[Federal Register: July 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 129)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Superfund Administrative Reform Surveys

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 the following Information 
Collection Requests (ICRs) have been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Superfund Orphan 
Share Compensation Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2035.01; Superfund De 
Minimis Settlement Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2036.01; and PRP 
Oversight Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2037.01. The ICRs describe the 
nature of the information collection and their expected burden and 
costs; and they include the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 5, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Nos. 2035.01, 2036.01 
and/or 2037.01, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by e-mail at 
auby.susan@epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/
icr and refer to EPA ICR Nos. 2035.01, 2036.01 and/or 2037.01. For 
technical questions about any of the ICRs contact Bruce Pumphrey by 
phone at 202-564-6076 or by e-mail at pumphrey.bruce@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: (1) Superfund Orphan Share Compensation Reform Survey ICR, 
EPA ICR No. 2035.01. This is a new collection.
    Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a 
survey of orphan share compensation reform participants who were 
offered orphan share compensation as part of the reform. The survey 
will be administered to a non-random sample consisting of one-third (33 
percent) of the settlors and one-third (33 percent) of the non-settlors 
for each offer extended by the Agency, subject to a minimum of three 
offerees in each category. The information will not be generalized to 
the population of relevant offerees. The information collected from 
this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the orphan share 
compensation reform's overall effectiveness. The information will also 
be used to identify any revisions to the reform necessary to achieve 
the goal of promoting settlements with responsible parties to perform 
or pay for response actions. No confidential information is being 
collected under this ICR.
    Burden Statement: Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected 
by this action are persons who have participated in the orphan share 
compensation reform.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 825 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: $25,403.

    Title: (2) Superfund De Minimis Settlement Reform Survey ICR, EPA 
ICR No. 2036.01. This is a new collection.
    Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a 
survey of de minimis settlement reform participants who were offered a 
de minimis settlement as part of the reform. The survey will be 
administered to a non-random sample consisting of one-fifth (20 
percent) of the settlors and one-fifth (20 percent) of the non-settlors 
for each offer extended by the Agency, subject to a minimum of three 
offerees in each category. The information will not be generalized to 
the population of relevant offerees. The information collected from 
this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the de minimis 
settlement reform's overall effectiveness in achieving the goals of the 
reform (promoting early settlement with small waste contributors and 
minimizing their legal transaction costs) and to identify any changes 
necessary to achieve these goals. No confidential information is being 
collected under this ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are persons who have participated in the de minimis 
settlement reform.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 347.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1041 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: $32,743.

    Title: (3) Superfund PRP Oversight Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR No. 
2037.01. This is a new collection.
    Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a 
survey of parties that did work during FY00 under settlement agreements 
with EPA that provide for payment of oversight costs. The survey will 
be administered to all of the approximately 210 potential respondents 
that are willing to voluntarily participate. The information collected 
from this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the PRP

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Oversight Reform's overall effectiveness in promoting effective and 
efficient PRP oversight and identifying best practices which could be 
more widely applied to meet the reform's goals and objectives. No 
confidential information is being collected under this ICR.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are parties that did work during FY00 under settlement 
agreements with EPA that provide for payment of oversight costs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 210.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 682.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: $21,848.
    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 
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting 
comments on this collection of information was published on November 9, 
2001 (66 FR 56670). No comments were received. Burden Statement: The 
annual reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 3 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; 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.
    Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the 
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods 
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please 
refer to EPA ICR Nos. 2035.01, 2036.01 and/or 2037.01 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: June 27, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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