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This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 280. 

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www.ed.gov/programs/magnet/ 

applicant.html. 

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.165A Magnet Schools Assistance 

Program) 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7231–7231j. 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Morgan S. Brown, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. E7–4272 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; 

Overview Information; School-Based 

Student Drug-Testing Programs; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184D. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 8, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 9, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Local educational 

agencies (LEAs) and public and private 

entities. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,600,000. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds, the Secretary may 

make additional awards later in FY 2007 

and in subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000-$200,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$150,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 11. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of the Program: The SchoolBased Student Drug-Testing program 

awards grants to LEAs and public and 

private entities to develop and 

implement, or expand, school-based 

drug-testing programs for students. 

Priority: This priority is from the 

notice of final eligibility and application 

requirements, priorities, and selection 

criteria for this program, published in 

the Federal Register on July 7, 2005 (70 

FR 39254). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards based on the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Mandatory Random and Voluntary 

Student Drug-Testing Programs. Under 

this priority, we will provide Federal 

financial assistance to eligible 

applicants to develop and implement, or 

expand, school-based mandatory 

random or voluntary drug-testing 

programs for students in one or more 

grades 6 through 12. Any drug-testing 

program conducted with funds awarded 

under this priority must be limited to 

one or more of the following: 

(1) Students who participate in the 

school’s athletic program; 

(2) Students who are engaged in 

competitive, extracurricular, schoolsponsored activities; and 

(3) A voluntary drug-testing program 

for students who, along with their 

parent or guardian, have provided 

written consent to participate in a 

random drug-testing program. 

Applicants that propose voluntary drug 

testing for students who, along with 

their parent or guardian, provide written 

consent, must not prohibit students who 

do not consent from participating in 

school or extracurricular activities. 

Application Requirements: The 

following requirements apply to all 

applications submitted under this 

program. Requirements (1) and (3) 

through (5) are from the notice of final 

eligibility and application requirements, 

priorities, and selection criteria for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39254). 

Requirement (2) is from the notice of 

final eligibility requirement for the 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

discretionary grant programs published 

in the Federal Register on December 4, 

2006 (71 FR 70369). 

(1) Applicants may not submit more 

than one application for an award under 

this program. 

(2) Eligibility under this grant 

competition is limited to applicants that 

do not currently have an active grant 

under the Department of Education’s 

School-Based Student Drug-Testing 

Program (CFDA 84.184D). For the 

purpose of this requirement, a grant is 

considered active until the end of the 

grant’s project or funding period, 

including any extensions of those 

periods that extend the grantee’s 

authority to obligate funds. 

(3) Non-LEA applicants must submit 

a letter of agreement to participate from 

an LEA. The letter must be signed by the 

applicant and an authorized 

representative of the LEA. Letters of 

support are not acceptable as evidence 

of the required agreement. 

(4) Funds may not be used for the 

following purposes: 

(a) Student drug tests administered 

under suspicion of drug use; 

(b) Incentives for students to 

participate in programs; 

(c) Drug treatment; or 

(d) Drug prevention curricula or other 

prevention programs. 

(5) Applicants must: 

(a) Identify a target population and 

demonstrate a significant need for drug 

testing within the target population; 

(b) Explain how the proposed drugtesting program will be part of an 

existing, comprehensive drug 

prevention program in the schools to be 

served; 

(c) Provide a comprehensive plan for 

referring students who are identified as 

drug users through the testing program 

to a student assistance program, 

counseling, or drug treatment if 

necessary; 

(d) Provide a plan to ensure the 

confidentiality of drug-testing results, 

including a provision that prohibits the 

party conducting drug tests from 

disclosing to school officials any 

information about a student’s use of 

legal medications; 

(e) Limit the cost of site-based 

evaluations to no more than 10 percent 

of total funds requested; and 

(f) Provide written assurances of the 

following: 

(i) That results of student drug tests 

will not be disclosed to law enforcement 

officials; 


