[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 184 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57186-57187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24317]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6873-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Information Collection Request for the 
National Listing of Advisories

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 Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Information Collection 
Request for the National Listing of Advisories (EPA ICR 1959.01. The 
ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual data 
collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments referencing EPA ICR No. 1959.01 to the 
following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Environmental Information, Collection Strategies 
Division (2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC 20460; 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the ICR contact Sandy 
Farmer at EPA by phone at (202) 260-2740, by email at 
[email protected], or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1959.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR, contact Jeffrey Bigler at EPA, by phone at 
(202) 260-1305, and by e-mail at [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Information Collection Request for the National
    Listing of Advisories, EPA ICR Number 1959.01. This is a request 
for a new collection.
    Abstract: Based on results from the 1998 National Listing of Fish 
and Wildlife Advisories (NLFWA) database, fish consumption advisories 
have been issued by 47 states and from 100 to 200 new advisories are 
issued every year nationwide.
    EPA's Office of Water will conduct an annual fish advisory survey 
which will be sent to environmental and health officials from state, 
territorial, and tribal agencies specifically responsible for the 
issuance of fish advisories. This survey will collect information 
(electronically via the Internet or on paper) on advisory locations and 
agencies and persons responsible for maintaining and issuing advisories 
for lakes, rivers, and coastal marine waterbodies. Responses to the 
questionnaire are needed to assess public health risks of consuming 
chemically-contaminated fish. EPA will make this information available 
to states, territories, tribes, other federal agencies and the general 
public through distribution of the annual Fish Advisory Fact Sheet and 
a summary report (on the Internet and in hard copy) on the EPA's NLFWA 
web site (http://www.epa.gov/OST/fish/). This information will be used 
to identify and clarify issues that will lead to the continued 
development of national guidance to assist state fish advisory programs 
and will further protect human health.
    Completion of this survey is voluntary as the information requested 
is part of the state public record associated with issuing advisories. 
In the past, states have requested EPA guidance in their fish advisory 
programs and a more comprehensive questionnaire will provide the states 
an opportunity to identify advisory areas in which they need 
assistance.
    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 April 21, 
2000 (65 FR 21415-21416). No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 39 
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

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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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: State, territory, and tribal 
environmental and health agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 92.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hours Burden: 3,565 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Cost Burden (non-labor costs): $528.

    Dated: September 12, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-24317 Filed 9-20-00; 8:45 am]
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