[Federal Register: June 28, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 125)]
[Notices]
[Page 43594]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7239-2]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request; ``Reliability, Validity, and Variability in
Behavioral Determinants of Drinking Water Disinfection By-Product
Exposure''
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 Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Reliability, Validity, and
Variability in Behavioral Determinants of Drinking Water Disinfection
By-Product Exposure, EPA ICR No. 2030.01. The ICR describes the nature
of the information collection and its expected burden and cost; where
appropriate, it includes the actual data collection instrument.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 29, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing EPA ICR No. 2030.01 to the
following addresses: Susan Auby, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Collection Strategies Division (Mail Code 2822T), 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@epamail.epa.gov, or download off the Internet at http://
www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR No. 2030.01. For technical
questions about the ICR contact Dr. Patricia A. Murphy, phone 732-906-
6830, fax 732-906-6845, email murphy.patricia@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Reliability, Validity, and
Variability in Behavior Determinants of Drinking Water Disinfection By-
Product Exposure, EPA ICR No. 2030.01. This is a new collection.
Abstract: This study aims to characterize the reliability,
validity, and variability of questionnaire-based information on water
usage patterns collected in environmental epidemiologic studies. The
study builds on a recently funded study entitled ``Drinking Water
Disinfectant By-products and Spontaneous Abortion'' funded by the
American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) which was
recently initiated. The present study will add a substudy component to
the parent AWWARF study. It provides for reinterview of a 10% sample
(300 women) of the parent study participants for a reliability substudy
and an additional 10% sample (300 women) for a validity substudy. The
human behavioral aspects, i.e., water usage patterns over time, that
will affect one's coming into contact with an ambient level of a
particular chemical, is an important source of variability and this has
not been well characterized in previous drinking water epidemiology
studies. Better characterization of the reliability, variability, and
validity of this information, generally obtained through recall in a
questionnaire, will decrease uncertainties related to misclassification
of the exposure variables and enhance our ability to more clearly
interpret the validity and accuracy of reported study findings. All
participation and responses are voluntary. Confidentiality of responses
will be maintained. 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
July 27, 2001 (FR 66 39159); No comments were received.
Burden Statement: The annual public reporting and record keeping
burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 1
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; 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: Women of childbearing age who are
currently voluntarily enrolled and participating in an ongoing
epidemiologic study entitled ``Drinking Water Disinfectant By-Products
and Spontaneous Abortion.''
Estimated Number of Respondents: 600 .
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 525 hours.
Estimated Total Annualized Capital, O&M Cost Burden: $0.
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 No. 2030.01 in any correspondence.
Dated: June 19, 2002.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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