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(ii) That results of student drug tests 

will be destroyed when the student 

graduates or otherwise leaves the LEA 

or private school involved; 

(iii) That all positive drug tests will be 

reviewed by a certified medical review 

officer; 

(iv) That legal counsel has reviewed 

the proposed program and advised that 

the program activities do not appear to 

violate established constitutional 

principles or State and Federal 

requirements related to implementing a 

student drug-testing program; and 

(v) That all proposed activities will be 

carried out in accordance with the 

requirements of the Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the 

Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment 

(PPRA). 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The 

notice of final eligibility and application 

requirements, priorities, and selection 

criteria published in the Federal 

Register on July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39254). 

(c) The notice of final eligibility 

requirement for the Office of Safe and 

Drug-Free Schools discretionary grant 

programs published in the Federal 

Register on December 4, 2006 (71 FR 

70369). 

Note: The regulations in part 79 apply to 

all applicants except Federally recognized 

Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in part 86 apply to 

institutions of higher education only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,600,000. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds, the Secretary may 

make additional awards later in FY 2007 

and in subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000–$200,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$150,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 11. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs and 

public and private entities. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not involve cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: 

(a) Participation by Private School 

Children and Teachers. Entities 

receiving a grant under the SchoolBased Student Drug-Testing program are 

required to provide for the equitable 

participation of private school children 

and their teachers or other educational 

personnel. In order to ensure that grant 

program activities address the needs of 

private school children, timely and 

meaningful consultation with 

appropriate private school officials must 

occur during the design and 

development of the program. This 

consultation must take place before any 

decision is made that affects the 

opportunities of eligible private school 

children, teachers, and other 

educational personnel to participate. 

Administrative direction and control 

over grant funds must remain with the 

grantee. See Section 9501, Participation 

by Private School Children and 

Teachers, of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended by the No Child Left Behind 

Act of 2001. 

(b) Maintenance of Effort. An LEA 

may receive a grant under the SchoolBased Student Drug-Testing program 

only if the State educational agency 

finds that the combined fiscal effort per 

student or the aggregate expenditures of 

the agency and the State with respect to 

the provision of a free public education 

by the agency for the preceding fiscal 

year were not less than 90 percent of the 

combined fiscal effort or aggregate 

expenditures for the second preceding 

fiscal year. 

(c) Participation of Faith-based 

Organizations. Faith-based 

organizations are eligible to apply for 

grants under this competition provided 

they meet all statutory and regulatory 

requirements. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), PO Box 1398, Jessup, 

Maryland 20794–1398. Telephone (toll 

free): 1–877–433–7827. Fax: 301–470–

1244. If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

(toll free): 1–877–576–7734. 

You may also contact ED Pubs at its 

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or you may contact ED 

Pubs at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

You may also access the electronic 

version of the application at the 

following Web sites: http:// 

www.grants.gov or http://www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index/ 

html. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs be sure to identify this competition 

as follows: CFDA number 84.184D. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of the application in an 

alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the program contact 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 8, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or by mail or hand 

delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. 

Other Submission Requirements in this 

notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the persons 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 9, 2007. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

additional regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. To comply with the 

President’s Management Agenda, we are 

participating as a partner in the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. 

The School-Based Student-Drug Testing 

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84.184D, is included in this project. We 

request your participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through 

this site, you will be able to download 

a copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for School-Based Student 

Drug-Testing Programs at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search 

for 84.184, not 84.184D). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system later 

than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

submission process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program to 

ensure that you submit your application 

in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 

system. You can also find the Education 

Submission Procedures pertaining to 

Grants.gov at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/ 

help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) Registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D-U-N-S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. Please 

note that two of these forms—the SF 424 

and the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must attach any 

narrative sections of your application as 

files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich 

text), or .PDF (Portable Document) 

format. If you upload a file type other 

than the three file types specified in this 

paragraph or submit a passwordprotected file, we will not review that 

material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

• Application Deadline Date 

Extension in Case of Technical Issues 

with the Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 

1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed elsewhere in 

this notice under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. If you submit your application 

