Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 25 / Wednesday, February 6, 2008 / Notices 6961 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2007–0888; FRL–8526–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Superfund Site Evaluation 

and Hazard Ranking System 

(Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1488.07, OMB 

Control No. 2050–0095 

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 an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved 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 March 7, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

SFUND–2007–0888 to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to 

superfund.docket@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Superfund Docket, 

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: 

Randy Hippen, Office of Superfund 

Remediation and Technology 

Innovation, Mail Code 5204–P, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 703–603–

8829; fax number: 703–603–9104; e-mail 

address: hippen.randy@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 September 4, 2007 (72 FR 50679), 

EPA sought comments on this ICR 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received no comments. 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–SFUND–2007–0888, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Superfund 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 

8:30 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 Superfund Docket is 

202–566–0276. 

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, confidential 

business information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Superfund Site Evaluation and 

Hazard Ranking System (Renewal). 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1488.07, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0095. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 29, 2008. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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: Section 105 of the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA, 1980 and 1986) amends 

the National Oil and Hazardous 

Substances Pollution Contingency Plan 

(NCP) to include criteria prioritizing 

releases throughout the U.S. before 

undertaking remedial action at 

uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. The 

Hazard Ranking System (HRS) is a 

model that is used to evaluate the 

relative threats to human health and the 

environment posed by actual or 

potential releases of hazardous 

substances, pollutants, and 

contaminants. The HRS criteria take 

into account the population at risk, the 

hazard potential of the substances, as 

well as the potential for contamination 

of drinking water supplies, direct 

human contact, destruction of sensitive 

ecosystems, damage to natural resources 

affecting the human food chain, 

contamination of surface water used for 

recreation or potable water 

consumption, and contamination of 

ambient air. 

EPA Regional offices work with States 

and Tribes to determine those sites for 

which the State or Tribe will conduct 

the Superfund site evaluation activities 

and the HRS scoring. Under this ICR, 

State or Tribal authorities will apply the 

HRS throughout a multi-phase site 

evaluation process. Evaluation results 

are used to identify which sites brought 

to the attention of the Superfund 

Program may warrant cleanup work and 

to help determine whether a site is 

eligible to be included on the National 

Priorities List (NPL). Only sites on the 

NPL are eligible for Superfund-financed 

remedial actions. EPA reimburses the 

States and Tribes 100 percent of their 

costs, except for record maintenance. 

Responses to this collection are required 

to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 226.9 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: States 

(including U.S. Territories) and Tribes. 


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Estimated Number of Respondents: 

60. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

averaging 11 responses per year per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

148,873. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$11,740,260, however all these costs are 

reimbursed by the Federal Government 

through cooperative agreements, 

resulting in no net cost to respondents 

for this ICR. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 1,412 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease represents an 

adjustment to the estimates and is 

primarily due to a decline in the 

estimated number of assessment 

activities to be performed by 

respondents. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–2155 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2007–1081; FRL–8351–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Tier 1 Screening of 

Certain Chemicals Under the 

Endocrine Disruptor Screening 

Program (EDSP); EPA ICR No. 2249.01, 

OMB Control No. 2070–new; Extension 

of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register of December 13, 2007, 

announcing EPA’s plan to submit a 

request for a new Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is entitled: ‘‘Tier 1 Screening of 

Certain Chemicals Under the Endocrine 

Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP)’’

and identified by EPA ICR No. 2249.01 

and OMB Control No. 2070–new. The 

December 13, 2007 document provided 

for a 60 day public comment period 

ending February 11, 2008. EPA received 

several requests from the public to 

extend this comment period. This 

document extends the comment period 

for 30 days, from February 11, 2008, to 

March 12, 2008. 

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–

OPPT–2007–1081, must be received on 

or before March 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the Federal Register 

document of December 13, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Wooge, Office of Science 

Coordination and Policy (7201M), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(202) 564–8476; e-mail address: 

wooge.william@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document extends the public comment 

period established in the Federal 

Register of December 13, 2007 (72 FR 

70839) (FRL–8155–8). In that document, 

EPA solicited comments and 

information on its request for a new ICR 

entitled ‘‘Tier 1 Screening of Certain 

Chemicals Under the Endocrine 

Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP).’’

On December 17, 2007, EPA held a 

workshop to discuss the ICR. EPA 

intends to convene a second half-day 

public meeting to discuss this ICR and 

answer questions from the public. A 

separate Federal Register document will 

announce the details of the meeting. 

EPA is hereby extending the comment 

period, which was set to end on 

February 11, 2008, to March 12, 2008. 

To submit comments, or access the 

public docket, please follow the detailed 

instructions as provided under 

ADDRESSES in the December 13, 2007 

Federal Register document. If you have 

questions, consult the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: January 30, 2008. 

James B. Gulliford, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, 

Pesticides and Toxic Substances. 

[FR Doc. E8–2169 Filed 2–5–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2004–0340; FRL–8350–1] 

Disulfoton; Amendment to and 

Clarification of Order to Amend 

Registration to Terminate Uses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

amendment to and clarification of the 

order for the termination of uses, 

voluntarily requested by the registrant 

and accepted by the Agency, of products 

containing the pesticide disulfoton, 

pursuant to section 6(f)(1) of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), as amended. This 

amendment and clarification follows an 

October 10, 2007 Federal Register 

Notice of Order to Amend Registrations 

to Terminate Uses (72 FR 57571) of 

disulfoton (Di-Syston 15G) for multiple 

uses. The October 10, 2007 order and 

the December 15, 2004, Notice of 

Receipt of Request (69 FR 75061) that 

preceded the order were unclear as to 

whether the use of Di-Syston 15G on 

Fraser fir Christmas trees was 

terminated, except for use in the State 

of North Carolina. In addition, the 

registrant had withdrawn its request to 

terminate use of Di-Syston 15G on 

Christmas trees outside of North 

Carolina during the time allowed and 

EPA issued the order without having 

processed that withdrawal. Accordingly, 

EPA hereby is amending the order to 

clarify that use of disulfoton on Fraser 

fir Christmas trees is allowed 

nationwide. 

DATES: This amendment is effective 

February 6, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Miederhoff, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 347- 

8028; fax number: (703) 308-7070; email address: miederhoff.eric@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, 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. 


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