36806 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 123 / Friday, June 26, 2015 / Notices 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OA–2008–0701; FRL–9928–43– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Focus 

Groups as Used by EPA for Economics 

Projects (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Focus Groups 

as used by EPA for Economics Projects 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2205.15, OMB 

Control No. 2090–0028) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through June 30, 2015. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register (80 FR 6075) on 

February 4, 2015 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost 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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before July 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID. EPA–HQ–OA– 

2008–0701, 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, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB via email to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. Address 

comments to OMB Desk Officer for EPA. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathalie Simon, National Center for 

Environmental Economics, Office of 

Policy, (1809T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–2347; fax 

number: 202–566–2363; email address: 

simon.nathalie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: EPA is seeking renewal of a 

generic information collection request 

(ICR) for the conduct of focus groups 

and one-on-one interviews primarily 

related to survey development for 

economics projects. These groups are 

typically formed to gain insight and 

understanding of attitudes and 

perceptions held by the public 

surrounding a particular issue. 

Focus groups and one-on-one 

interviews used as a qualitative research 

tool serve to better understand 

respondents’ attitudes, perceptions and 

emotions in response to specific topics 

and concepts; to obtain respondent 

information useful for better defining 

variables and measures in later 

quantitative studies; and to further 

explore findings obtained from 

quantitative studies. 

Through these focus groups, the 

Agency will be able to gain a more indepth understanding of the public’s 

attitudes, beliefs, motivations and 

feelings regarding specific issues and 

will provide invaluable information 

regarding the quality of draft survey 

instruments. Participation in the focus 

groups is voluntary. Each focus group 

will fully conform to federal 

regulations—specifically the Privacy 

Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the 

Hawkins-Stafford Amendments of 1988 

(Pub. L. 100–297), and the Computer 

Security Act of 1987. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: 

Individuals. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

1,584 (total). 

Frequency of response: Once. 

Total estimated burden: 915 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $30,302 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 3,163 hours in the total 

estimated respondent burden compared 

with the ICR currently approved by 

OMB. This decrease is based on new 

estimates of projected use of this ICR for 

focus groups for the next three years 

provided by the program offices at EPA. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2014–0743; FRL–9929–52– 

OEI] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Protection of Stratospheric 

Ozone: Critical Use Exemption From 

the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Protection of 

Stratospheric Ozone: Critical Use 

Exemption from the Phaseout of Methyl 

Bromide (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No.2031.08, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0482) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

June 30, 2015. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (79 FR 78425) on December 30, 

2014 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before July 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2004–0501, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rdocket@epamail.epa.gov or by mail to: 

EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 


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