[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48605-48606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20779]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OW-2003-0076, FRL-7544-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; National Listing of Advisories, EPA ICR Number 
1959.02, OMB Control Number 2040-0026

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 EPA is planning to submit a 
continuing Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request to renew an existing 
approved collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on January 31, 
2004. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is 
soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information 
collection as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 14, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. OW-2003-
0076, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail to 
[email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Water Docket MC4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, attention: Information Collection Request for the 
National Listing of Advisories.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey D. Bigler, National Program 
Manager, National Fish and Wildlife Contamination Program (4305T), 
Office of Science and Technology, U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-0389; fax 
number: (202) 566-0409; e-mail address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA has established a public docket for 
this ICR under Docket ID number OW-2003-0076, which is available for 
public viewing at the Water 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 Water Docket is (202) 566-2426. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft 
collection of information, 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 within 
60 days of this notice. The 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. 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 http://www.epa.gov./
edocket.
    Affected entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
Administrators of Public Health and Environmental Quality Programs in 
State and tribal governments (NAICS 92312/SIC 9431 and NAICS 92411/SIC 
9511).
    Title: National Listing of Advisories.
    Abstract: The National Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories 
(NLFWA) Database contains information on the number of new advisories 
issued by each state, territory, or tribe annually. The advisory 
information collected identifies the waterbody under advisory, the fish 
or shellfish species and size ranges included in the advisory, the 
chemical contaminants and residue levels causing the advisory to be 
issued, the waterbody type (river, lake, estuary, coastal waters), and 
the target populations to whom the advisory is directed. This 
information is collected under the authority of section 104 of the 
Clean Water Act, which provides for the collection of information to be 
used to protect human health and the environment. The results of the 
survey are shared with states, territories, tribes, other federal 
agencies, and the general public through the NLFWA database and the 
distribution of annual fish advisories fact sheets. The responses to 
the survey are voluntary and the information requested is part of the 
state public record associated with the advisories. No confidential 
business information is requested. 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 in 40 CFR. The EPA would 
like to are listed 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, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used;
    (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 appropriate automated 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic 
submission of responses.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting burden for the 
collection of information (averaged over the first three years of the 
information collection request) is 3,566 labor hours per year. This 
includes one response per year from 92 respondents with an average of 
38.76 hours per response. The total annualized cost to the respondents 
is estimated at $529.00. No capital or startup costs are required. 
Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or

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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.

    Dated: August 8, 2003.
Geoffrey H. Grubbs,
Director, Office of Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 03-20779 Filed 8-13-03; 8:45 am]
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