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EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: NESHAP for Oil and Natural
Gas Production.
Abstract: This information collection
request addresses Clean Air Act
information collection requirements in
standards published at 40 CFR part 63,
subpart HH, which have mandatory
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements. These regulations were
proposed on February 6, 1998,
promulgated on June 17, 1999, and
apply to major sources of hazardous air
pollutants (HAP) and that process,
upgrade, or store (1) hydrocarbon
liquids (with the exception of those
facilities that exclusively handle black
oil) to the point of custody transfer and
(2) natural gas from the well up to and
including the natural gas processing
plant. Specifically exempted from this
regulation are oil and natural gas
production wells. In general, all
NESHAP standards require initial
notifications, performance tests, and
periodic reports. Owners or operators
are also required to maintain records of
the occurrence and duration of any
start-up, shutdown, or malfunction in
the operation of an affected facility, or
any period during which the monitoring
system is inoperative. These
notifications, reports, and records are
essential in determining compliance,
and are required of all sources subject
to NESHAP.
Any owner or operator subject to the
provisions of this part shall maintain a
file of these records, and retain the file
for at least 5 years following the date of
such occurrences, maintenance reports,
and records. All reports are sent to the
delegated State or local authority. In the
event that there is no such delegated
authority, the reports are sent directly to
the EPA Regional Office.
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 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and are
identified on the form and/or
instrument, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 187 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
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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; 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:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are those that process, upgrade,
or store (1) hydrocarbon liquids to the
point of custody transfer and (2) natural
gas from the well up to and including
the natural gas processing plant.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
127,202.
Frequency of Response: On occasion,
semi-annually.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
175,907 hours.
Estimated Total Capital and
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Annual Costs: $495,720 which includes
$20,400 annualized capital/startup costs
and $475,320 annual O&M costs.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 146,418 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burdens. This change is primarily due
to the consideration of the
recordkeeping burden on respondents
required to keep records of their
determination of applicability, but that
are not subject to the emission control
requirements of the NESHAP.
Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OAR–2005–0078, FRL–7941–4]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; National Survey on
Environmental Management of
Asthma, EPA ICR Number 1996.03,
OMB Control Number 2060–0490
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
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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. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on August 31, 2005. Under OMB
regulations, the Agency may continue to
conduct or sponsor the collection of
information while the submission is
pending at OMB. This ICR describes the
nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before August 22, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OAR–
2005–0078, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air
and Radiation Docket (6102T), 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington DC
20503.
Dr.
Susan Conrath, Indoor Environments
Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor
Air, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: (202) 343–9389; fax number:
(202) 343–2393; e-mail address:
conrath.susan@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On February 28th, 2005, (70 FR 9639),
EPA sought comments on this ICR
pursuant to 5CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has
addressed the comments received.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OAR–
2005–0078, which is available for public
viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket
in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC),
EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington,
DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8:30 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 Air and Radiation Docket is (202)
566–1742, fax: (202) 566–1741. An
electronic version of the public docket
is available through EPA Dockets
(EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/
edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain a copy
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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of the draft collection of information,
submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA within 30
days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that
public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing in
EDOCKET as EPA receives them and
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/
edocket.
Title: National Survey on
Environmental Management of Asthma.
Abstract: Executive Order 13045,
issued in 1997, directed each federal
agency to identify, assess, and address
environmental health and safety risks
for children. This executive order also
created the Task Force on
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks in Children, co-chaired by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
(HHS) and the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). In April 1998, this Task Force
identified four priority areas, one of
which was childhood asthma. In
response, EPA launched efforts to better
understand the role that environmental
factors, including airborne allergens and
irritants, play in the onset of asthma and
the triggering of asthma symptoms.
Indoor allergens include those from
house dust mites, cockroaches, mold,
and animal dander. In addition,
exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke (ETS) has also been shown to be
a major determinant of asthma
symptoms.
EPA is working to integrate the
management of environmental factors
with the medical treatment of asthma,
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particularly among children and lowincome populations. To evaluate the
effectiveness of its current outreach
efforts, EPA proposes to collect data
from individual U.S. households
through a telephone survey. This survey
will be used to gain information
regarding the number of individuals
with asthma who have taken steps to
improve the quality of their indoor
environment as part of their approach to
managing the disease, as well as any
barriers they may have encountered
while attempting to do so. EPA will
compare the data gained from this
survey to a similar survey completed in
2003. These data will help the Agency
determine if it has reached its 2005 goal,
established by the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993
(GPRA), and is on track for the 2012
goal. Specifically, EPA’s goal is that 2.5
million people with asthma, including
one million children and 200,000 lowincome adults, will have taken steps to
reduce their exposure to indoor
environmental asthma triggers by 2005.
