[Federal Register: September 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 181)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OEI-2005-0008, FRL-7971-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Delisting the Fish Tainting Beneficial Use Impairment
in the Saginaw River/Bay Area of Concern, EPA ICR Number 2199.01
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
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for a new collection.
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 November 21, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OEI-2005-
0008, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to
oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection Agency,
Office of Environmental Information Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Schardt, Environmental
Protection Agency, Great Lakes National Program Office, 77 W. Jackson
Blvd (G-17J), Chicago, IL 60604; telephone number: (312) 353-5085; fax
number: (312) 353-2018; e-mail address: schardt.james@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OEI-2005-0008, which is available for public
viewing at the OEI 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 OEI
Docket is (202) 566-1752. 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
members of the public, specifically local residents of the Saginaw Bay
region of Michigan.
Title: Delisting the Fish Tainting Beneficial Use Impairment in the
Saginaw River/Bay Area of Concern
Abstract: The 1988 Saginaw River/Bay RAP cited 12 impairments of
the 14 categories specifically listed by the IJC for the Saginaw River/
Bay AOC, including tainting of fish (i.e., taste and odor concerns).
Chemical odors and tastes associated with harvested fish were
frequently reported from the 1940s through the 1970s in the Saginaw and
Tittabawassee Rivers, and in the Saginaw Bay. In the 1994 Remedial
Action Plan Update, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
reported that no off-flavor was detected in taste tests conducted on
fish taken from these waters. Since taste and odor complaints related
to edible fish taken from both Saginaw River and Bay have disappeared
in recent years, this project will distribute a voluntary survey to
7,680 local residents and anglers to determine if taste and odor
problems in fish fillets have abated to the extent that delisting of
the beneficial use impairment may be recommended for the Area of
Concern (AOC). Results of the individual survey respondents will be
confidential. 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 4 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: The voluntary survey instrument is expected to
take .5 hours to review and complete per individual response. The
targeted frequency of response is 20 percent, or 1,536 completed
surveys. 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
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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: September 9, 2005.
Gary V. Gulezian,
Director, Great Lakes National Program Office.
[FR Doc. 05-18721 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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