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OMB Control No: 2060-0256	ICR Reference No: 199606-2060-009
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 199605-2060-012
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Emissions Reduction Program, Amendment
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Conclusion Date: 08/30/1996
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/28/1996
Terms of Clearance: These amendments to the ICR are not approved, and the ICR is continued, under 5 CFR 1320. EPA has not demonstrated that the information to be recorded and collected is the least burdensome necessary for the proper performance of the agency's functions, as required under 5 CFR 1320.5(d)(1)(i). For example, the requirements for certified reclaimers and laboratories to submit MONTHLY processing reports to their respective certific- ation programs seems unnecessarily burdensome. If EPA resubmits these amendments to this ICR it shall explain how EPA makes actual and timely -- not just theoretical or potential -- use of this information (See Sec 1320.3(l)), or require the information to be submitted only as frequent as the agency makes use of it. The agency has also failed to adequately assess the effect of of less frequent collection. The section 5.c) on page 8 of the supporting statments provides only EPA's typically uninformative boilerplate language, and failed to consider possible methods to reduce the collection frequency, and why the agency has not adopted such alternatives. EPA should also note that the ICR was NOT submitted to OMB on or before the date of publication of the Proposed Rule in the Federal Register (Feb 29,1996), as is called for under Section 1320.11(b). EPA also failed to provide in the Fed. Reg. notice a meaningful summary of the collection of information and the associated burden, as required under 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv).

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/1999	08/31/1999	07/31/2000
Responses	2,344,301	0	2,344,301
Time Burden (Hours)	419,546	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: EPA is requesting that persons wishing to use a proposed contractor reclamation option maintain records concerning where the refrigerant is stored. In addition, EPA is proposing to establish third-party reclamation and laboratory programs that will require recordkeeping and reporting.

Authorizing Statute(s): None

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
National Emissions Reduction Program, Amendment	ICR-1626.06

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? Uncollected

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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