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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 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 www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Background Checks for 

Contractor Employees. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2159.05, 

OMB Control No. 2030–0043. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2012. 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: The EPA uses contractors to 

perform services throughout the nation 

with regard to environmental 

emergencies involving the release, or 

threatened release, of oil, radioactive 

materials, or hazardous chemicals that 

may potentially affect communities and 

the surrounding environment. The 

Agency may request contractors 

responding to any of these types of 

incidents to conduct background checks 

and apply Government-established 

suitability criteria in determining 

whether employees are acceptable to 

perform on given sites or on specific 

projects. In addition to emergency 

response contractors, EPA may require 

background checks for contractor 

personnel working in sensitive sites or 

sensitive projects. The background 

checks and application of the 

Government’s suitability criteria must 

be completed prior to contract employee 

performance. The contractor shall 

maintain records associated with all 

background checks. Background checks 

cover citizenship or valid visa status, 

criminal convictions, weapons offenses, 

felony convictions, and parties 

prohibited from receiving federal 

contracts. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated on average to be one 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: EPA 

Contractor Employee Who Work at 

Sensitive Sites. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,000. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$186,730 includes $0 annualized capital 

or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4022 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2011–0804, FRL–9512–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Drug Testing for 

Contract Employees (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before March 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2011–0804 to, (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

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

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) 

Docket, Mailcode 2822T, 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: 

Staci Ramrakha, Policy Training and 

Oversight Division, Office of 

Acquisition Management (3802R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–2017; email address: 

ramrakha.staci@epa.gov. 

EPA has submitted the following ICR 

to OMB for review and approval 

according to the procedures prescribed 

in 5 CFR 1320.12. On October 31, 2011, 

76 FR 67182, 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–OARM–2011–0804, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information 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 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 Environmental Information 

Docket is 202–566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

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 


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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 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 www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Drug Testing for Contract 

Employees. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2183.05, 

OMB Control No. 2030–0044. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on June 30, 2012. 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: The EPA uses contractors to 

perform services throughout the nation 

in response to environmental 

emergencies involving the release, or 

threatened release, of oil, radioactive 

materials or hazardous chemicals that 

may potentially affect communities and 

the surrounding environment. Releases 

may be accidental, deliberate, or may be 

caused by natural disasters. Contractors 

responding to any of these types of 

incidents may be responsible for testing 

their employees for the use of 

marijuana, cocaine, opiates, 

amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP), 

and any other controlled substances. 

The testing for drugs must be completed 

prior to contract employee performance. 

The contractor shall maintain records 

associated with all drug tests. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated on average to be 2.25 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 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: EPA 

contractor employees who work at 

sensitive sites. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

450. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1012.5. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$102,870 includes $0 annualized capital 

or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: This ICR 

represents an increase from 450 hours to 

1,012.5 hours from the total estimated 

burden currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

The difference is in the amount of time 

allocated for an employee to provide a 

sample. The previous estimate did not 

take into account time for the employee 

to travel to and from the testing lab. 

Market research indicates the average 

time for an employee to travel to and 

from a testing site and provide a sample 

is 1.5 hours versus the fifteen minutes 

previously estimated. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3985 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011–0751, FRL–9511–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Final Authorization for 

Hazardous Waste Management 

Programs (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 March 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2011–0751, to (1) EPA, either 

online using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to rcradocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 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: 

Peggy Vyas, (mail code 5303P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 703–308– 

5477; fax number: 703–308–8433; email 

address: vyas.peggy@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 September 21, 2011 (76 FR 58492), 

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–RCRA–2011–0751, which is 

available for online viewing at www.

regulations.gov, or in person viewing at 

the Resource Conservation and 

Recovery Act (RCRA) 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 RCRA Docket is (202) 

566–0270. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 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 


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