[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10509-10510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3985]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OARM-2011-0804, FRL-9512-4]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; Drug Testing for Contract Employees (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

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: Comments must be submitted on or before March 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OARM-
2011-0804 to, (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to [email protected], or by mail to: EPA Docket 
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Environmental 
Information (OEI) 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: Staci Ramrakha, Policy Training and 
Oversight Division, Office of Acquisition Management (3802R), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2017; email address: 
[email protected].
    EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB for review and approval 
according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. On October 31, 
2011, 76 FR 67182, EPA sought comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 
1320.8(d). EPA received no comments. 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-OARM-2011-0804, which is available for online viewing at 
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of 
Environmental Information 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

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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, 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: Drug Testing for Contract Employees.
    ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2183.05, OMB Control No. 2030-0044.
    ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2012. 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 EPA uses contractors to perform services throughout 
the nation in response to environmental emergencies involving the 
release, or threatened release, of oil, radioactive materials or 
hazardous chemicals that may potentially affect communities and the 
surrounding environment. Releases may be accidental, deliberate, or may 
be caused by natural disasters. Contractors responding to any of these 
types of incidents may be responsible for testing their employees for 
the use of marijuana, cocaine, opiates, amphetamines, phencyclidine 
(PCP), and any other controlled substances. The testing for drugs must 
be completed prior to contract employee performance. The contractor 
shall maintain records associated with all drug tests.
    Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping 
burden for this collection of information is estimated on average to be 
2.25 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: EPA contractor employees who work at 
sensitive sites.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 450.
    Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
    Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1012.5.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $102,870 includes $0 annualized 
capital or O&M costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: This ICR represents an increase from 450 
hours to 1,012.5 hours from the total estimated burden currently 
identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. The difference 
is in the amount of time allocated for an employee to provide a sample. 
The previous estimate did not take into account time for the employee 
to travel to and from the testing lab. Market research indicates the 
average time for an employee to travel to and from a testing site and 
provide a sample is 1.5 hours versus the fifteen minutes previously 
estimated.

John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2012-3985 Filed 2-21-12; 8:45 am]
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