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QA Program’’), EPA has approved 

voluntary laboratories that have 

demonstrated, and continue to 

demonstrate, proficient detection and 

enumeration of Cryptosporidium in 

surface water sources for public water 

systems. Approved laboratories that do 

not continue to meet the criteria for the 

Lab QA Program, including successful 

participation in tri-annual proficiency 

tests, may have their status downgraded 

to ‘‘provisional’’ or have their approval 

suspended. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 74.5 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: Public 

and private water testing laboratories. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

65. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

4,843. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$411,729.40, includes $141,929.00 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 863 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. Changes in burden have 

occurred due to re-evaluation of hours 

for tasks, improved demonstration of 

capability and growth in the respondent 

universe. Inflation has increased all 

operation and maintenance and labor 

costs accordingly. EPA’s original 

estimates for hours to participate and 

maintain the Lab QA Program were 

made before the program began. Because 

the program has matured and several 

years of QC data have been collected, 

the burden has changed for performing 

improved and refined procedures. The 

burden for some tasks has been 

estimated and will be re-evaluated as 

the program progresses. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8906–3] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of 

the Science Advisory Board 

Committee on Science Integration for 

Decision Making 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public meeting of the SAB 

Committee to develop a work plan for 

its study. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Tuesday, 

June 9, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

through Wednesday, June 10, 2009 from 

8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information about this 

meeting must contact Mr. Thomas 

Miller, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO). Mr. Miller may be contacted at 

the EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via 

telephone/voice mail; (202) 343–9982; 

fax (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at 

miller.tom@epa.gov. General 

information about the EPA 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: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is 

hereby given that the SAB Committee 

on Science Integration for Decision 

Making will hold a public meeting to 

develop a work plan for its evaluative 

study on EPA scientific assessment 

practices for decision making. The SAB 

was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice to the 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

chartered under FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

Background: EPA uses many kinds of 

scientific assessments for policy 

analysis and decision making. Previous 

studies by the SAB and National 

Research Council (NRC) have 

recommended improvements to 

strengthen EPA scientific assessment 

practices for decision making. In its 

2000 report, Toward Integrated 

Environmental Decision-Making 

(available on the SAB Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab), the SAB found 

that an integrated approach to scientific 

assessment and decision making was 

needed to effectively address new and 

complex environmental problems. In its 

2008 report, Science and Decisions: 

Advancing Risk Assessment (National 

Academies Press, Washington, DC), the 

NRC recommended improvements in 

EPA’s risk assessment processes to 

address the complexities of current 

problems and potential decisions, and 

ensure that the best available options for 

managing risks are considered. The SAB 

is undertaking a new study at the 

request of the EPA Administrator to 

evaluate the extent to which scientific 

assessment practices are integrated into 

EPA’s environmental decision-making 

processes. The study will build upon 

the findings of the previous SAB and 

NRC studies, and recommend actions 

that EPA could take to improve the 

integration of scientific assessments for 

decision making. 

To conduct this new study, the SAB 

Staff Office formed the ad hoc SAB 

Committee on Science Integration for 

Decision Making. The Committee is 

comprised of members of the chartered 

SAB and its standing committees. The 

roster and biosketches of members of 

the Committee are posted on the SAB 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. The 

purpose of this meeting is to develop a 

plan for the new study. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

meeting agenda and other material in 

support of this meeting are posted on 

the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information on the topic of this advisory 

activity, and/or the group conducting 

the activity, 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 a total of one hour 

for all speakers. Interested parties 

should contact Mr. Miller, DFO, in 


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writing (preferably via e-mail) at the 

contact information noted above, by 

June 2, 2009 to be placed on a list of 

public speakers for the meeting. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be received in the 

SAB Staff Office by June 2, 2009 so that 

the information may be made available 

to the SAB Panel members for their 

consideration. 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 (acceptable file format: 

Adobe Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS 

Word, MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text 

files in IBM–PC/Windows 98/2000/XP 

format). Submitters are requested to 

provide two versions of each document 

submitted with and without signatures, 

because the SAB Staff Office does not 

publish documents with signatures on 

its Web sites. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. Miller at 

the phone number or e-mail address 

noted above, preferably at least ten days 

prior to the meeting to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–11521 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Comments Requested 

May 11, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before June 17, 2009. If 

you anticipate that you will be 

submitting PRA comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the FCC contact listed below as 

soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Nicholas A. Fraser, Office of 

Management and Budget, via fax at 202– 

395–5167 or via Internet at 

Nicholas_A._Fraser@omb.eop.gov and 

to Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, or an email to PRA@fcc.gov. To view a copy of 

this information collection request (ICR) 

submitted to OMB: (1) Go to the Web 

page http://reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the 

Web page called ‘‘Currently Under 

Review,’’ (3) click on the downwardpointing arrow in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ 

box below the ‘‘Currently Under 

Review’’ heading, (4) select ‘‘Federal 

Communications Commission’’ from the 

list of agencies presented in the ‘‘Select 

Agency’’ box, (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ 

button to the right of the ‘‘Select 

Agency’’ box, and (6) when the list of 

FCC ICRs currently under review 

appears, look for the title of this ICR (or 

its OMB Control Number, if there is one) 

and then click on the ICR Reference 

Number to view detailed information 

about this ICR. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judith 

B. Herman at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at Judith-B.Herman@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Title: Section 10.350, Testing 

Requirements for the Commercial 

Mobile Alert System (CMAS). 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents and 

Responses: 146 respondents; 1,752 

responses. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

0.00114155251 hours (2.5 seconds). 

Frequency of Response: Monthly and 

on occasion reporting requirement and 

recordkeeping requirement. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. Statutory 

authority for this information collection 

is contained in 47 U.S.C. sections 151, 

154(i) and (o), 201, 303(r), 403 and 606 

of the Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, as well as by sections 602(a), 

(b), (c), (f), 603, 604 and 606 of the 

WARN Act. 

Total Annual Burden: 2 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

There is no need for confidentiality. 

Needs and Uses: As required by the 

Warning, Alert, and Response Network 

(WARN) Act, Public Law 109–347, the 

Federal Communications Commission 

adopted final rules to establish a 

Commercial Mobile Alert System 

(CMAS), under which Commercial 

Mobile Service (CMS) providers may 

elect to transmit emergency alerts to the 

public, see Second Report and Order 

and Further Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, FCC 08–164. In order to 

ensure that the CMAS operates 

efficiently and effectively, the 

Commission will require participating 

CMS providers to receive required 

monthly test messages initiated by the 

Federal Alert Gateway Administrator, to 

test their infrastructure and internal 

CMAS delivery systems by distributing 

the monthly message to their CMAS 

coverage area, and to log the results of 

the tests. The Commission will also 

require periodic testing of the interface 

between the Federal Alert Gateway and 

each CMS Provider Gateway to ensure 

the availability and viability of both 

gateway functions. The CMS Provider 

Gateways must send an 

acknowledgement to the Federal Alert 

Gateway upon receipt of these interface 

test messages. 

The Commission, the Federal Alert 

Gateway and participating CMS 

providers will use this information to 

ensure the continued functioning of the 

CMAS, thus complying with the WARN 

Act and the Commission’s obligation to 

promote the safety of life and property 

through the use of wire and radio 

communication. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary. 

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