[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 218 (Friday, November 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56670-56671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28193]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7101-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request

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 the submission of three proposed 
Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) entitled Superfund Orphan Share Compensation Reform Survey 
ICR, EPA ICR 2035.01; Superfund De Minimis Settlement Reform Survey 
ICR, EPA ICR 2036.01; and PRP Oversight Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 
2037.1.
    Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the information collections 
as described at the beginning of Supplementary Information.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 8, 2002.

ADDRESSES: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of 
Site Remediation Enforcement (MC 2273A), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20460. Comments can also be submitted electronically via 
e-mail to [email protected]. A copy of an ICR and the associated 
survey may be obtained on EPA's web site at http://es.epa.gov/oeca/osre/superfund.html, or a hard copy of an ICR and the associated survey 
may be obtained without charge by contacting Kim Simms at 202-564-2420.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific information on the 
individual ICRs, please contact Bruce Pumphrey at (202) 564-6076, (202) 
564-0074 (Fax), e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

For All ICRs

    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 displayed in 40 CFR part 9.
    The EPA would like to solicit comments to:
    (i) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden 
of the proposed collection of information;
    (iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
to be collected; and
    (iv) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    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.

A. List of ICRs Planned To Be Submitted

    In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit the 
following three proposed Information Collection Requests (ICR) to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB):

    (1) Superfund Orphan Share Compensation Reform Survey ICR, EPA 
ICR 2035.01.
    (2) Superfund De Minimis Settlement Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 
2036.01.
    (3) PRP Oversight Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2037.1

B. Contact Individual for ICRs

    Bruce Pumphrey, (202) 564-6076, (202) 564-0074 (Fax), e-mail: 
[email protected].

C. Individual ICRs

(1) Superfund Orphan Share Compensation Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 
2035.01.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
persons who have participated in the orphan share compensation reform.
    Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a 
survey of orphan share compensation reform participants who were 
offered orphan share compensation as part of the reform. The survey 
will be administered to a non-random sample consisting of one-third (33 
percent) of the settlors and one-third (33 percent) of the non-settlors 
for each offer extended by the Agency, subject to a minimum of three 
offerees in each category. The information will not be generalized to 
the population of relevant offerees. The information collected from 
this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the orphan share 
compensation reform's overall effectiveness. The information will also 
be used to identify any revisions to the reform necessary to achieve 
the goal of promoting settlements with responsible parties to perform 
or pay for response actions. No confidential information is being 
collected under this ICR.
    Burden Statement: This ICR has an estimated respondent burden of 
825 hours and $25,403. EPA estimates that 300 respondents will 
participate, with an average respondent burden of 2.75 hours and 
$84.68. Responses will be one-time and voluntary, and no capital or 
start-up expenses will be required.
(2) Superfund De Minimis Settlement Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2036.01.
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
persons who have participated in the de minimis settlement reform.
    Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a 
survey of

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de minimis settlement reform participants who were offered a de minimis 
settlement as part of the reform. The survey will be administered to a 
non-random sample consisting of one-fifth (20 percent) of the settlors 
and one-fifth (20 percent) of the non-settlors for each offer extended 
by the Agency, subject to a minimum of three offerees in each category. 
The information will not be generalized to the population of relevant 
offerees. The information collected from this survey will be used in a 
broader evaluation of the de minimis settlement reform's overall 
effectiveness in achieving the goals of the reform (promoting early 
settlement with small waste contributors and minimizing their legal 
transaction costs) and to identify any changes necessary to achieve 
these goals. No confidential information is being collected under this 
ICR.
    Burden Statement: This ICR has an estimated respondent burden of 
1041 hours and $32,743. EPA estimates that 347 respondents will 
participate, with an average respondent burden of 3 hours and $94.36. 
Responses will be one-time and voluntary, and no capital or start-up 
expenses will be required.
(3) PRP Oversight Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2037.1
    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
parties that did work during FY00 under settlement agreements with EPA 
that provide for payment of oversight costs.
    Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a 
survey of parties that did work during FY00 under settlement agreements 
with EPA that provide for payment of oversight costs. The survey will 
be administered to all of the approximately 230 potential respondents 
that are willing to voluntarily participate. The information collected 
from this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the PRP 
Oversight Reform's overall effectiveness in promoting effective and 
efficient PRP oversight and identifying best practices which could be 
more widely applied to meet the reform's goals and objectives. No 
confidential information is being collected under this ICR.
    Burden Statement: This ICR has an estimated respondent burden of 
210 respondents at $21,848, with an average respondent burden of 3 
hours and $104.04. Responses will be one-time and voluntary, and no 
capital or start-up expenses will be required.

    Dated: October 19, 2001.
Barry Breen,
Director, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement.
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