Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041-0013
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: RadNet
Posted Date: 2016-08-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 167 (Monday, August 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59217-59218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20599]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041; FRL-9949-56-OEI]

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 has submitted 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.). This is a proposed extension of 
the ICR, which is currently approved through August 31, 2016. Public 
comments were previously requested via the Federal Register (81 FR 
39042) on June 15, 2016 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 September 28, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2003-0041, to (1) EPA 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, 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 for which 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 Web sites--Envirofacts and the EPA Web site www.epa.gov/radnet.
    Form Numbers: 5900-23, 5900-24, 5900-27, 5900-29.

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    Respondents/affected entities: State and Local Officials.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 235 (total).
    Frequency of response: Biweekly requested for air filters, each 
measureable event for precipitation, quarterly for drinking water.
    Total estimated burden: 3,726 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $139,843 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 3,815 hours in the 
total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently 
approved by OMB. This decrease is due to the transfer of the milk 
program to FDA and the elimination of the request to radiologically 
screen air-filters prior to shipment to NAREL.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2016-20599 Filed 8-26-16; 8:45 am]
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