Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Focus Groups as used by EPA for Economics Projects (Renewal), 6075-6076 [2015-02200]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Notices The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on February 12, 2015. Dated: January 28, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–02113 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA HQ–OA–2008–0701; FRL–9922–48– OA] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Focus Groups as used by EPA for Economics Projects (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Focus Groups as used by EPA for Economics Projects (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2205.15, OMB Control No. 2090–0028) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed renewal of the ICR, which is currently approved through June 30, 2015. 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. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:18 Feb 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 Comments must be submitted on or before April 6, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OA–2008–0701, 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. 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: Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy, (MC 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: 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, WJC 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 DATES: PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 6075 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: EPA is seeking renewal of a generic ICR for the conduct of focus groups and protocol interviews (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, mortality risk reductions, improvements to coastal waters including the Chesapeake Bay, to name a few. Focus groups are an important part of any survey development process, allowing researchers to directly gauge what specific issues are important to the public and providing a means for explicitly testing draft survey materials. These focus groups will allow the Agency 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 may 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 Agency’s 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. Form Numbers: None. Respondents/affected entities: Individuals. Respondent’s obligation to respond: Voluntary. Estimated number of respondents: 2,066 (total). Frequency of response: Once. Total estimated burden: 1,359 hours (per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b) Total estimated cost: $41,356 (per year), includes $0 annualized capital or operation & maintenance costs. Changes in Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB. E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1 6076 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Notices Dated: January 27, 2015. Joel Beauvais, Associate Administrator, Office of Policy. [FR Doc. 2015–02200 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OW–2012–0217; FRL–9922–38– OW] RIN 2040–A537 Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 4— Draft Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA is publishing for public review and comment a draft list of contaminants that are currently not subject to any proposed or promulgated national primary drinking water regulations. These contaminants are known or anticipated to occur in public water systems and may require regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). This draft list is the fourth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 4) published by the agency since the SDWA amendments of 1996. This Draft CCL 4 includes 100 chemicals or chemical groups and 12 microbial contaminants. The EPA seeks comment on the Draft CCL 4 and on improvements to the selection process for future CCLs for the agency to consider. DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 6, 2015. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OW–2012–0217, by one of the following methods: • https://www.regulations.gov: Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. • Mail: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. • Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket’s normal hours of operation, and special arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. Instructions: Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2012– 0217. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at https:// www.regulations.gov, including any mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:18 Feb 03, 2015 Jkt 235001 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 https:// www.regulations.gov or email. The https://www.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 https:// www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public 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. For additional instructions on submitting comments, go to Section I.B of the GENERAL INFORMATION section of this document. Docket: All documents in the docket are listed in the https:// www.regulations.gov index. 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, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically in https:// www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at the Water Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. The 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 Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the EPA Docket Center is (202) 566–2426. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on chemical contaminants contact Meredith Russell, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, at (202) 564–0814 or email russell.meredith@epa.gov. For information on microbial contaminants PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 contact Hannah Holsinger, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Standards and Risk Management Division, at (202) 564–0403 or email holsinger.hannah@epa.gov. For general information contact the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (800) 426– 4791 or email: hotline-sdwa@epa.gov. Abbreviations and Acronyms ATSDR—Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry CA—California CASRN—Chemical Abstract Services Registry Number CDC—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CCL—Contaminant Candidate List CCL 1—EPA’s First Contaminant Candidate List CCL 2—EPA’s Second Contaminant Candidate List CCL 3—EPA’s Third Contaminant Candidate List CCL 4—EPA’s Fourth Contaminant Candidate List CFR—Code of Federal Regulations EPA—United States Environmental Protection Agency ESA—Ethanesulfonic acid FL—Florida FR—Federal Register HPC—Heterotrophic Plate Count IL—Illinois MCL—Maximum Contaminant Level MCLG—Maximum Contaminant Level Goal MMWR—Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report NC—North Carolina NCOD—National Contaminant Occurrence Database NDWAC—National Drinking Water Advisory Council NRC—National Academy of Science’s National Research Council NPDWR—National Primary Drinking Water Regulation OH—Ohio PCCL 3—Preliminary Contaminant Candidate List 3 PCCL 4—Preliminary Contaminant Candidate List 4 PFOA—Perfluorooctanoic Acid PFOS—Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid PWS—Public Water System SAB—Science Advisory Board SDWA—Safe Drinking Water Act SD—South Dakota STORET—EPA’s Storage and Retrieval database of water quality monitoring data collected by water resource management groups across the U.S. TX—Texas UCM—Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring UCMR 1—First Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule UCMR 2—Second Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule USDA—United States Department of Agriculture USEPA—United States Environmental Protection Agency USGS—United States Geological Survey WHO—World Health Organization WI—Wisconsin E:\FR\FM\04FEN1.SGM 04FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6075-6076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02200]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA HQ-OA-2008-0701; FRL-9922-48-OA]


Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Focus 
Groups as used by EPA for Economics Projects (Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 
submit an information collection request (ICR), ``Focus Groups as used 
by EPA for Economics Projects (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2205.15, OMB 
Control No. 2090-0028) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
(PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific 
aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This 
is a proposed renewal of the ICR, which is currently approved through 
June 30, 2015. 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 April 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OA-
2008-0701, 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.
    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: Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy, (MC 
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: 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, WJC 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: EPA is seeking renewal of a generic ICR for the conduct 
of focus groups and protocol interviews (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, mortality risk reductions, improvements to coastal waters 
including the Chesapeake Bay, to name a few. Focus groups are an 
important part of any survey development process, allowing researchers 
to directly gauge what specific issues are important to the public and 
providing a means for explicitly testing draft survey materials. These 
focus groups will allow the Agency 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 may 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 Agency's 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.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Respondents/affected entities: Individuals.
    Respondent's obligation to respond: Voluntary.
    Estimated number of respondents: 2,066 (total).
    Frequency of response: Once.
    Total estimated burden: 1,359 hours (per year). Burden is defined 
at 5 CFR 1320.03(b)
    Total estimated cost: $41,356 (per year), includes $0 annualized 
capital or operation & maintenance costs.
    Changes in Estimates: There is no change in the total estimated 
respondent burden compared with the ICR currently approved by OMB.


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    Dated: January 27, 2015.
Joel Beauvais,
Associate Administrator, Office of Policy.
[FR Doc. 2015-02200 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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