Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0350-0003
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Listing of Fish Advisories
Posted Date: 2014-11-21T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69461-69462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27534]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2014-0350, FRL 9915-93-OEI]

Information Collection Request Submitted 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: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), National Listing of Fish 
Advisories, (EPA ICR Number 1959.05, OMB Control Number 2040-0226) 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.). 
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved 
through November 30, 2014. Public comments were previously requested 
via the Federal Register (79 FR 33188) on June 10, 2014 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.

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DATES: Additional comments must be submitted on or before December 22, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OW-2014-0350, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by email to OW-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: LCDR Samantha Fontenelle, Office of 
Science and Technology, Standards and Health Protection Division, MC-
4305T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-2083; fax number: 
(202) 566-0409; email address: fontenelle.samantha@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: 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 
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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are Administrators of Public Health and Environmental 
Quality Programs in state and tribal governments.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary (Clean Water Act, 
Section 104).
    Estimated number of respondents: 92 total.
    Frequency of response: Annual.
    Total estimated burden: 1,884 labor hours (per year). Burden is 
defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $73,116 (per year), which includes $607 
annualized operation & maintenance costs. No capital or startup costs 
are required.
    Changes in Estimates: There is a decrease of 1,452 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to a change in program 
requirements (i.e., the elimination of the State Fish Advisory Program 
Questionnaire).

Courtney Kerwin,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2014-27534 Filed 11-20-14; 8:45 am]
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