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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: 568. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1.7. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

4,952.64. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$128,466.67 (This includes only the 

estimated burden cost of $128,466.67 

and no costs for capital investment or 

maintenance and operational costs.) 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

There is a decrease of 883 hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects a decrease in the 

estimated number of respondents from 

the previous ICR. 

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: June 8, 2009. 

Phyllis Anderson, 

Acting Director, Assessment and Remediation 

Division, Office of Superfund Remediation 

and Technology Innovation. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2009–0313; FRL–8919–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Critical Public 

Information Needs During Drinking 

Water Emergencies (New); EPA ICR 

No. 2322.01, OMB Control No. 2080– 

NEW 

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 for a new Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

ORD–2009–0313 by one of the following 

methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ord.docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: Office of Research & 

Development Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

Public Reading Room, EPA West 

Building, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. 

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 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2009– 

0313. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

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 www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The 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 www.regulations.gov your email 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/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Minamyer, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code NG–16, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 26 

West Martin Luther King Drive; 

telephone number: 513–569–7175; fax 

number: 513–487–2559; e-mail address: 

minamyer.scott@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2009–0313, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the ORD 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 ORD Docket is 202–566– 

1752. 

Use 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 

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What Feedback 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; 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond 

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 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 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. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are municipal 

water utility managers and members of 

the public participating in focus groups. 

Title: Critical Public Information 

Needs during Drinking Water 

Emergencies (New) 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2322.01, 

OMB Control No. 2080–NEW. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 is collecting this 

information as part of a formative 

research study to identify critical 

information the public will need from 

water utilities and other decisionmakers during a crisis event impacting 

drinking water. The research will probe 

consumers’ and water sector 

professionals’ beliefs, opinions, and 

knowledge about water security risks to 

assist public officials in planning 

effective crisis communication strategies 

for such emergencies. Good 

communication can rally support, calm 

fears, provide needed instructions, and 

encourage cooperative behaviors. 

Study participants will also provide 

feedback on the effectiveness of draft 

sample messages previously developed 

by EPA in consultation with subject 

matter experts from water utilities, 

public health, emergency response, law 

enforcement, and water trade/ 

professional organizations. Voluntary 

participants for this one-time study will 

include water utility managers, public 

information officers, and members of 

the public who consume drinking water 

supplied by water utilities. 

Confidentiality of responses from 

respondents will be assured by using an 

independent contractor to collect the 

information, enacting procedures to 

prevent unauthorized access to 

respondent data, and preventing public 

disclosure of the responses of individual 

participants. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.7 hours per 

response. Burden is defined as 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: 52 water utility 

professional staff and 128 members of 

the public participating in focus group 

discussions. 

Frequency of response: Once. 

Estimated total average number of 

burden hours for each respondent: 1 

hour for water utility professional staff 

and 2 hours for members of the public 

participating in focus group discussions. 

Estimated total annual respondent 

burden hours: 308 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$1,380.46. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $1,380.46 for 

participating water utility professional 

staff and $0 for members of the public 

participating in focus group discussions 

and an estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

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 29, 2009. 

Cynthia Sonich-Mullin, 

Acting Director, National Homeland Security 

Research Center, Office of Research and 

Development. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8914–7] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of 

Four New Equivalent Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 


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