[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24296-24297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08708]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0578; FRL-9791-01-OMS]


Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and 
Approval; Comment Request; Technical Assistance Needs Assessments 
(TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an 
information collection request (ICR), Technical Assistance Needs 
Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (EPA ICR 
Number 2470.03, OMB Control Number 2050-0211) to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with 
the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through May 2022. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on October 13, 2021, 
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given 
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.

DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 25, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to EPA, referencing Docket ID Number 
EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0578, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method) or by mail to: EPA

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Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA's policy is that all 
comments received will be included in the public docket without change 
including any personal information provided, unless the comment 
includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential 
Business Information (CBI), or other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute.
    Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed 
information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Callie Koller, Assessment and 
Remediation Division, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology, 
Mail Code 28221T, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 
Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-566-0970; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents, which explain in 
detail the information that the EPA will be collecting, are available 
in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at 
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, 
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone 
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional 
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the usage of TANAs to solicit feedback 
from members of the affected community in order to determine how the 
community is receiving technical information about a Superfund remedial 
or removal site; whether the community requires additional assistance 
in order to understand and respond to site-related technical 
information; and whether there are organizations in the community that 
are interested or involved in site-related issues and capable of acting 
as an appropriate conduit for technical assistance services to the 
affected community. EPA estimates that for each TANA it conducts, 20 
individuals are interviewed per site via direct face-to-face 
interaction, phone, or virtual call at five sites, with an approximate 
total of 100 individuals interviewed each year. Responses to the 
collection of information are voluntary and the names of respondents 
will be protected by the Privacy Act. The information obtained from 
each TANA will help ensure the community's needs for technical 
information assistance are defined as early in the remedial/removal 
process as possible and enable meaningful community involvement in the 
Superfund decision-making process. Additionally, the TANA process 
produces a blueprint for designing a coordinated effort to meet the 
community's needs for additional technical assistance while minimizing 
the overlap of services provided.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Local, state, and tribal government 
officials, potentially responsible party (PRP) representatives, 
community organizations, businesses and individuals who may be impacted 
by a Superfund site or a removal action lasting 120 days or longer. 
These community members voluntarily participate in community 
involvement activities throughout the remedial phase of the Superfund 
process. SIC Codes are Occupational Safety and Health Administration's 
(OSHA's) Standard Industrial Classification System used to identify 
different groups. Local/state governments are categorized as Division 
J: Public Administration, Major Group 95: Administration of 
Environmental Quality, subgroup 9511: Air and Water Resource and Solid 
Waste Management. The other respondents, community members, do not have 
a SIC Code as they do not constitute an industry.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 100. (20 per TANA at five sites).
    Frequency of response: Once during either a removal cleanup lasting 
120 days or longer or a remedial cleanup of a site. Each TANA interview 
is expected to last approximately one hour in duration.
    Total estimated burden: 100 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,587 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in the Estimates: A decrease of 450 hours in the total 
respondent burden hours is estimated during the three-year period as 
compared to the last collection period. The number of individual TANAs 
sharply declined, from 25 to five per year, thus decreasing the overall 
number of respondents voluntarily participating in this information 
request.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-08708 Filed 4-22-22; 8:45 am]
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