Document ID: EPA-HQ-ORD-2003-0001-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission of EPA ICR No. 2109.01 to OMB for Review and Approval: Comment Request
Posted Date: 2003-04-04T05:00Z

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Register
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Vol.
68,
No.
65
/
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April
4,
2003
/
Notices
Environmental
Laboratory
(
NAREL)
in
Montgomery,
AL,
where
they
are
analyzed
for
radioactivity.
ERAMS
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
ERAMS
voluntarily.
Station
operators
complete
information
forms
that
accompany
the
samples.
The
forms
request
descriptive
information
related
to
sample
location,
e.
g.,
sample
type,
sample
location,
length
of
sampling
period,
and
volume
represented.
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
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15.
The
EPA
would
like
to
solicit
comments
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,
including
the
validity
of
the
methodology
and
assumptions
used;
(
iii)
Enhance
the
quality,
utility,
and
clarity
of
the
information
to
be
collected;
and
(
iv)
Minimize
the
burden
of
the
collection
of
information
on
those
who
are
to
respond,
including
through
the
use
of
appropriate
automated
electronic,
mechanical,
or
other
technological
collection
techniques
or
other
forms
of
information
technology,
e.
g.,
permitting
electronic
submission
of
responses.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
record
keeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
1.3
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;
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:
Sample
Collectors,
who
are
usually
employed
by
states
or,
in
a
few
cases,
local
government.
Estimated
number
of
respondents:
249.
Frequency
of
Response:
From
twice
weekly,
to
four
times
annually,
depending
upon
type
of
media
being
sampled.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Burden:
8363.4
hours.
Estimated
Total
Annualized
Cost
Burden:
$
224,999.59.

Dated:
March
27,
2003.
Edwin
L.
Sensintaffar,
Director,
National
Air
and
Radiation
Environmental
Laboratory.
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
2109.01
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
In
compliance
with
the
Paperwork
Reduction
Act
(
44
U.
S.
C.
3501
et
seq.),
this
document
announces
that
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
Seven
County
Study
of
Air
Quality
and
Birth
Defects:
Computer­
Assisted
Telephone
Questionnaire
for
Subset
of
Study
Population
(
EPA
ICR
No.
2109.01)
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
May
5,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Dr.
Pauline
Mendola,
U.
S.
EPA/
NHEERL,
Human
Studies
Division,
MD
58
A,
Research
Triangle
Park,
NC
27711;
telephone
number:
(
919)
966
 
6953;
fax
(
919)
966
 
7584;
e­
mail
address:
mendola.
pauline@
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
December
23,
2002
(
67
FR
78227)
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
no
comments.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
ORD
 
