[Federal Register: May 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 88)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0067, FRL-8562-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Technology Performance and Product Information to
Support Vendor Information Summaries (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 2154.03,
OMB Control Number 2050-0194
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 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 May 31, 2008.
Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor
the collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its
estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 5, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number EPA-HQ-
ORD-2008-0067, 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, ORD Docket, Mail Code
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB
at: 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: Shannon D. Serre, Environmental
Protection Agency, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, E343-06, Research Triangle
Park, NC, 27711; telephone number: 919-541-3817; fax number: 919-541-
0496; email address: serre.shannon@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 February 12, 2008 (73 FR 8040) EPA sought comments on this
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0067, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of Research and
Development (ORD) 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 8:30 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 ORD Docket is
202-566-1752.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
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 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: Technology Performance and Product Information to Support
Vendor Information Summaries (Renewal).
Abstract: The U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development's
National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) is helping to
protect human health and the environment from adverse impacts resulting
from intentional acts of terror. With an emphasis on decontamination
and consequence management, water infrastructure protection, and threat
and consequence assessment, NHSRC scientists and engineers are working
to develop tools and information that will help detect the intentional
introduction of chemical, biological, and radiological contaminants in
buildings or water systems, the containment of these contaminants, the
decontamination of buildings and/or water systems, and the disposal of
material resulting from cleanups.
An important facet of the NHSRC mission is identifying, testing,
and evaluating technologies to support emergency response personnel,
consequence managers, decision-makers, and government officials. EPA
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has initiated this effort to develop brief vendor information summaries
of available technologies relevant to the detection and decontamination
of drinking water systems, building materials, building structures, and
indoor air that may become contaminated with chemical, biological, or
radiological contaminants. These summaries will be based upon vendor-
generated or provided information including any independent, validated
test data generated by governmental or other organizations and provided
to EPA through this ICR. Information provided will be used to produce
4-10 page summaries on each of the technologies for which vendors
voluntarily agreed to submit the requested information. These summaries
will be shared with EPA and other emergency response personnel,
building and facility managers, and water utility operators. The
information provided by technology developers and vendors will also be
used by the NHSRC's Technology Testing and Evaluation Program (TTEP) to
identify technologies that may be suitable candidates for testing and
evaluation and to track those technologies under development that may
eventually be ready for rigorous testing and evaluation.
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 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are identified on
the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15
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.
Estimated total number of potential respondents: 70.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated total annual burden hours: 1050 hours.
Estimated total annual costs: $81,620. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $81,200 and an estimated cost of $420 for capital
investment or maintenance and operational costs.
Changes in the estimates: There is no change estimated to occur.
Dated: April 29, 2008.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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