[Federal Register: November 19, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 223)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OIG-2002-0001; FRL-7410-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR
No. 2094.01 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Survey of Air Quality Issues
After September 11, 2001 (EPA ICR No. 2094.01) 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 December 19,
2002.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Fabirkiewicz, Office of Program
Evaluation, 2460T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-2717; fax
number: 202-566-0837; e-mail address: fabirkiewicz.sarah@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. EPA was granted a waiver from the 60 day public comment period
for a proposed ICR.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OIG-2002-0001, which is available for public viewing at the Office
of Environmental Information Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The
EPA Docket Center 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 Environmental Information Docket is (202) 566-1752).
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to: oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be
available in the public docket.
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Although identified as an item in the official docket, information
claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute,
is not included in the official public docket, and will not be
available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about
the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov./
edocket.
Title: Survey of Air Quality Issues After September 11, 2001 (EPA
ICR Number 2094.01 ). This is a request for a new collection.
Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to obtain information, through
use of a public survey, about the impact of government communications
regarding air quality concerns associated with the collapse of the
World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. This ICR represents
one component of a larger evaluation of EPA's response to air quality
concerns associated with the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
The survey will be distributed to randomly selected individuals
residing in the five boroughs of New York City. Persons residing in New
York City are hereafter referred to as ``the public.'' Data generated
from the questionnaire will provide information regarding the public's
perception of the adequacy of the information it received about air
quality, the public's interpretation of the air quality information it
received, and actions taken by the public based on the air quality
information received. Findings from the questionnaire in these three
areas can be used to improve the way information about air quality is
disseminated during times of future emergency and/or disaster. Findings
will be useful not only to EPA, but to any agency seeking to improve
the effectiveness of its emergency and/or disaster mitigation,
response, and recovery activities. In some instances, it may be
possible to use the data to inform future emergency and/or disaster
response techniques in other cities.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, and are
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15
minutes 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; 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: Randomly selected individuals
residing in the five boroughs of New York City.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1067.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 266.75 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,908.51 includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change of hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved
ICR Burdens.
Dated: November 12, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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