EPA’s 2012 goal is that 6.5 million
people with asthma, including 2.9
million children, will have taken steps
to reduce their exposure to indoor
environmental triggers.
EPA intends to conduct the survey
once during the period for which this
ICR is in effect. EPA will conduct the
survey in two phases. The first phase is
intended to identify households where
either an adult asthmatic or child with
asthma resides. Individuals who
participate in the first phase of EPA’s
survey will be chosen at random from
U.S. households with publicly listed
telephone numbers. EPA expects that 15
percent of individuals who participate
in its screening survey will have asthma
or live in a household with someone
who does. After responding to several
screening questions, adult asthmatics
and parents of children with asthma
will be invited to participate in a longer,
more in-depth telephone survey. EPA
intends to over-sample in communities
known to have a high percentage of lowincome households to ensure that the
Agency is able to evaluate the
effectiveness of its outreach efforts to
this target population. The National
Survey on Environmental Management
of Asthma is voluntary. EPA does not
expect to receive confidential
information from the individuals who
voluntarily participate in the survey.
However, if a respondent does consider
the information submitted to be of a
proprietary nature, EPA will assure its
confidentiality based on the provisions
of 40 CFR part 2, subpart B,
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‘‘Confidentiality of Business
Information.’’
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 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. The
Federal Register document required
under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on 02/28/05
(70 FR 9639–9640); three comments
were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average between 3.5
minutes and 13.5 minutes per response,
depending on whether or not the survey
respondent has asthma or lives with
someone who has asthma. This is a total
estimated burden of 3,458 hours for
completion of this survey. 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; 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:
Individuals throughout the United
States with publicly listed residential
telephone numbers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
45,278.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,152 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an
increase of 426 hours in the total
estimated burden currently identified in
the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR
Burden. The increase in burden for this
renewal ICR changed due to revisions in
the survey instrument. In addition, by
using data collected during the 2003
survey, estimated burden per
respondent changed for this ICR
renewal. Both of these changes increase
the total estimated burden for this ICR
renewal.
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Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05–14402 Filed 7–20–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[RCRA–2005–0009, FRL–7941–9]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Used Oil
Management Standards
Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements, EPA ICR Number
1286.07, OMB Control Number 2050–
0124
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit a
continuing Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is
a request an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to
expire on December 31, 2005. Before
submitting the ICR to OMB for review
and approval, EPA is soliciting
comments on specific aspects of the
proposed information collection as
described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before September 19, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number RCRA–
2005–0009, to EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to RCRA-docket@epa.gov, or by
mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency,
RCRA Docket, mail code 5305T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Svizzero, Office of Solid Waste,
mailcode 5303W, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 703–308–0046; fax
number: 703–308–8617; e-mail address:
svizzero.michael@epamail.epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR
under Docket ID number RCRA–2005–
0009, which is available for public
viewing at the RCRA Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
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from 8:30 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 RCRA
Docket is (202) 566–0270. An electronic
version of the public docket is available
through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at
https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use
EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft
collection of information, submit or
view public comments, access the index
listing of the contents of the public
docket, and to access those documents
in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system,
select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the docket
ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA within 60
days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that
public comments, whether submitted
electronically or in paper, will be made
available for public viewing in
EDOCKET as EPA receives them and
without change, unless the comment
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or
other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov./
edocket.
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by this action are Business or
other for profit.
Title: Used Oil Management
Standards Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements.
Abstract: The Used Oil Management
Standards, which include information
collection requests, were developed in
accordance with section 3014 of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA), as amended by the
Hazardous and Solid Waste
Amendments of 1984 (HSWA), which
directs EPA to ‘‘promulgate regulations
* * * as may be necessary to protect
public health and the environment from
the hazards associated with recycled
oil’’ and, at the same time, to not
discourage used oil recycling. In 1985
and 1992, EPA established mandatory
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regulations that govern the management
of used oil (see 40 CFR part 279). To
document and ensure proper handling
of used oil, these regulations establish
notification, testing, tracking and
recordkeeping requirements for used oil
transporters, processors, re-refiners,
marketers, and burners. They also set
standards for the prevention and
cleanup of releases to the environment
during storage and transit, and for the
safe closure of storage units and
processing and re-refining facilities to
mitigate future releases and damages.
EPA believes these requirements
minimize potential hazards to human
health and the environment from the
potential mismanagement of used oil by
used oil handlers, while providing for
the safe recycling of used oil.
Information from these information
collection requirements is used to
ensure compliance with the Used Oil
Management Standards.
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 40
CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9.
