[Federal Register: November 2, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 212)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0270; FRL-8238-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contribution of Household
Activities to the Health of Urban Ecosystems; EPA ICR No. 2223.01
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request or a new collection.
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 4,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2006-0270, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to ord.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and
Development Docket, Mailcode 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Morzillo, Office of Research and
Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 200 SW. 35th St.,
Corvallis, OR 97333; telephone number: 541-754-4738; fax number: 541-
754-4299; morzillo.anita@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. On July 24, 2006 (71 FR 41800), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 1 comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this
notice.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0270, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of Research and
Development Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public
Reading Room is open from 8 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 Research and
Development Docket is 202-566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing at http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Contribution of Household Activities to the Health of Urban
Ecosystems.
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2223.01.
ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity.
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
Abstract: As part of the EPA's Sustainability Initiative, this
research focuses on maintaining healthy urban ecosystems for both
people and other species. The goal is to better understand whether
people recognize how household activities affect the surrounding
environment, most notably the wildlife that is dependent on these
systems, and whether people are likely to change their behaviors once
they learn about household-environment linkages. The specific topic of
interest is household rodenticide use, and resident awareness of how
inexpert use of rodenticides may result in mortality of non-target
species. The two study areas are (1) the southwestern quadrant of
Bakersfield, and (2) portions of Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills,
Calabasas, and Westlake Village, California. The most effective way to
gather detailed information about household rodenticide use is to
directly ask residents within the locations of interest. A voluntary
mail survey will be used, and all respondent identities and individual
responses will remain confidential to the extent allowed by law. This
information will provide the EPA with a better understanding about how
people relate to their personal impacts on the environment, and will
lead to improved communication between members of the general public,
environmental regulators, and resource managers. The end result will be
more effective and appropriately targeted environmental regulation.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.33
hours 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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Individuals or households,
businesses or other for-profit.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
Frequency of Response: One time response.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,300.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $86,425, which includes $0 in capital
or O&M.
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Dated: October 26, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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