[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64077-64078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22225]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OEI-2007-0412; FRL-8494-7]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping 
Rule (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2002.04, OMB Control No. 2025-0003

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 December 14, 
2007.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OEI-
2007-0412, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our 
preferred method), by e-mail to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA 
Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, OEI Docket, Mail Code: 
28221T, 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: Katrail Holloway, Cross-Media 
Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule, Information Exchange & 
Services Division, Office of Environmental Information, 2823T, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-2133; fax number: 202-
566-1684; 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 June 15, 2007, (72 FR 33216), EPA sought comments on this 
ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no additional comments on 
the renewal, during the comment period. Any

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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-OEI-2007-0412, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the 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 Office of Environmental Information 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 on 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, Confidential Business Information (CBI), or other information 
whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. For further 
information about the electronic docket, go to www.regulations.gov.
    Title: Cross-Media Electronic Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule 
(Renewal).
    ICR Numbers: EPA ICR Number 2002.04, OMB Control Number 2025-0003.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 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, 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 scope of this Information Collection Request will 
focus on the final electronic reporting components of CROMERRR, which 
is designed to allow EPA to comply with the Government Paperwork 
Elimination Act of 1998; to provide a uniform, technology-neutral 
framework for electronic reporting across all EPA programs; to allow 
EPA programs to offer electronic reporting as they become ready for 
CROMERRR; and to provide states with a streamlined process--together 
with uniform set of criteria--for approval of their electronic 
reporting provisions for all their EPA-authorized programs. Responses 
to the collection of information are voluntary. In order to accommodate 
CBI, the information collected must be in accordance with the 
confidentiality regulations set forth in 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B. 
Additionally, EPA will ensure that the information collection 
procedures comply with the Privacy Act of 1974 and the OMB Circular 
108.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 0.69 
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 and Local Receiving Systems.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 220,826.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 151,963.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $10,763,740 which includes $4,450,658 
annualized Capital Startup Costs, $657,707 annualized Operating and 
Maintenance (O&M) costs and $5,655,374 annualized Labor Costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: There is no significant change in the ICR 
compared to the previous ICR. This is due to the regulations having not 
changed over the past three years and is not anticipated to change over 
the next three years. There is, however, an adjustment in the labor 
cost estimate. This is due to the inflation of the labor rates over the 
past three years.

    Dated: November 7, 2007.
Sara Hisel-McCoy,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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