Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Technical Assistance Needs Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (NEW), 74002-74003 [2012-29981]

Download as PDF 74002 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 12, 2012 / Notices Respondents/Affected Entities: Secondary lead smelting facilities. Estimated Number of Respondents: 25. Frequency of Response: Initially and occasionally. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 37. Estimated Total Annual Cost: $3,631, which includes $3,631 in labor costs, no capital/startup costs, and no operation and maintenance (O&M) costs. Changes in the Estimates: There is an adjustment decrease of one burden hour for the respondents due to differences in mathematical rounding. Additionally, there is an increase in burden costs from the most recently approved ICR is due to an adjustment in the labor rates. This ICR uses updated labor rates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to calculate burden costs. John Moses, Director, Collection Strategies Division. [FR Doc. 2012–29948 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–SFUND–2012–0578; FRL9761–3] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Technical Assistance Needs Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites (NEW) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Technical Assistance Needs Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites’’ (EPA ICR No. 2470.01, OMB Control No. 2050– NEW) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a new collection. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 11, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– SFUND–2012–0578 online using mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:48 Dec 11, 2012 Jkt 229001 www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to knudsen.laura@epa.gov, 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Knudsen, Assessment and Remediation Division, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation, Mail Code 5204P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703–603– 8861; fax number: 703–603–9102; email address: knudsen.laura@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/ dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it 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. EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval. At that time, EPA PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 will issue another Federal Register notice to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. Abstract: This ICR covers the usage of TANAs with members of the impacted community in order to determine how the community is receiving technical information about a Superfund remedial or removal site; whether the community needs additional assistance in order to understand and respond to site-related technical information; and whether there are organizations in the community that are interested or involved in site-related issues and capable of acting as an appropriate conduit for technical assistance services to the affected community. Given the specific nature of the TANA, 8 to 10 persons will be interviewed per site, with an estimated total of 250 persons being interviewed per year (25 sites). Responses to the collection of information are voluntary and the names of respondents will be protected by the Privacy Act. The TANA will help ensure the community’s needs for technical assistance are defined as early in the remedial/removal process as possible and enable meaningful community involvement in the Superfund decision-making process. Additionally, the TANA process produces a blueprint for designing a coordinated effort to meet the community’s needs for additional technical assistance while minimizing the overlap of services provided. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Respondents to this ICR are local/state government officials, potentiallyresponsible party (PRP) representatives, and individual community members who may be impacted by a Superfund site or a removal action lasting 120 days or longer. These community members voluntarily participate in community involvement activities throughout the remedial phase of the Superfund process. SIC Codes are OSHA’s Standard Industrial Classification System used to identify different groups. Local/state governments are categorized as Division J: Public Administration, Major Group 95: Administration of Environmental Quality, subgroup 9511: Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management. The other respondents, community members, do not have a SIC Code as they do not constitute an industry. Respondent’s obligation to respond: voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 250 (per year). Frequency of response: Once during the remediation of the Site. Each TANA E:\FR\FM\12DEN1.SGM 12DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 239 / Wednesday, December 12, 2012 / Notices interview is expected to last approximately one hour in duration. Total estimated burden: 250 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b) Total estimated cost: $4,900 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: Not applicable. This is a new information collection. Dated: November 26, 2012. James E. Woolford, Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation. [FR Doc. 2012–29981 Filed 12–11–12; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0539; FRL–9362–3] Pesticides; Draft Guidance for Pesticide Registrants on Antimicrobial Pesticide Products With Mold-Related Label Claims; Notice of Availability SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with I. General Information A. Does this action apply to me? The Agency is announcing the availability of and seeking public comment on a draft Pesticide Registration Notice (PR Notice) titled ‘‘Guidance on Antimicrobial Pesticide Products with Mold-Related Label Claims.’’ PR Notices are issued by EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) to inform pesticide registrants and other interested persons about important policies, procedures, and registrationrelated decisions, and serve to provide guidance to pesticide registrants and OPP personnel. This particular draft PR Notice, once final, will provide guidance to the registrant concerning product performance (efficacy) data and labeling for ‘‘mold-related’’ pesticide products. EPA believes that the label improvements described in this draft document, once final, will provide consumers better product information with which to make an informed choice in selecting mold-related products that best suit their needs and thereby help improve protection of public health. DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 11, 2013. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0539, by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:48 Dec 11, 2012 Jkt 229001 Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. • Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. • Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the instructions at https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.htm. Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along with more information about dockets generally, is available at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Kempter, Antimicrobials Division, Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (703) 305–5448; fax number: (703) 308– 6467; email address: kempter.carlton@epa.gov. You may be potentially affected by this action if you are required to submit data under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or are required to register pesticides. The following list of North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a guide to help readers determine whether this document applies to them. Potentially affected entities may include: • Producers of pesticide products (NAICS 32532). • Producers of antimicrobial pesticides (NAICS 32561). B. What should I consider as I prepare my comments for EPA? 1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this information to EPA through 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 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 74003 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 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part or section number. iii. Explain why you agree or disagree; suggest alternatives and substitute language for your requested changes. iv. Describe any assumptions and provide any technical information and/ or data that you used. v. If you estimate potential costs or burdens, explain how you arrived at your estimate in sufficient detail to allow for it to be reproduced. vi. Provide specific examples to illustrate your concerns and suggest alternatives. vii. Explain your views as clearly as possible, avoiding the use of profanity or personal threats. viii. Make sure to submit your comments by the comment period deadline identified. C. How can I get copies of this document and other related information? A copy of the draft PR notice is available in the docket, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA– HQ–OPP–2010–0539. II. What guidance does this PR notice provide? This draft PR Notice, once final, will provide guidance to the registrant concerning product performance (efficacy) data and labeling for ‘‘moldrelated’’ pesticide products. Moldrelated pesticides are antimicrobial pesticides that bear a label claim to inhibit or destroy mold or mildew growth on hard, nonporous and porous surfaces in indoor environments (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘mold-related pesticides’’). ‘‘Fungicides’’ are antimicrobial pesticides that destroy fungi (including yeasts) and fungal spores pathogenic to humans. ‘‘Fungistats’’ are antimicrobial pesticides intended for aesthetic or cosmetic purposes and only inhibit fungal growth. This guidance, once final, will explain when the Agency expects to require applicants or registrants to submit efficacy data in support of the registration of mold-related pesticides. In accordance with 40 CFR part 161, E:\FR\FM\12DEN1.SGM 12DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 12, 2012)]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-29981]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-SFUND-2012-0578; FRL9761-3]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; 
Technical Assistance Needs Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or 
Removal Sites (NEW)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an 
information collection request (ICR), ``Technical Assistance Needs 
Assessments (TANAs) at Superfund Remedial or Removal Sites'' (EPA ICR 
No. 2470.01, OMB Control No. 2050-NEW) to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is 
soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed 
information collection as described below. This is a request for 
approval of a new collection. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and 
a person is not required to respond to a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 11, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
SFUND-2012-0578 online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred 
method), by email to knudsen.laura@epa.gov, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Knudsen, Assessment and 
Remediation Division, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology 
Innovation, Mail Code 5204P, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 703-603-
8861; fax number: 703-603-9102; email address: knudsen.laura@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that 
the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this 
ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in 
person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 
202-566-1744. For additional information about EPA's public docket, 
visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
    Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, EPA is soliciting 
comments and information to enable it 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. EPA 
will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. 
The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and 
approval. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice 
to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 
submit additional comments to OMB.
    Abstract: This ICR covers the usage of TANAs with members of the 
impacted community in order to determine how the community is receiving 
technical information about a Superfund remedial or removal site; 
whether the community needs additional assistance in order to 
understand and respond to site-related technical information; and 
whether there are organizations in the community that are interested or 
involved in site-related issues and capable of acting as an appropriate 
conduit for technical assistance services to the affected community. 
Given the specific nature of the TANA, 8 to 10 persons will be 
interviewed per site, with an estimated total of 250 persons being 
interviewed per year (25 sites). Responses to the collection of 
information are voluntary and the names of respondents will be 
protected by the Privacy Act. The TANA will help ensure the community's 
needs for technical assistance are defined as early in the remedial/
removal process as possible and enable meaningful community involvement 
in the Superfund decision-making process. Additionally, the TANA 
process produces a blueprint for designing a coordinated effort to meet 
the community's needs for additional technical assistance while 
minimizing the overlap of services provided.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Respondents to this ICR are local/
state government officials, potentially-responsible party (PRP) 
representatives, and individual community members who may be impacted 
by a Superfund site or a removal action lasting 120 days or longer. 
These community members voluntarily participate in community 
involvement activities throughout the remedial phase of the Superfund 
process. SIC Codes are OSHA's Standard Industrial Classification System 
used to identify different groups. Local/state governments are 
categorized as Division J: Public Administration, Major Group 95: 
Administration of Environmental Quality, subgroup 9511: Air and Water 
Resource and Solid Waste Management. The other respondents, community 
members, do not have a SIC Code as they do not constitute an industry.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 250 (per year).
    Frequency of response: Once during the remediation of the Site. 
Each TANA

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interview is expected to last approximately one hour in duration.
    Total estimated burden: 250 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 
5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $4,900 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: Not applicable. This is a new information 
collection.

    Dated: November 26, 2012.
James E. Woolford,
Director, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation.
[FR Doc. 2012-29981 Filed 12-11-12; 8:45 am]
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