59696 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 27, 2011 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2006–0037; FRL–9472–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Exchange Network Grants 

Progress Reports (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before October 27, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2006–0037, to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information Docket, Mail 

Code 28221T, 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: 

Ryan Humrighouse, Information 

Exchange Services Division, Office of 

Information Collection (2823T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

1680; fax number: 202–566–1684; 

e-mail address: 

humrighouse.ryan@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 28, 2011 (76 FR 37811), 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–OEI–2006–0037, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the OEI Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 

8:30 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, 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 http://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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Exchange Network Grants 

Progress Reports (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2207.04, 

OMB Control No. 2025–0006. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on November 30, 2011. 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: This notice announces the 

collection of information related to the 

U.S. EPA National Environmental 

Information Exchange Network (NEIEN) 

Grant Program. The EPA Office of 

Environmental Information provides 

funding to EPA’s Exchange Network 

partners (states, territories, and 

Federally recognized Indian Tribes) to 

support the development of the NEIEN. 

The NEIEN is an Internet andstandards-based, secure information 

system that supports the electronic 

collection, exchange, and integration of 

data among its partners. Funding for the 

Grant Program has been provided 

through annual congressional 

appropriations for the EPA. 

To enhance the quality and overall 

public benefit of the Network, EPA 

proposes to collect information from the 

NEIEN grantees about how they intend 

to ensure quality in their projects and 

the environmental outcomes and 

outputs from their projects. The 

proposed Quality Assurance Reporting 

Form is intended to provide a simple 

means for grant recipients to describe 

how quality will be addressed 

throughout their projects. The Quality 

Assurance Reporting Form is derived 

from guidelines provided in the NEIEN 

2011 grant solicitation notice. As a 

stipulation of their award, grant 

recipients are to submit the form within 

ninety days of grant award. 

Grantees are currently required to 

submit semi-annual progress reports as 

a stipulation of their award. In these 

reports, grantees outline project goals, 

activities required to meet these goals, 

and outputs and outcomes of activities 

to date. At the request of numerous 

grantees, we are proposing to offer the 

Progress Reporting Form as a vehicle for 

collecting information. This form is 

easier to complete than an unstructured 

narrative; it can be used as the semiannual and final report form and the 

information returned will be of higher 

quality and comparable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1 hour per 

response. 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. 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 187 / Tuesday, September 27, 2011 / Notices 59697 

Respondents/Affected Entities: State, 

tribal, or territorial environmental 

government offices. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

300. 

Frequency of Response: Twice per 

year for progress reporting; annually for 

quality assurance reporting form. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

956. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $37,370 

in labor costs. There are no annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 223 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to an 

increase in the number of grants that are 

currently active and the adjustments 

were made accordingly. 

Dated: September 21, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–24814 Filed 9–26–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0693; FRL–9472–4] 

Human Studies Review Board (HSRB); 

Notification of a Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) Office of the 

Science Advisor (OSA) announces a 

public meeting of the Human Studies 

Review Board (HSRB) to advise the 

Agency on EPA’s scientific and ethical 

reviews of research with human 

subjects. 

DATES: This public meeting will be held 

on October 19–20, 2011, from 

approximately 9 a.m. to approximately 

5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Comments may 

be submitted on or before Wednesday, 

October 12, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments, identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–ORD–2011–0693, by one of 

the following methods: 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov: 

Follow the on-line instructions for 

submitting comments. 

E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

Mail: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

ORD Docket, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

Hand Delivery: The EPA/DC Public 

Reading Room is located in the EPA 

Headquarters Library, Room Number 

3334 in the EPA West Building, located 

at 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The hours of 

operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, 

excluding Federal holidays. Please call 

(202) 566–1744 or e-mail the ORD 

Docket at ord.docket@epa.gov for 

instructions. Updates to Public Reading 

Room access are available on the Web 

site (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/ 

dockets.htm). 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0693. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

the disclosure of which is restricted by 

statute. Do not submit information that 

you consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

electronic storage media you submit. If 

EPA cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wishes to 

receive further information should 

contact Jim Downing at telephone 

number: (202) 564–2468; fax: (202) 564– 

2070; e-mail address: 

downing.jim@epa.gov, or Lu-Ann 

Kleibacker at telephone number: (202) 

564–7189; fax: 202–564–2070; e-mail 

address: kleibacker.lu-ann@epa.gov; 

mailing address: Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of the Science 

Advisor (8105R), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

General information concerning the EPA 

HSRB can be found on the EPA Web site 

at http://www.epa.gov/osa/hsrb/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Location: 

The meeting will be held at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Conference Center—Lobby Level, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.) 2777 S. 

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. 

Meeting access: Seating at the meeting 

will be on a first-come basis. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact the persons listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 

ten business days prior to the meeting 

using the information under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, so that 

appropriate arrangements can be made. 

Procedures for providing public input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

comments for the HSRB to consider 

during the advisory process. Additional 

information concerning submission of 

relevant written or oral comments is 

provided in Section I, ‘‘Public Meeting,’’ 

under subsection D. ‘‘How May I 

Participate in this Meeting?’’ of this 

notice. 

I. Public Meeting 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of particular interest to persons who 

conduct or assess human studies, 

especially studies on substances 

regulated by EPA, or to persons who are, 

or may be required to conduct testing of 

chemical substances under the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) 

or the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, 

and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). This 

notice might also be of special interest 

to participants of studies involving 

human subjects, or representatives of 

study participants or experts on 

community engagement. Since many 

entities may also be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult Jim 

Downing or Lu-Ann Kleibacker listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I access electronic copies of 

this document and other related 

information? 

In addition to using regulations.gov, 

you may access this Federal Register 

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal 

Register’’ listings at http:// 

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. 

mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES