Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041-0011
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: RadNet; Renewal
Posted Date: 2016-06-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39042-39043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14177]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041; FRL-9947-73-OAR]

Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; RadNet 
(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``RadNet (Renewal)'' 
(EPA ICR No. 0877.13, OMB Control No. 2060-0015) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, 
EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension 
of the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2016. 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: Comments must be submitted on or before August 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0041, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by 
email to 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.
    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, 
Environmental Protection Agency, National Analytical Radiation 
Environmental Laboratory, 540 South Morris Ave., Montgomery, AL 36115; 
telephone number: (334) 270-3400; fax number: (334) 270-3450; 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.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
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, 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. 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. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    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,

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and volume represented. Data from RadNet are made available regularly 
on the Agency Web sites--Envirofacts and the EPA Web site 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: 235 (total).
    Frequency of response: Biweekly, monthly, quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 2,768 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,478,647 (per year), includes $2,338,804 
annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 4,517 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to transfer of the milk program 
to FDA and the elimination of radiologically screening air-filters 
prior to NAREL shipment.

    Dated: June 1, 2016.
Jonathan D. Edwards,
Acting Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air.
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