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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.
The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is only briefly summarized here:
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 12.
Frequency of response: Annual or On
Occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 3.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
69.
Estimated total annual costs: $5,654.
This includes an estimated burden cost
of $5,538 and an estimated cost of $116
for capital investment or maintenance
and operational costs.
Docket Number: EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–
0060
Affected entities: Entities potentially
affected by these actions are
manufacturers of nonroad spark-ignition
engines, including marine spark ignition
engines.
Title: Emissions Certification and
Compliance Requirements for Nonroad
Spark-Ignition Engines.
EPA ICR Number: 1695.10, OMB
Control Number 2060–0338.
Abstract: This ICR is currently
scheduled to expire on August 31, 2012.
This information collection is requested
under the authority of Title II of the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521 et seq.).
Under this Title, EPA is charged with
issuing certificates of conformity for
those engines which comply with
applicable emission standards. Such a
certificate must be issued before engines
may be legally introduced into
commerce. To apply for a certificate of
conformity, manufacturers are required
to submit descriptions of their planned
production line, including detailed
descriptions of the emission control
system, and test data. This information
is organized by ‘‘engine family’’ groups
expected to have similar emission
characteristics. The emission values
achieved during certification testing
may also be used in the Averaging,
Banking, and Trading (ABT) Program.
The program allows manufacturers to
bank credits for engine families that
emit below the standard and use the
credits for families that emit above the
standard. They may also trade banked
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credits with other manufacturers.
Participation in the ABT program is
voluntary. Different categories of sparkignition engines may also be required to
comply with production-line testing and
in-use testing. There are also
recordkeeping and labeling
requirements. In this notice, former ICR
1722.06 (‘‘Emission Certification and
Compliance Requirements for SparkIgnition Marine Engine, OMB Control
Number 2060–0321) and portions of
former ICR 2251.03 (Control of
Emissions from Nonroad Spark-Ignition
Engines and Equipment, OMB Control
Number 2060–0603) are being
incorporated into ICR 1695.10. This
action is undertaken to consolidate
certification and compliance
information requirements for sparkignition engines into one ICR for
simplification. With this consolidation,
we combine all the certification and
compliance burden associated with the
spark-ignition engine industry.
This information is collected
electronically by the Gas Engine
Compliance Center (GECC), Compliance
Division, Office of Transportation and
Air Quality (OTAQ), Office of Air and
Radiation of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. GECC uses this
information to ensure that
manufacturers are in compliance with
applicable regulations and the Clean Air
Act (CAA). It may also be used by the
Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (OECA) and the Department
of Justice for enforcement purposes.
Non-Confidential Business Information
(CBI) may be disclosed on OTAQ’s Web
site or upon request under the Freedom
of Information Act to trade associations,
environmental groups, and the public.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 127 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.
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The ICR provides a detailed
explanation of the Agency’s estimate,
which is under review and briefly
summarized here (the following
numbers represent consolidated burden
for the three combined ICRs):
Estimated total number of potential
respondents: 864.
Frequency of response: Annual or On
Occasion.
Estimated total average number of
responses for each respondent: 3.14.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
345,159.
Estimated total annual costs:
$41,396,380. This includes an estimated
burden cost of $22,146,947 and an
estimated cost of $19,249,433 for capital
investment or maintenance and
operational costs.
Are there changes in the estimates from
the last approval?
To date, there are no changes in the
number of hours in the total estimated
respondent burden compared with that
identified in the ICR currently approved
by OMB. However, EPA is still
evaluating information that may lead to
a change in the estimates.
What is the next step in the process for
these ICRs?
EPA will consider the comments
received and amend the ICRs as
appropriate. The final ICR packages will
then be submitted to OMB for review
and approval pursuant to 5 CFR
1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue
another Federal Register notice
pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to
announce the submission of the ICR to
OMB and the opportunity to submit
additional comments to OMB. If you
have any questions about this ICR or the
approval process, please contact the
technical person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Dated: March 16, 2012.
