Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041-0021
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: RadNet
Posted Date: 2019-11-27T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65382-65383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25763]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041; FRL-10002-20-OMS]

Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; RadNet (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), RadNet (EPA ICR Number 0877.14, 
OMB Control Number 2060-0015) to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is 
currently approved through January 31, 2020. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on May 13, 2019 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 December 27, 
2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0041, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), a-and-r-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: John Griggs, OAR/ORIA/NAREL, 540 South 
Morris Ave., Montgomery, AL 36115; telephone number: (334) 270-3400; 
fax number: (334) 270-3454; email address: Griggs.john@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: RadNet is a national network of stations collecting 
sampling media that include air, precipitation, and drinking water. 
Samples are sent to EPA's National Analytical Radiation Environmental 
Lab (NAREL) in Montgomery, Alabama, where they are analyzed for 
radioactivity. RadNet provides emergency response/homeland security and 
ambient monitoring information on levels of environmental radiation 
across the nation. All stations, usually operated by state and local 
personnel, participate in RadNet voluntarily. Station operators 
complete information forms that accompany the samples. The forms 
request information pertaining to sample type, sample location, start 
and stop date and times for sampling, length of sampling period, and 
volume represented. Data from RadNet are made available regularly on 
the Agency website--https://www.epa.gov/radnet.
    Form Numbers: 5900-23, 5900-24, 5900-27, 5900-29.
    Respondents/affected entities: Primarily State and Local Officials.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 237 (total).
    Frequency of response: Biweekly, monthly, quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 3,722 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,510,235 (per year), includes $2,363,476 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 5 hours in the 
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estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. This decrease shows the program is in maturity and is expected to 
operate with minimal change.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-25763 Filed 11-26-19; 8:45 am]
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