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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2007–0341; EPA–HQ–

OARM–2007–0342; FRL–8305–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Conflict of Interest 

Rule #1, EPA ICR Number 1550.06, 

OMB Control Number 2030–0023; and 

Invitation for Bids and Request for 

Proposals (IFBs and RFPs), EPA ICR 

Number 1038.11, OMB Control Number 

2030–0006 

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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew existing 

approved Information Collection 

Requests (ICRs) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). These 

ICRs are scheduled to expire on 07/31/ 

2007. Before submitting the ICRs to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collections 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 25, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the Docket ID numbers 

provided for each item in the text, by 

one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: oei.docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: OEI Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, OEI 

Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the Docket ID number provided for each 

item in the text. 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 whose disclosure 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 

disk or CD–ROM 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tiffany Schermerhorn, Policy, Training 

and Oversight Division, Office of 

Acquisition Management, Mail Code 

3802R, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; e-mail address: 

schermerhorn.tiffany@epa.gov, 

telephone (202) 564–9902. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for each of the ICRs identified in this 

document (see the Docket ID numbers 

for each ICR that is provided in the 

text), 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 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 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. Once in 

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

the Docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What Information Is EPA Particularly 

Interested In? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25 employees) for 

examples of specific additional efforts 

that EPA could make to reduce the 

paperwork burden for very small 

businesses affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

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. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the Docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 


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What Information Collection Activities 

or ICRs Does This Apply To? 

[Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OARM–2007–0341] 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those 

businesses or organizations performing 

contracts for the Agency. 

Title: Conflict of Interest, Rule #1. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1550.06, 

OMB Control No. 2030–0023. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on 07/31/07. 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: EPA contractors will be 

required to disclose business 

relationships and corporate affiliations 

to determine whether EPA’s interests 

are jeopardized by such relationships. 

Because EPA has the dual responsibility 

of cleanup and enforcement and 

because its contractors are often 

involved in both activities, it is 

imperative that contractors are free from 

conflicts of interest so as not to 

prejudice response and enforcement 

actions. Contractors will be required to 

maintain a database of business 

relationships and report information to 

EPA on either an annual basis or when 

each work order is issued. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1,078 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 135. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

145,640. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$8,144,585. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $8,144,585 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

Although the number of respondents 

has increased since the ICR was last 

renewed and approved by OMB in 2004, 

the total annual burden hours and 

annual costs are not expected to 

increase. The number of respondents 

has increased due to a need to include 

non-Superfund as well as Superfund 

contractors in our information 

collection activities related to conflicts 

of interest. While this ICR was initiated 

due to the need to ensure that 

contractors supporting work under the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly 

known as ‘‘Superfund,’’ are free from 

conflict so as not to prejudice CERCLA 

actions, it has become clear in the past 

few years that the potential for conflict 

is not limited to contracts supporting 

Superfund activities, but includes all 

Agency contracts involving support of 

regulatory activities. Other 

environmental laws besides Superfund 

that give the Agency the authority for its 

programs and regulatory activities 

include, but are not limited to, the Clean 

Water Act (CWA); Safe Drinking Water 

Act (SDWA); Marine Protection, 

Research and Sanctuary Act (MPRSA); 

Clean Air Act (CAA); Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); 

Oil Pollution Act (OPA); Pollution 

Prevention Act (PPA); Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA); Superfund Reauthorization 

and Amendments Act (SARA); Toxic 

Substance Control Act (TSCA); Federal 

Facility Compliance Act (FFCA); 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA); Emergency Planning and 

Community Right-to-Know Act 

(EPCRA); Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Asbestos 

Hazard Emergency Response Act 

(AHERA); and the Mercury-Containing 

and Rechargeable Battery Management 

Act (Battery Act). Despite the increase 

in the number of respondents, the total 

annual burden hours are not expected to 

increase because this is an established 

information collection effort and most of 

the respondents are engaged primarily 

in the recurring maintenance and 

reporting activities rather than the onetime activities of greater burden that 

were necessary when the ICR was 

initiated. Also, the processes for storing, 

retrieving, and reporting information on 

a recurring basis have been streamlined 

in recent years through greater use of 

electronic methods. 

[Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OARM–2007–0342] 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those 

businesses or organizations that want to 

provide the EPA with supplies or 

services. 

Title: Invitation for Bids and Request 

for Proposals. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1038.11, 

OMB Control No. 2030–0006. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on 07/31/07. 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: EPA requires contractors to 

submit information in order to be 

considered for the award of a contract. 

Information requested includes: prices 

for the supplies/services requested, 

information on past performance, 

technical and cost information, and 

general financial and organizational 

information. Information provided by 

vendors in response to an RFP/IFB is 

used to evaluate which vendor will 

provide the best product in terms of 

quality, timeliness and price. Responses 

to IFBs/RFPs are required to be 

considered for a contract award. The 

legal authority for this collection is 41 

U.S.C. 253. Contractor confidential 

business information submitted in 

connection with an IFB or RFP response 

is protected from public release in 

accordance with 40 CFR 2.201 et seq. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 8 hours per 

response for IFBs and 251 hours per 

response for RFPs. Burden means the 


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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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 981. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

219,015. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$14,251,635. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $14,251,635 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

These ICRs? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICRs as 

appropriate. The final ICR packages will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICRs 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. 

Dated: April 19, 2007. 

Daniel Humphries, 

Acting Manager, Acquisition Policy and 

Training Service Center. 

[FR Doc. E7–7894 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0038; FRL-8125-8] 

BeakerTree Corporation; Transfer of 

Data 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

pesticide related information submitted 

to EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) pursuant to the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, 

and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including 

information that may have been claimed 

as Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) by the submitter, will be 

transferred to BeakerTree Corporation in 

accordance with 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3) and 

2.308(i)(2). BeakerTree Corporation has 

been awarded multiple contracts to 

perform work for OPP, and access to 

this information will enable BeakerTree 

Corporation to fulfill the obligations of 

the contract. 

DATES: BeakerTree Corporation will be 

given access to this information on or 

before April 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Felicia Croom, Information Technology 

and Resources Management Division 

(7502P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460-0001; telephone number: 

(703) 305-0786; e-mail address: 

croom.felicia@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action applies to the public in 

general. As such, 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 the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA-HQOPP-2007-0038. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 

the electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S-4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305-5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

II. Contractor Requirements 

Under Contract No. EP-W-06-096, 

under this contract number, the 

contractor shall provide meeting 

support for the Science Review Panel. 

This involves providing detailed records 

of the science review panel comments 

and input to revised risk assessments. 

EFED conducts workshops on technical 

subjects to discuss the issues and to 

determine how the experts in the field 

feel these issues should be handled. A 

workshop may be the best way to draw 

conclusions and determine EFED’s 

direction on handling and closing the 

issues. 

The OPP has determined that the 

contract described in this document 

involve work that is being conducted in 

connection with FIFRA, in that 

pesticide chemicals will be the subject 

of certain evaluations to be made under 

this contract. These evaluations may be 

used in subsequent regulatory decisions 

under FIFRA. 

Some of this information may be 

entitled to confidential treatment. The 

information has been submitted to EPA 

under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA 

and under sections 408 and 409 of 

FFDCA. 

In accordance with the requirements 

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the contracts with 

BeakerTree Corporation, prohibits use of 

the information for any purpose not 

specified in these contracts; prohibits 

disclosure of the information to a third 

party without prior written approval 

from the Agency; and requires that each 

official and employee of the contractor 

sign an agreement to protect the 

information from unauthorized release 

and to handle it in accordance with the 

FIFRA Information Security Manual. In 

addition, BeakerTree Corporation is 

required to submit for EPA approval a 

security plan under which any CBI will 

be secured and protected against 

unauthorized release or compromise. No 

information will be provided to 

BeakerTree Corporation until the 

requirements in this document have 

been fully satisfied. Records of 

information provided to BeakerTree 

Corporation will be maintained by EPA 

Project Officers for these contracts. All 

information supplied to BeakerTree 

Corporation by EPA for use in 

connection with these contracts will be 

returned to EPA when BeakerTree 

Corporation has completed its work. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Business 

and industry, Government contracts, 


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