2003
 
0001
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Office
of
Environmental
Information
(
OEI)
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
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
Office
of
Environmental
Information
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
1753.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
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
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
oei.
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
28221T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
Mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
public
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EDOCKET.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Although
identified
as
an
item
in
the
official
docket,
information
claimed
as
CBI,
or
whose
disclosure
is
otherwise
restricted
by
statute,
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
will
not
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Notices
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET.
For
further
information
about
the
electronic
docket,
see
EPA's
Federal
Register
notice
describing
the
electronic
docket
at
67
FR
38102
(
May
31,
2002),
or
go
to
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Title:
Seven
County
Study
of
Air
Quality
and
Birth
Defects:
Computer­
Assisted
Telephone
Questionnaire
for
Subset
of
Study
Population
(
EPA
ICR
Number
2109.01).
This
is
a
request
for
a
new
collection.
Under
the
OMB
regulations,
the
Agency
may
continue
to
conduct
or
sponsor
the
collection
of
information
while
this
submission
is
pending
at
OMB.
Abstract:
The
questionnaire
contains
a
maximum
of
28
questions
categorized
into
6
sections:
Residential
History,
Work
History,
Time
Spent
Outside
the
Home
(
Weekdays),
Time
Spent
Outside
the
Home
(
Weekends),
Multivitamin
Use,
and
Tobacco
Use.
Study
participants
are
the
mothers
of
babies
born
with
and
without
birth
defects
in
1999
in
seven
Texas
counties
and
will
be
randomly
selected
from
a
larger
casecontrol
study
of
air
pollution
and
birth
defects
in
the
state.
Potential
participants
will
be
first
contacted
by
mail
to
provide
basic
information
about
the
questionnaire.
Within
two
weeks
of
receipt
of
the
letter,
they
will
be
telephoned
and
invited
to
complete
the
questionnaire
over
the
telephone.
Participation
in
the
telephone
interview
is
completely
voluntary.
The
study
investigators
will
use
this
data
to
help
estimate
the
association
between
air
pollution
exposure
and
the
risk
of
selected
birth
defects.
The
questionnaire
seeks
to
gather
information
on
individual­
level
behaviors
that
have
never
been
collected
in
studies
published
in
this
area
of
research.
If
it
proves
useful,
it
will
indicate
a
need
for
such
supplemental
data
collection
in
future
studies.
Confidentiality
of
the
participants
will
be
maintained
by
keeping
all
electronic
forms
and
datasets
on
password
protected
computers,
and
any
CDs
or
floppy
disks
in
locked
filing
cabinets
of
the
study
investigators.
No
participant
will
be
identifiable
through
any
publications
including
EPA
reports,
dissertation
manuscripts
and
journal
articles.
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
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9
and
48
CFR
chapter
15,
and
are
identified
on
the
form
and/
or
instrument,
if
applicable.
Burden
Statement:
The
annual
public
reporting
and
recordkeeping
burden
for
this
collection
of
information
is
estimated
to
average
10
minutes
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;
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:
Individuals
or
households.
Estimated
Number
of
Respondents:
1000.
Frequency
of
Response:
Once.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Hour
Burden:
167.
Estimated
Total
Annual
Cost:
$
2,458.24.

Dated:
March
27,
2003.
Oscar
Morales,
Director,
Collection
Strategies
Division.
[
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ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
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2003
 
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities;
Submission
of
EPA
ICR
No.
1838.02
(
OMB
No.
2040
 
0213)
to
OMB
for
Review
and
Approval;
Comment
Request
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
the
following
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
has
been
forwarded
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB)
for
review
and
approval:
Industry
Detailed
Questionnaire:
Phase
III
Cooling
Water
Intake
Structures
(
OMB
Control
No.
2040
 
0213,
EPA
ICR
No.
1838.02)
The
ICR
describes
the
nature
of
the
information
collection
and
its
estimated
burden
and
cost.
DATES:
Additional
comments
may
be
submitted
on
or
before
May
5,
2003.
ADDRESSES:
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
in
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Jennifer
Chan,
Office
of
Water,
Office
of
Science
and
Technology,
mailcode
4303T,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
by
phone
at
(
202)
566
 
1078,
by
e­
mail
at
chan.
jennifer@
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
December
12,
2002
(
67
FR
76400),
EPA
sought
comments
on
this
ICR
pursuant
to
5
CFR
1320.8(
d).
EPA
received
one
comment
and
has
adopted
many
of
the
suggestions
made
by
the
commentor.
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
No.
OW
 
2003
 
0005,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Water
Docket
in
the
EPA
Docket
Center
(
EPA/
DC),
EPA
West,
Room
B102,
1301
Constitution
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC.
The
EPA
Docket
Center
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
Water
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
2426.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
public
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
above.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
and
OMB
within
30
days
of
this
notice,
and
according
to
the
following
detailed
instructions:
(
1)
Submit
your
comments
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
e­
mail
to
OW
 
Docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Mailcode:
4101T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460,
and
(
2)
Mail
your
comments
to
OMB
at:
Office
of
Information
and
Regulatory
Affairs,
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB),
Attention:
Desk
Officer
for
EPA,
725
17th
Street,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20503.
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EDOCKET
as
EPA
receives
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