 1755.02, and OMB #2010-0026) to:
Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #1755.02, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Regulatory Information Division (Mail Code: 2136), 401 M Street, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20460
and
Timothy Hunt, OMB #2010-0026, Office of Management and Budget, Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dated: June 15, 1995.
Rick Westlund,
Acting Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-15211 Filed 6-20-95; 8:45 am]
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