[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 230 (Thursday, November 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59591-59592]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29660]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7109-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance 
Projects

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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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 following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for approval: Assessment of Compliance Assistance 
Projects, OMB Control Number 2020-0015, expiration date December 31, 
2001. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and 
its expected burden and cost; where appropriate, it includes the actual 
data collection instruction.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 1860.02 and OMB 
Control Number 2020-0015, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail 
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001; 
and to the 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 Susan 
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 260-4901 or by e-mail at 
[email protected] or download off the Internet at http://www.epa..gov/
icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 1860.02. For technical questions about the 
ICR contact Ms. Lynn Vendinello at (202) 564-7066.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance Projects, OMB 
Control No. 2020-0015, EPA ICR Number 1860.02, expiration date December 
31, 2001.
    Abstract: This information collection determines how well EPA 
compliance assistance tools and services meet customers needs and to 
assess the effectiveness of the assistance activities. This will be a 
voluntary collection of information to gauge customer satisfaction with 
the compliance assistance projects, measure any resulting changes in 
knowledge and/or behavior, and evaluate any environmental and human 
health impacts. EPA proposes to use assessment surveys to provide the 
agency with feedback on the compliance assistance documents, onsite 
visits, telephone assistance, web sites, and compliance assistance 
seminars and workshops delivered by headquarters and regional 
compliance assistance programs to the regulated community. This 
feedback will help EPA improve the quality and delivery of compliance 
assistance tools and services. This ICR will only provide anecdotal 
data for the purpose of informing EPA of the effectiveness of 
compliance assistance tools, and customer satisfaction with those 
tools. All assessments undertaken under this ICR will adhere to 
specific conditions to ensure that data is collected and used properly 
and efficiently. The information collection is voluntary, and will be 
limited to non-sensitive data concerning the quality of compliance 
assistance activities. 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 August 31, 2001 (66 FR 45982); no comments were received.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 9 
minutes 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 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: Business or other for profit, 
Federal Government, or State, Local, and Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 25,676.
    Frequency of Response: One time.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,956.
    Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M 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. 1860.02 and OMB Control No. 2020-0015 in any 
correspondence.

    Dated: November 20, 2001.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 01-29660 Filed 11-28-01; 8:45 am]
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