Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0201-0008
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Listing of Fish Advisories (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 1959.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0226
Posted Date: 2011-02-22T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9774-9775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3870]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0201; FRL-9269-1]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Listing of Fish 
Advisories (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an 
existing approved collection. 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 March 24, 
2011.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2007-0201, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to OW-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mailcode 
28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB 
by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LCDR Samantha Fontenelle, Standards 
and Health Protection Division, Office of Science and Technology, 
(4305T), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-2083; fax number: 202-
566-0409; e-mail address: fontenelle.samantha@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 October 25, 2010 (75 FR 65478), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. Any additional comments on this ICR should be submitted 
to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0201, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water 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 Water Docket is 202-566-2426.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA 
receives them and without change, unless the comment contains 
copyrighted material, confidential business information (CBI), or other 
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For 
further information about the electronic docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
    Title: National Listing of Fish Advisories (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1959.04, OMB Control No. 2040-0226.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on February 28, 2011. 
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor 
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 
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: The National Listing of Fish Advisories (NLFA) Database 
contains information on the number of advisories issued by each state, 
territory, or tribe annually. The advisory information collected 
identifies the waterbody under advisory, the fish or shellfish species

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and size ranges included in the advisory, the chemical contaminants and 
residue levels causing the advisory to be issued, the waterbody type 
(river, lake, estuary, coastal waters), and the target populations to 
whom the advisory is directed. This information is collected under the 
authority of section 104 of the Clean Water Act, which provides for the 
collection of information to be used to protect human health and the 
environment. The results of the survey are shared with states, 
territories, tribes, other federal agencies, and the general public 
through the NLFA database and the distribution of biennial fish 
advisory fact sheets. The responses to the survey are voluntary and the 
information requested is part of the state public record associated 
with the advisories. No confidential business information is requested.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 
approximately 36 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: State, territorial and tribal health 
departments and environmental protection agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 92.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,336.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $125,697, includes $125,177 labor and 
$520 annualized O&M costs. No capital or startup costs are required.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 229 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease reflects a change in how the 
States, Tribes and territories provide the fish advisory data to EPA. 
The data tool is no longer being used by States to enter data into the 
NLFA database.

    Dated: February 14, 2011.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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