[Federal Register: November 14, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 219)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OEI-2007-0412; FRL-8494-7]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping
Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2002.04, OMB Control No. 2025-0003
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 to renew an
existing approved 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 14,
2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2007-0412, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by e-mail to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, OEI Docket, Mail Code:
28221T, 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: Katrail Holloway, Cross-Media
Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule, Information Exchange &
Services Division, Office of Environmental Information, 2823T,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-2133; fax number: 202-
566-1684; e-mail address: holloway.katrail@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 June 15, 2007, (72 FR 33216), EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no additional comments on
the renewal, during the comment period. Any
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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-OEI-2007-0412, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Environmental Information 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 on 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, Confidential Business Information (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: Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule
(Renewal).
ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2002.04, OMB Control Number 2025-0003.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2007.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
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: The scope of this Information Collection Request will
focus on the final electronic reporting components of CROMERRR, which
is designed to allow EPA to comply with the Government Paperwork
Elimination Act of 1998; to provide a uniform, technology-neutral
framework for electronic reporting across all EPA programs; to allow
EPA programs to offer electronic reporting as they become ready for
CROMERRR; and to provide states with a streamlined process--together
with uniform set of criteria--for approval of their electronic
reporting provisions for all their EPA-authorized programs. Responses
to the collection of information are voluntary. In order to accommodate
CBI, the information collected must be in accordance with the
confidentiality regulations set forth in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B.
Additionally, EPA will ensure that the information collection
procedures comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 and the OMB Circular
108.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.69
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: State and Local Receiving Systems.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 220,826.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 151,963.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $10,763,740 which includes $4,450,658
annualized Capital Startup Costs, $657,707 annualized Operating and
Maintenance (O&M) costs and $5,655,374 annualized Labor Costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no significant change in the ICR
compared to the previous ICR. This is due to the regulations having not
changed over the past three years and is not anticipated to change over
the next three years. There is, however, an adjustment in the labor
cost estimate. This is due to the inflation of the labor rates over the
past three years.
Dated: November 7, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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