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1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: January 3, 2007. 

James B. Gulliford, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, 

Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. E7–341 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2005–0004; FRL–8268–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Focus Groups as Used by 

EPA for Economics Projects; EPA ICR 

No. 2205.01 

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 for a new 

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 February 12, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OA–2005–0004, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by e-mail oei.docket@epa.gov, 

or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Environmental Information, 

Mail Code 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: 

Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy, 

Economics and Innovation, Mail Code 

1809T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–2347; fax 202–566–

2363; e-mail address: 

simon.nathalie@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 November 4, 2005 (70 FR 67163), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received one comment during the 

comment period, which is addressed in 

the ICR. 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–OA–2005–0004, which is available 

for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information (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 

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 (OEI) 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 

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, CBI, or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Focus Groups as Used by EPA 

for Economics Projects 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2205.01 

ICR Status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking 

approval for a generic information 

collection request (ICR) for the conduct 

of focus groups and protocol interviews 

(hereafter jointly referred to as focus 

groups) related to economics projects. 

Over the next three years, the Agency 

anticipates embarking on a number of 

survey development efforts associated 

with a variety of economics projects 

including those related to valuation of 

ecosystems, children’s health risks, 

improvements to coastal waters, and 

invasive species to name a few. Focus 

groups are an important part of any 

survey development process, allowing 

for researchers to directly gauge what 

specific issues are important to the 

public and providing a means for 

explicitly testing draft survey materials. 

Through these focus groups, the Agency 

will be able to gain a more in-depth 

understanding of the public’s attitudes, 

beliefs, motivations and feelings 

regarding specific issues and will 

provide valuable information regarding 

the quality of draft survey instruments. 

The information collected in the focus 

groups will be used to develop and 

improve economics-related surveys. To 

the extent that these surveys are 

ultimately successfully administered, 

they will serve to expand the Agencies 

understanding of benefits and costs of a 

variety of actions and could provide the 

means to quantitatively assess the 

effects of others. Participation in the 

focus groups will be voluntary and the 

identity of the participants will be kept 

confidential. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average about 2.5 hours per 

response (and 1,510 hours per year). 

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 

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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: 

Individuals or Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

626 per year. 

Frequency of Response: one-time. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,510. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,363,493, includes $0 annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Dated: January 4, 2007. 

Richard T. Westlund, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–357 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6683–1] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7167. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20060292, ERP No. D–SFW–

K99035–CA, Orange County Southern 

Subregion Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP), Implementation, Application 

for and Incidental Take Permit, 

Orange County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about air 

quality impacts and water-related 

issues. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060423, ERP No. D–MMS–

L02033–AK, Chukchi Sea Planning 

Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193 and 

Seismic Surveying Activities, 

Offshore Marine Environment, 

Chukchi Sea Coastal Plain, and the 

North Slope Borough of Alaska. 

Summary: EPA expressed concerns 

about environmental justice issues due 

to adverse effects from multiple, 

overlapping and fast-tracked 

development planning processes on 

local residents and tribes, and requested 

additional information on human health 

impacts due to increased oil and gas 

development. EPA also requested 

further evaluation of oil spill risk to 

biological and subsistence resources. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060444, ERP No. D–COE–

K36055–CA, San Luis Rey Flood 

Control Project, Operation and 

Maintenance of the Vegetation and 

Sediment Management, from College 

Blvd to the Pacific Ocean, San Diego 

County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential impacts to waters of the U.S., 

including wetlands and riparian habitat. 

EPA recommended evaluation of 

alternatives that do not propose fill in 

waters of the U.S., and requested 

additional analysis to demonstrate 

compliance with the Clean Water Act 

Section 404(b)(1) Guidelines. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060480, ERP No. D–BIA–

C60006–NY, Oneida Nation of New 

York Conveyance of Lands into Trust, 

Proposes to Transfer 17,370 Acre of 

Fee Land into Federal Trust Status, 

Oneida, Madison and New York 

Counties, NY. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts in alternative B associated with 

the phased acquisition of an additional 

17,630 acres. 

Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20060482, ERP No. F–FRC–

L05234–WA, Priest Rapids 

Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project 

#2114–116 Relicensing Application 

for New License, Columbia River, 

Grant, Yakima, Kittitas, Douglas, 

Benton, and Chelan Counties, WA. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

concerns about the proposed project’s 

potential impacts to water quality due to 

total dissolved gas and temperature 

exceedances, and recommended that 

accountability measures be incorporated 

into the Clean Water Act Section 401 

certification requirements and 

monitoring plan. 

EIS No. 20060485, ERP No. F–NOA–

A91072–00, PROGRAMMATIC—

Codified Regulations at 50 CFR 300 

Subparts A and G Implementing 

Conservation and Management 

Measures Adopted by the 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Antarctic Marine Living Resources. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action as described in the 

FEIS. 

EIS No. 20060492, ERP No. F–BIA–

L61230–OR, Coyote Business Park, 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Proposes to 

Develop, Build and Manage a Light 

Industrial Commercial Business Park, 

Umatilla County, OR. 

Summary: EPA’s previous concerns 

have been addressed; therefore, EPA 

does not object to the proposed action. 

Dated: January 9, 2007. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. E7–345 Filed 1–11–07; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6682–9] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements Filed 1/1/2007 through 1/ 

5/2007 pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20070000, Final EIS, AFS, ID, 

Clearwater National Forest, Proposes 

to Approve Plans-of-Operation for 

Small-Scale Suction Dredging in Lolo 

Creek and Moose Creek, Clearwater 

National Forest, North Fork Ranger 

District, Clearwater and Idaho 

Counties, ID, Wait Period Ends: 2/12/ 

2007, Contact: Vern Bretz, 208–476–

8322. 

EIS No. 20070001, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, 

Turntable Bay Marina Master 

Development Plan, To Build and 

Operate a Resort Marina, Special-UsePermit, Shasta-Trinity National 

Forest, Shasta Lake at Turntable Bay, 

Shasta and Trinity Counties, CA, 

Comment Period Ends: 2/26/2007, 

Contact: R. Phipps, 530–226–2421. 

EIS No. 20070002, Final EIS, FHW, MN, 

I–94/TH–10 Interregional Connection 

from St. Cloud to Becker 

Transportation Improvements, 

Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 

404 Permit, Sherurne, Stearns, and 

Wright Counties, MN, Wait Period 

Ends: 2/12/2007, Contact: Cheryl 

Martin, 651–291–6120. 


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