[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 186 (Monday, September 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57603-57604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24571]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6876-1]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Evaluation of PrintSTEP

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: Evaluation of PrintSTEP, ICR 
Number 1941.01. 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 25, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments referencing EPA ICR No. 1941.01 to the 
following addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue,

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NW., Washington, DC 20460; 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 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. 1941.01. For technical 
questions about the ICR contact Amy Porter, Office of Compliance, (202) 
564-2431.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Information Collection Request for Evaluation of PrintSTEP, 
EPA ICR Number 1941.01. This is a new collection.
    Abstract: Information will be collected for evaluation of the 
PrintSTEP pilot program. The evaluation aims to systematically identify 
the impacts the program has had on three types of stakeholders: 
printers, community residents, and the state government agencies 
administering the program.
    Specifically, the evaluation will determine the extent to which the 
7 goals of the pilot program are met. The goals are: enhanced 
environmental protection; increased use of pollution prevention 
practices; simplified regulatory process for printers; improved 
efficiency of administration for state governments; enhanced public 
involvement; participants' realize benefits and are motivated to 
participate in PrintSTEP; and, cost effectiveness for all stakeholders.
    This broad set of expected outcomes will require a range of 
distinct data collection and analysis activities. Data will be gathered 
from printer's program applications, from telephone interviews, from 
in-person interviews and possibly from focus groups. Data will be 
collected before implementation, a short time after program 
implementation, and at the end of the pilot. Responses to the 
collection of information are voluntary. Names of persons providing 
information will be not recorded. More information is available in the 
final draft of the Evaluation Strategy which can be accessed at http://www.epa.gov/ooaujeag/sectors/pdf/pgm_eval.pdf .
    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 March 14, 
2000, 65 FR 13748. No comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 
minutes per response for 530 of the respondents and 2.75 hours for 480 
of the respondents. 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.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Printers and Community Members.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 158 Printers, 131 Community 
Members.
    Frequency of Response: Printers--annually; Community Members--1 
time only.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 2,000 hours.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, Operating/Maintenance Cost 
Burden: $0.
    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 No. 1941.01 in any correspondence.

    Dated: September 18, 2000.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 00-24571 Filed 9-22-00; 8:45 am]
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