[Federal Register: May 13, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 93)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OECA-2004-0022; FRL-7660-9]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Proposed Information Collection Request for the
Evaluation of PrintSTEP, EPA ICR Number 1941.03, OMB Control Number
2020-0023
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 EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on October 31,
2004. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information
collection as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 12, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
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2004-0027, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email
to docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information
Center, Mail code: 2201T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC
20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen Lydon, Office of Compliance,
Mail code: 2221-A, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-564-4046; fax
number: 202-564-0027; e-mail address: lydon.maureen@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OECA-2004-0027, which is available for
public viewing at the Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information
Center 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 Enforcement
and Compliance Docket and Information Center is (202) 566-1514. An
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain
a copy of the draft collection of information, 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 within
60 days of this notice. 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. 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 http://www.epa.gov./edocket.
Affected entities: The affected entities are the 56 printing
facilities which are participating in the PrintSTEP pilot program in
New Hampshire and St. Louis, Missouri.
Title: Proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) for the
Evaluation of PrintSTEP.
Abstract: Information will be collected for the evaluation of the
PrintSTEP pilot program in New Hampshire and St. Louis, Missouri.
PrintSTEP stands for ``Printers Simplified Total Environmental
Partnership'' and is the first simplified program for managing the
various environmental regulatory requirements of printers. PrintSTEP's
two-year pilot has four features: Operational flexibility, incentives
for and assistance with pollution prevention activities, regulatory
simplification and public participation. The evaluation will determine
the extent to which the goals of the pilot program are met. These goals
are: Enhanced environmental protection; increased use of pollution
prevention practices; simplified regulatory process for printers;
improved efficiency of administration of state agencies; enhanced
public involvement; participants realize benefits and are motivated to
participate in PrintSTEP; and cost effectiveness for all stakeholders.
The evaluation encompasses a baseline survey, mid-point review, and
end-of-pilot survey. The baseline survey and mid-point review will have
been completed by the time the current ICR expires. So, the proposed
ICR is necessary for the end-of-pilot survey of the 56 printers
voluntarily participating in the pilot. The lessons learned from the
pilot will be shared with states interested in establishing PrintSTEP-
like programs and may be translated into a guide for developing,
implementing and evaluating pilot programs.
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 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information
to be collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
Burden Statement: It is estimated that the end-of-pilot telephone
survey of each of the participating 56 printers will be approximately
12 minutes in duration (or .2 hours per response). The time to complete
the written survey will be approximately 2.75 hours per participating
printer. The total resulting burden would be 165 hours. With regard to
costs, it is estimated that the time to be spent responding to the
evaluation survey would be worth, on average, approximately $28.59 per
hour per participating printer. Taking into account the total burden of
165 hours, this results in an estimated total cost of $4,723. 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.
Dated: May 6, 2004.
Lisa Lund,
Acting Director, Office of Compliance, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance.
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