[Federal Register: March 12, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 49)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket ID Number SFUND-2004-0003; FRL-7635-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; CAMEO Software Usability Evaluation Survey
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 the
following new Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB): National Survey of CAMEO Software
Usability Evaluation Survey, EPA ICR Number 2132.01, OMB Control No.
2050.XXXX. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval,
EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the information
collection.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 11, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry Fielding, Office of Emergency
Prevention, Preparedness and Response (OEPPR), Mail code 5104A, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-6174; fax number:
(202) 564-8211; e-mail address: fielding.sherry@epa.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number SFUND-2004-0003, which is available for
public viewing at the Superfund 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 Superfund Docket is (202) 566-0276. 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, and according to the following detailed
instructions: Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our
preferred method), by e-mail to superfund.Docket@epa.gov, or by mail
to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund
Docket, Mail Code 5305T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington DC
20460.
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, confidnetial Business Information (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
State and local agencies and members of the public.
Title: CAMEO Software Usability Evaluation Survey, EPA ICR No.
2132.01, OMB Control No. 2050.XXXX.
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of
Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (OEPPR), is requesting
an Information Collection Request (ICR) to conduct a nationwide survey
of Computer-aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO) Web site
listserv members and users to determine user satisfaction with the
CAMEO software and its features. CAMEO is a system of software
applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical
emergencies. It is one of the tools developed by EPA to assist front-
line chemical emergency planners and responders. Users can employ CAMEO
to access, store, and evaluate information critical for developing
emergency plans. In addition, CAMEO supports regulatory compliance by
helping users meet the chemical inventory reporting requirement of SARA
Title III. CAMEO has been in use by local emergency planners, first
responders, state and tribal groups, and industry personnel since 1988.
During the intervening years, EPA surveyed CAMEO users in 1994 and 1997
to identify needed changes and enhancements. While these previous
surveys were the starting point of the current CAMEO survey, survey
materials have been modified to capture emerging needs of users,
particularly as they relate to the availability of Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA) and Risk Management Program Rule
data.
The survey will be conducted via the Internet after 600 names are
randomly selected from the CAMEO Listserv. EPA will send prior
notification to the entire Listserv (6,000-7,000 names) informing users
of the survey and the process. EPA will send a message to the 600
selected participants with a link to the Web-based survey; there will
be no passwords to access the survey. In completing the survey, EPA
will not require participants to provide any identifying information.
The primary goals of this research are to: (i) Evaluate customer
satisfaction with CAMEO; (ii) probe current user practices and
preferences regarding several important sets of issues, including the
effectiveness of selected Agency products and services, required
reporting requirements, and new homeland security responsibilities; and
(iii) identify emerging user needs. EPA will use the information
collected through this survey to judge the success and efficacy of the
Agency's chemical emergency technical assistance efforts and improve
program implementation.
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
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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 proposed survey will take advantage of an
existing, CAMEO on-line listserv of respondents. Thus, the only burden
imposed by the survey on respondents will be the time required to
complete the survey. Based upon pretest interviews, EPA estimates that
this will involve an average of one-half hour (0.5 hours) per
respondent. With 600 respondents completing the survey, EPA estimates
the total burden to be 300 hours. Based on an average hourly rate of
$70.60 (including employer costs of all employee benefits), the one-
time total cost to all respondents will be $21,180. Because this
information collection is voluntary and does not involve any special
equipment, respondents will not incur any capital or operation and
maintenance (O&M) costs.
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: CAMEO Users.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 600.
Frequency of Response: One-time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 300.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
Dated: February 26, 2004.
Deborah Y. Dietrich,
Director, Office of Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response.
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