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instrument or form, if applicable. The 

display of OMB control numbers in 

certain EPA regulations is consolidated 

in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: Section 103(a) of CERCLA, 

as amended, requires the person in 

charge of a facility or vessel to 

immediately notify the National 

Response Center (NRC) of a hazardous 

substance release into the environment 

if the amount of the release equals or 

exceeds the substance’s reportable 

quantity (RQ) limit. The RQ of every 

hazardous substance can be found in 

Table 302.4 of 40 CFR 302.4. 

Section 311 of the CWA, as amended, 

requires the person in charge of a vessel 

to immediately notify the NRC of an oil 

spill into U.S. navigable waters if the 

spill causes a sheen, violates applicable 

water quality standards, or causes a 

sludge or emulsion to be deposited 

beneath the surface of the water or upon 

adjoining shorelines. 

The reporting of a hazardous 

substance release that is above the 

substance’s RQ allows the Federal 

government to determine whether a 

Federal response action is required to 

control or mitigate any potential adverse 

effects to public health or welfare or the 

environment. Likewise, the reporting of 

oil spills allows the Federal government 

to determine whether cleaning up the 

oil spill is necessary to mitigate or 

prevent damage to public health or 

welfare or the environment. The 

hazardous substance and oil release 

information collected under CERCLA 

section 103(a) and CWA section 311 

also is available to EPA program offices 

and other Federal agencies that use the 

information to evaluate the potential 

need for additional regulations, new 

permitting requirements for specific 

substances or sources, or improved 

emergency response planning. Release 

notification information, which is stored 

in the national Emergency Response 

Notification System (ERNS) data base, is 

available to State and local government 

authorities as well as the general public. 

State and local government authorities 

and the regulated community use 

release information for purposes of local 

emergency response planning. Members 

of the general public, who have access 

to release information through the 

Freedom of Information Act, may 

request release information for purposes 

of maintaining an awareness of what 

types of releases are occurring in 

different localities and what actions, if 

any, are being taken to protect public 

health and welfare and the 

environment. ERNS fact sheets, which 

provide summary and statistical 

information about hazardous substance 

and oil release notifications, also are 

available to the public. 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. 

The EPA would like to solicit 

comments 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. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 4.1 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 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: 25,861. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: One. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

106,030 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$4,277,384. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $4,277,384 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

from the Last Approval? 

There is a an increase of 7,294 hours 

in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This increase reflects EPA’s updating of 

burden estimates for this collection 

based upon historical information on 

the number of responses made during 

the previous three year period. Based 

upon revised estimates, the number of 

responses increased from an estimated 

three year average of 24,082 to 25,861. 

What is the Next Step in the Process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package 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 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. 

Dated: May 7, 2007. 

Deborah Y. Dietrich, 

Director, Office of Emergency Management. 

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Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of a Meeting of the Science 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public face-to-face meeting of the 

chartered SAB to: (1) Discuss science 

use in disaster response programs; (2) 

conduct a quality review of the draft 

SAB report Advice to EPA on 

Advancing the Science and Application 

of Ecological Risk Assessment in 

Environmental Decision Making and the 

Draft letter Consultation on EPA’s Risk 

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Assessment Plan; and (3) continue 

planning for upcoming SAB meetings. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Tuesday, 

June 19, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m. through and Wednesday, June 20, 

2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 

(Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board 

Conference Room, 3rd Floor, Woodies 

Building, 1025 F Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20004, phone (202) 

343–9999. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain additional information about this 

meeting may contact Mr. Thomas O. 

Miller, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), by mail at the EPA SAB Staff 

Office, (1400F), U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at 

(202) 343–9982; by fax at (202) 233–

0643; or by e-mail at: 

miller.tom@epa.gov. The SAB mailing 

address is: U.S. EPA, Science Advisory 

Board (1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. General 

information about the SAB, as well as 

any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may be found 

on the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established by 42 U.S.C. 4365 to 

provide independent scientific and 

technical advice, consultation, and 

recommendations to the EPA 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal advisory committee 

chartered under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C., App. The SAB will comply with 

the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. 

