[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28693-28694]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9812]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OPA-2007-0042; FRL-8316-9]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (Renewal), EPA ICR No. 1664.06, 
OMB Control No. 2050-0141

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 to renew an 
existing approved 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 June 21, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OPA-
2007-0042 to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected] or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center (Superfund), Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 5104A, 
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: William ``Nick'' Nichols, Office of 
Emergency Management, (5104A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
564-1970; fax number: 202-564-2625; e-mail 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 February 14, 2007 (72 FR 7027), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no comments during the 
comment period. 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-OPA-2007-0042, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Superfund Docket in 
the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 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 Superfund Docket Center is 202-566-0276.
    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: National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency 
Plan (Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 1664.06, OMB Control Number 2050-0141.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2007. Under 
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the 
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB. 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, and 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: This Information Collection Request (ICR) renewal 
supports activities to implement the National Oil and Hazardous 
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), Subpart J (40 CFR 
300.900), ``Use of Dispersants and Other Chemicals.'' Subpart J 
requirements include criteria for listing oil spill mitigating agents 
on the NCP Product Schedule. Under Subpart J, respondents who want to 
add a product to the Schedule must submit technical product data to the 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Specifically, Subpart J requires 
the manufacturer to conduct specific toxicity and effectiveness tests 
and submit the corresponding technical product data along with other 
detailed information to the EPA Office of Emergency Management. EPA 
uses product information when responding to oil spills in accordance 
with the NCP.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 26 
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

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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: Entities potentially affected by 
this include, but are not limited to, manufacturers of bioremediation 
agents, dispersants, surface collecting agents, surface washing agents 
and other chemical agents and biological additives used as 
countermeasures against oil spills.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 390 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $100,493, which comprises an estimated 
$17,693 in labor costs and $82,800 for operating & maintenance costs. 
There are no startup/capital costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: EPA does not anticipate any changes in 
the annual burden hours or capital and O&M costs under this ICR 
renewal.

    Dated: May 14, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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