Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Focus Groups as Used by EPA for Economics Projects, EPA ICR Number 2205.01, 67163-67165 [05-22035]
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should be submitted to EPA and OMB
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electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
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edocket.
ICR Title: Recordkeeping and
Reporting Requirements for Allegations
of Significant Adverse Reactions to
Human Health or the Environment
(TSCA Section 8(c)).
ICR Status: This is a request to renew
an existing approved collection. This
ICR is scheduled to expire on December
31, 2005. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at
OMB.
Abstract: TSCA section 8(c) requires
companies that manufacture, process, or
distribute chemicals to maintain records
of significant adverse reactions to health
or the environment alleged to have been
caused by such chemicals. Since section
8(c) includes no automatic reporting
provision, EPA can obtain and use the
information contained in company files
only by inspecting those files or
requiring reporting of records that relate
to specific substances of concern.
Therefore, under certain conditions, and
using the provisions found in 40 CFR
part 717, EPA may require companies to
report such allegations to the Agency.
EPA uses such information on a casespecific basis to corroborate suspected
adverse health or environmental effects
of chemicals already under review by
EPA. The information is also useful to
identify trends of adverse effects across
the industry that may not be apparent to
any one chemical company.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory (see 40 CFR
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717). Respondents may claim all or part
of a notice as CBI. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a CBI
claim only to the extent permitted by,
and in accordance with, the procedures
in 40 CFR part 2.
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, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9 and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if
applicable.
Burden Statement: The total annual
public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to be about
24,550 hours, with the burden ranging
between 15 minutes and 8 hours per
response depending upon the type(s) of
activity that a respondent must
complete. Burden is 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:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are companies that manufacture,
process, import, or distribute in
commerce chemical substances or
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated total/average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents:
13,445.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 24,548 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs:
$1,232,417.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There
is a decrease of 5,391 hours (from
29,939 hours to 24,548 hours) in the
total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the
information collection request most
recently approved by OMB. This
decrease is an adjustment and is based
on several factors that are described in
detail in the ICR.
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Dated: August 9, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OA–2005–0004, FRL–7993–8]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Focus Groups as
Used by EPA for Economics Projects,
EPA ICR Number 2205.01
Environmental Protection
Agency.
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
proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is
a request for a new collection. 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 January 3, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OA–
2005–0004, to EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Office of
Environmental Information, Mail Code
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation, Mail Code
1809T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–566–2347; fax 202–566–
2363; e-mail address:
simon.nathalie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR
under Docket ID number OA–2005–
0004, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
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
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Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and
the telephone number for the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket
is (202) 566–1752. 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,
confidential business information (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: Focus Groups as used by EPA
for Economics Projects.
Abstract: The Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking
approval for a generic information
collection request (ICR) for the conduct
of focus groups and protocol interview
(hereafter jointly referred to as focus
groups) related to economics projects.
Over the next three years, the Agency
anticipates embarking on a number of
survey development efforts associated
with a variety of economics projects
including those related to valuation of
ecosystems, children’s health risks,
improvements to coastal waters, and
invasive species to name a few. Focus
groups are an important part of any
survey development process, allowing
for researchers to directly gauge what
specific issues are important to the
public and providing a means for
explicitly testing draft survey materials.
Through these focus groups, the Agency
will be able to gain a more in-depth
understanding of the public’s attitudes,
beliefs, motivations and feelings
regarding specific issues and will
provide valuable information regarding
the quality of draft survey instruments.
The information collected in the focus
groups will be used to develop and
improve economics-related surveys. To
the extent that these surveys are
ultimately successfully administered,
they will serve to expand the Agencies
understanding of benefits and costs of a
variety of actions and could provide the
means to quantitatively assess the
effects of others. Participation in the
focus groups will be voluntary and the
identity of the participants will be kept
confidential.
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 only burden
imposed by the focus group interviews
on respondents will be the time
required to participate in the focus
groups and answer the associated
questions. The Agency estimates that for
economics projects anticipated over the
next three years, 1758 participants will
be needed to participate in 188 focus
groups. In most cases, the anticipated
length of the focus groups is 2.0 hours
per participant, with the average length
per focus group equal to 2.4 hours.
Based on an average hourly rate of
$25.87 a (including employer costs of all
employee benefits), the Agency expects
that the average per-respondent cost for
the focus groups will be $62.09 and the
corresponding one-time total cost to all
respondents will be $109,151 (see table
below). Since this information
collection is voluntary and does not
involve any special equipment,
respondents will not incur any capital
or operation and maintenance (O&M)
costs.
