[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28303-28304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9779]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[ORD-2004-0016; FRL-7913-2]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Application of Measures of 
Spontaneous Motor Activity for Behavioral Assessment in Human Infants, 
EPA ICR Number 2166.01

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 an Information Collection 
Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) for review and approval. This is a request for a new collection. 
This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its 
estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before June 16, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number ORD-2004-
0016, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail 
to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 
Protection Agency, ORD 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: Suzanne McMaster, Office of Research 
and Development, Mail Code 58A, Environmental Protection Agency, 
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.

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 November 2, 2004 (69 FR 63527), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. ORD-2004-0016, which is available for public viewing at the Office 
of Research and Development (ORD) 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 ORD 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: Application of Measures of Spontaneous Motor Activity for 
Behavioral Assessment in Human Infants.
    Abstract: The goal of the proposed information collection is to 
test a method to collect data that would be used to quantitatively 
characterize spontaneous motor activity in young children between the 
ages of 6 and 24 months. Data from the study will be used to (1) 
identify sources of variance in infants' and toddlers' daily activity 
levels, (2) estimate the number of days of activity measurement that 
would be necessary to reliably measure these activities, and (3) 
investigate the potential association between activity measures 
averaged over long periods of time (e.g., days) and activity measures 
averaged over the duration of a specific event. Data will be analyzed 
and used to help EPA determine the best way to gather reliable data to 
further examine the effects of exposure to neurotoxicants on 
development in young children. The information will appear in the form 
of final EPA reports and journal articles and will be made publically 
available.
    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 is 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

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information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of 
information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by 
this action are families with children between 6 and 24 months of age 
residing in the Research Triangle Park, NC area.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 110.
    Frequency of Response: Daily for 7 days.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 963.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $16,000, includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.

    Dated: May 5, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-9779 Filed 5-16-05; 8:45 am]
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