Byron J. Bunker,
Acting Director, Compliance Division, Office
of Transportation and Air Quality, Office of
Air and Radiation.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OA–2008–0701; FRL- 9514–3]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Focus Groups as Used By
EPA for Economics Projects (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
Notice.
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: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before April 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
OA–2008–0701, to (1) EPA online using
www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to
oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T,
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:
Nathalie Simon, National Center for
Environmental Economics, Office of
Policy, (1809T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202–566–2347; fax
number: 202–566–2363; email address:
simon.nathalie@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 October 7, 2011 (76 FR 62400), 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
EPA–HQ–OA–2008–0701, which is
available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) 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 8:30
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 OEI Docket is 202–566–
1752.
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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
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: Focus Groups as Used by EPA
for Economics Projects (Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2205.07,
OMB Control No. 2090–0028.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to
expire on March 31, 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 is seeking renewal
of a generic information collection
request (ICR) for the conduct of focus
groups and one-on-one interviews
primarily related to survey development
for economics projects. Focus groups are
groups of individuals brought together
for moderated discussions on a specific
topic or issue. These groups are
typically formed to gain insight and
understanding of attitudes and
perceptions held by the public
surrounding a particular issue. One-onone interviews, as the term implies, are
individual interviews in which a
respondent is generally asked to review
materials and provide feedback on their
content and design as well as the
thought processes that the materials
invoke.
Focus groups and one-on-one
interviews (hereafter referred to
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collectively as ‘‘focus groups’’) used as
a qualitative research tool have three
major purposes:
• To better understand respondents’
attitudes, perceptions and emotions in
response to specific topics and
concepts;
• To obtain respondent information
useful for better defining variables and
measures in later quantitative studies;
and
• To further explore findings
obtained from quantitative studies.
Through these focus groups, the
Agency will be able to gain a more indepth understanding of the public’s
attitudes, beliefs, motivations and
feelings regarding specific issues and
will provide invaluable information
regarding the quality of draft survey
instruments. Focus group discussions
are necessary and important steps in the
design of a quality survey. The target
population for the focus group
discussions will vary by project, but
will generally include members of the
general public. Participation in the
focus groups will be completely
voluntary. Each focus group will fully
conform to federal regulations—
specifically the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. 552a), the Hawkins-Stafford
Amendments of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–297),
and the Computer Security Act of 1987.
Burden Statement: The annual public
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection of information is
estimated to average 2 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:
Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
2,066 over three years or 689 per year.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,359.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$41,394, includes $0 annualized capital
or O&M costs. Changes in the Estimates:
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There is an increase of 573 hours in the
total estimated burden currently
identified in the OMB Inventory of
Approved ICR Burdens. This increase is
based on new estimates provided by the
program offices at EPA on their
projected use of focus groups.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Comment
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
EPA has received a specific
exemption request from the Louisiana
Department of Agriculture and Forestry
to use the pesticide fluxapyroxad (CAS
No. 907204–31–3) to treat up to 40,000
acres of rice to control sheath blight
caused by the fungus, Rhizoctonia
solani. The applicant proposes the use
of a new chemical which has not been
registered by the EPA. EPA is soliciting
public comment before making the
decision whether or not to grant the
exemption.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 12, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2012–0172, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S.
Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket
Facility’s normal hours of operation
(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays).
Special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket Facility telephone number is
(703) 305–5805.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
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received will be included in the docket
without change and may be made
available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
protected through regulations.gov or
email. The regulations.gov Web site is
an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an email comment directly
to EPA without going through
regulations.gov, your email address will
be automatically captured and included
as part of the comment that is placed in
the docket and made available on the
Internet. If you submit an electronic
comment, EPA recommends that you
include your name and other contact
information in the body of your
comment and with any disk or CD–ROM
you submit. If EPA cannot read your
comment due to technical difficulties
and cannot contact you for clarification,
EPA may not be able to consider your
comment. Electronic files should avoid
the use of special characters, any form
of encryption, and be free of any defects
or viruses.
