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estimated to average 33 minutes per 

response or to range from 0.4–1.5 hours 

per respondent annually. This survey 

will not be repeated. 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; 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. 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. 

To comment on the Agency’s need for 

this information, the accuracy of the 

provided burden estimates, and any 

suggested methods for minimizing 

respondent burden, including the use of 

automated collection techniques, EPA 

has established a public docket for this 

ICR under Docket ID No. ORD–2004–

0019, which is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Research and 

Development Docket in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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 Office of 

Research and Development Docket is 

(202) 566–2426. An electronic version of 

the public docket is available through 

EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Also, you can send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 

Office for EPA. Please include the EPA 

Docket ID No. ORD–2004–0019 and 

OMB control number (20XX–XXXX) 

[insert the appropriate OMB #] in any 

correspondence.

Type of respondent Respondent activities 

Estimated 

number of respondents Burden hours Frequency Total burden 

hours 

Total burden 

cost 

Adult ......................................... Complete Questionnaire 15,000 0.40 1 6000 a $88,320

Child ......................................... Perform Pulmonary 

Function Exam.

3,500 0.50 1 1750 b 9,013

Child ......................................... Perform Exhaled NO 

Exam.

2,000 0.25 1 500 2,575 

Total .............................. ........................................ 20,500 ........................ ........................ 8250 99,908 

a $14.72/hour. 

b $5.15/hour (minimum wage). 

There are no direct respondent costs 

for this data collection. 

No Annual Record Keeping Burden:

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 are listed in 40 CFR 

Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

Dated: November 30, 2004. 

John Creason, 

Acting Director, Human Studies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[SFUND–2004–0005; FRL–7843–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Superfund Site Evaluation 

and Hazard Ranking System 

(Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1488.06, 

OMB Control Number 2050–0095.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (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. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on November 30, 2004. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. This ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its estimated burden and 

cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number SFUND–

2004–0005, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by 

email to, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Superfund Docket, Mail Code 

5202T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 

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:

Angelo Carasea, OSRTI, Office of Solid 

Waste and Emergency Response, Mail 

Code 5204G, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (703) 603–8828; fax number: 

(202) 603–9104; email address: 

carasea.angelo@epa.gov.

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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 21, 2004 (69 FR 34346), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

SFUND–2004–0005, which is available 

for public viewing at the Superfund 

Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/

DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center 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 Superfund Docket is (202) 566–

0276. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

docket ID number identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

CBI, or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

Title: Superfund Site Evaluation and 

Hazard Ranking System (Renewal). 

Abstract: Section 105 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA, 1980 and 1986) amends 

the National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 

(NCP) to include criteria prioritizing 

releases throughout the U.S. before 

undertaking remedial action at 

uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The 

Hazard Ranking System (HRS) is a 

model that is used to evaluate the 

relative threats to human health and the 

environment posed by actual or 

potential releases of hazardous 

substances, pollutants, and 

contaminants. The HRS criteria take 

into account the population at risk, the 

hazard potential of the substances, as 

well as the potential for contamination 

of drinking water supplies, direct 

human contact, destruction of sensitive 

ecosystems, damage to natural resources 

affecting the human food chain, 

contamination of surface water used for 

recreation or potable water 

consumption, and contamination of 

ambient air. 

Under this ICR, the States or Tribal 

authorities will apply the HRS by 

identifying and classifying those 

releases that warrant further 

investigation. The information collected 

under this ICR is required to help 

determine whether an individual site is 

eligible to be included on the National 

Priorities List (NPL). Only sites on the 

NPL are eligible for Superfund-financed 

remedial actions. 

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are 

identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 166.1 hours 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; 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: States, 

Indian Tribes, and U.S. territories 

performing Superfund site evaluation 

activities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

607. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

150,285. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$13,580,375, includes $0 annualized 

capital expenditure, $0 O&M costs, and 

$13,580,375 Respondent Labor Costs, 

though costs are fully reimbursed by the 

Agency. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 80,248 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to 

adjustments to the estimates because 

fewer site assessment activities are 

conducted nationally.

Dated: November 29, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[E–DOCKET ID No. ORD–2004–0003; FRL–

7845–9] 

Draft Proposed Sampling Program To 

Determine Extent of World Trade 

Center Impacts to the Indoor 

Environment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of second extension of 

public comment period for Draft 

Proposed Sampling Program to 

Determine Extent of World Trade Center 

Impacts to the Indoor Environment. 

SUMMARY: On October 21, 2004, EPA 

published a Federal Register notice (69 

FR 61838) announcing the availability 

of the External Review Draft entitled, 

Draft Proposed Sampling Program to 

Determine Extent of World Trade Center 

Impacts to the Indoor Environment 

(EPA/600/R–04/169A), and the 

beginning of a 30-day public comment 

period. On November 19, 2004, EPA 

published a Federal Register notice (69 

FR 67735) extending the public 

comment period until January 3, 2005, 

as requested by members of the Lower 

Manhattan community and labor 

organizations who said a 45-day 

extension was needed for them to 

formulate their comments. Subsequently 

a new request for an additional 

extension was received from members