[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 9, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11010-11011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5287]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ORD-2003-0010; FRL-7633-3]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Personal Exposure of High-Risk 
Subpopulations to Particles (Addition of Detroit Exposure and Aerosol 
Research Study (DEARS)), EPA ICR Number 1887.03, OMB Control Number 
2080-0058

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This ICR is scheduled to expire on 
October 31, 2005. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to 
conduct or sponsor the collection of information while this submission 
is pending at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information 
collection and its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 8, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number ORD-2003-
0010, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Environmental Information Docket, Mail 
Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460, and (2) 
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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Blackwell, MD E205-01,

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Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; 
telephone number: (919) 541-2886; fax number: (919) 541-0905; email 
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. On October 3, 2003 (68 FR 57441), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments 
received.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. ORD-2003-0010, 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. 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.
    Title: Personal Exposure of High-Risk Subpopulations to Particles 
(Addition of Detroit Exposure and Aerosol Research Study (DEARS)).
    Abstract: EPA's Office of Research and Development proposes to 
conduct a residential and personal exposure field monitoring study in 
the city of Detroit, Michigan, over a three-year period from 2004 to 
2006. The primary goal of the study is to evaluate and describe the 
relationship between air toxics and PM constituents measured at a 
central site monitor and measurements of residential and personal 
concentrations. An emphasis is placed on understanding the impact of 
local sources (point and mobile) on outdoor residential concentrations 
and the impact of housing type and house operation on indoor 
concentrations. Personal air pollutant monitoring will be conducted to 
determine the impact of time spent in nonresidential locations and 
personal activities on exposure. Approximately 120 persons will 
voluntarily agree to wear certain personal air monitors and to allow 
their homes to be equipped with other monitors to measure indoor and 
outdoor residential air quality. Each home will be monitored for five 
consecutive days in the summer and five consecutive days in the winter. 
The study is a continuation and expansion of previous OMB-approved 
studies of human exposure to particles, undertaken in response to 
recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences.
    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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 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 8 
hours 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: Residents of Wayne County, Michigan.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40.
    Frequency of Response: Semi-annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 300.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,880, includes $0 annualized capital 
or O&M costs.

    Dated: March 1, 2004.
Richard T. Westlund,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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