TABLE.—ESTIMATED BURDEN TO PARTICIPANTS
Office
Topics to include
Number of
focus groups
Number of
participants
per focus
group
(1)
Office of Policy Economics and Innovation ...
(2)
Valuation of Improvements to Coastal
Water; Valuation of Children’s Health
Risk, Ecological Valuation, etc.
Valuation of environmental improvements;
ecosystem services, etc.
(3)
(4)
Office of Research and Development ...........
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48
9
2
70
9
2.1
a Employer costs per hour worked for employee
compensation and costs as a percent of total
compensation: Civilian workers, total
compensation, March 2005 (https://stats.bls.gov/
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TABLE.—ESTIMATED BURDEN TO PARTICIPANTS—Continued
Office
Topics to include
Number of
focus groups
Number of
participants
per focus
group
Average length
of focus group
(1)
Office of Air and Radiation.
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air .................
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Office of Transportation and Air Quality ........
Office of Water ...............................................
Total .................................................
Environmental management of asthma; Indoor air quality management in schools
and large buildings, etc.
Encouraging fuel efficiency through labeling
(Smartway brand), etc.
Invasive species prevention; Great Lakes,
etc.
6
4
4
9
2
60
9
3
188
........................................................................
20
*1758
**2.4
*Total needed for all focus groups [sum[col (3)*(4)]].
**Average time for all focus groups [cols. (3)*(5)/188].
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.
Dated: September 26, 2005.
Al McGartland,
Office Director, National Center for
Environmental Economics, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[ER–FRL–6669–1]
Environmental Impact Statements and
Regulations; Availability of EPA
Comments
Availability of EPA comments
prepared pursuant to the Environmental
Review Process (ERP), under section
309 of the Clean Air Act and section
102(2)(c) of the National Environmental
Policy Act as amended. Requests for
copies of EPA comments can be directed
to the Office of Federal Activities at
202–564–7167.
An explanation of the ratings assigned
to draft environmental impact
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statements (EISs) was published in FR
dated April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815).
Draft EISs
EIS No. 20050220, ERP No. D–FHW–
L40227–WA, Interstate 90 Snoqualmie
Pass East Project, Proposes to Improve
a 15-mile Portion of I–90 from
Milepost 55.10 in Hyak to Milepost
70.3 New Easton, Funding, U.S. Army
COE Section 404 Permit and NPDES
Permit, Kittitas County, WA.
Summary: EPA has environmental
objections about the proposed project
primarily related to the adequacy of the
ecological connectivity options
presented. EPA notes that no preferred
alternative was selected and the most
substantial environmental issues relate
to the No Action Alternative and
Ecological Connectivity Improvement
Package C.
Rating EO2.
EIS No. 20050354, ERP No. D–UAF–
E11057–00, Shaw Air Base Airspace
Training Initiative (ATI), 20th Fighter
Wing Proposal to Modify the Training
Airspace Overlying Parts, South
Carolina and Georgia
Summary: EPA expressed concern
about airspace management/
configuration/access around existing
civilian airports in Georgia and ongoing
coordination with the public regarding
noise issues. Mitigation of some of the
specific impacts can be accomplished
via structuring the various training
scenarios and modifying the proposed
airspace to further avoid/minimize
impacts around civilian airports.
Rating EC1.
EIS No. 20050368, ERP No. D–IBR–
G28013–NM, Carlsbad Project Water
Operations and Water Supply
Conservation, Changes in Carlsbad
Project Operations and
Implementation of Water Acquisition
Program, U.S. COE Section 404
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Permit, NPDES, Eddy, De Baca,
Chaves, and Guadelupe Counties,
NM.
Summary: EPA had no objection to
the selection of the preferred action.
Rating LO.
Final EISs
EIS No. 20050344, ERP No. F–NRC–
F06025–WI, Generic—License
Renewal for Point Beach Nuclear
Plant, Units 1 and 2, Supplement 23
to NUREG–1437 (TAC Nos. MC2049
and MC2050), Lake Michigan,
Manitowoc County, WI.
Summary: EPA continues to express
concerns about the adequacy and clarity
of the radiological impact assessments
and risk estimates.
EIS No. 20050373, ERP No. F–COE–
H39012–MO, Howard Bend
Floodplain Area Study, Improvements
for Future Land, Future Road, and
Stormwater Management, Missouri
River Flood Developments, U.S. Army
COE Section 10 and 404 Permits, St.
Louis County, MO.
