[Federal Register: July 5, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 129)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; Superfund Administrative Reform Surveys
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Requests (ICRs) have been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Superfund Orphan
Share Compensation Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2035.01; Superfund De
Minimis Settlement Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2036.01; and PRP
Oversight Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR 2037.01. The ICRs describe the
nature of the information collection and their expected burden and
costs; and they include the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 5, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR Nos. 2035.01, 2036.01
and/or 2037.01, to the following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Collection Strategies Division (Mail
Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
and 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: For a copy of the ICR contact Susan
Auby at EPA by phone at (202) 566-1672, by e-mail at
auby.susan@epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/
icr and refer to EPA ICR Nos. 2035.01, 2036.01 and/or 2037.01. For
technical questions about any of the ICRs contact Bruce Pumphrey by
phone at 202-564-6076 or by e-mail at pumphrey.bruce@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: (1) Superfund Orphan Share Compensation Reform Survey ICR,
EPA ICR No. 2035.01. This is a new collection.
Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a
survey of orphan share compensation reform participants who were
offered orphan share compensation as part of the reform. The survey
will be administered to a non-random sample consisting of one-third (33
percent) of the settlors and one-third (33 percent) of the non-settlors
for each offer extended by the Agency, subject to a minimum of three
offerees in each category. The information will not be generalized to
the population of relevant offerees. The information collected from
this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the orphan share
compensation reform's overall effectiveness. The information will also
be used to identify any revisions to the reform necessary to achieve
the goal of promoting settlements with responsible parties to perform
or pay for response actions. No confidential information is being
collected under this ICR.
Burden Statement: Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected
by this action are persons who have participated in the orphan share
compensation reform.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 300.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 825 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: $25,403.
Title: (2) Superfund De Minimis Settlement Reform Survey ICR, EPA
ICR No. 2036.01. This is a new collection.
Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a
survey of de minimis settlement reform participants who were offered a
de minimis settlement as part of the reform. The survey will be
administered to a non-random sample consisting of one-fifth (20
percent) of the settlors and one-fifth (20 percent) of the non-settlors
for each offer extended by the Agency, subject to a minimum of three
offerees in each category. The information will not be generalized to
the population of relevant offerees. The information collected from
this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the de minimis
settlement reform's overall effectiveness in achieving the goals of the
reform (promoting early settlement with small waste contributors and
minimizing their legal transaction costs) and to identify any changes
necessary to achieve these goals. No confidential information is being
collected under this ICR.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are persons who have participated in the de minimis
settlement reform.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 347.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 1041 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: $32,743.
Title: (3) Superfund PRP Oversight Reform Survey ICR, EPA ICR No.
2037.01. This is a new collection.
Abstract: This voluntary one-time information collection is for a
survey of parties that did work during FY00 under settlement agreements
with EPA that provide for payment of oversight costs. The survey will
be administered to all of the approximately 210 potential respondents
that are willing to voluntarily participate. The information collected
from this survey will be used in a broader evaluation of the PRP
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Oversight Reform's overall effectiveness in promoting effective and
efficient PRP oversight and identifying best practices which could be
more widely applied to meet the reform's goals and objectives. No
confidential information is being collected under this ICR.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are parties that did work during FY00 under settlement
agreements with EPA that provide for payment of oversight costs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 210.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 682.
Estimated Total Annual Cost Burden: $21,848.
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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The
Federal Register document required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting
comments on this collection of information was published on November 9,
2001 (66 FR 56670). No comments were received. Burden Statement: The
annual reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 3 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; 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.
Send comments on the Agency's need for this information, the
accuracy of the provided burden estimates, and any suggested methods
for minimizing respondent burden, including through the use of
automated collection techniques to the addresses listed above. Please
refer to EPA ICR Nos. 2035.01, 2036.01 and/or 2037.01 in any
correspondence.
Dated: June 27, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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