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U.S. Postal Service or a commercial 

carrier), you must mail the original and 

two copies of your application, on or 

before the application deadline date, to 

the Department at the applicable 

following address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.184D), 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260; 

or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 

84.184D), 7100 Old Landover Road, 

Landover, MD 20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

you must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. If you submit your 

application in paper format by hand 

delivery, you (or a courier service) must 

deliver the original and two copies of 

your application by hand, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.184D), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department—

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the 

Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the competition under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive the notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from the 

notice of final eligibility and application 

requirements, priorities, and selection 

criteria published in the Federal 

Register on July 7, 2005 (70 FR 39254), 

and are listed in the application 

package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may also notify you 

informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. We also 

may require more frequent performance 

reports in accordance with 34 CFR 

75.720(c). 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Department has established the 

following Government Performance and 

Results Act (GPRA) performance 

measures for the School-Based Student 

Drug-Testing program: the reduction of 

the incidence of drug use in the past 

month and the reduction of the 

incidence of drug use in the past year. 

The Secretary has set an overall 

performance target that calls for the 

prevalence of drug use by students in 

the target population to decline by five 

percent annually. 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicator of success for 

this program. Consequently, applicants 

for a grant under this program are 

advised to give careful consideration to 

these measures in conceptualizing the 

approach and evaluation for their 

proposed project. If funded, applicants 

will be asked to collect and report data 

in their annual performance and final 

reports about progress toward these 

measures. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

For Further Information Contact: 

Sigrid Melus or Kandice Kostic, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 3E259, Washington, 

DC 20202–6450. Telephone: (202) 260–

3954. E-mail address: 

OSDFSdrugtesting@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact persons listed in 

this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

You may also view this document in 

text or PDF at the following site: 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/ 

drugtesting/applicant.html. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

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Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Deborah A. Price, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

[FR Doc. E7–4273 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[Docket ID Numbers EPA–HQ–OECA–2007–

0032 to 0035, 0043 to 0065 and 0125 to 

0128; FRL–8285–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Request for Comments on 

Thirty-One Proposed Information 

Collection Requests (ICRs) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that EPA is planning to submit the 

following thirty-one existing, approved, 

continuing Information Collection 

Requests (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for the 

purpose of renewing the ICRs. Before 

submitting the ICRs to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collections as described 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 8, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier service. 

Follow the detailed instructions as 

provided under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, section A. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

contact individuals for each ICR are 

listed under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, section II. C. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. How Can I Access the Docket and/ 

or Submit Comments? 

1. Docket Access Instructions 

EPA has established a public docket 

for the ICRs listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, section II. B. The docket is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center (ECDIC), in the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 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 Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center (ECDIC) 

docket is (202) 566–1752. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. When 

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

in the docket ID number identified in 

this document. 

2. Instructions for Submitting Comments 

Submit your comments by one of the 

following methods: 

1. Electronic Submission: Access 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

2. E-mail: docket.oeca@epa.gov. 

3. Fax: (202) 566–1511. 

4. Mail: Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket and Information Center (ECDIC), 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Mailcode: 

2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

5. Hand Delivery: Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center (ECDIC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. Deliveries are only accepted 

during the Docket Center’s normal hours 

of operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

Direct your comments to the specific 

docket listed in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION, section II. B, and reference 

the OMB Control Number for the ICR. It 

is EPA’s policy 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 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through 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 

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 

disk or CD–ROM that 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 additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

B. What information is EPA 

particularly interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 

EPA is soliciting comments and 

information to enable it to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collections of information are necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burdens of the 

proposed collections of information. 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collections of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated or electronic 

collection technologies or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

C. What should I consider when I 

prepare my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 


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