Summary: EPA continued to express
concerns about the cumulative effects
analysis, including uncertainty over the
potential for development within the
levee-protected area and the reliance on
potentially outdated FEMA profiles that
may underestimate impacts.
EIS No. 20050376, ERP No. F–COE–
G32057–TX, CedarBayou Navigation
Chanel (CBNC) Improvement Project,
Implementation, Near Baytown in
Harris and Chambers Counties, TX.
Summary: No comment letter was
sent to the preparing agency.
EIS No. 20050419, ERP No. F–AFS–
J65441–MT, Middle East Fork
Hazardous Fuel Reduction Project,
Implementation of Three Alternatives,
Bitterroot National Forest, Sula
Ranger District, Ravalli County, MT.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OA-2005-0004, FRL-7993-8]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Focus Groups as Used by EPA for Economics Projects,
EPA ICR Number 2205.01
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
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 EPA is planning to submit a
proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is a request for a new collection.
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 January 3, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID number OA-2005-
0004, to EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by e-mail
oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Office of Environmental Information, Mail Code
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation, Mail Code 1809T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202-566-2347; fax 202-566-2363; e-mail address:
simon.nathalie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has established a public docket for this
ICR under Docket ID number OA-2005-0004, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, 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
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Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the Office
of Environmental Information (OEI) Docket is (202) 566-1752. 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, confidential business
information (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: Focus Groups as used by EPA for Economics Projects.
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking
approval for a generic information collection request (ICR) for the
conduct of focus groups and protocol interview (hereafter jointly
referred to as focus groups) related to economics projects. Over the
next three years, the Agency anticipates embarking on a number of
survey development efforts associated with a variety of economics
projects including those related to valuation of ecosystems, children's
health risks, improvements to coastal waters, and invasive species to
name a few. Focus groups are an important part of any survey
development process, allowing for researchers to directly gauge what
specific issues are important to the public and providing a means for
explicitly testing draft survey materials. Through these focus groups,
the Agency will be able to gain a more in-depth understanding of the
public's attitudes, beliefs, motivations and feelings regarding
specific issues and will provide valuable information regarding the
quality of draft survey instruments.
The information collected in the focus groups will be used to
develop and improve economics-related surveys. To the extent that these
surveys are ultimately successfully administered, they will serve to
expand the Agencies understanding of benefits and costs of a variety of
actions and could provide the means to quantitatively assess the
effects of others. Participation in the focus groups will be voluntary
and the identity of the participants will be kept confidential.
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 only burden imposed by the focus group
interviews on respondents will be the time required to participate in
the focus groups and answer the associated questions. The Agency
estimates that for economics projects anticipated over the next three
years, 1758 participants will be needed to participate in 188 focus
groups. In most cases, the anticipated length of the focus groups is
2.0 hours per participant, with the average length per focus group
equal to 2.4 hours. Based on an average hourly rate of $25.87 \a\
(including employer costs of all employee benefits), the Agency expects
that the average per-respondent cost for the focus groups will be
$62.09 and the corresponding one-time total cost to all respondents
will be $109,151 (see table below). Since this information collection
is voluntary and does not involve any special equipment, respondents
will not incur any capital or operation and maintenance (O&M) costs.
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\a\ Employer costs per hour worked for employee compensation and
costs as a percent of total compensation: Civilian workers, total
compensation, March 2005 (https://stats.bls.gov/news.release/
ecec.t02.htm).
Table.--Estimated Burden to Participants
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Number of
Number of participants Average length
Office Topics to include focus groups per focus of focus group
group
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(1) (2)..................... (3) (4) (5)
Office of Policy Economics and Valuation of 48 9 2
Innovation. Improvements to Coastal
Water; Valuation of
Children's Health Risk,
Ecological Valuation,
etc.
Office of Research and Development... Valuation of 70 9 2.1
environmental
improvements; ecosystem
services, etc.
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Office of Air and Radiation..........
Office of Radiation and Indoor Air... Environmental management 6 20 4
of asthma; Indoor air
quality management in
schools and large
buildings, etc.
Office of Transportation and Air Encouraging fuel 4 9 2
Quality. efficiency through
labeling (Smartway
brand), etc.
Office of Water...................... Invasive species 60 9 3
prevention; Great
Lakes, etc.
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Total............................ ........................ 188 *1758 **2.4
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*Total needed for all focus groups [sum[col (3)*(4)]].
**Average time for all focus groups [cols. (3)*(5)/188].
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.
Dated: September 26, 2005.
Al McGartland,
Office Director, National Center for Environmental Economics, Office of
Policy, Economics and Innovation.
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