[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51282-51283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18961]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[OECA-2004-0028, FRL-7802-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance Projects, EPA 
1860.03, OMB Control Number 2020-0015

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 February 28, 
2005. 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 18, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OECA-
2004-0028, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information 
Center, MC 2201A, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hans Scheifele, Compliance Assistance 
and Sector Programs Division, 2224A, Environmental Protection Agency, 
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 
(202) 564-1459; fax number: (202) 564-0009; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this 
ICR under Docket ID number OECA-2004-0028, which is available for 
public viewing at the ``Information Collection Request Renewal: 
Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance Projects, EPA 1860.03, OMB 
Control Number 2020-0015'' 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 Compliance 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 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. 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 
Business or other for profit, Federal Government, or State, Local, and 
Tribal Government.
    Title: Assessment of EPA Compliance Assistance Projects.
    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.

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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 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 and record keeping 
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.

    Dated: July 30, 2004.
Michael M. Stahl,
Director, Office of Compliance.
[FR Doc. 04-18961 Filed 8-17-04; 8:45 am]
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