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