[Federal Register: November 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 225)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OECA-2006-0557; FRL-8245-6]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Tips and Complaints Regarding
Environmental Violations (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 2219.02, OMB Control
No. 2020-0032
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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 December 22,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OECA-
2006-0557, to (1) EPA online using http://www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), or by mail to: The Enforcement and Compliance Docket
and Information Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode:
2201T, 1301 Constitution 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: Michael Le Desma; Legal Counsel &
Resource Management Division; Office of Criminal Enforcement,
Forensics, and Training, Environmental Protection Agency, Building 25,
Box 25227, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80025; telephone number:
(303) 462-9453; fax number: (303) 462-9075; e-mail address:
ledesma.michael@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 Thursday, August 31, 2006 (71 FR 51810), EPA sought
comments on this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one
comment during the comment period, which is addressed in the ICR. 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-HQ-OECA-2006-0557, which is available for online viewing at
http://www.regulations.gov, or in person viewing at the Enforcement and
Compliance Docket and Information Center 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 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
Enforcement and Compliance Docket and Information Center is 202-564-
1927.
Use EPA's electronic docket and comment system at
http://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 http://www.regulations.gov as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the comment contains copyrighted
material, CBI, or other information whose public disclosure is
restricted by statute. For further information about the electronic
docket, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
Title: Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations
(Renewal).
ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2219.02, OMB Control No. 2020-0032.
ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to expire on November 30, 2006.
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 tips and complaints web form is intended to
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provide an easy and convenient means by which members of the public can
supply information to EPA regarding suspected violations of
environmental law. The decision to provide a tip or complaint is
entirely voluntary and use of the web form when supplying a tip or
complaint is also entirely voluntary. Tippers need not supply contact
information or other personal identifiers. Those who do supply such
information, however, should know that this information may be shared
by EPA with appropriate administrative, law enforcement, and judicial
entities engaged in investigating or adjudicating the tip or complaint.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average one-
half hour 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: Respondents are expected to be
members of the general public as well as employees of any company
subject to federal environmental regulation. There is no specific
industry or group of industries about which EPA expects tips or
complaints.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,600.
Frequency of Response: One time, on occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1,800 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: EPA does not anticipate any capital or
start-up costs associated with completion of this form. EPA also does
not anticipate that, in the usual case, burden hours associated with
the tips and complaint form will translate into actual labor costs; we
expect relatively few tips or complaints to be submitted as part of an
employee's official duties. For this reason, we believe that the
relevant ``labor costs'' associated with the form are best calculated
as the wage opportunity cost to tippers of the form's estimated burden
hours. The wage opportunity cost of the burden hours associated with
this form can be estimated by multiplying the total number of burden
hours by the average national hourly wage reported by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS). BLS reports the average hourly wage in December
2005 to have been $18.59 per hour; accordingly, the total wage
opportunity cost associated with the tips and complaints form would be
approximately $33,462 per annum.
Changes in the Estimates: There is no change in the hours in the
total estimated respondent burden compared with that identified in the
ICR currently approved by OMB.
Dated: November 15, 2006.
Oscar Morales, Director,
Collection Strategies Division.
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