Background: The SAB is exploring the 

use of science in preparing for and 

responding to environmental disasters. 

The SAB held a meeting on this topic 

on December 12–14, 2006 during which 

several non-EPA experts discussed their 

experiences with disaster preparedness 

and response (71 FR 67566). The 

chartered SAB will also conduct a 

quality review of the draft report, 

Advice to EPA on Advancing the 

Science and Application of Ecological 

Risk Assessment in Environmental 

Decision Making. Background 

information on this report can be found 

in Federal Register Notices published 

on September 8, 2005 (70 FR 53360), 

June 20, 2006 (71 FR 35421), and 

December 27, 2006 (71 FR 77744). The 

chartered SAB will also conduct a 

quality review of the draft letter 

Consultation on EPA’s Risk and 

Technology Review (RTR) Assessment 

Plan. Background information on this 

advisory can be found in a Federal 

Register Notice published on November 

14, 2006 (71 FR 66328). Finally, the 

SAB will discuss plans for future 

meetings. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Materials in support of this meeting will 

be placed on the SAB Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab in advance of 

this meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information for the SAB to consider 

during the advisory process. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public meeting will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker, 

with no more than one hour for all 

speakers. Interested parties should 

contact Mr. Miller, DFO, at the contact 

information provided above, by June 12, 

2007, to be placed on the public speaker 

list for the June 19–20, 2007 meeting. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be received in the 

SAB Staff Office by June 12, 2007, so 

that the information may be made 

available to the SAB for their 

consideration prior to this meeting. 

Written statements should be supplied 

to the DFO in the following formats: one 

hard copy with original signature, and 

one electronic copy via e-mail to: 

miller.tom@epa.gov (acceptable file 

format: Adobe Acrobat PDF, 

WordPerfect, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, 

or Rich Text files in IBM–PC/Windows 

98/2000/XP format). 

Meeting Accommodations: For 

information on access or services for 

individuals with disabilities, please 

contact Mr. Thomas Miller at (202) 343–

9982, or via e-mail at 

miller.tom@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Mr. Miller, preferably at least 10 

days prior to the meeting, to give EPA 

as much time as possible to process 

your request. 

Dated: May 8, 2007. 

Anthony Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Federal Advisory Committee Act; 

Advisory Committee on Diversity for 

Communications in the Digital Age 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, this 

notice advises interested persons that 

the Federal Communications 

Commission’s (FCC) Advisory 

Committee on Diversity for 

Communications in the Digital Age 

(‘‘Diversity Committee’’) will hold a 

meeting on May 29, 2007, at 2 p.m. in 

the Commission Meeting Room of the 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room TW–C305, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554. This will be an 

organizational meeting, with no new 

work product being presented. Barbara 

Kreisman is the Diversity Committee’s 

Designated Federal Officer. 

DATES: May 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Room TW–C305 

(Commission Meeting Room), 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Kreisman, Designated Federal 

Officer of the FCC’s Diversity 

Committee (202) 418–7452 or e-mail: 

Barbara.kreisman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this 

meeting, the Diversity Committee will 

discuss and consider possible areas in 

which to develop recommendations that 

will further enhance the ability of 

minorities and women to participate in 

the telecommunications and related 

industries. 

Members of the general public may 

attend the meeting. The FCC will 

attempt to accommodate as many 

people as possible. However, 

admittance will be limited to seating 

availability. The public may submit 

written comments before the meeting to: 

Barbara Kreisman, the FCC’s Designated 

Federal Officer for the Diversity 

Committee by e-mail: 

Barbara.Kreisman@fcc.gov or U.S. 

Postal Service Mail (Barbara Kreisman, 

Federal Communications Commission, 

Room 2–A665, 445 12th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20554). 

Open captioning will be provided for 

this event. Other reasonable 

accommodations for people with 

disabilities are available upon request. 

Requests for such accommodations 

should be submitted via e-mail to 

fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the 


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