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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review

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 notice announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 5, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, or to obtain 
a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-2740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Research and Development

    Title: National Survey of Radiological Laboratory Capability (EPA 
ICR No. 1731.01).
    Abstract: This ICR is a new information collection to survey the 
capabilities of radio-analytical laboratories in support of EPA's 
responsibilities under the Federal Radiological Emergency Response 
Plan. The plan tasks EPA with providing radio-analyses of environmental 
samples collected during a Federal Radiological Monitoring and 
Assessment Center (FRMAC) response to a radiological accident. The 
information is needed to ensure that, in the event that EPA's 
capabilities become overburdened during a FRMAC response, an outside 
laboratory can be expeditiously identified and their analytical support 
voluntarily enlisted.
    EPA will distribute questionnaires and subsequently follow-up with 
telephonic instructions to participating laboratories. Recipients will 
be asked to provide information that includes: (1) Name, address, 
location and point of contact information, (2) fixed/mobile 
capabilities, (3) radionuclide/sample type analysis capabilities, and 
(4) response time and availability.
    The EPA will store the information on a database, designed to be 
transported to radiological accident sites and used by FRMAC for 
selecting laboratories to augment EPA's capabilities.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including 
reviewing instructions, searching existing information sources, 
completing and reviewing the collection of information, and submitting 
the information to EPA.
    Respondents: Government and private radio-analytical laboratories.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 350.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 175 hours.
    Send comments regarding the burden estimate, or any other aspect of 
this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Information Policy 
Branch (2316), 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460.

and
Timothy Hunt, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: October 28, 1994.
Paul Lapsley,
Director, Regulatory Management Division.
[FR Doc. 94-27404; Filed 11-3-94; 8:45 am]
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