Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041-0005
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request;  RadNet (Renewal)
Posted Date: 2010-05-24T04:00Z

[Federal Register: May 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 99)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041; FRL-9154-5; EPA ICR No. 0877.10; OMB Control No. 
2060-0015]

 
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; RadNet (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.

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DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 23, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0041 to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method) or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket, Mail Code 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: Charles M. Petko, Office of Radiation 
and Indoor Air (ORIA), National Air and Radiation Environmental 
Laboratory (NAREL), 540 South Morris Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36115-
2601. Tel: 334-270-3411; fax number: 334-270-3454; e-mail address: 
petko.charles@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 November 6, 2009 (74 FR 5746), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. 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-OAR-2003-0041, which is available for online viewing at 
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of Air 
and Radiation 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 Office of Air 
and Radiation Docket is 202-566-1742.
    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: RadNet (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0877.10, OMB Control No. 2060-0015.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on May 31, 2010. 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 and 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: RadNet is a national network of stations collecting 
sampling media that include air, precipitation, drinking water, and 
milk. Samples are sent to EPA's National Air and Radiation 
Environmental Laboratory (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 descriptive information pertaining to sample location, 
e.g., sample type, sample location, length of sampling period, and 
volume represented.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average less 
than one hour 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: All fifty States, primarily the 
State Public Health Departments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 302.
    Frequency of Response: Frequency varies according to medium being 
sampled: Milk, quarterly; drinking water, quarterly; rain 
(precipitation), as events occur; and air, twice weekly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 8,710.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $480,073 in labor costs and no capital 
or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a decrease of 623 hours in the 
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of 
Approved ICR Burdens. This decrease resulted from the installation of 
new air monitors, which require less time from the station operators. 
The new equipment was installed as a result of EPA's decision to 
upgrade existing air monitoring equipment.

    Dated: May 18, 2010.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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