[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 20653]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06170]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0041; 11852-01-OAR]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; RadNet (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), RadNet (EPA ICR Number 0877.15 
OMB Control Number 2060-0015) 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 March 31, 2024. Public comments were 
previously requested via the Federal Register on June 19, 2023 during a 
60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for 
public comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 24, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-
2003-0041, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or 
by mail to: EPA 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: John Griggs, OAR/ORIA/NAREL, 
Environmental Protection Agency, National Analytical Radiation 
Environmental Laboratory, 540 South Morris Ave., Montgomery, AL 36115; 
telephone number: (334) 270-3400; fax number: (334) 270-3450; email 
address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 
which is currently approved through 3/31/2024. 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.
    Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register 
on 6/20/2023 during a 60-day comment period (88 FR 39845). This notice 
allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. 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 
http://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Abstract: RadNet is a national network of stations collecting 
environmental media that include air, precipitation, and drinking 
water. Samples are sent to EPA's National Analytical Radiation 
Environmental Lab (NAREL) in Montgomery, Alabama, where they are 
analyzed for radioactivity. RadNet provides emergency response/homeland 
security and ambient monitoring information on levels of environmental 
radiation across the nation. All station operators participate in 
RadNet voluntarily. Station operators complete information forms that 
accompany the samples. The forms request information pertaining to 
sample type, sample location, start and stop date and times for 
sampling, length of sampling period, and volume represented. Data from 
RadNet are made available regularly on the Agency websites--Envirofacts 
and the EPA website www.epa.gov/radnet.
    Form numbers: RadNet Air Particulate Sample (EPA Form 5900-24); 
RadNet Precipitation Report Form (EPA Form 5900-27); RadNet Drinking 
Water Report Form (EPA Form 5900-29); and RadNet Supply Request Form 
(EPA Form 5900-23).
    Respondents/affected entities: Primarily Tribal and Local 
Officials.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 213.
    Frequency of response: Varies depending upon sample media type. 
Responses vary from twice weekly to quarterly.
    Total estimated burden: 3,640 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b).
    Total estimated cost: $2,622,124 (per year), includes annualized 
capital costs, operational costs, and maintenance costs.
    Changes in estimates: There is a 2.2 percent reduction in burden 
from 3,722 hours annually. While the RadNet network is fully 
established and operating with essentially no changes expected, 30% of 
the drinking water sampling locations have not responded since the 
beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a 4.5 percent increase in 
costs due to increases in Federal and contractor salaries and cost of 
goods and supplies.

Courtney Kerwin,
Director, Regulatory Support Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-06170 Filed 3-22-24; 8:45 am]
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