[Federal Register: August 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 159)]
[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-2004-0028, FRL-7802-5]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance Projects, EPA
1860.03, OMB Control Number 2020-0015
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 February 28,
2005. 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 October 18, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0028, 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, MC 2201A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hans Scheifele, Compliance Assistance
and Sector Programs Division, 2224A, Environmental Protection Agency,
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:
(202) 564-1459; fax number: (202) 564-0009; email address:
scheifele.hans@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OECA-2004-0028, which is available for
public viewing at the ``Information Collection Request Renewal:
Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance Projects, EPA 1860.03, OMB
Control Number 2020-0015'' 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 Compliance 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 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: Entities potentially affected by this action are
Business or other for profit, Federal Government, or State, Local, and
Tribal Government.
Title: Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance Projects.
Abstract: This information collection determines how well EPA
compliance assistance tools and services meet customers needs and to
assess the effectiveness of the assistance activities.
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This will be a voluntary collection of information to gauge customer
satisfaction with the compliance assistance projects, measure any
resulting changes in knowledge and/or behavior, and evaluate any
environmental and human health impacts. EPA proposes to use assessment
surveys to provide the agency with feedback on the compliance
assistance documents, onsite visits, telephone assistance, Web sites,
and compliance assistance seminars and workshops delivered by
headquarters and regional compliance assistance programs to the
regulated community. This feedback will help EPA improve the quality
and delivery of compliance assistance tools and services. This ICR will
only provide anecdotal data for the purpose of informing EPA of the
effectiveness of compliance assistance tools, and customer satisfaction
with those tools. All assessments undertaken under this ICR will adhere
to specific conditions to ensure that data is collected and used
properly and efficiently. The information collection is voluntary, and
will be limited to non-sensitive data concerning the quality of
compliance assistance activities. 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.
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: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9
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.
Dated: July 30, 2004.
Michael M. Stahl,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 04-18961 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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