[Federal Register: May 6, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 88)]
[Notices]               
[Page 24981-24982]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr06my08-79]                         

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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

[[Page 24982]]

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.
 [FR Doc. E8-9961 Filed 5-5-08; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560-50-P