[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69738-69739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29337]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OIG-2002-0001; FRL-7410-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR 
No. 2094.01 to OMB for Review and Approval; 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 that the following Information 
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Survey of Air Quality Issues 
After September 11, 2001 (EPA ICR No. 2094.01) The ICR, which is 
abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection 
and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 19, 
2002.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Fabirkiewicz, Office of Program 
Evaluation, 2460T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-2717; fax 
number: 202-566-0837; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB 
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 
1320.12. EPA was granted a waiver from the 60 day public comment period 
for a proposed ICR.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. OIG-2002-0001, which is available for public viewing at the Office 
of Environmental Information Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 
EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The 
EPA Docket Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone 
number for the Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number 
for the Office of Environmental Information Docket is (202) 566-1752). 
An electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA 
Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit 
or view public comments, access the index listing of the contents of 
the public docket, and to access those documents in the public docket 
that are available electronically. Once in the system, select 
``search,'' then key in the docket ID number identified above.
    Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB 
within 30 days of this notice, and according to the following detailed 
instructions: (1) Submit your comments to EPA online using EDOCKET (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to: [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) Mail your 
comments to OMB at: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
    EPA's policy is that public comments, whether submitted 
electronically or in paper, will be made available for public viewing 
in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose public 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EDOCKET. The 
entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket.

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Although identified as an item in the official docket, information 
claimed as CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, 
is not included in the official public docket, and will not be 
available for public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about 
the electronic docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the 
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov./
edocket.
    Title: Survey of Air Quality Issues After September 11, 2001 (EPA 
ICR Number 2094.01 ). This is a request for a new collection.
    Abstract: The purpose of this ICR is to obtain information, through 
use of a public survey, about the impact of government communications 
regarding air quality concerns associated with the collapse of the 
World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001. This ICR represents 
one component of a larger evaluation of EPA's response to air quality 
concerns associated with the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. 
The survey will be distributed to randomly selected individuals 
residing in the five boroughs of New York City. Persons residing in New 
York City are hereafter referred to as ``the public.'' Data generated 
from the questionnaire will provide information regarding the public's 
perception of the adequacy of the information it received about air 
quality, the public's interpretation of the air quality information it 
received, and actions taken by the public based on the air quality 
information received. Findings from the questionnaire in these three 
areas can be used to improve the way information about air quality is 
disseminated during times of future emergency and/or disaster. Findings 
will be useful not only to EPA, but to any agency seeking to improve 
the effectiveness of its emergency and/or disaster mitigation, 
response, and recovery activities. In some instances, it may be 
possible to use the data to inform future emergency and/or disaster 
response techniques in other cities.
    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, and are 
identified on the form and/or instrument, if applicable.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 15 
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: Randomly selected individuals 
residing in the five boroughs of New York City.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1067.
    Frequency of Response: Once.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 266.75 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $5,908.51 includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no change of hours in the total 
estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved 
ICR Burdens.

    Dated: November 12, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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