Docket: All documents in the docket
are listed in the docket index available
at https://www.regulations.gov. Although
listed in the index, some information is
not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material,
is not placed on the Internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy
form. Publicly available docket
materials are available either in the
electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–
4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.),
2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The
hours of operation of this Docket
Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The Docket Facility telephone
number is (703) 305–5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debra Rate, Registration Division
(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 306–0309; fax number: (703) 605–
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rate.debra@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are
not limited to:
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
• Animal production (NAICS code
112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311).
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532).
This listing is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
affected by this action. Other types of
entities not listed in this unit could also
be affected. The North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes have been provided to
assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to
certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of
this action to a particular entity, consult
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
information to EPA through
www.regulations.gov or email. Clearly
mark the part or all of the information
that you claim to be CBI. For CBI
information in a disk or CD–ROM that
you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
identify electronically within the disk or
CD–ROM the specific information that
is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
complete version of the comment that
includes information claimed as CBI, a
copy of the comment that does not
contain the information claimed as CBI
must be submitted for inclusion in the
public docket. Information so marked
will not be disclosed except in
accordance with procedures set forth in
40 CFR part 2.
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
When submitting comments, remember
to:
i. Identify the document by docket ID
number and other identifying
information (subject heading, Federal
Register date and page number).
ii. Follow directions. The Agency may
ask you to respond to specific questions
or organize comments by referencing a
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OA-2008-0701; FRL- 9514-3]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Focus Groups as Used By EPA for
Economics Projects (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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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: Additional comments may be submitted on or before April 27,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2008-0701, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred
method), by email to oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket
Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 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: Nathalie Simon, National Center for
Environmental Economics, Office of Policy, (1809T), Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: 202-566-2347; fax number: 202-566-2363; email
address: simon.nathalie@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 October 7, 2011 (76 FR 62400), 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 EPA-HQ-OA-2008-0701, which is available for online viewing at
www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) 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 8:30 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
OEI 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 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: Focus Groups as Used by EPA for Economics Projects
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2205.07, OMB Control No. 2090-0028.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 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 is seeking renewal of a generic information
collection request (ICR) for the conduct of focus groups and one-on-one
interviews primarily related to survey development for economics
projects. Focus groups are groups of individuals brought together for
moderated discussions on a specific topic or issue. These groups are
typically formed to gain insight and understanding of attitudes and
perceptions held by the public surrounding a particular issue. One-on-
one interviews, as the term implies, are individual interviews in which
a respondent is generally asked to review materials and provide
feedback on their content and design as well as the thought processes
that the materials invoke.
Focus groups and one-on-one interviews (hereafter referred to
collectively as ``focus groups'') used as a qualitative research tool
have three major purposes:
To better understand respondents' attitudes, perceptions
and emotions in response to specific topics and concepts;
To obtain respondent information useful for better
defining variables and measures in later quantitative studies; and
To further explore findings obtained from quantitative
studies.
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 invaluable
information regarding the quality of draft survey instruments. Focus
group discussions are necessary and important steps in the design of a
quality survey. The target population for the focus group discussions
will vary by project, but will generally include members of the general
public. Participation in the focus groups will be completely voluntary.
Each focus group will fully conform to federal regulations--
specifically the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the Hawkins-
Stafford Amendments of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-297), and the Computer
Security Act of 1987.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2
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: Individuals.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,066 over three years or 689 per
year.
Frequency of Response: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,359.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $41,394, includes $0 annualized
capital or O&M costs. Changes in the Estimates:
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There is an increase of 573 hours in the total estimated burden
currently identified in the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. This
increase is based on new estimates provided by the program offices at
EPA on their projected use of focus groups.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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