The EPA would like to solicit
comments to:
(i) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(iv) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of responses.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to range from 6 minutes to 23
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
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OAR-2005-0078, FRL-7941-4]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; National Survey on Environmental Management of Asthma,
EPA ICR Number 1996.03, OMB Control Number 2060-0490
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (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. This ICR is scheduled to expire on August 31,
2005. Under OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information while the submission is pending
at OMB. This ICR describes the nature of the information collection and
its estimated burden and cost.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before August 22,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OAR-2005-
0078, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center,
Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation Docket (6102T), 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: 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: Dr. Susan Conrath, Indoor Environments
Division, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 343-9389; fax number: (202) 343-2393; e-mail
address: conrath.susan@epa.gov.
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 February 28th, 2005, (70 FR 9639), EPA sought comments on
this ICR pursuant to 5CFR 1320.8(d). EPA has addressed the comments
received.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OAR-2005-0078, which is available for public viewing at the Air and
Radiation Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room
B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 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 Air
and Radiation Docket is (202) 566-1742, fax: (202) 566-1741. An
electronic version of the public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to obtain
a copy
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of the draft collection of information, submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA within
30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose
public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a
comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference
to that material in the version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the copyrighted
material, will be available in the public docket. Although identified
as an item in the official docket, information claimed as CBI, or whose
disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not included in the
official public docket, and will not be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic docket, see EPA's
Federal Register notice describing the electronic docket at 67 FR 38102
(May 31, 2002), or go to https://www.epa.gov/edocket.
Title: National Survey on Environmental Management of Asthma.
Abstract: Executive Order 13045, issued in 1997, directed each
federal agency to identify, assess, and address environmental health
and safety risks for children. This executive order also created the
Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks in Children,
co-chaired by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In April
1998, this Task Force identified four priority areas, one of which was
childhood asthma. In response, EPA launched efforts to better
understand the role that environmental factors, including airborne
allergens and irritants, play in the onset of asthma and the triggering
of asthma symptoms. Indoor allergens include those from house dust
mites, cockroaches, mold, and animal dander. In addition, exposure to
environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has also been shown to be a major
determinant of asthma symptoms.
EPA is working to integrate the management of environmental factors
with the medical treatment of asthma, particularly among children and
low-income populations. To evaluate the effectiveness of its current
outreach efforts, EPA proposes to collect data from individual U.S.
households through a telephone survey. This survey will be used to gain
information regarding the number of individuals with asthma who have
taken steps to improve the quality of their indoor environment as part
of their approach to managing the disease, as well as any barriers they
may have encountered while attempting to do so. EPA will compare the
data gained from this survey to a similar survey completed in 2003.
These data will help the Agency determine if it has reached its 2005
goal, established by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
(GPRA), and is on track for the 2012 goal. Specifically, EPA's goal is
that 2.5 million people with asthma, including one million children and
200,000 low-income adults, will have taken steps to reduce their
exposure to indoor environmental asthma triggers by 2005. EPA's 2012
goal is that 6.5 million people with asthma, including 2.9 million
children, will have taken steps to reduce their exposure to indoor
environmental triggers.
EPA intends to conduct the survey once during the period for which
this ICR is in effect. EPA will conduct the survey in two phases. The
first phase is intended to identify households where either an adult
asthmatic or child with asthma resides. Individuals who participate in
the first phase of EPA's survey will be chosen at random from U.S.
households with publicly listed telephone numbers. EPA expects that 15
percent of individuals who participate in its screening survey will
have asthma or live in a household with someone who does. After
responding to several screening questions, adult asthmatics and parents
of children with asthma will be invited to participate in a longer,
more in-depth telephone survey. EPA intends to over-sample in
communities known to have a high percentage of low-income households to
ensure that the Agency is able to evaluate the effectiveness of its
outreach efforts to this target population. The National Survey on
Environmental Management of Asthma is voluntary. EPA does not expect to
receive confidential information from the individuals who voluntarily
participate in the survey. However, if a respondent does consider the
information submitted to be of a proprietary nature, EPA will assure
its confidentiality based on the provisions of 40 CFR part 2, subpart
B, ``Confidentiality of Business Information.''
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 40 CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. The Federal Register
document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this
collection of information was published on 02/28/05 (70 FR 9639-9640);
three comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average
between 3.5 minutes and 13.5 minutes per response, depending on whether
or not the survey respondent has asthma or lives with someone who has
asthma. This is a total estimated burden of 3,458 hours for completion
of this survey. 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; 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: Individuals throughout the United
States with publicly listed residential telephone numbers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 45,278.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,152 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Changes in the Estimates: There is an increase of 426 hours in the
total estimated burden currently identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burden. The increase in burden for this renewal ICR
changed due to revisions in the survey instrument. In addition, by
using data collected during the 2003 survey, estimated burden per
respondent changed for this ICR renewal. Both of these changes increase
the total estimated burden for this ICR renewal.
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Dated: July 12, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 05-14402 Filed 7-20-05; 8:45 am]
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