[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17060-17061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8211]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5183-7]


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 described the nature 
of the information collection and its expected cost and burden.

dates: Comments must be submitted on or before May 4, 1995.

for further information or a copy call: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260-
2740, please refer to EPA ICR #1747.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of Research and Development

    Title: Information Collection Request (ICR) for Report and Database 
on Ecosystem Research in the Pacific Northwest.
    Abstract: This is a new information collection request to establish 
a database of ecosystem research activities in the Pacific Northwest. 
The establishment of the database is one of the tasks assigned under 
President Clinton's Forest Plan and associated Record of Decision (ROD) 
from U.S. District Court in Seattle. Specifically, the task requires 
the EPA to identify possible sources of research activities (State, 
federal, and university research programs) and compile this information 
into an EPA electronic database. The information is needed to: (1) 
Ensure that EPA and non-EPA research conducted in the Pacific Northwest 
is complementary, (2) help federal research organizations identify 
research needs or redundant projects, (3) serve as a basis for 
development of an interagency ecosystem research plan that is 
responsive to the requirements in the President's Forest Plan.
    The information will be gathered through a voluntary mail survey 
that targets researchers working at various governmental and non-
governmental institutions located within the Pacific Northwest. 
Respondents will be asked to provide information that includes: (1) 
Identification information (title, contact, and principal 
investigators), (2) project status (activities, funding), (3) 
descriptive information about the research (spatial scale, location, 
ecosystem, etc.), and (4) survey goals and objectives. Respondents 
shall also be asked to provide their opinion on the top five ecosystem 
research needs to support the President's Forest Plan. Following the 
distribution of the survey, the EPA will perform follow-up calls to 
track survey completion and answer [[Page 17061]] questions that 
respondents may have about the survey.
    EPA will perform quality assurance checks on completed surveys and 
enter the information into an electronic database that shall be 
accessible to researchers. The information will be used by the EPA and 
research organizations to establish a baseline of information about 
research activities and encourage coordination among various research 
institutions.
    Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 30 minutes for mail surveys, 
including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and compiling the 
information, and completing and reviewing the response.
    Respondents: Researchers at federal, State and university 
institutions that maintain ecological research programs in the Pacific 
Northwest.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 500.
    Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1.
    Frequency of Collection: One time.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 250 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, EPA ICR #, 1747.01, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Information Policy Branch (2136), 401 M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460
      and
Timothy Hunt, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC 20503

    Dated: March 30, 1995.
Joseph Retzer,
Director, Regulatory Information Division.
[FR Doc. 95-8211 Filed 4-3-95; 8:45 am]
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