[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53566-53567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18517]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OW-2007-0201; FRL-8470-5]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for 
Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Listing of Fish 
Advisories (Renewal), EPA ICR Number 1959.03, OMB Control Number 2040-
0226

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 October 19, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-
2007-0201, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: Environmental 
Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, Water Docket (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: Erica Fleisig, National Fish 
Contamination Program (4305T), Office of Science and Technology, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 566-1057; fax number: 
(202) 566-0409; 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 April 12, 2007 (72 FR 18475), 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-OW-2007-0201, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Water 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 Water Docket is (202) 566-2426.
    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 Listing of Fish Advisories (Renewal).
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1959.03, OMB Control No. 2040-0226.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on September 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

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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: The National Listing of Fish Advisories (NLFA) Database 
contains information on the number of new advisories issued by each 
state, territory, or tribe annually. The advisory information collected 
identifies the waterbody under advisory, the fish or shellfish species 
and size ranges included in the advisory, the chemical contaminants and 
residue levels causing the advisory to be issued, the waterbody type 
(river, lake, estuary, coastal waters), and the target populations to 
whom the advisory is directed. This information is collected under the 
authority of section 104 of the Clean Water Act, which provides for the 
collection of information to be used to protect human health and the 
environment. The results of the survey are shared with states, 
territories, tribes, other federal agencies, and the general public 
through the NLFA database and the distribution of annual fish advisory 
fact sheets. The responses to the survey are voluntary and the 
information requested is part of the state public record associated 
with the advisories. No confidential business information is requested.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 38.76 
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: State (or other entity) health 
departments and state (or other entity) EPAs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 92.
    Frequency of Response: Annual.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 3,565 labor hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $124,755, including $538 in operation 
and maintenance costs. No capital or startup costs are required.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is a change in cost burden to 
remove $124,214 from that identified in the ICR currently approved by 
OMB. This is to correct a mistake of including labor hours in the cost 
burden instead of just the operations and maintenance costs of $538.

    Dated: September 11, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Acting Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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