[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 212 (Thursday, November 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64517-64518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18492]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0270; FRL-8238-6]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Contribution of Household 
Activities to the Health of Urban Ecosystems; EPA ICR No. 2223.01

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)(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 or a new collection. 
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 4, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-
2006-0270, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and 
Development Docket, Mailcode 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 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: Anita Morzillo, Office of Research and 
Development, Environmental Protection Agency, 200 SW. 35th St., 
Corvallis, OR 97333; telephone number: 541-754-4738; fax number: 541-
754-4299; [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 July 24, 2006 (71 FR 41800), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received 1 comment during the 
comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. Any additional comments 
on this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB within 30 days of this 
notice.
    EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID 
No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2006-0270, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of Research and 
Development Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public 
Reading Room is open from 8 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 Research and 
Development Docket is 202-566-1752.
    Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at 
www.regulations.gov, to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those 
documents in the docket that are available electronically. Once in the 
system, select ``docket search,'' then key in the docket ID number 
identified above. Please note that EPA's policy is that public 
comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made 
available for public viewing at www.regulations.gov as EPA receives 
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted 
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is 
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic 
docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Contribution of Household Activities to the Health of Urban 
Ecosystems.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2223.01.
    ICR Status: This ICR is for a new information collection activity. 
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 title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal Register when 
approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, are displayed either by 
publication in the Federal Register or by other appropriate means, such 
as on the related collection instrument or form, if applicable. The 
display of OMB control numbers in certain EPA regulations is 
consolidated in 40 CFR part 9.
    Abstract: As part of the EPA's Sustainability Initiative, this 
research focuses on maintaining healthy urban ecosystems for both 
people and other species. The goal is to better understand whether 
people recognize how household activities affect the surrounding 
environment, most notably the wildlife that is dependent on these 
systems, and whether people are likely to change their behaviors once 
they learn about household-environment linkages. The specific topic of 
interest is household rodenticide use, and resident awareness of how 
inexpert use of rodenticides may result in mortality of non-target 
species. The two study areas are (1) the southwestern quadrant of 
Bakersfield, and (2) portions of Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, 
Calabasas, and Westlake Village, California. The most effective way to 
gather detailed information about household rodenticide use is to 
directly ask residents within the locations of interest. A voluntary 
mail survey will be used, and all respondent identities and individual 
responses will remain confidential to the extent allowed by law. This 
information will provide the EPA with a better understanding about how 
people relate to their personal impacts on the environment, and will 
lead to improved communication between members of the general public, 
environmental regulators, and resource managers. The end result will be 
more effective and appropriately targeted environmental regulation.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.33 
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 which have subsequently changed; 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: Individuals or households, 
businesses or other for-profit.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Frequency of Response: One time response.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,300.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $86,425, which includes $0 in capital 
or O&M.


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    Dated: October 26, 2006.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. E6-18492 Filed 11-1-06; 8:45 am]
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